Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-02-24
Polk County Politics.
A PopuIist D;scIoses the Methods
of Boss Embree.
Invites the Place Hunters and Boodlers
to Go Where They Belong.

/ would like to say to the different
free silver parties OF Polk county
that the chairman, Mr.. Embree,
seems to want to keep the Democrats
"hOod -winked" as to what is going
on. Why is he so suspicious Of the
Democrats, l mean the free silver
wing of that party, and has no fear of
the Free Silver Republicans l can't
understand, Unless 1t is the close re-
lation he has with the Gold Standard
Republicans at the present time, for
he certainly knows that the different
free silver parties should be Union
on this issue, and we are If it was
not for a few middle.of-the-road Pop
ulists that persist in keeping straight
in the road and are getting all be-
smeared with Republican mud till
after election, when they will find to
their own sorrow that they were only
used as tools to catch votes.
When DIR. Embree called the Polk
county convention, he said he had or
ders from headQuaI tiers to take charge
of the convention, which any voters
know, is not according to the rules,
unless he was elected permanent
chairman by the convention. He per-
sistently ruled out of order any mo-
tlon that had a tendency toward de-
throning political "Bossism" the only
reply was, this is my orders from
headquarters. L dou't know where
this is, but suppose 1t is chairman
Young and U'Ren, or prehaps the
same place that the money is coming
from, to rent columns in Republican
papers, to be run as middle.of-the-
road Popullst and Republican mat
ters
Youwil see by this he binds you
to support the Omaha and st. Louis
platforms which, have not a word to
say against.
Readers, | want to show you this
mans inconsistency in the speech he
made in the convention in Dallas,
he said: "There is not man in this
house, but his homes and his childrens
bones will be rotton In the grave be-
fore we secure free-silver in the
United States" he said: "Japan has
gone to the gold standard, China will
follow, and then Mexico"
The United States would give us a
revised national banking system be-
fore year. Mr.. Embree, want to
ask you one question, and that is this:
Does this talk correspond with the
Omaha and St.Louis platforms?If you
think so you must be grossly ignO-
rant, or else you are trying To deceive
the people.
We will take for eXample,a mir lister
who would go to his people in his con-
gregatiun and say TO them, L want
you to sign pledge that you will do
all in your power To keep from going
To hell. or course all would sign it,
On Sunday morning he would get
into his pulpit and ask IL all had
signed the pledge, they would answer
In the affirmative. and then he would
get up and preach sermon and tell
them that they and their children
were all going To that place, from
whence no traveller returns, where
their largest stock In trade Is "bnm
stone and boss politicians" The con-
trast is very much the same.
l want To say TO the Peoples party
OF Polk county, we don't want this
kind of conservatism in the party.
The party, as party, has been a
great factor in agitatlng aud forcing
To the front the political questions
that are live issues today, such as
postal savings hanks and initiative
and referendum, but every officer that
the party has ever been able TO elect
from constable to United States
senator, has been by fusion,
Now To all the voters OF
this county aud state, what we want
TO do is to get rid OF horde OF
rotten politicians that have no other
capabilities in life than holding up
county conventions or state legisla.
ture for office and "bOOdle.n
Iappeal To the different free silver
parties OF Polk couaty, TO lay down
your party atliliation, aud let US meet
as a union In this fight as We did two
years ago and let your minds be broad
enough and your arms long
enough TO lock with your brother, and
let us 20 shoulder TO shoulder ln
this fight, They may drive lus into