Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-10-04
Washington Letter.

w aSnlnSton, D' ~ SePt' IS, 1894:
EDITOR LEADER;-We arrived .
1t the National Capital from Ore
gon about four months ago and
have been prospecting and learning
its by.ways and highways ever
since, and thinking q few tips from
one who formerly lived i'll your
vicinity might be of interest to
some Of your many readers, l have
concluded to send you line, but
do not promise to enroll myself as
a regular Washington correspon-
dent for several good and sufficient
reasons. Most of the Washi1glon
letters to Oregon newspapers are
in exchange for some patent attor-
ney's advertisement, or in the III
terest of some cheap patert rreli-
cine, and as for their politics, YOU
can get them democratic, rep@bli-
ran or populist, all for the same
price, and all written by the same
person,
1t takes all Oregonian some time
to get his bearings in this great
moving mass of humanity, but
few months spent in our National
Capital is pretty good education
to any American citizen, even
though he be we'll educated and
man of large experiences. To one
like your humble servant it is time
and money we'll spent, for one can
not know too much about our own
great country.
am not here for the purpose of
looking up any old claims, or to
pull any strings on Cleveland for
office; however I have met quite a
number Of people who were looking
out for a job of that kind, some of
them from Oregon. When I first
arrived there were number Of Ore
gon democrats here looking for
friends, as it were, but from what
little we have been able to find out
it seems to be the policy Of the ad-
ministration to thoroughly investi-
gate each applicants claim before
writing him a commission, and il
was given out that an applicant
must have endorsements from old
line democrats, and not the Weaver
wing Of the democratic party, =,
We saw our old friend Villain
Radir, of real estate fame, severa
months ago. He seemed to bt
haunting the Oregon delegation
but we were not able to find ou
what his wants were, but thinl
that he was wanting the center o
population moved west ofthe Rock
Mountains
We had ouI curiosity gratifiet
the other day by seeing a real liv'
president, and you can we'll imagin
the chains of thoughts that woul'
naturally pass through the mind Q
a Moss-back. from Oregon, on be
holding a live president for th
first time. stood and gazed upo,
his portly form until the car doc
closed and shut him and little Rut
in, and they were soon speeding o.
to Buzzard Bay. Right here W
wish to say that Buzzard is a
awfully bad smelling name for
president Of the United States to b
mixed up with, We remembe
when the Oregon legislator
changed the name Of Bull creek ],
! Eastern Oregon, to more modes
one. Why not Dave Hill look afte
this matter.
We have written Our old wife
who is taking care Of our possession
out in Oregon-God's country
while we are doing the great Capi
tai, that we still have hopes c
Oregon having presidential timbe
after seeing Cleveland. Of cours
Pennoyer is too big fool, and Jir
; Loten don't want it, but Easter
Oregon is TO be heard from.
One would suppose from III
newspaper reports that all the tw
old parties did was to curse tn
administrations, the retiring an
I present, but such is not the cast
{. Out Of session one may see senator
and congressman, Of different poll
p ical views, arm in arm or laughin
: at the report some corresponder
: has sent out TO his home paper *