Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-22
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

EDITORIAL COMMENT.
It is said that St. Louis was
selected for the Democratic Con-
vention city, instead of Chicago,
because Hearst had a paper in
Chicago. Now Willie threatens
to start another Yellow Journal
in St. Louis, to whoop it up dur
ing the convention. A Happy
Hooligan and Mrs. Katzenjam-
mer department will not be nec-
essary for this paper, as Bryan
will write the editorials.
One more question regarding
the Portage Railroad. If it is
going to cost 100000 for the
right-of-way for the canal, where
every owner is willing to sell at
a fair price, how much is it going
to cost for ri-ght-ot-way for a
portage railroad where the own
ers do not want to sell, and where
every obstacle will be thrown in
the way by the wealthy owners?
How much of the $3.50, 900 will
be left when the preliminaries are
out of the way and the actual
work of railway construction
commences?
The Portland gamblers are be-
coming bolder every day. A poor
woman, who had been working
as a servant, saved up $165 with
which she planned to make a
first payment on a reoming house,
gave the money to her husband
to make the payment. On his
way he stepped into Ericksen's
gambling den, played ''twenty-
one" and lost the $r65. Heart
broken the woman appealed to
District Attorney Manning to re-
cover her money. He telephoned
Erickson and made statement
of tue case, asking him to return
the money. Erickson's reply
was: "Go to hellp He didn't
90, but issued a warrant instead,
and the house was closed. Bail
was then put up and the house
opened again. Another warrant,
with like result. Tie gambling
house is closed permanently till
that $165 is collected. The Dis.
trict Attorney will issue war.
rant every day until he gets the
money. The sherifts Office and
police seem to be standing in
with the gamblers. Truly
savory state of affairs for the
metropolis of a great state that is
looking for immigration.
AS the time tor the June con-
vention grows nearer, the politi-
cal pulse is quickening. Who
will get the nomination? AT
present it looks as if Roosevelt
carried it in his pocket without
question. The democrats have
neither policy or candidate.
Until they do have paramount
issue, there is no possibility OF
any change in republican senti-
ment regarding the candidate.
The only suggestions of any
change come from New York,
the state where the unexpected
is the thing that always happens.
Cleveland carried it in 1882 by a
plurality of 1872, 900 and in 1884
by only 1900. Mckinley 26S,-
900 plurality in 1886 and two
years after the democrats carried
the state by 60, 900. New York
may we'll be considered doubtful.
Grosvenor so places it in his es-
innate, and claims republican
majority regardless of its vote.
Republican quarrels alone will
not give the state to the demo
Gratis, nor will it work harm
throughout the country in the
national result. One factor is
not yet considered. The demo
cratic party can always be de-
pended upon to do the wrong
thing at the right time. At pres.
ent it looks as if that wrong
thing was a combination between
Bryan and Hearst for the nomin-
alton of the latter. Let us live
and hope.