Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-11-25

| Inc vote OI tue IIOHlDillOh parry al
over the state has been increased ma
terially at the last election.
Parker tells his national committee
that all that human influence could do
was done by them in the recent cam
paign. 1t must have been that divine
influence was on the other side, and
the Almighty in his supreme wisdom
reduced the Democratic party under to
as near a cypher as possible and leave
the organization still in existence.
Corvallis poultry cranks think they
are running the greatest show on earth
of the feathered kind.
Put more thought, more work, more
money into your business if you would
achieve more success.
Senator Platt has assured Senator
Depew that his reelection to the sen
ate is absolutely certain. Chauncy
would rather know what Governor
Odell's views are.
Representative Sid E. Mudd, of Ma
ryland, called at the White House to
inform the President that he received
a larger majority in his district than
the President himself.
Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F.
Ware has given up his job. He says
he can now fully appreciate General
Tecumseh Sherman's comparison Of
war and. another unmentionable place.
An American missionary in China
has asked for ga peck of eyeglasses
and spectacles." He must want to find
out if the heather are any worse than
himself.
Secretary Shaw says "Money is plen
tiful, and cheap, too.' He evidently
believes talk is still cheaper.
OF course, it is to be regretted that
the great state of Oregon is so poor
that it has to hunt a 40-horse power
pool gambling establishment in connec-
tion with the state fair. If the state
fair beard hasn't outgrown that idea
the rest of the people of the state
have.
Rural Spirit; Dealers in draft stall
lions have the prospect of a good busi-
ness in this section another year. There
seems to be good demand for draft
stations at remunerative prices
throughout, and number have already
been placed this fall.
The wind storm along the coast the
past week has been one of the hardest
in many years
Are the U. of o. football boys and
the o. A. c. football boys really afraid
to play Willamettel Wouldn't it be
great to have a game at Salem in which
There would be really true fatality
That would make our team famous
The football game at Chemawa was
pulled of also without any fatalkies.
But it took close management to pre-
vent killing a few,
The Thanksgiving people mostly par
took at home. That is a day when the
public expects great spread of hotels
and restaurants, but the public is nu-
merically very small.
Beautiful Marguerite Fischer is play
ing at Woodburn.
The G. :. novel has reached 10000.
Religious novels pay big Its eompan-
ion, "Jewel's 5 Own Book" has reached
10000.
The Woodburn Independent has en-.
larged, A little competition will stim-
ulato anything.
II was an ideal day for football. The
rain dripped and mizzled and soaked
and drizzled until men aud women were
floating in moisture inside and ont
The grounds We're in excellent condition
perfectly slippery and water-soaked
60 the surface The game was dandy
in all respects. In the first downs one
fine, tall Albany boy had his right leg
bent like an OK how in the middle, and
never got it straight again during the
game, Two others were able TO get
about on three legs between them, and
changing oh, holding each other by the
shoulder. The willamette center ruShes