The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-10-12
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN
CAMPAIGN GUN
Blnger Hermann Addresses
Audience.
Expounds PoIltealwisdom From One Standpoint
EuloglEes Mckinley, Roosevelt, and
berldes Bryan and Democracy.

The first real political shouting Of the
season was heard in Salem Thursday
evening as the band and marching clnb
with torches marched from the Hotel
Willamette TO the armory escorting Hon.
Binger Hermann who was billed for
Bryan pulverizing campaign speech in
support Of the g. o. P,
The procession made truly imposing
display. There must have been twenty
FIVE or thirty Of them at the least cal
culation, and the small boys with horns,
combined with few over-enthusiastic
children Of a larger growth kept up
quite noise along the street being dis
tinctly audible above the music Of the
Chemawa band.
The armory hall was well filled, about
as many being present as greeted Hon.
Til Ford in the same hall few nights
before. that is about five or six hundred.
The crowd made more noise, however,
being materially helped out by some
university students with the college
yell.
Mr.. Hermann was greeted with
generous applause when he came in
accompanied by Superintendent j. ID.
Lee and others.
francesca Siley, Kinney Miller, Bert
Geer and Carl @. Baker, forming the
university quartette, sang Marching
Through Georgia" with such good effect
that they were recalled and made quite
a hit with campaign song which was a
product OF the combined composing
power Of the singers, working at high
pressure yesterday afternoon.
There was a noticeable difference in the
crowd occupying seats on the platform
from that which backed a local orator
few nights ago. Last night, with the
exception Of J. d. Lee and one or two
others Of his class, the chairs we're occu-
pied by Lon Gesner, @. b. Moores, Doc
Smith, land the like OF that"
The Hon. Binger commenced to speak
few minutes after o'clock and con-
tinued to talk for about two hours and,
with all due respect 10 Mr.. Hermann,
who ig a most estimable person in many
respects, it is absolutely impossible TO
trnthfully speak highly OF his effort or to
call it an able, logical, brilliant, interest
ing or convincing address.
He denominated the party now oppos-
ing the Republicans as a congregation Of
iag ends. He seemed TO think flag
ends" particularly brilliant expression
and repeated It several times.
Then he called the new party the
"what.is-it." Then he told how the
Democrats have changed their principles,
after which he condemned them for not
changing them.
He said that the "what.is.it' party
advocates in Oregon free silver; in New
York the gold Standard in one section
of the country free trade, in another
protection; in one section anti-imperi-
ism, in another expansion.
With such arguments, Mr.. Hermann
opened his speech. They are sample
of the utterances with which it is hardly
worth while to burden the columns OF
this paper.
He eulogized Mckinley, Roosevelt
and the Republican party with all the
power OF his none too fluent command
Of language. The only thing that
seemed 10 deter him from eulogizing
tkav, ,,,ora ,.aa haoauaa ha couldott
think how to do il.
On the other hand, he spoke OF Mr..
Bryan and the Democracy in the most
disparaging terms he could concoct. One
of his weakest efforts was the quotation
Of "fake" prophecy Of Bryan's, which
Bryan never uttered, 10 show how he
had missed IL. We might reasonably
expect something better Of man in
Mr.. Hermann's position.
As another sample, he stated in the
most positive manner, dwelling at
length upon the point. that "the Repub.
lican party lie the only party that ever
DARED 10 pass any antitrust legisla-
tion, a statement in direct opposition
TO the fact, which must be known 10 all,
that Texas, state which never went
Republican, has the only effective anti.
trust law on its statute. books, law
which has stood the test OF the su.
preme court, and has recently been en-
forced against the Standard oil Com
pany in that state.
Mr.. Hermann is at least twenty years
behind the times in his style of cam.
paign oratory and has certainly failed
to keep up with the march of political
intelligence among the people.
He was, however, cordially treated
by his audience, except that, as the
night waned many went home and went
10 bed without waiting Tor him to get
through.
That Joyful Feeling