Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-12-15
JOURNAL X-RAYS

A pretty race-Lord and Pennoyer
for governor.
The best X-Rays for today are miss
ing. No southern exchanges.
Wanted-a street commissioner who
can get more than one idea through
his hoad at once.
One way to pTosper,is to keep out of
dept But great scott How would
the poor money lender live.
The Silver Republicans of Oregon
have the only party in the state that
has no divisions or factions.
Mr.. Mustard didn't make a very hot
run for mayor of Albany, only receiv-
ing forty votes. 1t Lust be that Al
bany people want a milder tonic.
The people Of Oregon want an op-
position party that can call down and
do up the corrupt elements in the old
parties, rot combination Of those
corruptionists.
Frank Villa ms, of Ashland,
member of the Populist state execu-
tive committee, went south today, on
a tour of valley towns. He does not
believe inS''self-appointed' leaders.
1t sometimes appears as though
there were great many people in
this world always ready and waiting
with their mouths wide open to Swal-
low any windy fraud that is offered
them.
We are too green to burn. The fire
insurance. company collects about $751;
200 year in this city, and we don't
haye fire losses on an average of ZOO
a year, and maintain good fire de-
partment besides.
Where does our money go? Salem
spends about $75, 1000 year for fire in
surance, and gets back about $1,000 a
year. One fraternal order has in five
years collected about $50, 900 and three
deaths have brought back $1,000, and
Salem has forty different lodges.
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A good Christian lady wants to know |
why drivers of delivery wagons shelter
themselves with oilskin and rubber |
coats and sit under a canvas cover, |
when their poor horses are left with
out shelter in cold rain all day long.
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The present Salem street commits
Sloner Is wrungfully accused of not !
being able to get two things through |
his head at once. He did the other |
night at the council O. X. Two bills |
for the same lot of lumber at different |
prices. He was never known to make |
such a mistake in his own business af-
fairs.
New York capitalists, under cover
Of New Jerseys corporation laws, have |
organized to control the gold mining |
output of the world There could not |
be adduced more striking argument |
against allowing the already exist |
ing gold trust to limit the world TO the !
use OF the one metal as measure OF |
values
The late Mr.. Dana, OF the New York |
Sun, ia his war "reminiscences now
in McClure's testifies that he |
never heard Gen. Grant utter sim
gle profane word in all the difficult |
aud harassing situations OF the civil |
war in which Mr.. Dana was with him. |
Gen. Horace Porter in his Campaign |
ng with Grant" lbears the same wit
ness as To his own experience with |
Jhe Union chieffidn. The conclusion |
seems safe that Gen. Grant went |
four years Of as tough war
fare as any general of all time with
)ut losing his temper or using an oath.
The same, perhaps can be said OF his
great opponent, Gen. Lee, although |
Jhe evidence on this point is not at
)ur command. At any rate, between |
5he two, Grant and Lee, a great war
vas conducted with less swearing at .
headquarters than before in the |
worlds history. Boys, don't swear.