Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1888-02-17
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AS hs SIT ii N tsnpper room" in thi; city
while near by was his colleague. Of some for
ensic lore and be said thus to himself and
afterward to bis colleague. s'the Democratic
administration q this county has been pure
and without reproach, and / would like te
have an Office, the one used to have, and il
order to give strength to my party in general
but myself IN particular. we must raise rum.
pus, or . tempest in teapot" in order to at.
tract attention. The first thing this Adonis
said lfor he is q nice many to be done is tc
raise an issue about the county indebtedness.
Now while this IS all legitimate, and the
money properly expended, yet, he mused, we
must pretend that It was not.
Now accidentally putting his hand on hi,
head while reading THE REVIEW, he felt !
bump which had grown considerably of late
the name Of the bump is chronic desire fol
Office, but possiblyIt it may mean that am
somewhat Of political writer anyway, and
see in this paper something that has forebod
ings Of evil. ! see that Douglas county i.
practically out Of debt" is prosperous, and
this under the present administration. An.
other dark clsud comes over the horizon oi
my hearts desire about the size of nine col.
umn paper called THE REVIEW, and mus,
at all hazards trample ii under my feet, or
else like Banquo's ghost, it might not ''down. "
It viii give me some trouble, and had bet
ter begin early.
He continued in his soliloquy, and said, II
is true that am not man of much enter
prise, / keep my money that made while in
Office, and It Is also true that never let a
stray quarter escape me If / can catch ii, and
it is also humiliatingiy true, that have been
nibbhng q lbe public crib ever since / have
been out 81 Office, and might be calltd q
'snibbler, but you know that the voters may
not think Of that. Rodents are sly and
shall watch the traps. GAlasl alasll the trap
sprung and the rat IS caught.l And his col
league said, ssit Is WE'LL" And he arose.
And now all that have read the papers of late
will see the reason of the assault upon the
editor Of The REVIEW and the Democrats.
Truly the county may have incurred some un-
necessary expenses, but all that we know Of
is the amount paid Taxpayer" for his "nib-
bling" at the county crib, indulging his genius
Of cancature that perhaps might attract the
attention OF Tn. Mast. But more on this sub
ject in the future. THE REVIEW has nc
quarrel with the past administrations, but
when inyidious comparisons are asserted, we
shall not be slow to show by the records, a.
has been done in THE REVIEW this week,
that these assertions are without foundation.
and are for the purpose Of personal profit
Neither Republicans or Democrats are IL
blame for the present county levy, and thu
concentrated hypocrisy of Taxpayer" con
sists in charging blame where there was no
shadow OF blame. Republican and Dem
ocrat, one is as good personally as the other
and we are glad to record the fact that tn
rank and file are good men, but when an Is
cariut ''orgsnlzed hypocrisy" undertakes in Q
sinister way to call in question honest work
then We shall speak out in meetin." Tall
about ''squirming, "wiggling," but be nea
at hand this week and see an eclipse, that c
Taxpayer" when he peruses these columns
His political sience as taught and practiced
wonder surely, and reminds us Of DR.. Hall
style Of description, and we are wont to say
"well now we give up our opposition to thi
scion of political science, after encounterin
such new and stunning revelation as this, fc
what avail can few Of language be in check
ing the resistless sweep Of such logical av,
lanche, or attempting 10 dam the concer
trated torrents Of such catyclysm ofpolitica
science. A new sumner has burst upon Ii
world. An apotheOsized oracle has droppe
into our midst, whose e.iolated robes scient
late with the byEnished spaneles Of politics
philosophy, ap6 the corruscations Of who's
luminous genius have thrown into hopele'
4 tenebrusity se-aSilsevemenis Of Blaine an
Cleveland. Is the incandescent radiance !
the electric light paies the Intellectual glow /
tallow candle.
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