The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-04-01

the faculty of gaining a following
among his people. Should he escape
into the interior he can keep up
guerilla warfare almost indefinitely,
and can cause. no end of worry, but
should he be captured the Filiplnos
will be deprived of a leader, and they
will give up the fight
The strong cards which President
Mckinley is playing for denomination
are expansion and retention OF the
Philippines. = However, they are liable
to burst like bubbles. When the cost
of these two pet theories are counted
the people are liable to conclude that
they want no more of the president
who saddled such burdens upon them.
1t is decidedly dangerous game the
presidents is playing, and is more than
likely he is digging his political
grave in fostering these theories.
General Miles had the honesty and
courage to tell the truth about the
beef Alger's subordinates furnished
the army, and what he said is being
substan tiated by the evidence produced
before the court of inquiry, but Alger
is in position to retaliate. He has
shorp the old general Of ali authority,
by issuing an order that nobody but
the secretary of war shall assign Of
fcers to duty. he had as well have
removed Miles from the command OF
the army.
If all the silver mines in the Rocky
mountains, from British Columbia to
Mexico, were in operation, employing
from 100, 600 to 20O,0 men, probably
wheat would be worth more than so
cents bushel, and wool would COM
mand some sort of PAIGE. By legis-
lations and by our votes, we have
closed these mines, and as a result
we have destroyed one of our great
home markets. We may learn to do
differently in the future.
We are in receipt of the Goth biennial
report of the secretary of state. 1t is
an elaborate report full of statistics
and good information, but glance at
the book will indicate to the ordinary
miaa Why our state taxes are high. 1t
is volume elaborate enough to be an
ornament to any library or drawing
room table, being bound in flexible mo-
roco covers and elegantly put together.
Thereiis neither sense nor justice in
the extravaganza shown in getting up
this report.
Some politicians in California are
insisting upon the governor conyehing
the legislature in special session for
the purpose of electing United States
senator. After having spent 70 days
voting for senator, it would hardly
seem possible that the same crowd
could agree on an election, and it
would be useless to reconvene the
same members. 1t would be an un-
lucky day for California if the COVER
nor sere to call a special session.
Pendletonians don'S hardly know
"where they are at" They had two
smart representatives in the legisla-
tnre who thought they knew more
thar their constituents, and amended
Pendleton's charter so as to leave
partof the city out in the cold. Pen.
dleten will know better than to send
those smart boys back to the ]egisla-
ture next time, but it will prove dear
experience to the city before it gets
the muddle they caused Strengthened
ott.
The Dalles will hardly have boom
the coming season, but there will be
"a steady and substantial growth, and
possibly greater activity than has ever
before been known, for the coal pros
peets below town are rather encourag-
ing, xnd if such a vein is found as the
prosp &c 5ors anticipate there will be a
shaking up OF dry bones. At tall events
The Dalies is a safe place for capi-
talists to invest, for it has resources
and advantages possessed by no other
town on the coast.