Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-12-23
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.
A Public Mass Meeting at Jefferson
Saturday Arouses Attention-They
Have Faith in the Court.

nun 'ht OVptt
Saturday public meeting was
held at the beautiful little city of
Jefferson, to discuss the question of
building bridge across the Santiam
river at that place. The meeting
came off alright but the greater part
of 1t was taken up by another sub
jecU that was not exactly down on
the programme.
1t would seem that the illustrious
and ever-beaming editor of the
Woodburn Independent has con-
ceived the idea that he has received
a revelation from the All-wise Be-
ing to go forth and warn the people
of Marion county of the great wrongs
they are about to suffer from the
hands of Salemites, and save them,
even should he be compelled to
storm the walls of Jericho for forty
days and forty nights. Having
sent out limited number of cir
culars, which were so false that
the lie was stamped upon them in
PLAIN letters. The "DanieP' from
Woodburn sought his opportunity
70 be at the meeting at Jefferson
saturday, and, with the support of
half dozen orso of moss back fol-
lowers, sought to take the meeting
by storm and have the whole world
at his feet. Alas, but things are
not what they sometimes appear
To be!
The meeting was called to order at
2 o'clock p. M. and Mr.. Chas. Mil
Ter elected temporary president, with
Mr.. Chas. Smith as secretary. AS
soon as the meeting was called to
order, "Daniel," from Woodburn
was noticed sitting in the crowd and
acting so strange that attention was
called to him. He was invited to
stand up and speak few words for
"the good of his country" He
gained the floor in bashful school
boy fashion, and attempted to show
the people how he had placed his
carcass upon the altar as q living
sacrifice for the dear people, and at
tempted to show them how the
board of trade and real estate men
of Salem were trying to compel
the county court to appro-
pirate large sum of money
for the purpose of building an
armory and to macadamize the
county roads, all of which he de-
clared was an outrage and would
bankrupt every farmer in the land.
He even insinuated that the court
and commission were opposed to
any Improvements outside of Salem
and in his wild-west talk of some
forty minutes duration, he told how
the CAPITAL JOURNAL and States
man had abused him and what great
and glorious things he was doing
for the good Of the country. AS
soon as he ran down and had said
his say, Salem's worthy citizen, r..
III. Bellinger, who was before loca-
ting in Salem, ,One of Jefferson s most
esteemed and responsible citizens,
was invited to speak on the subject,
and in a few words and with little
trouble Mr.. Bellinger proved
to the satisfaction of all that
"DaEleP was "prevaricator"
of the first water and was only
working his little racket as an ad-
vertising dodge, and did not have
the interest of the people at heart as
he had attempted to make them be-
lieve. Before Mr.. Bellinger had
left the floor he had turned the tide
of feeling and placed the Woodburn
man in bad box.
Mr.. Alb. Cornelius next addressed
the meeting and said that in his
opinion he could see no reason
for all this talk as the court had not
even entertained either PROPOSE
ton that the Woodburn man
said had already been appro-
priated. But, said Mr.. Cornelius, l
am in favor of appropriations for the
permanent improvement of our
county roads, and AS Salem is the
central point, ] think that the i'm
prOvements should start there and
spread on out as fast AS the county
could build them. Mr.. Cornelius
said that he thought the court
and commissioners were men of
sound Judgment and would not al
low themselves to do that which
was not for the best interest of the
peopleof the whole county.
MT. II. f1unlSOn was Culleu upon
and made short but interesting
talk. Mr.. Hanison Is an intelligent
and broad thinking man. He ex-
pressed himself as IN favor of any
thing that would have II tendency
to increase the valuation of property,
and said further, that he hoped
the county court would build the
armory. He was great adinirer of
that organization known as the
board of trade, and in his opinion
thought Salem should feel proud of
them. He thought If the county
roads Were ever nacadamized that
the work should commence at Salem.
AT the close of his talk, Mr.. Hanson
asked that resolution be adopted,
thanking the hoard of trade of
Salem for the good they had done,
and to express their confidence in
the county court.
Mr.. Miller, the chairman, next
made few short remarks, aud eN-
pressed his opinion In II favorable
way and said he had the greatest of
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