Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-05-25
THE CALAMITY HoWLER SHOWN
How the Salem Organ ISLANDERS Good
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AUMsvmLE, May %, 1893.

Men
AUMsvLLE, May %, 1898.
EDITOR JOURNAL the Salem
Sentinel of the 2lst inst appears
what purports to be a report of a po-
litcal meeting held in Aumsyille,
wherein A. G. HOugh and II J. Big
ger, who were the speakers and made
the report referred to, and which is
Characteristic of the two men who
addressed the meeting, in that the
report IS painfully misleading. 1t is
not true that there was large au-
dience. 1t would not be right 20
charge these lawyers with a foul
mOtIYe in reporting large audience,
for, TO men accustomed to speak to
eight or a dozen jurors, it is easy to
see that three dozen men would seem
to them an immense assemblage.
But, when they report that d. f,
Swank, the roaring populist" inter
rupted the meeting they deliberately
misstated the facts.
The fact is, that Mr.. Hough. delib-
crately and Ustentaulously asked any
man in the house who thought he
could give a reason why Mr.. Geer
should not be elected governor of the
State Of Oregon to rise and give his
reasons, whereupUn Mr.. Swank arose
to his feet and SAID that a man who
had inherited splendid farm Of 800
acres, and failed to support his own
enterprise and keep free from debt,
was certainly not the proper person
to place in trust to preside over the
financial affairs of the whole people
Of the state.
Right now. we desire to state, while
II. It, Geer is under consideration
that he has repeatedly said, when
discussing financial question, that he
was in debt. and that it was not the
fault of the country or Of the govern
ment, but of his own inability, and
therefore he would not turn caldm-
ity howler, because he himself was at
fault, and not the financial policy of
the government.
Now, as to the "rUaring, there were
two participants, D. E. Swank and
II. j. Bigger and it came about in
this way: At the close of the meet
ing, after Mr.. Bigger had remarked
that he had no time to ask Mr.. Swank
any farther questions, Mr.. Swank
said to him: 81 want to say to you
now before you go away that which
am quite likely to say of you after you
have gene" to which Mr.. Bigger re-
piled that he would be pleased to haye
Mr.. Swank do so. ThereupOn Mr.
Swank said: "From your demeanoI
and appearance while speaking
thought you might have been horest
in saying what you did while making
your speech, but, if honest, you were
grossly ana criminly ignorant" AT
this juncture the "rOaring" began on
the Bigger side, in trying to convince
Mr.. Swank that fiat or law had moth
ing to do with the money function of a
twenty dollar gold coin, and tried tC
impress upon the by ISLANDERS, and Mr.
Swank that he was right, by saying
that he could take the aforesaid coin,
and mutilate or melt it, and when
that was done could take the bullion
to Bush's bank and then receive from
the bank in its stead a pefect twenty
dollar gold coin. Mr.. Swank ther
turned to the chairman of the meet
ing and said: "Henry, you know that
never bet, but will wager Mr.. Big
ger twenty dollars, that he can dc
nothing of the kind, just to teach hin
that he is an ignolamus, and does not
know what he is talking about" Fin
ally Mr.. Bigger admitted his mistake
and left the hall.
We would have paid no attention tC
the Sentinel's report, were it not fol
the fact that it was grossly mislead-
ing, and from the further fact that a
great majority Of people will kno"
better what TO do. by having the
truth told to them, not only in a
write-up of a political meeting, but
in campaign speeches as well
To you Mr.. Republican, who believe
or pretend to believe that Messrs
Hough and Bigger barely left a grease
spot of the GAINESVILLE Roaring Pop
ulist," we are ready and willing tC
put what is left Of him against any
gold standard advocate in the state il