Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-14
The Alliance Meeting at Jefferson.

The Alliance Meeting at Jefferson.
A JOURNAL correspondent fur.
nlshes this account Of the meeting
On Saturday morning, March 7th
your correspondent took the morn
ing train for the now prosperous
little city Of Jefferson, fully expect.
ing to hear the Hon. ID. J. Cole, ol
Kansas, the alliance organizer, ex-
pound the objects and demands OF
that now rapldly-growing wonder
Of the West. Whlrllng past beauti.
ful farms, we were soon abreast the
state reform school. This is an inn
posing structure, and on q beautiful
eminence, about six miles from
Salem, and two from Turner. II
the timber near the railroad was cut
away 1t would afford much better
view from the passing train. Stop
ping but moment at Turner,
the gem OF Mill creek valley.
There we learned to our sur
prise and chagrin that the organ.
izer would not be at Jefferson as he
had gone over TO organize an alll-
ance in the forks" From the car
Window see nice farms, beautiful
fields of wheat, though not 80 for
ward IS usual by this time of year.
At the beautiful little town of
Marion there seems to be fair share
Of prosperity as indicated by the
progress In new buildings. Arriving
at Jefferson we were met at the
depot by that staunch old granger,
Charles Miller. said tive" for be-
side one or two other Salemites, ex-
lecturer of the state grange, John
Simpson, stopped over TO hear the
great Kansan. Here we were agree
ably surprised. jefferson has surely
had veritable "boomletp at least +,
II not a genuine boom Of the Cali.
fornia species. Old, dllapidated,
nonprogressive, moss-covered Jefler-
son has passed from our gaze. New
life and new blood seem to be pulsat-
ing her veins. Beautiful cottages,
new stores, greet the eye on every
hand. Hail the new Jefferson. Ana
not saloon la the town!
One man has been trying to get
license 10 startlone, but the people
80 far have defeated him. The live
editor Of the jefferson Review, hav-
ing commented caustlcally on the
effort, offended the feelings of the
applicant for license. His wound
cd honor Hnust be vlndicated. So,
meanderlng into Justice Bagley's
office aud finding the offending edi'
torial parsonage there, announced
his Intention Of "llckingp him. The
editor said he didn't like to be
"llcked', and didn't intend to II he
could help II, but did not intend to
run or take too much "sass." So
when the intruder raised n chair
with the evident intent of fiattening
the editorial Uranium, the said
editor, with the agility Of "A prize
fighter, "ducked" and caught his
antagonist by the throat, threw him
In about the thousandth part of a
Jifiy-and such fall The editor
was pulled oil by IA friend OF the
under man, just as the editor was
going 10 shovel his eyes out on the
side walk. Justice Il. fined each
five dollars, believe. And peace
reigns IN jefferson.
After dinner we all repaired to the
hall, which was soon pretty well
Iilled. Several tried tO get Brother
Irvine Of Liam aud Brother Simp-
son 70 lead 0fi-but no go. Hon.
Charles Miller was elected chair.
man, aud John L. Robertson oil
Salem was called upon 10 speak ON
The objects aud principles Of the
Alliance. He said he was la rather
An embarrassing predicameni. as he
himself had come To learn, and had |
not expected 10 speak, aud did not |
know much about the Alliance; was |
not member aud did not certainly |
know that he ever would be. |
sketching as rapidly as possible the !
'rigin Of the order, qualifications for
membership, and how 20 organize,
We come 10 the demands this order
makes on government:
}. Abolition OF national hanks p |
md loanlng Of money "dlrect TO the
,eople at n low rate Of Interest not
. exceed two per cent" and that |