Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-02-13
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p People DO not much like TO complain
/ Of weather when it is brite ard fare.
Yes confession is good for the soul
The confession Of Harvey Scott that h,
has always known Senator Mitchell t.
be "A bad man, and that he is still a
bad man, is certainly refreshing in
the light Of the way in which Harvey
got into bed with the senator few
years ago. and cringed AZ his feet, for
a--possible senatorship.
This office is in receipt Of eommuni.
cation which fnvors letting up on the
paving agitation, but favors more hu.
name treatment Of delivery and cx-
press horses. II the writer will name
some one who is cruel to his horses
this paper will call attention Of the
owner 70 the fact, aud give the name
of the complainant. In the mean time
Il little agitation for better and clean.
er streets might help the horses some.
When we get Judge, George Brow
nell and the rest Of the notarios pub.
lie indicted aud behind the prison bars
this government will stand on foun.
dation Of justice and righteousness
hitherto unapproximated Lot the
grandcst reformation and publication
OF Oregon politics ever attempted 90
on until this commonwealth is made
clean and pure from the Columbia to the
California line. Let ms at least convict
two ar three notaries public, IL we
can Z stop corporations like the North
crn Pacific from grabbing trihes like
100000 acres of timber land.
Leslie Scott, TO put il mildly, is ex
ercising dictatorship over this legis-
lature compared 10 which Marat in
the French revolution couldn't hold
candle. And, what is worse, he fairly |
gloats in his power to make or un-
make men, and some Of the members
live in actual terror Of what may appear
in his paper from day 20 day. What
members tell him or what he tells them
still leaves all in mystery as to what
viii appear next day in the paper.
When It arrives there is an involuntary
aud uneasy adjournment 20 learn the
contontA Two years ago when there
was a bill before the legislature aimed
az the Associated Press trust. there was
NO cry about machine, in fact the die.
tatorship of the Orcgonian was sus.
pended, The genial and handsome
young hatchct faced Marat Of Oregon
journalism got dowa in the dust and
kissed the feet and licked the hands
ot the damnablc machine, which was
about the same one that is doing busi
ness az the state house today. but
now that tho dictator's : bacon Is cured
and hanging safely In the smoke house.
his only son is ITO h--ll with the odi.
,us machine, Of course, the mcmhcrs
Ia not pay much attention "a the Aid
Dictatorship Two wears before they ;
'ossod hin 60 take away from the
lregOniau the publication of tho delin. y
lucnt tax rolls, which had cost the
.oonty about s6O.o00 While that hhl
vas pending the same paper spoke very
espe,tfully of the legislature. aud
here WAS NO cry of o1ious machine
here MAS uo hustliug lank youth rush
ng about sceking whom he might De 1
our There was microscopic search
W CRAFTS The housc and senate
.ere not orgauiEcd by the liquor inter.
stS Father aud soa we're not the
nN pure and unp0rehasahle people in
'reg0n Who always, always 20 right
nd ncvcr never do wrong An the
's' were not politicians uuholy ana
afEaps' Papa and the soa haa an axe 20
Find rhey could bs polite and dsf.
reatisl Bot this year there Is ne Ian
endiag % tEim the aacilmonions
Alskess q the great anl only ore.
anian aad pale sase1 heller lAaa tAes y