Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-05-26
The County Canvass
With the Campaigners in Marion
Count.
Republicans Are Again Posing as the
Poor Mans Party.

by Mr.. McCuDOch the young lawyer
from Turner, who expects TO draft
bills for the next legislature, but how
ever, since the common people are
slightly prejudiced against lawyers as
law makers, the young man showed
good taste by posing as laboring man
II earn my living by the'sweat Of my
brow" he did not even intimate that
he could understand bill much less
write one. He undertook in a brief
time to convince his audience that
the Union candidates we're not rum
ming on a free silver platform. Up
TO this point no opponent had made
any attempt to answer his arguments
and before he got through teu year
old child could understand why the
opposition have not noticed his
claims. He finally closed with this
flourish Of trumpets Therefore l say
gentlemen SAY, SAY they are not
running on a free silver platform. !"
Brother Cummings came next and
with few preliminarys sailed into the
Union camp on a new dodge. He had
iusinuated that the Union people had
assumed the wrong name, they we're
not for the Union, they were anarch-
lists, irresponsible tramps, had little
interest in good government, they
were not Of the bone and sinew OF the
county, they swere trancient vas
cillating, migrating element Of our
population. To refute sucn vile mis-
representations the Union people
have been driven to the taxroll in
order to show that they had a COM
mon interest in this counry. The
result was that when the brother had
to admit that the Union candidate
paid three times the taxes paid by
the Republican candidates. He
made regular circus clown summer
sault and declared that the Union
candidates were lot Of capitalists,
land holders. yea "gold bugs" and
that they had no interest with the
poor laboring imam. The Republican
party was the poor mans party and
hence it nominated poor men for
the offices in this county. Mr.. Adams
| followed but there was nothing new
l in his regular speech. The heat in
the room was very oppressive and Mr..
Adams fine delivery was not as effec
tive on his audience as usual. The
speaker noticed this and cut
off short before he was
half through. He closed by
reittering what Mr.. Cumming had
said about the plutocracy of the
Union candidates.
Mr.. John McCourt, the boy orator
Of this Joint discussion, GRACEFUL y
glided to the front as clean, neat and
dapper as though he had just in
dulged in Turkish bath and been
rubbed down by some scientific ton
sirial arUist. The young intellectual
athlete Immediately dived right
into the heart of his subject and de.
clared that McKinley's promises were
all fulfilled every man in the United
States who wished work, is now i'm
ployed at splendid wages and that the
silver question is settled and settled
right, and should not again be opened
up is entirely out of the way and
should not be brought in at all
THAT every body is better fed, better
clothed, happier, more contented
than in 1873" This was a clincher
and Chairman Hendricks wanted him
to stop as he had made the capital hit
of the campaign but the young man
refused to be silenced as he wished to
show to the horny handed labcrers OF
Detroit the difference intellectually
between the laboring man .and the
young educated lawyer Of the Capital
City, and in three minutes the audi.
ence witnesse an outline of elo-
quence that will not be again enjoyed
in Detriot for long time.
Mr.. Looney came next in turn and
In a mild pleasant manner, prom
ised if elected he would act honorably
and cOnscientiously in all his official
acts, was in favor Of improved school
laws as our common school is the cor
ner stone Of our civilization-was in
favor Of registration law. Was in
favor Of reducing the rate of interest
to per cent. Mr., Lewis then spoke
In few minutes in the same strain.
Both these speakers seemed to enjoy
the confidence Of the audience and
left the impression which is evidently
true that they are as good and as hon.
orable and as reliable men as can be
found in Marion or any other county
in Oregon and will il elected do all
that any man can do on the boss
manager and ring ruled Republican
party. The Union forces then pre-
sented their side OF the question.
Hon, f. A, Myers, candidate for repre-
sentative soon convinced the audience
that he is good honest reliable and
responsible citizen and il elected will
be in position to secure reform If
there are not to many greedy Repub-
hcans in the legislature.
]. A. Knight then showed up the
awful extravaganza OF the Repuoll-
can Legislature aud how all their
promises have been broken and how