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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22
TIE GAMBLING BILL.

! Interest in the stolen gambling bill
died a natural death All II was ev
er agitated for was to make political
points for politicians.
The characteristic expression OF
Senator Brownell was that It didn't
make much difference what had be-
come Of il.
At this the moraist Of the Oregon.
ian, and some other Republican pa.
pers elevated their nostrils and
snorted at Brownelrs lrreverence.
The truth is Brownell expressed
just what every other Republican pol.
itician and editor, with a few excep.
tions, believed, and dared not say.
In the bottom Of their hearts they
shed no tears over the disappearance
of the anti-gambling bill, but were
glad II had gone into oblivion.
Brownell said fatty and bluntly
and honestly that he didn't care what
went with the bill This the rest Of
them felt, but, from force of habit,
got busy doing the tear-shedding act
TO deceive their religious constitu.
ents. If constantly deceived victims
of pseudo-morality can be called that.
Why not be honest about It. and
admit that the Republican party gets
It's large majority at Portland, and in
some Of the other cities Of this state
from the votes Of what are called the
gambling element?
That element generally acts for It's
own protection with the dominant
party
In the South the heightened Demo
cratic party recruits its majorities
among the large number Of persons
who one way and another gamble.
The gambling passion is less harm
ful among the American people than
among any other race. In England
gambling and betting is almost uni.
versal.
Legislation will affect the matter
very little, until the masses. even OF
Christian people, come to learn that
there is no element OF chance in real.
ity and that the world is ruled by
law.
When that fact Is learned and that
truth comprehended, that immutabls
and divine law rules in the Affairs of
mankind, as inevitably as Il does in
the starry universe. gambling and |
speculation will cease and no human |
law will be required TO restrain any |
one.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22
A DEAD. DEAD. DEAD lAm

One OF those many acts OF Portland
superlatiye political wisdom--tbe Or.
egon registration LAWS deader than
a mackerel.
Many precincts having two or three
hundred voters have registered ten
or fifteen And this is a presidential
year,
Ihis tarcial fraudulent registration
Ia" was foisted on the people with
rush by some patautright politician
II Was never inteligenty considered
or digested.
II was simply one mans notion NJ
what such a law might be or o,.ht
TO be, Back OF it all the Portlsnd
nosses didn't want L to be an borest
la" or one that could not be worked
to vote aoaters.
It's main provision that the eptire
registration must be made IN tho
otic, ~ 70 'o''
It's second abnormal feature Is th.,
'a' ~. ''usen IN order to vote must 20 10
'he trouble and expense OF hsy,ns
himself registered.
Il should be ignored, abolished nul.
n"ed' repealed defeated ana oast q.
TO the limbo OF outer darkness. and
rational registration system adop,eN
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22

their methods of taking nourishment
Interest appeared, therefore, when
Editor Geer, of the Statesman ac'
cused Editor Hofer, Of The Journal
Of excesses in the line of strawber.
ries and sauer kraut.
1T was coyertly suggested that
Colonel Hofer produced some OF his
best work when under the influence
of these stimulants.
III use of the poetical license may
be tolerated it Is fair to say that
writer's, like other branches of the
creaturehood, must keep on good
terms with their insides Hence the
strawberry and sauer kraut. What
avails it, if good editorial copy appear
in The Journal whether the inspira.
ton come from the strawberries, the
sauer kraut or something quite differ.
ent?
Perhaps the good colonel is using
this frugal diet and mQdestly telling
it not in order to deck Salem's brow
with these diamonds that are beinf
spoken Of
Good writing has risen from
foundations. Pie has been to
many a staff of life. Bologna sand.
wiches have been ground into items
Graceful gobs of diction have been
produced on a feed Of chestnuts.'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22

II Is difficult sometimes in a smal,
city TO define the grades of society
Down IN Nevada the mining camps were
always divided into three socia,
grades Those who had their wash
ing done at home; those who sent
their washing out, and those who tool,
In washing. ON
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22

Oregon comes to the front with a
'a'orl'e son" for the presidential
but being on the Demo
cratic side OF the house, the nomipa
t'on would close the event. OF course
II is "our George"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22

Catch Of Salem, does not wish to
make the race.
Clackamas county will proDaDly
present the name of Mr.. Brownell, II
It should appear that Mr.. Hermann
cannot get the nomination readily.
So far. the odds would appear to
favor Hermann's denomination, as
there is not candidate after it who
is strong enough in the district to
contest Z with the old congressman.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22
WHERE is THE DEMOCRATIC
pApTV AT3

PARTY ATT
The editor Of The Journal VIII,
likes 10 be independent IN all hi
ntteraRces has read all the speeche
of tho Democratic politicians at tn,
Harmony banquet and at the Jack
son day banquets 10 ascertain wba
are the lines Of cleavage with IN The
Democratic party that will weaker
Il most IN the coming national cam
palga.
As a chain Is no stronger than its
weakest link. so a political party Is
no stronger than lts weakest planks
no wiser than the moss puerile OF rs
leadership. and no more resourceful
than its sagaoity In the aggregate.
There are certain inherent weak.
nessos IN every political party and
there are two points where the Demo
cratic political program always
breaks down In national affairs. One
Is lts'incllnation TO take up spasmodlc
sensational freak leadership. Tho
other Is % poso merely as a negation
IN statcsmanshlp mere dress pa.
rade Of opposition.
Let uu connno these tests OF the
partys weakness 10 the organization
10 Oregon Thore has not been a
campaign IN Oregon for the last ten
years whom the Democrats had a
ghost Of show Of winding when the
chance has not been thrown away
BY importing freaks OF outside parties
like Cyclone Davis ard other wild.
eyed, lnsuostantal. transient and
feoilng politicians.
Tho Oregon platforms have been
loaded down with tho raklngs and
scrapings OF political miscegcnation.
Che oastoif motley wardrobe material
OF the Jack Cades Of third and
fourth parties, and In those masquer
adea hath the democracy marched
forth 10 deserved defeat az the hands
OF lts own voters who aha not recog
nize the venerable dame In her be.
draggied varlegated kickshaws. her
Mother Hubbards OF Dolly Warden
pattern and her plumage picked out
OF the garbage heaps OF past politics.
Not until Governor Chamberlain
appeared as state leader were the
hreocolumn long, crazy-Quilt. patch.
work platforms relegated 90 oblivion
and the longhalrod and longer-winded
freak oampaigners kept out OF the
wobfoot commonwealth Il Is fact
that has not generally been made
public that all the dangerous clio.
Quence of the Democratic party was
bottled up In that campaign sam
White was kept busy at headquarters
G T. 5 Wood was employed In New
York.
The Socialists wero allowed 10 run
a campaign Of thcr own and at theit
own expense
The Populist orators we're Kept out
OF sight and Governor Chamberlain
mudiously avoided the tarin and the
Philippines He talked dat salary and
fellovseUant law.
Il IN now remembered that c. e.
:. Wood. who is a radical exponent
OF the wild wclrd aud untrammeled
In Democratic politics. was put ON
the Ticket as candidate for United
states senator as a sop 10 the
haggy" elemon,s of the party but
was nos allowed to make a campaign
In fac' there was a complete retire
ment of the people who send cold
chllls np and down The back Of the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22

elects to mention what the ladies gath
er there for
There is a state law against dog
fighting. and even small boys in this
city are amenable to it.
sas
Is any exposition anything but a
great big graft after all?
s&*
The fact remains that no new saw
mills are being built in Western Ore
gon and many that are built are shut
down on account Of prohibitory freight
rates. But that is nothing worth
There is plenty of hay, we are
thankful to say; and if Geer don't
eat lraut, he needn't go hungry and
pout, but just fill himself up on hay.
80
To get into The Journal Diamond
contest costs you a dollar
The diamond ring is worth $3.50, and
will be cashed by the dealer for
small discount if you draw the ring,
and don't want to wear it.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22
JOURNAL X-RAYS;
It was a Pleasant day in Baker City.

1 ~ W t'N - iNaA'hAAtN NAN1 ~ AAtANNA NANs
ss&
Attention is called to the fact thai
there has not been a hold-up in Port
land since the Lewis & Clark pro
moters went to Washington. The
dispatches, however, announce the
senate has its hands up.
Chicago girls are said to have phe
nomenally large feet, but was an un.
necessary bit of sarcasm when Miss
Porkopolis told her girl friend from
st. Louis that she got a piano for a
Christmas present, for the latter to
sweetly ask: Did you get II in your
stocking?'
That fish ladder at Oregon City is
like the small boys definition of salt:
THAT white stun that makes your
potatoes taste bad when you don't put
any on"
OF course Hoollgan is Happy"
and you will know why when you see
him tomorrow night.
San Francisco people are deliciously
humorous. A tremendous crowd gath,
cred on the wharf to give Dowie an
enthusiastic farewell-and Dowle
liked II.
King Peter Of servia, is said TO be
anxious to abdlcate. He realizes that
he is only hng-high and has nothing
to draw TO-
Dowie sailed for Australia Thurs.
day maybe moved by the thought
that prophet is without honor, save in
his own country
The California train robbers over.
looked a $500 diamond yesterday but
they still have a chance to get one
here in Salem If they are good guess.
ers.
la grippe has Hanna in its grip. and
that's what's the matter with Hanna
Governor Taft is expected TO arrive
IN San Francisco Saturday. Eastern
papers say that his friends will inn
launch a presidential boom
Tor him. To use an expression made
ot Hancock, when he ran for nrasi
ient-"He weighs 300 pounds"
Ihe dealer in feathers never adyer.
Use them as marked down"
Perhaps If some Of salem's eiginl.
bachelors would take a hint from The
journal and put up a $3.50 diamond
'"p year business might take a boom
Length is not necessarily a syn.
'nym Tor longitude.
oregon comes to the front with y
Ia'orite son" for the presidential
nomination, but being on the Damo
ratio side OF the house. the nomina
ION would close the event. OF course
Is our George"
IL Is difficult sometimes in n sm.,,
ity to define the grades OF sociot,
'oWn in Nevada the mining camps were !
ways divided into three social !
rades' Those who had their WASH. |
is done at home; those who Sent
heir washing out, and those who tool |
washing.
AS an index to the good business
one IN Corvallis during the LASS
ear one has only to look At ne
ls'le around the Wells-Farro Co..
'press and telegraph Offices g
IKe ah, -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22
VIC ooNaRessloNAl slruAr,on

IN this congressional district tbere
Is some discussion as to the proh,h,o
Republican candidate
Il Is understood that Binser Eer
mann viii be in the race. and soms
'Aink the only one named.
aa''on county win probably mn,
nave an aspirant in the aeld q A.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22
a Few Pointers.

The recent statistics Of the number
Of deaths show that the large majority
die with consumption. This disease
may commence with an apparently
harmless cough which can be cured
instantly by Kemps Balsam for the
throat and lungs, which is guaranteed
TO cure and relieve all cases. Price
25c and so cents. For sale by all
druggists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22
Women Praise il

ehere are thousands u women a.
49, praisiug the celebrated Hostel
'ers Stomach Ritlen. wAen tAey
were run down and Ia need Of ,
health restorer and regulator tAsv
~ero persuaded 70 try the nitten
VIA the resslt that they nov enjo,
pefeet AealsA. Am slskly women
seo'sid try Il At onoS Besldesour,no
at Female Complaints II q also IN.
sauAi'ed for indigestion oyspspsla.
i"ss@'aa, ard eenstlpatioA.
H0STETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22
The Weather.

Tonight and Saturday. occasional
light ralH
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-22

AS an index to the good business
done in Corvallis during tba Ia,
year one has only to look Al ne
ous'le around the wels-Farro Co..
express and telegraph ohces." So
SAYS the Corvallis Gazette. but ne
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06
Chase a Colored Thief.

Report was made yesterday after
noon that an overcoat had been stol-
en- from caboose in the c.. NJ. & ST.
P. yards. The police began a search
at once. and located the thief. a col.
ored fellow who had been seen loafin g
about the yards for several days. He
made good his escape across the low
er bridge before the police could reach
him. The Davenport authorities were
notified but refused TO go out of their
city limits TO make the arrest. Off
GERS Thode and Detective Carnes
went to Davenport, but before they
had gone far they were notified thai
the offender had been captured by the
railway men, and the Overcoat recoy-
cred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06
Alleges Improper Dealings.
JUMPS TO SECURE HAT
AND SUSTAINS FRACTURE
Clifford Wingmuth Receives Painful
Injuries in Recovering
Headgear.

Clifford Wingmuth. son of Hugo
Wingmuth, the station master at the
Rock Island depot, is confined to his
home. 1882 Sixth avenue, with a frac-
tured thigh. Clifford is employed at
New Shops, and was returning
on the regular work train last even
ing. His hat blew off when the train
was near Fifth street, Moline, and
the young man jumped off the train to
regain it. He fell, and two of his com,
panions noticed that he attempted to
rise. but could not. They jumped
from the train and called help, and
the young man was taken to his home
in this city, where it was discovered
that he had sustained a severe frac-
ture. He will be confined for some
weeks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06
CUCKOO COLLINS IS HELD
ON A CHARGE OF FORGERY
Bonds His Diamond
Escapade.

Cuckoo" Collins. who is being held
at GAINESVILLE Wis, under 81 900 bonds,
charged with having uttered and hav-
ing in his possession a check forged
upon a Butte. Mont, bank for $500, is
a former Splinter and wrestler we'll
known here. Eight years ago he stole
a tray of diamonds in Denver and af-
ter a chase which led detectives to
Australia and Hawaii he was captured
in Portland and sentenced TO five
years in prison. Recently he was re
leased and went to Wisconsin.
The appearance of a Chicago man
who claimed he was an attorney for a
client who had been robbed by Col
inns and his companion. Logan, it Is
thought to have been part OF the plo,
TO secure the release OF the men by
their friends in Chicago. He says
that he will sue the city Of GAINESVILLE
for $40. 600 for unlawful detention and
that he has powerful friends, includ-
ing Mayor Rose of Milwaukee. who
will furnish the necessary financial
backing for the action
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06
PERSONAL POINTS.

G. ID. Cave, of Galesburg, is in Rock
Island visiting with friends.
Miss Margaret Peder left this morn
ing for Chicago to visit a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Goodnell have
departed for New Orleans, where they
will spend the winter
l.. ]. Kelly has returned from an
extended visit with relatives at Min
neapolis and st. Paul.
A. E. Lundin and Frank Lakaff, the
Rock Island baseball pitchers, have
been visiting in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Powell have re-
turned from an extended visit with
relatives at Lansing, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Darling and
daughter have departed for California,
where they will make. an extended
visit.
Superintendent of Schools S. ].
Ferguson is in Edgington, where he
VIII appear on the program of the
County Farmers institute, being held
there today and tomorrow.
o. l.. Bruner departed last evening
Tor Denver, where he will spend the
winter with his wife and daughter Ma
BILE. who have been in Colorado sew
eral months for the benefit of Mrs.
Burners health.
Prof. T. r. Crane of the University
OF Illinois, arrived in Rock Island last
evening, and this morning departed
for Edgington, where he will deliver
an address at the annual County
Farmers institute
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06
OBITUARY..

Mrs. Mary O'Brien died this morn
ing at 1:30 O'Clock at the home, 2117
Fifth avenue, after an illness of but
q day. Mrs. O'Brien had not been
in the best of health for some time.
but her condition yesterday morning
was not regarded as unusual. Her
attack came on at $50 a. m. and a
physician was summoned, but was I'M
able to relieve her suffering. The all
ment was diagnosed as neuralgia of
the heart. Mrs. O'Brien was a native
of County Cork, Ireland, and was
about so years of age. She came to
America 80 years ago, and had long
been a resident of this city. She was
twice married, and leaves one daugh-
ter, Mary Strech, and her husband,
William O'Brien.
The funeral services of Mrs. Mathes
Buncher will be held tomorrow morn
ing at 8 o'clock at st. JoSephS church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06

such an attempt having been made by
Johnston. The attempt at suicide oc-
CURED at Red Robins farm
The suggestion that Mrs. Johnston's
attorney. Mr.. Jackson had declined to
permit the defendant to testify fur
Their on the grounds of the possibility
of characterization, it should be
said, by the way, was of the nature of
an inference rather than statement
as il was made to appear in last even
ing's report.
Examined mt Her Request.
The examination by the chemist of
the glass tumbler from which Johnston
drank saltpetre on the morning of his
death was made at the request of the
widow. On the bottom and sides Of
the tumbler were found traces of
strychnine, but whether there had been
sufficient amount of the poison in the
glass to have produced death Mr..
Nader could not state. There was on
the spoon also a quantity of acitate of
copper, lending strength to the theory
that death might have been caused by
metal poisoning, and only further tend
ing to complicate the circumstances.
But the inference drawn from the teS-
/ timony of the chemist was that death
could not have been due to this sub
stance.
Strength to Suicide Theory.
The tumbler had stood for weeks in
the house before it passed into the pos,
session of the authorities, thus creating
suspicion in the minds of the jurors,
assuming that Johnston had been muir
dered, that there might have been
prepared mixture of salt
petre and strychnine in the glass
to give the impression that he had sui
cided. as it had been made plain by the
widow and her daughter that Johnston
never permitted anyone to prepare his
doses of saltpetre but himself.
Woman Is Not Consistent.
In the discussion of the verdict two
of the jurors were for acquittal, but
the others were pronounced in the
position that there had been a murder
committed, and the verdict finally
reached was unanimous.
IF Mrs. Johnston had not refused to
give further testimony that was de-
jurors said after the inquest, 81 firmly
believe that she would not have been
held. For one, / was impressed by the
straightforward story that she narrated
a week ago, and her apparent manifest
desire to tell the truth; but her COM
plete change yesterday made me feel
differently toward her. What the jury
wanted to know yesterday was con-
corning how the strychnine happened
to be in the tumbled; why the fact that
there had been poison in the glass was
not brought out at the first hearing at
which she testified, and also wanted
some light on that bottle of strychnine
that was found outside the gate of her
home. If the woman wished to tell all
she knew, surely she should have had
no fears at being Intercepted with
reference to these matters. l think
there is where she made her fatal mis-
take"
Mrs. Johnston would not sign the
draft made by the stenographer of the
testimony she gave a week ago yester-
day. All the other witnesses, includ-
ing her daughter, did, however.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06
HARRY THOMPSON, PAROLED
CONVICT, is UNDER ARREST
Man Who Steals Clothing Here to Be
Returned From Michigan
to Joliet.

Springfield, ILL.,. Dec. 6.-(Special)
Gov. Yates issued requisition on the
governor of Michigan today for the
return to the Joliet penitentiary OF
Harry Thompson, paroled convict
who broke his parole and who is now
under arrest in Grand Rapids, Mich
Thompson was sent from Rock Isl.
and county for stealing an overcoat
and coat from Simon & Mosenfelder's
store in Rock Island, April 10, 1898
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06
CLAIMS PARTNER
RUINED BUSINESS
Frank w. Kronkright Enters Suit
Against John s. Ram.
sey.
HE ASKS FOR A RECEIVER
Alleges That Money Was Not Paid In
to Partnership, and Foreclosure
Of Mortgage Resulted.

Frank w. Kronkright. has commenc-
ed a suit against John S. Ramsey, in
the circuit court, asking that a re-
ceiver be appointed for the firm of
kronkright & Ramsey, which was re-
Gently forced to discontinue business
as a result of the foreclosure of :,
mortgage.
In the bill it is asked that an I'm
junction be issued restraining Ram
sey from collecting any money due the
partnership, and from disposing of any
of the stock on hand at the store Oh
Twentieth street
Kronkright alleges that the partner.
ship was formed between the two
men, with the understanding that Ram.
sey was to furnish $500 in cash. He
claims that this sum was never paid
into the business.
Alleges Improper Dealings.
He also alleges that Ramsey's 9th
er dealings with the partnership were
not proper and asks that Ramsey be
required to give a full accounting
Marion E. Sweeney and A. p. McGuirk
are the attorneys for the plaintiff,
while the defendant is represented by
Sweeney & Walker, and Ludolph e
Reynolds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06
WILL FAVOR MACHINISTS
Rock Island Officials Hear Grievances
at New Shops.

A company of officials of the Rock
Island inspected New Shops yester
day, with view to a settlement of a
number of minor difficulties between
the machinists and the management
The officials have not given out any in
formation as to the result of the visit
of yesterday, but the understanding is
that action will be taken favorable to
the employees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06
Wreck On Mercer Branch.

Four cars filled with coal were de-
rallied by an open switch while the
morning train was enroute from Sher
rard to this city on the Mercer county
branch of the Rock Island road this
morning. No one was injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06
Attention, Royal Neishbors.

All members of Fay Halves camp.
No. PSI. X. y. A. are requested to
meet at their hall Wednesday morning
Dec 4. at o'clock. TO attend the fu-
neral of deceased neighbor. Mrs. Bun
cher. Members of other Royal Neigh
Dor camps in the city are invited 10
attend. MARY CARY. Oracle.
Agnes Simpson. Recorder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-06
OLD OFFICERS REELECTED
M. n. Sexton Again Elected Head of
Oil Company.

The board of directors of the Tri-
City Oil company met last evening and
reelected the officers that have served
the past year as follows: NJ. II. Sex
ton, president; II. E. Krell, vice pres
ident; and H. ID. Folsom, secretary
and treasurer. The company is now
engaged in sinking wells on it's lately
acquired property in Chanute, Kans.