Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-05-10
Republican Jubilee at Wald-
port.


lists, Messrs. Bensell, DAILY, Burt,
Stanton, Buckley, Matthews, etc.,
candidates and campfollowers, and
% of the rank and file g. o. p. ac-
companied by many nice ladies Of
every political creed from prohibi-
ton to populists were present at
Waldport school house on Saturday
afternoon; the aforesaid 23 being
anxious TO know what their nomi-
nees and their mouthpeices had 10
promise, denounce and pledge in
exchange for the 20 suffrages.
It came ushered in by Commis.
sioner ]. o. Stearns and the play
ing Of the band.
Hon. R. A. Bensell,. the lead
horse, ascended the platform. He
vividly and ably described the stu
alton in the United States today;
deplored the magnitude of it, AMI
charged it all to the change of adj
ministration and the democrats.
He proceeded to proof by way of
tariff, finance, abuse and sly sword
thrusts at populism. Of course he
did not tell us one thing that has
not been discussed by able men,
such as Pennoyer, Stewart, and
others vastly to his confusion and
defeat. He supported bords en-
phatically, even when they sold for
II per cent discount. (Look out for
county bondsD He declared the
government and the people must
have gold always, although on ac-
count OF its scarcity he did not see
clearly how and where they are go
ing to get it if bonds could not be
exchanged for it. He told anec.
dotes about bankers, showing the
dangerous power Of this metal hid
den away for ruthless and unscrup-
ulous designs OH coveted vineyards,
as in Naboth's time, and finally de-
clared with populists, that so long
as property declined and gold ad-
vanced it would be impossible to
borrow money for business purpos-
es. In order to extricate us from
the mess we were to replace tie re-
place the republicans in power and
by some occult process unknown to
themselves or their clouded follow
ers, the millennium would immedi-
ately follow.
The nominee for legislature fol-
lowed, as from his own confession
he has always (some basket selling
Englishman, I think he said, with
the piteous cry of "me too'). He
quoted scripture, declared trees
were known by fruit and not leaves
unless fellow was exceptionally
sober. The democratic tree pro-
duced rotten fruit; the populist tree
was fruitless, whilst the republican
tree broke down under the weight
Of its golden pippins. Therefore
plant the republican tree.
The nominee for county judge
villi6ed the Southern people little;
declared they were not so intelli-
gent as the Northerners; quoted
ancient statistics which probably
were not culled from Bill Nye's
greatest creation, as he declared
them democratic and enumerated
in leisure moments; solemnly and
gracefully waved the soiled under
garment; asserted that democracy
buys more than it sells whilst re-
publicanism always sells more than
it purchases; therefore support re-
publicanism. Had we not better
watch it little?
The nominee for county clerk
made an excellent speech Of ten
seconds which was almost inaudi-
bic.
The nominees for sheriff, assessor
and surveyor ranked next to coun-
ty clerk.
Descriptive of the attitude of the
tariff question, the president Of the
clab recited some. poetry in blank
verse, I believe, about a man in
Texas and another in Mexico trad
ing horses; said the Oregonians rep
resented the greaser and Portland
the Americans. Maybe I misun-
derstood him; I am not good at hy-
perbole. However he adjourned
the session with promise for the
future, and the orchestra rendered
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