Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-04
4 prsoRuNrLED DEMOCRAT.


ruption Of the republican party. H'
attended Mr. Mills lecture on Sat
urday evening, and was 80 impressed
with that facile orator. antithetica
pic,urc Of the sheep and the goats
that he has been a victim Of night
mare ever since. According to oul
democratic censor the republicans oI
Nultuonah are rule or ruin party
which depends for its success al
most exclusively on it, ability tc
uurrhaer votes" This is a some
what confusing statement of fact
because republican voters cannot
need purchasing to vote their own
ticket. and democrats we know are
.nll too moral and high-tOncd to b'
Influenced byamOney consideration,
The price paid for voters ranges
from $50 to q drink Of whisky, ac.
cording 10 the stringcnCy Of the
market: while some trusting souls,
who accept "barc promise for cur
renee, give "the use Of their fran.
chisc" without solid lor fluid re-
ward. Who are those venal voters
who hold their inestimable birth
right ut lower price than a mess OF
pottngc" Our candid neighbOr fur
nishcs a ready answer "The class
referred to claimed 10 be democrats y
he tells Us, "but that was for the
purpose only of putting it on the
sack" Putting what on the sack?
When our brother quill enters the
confessional, he must cndeavor to be
explicit
The Nidctte editor thus continues
his jcremiads. "With the potent
money influence there, II il an utter
impossibillty for Il democrat Cvirtu-
Gus SOUL to win in an election" The
great Napoleon said he had Obliter-
ated the word impossible" from
his dictionary. And the ardent
lover wrote to his Dulcinca, ain
the bright lexicon Of youth there is
mo- such word rs 'ftlc.'" Our scru-
pulous cotem hastens to modify this
hopeless admission. "Unless," he
adds, che pays more for voters, or
else makes combination with the
republican managers to sacrifice In
cold blood the balance Of his ticket"
Ha, ha say you so? Where is the
mans conscience? Does he hold
the tariff Of prices too high rs given
above? Would lac have man sell
his soul for II lower consideration
than drink of whisky? How is
the political hummer to live? Has
our ncighbor no regard for the policy
of protection to American industry?
Funds In the democratic treas
ury do not seem 10 run high, 50
outbidding Is not rcsorted to. "rhe |
latter ernltcrnativc,' We ARE told, "is |
the cheapest and usually employed"
Then the democrats of Mulno-
nah, yirtuously indignant rs they
have q right to be-, are not too choice
.o compound a felony! They will
resort to the sacrificial process, and
MIR up on the altar of Mmnmon a
,ortion of their champions To save
hr r'st, A. Jack FalstuR says, do
.ou call this hacking your friends"
Nhnt does our uoighhor expect to
win 10y this appeal to public ~cuti-
ucur An old law maxim tells ~,
"a man must have clean hand, who
.uc- into court" hut what clcanli-
,c~, can hc assumed Nr these trad
ug democrats of Multnomnh"
The Nidrttc man may we'll be- dis
outraged at this business. "Thi,
tate of things 'hccNplains, "is hat |
,v want to ~,,c ruotcd uu." What
,mrlN surrender to the cold water
i~iplc,' Let thrm drive she little
ud ~ their wedge aud rive In
vain both Of the old parties, Take
ID themselves the pure and the
irtuuU~ which Mr. Mills generous
, computes at thp,~tourthsou both
.dv~, and n'tain for our own force
ud follow ing simply the pauprs,
litvmt,~ uui criminals Perish the
huught,
cur democratic Friend will 6el
cttcr hy-aud-byv. lie must ~
ivmlvr Commodore Prrry's
junction, ''dou'tgiNcup the ,hip,"
hyu b, q guod time vonmu.
hvu hc maky~ the dishrartruiug
Omission; "rhv Democratic partN
tu hvJtrT lvt the whole ticket 20.
ham to swat it~ylf u getting one
4 iJ, mcuilcr, iu the hands at the
pls~itiou Nc tcyl that his spirits
ave um down. and hc tak,, a
view of thiugs A gOod
'niy might hmcr him up for
tc lNltlv that h Wagiug.
Ma v,ll attention tothc dispatch