Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-06-09

better off and stronger without men
in Office who would be under the con
troll Of the oregonian during their in
cumbency Of Office. IL not, what other
reason can be given for their defeat
ing Republicans
The folly Of the Oregonian hoping
to elect Williams mayor and at the
same time FIGHTING THE BIGGEST
AND OLDEST AND wEALTHIEsT
FAMILIES OF PORTLAND, calling
them plutocrats and hypocrites and re-
ligious frauds, and %denouncing their
pastor, Rev. Hill, Of the First Presby-
terrain church, as a quack doctor Of
divinity,-all this IL too assinine TO be
called journalism. These big wealthy
families of Portland are the people
who have made Portland, made the
Exposition, and made the Oregonian
what it is. They all know the Ore
gonian held up tho National Republi-
can committee in 1900, when IL had
burned both Mckinley and Mark
Hanna to a crisp for a year, and only
let up when it got enough out Of the
national campaign fund to pay of the
mortgage on the tall tower. II is
%well-known that the oregonian, a st.
Paul newspaper, and a Chicago news.
paper got the better part Of a million
Of cold cash out Of that committee.
THOSE THINGS CANNOT BE
PROVEN, BUT THEY CANNOT BE
SUCCESSFULLY DENIED. The
mortgage OF the tall tower was wiped
out, Mark Hanna and Mckinley were
Christians Of the highest and purest
type forever a%fterward. That fact
staring them in the face has taught the
m~illionaires Of Portland a lesson and
they have invested some Of their
shckels in an opposition daily paper,
which is cheaper than getting into the
clutches Of Scott and Pittock. They
remember the fate Of Hanna and Nc
Kinley. These people who own and
control the great corporations and
banking houses that are the backbone
Of Portland, who employ several
thousand people, WERE FAIRLY
LAMBAsTED INTO SUPPORTING
LANE by the frantic efforts Of the
oregonian to drive them into line for
Williams in a manner that to have
voted for him would have been to sac
rifee all self respect. The leaders
went around saying vote for Williams,
but they saw to IL that the voters
voted for Lane. So the attack for a
week preceding the city election on
the first families of Portland was about
as bad work as could be done to elect
Williams. 1t was the most effective
work that could have been done to
elect Lane.
My friend, ]. F. Dellinger, Of the
Historian, has this summary Of the
case; A man who has the support and
endorsement Of the Oregonian, is
doomed to defeat, is a statement made
for a long time prior to the municipal
election in Portland. Whether this
was from a political or moral stand
point is not stated, but probably a lit
tie Of both. II is a well-knowR fact
that Mr.. Scott is a candidate for the
United States senate and has been con
spieuous as a dictator on municipal af-
fairs in Portland. THE oREGoNIAN
ATTEMPTED TO CARRY WATER
ON BOTH SHOULDERS. 1t had
been pandering to the church element
by advocating a closed town, and SUPP
ported a nan or mayor, whom it is I'M
derstOod was in favor Of an open
town. II lost its influence and incl
dentally the election. To listen to
the o~regOnian charging the mayorali-
~ election up to the land fraud cases,
shows what the people think of perse-
cution. The oregOnian even comedies
the election of a Democratic governor
next year. THE ONLY WAY TO
STOP 1T Is TO sQUELcH THE
MAN IN THE TOWER.
49,
The preparations for the land fraud
trials are going on, and it is now ex-
pected to have them well under way
by the goth of this month. The death
Of Judge Bellinger has made It neees-
sary to have some of the preliminaries
gone over again. The United States
marshal who displaced Matthews has