The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-10-21
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800, 100000. year to get six-bit
trade in the Philippines, and we pre-.
sumo Mr.. Simon and his ilk would
have us spend like amount to keep
from being driven out of the China
trade in order that few jobbers and
contractors can make few ,paltry
dollars.
Mr.. Mckinley has completed his
campaign tour of the Dakotas, Min
nesota and Michigan, where he went
to work up popularity and sentiment
among the. returning volunteers and is
speeding back to Washington, to take
up the dull routine of attending to the
business with which the people en-
trusted him.
Secretary Root insists that our title
10 the Philippine islands is perfect, but
as a lawyer acting for client. he
would certainly !, OF have considered
Spain in a position to give clear deed
to the property and people at a time
when the natives were about to drive
her armies into the ocean and Danish
them from the islands.
Senator Hanna says the Offering of
presidential nomination to Dewey
would be an insult to the man. Well.
after the presidency has been conduct
ed as it has for nearly three years past
we quite agree with the senator. But
there are men who would honor, in
stead of disgrace the Office, and Dewey
appears to be that kind of man.
Clackamas county has some citizen
or citizens who would grace felon's
cell in the penitentiary. We refer to
the party or parties who last Sunday
studded the bicycle path between Ore
gon City and Gladstone with shingle
nails drivon sharp end up. A person
who will thus seek to destroy property
or interfere with other peoples pleas
ure has no business at large.
During the last year the state of |
New Jersey has received million
dollars in fees paid by incorporating
mpanies-trusts that have been in
corporated uDder its laws. New
Jersey may be said to be the only state
that has made any money out of trusts
or will be able to keep even with them.
In the future the rest of the United
States will help pay the fees that have
gone into New jerseys treasury.
Dewey is coming west, and the Han
combine begins to feel
uneasy lest he shall work up popu-
larity that will make him president de.
spite their cinch on the country. If
their administration were satisfactory
TO the people or even TO a majority of
heir party, it does not seem that they
should be afraid of Dewey or anybody |
else, but they know of their short {
,omings, and fear the consequence (
when they shall be called to an ac- I
year hence. a
Brother Abner and party have been
leard from. They passed through
Ashland Saturday in their private car
4ucania. Mr.. Mckinley had been in
california and was en- route home via
Portland and Seattle. 1t vas feared
hey had fallen into the yawning
hasm of "innocuous desuetude" pre-
ared for the devils and his angels, :,
.ussel Harrison and others of the =
rand fathers hat contingent. But :,
.bner and his chosen friends will VI
oubtless not be found entirely SIN .
ocuous." They are threshing alfalfa =
hile the sun shines. =
There is considerable speculation as vi
, whether Dewey is a democrat or re- de
lblican, and as to wether the public -,
,mand that is made for him as 90
candidate will affect Mr.. :,
cKinley or Mr.. Bryan. Those on ~
10 anxious seat should withhold their :.
lxiety for time, and give the ad. 40
iral show to express himself. If he!
the man he il believed to be, and 90
sires presidential nomination, in fo,
ct if he is fit to be president, he will 20
the world know where he stands on a.
e issues that will come before the ~,
ople next year. and all will be con- ne
need whether be is a democrat or 80
publican. If he does not do this he an,
of nomination by either mn
nyL L.
Il not buy any more ''pigs in
ke ?" 49,
t is said that Prof. Barrett. Wendell, rem nen'
distinguished Massachusetts, novel tine tine
is alarmed by what he conceives msk mai
be the prospect of co-education at and d
rvard. He is afraid that in
,ution is losing something of its
My qualities, and he believes that