The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-10-24
JOURNAL x.RAYs.

licences of immortality.
80
It is time for some Of the echo or
gans to flop, at least flop their ears.
80
The people OF Eastern Oregon foi
the first time are getting more than
they want--the forest reserve.
The Roseburg Review has a fine
new cylinder press. The Plaindealer
has two pages OF timber land notices.
Il is to be hoped that the presence
Of VIM. J. Bryan on the Pacific coast
will not be construed as an argument
against a special session.
No senatorial aspirant should have
a string on the Lewis and Clark an.
preparation That would be an out.
rage.
The guarded unanimity of the Multi.
nomah delegation in discussing a spe.
cial session is convincing the people
that they are well in hand.
The papers have 1t the plus fund
and the "pious fund" The latter is
right The fund was given by pious
persons for pious purpose.
Doing good does not cause weari.
ness. WelLdoing produces no dissipa.
tion. Giving does not impoverish.
Withholding does not enrich us.
II The Journal were published in
California II would not support Lane
for governor He wants office too
badly to be of any good to the people
Criminals should be executed at the
state penitentiary. Insane persons
should be taken to the asylum by per-
sons especially sent after them. Wo.
men patients should be attended by
women.
The Oregon ambassador at Salem
has discovered that there is remote
possibility that a special session might
count the votes and declare Chamber.
lain elected Another way TO scare
Geer. Ell?
The Populist lady got around too
late with her kraut The X-Ray man
has got into bed with a Rock-Ribbed
Republican sauerkrautmaker for his
compaign, and will follow Gid stolz's
banner to victory. so long as he makes
a gilt.edge article.
The humane society should en-.
force the laws against overlooking and
oyerpulllng horses That can be seen
done any day on the South Commercial
street hill, or in any Of the gravel pits
about the city.
The Marshfeld Coast Mail has OK
panded To six-columns folio That pa
per on the coast. The Journal in the
valley and the Portland Journal are
leading the fight for putting the Ref
erendum where the people can get at
IT,
The inslnuation of the Orcgonian is.
practically TO the effect that there is
anyone so low in Oregon as 10 take |
his aspirations for the Senate into
consideration, in dealing with the le.
gitimate business of a special session.
who can II be?
The Oregonians insnuation that
Geer refuses to call special session |
unless he can be made Senator rs un. |
worthy Of anything called journalism.
II Geer remains true 10 the people. as
he always has been. they will make
him senator In spite Of the Oregon
an.
The blighted incandesccnce of the
leading Portland paper and the with.
'ring absence of any opinions of their
own on the part of many Of the country
press leaves the general public In a
state OF uninformedncss bordering on
iecble.mindedness
An Albany exchange tells OF resi-
dent who kills pheasants In an ngenl
1us way, by first soaring the bird along /,
IN its mad fight with facial gestures
ntil the poor thing flies into a fence
md breaks lis neck. This accounts
or the scarcity of the birds around Al.
,any, n look at the average Albanian's