Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-07-24
GOSSIP by THE wAYsrDE.
Letter from Travelling Scribe Eastward
Bound.


ON THE TRAIN FOR ST. LOUIS
July 20, 1896
There is great deal of plowinI
going on in North Dakota, and alto
gether the country presents a beautl
full and inviting appearance OF abund
ant yerdure, thrifty herds Of cattle
and immense fields Of grain. l'houit
think there would be about a hall
crop o. grain. 1t is all headed out
but short IN the straw, which VIII
make IL very hard to harvest where
there are any Russian thistles'
Many fields are headed out less than a
foot high. But even half crop OF
fair quality means immense wealth
for Dakota. with abundant grass
and hay, plenty OF potatoes and good
gardens there are good times ahead
for the Dakotans. Who can find
perfection anywhere? We find com
plants at .our Willamette valley, al
though IL is a world-beatcr.
AZ Valley City, North Dakota, on
the Cheyenne river, / found fairly
good crops, great increase In hogs
and cattle compared To two years age
when was out here. There are some
fields that are bare, but most show a
fine color and stand. There are no Rus
sian thlstles here, but some reported
in other directions. There Is fine elm
ash and oak timber along this river
which emptIes into the Red River OF
OF the North. We saw beautiful
groves far away on the curves of the
river, and with the rolling bills thi'
Is one OF the most satisfactory parti
OF North Dakota. A man at the sta
tlon said 10 per cent of the voters
were for silver.
Casselton, North Dakota: Crops
very good. Three free coinage mel
where there used TO be one.
Detroit, Minnesota; Crops very
poor, wheat badly burned and rusty
much In need OF rain. One man sale
politics was all one way-McKlnley
He told me this alone. A few min
utes later asked another man wear
ing a copper button. He said; l viii
have 60 answer you In the Irlshman's
prayer. lie prayed God TO "bless this
mixed-up mucksed-up people, for God
only knows where we're at"
AS we got into central Minnesota
we found crops short and badly burned
Anyone who doubts that the United
States Is a homogeneous nation o
people should take trip from Salen
TO st. Louis and talk 10 the people
along the road. There Is not only The
same language, dress, food and houses
but the same set of ideas, the same
phrases OF expression, the same molC
OF thought and the same vocabulary
Everywhere the term PopullsC is con
sidered bya certain class an oppro
brious epithet, Indeed, great man,
Popullsts treat themselves rs n jok
and expect Others TO do so. Th
Cleveland administration Is usuall
spoken of with n sneer aud there Is NJ
enthusiasm over Republlcanism. Tn
time Is ripe for u new Union part,
with bimetallism as platform. j d.
not mean the longe-to-be deferret
bankers international blmetalllsm
but big two-I blmetalllsm, immedi
ate independent bimetallism. Jus
as the northern Democrats and Wings
the free sollers and abolitionists, Tn,
American and anti-Masonic, Tn,
cranks and creatures OF polltica
epithet of all names and nature
united IN 1860 20 make the grea
national Union Republican party, 81
now the issue on the money question
will unite Popullst, Democrat, silye
Republican, greenbacker, Prohibition
list and whatnOt 20 overthrow the olt
parties.
Or. Bentley, of Bismark, is liable 4
be the Popullst nominee for goyerno
OF North Dakota. IL is conceded FREE
silver two 60 one. . Senator Hans