The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-09-02


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Oregon, when there is good run Of fish
especially. Her people are bard peopl,
to beat at any game in the world anC
they are playing game that will lead t
most substantial srccess as a city.
This is the season for casting flies In
the local political waters and it is moi
much OF politician who does not ali
his view on the Trusts and tell how
the people maddened TO distraction may
under certain circumstances arise in
their angry frame Of mind and smash
the whole fabric, etc with wagonloads
more Of such tubercular slush. Among
the earliest to hit the Trust monster
telling, but very cautious blow
is Congressman Tongue, who seldom
gets left in tho changing shuttle Of
new iesues. He believes in being very
sure OF the facts before taking action.
He SCENE to doubt IL there are trusts
and would like TO have that fact es-
tablished before taking a leap in the
dark. He uses all the Ifs and butts and
ands in the dictionary TO hedge his re-
marks in writing to the American
Economist. and there is not Trust
manager in the United States will not
say on reading Tom Tongues views on
the Tariff and the Trusts that he is not
broad-minded statesman who can be
trusted In any position 10 deal with the
question OF how TO protect the people
and not cripple those great great ben
sficiaries Of the masses like the salt,
sugar, lead, iron, steel and q thousand
other trusts. OF course, when our
Congressman gets into the cam
paign In this district We expect him
10 get off some pulysrizing comments
against the great trust evil that will
tickle the Republicans who wear
patched overalls and eat sowbelly ten
months In the year clear to the center OF
their diaphrams, while the fellows who
get the offices will stand around and
vow that Tom Tongue 10 h--ll of a
smart fellow. In marked contrast with
his style OF smooth, evasive politics,
DR.. W. A. Cusick Of Salem goes after
tho Trusts in manner that will knock
them out or knock himself and whole
lot oi other Republicans out Of the party
on the tariff question. Cusick's intellect
operations are not 80 badly victlmiszed
by the brain-iag brought on by living
at Washington hotels and throughout
his article there ia not that complete
Disregard Of the "vraisemblance," a
soft way the French have Of saying
that man Is lodging the truth.
He says plainly that any further
Disregard Of the present conditions re.
sulting from too much trust legisla.
tion ought 10 result in a funeral pro.
cession up Salt Greek for the party that
does the evasive act, and he thinks the
politician who can't see clear and
talk straight on this question ought 10
get Jared witless II he isn't that
already. lie says the blooming infant
industries have not only been over.
protected but that II has been contin-
led too long, until the public will be
robbed right and left, or the man who |
yoes into manufacturing will be com.
'elled to join In the process or 20 out
Il business, lie does not tell Mr., Tom
Tongue to take hike but he does say
hat National lawmakers who oontin-
10 TO ,oddle these iniQuitous trusIs by
ariif legislation will hear something
Irop in their immediate vicinity" Il
, refreshing to hear a man Of Mr.,
'usiok's ability express himself without
along the line of truth, aud
ia concluding paragraph is worthy TO
Q inscribed under the banners that
aunt in the legislative halls and have
} little significance TO those who are
onored with seats beneath their folds.
ae Republican party is not sufficiently
olifc Of such msn or sentiments at
esent, aud the market is strong in do.
md for = lighter weight OF gOOds.