Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-10
JOURNAL "X.RAYs. 4"
Who shall have the ear
OF Theodore Thurston Geer?


$50
The philosophy Of politics consists
In being content with what you get.
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Wasn't there great deal of ignorN
ant voting done-even by Repuoli-
cans?
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Mr.. Geer made n triumphant entry |
into Salem, after having captured the
COW counties.
Uncle Harvey Scott has returned |
from planting another corpse In the
Portland newspaper graveyard.
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Prosperity has but one small cloud
over its fair brow, Waite Tooze is
to appear once more.
The silver boys, in Polk county,
kindly allowed the goldbugs a sur
veyor to lay off their grave and cor
oner to bury them.
D. H. Weyant, the- ianltor of the
Union headquarters, is as loyal Free
Silver Republican as eyer, but his
faith in humanity is little bit
shaken.
uThey have way Of bottling things
down South. Sampson has bottled up
the Spanish fleet and the censons at
Key West and Tampa haYe bottled
up all the war news.
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1t makes a man rather tired to read
in a morning paper all the war news
he had carefully persued in the eve
ming paper of the day before.-Sioux
City Tribune.
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Personal abuse hurts no man, The
JOURNAL and it's editors have had
their share and enjoy all conrli-
ments Of that sort.
"D-mn the Looneys." That's
mistake boys. You were always
ready to unite to keep Looney from
getting the sheriff's office. The
Union people don't even have the
satisfaction Of damning anybody.
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AS greatness grows titles fade. The
simple name Of Gladstone is sufficient
and If he had not refused the title Of
lord he would have been great simply
as Gladstone. Who says Lord. .Tenny>
son? or DR.. Beecher? or James G..
Blaine, LII. D.?
Aldermen who have taken the oath
of Office should attend the meetings Of
the city council and show up the
frauds and jobbery they allege is
being practiced, or else resign, They
nave no right to block business and
keep people who,work for the city out
OF their'pay.
There are two ladies In the William.
ette university law class, but the real !
Eaiden speech of the occasion will be
made by Frank Il, Wrightman. Those
who have.heard Frank deliver himself
In the law class know that he is Ma"
rionIcounty Iboy who has bright
future.
We'd rather be modest than be
president, We didn't make perfect
record In the legislature as Q. B..
Moores did. We voted for all the ap-
preparations except the commissions,
and had. to vote for them on final
passage OF the appropriation bill OF
kill II. A Salem man who wouldn't
vote for appropriations is q demagog
or fool.
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The reappointment of John b.
Glesy as deputy clerk was an act of
retributive justice. He was the de-
putty who gave the newspapers the
first information about the irregu
larities in the keeping of the court
house records SO far as they appeared
In the clerks office. He was defeated
for the nomination, which he really
deserved, but took his defeat grace =
fully and deserves recognition, He
is besides, one OF the most competent
men ever in the office.
Here's hit on the "Rey." Edwards
Dayis, at Frisco: When the organist
slid into his seat aud turned on the
water for the prelude there were just
sixtyi people in the house, and about
all that came in after the speaker
began operations were three police
men. The subject was "a Defense OF
lngersoll, f" an1 the speaker evidently
tried 10 do the square thing by the
noted agnostic. as he only devoted
half the time TO lauding Davis.
All druggists sell DR. Niles Nerve PlasterA
Or Niles tain pills. zone cont dosA~
Or. Miles Nerve Piaatsra 10 AteliaFn1glsia'