Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-25
LET GEORGE DO 1T.

q ENATOR CHAMBERLAIN should
y get busy. He knows this but
well, the outlook isn't pleasant.
He has had four years of plain sailing,
His political sea had no patronage bars,
no pie counter shoals no so.called pork
barrel cross currents filled with polite.
al derelicts and party flOtsam, danger
Gus to political navigation. Our George
has had a pleasure trip, over sun.down
seas, amid the tropical isles of the blest,
or words to that effect. All that was
necessary when the wicked troubled
and the weary grew restless was TO
throw out his chin and answer "I am a
Democrat This was easy from long
practice, and it fully answered all ques.
tions concerning patronage. He was
only visitor, and was not "serving."
Hawley, the greatest living pie bitter in
captivity, was in charge of the pie
counter, and had charge Of the patron.
age, which now, that it is Democratic
patronage, is known as the "pork ba.
rrel." That is to say Hawley had
charge Of it in this congressional dis.
trict, while Lafferty looked after that
down the creek, and Ellis, another ex.
ample Of the victory Of matter over
mind, passed out the few soda crackers
that are Eastern Oregon s usual dole,
OF course, Senator Bourne as in on the
whole thing. That is why Bourne is
no longer senator; some of the hungry
ones did not like the kind of pie he
passed out, or the parties to whom he
passed IL. II is different now. Haw.
ley, Lafferty and Congressman SinnOtt,
are doing the "I am a Republican "
pose, and with great deal of pleasure
and some grinning are saying: "Let
George do it,"
Hawley lodged making appointments,
as witness the Salem postoffice, and be.
ing an artful dodger, lodged into office
for two years longer-and so the Salem
postoffice, and several others are
passed up to George, and George, not
being accustomed to waiting on table,
modestly hesitates about attempting it,
In the meanwhile the Ides of March are
over, and the patient animals so long
shut out are lowing to have the bars
let down, and they let into the pasture,
So you can see ".Our George" is up
against IL.
He knows that every time he gets an
appointment for some one he creates
one migrate and dozens Of enemies, and
one is as dangerous, If not more dan.
gerous than the other. There are so
many appointments that our George ro.
alizes that by the time he gets through,
about all there will be left in the Dem.
ocratc ranks, 30 far as he is concerned,
will be ingrates and enemies, and that
docs not listen well for a second term.
George knows how IL is for thoro arc
hundreds in Oregon who will swear that
he himself is an migrate, in all the lat.
est colors, styles and lasts. 1t was un.
fortunate for him that Wilson was
elected, for it compels him to skin his
hand down on the table; It compcls n
show down, and bluffs don't go. OF
course, George can put some Of the
blame on Harry, but, being the senior
senator, the load falls moro heavily on
him, and then besides, the time he must
ask for denomination is only Il
months distant Next year about thi'
time George win begin to hear From
his constituents, and Just imagine, II
you can, some of the real lovely thing
hc will he told