Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-14
..MR. MooREs AND l."

A Story Told for the Benefit Of Certain
People.
am requested by many readers to
notice two letters to the press from
the pen of Hon. G. Il. Moores, late
speaker of the house Of representa-
tives and whIlom register of the
Oregon City Land Office. His cam
paign speech at Macleay was written
up.in so iocular a mannerinTHE JOUR
NAL that it reused the gentleman's
ire and he spent most Of his time in
the late campaign on me personally.
/ too, have made some speeches, but
never so far forgot the proprieties Of
the occasion as to deal with any
private citizen. l discussed public
questions and public records and it is
only on those lines that Mr.. Moores
was ever referred TO in this paper.
For him as a private citizen and for
his family Il have only the kindest
feelings. In the campaign with him
four years ago, both IN the paper and
on the stump and afterwards for
speaker, 1 supported him and spoke
for him and voted for him, when
friends we're saying that he was
knitting my friend Barkley and my
self all through that fight. We were
loyal to him because he was on the
ticket with us, not because Of any
personal charms, or because we i'm.
agined such a thing as loyalty to any
one but Moores could ever enter his
soul. Politically he is degenerate,
and the degenerates who haYe re-
warded him with public Office will
find him turning even on them.
What right has he to question any
ones loyalty to Dolph when he is
enjoying 'the reward for his perfidy
to that gentleman Would he haye
got Que Of the best offices in the state
at the hands Of Mitchell and Nc
Bride il he had been as loyal to Dolph
as Joseph Simon was In that
fight? And the ,Dolph men made
him speaker, but-that is a dit-
ferent story, as Klppling says. l
have not seer all the letters Moores
has written about me nor heard any
OF his speeches. We were not candi-
dates and / will not notice what he Is
said to have stated as coming from
persons with whom have at times
had conversations about public mat
ters. The man who uses private con-
versations had in friendly, social
chat, TO tire detriment OF another, is
about as respectable as digger In
dian and his conscience, If he has one,
will deal with him. would not re-
peat matters Moores' own klth and
kin tell about him, but want to tell
q story heard on Charley that has
never been In print.
When his people moved west and
were crJsslng the Missouri or Platte
rivers the water was very high and
the team had to swim. The box was
flooded and the youngest child, lit
tie fellow In diapers, was carried out
aud borne down the stream like
Moses in the Bible. Upon reaching
land, the precious bundle was missed
aud the family made every effort 10
recover the little argonaut. With
great difficulty he was overhauled on
his voyage to the gulf aud restored to
the excited parents and brothers and
sisters. A long time afterward a
family reunion was held. They were
all grown up and had learned to know
one another's peculiarlties. In re-
counting the family Yicissitudes aud
the events that had favorably aud |
unfavorably affected their welfare IL
was unanimously agreed by a rising
vote that the greatest mistake OF their
lives was committed when they re-
covered bundle thathad tloated out OF
the wagon-box soon after leaying Mis-
souri,. lteontained c. b. Moores. AS
this Mckinley Office holder has OH
eially stated that l am the biggest
liar 10 Oregon / will not ask anyone
10 believe this story, but will refer
readers to members of the Moores
family.
IwIll only take space to discuss two
matters that have come out 10 these
letters and speeches OF Moores. In
his first letter he denied having re,
ceiYed pay for revising the Journals
of the house al ten dollars day. In
the next letter he admits having re-
ceiyed q 80 day.'This the people tell
ma who have read his leffare nnlv