The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-03-16
Lebanon Express.
Fl. Y. KIRKPATRICK.
Editor and Proprietor.
ABILITY AND FAITHFULNESS
VERSUS B0SSISM.-BOSSISM
SCORES SEVERAL POINTS.

tion in Albany, were individually
and collectively the superior in
point Of ability 10 any delegation
from elsewhere in this county. The
populists Of Lebanon have in their
ranks 4 better class of men than
the rank and file Of the party can
elsewhere claim. Men of ability
and Of property belong to the party
in this vicinity. The reason is OBJ
vious to those who know the his
tory. Of the party in this precinct.
Several years ago, Mr.. A..
Jack Adams, a man Of ability
aud an original Populist. began to
promulgate the principles Of this
party. he did this very success
fully by personal appeal and by
newspaper work. He spent his
time, his talents and his money in
this, the work Of his life, while the
present leaders Of his party were
loyal to the old parties in the de
lusive hope Of securing a warm nest
in their midst, and were ridiculing
the principles he then advocated
and to which they have now at
tached themselves, like animalcules
to the bottom Of . ship.
The work thus begun by Adams
has been carried on by Geo. Alex
ander, another old-time Populist
Of Lebanon. Persuaded by the ef-
forts'o these two men, in the main,
the people Of this neighborhcod
have, in considerable number, gone
over to this party.
The ablest, if not thes oldest
member of this party in this pre-
cinet-and even in this county
Is Hon. C. B. Montague, a delegate
10 the county convention. The
either delegates we're all men Of
more or less ability. They all re
tiected honor upon their cause
and were thirteen strong.
Thus Lebanon, represented by
thirteen honorable men, with the
advantage Of being the strongest
precinct in the county and with
the prestige Of being the cradle Of
Populism Of this county, entered
the convention. They left it-with
the same number, the same advan-
tage and prestige, but with the
most meager and unsatisfactory
representation on the ticket nomi-
mated. One place was secured, and
that with hardly enough cornpen-
satiOn attached to it to defray actu-
al expenses-if elected. Adams, the
father Of his party, was turned
down fpr the party's precocious
grandson, for recorder. Alexander
was left to sigh for even one world
to conquer. Montague, the ahlest
and most eiOqnent member OF the
convention, was beaten for a seat
in the state convention BY q man
who cannot hope to command the
attention that would have been
cheerfrilly given his defeated OPP
ponent. Thus did this convention
repay the services Of their most
worthy party leaders.
The Lebanon delegates, believing
that they were entitled to recogni-
tion, for reason mentioned above,
did not attend tie midnight caucus
jnstpreceiing the convention. They
were early or the ground the next
day, but the early bird did not
catch the worm, for the night-owl
got in his deadly work and there
was no worm t3 catch. innocent
Of wrong doing themselves and I'M
suspicious Of foul play in others,
Ignorant Of midnight caucuses and
strong in the faith that Populists
could do no wrong, they soundly
slept on the night Of the ninth
only to awake oil the tenth to the
knowledge that the Populist party,
like the old parties, can have its
rings, its cliques and its bosses.
The awakening is sad indeed;
but sadder still will the awakening