Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-01
A LETTER FROM Mr.. oEER.

big locust trees Ia the front yard 10
read an hour, waiting for the cows to
feed acroes the pasture towards the
barn aud the milk corral.
And I was feeling awfully good, be
cause n anything on earth can be more
generous In its contributions to every
reasonable want Of the human soul
than the closing hours Of a June day
like this, In the Waldo Hills, it has
never been my good fortune to have
heard Of It.
Some city folks who had been spend
ing the day at Silver creek falls were
spinning by on their return TO the city,
and indulging in all sorts of hilarious
jollity, which, If repeated in the streets
of Salem by any Of US plodding grang-
ers, would subject US to n nights lodg-
ing In the city calaboose; the sheep iu
the field just west of the house were
beginning their evening foraging ex-
pedition, while in the barn yard, the
work horses, just turned out for a
short play, were engaged in the great
est effort of their lives eDdeavoring to
win the affections of q young colt from
its bewildered and disgusted mother;
the bee hives, near by, were the scene
Of the greatest activity and interest,
while particularly noticed that two
mourning doves were located each in q
an oak tree, fully half mile apart, and
were exchanging plsintive lamenta-
tions whose very sadness would bring
tears to the eyes Of AN Early Rose, evi
IDENTIFY taking great comfort from the
self-imposed fiction that they were
held apart by the ruthless enactment
Of some heartless tyrsnt.
On nv left was a waving field of
wheat rapidly approaching harvest
time, and the meadow, even now, look
ing toward the barn for future protec-
tiOn, while on the right was the youpg
orchard, whose luxurisnt branches
were lazily tossing in the evening
breeze, first in grateful recognition 10
the generous earth and then inimodest
thankfulness to the reddening rays of
the setting sun.
After leaning back in my chair for a
few moments, and feastiDg on a scene
such as can only be found on farm
which has not yet been tainted by even
the suburbs of the city, and indulging
few pleasant reflections Of which the
foregoing lines are the merest synopsis,
1 reached for a paper which happened
to be the WEEKLY JOURNAL, and the
first thing happened to see was the
letter of my FREUD and neighbor, ]. A.
Hunt in which he loudly laments the
degeneracy Of the times as shown by
the refusal of President Cleveland to
enforce the Geary law.
After reading Mr.. Hunts letter fell
into another reverie from which did
nos recover until one of the milk cows
thrust her head over the gate and
bawled to me in awful tones that it was
time to come along with that bucket!
read all of his letter twice, and the
following paragraphs.a dozen times:
The Cleveland administration seems
to be staggered over the cost of return
ing few ship loads Of Chinese.
My God! has not the blood of hun.
| dreds of thousands of noble patriots
been freely poured out upon the altar
of American liberty, aud can we not
spend few millions sterling TO pre-
serve its interests?
Now, | heartily approve of nearly, or
quite all Mr., Hunt says in his letter but
for the life of me cannot shun the re-
Election that had Mr.. Harrison been re-
elected, the Geary law would have been
In the hands of it's friends; that be
signed the bill aud being in accord with
its object, would have seen to it's en-
forcement; that but for the inordin ie
desire Of lot Of old time Republicans
to ''stand up and be counted" and
therefore voted for Mr.. Weaver in order
tO have n "change" Mr.. Cleveland
would not now be sitting in his arm
chair in Washington throwing cold
water on Mr.. Hunts fondest anticipa-
tions.
In addition to this Mr.. Cleveland
came into power on threat to put
wool aud many of our other leading
products In open competition with the
poorest paid labor In the world, aud
this was all accompanied by popular
demonstration, strong in some quarters
In favor Of finaneial system which
would deluge the country with paper
money, practically unlimited in guam
tity and irredeemable IN its nature.
Does any one wonder, does Mr.. Hunt
wonder, that from the moment the re-
suit OF the election last November was
known, business became paraly zed men
with capital to invest immediate y
Withdrew II from the channels Of trade,
OF that all kinds OF industries came 10
= sudden halt?
Leaning back 10 my chair now, with
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