Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-02-08

o o q o .
OF SodOm.' You're right brother,
that's bad place. But as it was
druY into the ground with fire and
hail about 5000 years ago. it seems to
US your advice is not exactly up-tO.
date.
The Astoria News, run by Gratke,
Mitchell Democrat ia the last legista-
ture, says: "Mr. Scott is not after
Mitchell alone. He has fierce an
] tipathy to the Mitchell push be-
cause it is now 10 possession OF the
| confidence Of the federal administfa-
tiOn and the federal patronage"
Hon. like" Patterson is kept
good while on the anxious seat. await
ing returns for his vote for Mcbride
for senator. All Ike, don't you know
that the sObriQuet "Cornmeal Ike"
was won by the same traits Of chaIac-
ter that made you unfaithful TO Mr..
DOlph Look out, my friend, you are
driving on rocks strewed with many
human wrecks.
Under the gold standard and the
presidents policy Of extreme partisan
politics the salaries at Willamette
are none too good now, nor too
promptly paid. When he becomes a
Mark Hanna enthusiast, the institu-
tion will not become any more success
ful financially unless Hawley can get
a good fat office. Mark may give it
a big endowment, however.
The X-Ray man would like to ask
John c. Young, now middle-Of-the
road PopuliSt, one question: Didn't
you 20 to st. Louis as a delegate from
Oregon, selected at the McMinnville
Union Bimetallic. convention, and
help nominate Bryan for president I?
Were you sincere then, are you sin
cere now, or have you experienced a
change Of heart?
-
Toledo Leader: There are no flies
on the Republicans OF Portland. At
| the state league meeting Multnomah
county had nearly one thousand out
Of two thousand delegates present.
! The delegates from Multnomah
county alone represented 1900 Re
publican voters. The total vote Of
Multnomah county for president
last election was 1926, and those
Bryan received 6,453 and Mckinley
| ii ,S03.
If We we're quite sure that Col.
Alley never, never, stretched the
truth we'd resent this sQuib: "The
much-mooted question, who shall, we
have for our next governor, will not
be answered, Pennoyer. A Jealous
| seeker OF votes, who will resort TO get
ting drunk and visiting the houses CT
! ill-fame in Portland to get them, will
not be esteemed tit subject for poll
| tlcai hOnors."
In special article from Salem to
the Portland Tribune il is stated that
the producers OF the state were we'll
represented at the recent club conven-
ton" Shades OF the departed-''pro-
ducers" of whatY Out Of the 1000
| bowling Republicans there was not
a good bakers dozen OF real producers.
The convention was made up largely
OF oticials, bankers, brokers and cap
italists and outside OF the profes-
sional lOen there were few delegates.
The Mitchell push is working every
conceivable plan TO bring out numer-
Gus Republican candidates in Marion
county on the staJe ticket, to involve
its leaCeTs in quarrel aud mix up
things generally. Men are put for
ward for places 10 tempt them from
their mOOriDgs who have no possible
chance for nomination, and for whom
the Mitchell push would not even
vote, Those, however, are Mitchell
tactics.
Col. Bob Miller called at the gov
ernOr's office last Saturday evening.
and finding the governor absent, took
his seat in the gubernatOrial chair
aud asked his supposed friends "what
he could do for them" The colonel :
bearing on the occasion was highly
urGane, digniiied aud impressive. He
VAS led 10 remark, even from this
slight experience, that "the man and
| the position were suited To each
other" The colonel thinks that con
greSSiOnal committees have no right
IN Interfere in Oregon politics, unless
they should suggest a Democrat in
stead Of Silver Republican for gov
ernOr,
|
AT conference OF POpulists and
Silver Republican members ef the seu-
ate and house. the question OF an al
lance among the Several Silver par
ties In the West was considered
Oregon was first taken up. as there is
an election in that state In June. Ii
was decided as the judgment OF those
present that 70 would be we'll. Ia ore
gou for all parties 10 unite on Demo
erat for senator, a Silver Republican
for governor and two PopuliSts for
from Washington.
IL is very kind 10 arrange all these
matters Ia Washington. But the peO =
pie OF Oregon will have something 10
say about the makeup of the Union
ticket.