The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-03-27
ROASTS
PORTLAND
PAPER
Should Be Fined for Read.
ing II
How the Representatives from
Pedunk Were Worked

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Ed. Journal: noticed by this ev.
enings Evening" you invite a little
foreign talent into your columns. That
is. anybody who does not agree with
you, can give the public a chance to
agree with him, by picking your edi.
torial comment into shredded seq
monographs. and do il in your own
back yard. This liberty. which is com
mon, Of course, TO sons OF American
soil, will be appreciated by gastric
juice accumulators. and will doubtless
end In public monuments and statues
Anyhow, | have come early, not alto
gether TO avoid the rush. think my
cause is worthy, and my quill sharp.
II has been whispered about in pri.
yate underground sauerkraut circles
that the great land, by the way, only
Oregonian Is TO show up to the public
the name address and occupation.
and whether he is a subscriber OF the
Oregonian or not. Of every man who
signs the call for the half million dol
lars appropriated ont OF courtesy to
the Multnomah delegation during the
last session Of the legislature for a
Worlds Fair to be held In Portlands
front yard II will sort o. show the
people 10 themselves. as II were. and
make them feel bad perhaps make
them wish they were not the people,
but things that own the people. ! ac.
cidentally learned of the great plot on
my last rip 20 Astoria, There is a lit.
tie fable somewhere that tells OF a
cunning wolf who after eating lot
Of farmers chickens. finally got a bone
crosswise in his throat Seeing a
: stork nearby exercising his mock. the
. wolf asked him 20 stick his head into
the throat and pull out the bone. The
stork after much effou. succeeded In
.. getting the bone out Of the VOLTS
u mouth After relieving the wolf IN,
. stork asked for his promised reward
u thankful that YOU got your head on
J. OF my mouth alive" Can any Of yol
see anything pertinent 10 this fable n
the proceedings Ot the last legislu
uire? For the benefit of those VIII
we're not there. let me oblige them b
showing the application You see. IN
session convened with full delega
ton from Multnomah county Wei
Y of course, every delegate was electel
upon the understanding that he wa
% be Fair on every question whicl
T concerns the farmer and his taxes
The first work 10 be done after con
yening and ordering the Oregonian 70
" a. days az the expense Of the farmer
y. was 10 introduce the great Lewis an,
p Clark Exposition in 1905 az Portland
"a II looked all right az first 10 the seed
y. lings from Poland China county an'
the representative from Podunk. bu
" when they wanted a dollar from ever!
.g man woman and child In the who'll
IL state Of Oregon. II was different On'
.s Of these representative who Away
.y said. Hay. there" when N he ha'
d come from 50 miles north Of the Capt
"A tal City. he would have said WI!
don't you do?" found that there wer'
10 just exactly 100000 people in the stat
.s OF Oregon, and that $500 900 "a the
Ia fair meant a dollar apiece 20 every In
o. habitant Of the state The bill was OF
n when this leaked out. Then followed
a. jockeying that would have done credi
.o 10 Tod Sloan The delegation prom
n sed this. They promised that Prom
y ised everything that hadn't been al
~ ready promised before they left Port
~ land. If the legislature would onl'
help vote the bin through u hnal
'ly became apparent 20 an the Good
2 year specialists present that the whole
= session was 20 be held-up until the
n Multnomah delegation got that $500.
e. 900 for a show. SO Il was agreed "a
. vote the appropriation upon the un
y derstandlng that the delegation would
remain true 10 their respective prom
iscs to deal out justice 20 the corpora
tions and fsh and game laws 10 the
3 outlaw farmers. Well. did you notice
y llt2 What did this delegation do after
, they sewed up their little 1905 plum
D in their Harveyized sack? Just ask
/, Wells. Fargo & Co Call up Central
: and ask her to connect you with the
y manager. and ask him. was going
: 10 include asking the Southern Pacific
. bY, faeI tbere A notbing 10 be gain.