Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-17
W. 4. 0. SOCIAL PROGRAM.
The Colonel Of "Fne journal Relates
Some Campaign Experiences.

Miss f Ina Knight, Mrs. Linn, and
Misses Davis and Brown sang very
at the Womanh Relief
Corps social Monday night. The in-
strumental parts by Prof McLyman
and Prof. Wban were also good. Del
Dinsmore recited the dutchman's par
ody on "The Raven" in q highly
effective and dramatic manner Miss
Mable Carter won an encore by
her spirited rendition of "Money
Musk" responding with one Of
the Cupid prank poems. Miss
Carter is an Eastern Oregon girl,
pupil Of Prof. Brown at Willamette
university, and seems to have fallen
into the less affected channels Of elocu-
ton, that are not such tremendous
bore. Ifshe will devote herself to the
art ofexpression 10 the all-around sense
Of the term, and not rest in the rut
where so many elocutionists stick, Miss
Garter has great future.
A POLITICAL SPEECH.
Upon invitation Of the ladies The
JOURNAL man concluded the program
With some campaign experiences. To
stand before room full of handsomely
dressed ladies was rather embarrassing.
Nowadays a newspaper man to be sue
cessful must have a title--a governor
or general. The colonel of The JOUR
NAL told the audience that he had
been out making political speeches and
had no time to prepare any remarks
for this occasion. He had speech
that would fit almost any. audience,
like the store-keeper's suspenders that
were short enough for any boy
and long enough for any man. The
speaker here put his foot In 1t by
saying thers were so many present
who did not wear suspenders Of any
kind that his old speech would not do
service here. (JOme Of the Grand Army
msu were rude enough to laugh, and
some of the Relief Corp women wanted
to know how the speaker knew.)
Laughter.
SOME CAMPAIGN EXPERIENCES.
"There are some twenty candidates
for the office 1 am running for, said
THE JOURNAL man, while we all live
iu hopes, most of us are certain to die
In desp pair. Some of the candidates
have died so many times that 1t will
not hurt them to be killed off once
more. (Laughter) confess 1t would
almost kill me to have to die. But we
are all anxious and willing to attend
each others funerals. The experienced
campaigner this year has to go on the
stump loaded for several kinds Of game.
Like the old huuter he has to be pre-
pared to hit 1t If 1t is deer and mfrs it
IL IT'S calf. He generally tries to find
what party is the weakest In the crowd
and fires his heavy shot at their ex'
pense.
The speaker said the women of Ore
Ron seemed unanimous about two
things wherever he had spoken. They
were opposed to any third party,
whether In politics or ont Of it. They
I were also opposed to any member Of the
legislature employing more than seven
, lady clerks. A candidate had to cal
, whatever was set before him. At sew
r eral places the speaker said he had
eaten biscuit not fit to be fired Al
Coxey's army, but had confessed to thu
lady who had made them that they
were equal to angel food. One old lady
who was very penurlous but made very
3 fine butter, which she never put on th,
; table except when there was company
. said as he helpsd himself;
. "Butter Is high now"
"But Il Is going down fast" said th
candidate.
1T Is s5 cents pound" said the oil
: lady anxiOusly.
"rhat is because Of our protective
tariff" said the candidate, and as b
helped himself to big slice, he added
at is worth It," (aughter,l
: "Of course the candidate has to his
- all the babies he can. At one hous
where the speakers were entertaine
I6 the baby OF the family was youn
4. lady OF eighteen. Her mother, wh
A. was about sixty, said II any kissin
" had TO be done she would take tn
N place Of the baby, The candidate
% expected to work and buttonhole th
le voter wherever he finds him. One {
the candidates tackled very INTEL
- lo,l,R,,.. snao vshona ha mat m
4 on the Salem prairie a few miles. II
r talked very wisely about finance an
Is ratified on perfect volume Of statistic
20 10 the correctness Of which the csnd
=, date assented. He felt sure he hs
Y. that nan's vote. The old gentlema
then launched into state politics ~
said the management Of the insar
10 asylum was all wrong. Even TO th
q tina offilce-aeeker assanted TO make aul