Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-06-17
CORRUPT SALEMITE
Feels Bad About the lndlg-
naiioa Meeting
WAS A PRIMARY PACKER.
|Who Helped Defeat Hermann in
This County.

Following anonymous communl-
tltion appears in the Salem States
ban;
SALEM, June 10, 1896.
Editor Statesman:-In your report
bf the indignation" meeting held in
Marion square on last Saturday, l
notice quite an extended reference to
speech made by one e. Hofer, in
which he refers to the late legislature,
bf which he was a member, as a
skunk, aud tells them he is himself
cne Of the purest men and greatest re-
formers OF this or any other age. Is
1thIs the celebrated reformer Hofer
who came here about six years ago,
and the next day after he got here
started In 10 boss the whole county
and abuse old citizens Of every shade
Of political and religious faith, who
were here years before he was born,
aud who has been venting his spite
ever since on every one Of them, who
wouldn't put up the stuff or allow
him TO run them? Is this the same
man who received forty-oue votes out
Of over 2SO in his own precinct at the
Republican primaries, when he wanted
TO 90 to the county convention and
from there back TO the legislature?
Is this the same man who supported
Napoleon Davis for mayor against
Claude Catch at the reputed price OF
SOY Is this the same man who asked
Tilmon Ford such an outrageos figure
TO boom him for congress? is this
the same man that Tom Tongue re-
fused to pony up" for in the late
campaign? Is this the same man who
was so slow in dividing up the pro-
eeeds OF that check that Jonathan
Bourne sent up at the last Republican
pnmarles9 Is this the same man who
halways talking about the extrava-
gance and corruption OF Joe Simon,
aud who showed people how economi-
cal ne was by voting for 1857, 733. 81
appropriations more than Joe Simon
uid' is this the same man who wa
W the ways and means committee
oI The last house that reported an
appropriation bill Of s1,257, ,433. 90
ana who didn't put in a minority re-
pofE Is this the man who voted for
more appropriations than any other
Inah IN either the house or the senateP
Is lhls the man who voted against
ouly one bill approprlating money and
'uat one calling for a very small
1uoanty Is this the same man who
,O'ed TO give the state printer another
lOo OF $4,000 to print state
NuOOi oooksS Is this the same
man who voted to apprOpri-
ave 5000 OF the Taxpayers
money 10 support a graded school at
-aAeVlew9 Is this the same mar
"uO voted to appropriate $4,000 for q
uOrnial school at Drain? Is this the
.a"e man who voted and worked foI
appropriation Of 100000 for tn,
!, s'unpla ~ river TO help out the stat,
y washington that wouldn't give ,
S.' u'' an appropriation that wOul,
seiy Increase the tax OF Marion
sounty and would not help Marlol
sa'y 10 the extent OF one dollar
AZ - 'ne same man who voted for sl4O,
~ lor the Eastern Oregon insan
s., sg,uin and then abused the suprem
u'' ,,s,N ior not declaring it unconstitu
~o., oIal, Is this the same man VIII
,Sa Used and voted against reducing
T~,sy s sAiary Of the district attorney Il
4, s,Ssnomah wv county from eco. 900 /
vaS'V v,,oS simply because Joe Simon fay
~as S'oa ~ ll' Is this the same man that oil
n.. .aa"ell publicly denounced as
AZ the meeting last Saturday an,