Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-12-20
JOURNAL "x-RAYs."

JOURNAL "x-RAYs."
Gold standard ia the United States
is good enough for us-Mexlco.
The cheapest way TO dispose OF
what you don't understand is to sneer
at it,.
The Washington Hatchet still has
an edge three columns long each wee k
for Scott-Corbett-Lord-Simon.
"Whats in name?" Mr.. Spain
bowler ia at the head OF Cuban re-
lief committee in Gentry county, Mo.
A vile subscriber says too many pee
pie are willing to 20 to h-ll for an OF
fee. That is, they go into politics.
Silent condemnation Is far more ef-
fectve than lOud-mOuthed denuncia.
tion. The latter always discluses a
motive.
The barometer at the state house
was higher this morning than it has
been for many weeks indicating a
period of good weather aJ hand.
The X-Ray man is eating Nebraska
POpulist slapjacks and Steiner's Dem
ocratic salted salmonbellies. It's the
great combination brain and muscle
food.
There has been a great cancellation
OF mortgages going on all oyer the
land. Millions OF dollars of mortgages
have been wiped out by handing over
the deeds to the moneylender.
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An Albany man just missed
steamer by an hour, and the steamer
was wrecked aud most on board
drowned. That was II close call
Really life comes pretty close anyway
10 hanging by a thread.-Albany
Democrat
The buying OF Christmas presents
has begun, really as joyous an Occupa.
tlOn to the person who can afford 10 as
there is. IL Is certainly blessed TO
give, and by all means do IL, and in a
sensible Albany Democrat.
In the death of Miss Fannie Con-
don Eugene suffers sad loss Miss
Condor was faY0rite wherever
known and an artist whose future
promised happy results. Her work
possessed the charm Of originality
Pacific Empire.
A Salem paper speaks Of Homer
Davenport, OF Salem. The great car
toonst's address is Newark, N. j |
He was born and brought up in Silver
ton. and never did reside In Salem Il
Silyert on Appeal
Thanks for the correction. 1t is |
Homer Davenport of Oregon.
The elevator in the state house |
which was SO badly damaged some |
time ago 10y some careless boys, per
sons or students has been repaired and |
Is again In use by the officers who are |
employed in the upper story of the
CAPITOL. The persons who damaged |
The elevator before should be made TO
pay for the repairing.
After many years and much com
plaint and kicking the Salem street |
commissioners built one out OF four
needed cross walks on State street |
between The court house and state
house bit, and a "but" with an
emphasis, he did not complete even
one cross walk. He built II part way
and lett the street car companies TO
finish it.
Harritt & Lawrence have imported
large lot OF Nebraska POpulist corn.
meal. The Oregon PopulisLs have
been eating altogether soft wheat
slaplacks, while the Nebraska corn
meal slapiacks stick 10 the ribs a
great deal better. The Populist corn.
meal ought 70 be introduced all oyer
Oregon. They have eaten ~ in Ne
Draska until there isn't Republican
in olllce. by all lueaus let us eat the
Nebraska PopulstslapIacks,
The Polk County Iteih'izer has this |
Wash drawing" of Oregon politlcs:
"Ibe Republicans seem irrrcnncila- |
ply divided into Mitchell anl anti
Mitchellites, tO say nothing at the |
olifSi auNlDdAee- lc tnlu lie -ul- tue |
road Populists and Union element Of |
that party mix about like oil and |
water ln the Democratic ranks there |
IS comparative harmony, the eXcep- |
tiOn beiag the handful Ct gold stand |
ard men who threw away their votes
two years ago.
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Ralph Clyde OF Portland "Calamlty |
llowlerh fame has been at The Dulles |
aud says OF that thriving town:
Wherever i went | noticed no cases |
OF poverty, destitution or wretched- |
ness, commonly observed in our large
cities, On the contrary ,eyeFybo ly had |
sufficient The hand OF good.fellow,
snip and open -heartedness was Visible |
On all sides. There are as nlce a set
OF people living in that city as ever
trod the earth. l was pleased ID note |
that the race for the GOd-almighty- |
dollar had not crushed their hner
feelings as 10 has elsewhere.
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A man who is close 70 the throne,
and evidently knows what he is talk
ing about. says that there Is trade |
on foot between the Mitchell aud the
anti-Mitchell forces. by which Mr..
Mitchell is 70 name tbe Republican
legislative ticket next year and Ia,
anti-Mitchell crowd shall name the
remainder Of the state ticket. THIS
IS nlce little scheme, but the peO
pie OF Oregon have tired of allowing