The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-05-26
JOURNAL "x-RAYs"
The worst they can say Of DR.. Daily lie
that he is too polite.

that he is too polite.
80.
More prunes means less poverty, and
yet there will be some Of both.
The Oregon weather makers are on
the side Of the street sprinkler
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Many tired man is hoping the bot
tom will soon drop out Of the chair trust.
b. +. Alley calls Will King political
mountebank. Everybody knows that
Alley is a saint
Partisan politics will be on after June
4, but until then Marion county tax
payers are looking after home rule.
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Judge w w. Elder seems TO be the
soft nosed shell that is proving fatal to
the Republican men-of-war.
Many voters will be glad TO know
that Tom Tongue doesn't favor tariff
between Oregon and California.
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Tho time will soon be here when we
cannot even sit without paying tribute
TO trust. A chair trust is being formed.
80.
"A thousand Tongues" is the heading
Of patent medicine local in some OF the
papers. One is too many in Western
Oregon. Albany Dem.
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Frank Davey and Flagg are now EN-
ployed by the Republican committee 10
talk reform 10 the farmers and defend
their candidates on the Lustings.
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Up in Eastern Oregon it's anything
TO smash a ring, and the La Grande
Chronicle says the way to do 1t ie TO
vote for Wade, Reavis and McAllister.
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DR.. Talmage's latest syndicated ser.
mon describes life in heaven; but the
good doctor and his family are at pres
ent enjoying life in Europe. .-Roseb
Review.
DR.. Smith, Poorman, and the rest Of
the legislative candidates who are 30 anI-
ious TO have Wells, Fargo & Co. taxed,
must have been reading the proceedings
Of salem's hay.seed council Of late.
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Abuse Of the Salem Citizens admin.
istration by little Doc Smith is TO catch
the votes Of the Push, for he knows he
has nothing 10 hope for from the men
who are saving thousands Of dollars an.
nually for the city and county.
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The independent voter, the one who
goes to the polls and votes for princi-
pie rather than party, is ever TO be com.
mended. Parties long In power become
corrupt and the independent voter is
the agency which purities them. .-Ex.
49,
Now that the fag end Of the Middle
of-the Readers in Jackson County, in.
cluding "Tail Holt" and the little
scayenger sheet called the Valley Rec
ord with the Salem Statesman, are
barking at Mr.. Jeifrey's heels; II any
thing more is necessary TO elect him, add
the Poraland Mercury.
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There is only one way TO explain the
reduction in sheriis bills for boarding
prisoners. ltis owing to the fact that
the Salem police is not grating the coun-
try for fees, and then making the tax
payers board the prisoners besides.
Sheriff Durbin hasn't been running
"hobo mill" either.
49,
Everybody knows Frank Durbin, and
many know Charley Murphy-two good
boys-but for the Statesman TO keep ie-
itoratng that Murphy receives an ova-
tion everywhere, asleep or awake, dead
or alive and that Frank Durbin Ia ''out
In the cold" doesn't 20 down with the
people Of Marion county.
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The Statesman Is shouting 20 have its
old graft at the lsherifi's office restored.
II used TO receive 81 an inch for publish
ing sheriff sales, and sometimes II taxed
u litigant more That work 10 being
done now at just half that price, and
other gratis have been cut down CORES
pondingly.
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The Northern Pacific cruisers are now
up in Lane county getting fine timber
for worthless Rainier rock heaps. They
didn't get everything m Linn county,
though certainly their share, and what
they didn't get another syndicate whose
identity has been mystery got the rest,
some Of the deeds for which have been
filed. Albany DEMOCRAT
SO
THE Republican nominees are, il 10 10
be feared, weak and imperfect human
beings. We could all pick out more ao.
ceptahle men, beginning, OF course, veiy
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