Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-14
Smiles From the Typewriter

have a heart in him for the children.
lie decides no compulsory vaccination.
Since winning that game Of football
over Multnomah. we are going to drop
that term Old Willamette. It's New
Willamette from now on.
That McNiinnviue Farmers Com
pross was a little hard on the Browns.
willie train. That train does run some
times at a speed Of over ten miles an
hour.
Tho willamette Valley Development
League has developed the unfortunate
disposition Of taclling live wires. II
has actually had the nerve through
some Of It's orators to intimate that
tho Portland live stock market wasn't
the best In the world.
Lot there be peace in oregon. Let
us keep still about oil trusts and
oinehcs and robberies Of the taxpayer
aud producer Stand by tho "sysicm" "
that has kept tho state back, has kept
tho laborcr and tho farmer jumping
sideways 20 raise taxes and make o.
living.
Tho Junction City Times favors
Walter TooEc FOR congressman In n.
strong editorial, but claims too much
for him In ono way. He dld not attend
tho national Republican convention.
but tho national convention Of Repub.
lican clubs az Denver. whore be took
strong grounds Tor tho gold standard
In tho face of a strong sentiment for
silver AZ that time
Ycs We want thousands Of officials
In tho reclamation service aud In the
forest reserves and IN tho department
Of agriculture and Ia an tho depart
menis, aud a lot Of departments, and
all under tho civil service system,
multiplying and extending their fune'
tions an beyond tho reach Of public
sentiment or political influence, not
subject 20 removal By anyone, and
then tho people will have nothing toI
DO but pay them salaries and watch
tho pyramid Of ohieialism grow until
the revolution comes that viii restore
simplicity and wipe out the towering
mountain 81 public parasitism.
The Development League convention.
at MeMinnyille adopted resolutions
asking Tor the appointment Of a dele.
CATION Of seven citizens OF oregon 20
90 20 Washington 20 work In behalf
Of appropriations for Oregon rivers
aud harbors. II does not seem TO have
occurred at the convention that these
seven men would have more influence
il three Of them carried credentials
showing that they were elected to rep
resent Oregon in the halls OF congress
Nothing was said upon this point
Oregonian,
Portland has sent Theodore b. VIII
cox. The delegates from the rural re-
gions can all act under his direction.
Those Washington people ought TO
take a vacation. Their shippers and
saw mill and shingle mill men and
jobbers and stock men aud manufae'
turers, a tFihing elias Of people any
how, without ever asking permission
of the Northern Pacific or Rockefeller
or Harvey Scott, enacted railroad
commission law that meant something
aud the governor up there appointed
the men on tho commission that the
aforesaid triaing business interests
wanted appointed, and the state grows
in beastly rapid style, and has about
four cities in the same class with Port
land, who an seem to back up the rat,
making power Of the commission. and
without the consent or advice Of the
railroads or the Oregonian or Roekefel
Ter, and still the state grows and does
business. The Washington people are
unreasonably active and enterprisinG
and ofieious in lighting for themselves
They ought 10 be less strenuous il
standing up for their own interests.