Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-05-24
JOURNAL "x PAYS. !"
FARMER GER.

Gone a runniD' sOu, and help me
quick, r.,ne here and UDyOke Bill
and Martin,
I've Jest got news from Asto,i; you
see, AID I'm the nOmiree sartin.
Saw tue boys down in Portlan' twas
fixed up, oil settled, 10 fact,
Sent me back 10 the old farm TO do
tie Cincinnatus act.
For years ah' years I've stumDed an
stumped, this pie comes rather
late,
But it's my turn now at the 'leventb
hour, they're needIn' me fer bait
81 see good wife, you've heard the
news, how the old mans turned q
trump,
BY the way you're breshIn' my cam
paign suit, sort o. groOmin' me fer
the stump.
Better bring out my Gold Bug Speech,
think IT'S in on the piana,
An I'll start out an convince the
boys that there's nothin' the mat
ter with Hanna.
believe with Hanna that "God still
reigns;" am glad He's not grown
stIngy;
Our folks can never he thankful
enough for that timely famine In
mil
I'll tell bout graud'paps' ole tow
shirt, the only garment he had;
lie was true blue like the rest Of US, a
Single Standard lad.
I'll sing 'em song OF my overalls an
tell how you, Filuri,
/ Use TO tote your store shoes under
your arm way back 10 ole Mis-
souri,"
"We have found Ia our experience
always that when we have seen a man
ready TO impute to others wrong
thoughts and vicious actions, that he
himself needed 10 be watched" Says
/
issue has few things like this: "The
Union candidates have only an eye
for Office" 1.-THE fusocrats find II
hard TO agree among themselves. .
"Mr. Veatch is expected to profit
yIllainous lying" ETC., etc. Can 1T be
that Bob wishes to confess TO all these
things? He closes his vlllifylng with
these apt words; "a strumpet re
CARDS all women as vile. A thief can
not understand how other men can bG
honest, because there is nothing IL
his nature which can lean him TO suct
a conclusion"
A hired .blow-hard, one
OF those fellows who would do his
partJ most good II hadn't been born
the other day tried TO convert Pop
ulist TO vote the x. o. :. by telling
him that the Union candidates iI
this county didn't pay ten dollars
taxes. The dear old pop was touched
and almost persuaded, but decided
10 look uD'the record first, just FOL
luck. Imagine his surprise to tnC
that the combined taxes OF tue UnioI
candidates aggregated slzll.33
while their Republican competitor
only paid s39S.l9.
Flagg and Pogue, two sound money
good.as-gold Republicans OF the new
school, who don't want ONCE or any
thing else but purity In public affairs,
are busily engaged telling at polltlca
meetings what a tbad man KincalC
is. The X Ray man will bet /
cookey both these men haYe eithe
failed TO get a state job or couldn'
get Klncaid TO audit bill for them
and now must show their gratitude
and virtue by yillihylng the bes
secretary OF state Oregon eyer had.
From o. TO $40 apiece squeezed out
OF asylum employees, men and wOmeI
alike, makes fine campaign fund FOL
the Republican committee. Will
such an advisory board as Geo. W.
Davis, Geo. Grab Bingham, Corn
Meal Ike Patterson, Honest Eugene
Mccormack and the other bosses some
good results ought 70 be obtained.
-.
The Oregon Republicans now claim
10 haYe the true fusion combination
With two factions Of their own party
the Mlddle-Roader and the Gold
Democrats they certainly take the
cake.
The Statesman charges Veach with
circulating anonymous elTculon
about Tongues record. Is the con.
|. gresslonal record an anonymous con
cernY
] Why won't the Republican sheet
D print their platform Are the,
Q ashamed Of itf