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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1902)
rrr nrr(av fhnno"! ?7A7"C" irrt , j Issued" every Tuesday and Friday by the i STATESMAN PUBIilSHUTa COMPANY i b. y. immticxa. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. - months, in advance, 50 cents; One year, on time, $1.25. The Statesman lias been establish- ed for nearly fifty-two years, and It has SO! subscribers who have received nearly that Ions;, and many who have read It" for a generation. Some of these object to having the paper dla-'rnoney, with the understanding that continued at the time of expiration of their subscriptions. . For the ' benefit of these, and for other reasons, we have concluded to discontinue subscriptions; only, when notified to do so. All per- sons paying when subscribing, or pay- DISPLACING BRYAN. It Is quite apparent that democratic leaders are preparing to relegate Bryan to the rear, while some one of the old guard will be advanced to the, head of -affairs. The Democratic press of" the country U filled jwlth talk about return ing to old principles and traditions, etc., and seem to look to David B. Hill as the Moses who can lead them through their troubles into the land of promise. Mr. Hill himself expressed -the other day the feeling shared bya large num ber of Democrats when, Ire said: "In.the maintenance of the old land-, marks of the Democratic party lies -the pathway to safety,honor, self-, reaped, success."- - - . j - - -' One of the leading Democratic papers of the country is openly advocating the repudiation of Bryan. It Says: "It is better a defeat on old line principles and without Bryan than a defeat on - fusion compromises with Hryan, hecajse, we will win out In time by sticking to principles, and we will never win oat by sticking tor Bryan." !- . j - . . While the orator of the Platte is quite dead politically, yet he has a following that the Democracy must have in order to achieve anything like an approach to victory In 1302. NO RIGHT tO OBSTRUCT. . Mr. Bryan is quoted as saying that the planks of the Demociatic party will not.be written by those wbos oyalty to the party Is under suspicion, says the Birmingham, News.; That will de pend who does the Judging. Some of thebest Democrats of this country who ... were enthusiastic aiver Mr. Bryan and 1 to 1, have realised their mistake, and would not be suitable judges at . this time from the twice-defeated can didatc's standpoint. Conditions Jiave changed: public opinion has in great measure changed,' and the vast major s Ity of the voters of this country are , farther: away .than ever from , the last two platforms of the National Democ racy. Patriotic and intelligent Demo crats all over the country, men who cordially,; supported Mr. Bryan and men who did j dot, are now trying to devise means by which the party can be! unit ed upon la. wise and solid basis, arid Mr. Itrvan's oninlonst tn the rAntrirr nnl. . withstanding, the ancient, '5anquestlon able,.lmmortarprinciples of Democracy must be the platform, and a candidate who fits the platform must be the nom inee. In order to achieve the much de sired result. ; MARION FOR GEER., A survey of the local political) field -indicates that Governor Geer will carry th-county by an overwhelming ma jority and wil have behind ihim in the next State Convention aooUt twenty two delegates who will support hi can didacy for renominatlon with unfalter ing loyally. This Is as it should be. His administration . -has ben honest and - capable, and there Is' noj reason why he should n"t be renominated , and re-elected. ',' ' The Republicans have established' a nil tn Marlon county of giving an of ficial a renominatlon if' his adminls traton has been satisfactory. This rule csnnot ije put aside now at the dicatlon of a few disappointed politicians.; Re- ."1 ' if , - publicans of Msrion county are proud of the record -jn4d by one of her cltl sens called from the plow to-admlnlster the high ofBcje of Governor of ! a great state, and tlfev will be the last to ret, f ue to reward' him for the fidelity and ability 'which he has shown in the d ischarge-of his duties, no matter what politician may "demand his defeat. It now ; looks as; if Uncle Sam was going to have a little difficulty in get ting a right of way: for his canal across the Isthmus. The iahd'dow'n there has experletucTd a boura in Ihe last few months, j yVbrfoIut ownership of the soil on whh;h the csnal is constructed should preced-t the beginning of the work. The people of those countries f T- "v are so unreliable an-1 their governments are so unstable, that it would be unsafe-to go on With the work with any thing but a complete; and sound title. V can afford to pay e-very dollar the land Is worth to tht country through wbikh the canal wifl pass, .and it should be bought and paid for. A less for a number of years would be1 very unsatis factory. We hoild own the canal we construct and expect to control. Prince" Ilenrj' feeling of respect for the Stars and Stripes began ia Manila - One year, m advance, $1; Six Three months, in advance, 25 cents; Ing In advance, win have the benefit of the dollar rate. But they do not pay HeVearter we will send the oa- n.. to all rtanonaibl ivmnni who nr. der it, though they may not send the they are to pay $1.25 a year. In case they Jet the subscription account run over six months. In order that there may be no misunderstanding, we will keep this notice standing at this place tn the paper. bay, when he was commanding the German 1 fleet there. I while Admiral Dewey was doing things to the Spanish ships. At t,hat time the Prince was given to understand by Dewey that the Germans would better mind their own business, He took the hint, though somewhat reluctantly, and notY without the display of some ill temper, if not ill breeding . and ; bad diplomacy, before doing it. The Prince now. realizes that this is the greatest country on earth, though he commenced to learn the les- son late In life and a long way. from home. ' . - ' J . t - Why do the disgruntled Republicans! boom Fulton for Governor,1 when they know It will mean the defeat of Secre tary of State Dunbar,, who has been 'one of the most economical officers Ore gon has ever had?' He has kept out hundreds of small grafts aind thereby saved the taxpayers thousands of dol lars. If these wouM be benefactors to the Republican party egard the wel-1 fare tf the taxpayers they will fdo all in their power to return F. I. Dunbar, the present incumbent. jt-Coast Mall. The real ; estate market Is errowlnir lively oxi account of the ' immigrants. and there is no doibt bat this will keep I up ior a long time, ana almost inuen-1 nltely. Salem and Marlon county city I lotsi and farm proper tj will bad thing to have title to not be a I from this j time on . It will be good for besides paying taxes on, something j Geer; will parry every precinct in Marion'county without a single excep tion. -4rhe conven,tIon will be a unit in his. support. But this fact does not make the duty of every Republican to be at -the primaries next Friday less obligatory. . Every Republican should be there to discharge hi duty. The Austin Post wonders how the Prince likes Bob EvansA-thrilling, story of bow he, n. single-handed ad alOne, ' , .i. . j ' " i I ten in ine unueruruen aiiu iwu rvans on the ocean, what we did to the Span- i iards looks like murder. It has been discovered that the only European country that was not devoted in friendship to the United States at the time of 1 the late tivar was paft, and even Spain did not want to be un friendly Mobile Register. 1 V Don't go or send away from Salem for. anything you tan get hefe. fact,, now-adays. you can lgetu nearly everything here. The little sawmill town of Falls City has an annual pay rol?.' of oyenj $25,000. The advantage of a lew factories is very apparent.. ' V Get the matter of paying off Willam ette University's debt out ofTthe ay. then take up something elseJ the .important matter ' Just nqw. This Is Albany is to have a -building boom. Salem must keep' up with her sister city up the river, and there is no danger on this score. The storm center .of f Mion county (if not of state) pilitlcr will wage on the streets of Salem today. It; is a dull day wheri only one new candidate for a count f office comes to the front. I ? The state of Mississippi will soon have a law against trusts, designed es pecially to reach the operations of the cotton trust. Won't this Interfere with the business of the Hon. Jim lonpi, of Arkansas? He is a heavy stockholder In this trust, even if hi has'been direct ing theemocra'tlc party in its (anti trust crusaded No doulbt Mississippians will get orders to confine their warfare to railroad trusts, etci The report eomes from Spain that the young king, Alfonso Kill, will not be permitted to assume royal - power on his seventeenth birthday,, for which great preparations have . been made. The King -will be seventeen years old next May, but the unsettled' condition of the realm has caused the leading newspapers and high 'officials to idls rourage any change In the regency: It Is proposed to. extend the regency for a ftpw years," with the hope that a more favorable time will present itself for the beginning of the boy King's reilsn. Spain's greatest need is a strong man at the head of affairs, and it is not re garded as sare to entrust the direction of the country to the hands of one 0 young and Inexperienced, especially In I tuch turbulent time a now prevail there. . . .V ' '.' ' - , - " 1 " CEER AND FURNISH. The success of Mr. "Furnish at the primaries Friday in Umatilla county removes all doubt, if . there .was any doubt, that the contest for nomlnaUon for Governor lies between Geer ana Fiixnlsh. Mr. Furnish will have hU own county, as was expected, and will have more vote in Eastern Oregon than any other man, except Governor Geer, can possibly muster. He will be Governor Geers only opponent in the convention and the defeat " of Geer means absolutely the ' nomination of Furnish. 1 The disgruntled are defend ing Furnish In his candidacy now, vir tually acknowledging that he Is their candidate, a thing they resented as a malicious falsehood two weeks1 ago. Furnish . Is their , man, the . only man they can look to to, defeat Geer, and a vote against Geer in the primaries means a vote for Furnish. Mr. Fur nish is a banker having made his money as an officeholder under the Democratic party.: When ' he found that he could .rise no higher In that party he revised his political views in accordance with the circumstances. It is a peculiar coincidence that he chang ed his politics five years ago at the very time he began to want to figure in state politics. . ' The Democratic party was I evidently good enough until he wanted I something larger than Democratic I'm- I atilla. county could give. Governor Geer has served the Repub lican party for thirty years In defeat, as well as success. It is now up to the Republicans to say at the primaries whether he shall step" down and out to make room for Mr. Furnish, -who re cently embraced, the Republican faith. DEMOCRATIC INCAPACITY. 11 u refreshing, to find a Democratic newspaper, and one wUh a national rep- utation tor . ability, eays the Toledo Blade, willing to take! up Philippine matters In a practical way, and to lec ture Its party's leaders in Congress Cor the absurd position they have taken. That paper is th Atlanta Constitution, one of the most influential Democratic papers in the South. The Constitution, frankly tells" the Democrats in Congress and out of it. that the Philippine problem "Is no long- er a question of possession and-reten- tlon,. but' wholly, a question of adminis tration." The temper of the American people, continues tjie Constitution, is unmistakable. : "They mean to keep the Philipp!nes.r" That question was tested in the campaign of 1900. The Republi can party, we are told, "could not be better pleased than to have the Demo crats declare for the repudiation of Ifu. ture sovereignty, control and jurisdic tion over , the Philippines Finally, the Constitution says: "Let the ques tion- of possession Snd pretention stand res adjudicata. Cut It out of the dis- cusslon resolutely, and let us face with courage and wisdom the problem of governing the Filipinos with Justice, wisdorh and moderation." The Constitution might well go on and lecture the Democratic leaders for making that-, party stand merely for negatives.: It has no positive policies. It has not. the broad leadership that will. accept frankly the fact that, on a given matter, its opponents are right, and therefore the bent Interests of the people demand that no Issue be raised over it. Too narrow for such a course. the Democratic party is committed to nothing but a negation of Republican policies. A question Of;public policy comes up; the Republicans decide that acertaln course is the best for thena lion'. The Democratic party lines up, belfpws "No!" and lets it go. at that. AndXthls has been so persistent Of late yearsuhat the intelligent portion of the American voting population has; ac quired the habit of observing which way the Democratic party proposed to go, and then of, voting the other way. On this Philippine matter, the Demo cratic attitude is characteristic. ' It keeps on discussing the status of those islands, as if Nit were jin doubt: There Is no doubt! whatever in he matter. The islands are ours. Our -title is as good as it Is to any of our area to the Lou isiana purchase,' W the Mexican cession, to Alaska for example. The natives ' are unfit for independent self-govern ment. They need -.civilizing, uplifting, training in the duties of citizenship. And all the opposition of tbV Demo crats will not -change the situation one iota.- : . : THE FARMER GOVERNOR. The fight being waged by a few- peo ple in Marlon' county, against thfs re nomination ofVGovernor Ger reflects no credit onthem who are engaged in It. To be sure' he "is nothing but a farmer," but: as long as he remained on the" farm and appeared in politics, only as a campaigner to help other people 1 to office he was about the Aiost useful man going, but from the dayhe assumed the duties as Governor of Ore gon and announced his appointments he has been the- target forjnearfy pr' quite every man who is this time In oposttlon to him. No Governor of the state has ever called into service a better class of men than he has, but as fast as hey were sppointed a small percentsgf of those who wanted the positions and were re fused, have made a Common cause In a ceaseless effort to discredit his ad- ministration. ' These men care nothing about the J1' Johnson loan" or trumped up Irregularities In the Land Department-Every one of them was doing as much to injure his administration two years ago as he is $oday. Practl cally every man engaged in the suppo sition to the Governor Is aggrieved be cause be had an office at one time and now for some reason is out or 'has wanted one and has never been In. ' The Statesman .predicts that the peo ple of Marion county will no, refuse en thuslastic support to this most dlstln guished of her native sons, who. against the most discouraging clrcum stances, has won his way from the plow to the highest position In the state.' The Statesman has' contended that Eastern Oregon Is not interested In the Governorship and; ha cited as proof the attitude of the Republican press of that section which has persistently avoided giving encouragement or sup port to any of the aspirants to that po sition living on their side of the Cas cades. The first popular expression on the subject, however, was made at the recent primary election in Wasco coun ty. While the contest was Waged over the nomination of Congressman appar ently, yet there was more to it than that. Mr. Williamson and Mr. Furnish had formed a combination . ot their friends, and the battle was waged in the interest of both. The Dalles Chron icle, which was the spokesman for the opposition to Moody, was almost as bitter in Its fight on Geer as it was on Mr. Moody. The decisive -victory for Mr. Moody and Governor Geer in this fight Is a most convincing, argument that Eastern Oregon is not staking all of Its Interest on this office.1 This . vic- tory for Governor Geer In Eastern Or egon is significant of the general feel ing throughout the state. Those European 'countries 'that, pre tended to believe this country was not sincere in the resolution made by Con gress at the beginning of tjie Spanish- American war, declaring it not to be our purpose to gain any. of the Cuban territory, will soon be given an instance of the fidelity .of the country to its word at the time. In a few weeJts, probably about May 1st, the United States Army will be withdrawn from Cuban soil, and the new government which we have helped to establish will be left in su preme control. .r' It is the earnest wish of every Amer ican that the new regime will be suc cessful and that the people of Cuba may become happy and prosperous un der a government of their own mak- ing. Governor Geer Is making a brave fight for renominatlon, which, from the standpoint of good' political contest, is decidedly interesting. After all Is said and done, Mr. Geer has made Oregon a good Goivernor and It will be a pity if he is turned down for the simple, reason that he has Incurred the displeasure of certain factions and politicians. The Republicans at large want him for Gov ernor another term, and the Graphic hopes, to see him renominated. -New- berg Graphic. Davld B. HiU suggests the simple de claration for bimetallism as a basis for Democratic union. What does Mr. Hill am to convey by the-- use of the term ,bl-metallism? . If he means any thing1 that would disturb the present financial system of the country he would get into a lot of trouble; if he don't mean this, why don't he say that the gold standard would be a good basis. - He probably don't mean any thing, but is simply feeling around to get the support of that 16 to 1 vote which has its knife out for those who opposed Bryan as he did in 1396. How many have lived on a farm un it, nearly fifty years of age and then been called to the chief executive ofn'ce of a great state? Governor Geer Is one of the few who have been thus, honored and has given the state an administra tion that has not been successfully as sailed from any quarter. The farmers of the state should be and are proud of his representative of their class who has made a national reputation as an executive officer and stump orator. : t The United States Government" has decided to demand of the Turkish Gov ernment the repayment of the $72,000 paid for the ransom of Mies Stone. If we are In any hurry about thej collec- tio nit would better be presented by. a small fleet of our warships. That seems to be the latest and 'most expeditious manner of collecting debts from the Sultan.- . ' ' -' - v - Don't Lst Them Suffer. i Often children are tormented , with Itching and burning ecesma and other skin diseases but Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals the raw sores, expels In flammation, leaves the skin without a scan Clean, fragrant, cheap, there's no salve on earth as- good. Try It. Cure guaranteed. Only 2u at DR. STONE'S Drug stores. NOT THE SAME JOHN P. Editor Statesman: Please state, that the Jonn P. Robert son who signed the roll at the Socialist Convention, on the 6th inst-. is not the A boll tion-A be I Jncol n - Repu bltan-Wm. J. Bryan-Greenback-Jefrersonian-Demo-cratic-Popuiist. V JOHN P. ROBERTSON. Salem, March 10. 1W2. "THE LA DIBS Of the First Baptist church will please m4 on Wednesday evening, at the residence of Mrs.,F. Seeled, No. 5 Twelfth street. Trespass notices printed on 'cloth at the Statesman office. . PLAIN STATEMENTS Tew rarigrapbs Abort tits Quartet of raUtklatu that Are Opposed tt Cov eraor Geer for a SecMiTera. Four years ago, when T.- T. Geer asked the support of Marjlon county Republicans to enable him to secure the Republican nomination for Govern or of Oregon, he numbered) among his supporters several men, who at this time are bitterly opposing his re-nom-ination and who are, in order to defeat him, invading many electiop precincts In this county with moriey, unjust statements, promises of future prefer ment, and each and all arguments' of whatsoever kind . that will meet the exigencies of the occasion. Among good, intelligent citizens there can be - but few reasons fojr opposing the re-election to office of a man who has once secured their support. The policy of good citizenship is to con tinue In office those -who have been mindful of their official obligations, for the reason that continued fak-ors at the hands of a grateful constituency Impels officials to higher ideals. Let It once be known that there is no reward for official Integrity and that, sol far as the second ' term Is concerned, all officials. the faithful and the unfaithful, stand upon an equal footing in j ublic esti mation, and we will have f wer faith ful, and painstaking official; i than we now have. - Good men are letter still, when reward is the logical s "quence of faithfulness, and in the gold ?n days of Rfome the first places at the Lable were reserved to those who merited well of tn e public. ; So. then, the first inquiry among good citizens In casts Of this kind Is: "Has he been Intelligently re gardful of the duties of his Office?" It were idle to at this time attempt review of Governor Geer Is recbrd. The general opinion, as you hear it ex- Pessd thepeople7is cVit - ion and the consensus of public .opinion is that Governor Geer's administration has been good. Unless we aire to lose all fiHh in popular forms qt govern ment, we must allow the presumption that official life is fairly honest, and trust to the effort of interested parties to expose lurking evils. And when one attacks the record of ah ! official. and impugns motives in official con- luct.' the burden must be oik him to establish his case, beyond a r sonable doubt. No sensible man will seriously claim that officials must. proe therm selyes honest', nor even be, likq Caesar's wife, above all suspicion. All we peed require of an- official Is, that he so con ducts his office aS to substantially f ul na an or its: requirements. It is logical to say that the motives of a man who attacks an official heed not be called into question, because the juestlon Is not what are . theL motives,! of him who attacks, but are ..mi charges rue ? And yet, when charges are fair. ly met. as have been all the charges brought against Governor Getir, and a Iwiwildered public inquires; "Why are they persisted ln?": it is well to Invest! gate the motives of 1 the accuser, in-or der to discover the source of his per Istency. Among the warm supporters of Gov ernor Geer four years ago, was Dr. J N. Smith, an: excellent gentleman," who njoys a lucrative practice of medicine in this city. Dr, Smith is an able man, a man of energy: and political aspira tions. -He was twice elected to the lower house of the Oregon legislature and in the first'lnstance made an ex- mplary record by not voting during that session either for or against any bllL .' - ' " ; ' , ' . i - . Dr.Smith, immediately after the elec tion of Governor Geer,casked to be ap pointed Superintendent of the State In sane Asylum. Therte are tout physl- ians in office at the Asylum, and a few Anths prior to Dr. Smith's application the. old Asylum Board, consisting of Governor Iord, State Treasur it Met. schan and Secretary of State i:incald, met .and duly re-elected Dr. Orlfilth and Dr. McNary, jboth residents .of Marion county, to continue as Asylum phy slcia ns for a term of four' y ?ars, it being the full term of this pres nt ad ministration. That board also re elected Dr. Williamson, as first assist ant physic-Jan for the same terin. and while Dr.WHUamson is accredited from another county; he In fact has servea in his present position and lived ,n this county for. more than fourteen years, o that he is to all intents and pur poses a Marlon county man. T lis un precedented act of the old boa d left but . one- appointment for the present Asvlum Board to make: and Dr. Smith demanded it. '.No man, who realizes that! Marlon county is not all of Oregon; vTill claim that Governor Geer would hive been justifled in voting t elect Dr. Smith, provided, of course .there were men from other counties ?qually Veil qualified for the' position to which he aspired. Again, Governor 0 er had a right, as have all other citizens, to suppose that Dr. Smith was no t actu ated in supporting hirri: by a single sel fish desire to get oflice for hlms If. No body questions Dr. Smith's ability to ably manage the Asylum, nor his In: tegrlty In relation to matters enl rusted to his care, but he surely mlstal eaj the temper of the people when he brings a personal grievance of tbja kind to the attention of overburdened tax; sayers, who have troubles of their own o con sider, without giving ear to thef plaint of every dlsavpointed oClce-seeKer. Another man who attacked Governor Geer is Hi I'lummer. recently sh triff t Polk county, ilr. Pluinmer appl ed for the 8u peri n tendency of the I'L-niten-tiary, and was told in all candor that he could not have it. for the very sim ple reason that tbe best citlxens of his county,? Irrespective of party affilia tions, believed that he burned th ft Polk county jourt house in order to i;et rid of hiSjbooks; and that, if a further rea son wife needed. IV could b fond in the contents of a letter over his own signature In his own ' hand writing. U?ned by himself. In which tie had offered to bribe a -state official--1n it self a. Penitentiary offense. 'V. Mr. C. B. Irvinti is stUl anothe man who sought ofliceunder Governor Geer. Mr. Irvine as alitor of the Sentini.has viciously attacked the administration ever since he was informed thai Gov ernor Oeer. could not and w bul l not rive; him office.i M. Irvine's ai tacks have be personal and he has in iected into them all the venom at his com mand. - , - , ' . V-Mr, Irvine seeks to be an acknot iedg ed leader of the. Republican party, yet but six years ago, wlwn acting as man ager of the Statesman Publishin;CoV in this city, the Republicans protested agalnst'him acting as manager of the only daily t Republican paper in! this county on the grounds that bs a Democrat, and cu!d not be trusted. In order to mollify these men and retain; his position, he joined the Republican partyor the nrsf time; In his Iif. After he left the Ktatesman he ctaV lished a Democratic paper In this city, recanted all his former efforts as i Republican and supported Mr. Bryan, together with all the principles of Democratic faith, , ' Since then, Mr. Ir vine "has alternated between lemocrat faith and Republican expediency. it doea appear to us that a man who has served his county four times as a Re publican number of the Legislature and. one term as a Republican Govern or and has stumped the state three! times for the' Republican party and been called by the National Committee : to other states to aid the party wh n It 1 was sorely pressed, need not fearrthat the Republican party of thH country has lost faith in him at the Instance of. this man of uncertain political habits. Mr." wrtghtman aspires to the 6mc three thousand dollars a year including office rents, lights, etc. Mr. Wright man knows that ,tiwo state offlclals will -not be nominated from Marion county - and that, in order for him to succeed. Mr. Geer must fall to secure the Mar ion county delegation. '.-As to Me. Wrightman's candidacy, probably no body but he seriously, considers U. for the general public has agreed thalt a jai tuii , ti j wrm i w viu, n oil served . eight years as deputy sheriff and four years as sheriff at a lucrative salary, ought- to be allowed a years of rest by a putllc, grateful tor Wis . aw... A., tm 1 1 r . - 1 . . a. riArliui ttnJlnr m-r nenrlv n ,.r ' his conscious manhood. Kcsido. Mr. Wrightman is chairman of the Marlon County Central Committee, and la now occupying an anomalous position that will jnot be endorsed by. the llepublt- can party. . As chairman of that com mittee, it is Mr. Wrightman's duty to conserve the best "Interests of the Ho? publican party and not to further the . interests of himself. -or of any frk-nd. As chairman, his position as between Scandateshould be neutral lea vl,lg to the unothcial members of the party their selection; but It is not within the expectation of, human kind that a man , so. situated as is Mr. Wrightman will have an eye single to the party wel fare. It would have been well for iMr. . Wrightman. to have resigned -his', posKion as chairman when he cn cjuded to become -a candidate' for: otlice. ' It may be that he is not uing his office jto further his Individual in terests, but the precedent he is etal Ilshlng will not be countenanced by Republicans who are unwilling fof'the party to become simply a machine tt fuilhr the interests f individuals. This fight against : Governor tA-er emanates from four menoniy. vlz l-r, Smith, III PJummer, Mr, iif vine, and Mr. Wrightman, - K It is true other men opMie -.Governor Geer, but, thce are the urce, the organisers, arid the finanrial : Inspira- ,,. !,. , f"n grunt led because thvy wort' not .allowed to usurp the prerogatives of tht ;ov " drnor and dictate his aii"inti cJ .ni l thex other wants to carry the di-N-R-tldrt in his Individual ihtorf"st.: Thi-.: men are trying to teach the peoHe that, be ja Governor eVcr so faithful tol 1 1 obligations of bis oftlce, he cannot !tiJ 'must hot" ignore the ydema mis tlu-j -make ir he would carry the Marlon.-' county delegation in his own interests: Let this precedent Ibe established, and let It once be- known that a Rcpuhli- -can Governor is nut free to ci'tndu:t his high office without being thus hc-UI up on the highways by "Jeadiag Republi cans"; ahd other little-men, in Marion county, and the people of this slate win see to It that Marion county will' have Inrthe future but: little-inlluence in state conventions. This effort to down Governor Ge-r Is" not at all made by an Injured public. because the public has not been Injur. i ed, but It Is made by men who unite vengeance with desire and hoe to se cure' office by downing a msn whHo only crime is his failure to give otlh-e to-all who supported him. -And no sane man believes that had Governor Geer appointed these men to the orn.- they sought, that either of them totlay, would have other than words of praisn for him and for his administration. To the farmers Governor Geer ran well appeal--he Is one of them. -!Th chances of Fate have not changed him. What he was "as a farmer, with Iuty strokes, feeling a tree for rail titular. " or patlintly plodding jH-hlnd J.he pl. ne is now. ve oo not snow. inai rr- ever read "Bobby Burns," but he H one In whom the better elements are so blended that his every day life ex emplifies the Idea that "the rank Is but the guinea stamp, a man s a. g;ivi for a' that." i . - When the Legislature was: prepariiu. to dip into the treasury ' and pur ha. - mansion for ttio tjovernor, - in oroei to properly maintain the dimmy of hi office,"-this farmer allowed that li could maintain, all the dignity !: , sary In a house that cost hinva month ly rental of fifteen dollars.". And that .j he "could pay that rent out Ofhla sal i ary." . -. "'-;'.!.'- : 'U ' :"-"'""' --.) We. have three organic branches of government: thc LcglIitlve, the Ju diciary and the ; Executive. tik,: ju- .dlclary is necessarily com posed of I- , yers, the Legislative is always o- tsolled by lawyers, and It is but air that - a member of ! the:, agricultural j Class should -represent t the prwJu'-ers.'t- and labdrkig elements in the LxiH-utive: branch.-r-OiVgon AindeiM-ndi-nt. A PRINTER GRKATLT SURPRIHE.! . I never was so muh surrtrlsfv,! in , my life, as 1 wias with thev rs'ilts 1 of using Chamberlain's 1'alirL.Balni," says Henry T. Crbk, pressman of the Aslrf- ville, N. fj Gasette. -"I e'ntratel a severe case or rneumaiiiim eariy winter by getting my feet wet. t trivd several things for it without lwn fit. One day while looking over the C- sette, I noticed that Pain Balm was positively guaranteed to ewe rheuma tism, so bought a bottle of 'It and ,te-v-fore using two-thirds of it my rhfuii.a tlsm had taken its flight and 1 ,hve : not- had a rheumatic pain aln'ce," Sold at Dr. Slone'a Drug stors. I- . .'--.. -j l.-'i. ' PUT TO WORIC-HTwo men ' were arrested by Officers JLewls and Murphy early Sundy nKmlng, giving th'ir names as White and Hltllling. Thy were rhatged with intotltwtl'n rand were brought up before City Re-ord'T r. J. Judah yesterday rnorningi Jtnd ' fined $5 eah. In default of whf' h Th-y " were taken beck to J-UI to woik out their sentence Injcarrylng ashes .out .of ,. tbe basement. ''. THF- TKM PKRATURfi. Th me n maximum tern pern ture for the 43 hurs. previous, to t o'clock yesterday ft-r-noon was M degrees Kahrenhelt, and the minimum was 12 degre-rs. Trespass notices printed on cloth at the Statesman office, i