Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-04-09
GEER IN SELF DEFENSE.
He Has n Reply TO a Paragraph In
the Eugene Guard.
tPendieton Daily Tribune.)

of this paper. assuming to know just
how much that appears in 1t Is "sin-
eere" and how much Is not-all the
result of the troubled condition Of
the writer's mind lest the editor OF
this paper is candidate for this or
that office.
In fact the title of the production
is "Geer, the Office Seeker"
The basis of the article is contain
ed in this paragraph;
Ever since the enactment by the
late legislature creating railroad
commission Ex-Governor T. T. Geer,
of the Pendleton Tribune, has been
more or less perturbed over the mat
ter"
Why, bless the little mans mind
ii he has any-from the very day the
railroad commission was enacted this
paper has been especially active In
saying a good word for IL and on the
26th of March IL contained an edit
torial defending It from an attack
by the Albany Democrat, In which
that paper said "a special session of
the legislature should be called to
abolish IL (the railroad commission).
As anticipated by the people general
ly 1t will never be any good"
To this the Tribune took excep-
tions and come to the defense of the
commmission and has not "perturba-
tions" about the matter at ALL The
Guard knows of this attack by the
Democrat and OF the defense of the
commission by this paper and that
II has frequently said and now again
says, that It believes Mr.. West will.
make good commissioner.
The fact is, the Guard is one OF
those narrow. bigoted. one-ldea
sheets that can see no further ahead
than a mole. It's assertion that this
paper is "the rankest machine organ
In the state" is sheer idlocy, though
characteristic. IL is Republican
paper. makes no apology for being
one and really has some OF the best
company in the United States i'm the
matter.
The editor of this paper is work
ing hard every day in an effort 10
give the people OF this section n good
newspaper, and would never think
of an Office II tho subject were not
perennially in the craniums OF some
lop-sided individual for whose bene-
fit the home for the feeble-minded
provided by the late legislature was
authorized, and whose greatest fear
is constantly finding a churlIsh ex-
preston.
The Tribune Is not machine"
paper and its editor was never the
fayorite OF machine politicians, and
the Guard knows this also. This pa
per is strongly in favor OF the re-
nomination OF President Roosevelt.
and he Is not the choice OF ma
'hine" politician In the United States
i Is in favor OF a revision OF the
arin. and the Guard knows that
proposition Is not I'm favor with tho
machine politicians" anywhere. and
{ Is a grea tadmlrer OF Senator LaFol
cite because he has proven independ.
han machine politics"-the frame
II mind OF the Eugene Guard. for
Instance.
In fact, the entire ululation OF the
iuard Is an outburst OF sporadic
rainstorm calling for pity The
My evidence OF "machine politics"
'hich anybody has recently seen In
'regon has been discovered By some
ross-eyed papers which saw its fine
'ork in the $i25.OOO annual appro-
riation for the state university
20 The Capital Journal--but this
artieular kind OF machine politics"
ppears 70 find no special enemy In
be esteemed Guard.
Whether machine politics" calls
Declally for vitrollc condemnation
epends largely upon what the ma
aine is doing-and who.
And II the Guard will consult the
les Of the Tribune Il viii find Il has
I'D nothing but words Of support for
le railroad commission, and has no;
cen az all pertubed about the mat
r. IL Is pleased. and the only per-
lrbation around anywhere Is next 10
Ie collar Of our esteemed contem-
Drary lest this writer may become
'ndidate for some once. a fear <
hioh no power on earth. Il Is likely.
m dispel from his feyerish and dis
.dorad frnnofuoffo,