Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-12-27
JOURNAL "x-RAYs.
"An honest dollar aud chance to
earn IT," Give spain chance. This
is chance administration.

al hOutot uolldI ditu u tudutt W
earn IT," Give spain chance. This
is a chance administration.
See here We nbj ecu to the claim
10y the holiday trade as a prosperity
boom. Santa Claus is not goldbug.
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Those two lawyers had better with
draw their suit, settle up, and apollo
gize to the only injured party in the
case.
The young war.lord, of Germany,
always carries loaded revolver on
his person. lie Is loaded in other re-
spectS.
SenatCrMOrrill wants the Hawaiian
islands annexed as a county of Ore
gon. 1t would be good Offset for
Multnomah in the legislature.
Buzzard Weyler was routed out OF
Cuba by the honest protests of the
American people Now he's waiting
to pick the bones OF the Spanish mon
archy.
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That resolution by Alderman Smith
TO get figures on electric lighting
from all the cities in the northwest is
all right. The people can't have too
much light.
Peter $. Mcmahon Of Albany, n. y.
committed suicide at syracuse Dec.
o. He left note saying: "Cigarets
is The cause of tins. 1 have been crazy
about a week. Good-by,"
by all means, pass the national
bankruptcy law. The number Of Hen
aching to fail up rich in the fed
eral courts and pay one TO seven cents
on the dollar is very large.
Let us know Mr.. Recorder, just
what sort of a fix the city of Salem is
Ia financially. If the bonoed and
floating warrant debt draws more in
terest than our total city income,
let's have a receiver.
81.
Eugene Journal: Make somebody |
glad, do kindness to some one of
your fellows and say kind words to all
this Christmas and thus make your
self the recipient of secret Joy that
comes only through service of Others.
Laboring people want postal savings
banks, where they can salt down any
stray dime that comes into their
hands But the banks don't want
Them, and that ends it with Uncle
Samuel as he is at present consti-
Iuted.
For the year ending July l, 1897,
there were 100 bank failures in our
country, 80 of them national banks,
la proportion to The total number
The largest percentage of failures was
savings banks. Only banker with
leart of brass can oppose giving the
people postal savings banks.
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Congressional wisdom, which means
Jhe self-interest of the legal profess
sion, is laboring to produce bank
ruptcy bill. That would throw every
business failure that had accounts in
more than one state into the federal
courts for adj Ldication, regular
windfall for the legal fraternity.
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The McMinnville Valley transcript
got out ii handsome double number
Christmas edition, besides prosper
ty supplement all in ore edition.
Al, is bound to fill his patrons stock
Ings plum full Of good things His
paper continues to boom Mitchell and
that is something we will not be-
yrudge that gentleman either, seeing
+ was near Christmas.
THE JOURNAL has pension plat
'orm. Ii wouldn't be bad one for a
political party to adopt. At least we
nave not heard anyone object to its
ustness. Secretary Of State Harrison
R. Kincaid's paper, 1.-THE Oregon
State Journal" has endorsed it by
copying it on the editorial page.
Every old soldier who Is incapaci-
lated for earning liylihood by inju-
ries received 10 the service. or by dis
ease or old age siGce then is entitled
10 pension Ct from So to Sl2
month. The large pension to rich
men and pensions to those still able
TO make a living by their own ener
gies ought TO be cut otfIt is altogether
too profitable now for yOungwidow to
marry old veterans.