The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-30


Democratic papers should be honest
E and place the credit for Chamberlain's
! election where IL belongs. Republi-
cans of Oregon elected Chamberlain
governor Woodburn Independent,
No man ever ran on the Democratic
= or Fusion ticket who received the en-.
tire vote of the Democratic and Pop
ulist party so completely as did Mr..
Chamberlain; but It is true that with
Z out Republican votes he could not
have come within seven thousand OF
being elected He also received a
large Socialist vote The Prohibition
lists did not give hime any votes to
speak of.
/ One of the greatest laments of a
reading civilization Is that the worlds
history began before the printing
press was invented and the reporter
! who interviews got on the scene
How really satisfying Il would be
even now to read the details of the
meeting between Satan and Eve. a
stenographic report of their conversa-
tion and graphic interviews with
Adam after he got fired from the
Garden of Eden and with Noah after
he ran aground on Ararat.
Col. Hofer is sure "the man with
the pull for the next six months, and
the hard work he has did for Geer
entities him to all he can get.-Jeffer-
son Review.
The Review is kindly informed that
the Journal has no pull on Gov. Geer.
for good government 1t has never
| aim fg },
IL afterwards made $4,000.
The Rev. John Thompson, of the
Centennial Methodist church of Rock
ford ILL.,. has declined the degree of
Doctor of Divinity conferred upon
him by Taylor University, and has
sent the university a pretty little note
In which he says that "man should be
judged by himself and not by degrees
and diplomas There is evidently
no sham about this minister.
A grower says If it had not been
for the Union, strawberry people
would have been peddling their ber-
ries for so to 75 cents a crate. AS IL !
was, no fine fruit sold for less than
Sl.OO. The cannery also helped out, |
and 50 did the commission men. The |
Union has only been beginning. and |
an experiment, but It has created suf- |
fcient confidence so that larger re-
suits will be certain next year.
asq
How much has the Republican par
" been strengthened with the masses
by the appointment of a repudiated
political boss like Matthews to be
United States marshal? Very much
like putting another ton onto the
wagon that has already one horse
down in the mire.
Whenever there is no other way to
explain the result OF the late election
in Oregon, charge II up to the Elks.
lt used to be those things were
charged up TO the Masons and the
Odd Fellowss those orders are no
doubt relieved that there is a new
5capegoat.
Lord, how the Oregonian would
have roasted Mckinley had he made
he same character of federal appoint
nents that Roosevelt has just made
lt Portland. But that was before
i"i Wy "hu NNblhH went over 10
lack Matthews.
Tom Tongue has been made a mem.
)er of the National Congress commit
zee for Oregon. He will handle the
funds Of the national organ
zatlon, and this will come near maxi
ng Mr.. Tongue the big man in Oregon
politics.
One of the faculty Of the Wisconsin
tate university fell OF a common
umber wagon with the horses going
IN walk and was run over and
dlled. The editor of this paper
hanks God he was not made d. ID.
Miss Jessie Morrison, the daughter
4 Kansas ex-judge, who killed Clara
Wiley Castle eight days after she was
married to n man with whom Miss
iorrisOn was In love, was found guilty
gain on the third trial. T
80
The Salem Democrat. which abb el
orbed the Salem Independent and the II
alem Review, has now been absorbed Y
y the Salem Sentinel. Now what p
'ill absorb the Sentinel? al
80 o,
The wage scale resulting from the
treet car strike I'm Toronto is IS ID
ents an hour the first year, and 20 m
ents an hour the second year of SER al
ice.
80 al
The Iowa State Register, stalwart "a
believes that the tariff on -
teel rails and all other products OF =,
he great steel trust, affected by the y
arin should be repealed. - !,
The Republicans who oppose
pecial session to enact what they N,
romised in their platform seem TO d,
q afraid to get the party too near the ei
eople. Ie
Some of the papers of Oregon seem ca
OF TO be for anything, but feminist l
reat many things they know nothing tu
bout. They are like the old Demo Hs'
ratic party. a
Senators do not want TO do husl. 80
ess with little beggarly nation like "
icaragua, when they could get into
nancial relations with France.
Illinois Is suffering from ton much i9'