Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-11-06
PORTLAND LETTER.
Politics the One Absorbing Topic Of
Conversational In state Metropolis
Another "MorAi wave"

Another "MorAi waye."
Special Correspondence,
Portland. Or, Oct 2S.-Perhaps the
funniest thing in all this campaign 10
paper in favor Of silver written by
wife in answer TO paper in favor Of
gold by her husband.
Rufus Mallory is distinguished
lawyer Of this city, He is the partner
Of Joe Simon, the famous politician.
The irm used to be Dolph, Mallory q
Simon. Since the senator's defeat he
has withdrawn from the firm, and or.
gan.zed new firm composed OF himself
and his son and his son.in-law.
Mr.. Mallory IL forcible speaker,
and he 10 an ardent gold man. His
wife. Mrs. Lucy S. Mallory. is a friend
Of silver. She publishes a bi.monthly
called "The Worlds Advance Thought
and the Universal Republic. !" In the
September. October issue, the editor,
Mira Mallory, publishes a paper by her
husabnd, Rufus Mallory, entitled "The
Gold Standard and in the same issue
Mrs. Mallory replies to her husband in
an editorial under the caption, "The
Silver Question"
1t is not for me to say who gets the
best Of the argument. but Ii is no favor
itism to say that the wife ''argu6es"
pretty lively against "her august lord
and master, y as the queen speaks Of the
king.
This letter is sent to several papers,
and probably before it appears in some
OF the papers to which | sell 1t, the
election will have come and gone, and
many hopes ON one side or the other
will have been blasted. This much It
may however. be permitted me to say;
that whichever side wins. this republic
will live, and times will be better for
us, because owing to short food crops
in many parts Of the world, there will
be stronger demand for our abund.
ance. and, consequently, much better
prices for food products. Other misfor-
tunes will benefit US. Whilst | am
sorry for those other, needs must be
glad for I'VE uns.
The latest "big gun" to talk politics
in Portland was Mr.. Boutelle, Of
Maine, and member Of the house Of
representatives Of congress. BY the
by, why Is it that member OF the
house is always spoken of as con-
gresham? A senator is also a congress.
man. Congress is composed Of the two
bodies. the house Of representatives and
the senate; and member Of either
body is q congressman. In old times
whenever one spoke or wrote Of con.
gress. he always prefixed 1t with "the"
the congress- "
That's side remark. Mr.. Boutelle
is man Of fine presence and excellent
voice. When l heard him debate in
the house, he was rather vigorous, Z"
and he is q great wsver Of the ''bloody
shirt" Those Maine men are very
Union, and they have hardly yet for.
gotten the war. There was an i'm.
mense crowd to hear the son Of the
Pine Tree State. Probably fve thou.
sand people were crowded in the Ex.
position hall to hear him. He made q
dignified. argumentative speech, but he
lacked the smoothness Of Ben Butter
worth, nor WAS he so "hale fellow,
we'll met" as was Ben Tillman.
Do you ever have moral wave"
In your town? Every now and then,
we have one here. Just now there is
a great clamor for the rigid enforce.
, ment Of the law which says saloons
} shall close at A. M. 1t seems that
: those saloons that have mo- business af
ter midnight have become awfully vir'
r tuous, and they have organized to spy
} on those who have business later. Oi
: course, every law ought to be enforced
J but modestly confess that am moi
] very warm in my sympathy for the
. motive" that inspires the new move
, in behalf Of good citizenship" Jeal.
. ousy Is truly an ugly toad, whether il
/, be as to love or to liquor.
! II is not known much outside Of Port
: land that the public library here has a
D very fine set of plaster casts Of the besi
pieces Of ancient statuary. 1t cost
$40, 900, and it is the gift Of ex. United
States Senator Il. W. Corbett. The
e casts are in a beautiful gallery on the
|, second floor Of the magnificent library
Q building, also gift to the city. by Q
? lady now dead. Yet doubt II over Q
Z thousand Portlanders have seen those
> statues, although admission 10 free sew
i eral times week.
Portland Is getting to be quite club
e town. We have the Arlington, an ex
II elusive aristocratic affair with rather
limited membership Of the upper ten
n which leaves me out. Then there II
the Multnomah Athletic Club, whict
like the Arlington, has building ex
\ clusively for its own use. The Arling
: ton Club owns its building, but thu
Multnomah leases its. The Concordis
T. Club is comprised exclusively of He,
"a brews 1t has an entire second floor O
a handsome two-story building facini
the Oregonian's tall tower. The Com
mercial Club is composed of business
y men, and 1t occupies the entire tol
floor of the Chamber Of Commerce
This is a gastronomic affair. 1t Il
n composed of business men and profes
y sional men. II is the club that usually
/ Ii. l. III