Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-05-17
Portland. May 10, 1905.

Portland, May 16, 1905.
V3veGt interest centers in the transfer.
umafio1 scenes and in the rapidly shift
dng pelitical kaleidoscope caused by the
tphy6ieal death of Judge Bellinger, and
tEhe ,ofirial removal Of Jack Matthews,
II. n. marshal. Death has swung his
spoythe and cut a swath In Oregon poll.
Hies- The President has used his axe,
sAnd the head Of political machine lies
sn the waste basket. There are no more
Iheads to fall, UNLESS 1T BE THE
PAIR AND JovELIKE FRONT OF
SENATOR FULTON, the only remain.
dRg member Of the Oregon delegation,
vgho still possesses an unstained es.
scutcheon, leads blamelcss life and
sbas a stainless love and affection for
tbe Republican party Of Oregon. But
CMr. Fulton is a marked man in one re-
,Bpect. When Doliver and Fairbanks
,.zruused the Oregon faithful TO such a
fsusnzy that they gave Roosevelt forty
Thousand plurality in November, Full.
ton was asked to take Delivers place
in the vicc-presidential triumphal tour,
and doing it well made him so conspic.
Dous that there was, for time, a com.
plete shadow cast over the political
greatness Of the occupant Of the tall
aower. Fulton had got next. That
would never do. WITH SUCH A MAN
NEAR THE THRONE IN THE UNIT.
ED STATES SENATE, a man whose
ability, friendship and magnetism
would unite the whole delegation to the
administration in the interest of Ore.
gon-there was a potential condition
sf things that augured too well for our
nndeveloped state. II must be nipped
an the bud II was further n lamentablc
fact that at least three Of the Oregon
delegation were elected TO Office with
'sut being beholden to the presiding
genius of the tall cracked tower, aud
not one Of the two senators or congress.
men from Oregon wore the Oregonian
collar, or could be relied upon to re.
ward its henchmen. so THERE MUST
BE SOMETHING DOING, and the con.
spiracy incubator was drawn forth, well
supplied with Rockefeller grease and
Wcyerhauser slabs, and plan set on
RSot 10 provide Oregon a new political
dynasty that should be LOYAL TO
THE HIGHER STANDARDS OF Po-
ILTICAL MORALITY, WHERE
GRAFT DOTH NOT CORRUPT AND
THE BooDI.ER CANNOT BREAK IN
AND STEAL. The rest is history. John
Hall was removed aud disgraced. Brow
aeli was muzzlod aud silenced, The con.
vieted members Of the Putcr.McKinley-
Ware Watson federal prisoners aid so.
riety were paroled upon honor. care
fully selected grand jury, well under
the control of the department of justice,
and herdod day aud night by an army
of detectives and secret service men,
was permitted to grind The evidence
laid before the jury was spread broad
east over the state by three fair-mind'
ed, disinterested, bipartisan Portland
.newspapers (for revenue only. EVERY
PREoAUTIoN WAS TAKEN THAT
WOULD GUARANTEE CONVICTION
IN ADVANCE OF ANY TRIAL OR
INVESTIGATION. Indictments Of Sen
ator Mitchell, senator Booth, Congress
men Hermann aud Williamson were an
nounced weeks in advance of being
drawn.
Now that death has stepped in and
taken hand, by removing judge
bent upou conviction, a new dispenser
of justice is brought upon the scene in
the person of Judge John jefferson De
Haven, Of Missouri, via California, and
by the grace of Heuey, His picture is
printed in the oregonian, stern, frigid
looking man with penetrating eye
and hair standing upright, 1t is an
nounced that he will land here June /,
s'IR ORDER TO PLACE HIMSELF
IN TOUCH WITH THE DUTIES DE. !
VoLVING UPON HIM AND TO PA
MILIARIZE HIMSELF WITH THE
TREND OF THE LAND FRAUD
CASES. That he win be handsomely
entertained at the Arlington Club, that
30 viii room at the Hotel Portland
With Francis }. Heney and Henry Il.
MeGinn. That he will be salivated with
praise aud adulated with aattery by
ahe Portland papers everybody knows.
IA the same paper is printed picture
81 the new U. s. Marshai, O. J. Reed.
ale il made 20 look fierce and busly as
a butcher. He is attired In the short
tssusher coat Of an exeeaeoaer' shak-