Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-27
JOURNAL

JOURNAL "x-RAYS."
/, Our delegation cannot understanI
how any man, much less Mr.. GeeI
should refuse an office, though he oil
, not get the office he wanted. TIL
comes from thinking that there is d
difference between other people ant
themselves.
Mr.. Patterson has struck something
that '~sagacious silence won't bridge
oyer-Dr. Lanes charges.
II State Treasurer Metschan wants
to be governor, let him tell the public
exactly what funds are in his hands
and where those funds are. That
would be a good stepping stone.
Salem people have a right to know
why newspapers published in the val
ley towns south at Albany, Eugene
or intermediate points do not reach
Salem until one day after they are
placed in the mail. Papers mailed at
Albany at four or FIVE O'Clock ia the
afternoon should reach Salem at 7:lC
the next morning. Instead they dc
not get here till 3 in the afternoon.
The same should be true with Eugene
papers. They should be received here
the next morning after publication.
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The cronic kicker wants TO know
why BARRIERS always cut your hair too
short. "YOu say To a barber that you
want your hair ''trimmed" and he
will keep trimming till it is all gone".
The Journal X-ray man Is not able to
say why this Is true, if indeed it is.
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The gold standard sheets absolutely
don't know what to do with the re-
ports of Bryan's monster meetings,
He is a hot potato.
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Cottage Grove Leader: The Mitch
ell Republicans are determined the
Custom House bicycle shall be run
without a Geer. And Blacks wheel
does not seem to be tired.
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Those parties who are trying to
make Senator Mitchell an issue ia the
next election outUf inGignatiOn;at the
conduct of the last legislature have
an uphill job. 1t is rich ore but hard
to work.
Speaker Tom Reed is the economist
and conservative bulwark Of the Re.
publican party. lie has managed the
last three congress Sc carefully that
he has kept expenses down to a paltry
billion dollars in each.
People who buy the standard"
should haye their attention called to
the fact that it contains nothing but
the same pair of legs over and over,
only photographed in new attitudes.
1t is positively stale. .
The Oregon delegation are informed
that they ought to quit. 1t is a fine
thing to live at the right time and To
die at the right time. ls't not so?
~
The deaf mute pupils will appreci-
ate this; There IS regret that some
are dumb; but more regret, a lot are
not.
There is ii growing recognition of
the fact that public spirit in a propri-
etor is a mighty good advertisement
for a business.
The approach Of the rainy season
makes this skit aprOpos:
MABEL: Why are you putting on
your lovely light-blue silk stockings
and white lace petticOat in such a
muddy town as this?
EDITH: Because it is a muddy
town
"A great many county superintend-
ents have been getting their regular
salary Of $500 to $500 a year, SO a day
from the county for examining ap-
plicants for state papers, and then SO
a piece from the state when a diploma
was issued. These fees should all go
to the public treasury.
81 want no policeman or cityonicials
who Will not stack up fees and costs
against the city as reward for helping
the'Mitchell push"-Pap r., Mayor.
Pendleton E. O.: Mr.. Geer refused
an office that pays $4,000. a year in
order to help out the Joe Simon wing
of the Republican party in Oregon.
But Mr.. Geer did it In such a way as
TO give him greater credit.