The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-07-12

If the above were a purely persona
explanation on the part of Mr.. Scott
it could pass without reply. Oregon
has but one large city with one news
paper of state circulation, that keeps
the public in a thrall of densest igno
rance when it finds it's interest is tc
keep them in that deplorable condi
tion. So answering becomes a public
necessity.
In dealing with reform propositions
the people are not dealing with Editor
Scott personally. Reaching so many
people exclusively for fifty years with
his daily paper he produces conditions
of mental atrophy that must have pre-
vailed among the French aristocracy
before the revolution. Like Louis
XIV, he can say: 81 am the state.
His dictum is law in the minds of
thousands who get no other informa-
tlon. His relation to the Republican
party Is formed on traditions of the
past. But those traditions are per.
sonal-not involving principle. He
was for Dolph and Simon personally,
not from principles of Republicanism.
He was against Mitchell personally,
not from principle. Corbett and
Simon have stood by principles that
Scott advocated within year He is
now both against them and their
land formerly his) principles,
When we think of men like Blaine.
Garfield and Lincoln and other expo
nents of Republican principles, we
can get no justification for such per
sonalitS," no such dissertations of
principle" Modern commercialism
in politics may require such continu-
Gus obfuscations. The organizer"
and the "disorganizer," feed and grow
fat on these contortions and diversions
that remind one of the canine return
ing to his vomit
When The Journal was taken In
hand by Hofer Brothers, the Republi.
can party of Oregon and the nation
stood for the principle of bimetalism
in Oregon free coinage 16 to l.,
Mitchell of Oregon up to and includ-
ing 1896, flooded the state with his
own and other free coinage Republican
speeches. In 1896 the Republican
state convention reenacted the Min
neapolls from tradition and interest
Tongue, Fulton and Lord talked and
wrote free coinage of silver. When
the Republican national convention
went over to the gold standard In
1896, and blmetallsm became the
paramount issue" Hofer Brothers
stood by their Republican principles
and refused to flop TO the new
declaration. They preferred to
stand with Bryan, who was clear-cut
and fat-footed for free coinage. and
who would not solicit votes on both
sides Of a great fundamental issue,
while men like Mitchell told the de
luded voters of Oregon that the Re
publican party still stood for silver,
while Scott told them II stood for gold.
But that was politics" as she isl
really practiced. That versatility
and pliability OF principle" isI
the real secret OF Scott and Mitchell's
bed-fellowship. That is the point Of
contact that links personality, that
abhors nothing so much as men of
conviction. 1t excludes men like
Simon Corbett, Geer Ankeny and a
real majority from the Republican
party and exalts the Furnishes and
deihes the Jack Matthews.
Read Mr.. Scott's editorial above IN
the light of political history. and in
-erpreted by current events. and the
result OF the late election in Oregon. |
No comment needed. His denials of
a deal and his assertions as TO what
he calls truth are pathetic" What
a revelation OF Mr. Furnishs dIsinter-
ssted unselhshness and the purity and
OF Multnomah county poll |
ics' Mr. Scott imposes assertions on
lis Tcor. dcluGed. unthinliing. brain
1araIyzed congregation "as strictly
rue" that, We're II not ungentlemanly |
o employ private communications
,ould be disproven almost from his
'wn lips. But most pitiful Of all is
ne attitude he puts poor Furnish In.
I Mr. Furnish had a drop OF warm
lighting blood In his veins he would
esent the insinuation that he was
Iead-horse candidate. that he was a
hoice Of two evils. when as a matter
4 fact he was sought for early and
ften as the one man available who
ould be held up and made 10 bleed by
he processes that are pTactised only
y the gentlemen Jacks Of the political
ighWay
Let Republicans who are Republi.
ans from principal. and not merely for
ersOnal expediency. remember that
Ir. SCOTS pleading today is for men I
no from 1896 20 1902 weae frantic !
I'D fanatic" 10 destroy the regular q
epublican organization Ia the inter e
q 0f Mitchell and free silver Il a
ould indeed BE- a shame n Mr.. Scott.
ter denouneing them a. be did. had o
~ made deal" with them 70 make q