Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-12-31

The mayors street commissioner i
getting Wilson Avenue ready to rails,
a crop Of spuds.
Q Look out for the mass meetings to
be held all over the state in honor of
the resurrection of John II. Mitchell.
Mark Hanna does not feel encour-
aged about the situation in Ohio.
The old sinner ought TO be glad he is
alive.
{. They have middle-of-the road Pop.
ulists in Ohio, men of principle, who
oppose fusion, they would not even
vote for a Silver Republican to defeat
Mark Hanna.
The Mitchell leaders in the late at
tempted legislature all favor the
Mitchell plan of harmonizing the Re-
publican party. Who do those fellows
lead anyway? Surely not themselves.
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or course, if the sound money,
Mark Hanna state treasurer of Ore
gon, were found 100000 short in his
cash he would be immediately arrested
and the supreme court would never
let up until he was In the penitentiary,
but he had better keep out of the
green fruit business.
McBride's 5000, 900 appropriation for
the relief of the Dawson City miners
was rushed through so fast that peo-
pie are wondering what TO do with it.
Dawsonites notify the Canadian gov
ernment that provisions are plentiful.
Reindeer can't be got in there 1t is
positive cruelty to take dogs, horses or
mules. or course the commercial
companies will get their share of the
5000 600
Here are two witty paragra phs from
Bob. Hendricks pen:
Mr.. Hermann is a bright man. He
supports the plan Of the creation.
Therefore he wants the credit Of hay
ing God make and arrange things as
they are seen about US.
1t was also Mr.. Hermann who Sc
cured Salem's government postOllice
building.
A fish out Of water, or man trying
to use the German language, who has
never had his Jaw broken, are equally
out of their element. Here is
the North Yamhill Records attempt
at speaking German:
"Flner hat mich dass ich etwas in
die Deltche Sprache drucken wollen
gefragt; es ist aber klein gebrauch
we'll ich bin kien gutter Drucker un
unser Teufel ist klein Deutcher Und
kann es NIGHT gut pruefenlesen."
Gen, Joseph R. Hawley "sat down"
On George W. Smaliey, the Tory
squire who writes on English matters
for the New York Tribune, as the
latter closed his speech at the New
England society dinner in Brooklyn.
Mr.. SmalleY had made an appeal for
our cultivation as nation of friend
ship with England, in the course of
which he declared that;
We haYe said and done so much as
to convince continental Europe that
we are a menace to the peace Of the
world. The Venezuelan message, the
resolutions and speeches in congress,
especially Il ask the pardon of Senator
Hawley) in the senate chamber, our
sermonizing about Armenia and
Greece, our continual proyocation Of
Spain about Cuba, our con tinued per
versions of the Monroe doctrine, and,
finally, our proposal to annex Hawaii
all these things have convinced the
powers that their best policy is to
combine against this country.
Consequently we Ought 10 geb III
with the only power that could or
would be our friend. Senator Hawley
arose and said with deliberate EN-
phasis: "Mr. President, l do not
wish in the least degree 10 mar the
harmony OF this occasion, but feel
that must express my profound re-
gret that our distinguished friend
misunderstands his own country to
such an extent" But this will have
no curative effect on Mr.. SmalIey.
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There seems TO be number OF men
| in Oregon who are willing 10 take