Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-05
A Warm Talk by Hon.
Frank c. Baker
State Chairman
Some Side Lights on General
Propositions in a Straight
From the Shoulder
Talk

the hSpuDllCdh otatS SShlla al OOlhliii'
tee and a member of the Managing
Committee in Multuomah, is here look.
ing after some of his interests. Mr..
Baker has property scattered over the
entire Willamette Valley. One of our
reporters caught him at the william.
cite, discussing politics with a mum
ber of this countys wise ones.
Oregon? Why oregon will give
Roosevelt 10000, and Williamson will
carry the Second District by 10000,
judging from the way the boys in
Eastern Oregon are talking. Nomi
mated? OF course Williamson will be
nominated. Why not? Moody? Why
he made an excellent representative
and the argument his friends used In
favor of his retention applies now TO
Mr.. Williamson's return. But Moody
isn't a candidate, anyway, is he? !
have never heard him say so, or that
he has said so. McCamant? Able fel-
low? Yes, indeed. o, don't know
whether Joe thinks he would make 3
good representative or not. You had
better see Joe yourself about that"
When asked what the real status Of
affairs In Multnomah County is, and
why the Regular Organization will
win, Mr. Baker, In his accustomed on.
hand, shoot-at.the-mark style, replied:
"The real status of affairs means
that II the Regular Organization car
ries the Primaries, Mr.. Mltchells in.
valuable services to Oregon in the
Senate are assured; otherwise, | pre-.
dict that Mr.. Simon will be elected
Mr.. Mitchelrs successor. Fact is,
voters all over the state are cognl
zant OF the real Issue involved In the
contest in Multnomah County; and
Republicans in Marion and nearly II
not quite all the other counties are
writing me what the people are saying
about II.
Il don't blame Mr. Simon for want,
ing to be Senator again, and when he
gets there II he should (but he won't
carry the Prlmaries), | will send him
a congratulatory message; the state
however. should | be outside Of II at
the tlme--I will send a condolatory
wire"
"But didn't Joe say In print that
he was not a candidateg"
"Mr Simon is the SD card in the
pack. They tell me that one OF Chaun.
cey Depewss jokes fell fiat, while the
one Joe got on in the Senate that time
created more laughter than any story
ever told in that body, mean that
one he told about Corbett and him
self doing everything within theil
power that was honorable to organ
ize the House in 1897, Wasn't that q
good one? Yes. indeed; Joe can tel
good story, and tell Il well. AND
Senator Hoar. SO have been told. re
ally believed Joe was In earnest. ant
thought Mr., Mitchell ought to have
been ashamed of himself for the par
he took In preventing that LEGISLATURE
from organizing! Maybe that's a joke
too; however, they tell IL on the ven
erable sage from Massachusetts. L
Mr. Simon isn't joking-really is no
a candidate for Senator-why Is h,
putting forth every effort to captur,
the hold.over Senators and other fac
tors OF success down in Multnomal
county,"
"on what does Joe expect TO carry
the Primariese"
The first Pedro he exposed. an,
which Judge Carey, Chairman of IN,
Regular Organization. caught as soou
as he saw H. was his cry that THE
TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE To FACI
A PER CENT TAX As Judg,
Carey satisfactorily explained IN,
people cannot have new school houses
\ drydocks. Lewis and Clark Fairs. an,
improvements at Cello without paylnl
for them; and he showed that whicl
every taxpayer In Multnomah Countl
4 should appreciate-namely that IA
. present county administration ha
l conducted the county's Affairs in Al
unprecedentedly economical manner
and at the same time has been bus,
! unearthing the frauds and bringinI
, suits 20 see aside the rotten tax settle
B ments OF its predecessors. So JoD
closed Ike clam on that score Judg
Carey's replies TO Mr. SimOn's oharge
ought 10 be published IN pamphle
form and distributed for reference. 8
, lcomplete are they and accurate An
Joe's interviews. in which his charge