Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-02-16

cyclone, said it turned a well inside
out, a cellar upside down, moved a
township line, blew all the slaves out
of whisky barrel and left nothing
but the bunghOle, changed the day of
the week, blew the hair off bald
headed man, blew mortgages off
farms, blew the cracks out of a fence
and took all the wind out of ,pOliti-
ciau.
Nobody ervies Geo, G. Bingham
and John A. Carson sleeping together.
Gov. Fletcher has quite variety Of
lecture topics that he spoutS upon.
1t is said the famous lecturer, Petrol
cum V. Nasby, had a delightful free
and-easy method of pleasing all sorts
Of Lyceum Committees and-incident-
ally, of cOurse-saying himself from
extra work. When a committee used
to call upon him to engage his ser
vices, and asked him what he would
lecture about, he always told them to
take their choice: "Cursed Be
Canaan" Moses in the Bulrushes,"
"Wisdom for Seekers" and "Our
Country's Hope" But says Nasby.
cOnfideutially, 81 had only Que lecture
all the time; and whichever title they
liked best, they got the same old
thing. 1t was adapted to any title,
every place and all occasions"
Wonder if Fletcher is up to that
trick? AS a matter Of fact, we be-
lieve he is Only humorist.
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The hottest and the latest is a stove
trust, whose chief aim, IL is needless
to add, is "to raise prices on all kinds
of cast stoves, ranges 'and heaters"
Its purpose is, therefore, to reduce
the purchasing power of the dollar in
relation to stoves; in other words, to
cheaper the dollar; in short, to de-
grade the currency. But the trust
managers will shout honest money
with the loudeSG
Pacific Northwestern Woolgrowers
association hold their first annual con-
vention at 1'he Dalles March l. 2, 3.
They will eat mutton, talk wool and
drink campaign as The Dalles Com
mercial club is reputed to meyer do
the hospitality act in an inhospita.
BILE manner.
But they left off great Oregon
wool and sheep man-Hon. John
Mimic.
No wonder men of fixed principles
and honest political convictions like
Representative Craig, of Marion
county, and Secretary of State Kin
caid refuse to longer march under
the so-called Republican banner. Re-
publicanism is not now what 1T was
in the days of Abraham Lincoln, as
thousands of honest followers OF the
party are slowly but surely realizing.
-Roseburg Review, >.
The Review is well-advised when III
asserts as fact that Hon. harrison
r. Kincaid refuses to march under
the banner of the unprincipled, gnlln'
or-silver, hermaphrOdite, tit-you-llke'
paper-on-th wall Mitchellite push
Republicanism. He is man OF prln-
ciple and his himetallism was not FOL
sale as Mr.. Mitchell found to his
grief when he wanted reelection
Commenting on the false statements
sent to the Portland papers about sal
mon Brown, a prominent Salem pine
tallist and son of old John Brown, an
Exchange says:
Thus it is verified that John Browns
soul goes marching on in the interest
of universal freedom. The father
died TO give liberty TO the black slaves
of the South, and the son lives tC
plead for the emancipation OF Lht
white slaves Of the money power.
By endorsing all the esential prop
ositions put forth by THE JOURNAL
Geo. G.. Bingham. may he considered
by some as the THE JOURNALS can
didate for school director. But IHt
JOURNAL has no candidates.
Next time Walter Lyon and Franz
Davey go off half-cocked and report
bimetallist going over TO the gold
bugs, let them take some silyerlte les
dyed in-the- wool and "a yard Wld
than Salmon Brown. Like his I'm
mortal ancestor, there's nothing nall
hearted about this Brown.