The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-11-04
SAGACIOUS YEA YER.

sAGAc7oUs WEAVER. !
GENERAL WEAVER has rallied
from the indignation that was en-
gendered by the whiz of stale eggs,
and their pungent odor~ upon the
balmy air ofGeorgia. Adroit pol
itician though he is, he WAS was
exceedingly wroth when a band
of aristocratic young democrats of
the sunny south assailed him with
the toulest missile known to an |,
intolerant rabble, with an aim so
accurate as to not only strike him
repeatedly, but to hit Mrs. Weaver, /
who was by his side, On the head.
In the heat of his indignation he
telegraphed his managers cancel
ing his further engagements in
Georgia and made his way out of
the state with naughty military
bearing. However, as he grad
ually worked his way north, he
rallied his political prudence and
began to find excuses for the shot
headed young southerners."
General Weaver is Grst of all
a pcaitician-one of the kind in
whose breast hope springs eternal.
He would like to be president of
the United States above all things,
but he does not expect to be. He
is sagacious enough to forgive and
forget an injury, if by so doing he
can make a point. He likes the
democratic candidate personally,
and had an influence at the demo
cratic court at Washington dur
ing Cleveland's administration,
that surprised everyone who did
not understand the subtlety of the
man. 1t is cited in support OF
this statement that he secured
from Cleveland the appointment
of Thompson to be collector of in
ternal revenue at Ottumwa, and
| that of his dearest greenback
friend, Crawford Davis, as special
pension agent, and that he ar
rested the veto of the Ottumwa
public building bill when nearly
every similar bill passed at that
session of congress went down un'
der executive disapproval. He
does not expect to be elected him
self, but he hopes by holding fast
to the populist doctrine to divide
the electoral vote of Iowa and
Kansas, and thus help Cleveland
10 compass this he can afford te
forget the Georgia episode. He
has nothing to hope from the re
election of Harrison, but if he cal
make himself factor in the sue
cess of Cleveland, he has hopes tha
his services may be rewarded by
cabinet position, or federal judge
ship. or foreign consulate.
For a good many years Genera
I Weaver has followed politics for
vocation. He knows that his pc
culiar doctrines can never b.
looked upon with favor by repub
, licans, but they are acceptable t.
a number of democrats in tn
north, and especially in Iowa, ant
his object is to keep i'll the goo'
graces of these at all hazards, as
if nothing bigger offers througl
+. the election of Cleveland, he may
with fusion bait, hook a seat il
congress. He is too old to lear
, a new trade and not rich enoug
: to retire from business. He j
in politics for what he can make
t and he will not allow few rotte
Z. eggs, though thrown by unappre
ciative democrats, to knock hir
. out of the line of promotion
D From force of habit, if for no othe
: reason, he will continue to max
. a business of politics, and to &c
Il out of it all he can. Followin
: this line, it is his policy to condor
= the offence of the young Georgi
= rufians, as he is particularly dc
sirious not to antagonize the er