Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-05-14
MOORES
Seeking for Health at
MaCIeay.
Holds An Audience Spell
bound Four Hours.
Some Go to Sleep But All
Enjoy 1t.
" BABY" M'COURT'S DEBUT.
Other Republicans Press Their Claims
L. c. Griffith Springs a Bombshel
On the G. o. p. Wind Workers
McCulloch Unable to Answer Him,
" BABY" M'C0URT'S DEBUT.

Charles B. Moores an estimable poll
tical resident Of Salem, was searching
for health al the beautiful village of
Macleay Friday night. II Mr..
Moores name goes sounding down the
ages at all, it will be on his dual re-
cord, fist as legislator, who created
an ivestigation job, which he himself,
held nearly.a month at $40 a day, and
second as the man who joyfuliy took
the miscellaneous job that was offered
Candidate Geer in lieu of what he was
turned down for. Mr.. Moores was
awarded for his valiant services in the
Mark Hanna campaign by being ap-
pointed to the Oregon City land office
ano the duties of this office are so
arduous that his health again broke
down, hence his sOjourn in the Waldo
hills to recuperate.
lie spoke last night at the home of
Geer. He spoke three hours. Their
four words express more than Mr.,
Moores did in his whole ISO minute
talk.
No spellbinder could have asked for
a better audience. 1t was reDresen.
tative Macleay crowd-the women
were fair, the men were intelligent,
and the town hall was chock full
There we're fully as many people pres
ent as Geer drew on the ratification
occas on two weeks ago.
| Mr.. MoOres Is not big gun like
Geer and Schoonmaker. nor is he small
potatoes like Watty Tooze, or a heavy
weight like Free Trade Flagg, but a
welter weight. Mr. MoOres has a
voice aud he don't conceal the fact.
1t is the kind of voice you would
draw on a man when you intended
to give him no quarter; a voice in
many keys.
1t has been asserted that Mr..
MoOres can talk through more octave.
than ever Helen Beach Yaw dared
sing through. One McCleay girl,
with face as sweet as an angels
dream, said last night, she believed
Mr.. Moores could learn to sing after
a while, If he would take bird seed
for that voice. For the present he
curdled all the milk in the neighbor-
hood.
Mr.. Moores is funny little man
to look at; he wears Vandike beard
and his hair "like Papa's please, with
a little round hole at the top" He
gesticulates spasmodically, even vio-
lently at times and spits out his words
with gusto, like terrier shaking a
rat, but in contest for melody Mr..
Moore's voice would draw the bocby
prize.
The meeting was opened by the
Salem quartet who displayed thin
vocal Skill by singing several difficult
pieces much to the delight of % boys
in the gallery. Promptly at o'clock
the president introduced the Hon.
Charles Brewster Moores.
MooRES' LONG SPEECH.
He began by saying 1t was his first
set speech since the Mckinley cam
paign and then he began to read from
and TO criticise published speech by
Col. Bob Veatch. He said 80 years
ago no Eastern goods could be had on
Pacific coast that did not either
come around the horn or across tthe
isthmus, unless they came across the
Continent, Nobody disputed this.
He stated that Mr.. Veatch had said
that the crime of '73 was rushed
through congress without the knowl-
edge of the president or Of the people.
He nailed this by saying, 81 myself
heard Gen. Williams say that Gen.
Grant told his son, that his father
had known beforehand that silver
was going to be demonetized. "Thls |
he considered an unanswera BILE argu.
nent.
The speaker next said that Senator
Daniel. of Virginia, was a liar. AS
senator Daniel was 1000 miles away,
ion't know Mr.. Moores aud probably
will never hear OF this incident. no
lamage was done. Here he exhibited
! 81 bill and read long extracts from
General Grants, Gen. Logan's and
ames G.. BlaiOe's speeches on various
nd sundry topics.
He then made the statement, and
n the presence OF an educated and {
ultured audience, that in 1878 con- 1
ress passed law that the govern I
lent would take Ia all its obligations I
a gold. lie continued 10 read long 4
xtracts from Mr., Veatchs speech, in I
hat same harmonica tore OF voice. I
/ was really good reading matter. [
at Mr.. Moores' dearest friends will Q
ever accuse him OF being "a elacu +
onlsti aud bis gestures! Gentle s
sader, did you ever sse an Instructor l