Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-04-13

today.
OF course, clad Catch is down at
Astoria whooping up 7. T. Geer for
governor.
II will 90 into history as The mont
mental failure OF the age-Mekinleys
message on Cuba,
The enlarged one cent daily thinks
il has more Republican subscribers
than any Republican paper al Salem
1t would never do to pay lawyers TO
really do anything for the taxpayers
Our Populist county treasurer ought
to know better.
Such a thing as cutting the $4,000
year umbilical cord between Hon.
Phil Metschan Of Brandenburg and
our state government is not tc be
dreamed Of by the Republican party.
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It's a cold day when Geo. Grab
Bingham don't ring in 10 per ceEt
bill for collecting taxes for the county
that would be collected anyhow.
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The X-Ray man thinks he can
guarantee the old soldiers immunity
from any slams at this Republican
state convention. They are too badly
needed this year.
Now that the Cubans have practi-
cally whipped Spain it is proper for
Gage, Hanna ct al TO demand that the
q. 6. intervene and compel 1.-THE Gu
bans to buy their own country.
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By the way, who's putting up for
T. T. Geer's expenses this spring,
travelling all oyer the state? John Q.
Wilson. John G. Wright, Tom Simms,
NJ. L.. Chamberlain and w. F.Boothoy
wouldn't 10 such thing.
The Geer boom did not spring
spontaneously out of the soil free
gratis. 1t was carefully fostered and
mustered into existence, and 1T will
be seen who furnished the capital
later on.
The band was out, the streets were
full OF Hpeople rejoicing, paradiDg
and ratifying over the wonderful
outburst Of Americanism and magnif-
cent display Of backbone in McKin-
ley's message-in horn.
John DAILY of Corvallis was In town
yesterday. He says Prest. Catch is
doing splendid work for tue college.
He is a gentleman, a scholar, and
has sense enough to keer out OF re-
ligicus and political controversies so
far.
1t was really liberal of the A. P. A.
managers to grab only NINE Of the
places on the Republican county
ticket. The wonderful prosperity Of
the people is so great that they will
not object to being taxed for theparty
machine campaign management, the
expenses Of keeping up the A. P. A.
organization, and the salaries OF the
officials besid
The Republican state convention
will probably suit even the fastidious
tastes of the immaculate Bob, who
edits the Statesman. There will not
bs many "bull farmers" like Geo.
Dimick in that body. The bull whack-
ers and COW punchers are not sweet
scented enough to associate with men
OF as fine cloth as the gentleman Bob
of the Statesman,
Bob Hendricks is at Astoria. lie is
one OF the leading Republican mana
gers and undoubtedly forgot TO leaYe
word with his young men at Salem to
show the Union candidate for COVER
nor the proper courtCsies due from an
opposition paper. The young men OF
the Statesman bear King no i'll will,
aud did not Intentionally ignore his
visIt:to the Capital City.
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Salem Statesman on McKinley's
message:
There was palpable disappoint-
ment noticeable everywhere, and
while party opinion was expressed
with reserve and an evident desire to
make the best OF the situation, still
men of all classes, in politics and out
without carping at the president or
distorting his smotives. exhibited a
want OF satisfaction that was almost
unanimous.
A Salem dispatchsays State Treas
urer Metschan does not disapproye Of
McKinley's invertebrate Cuban mes
sage. Mr.. Metschan has never been
known to disapprOve OF anything. He
Is one OF those sort OF persons who
would not have disapproved of the
crucifxion OF our SAVIOUR had he been