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Islature and had tone through th. -r-
memorial campaign (or the United i
State senate in opposition to Doug- j i
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"All that I am or hope to be, I
we to my sainted mother." Lincoln.
Lincoln to Greeley.
"My paramount object Is to sav
the union and not either to save or
destroy slavery! if I could save tho
union without fret-In any slave 1
would do It; If I could save It by
freeing all of tho slave I would do
lt and If I could do It by freeing some
and leaving others alone, I would also
do that. What I do about slavery and
the colored rare, I do because I be
lieve it helps to save the union, anil
what I forbear, I forebear because I
do not believe it helps to save the
union." -Lincoln to Horace Greeley,
August 22, 1862, just SO days prior to
his issuance of the proclamation.
"A house divided against Itself
cannot stand. I believe this govern
ment cannot endure permanently half
lave, half free. I do not expect the
Union to be dissolved. I do not ex
pect the house to fall but I do ex
pect it will cease to be divided. It
Will become all one thing or the
other. Either the opponents of slav
ery will arrest the further spread of
it, and place it where the public mind
shall rest In the belief that it Is In the
course of ultimate extinction, or its
advocates will push It forward till It
shall become alike lawful In all of
the states, old as well as new, north
as well as south."-, Abraham Lincoln,
June 17, 1862.
Miu-oln No Politician.
During the Chicago convention.
May 16, 1860, when the Lincoln advo
cates were using everything within
their power to secure his election and
when It was uncertain whether the
nomination was to fall to their can
dldate or to William H. Seward, Lin
coln's friends Wired him at Spring
field that in order to be nominated
h must promise cabinet positions to I
two leaders of prominent delegations.
Ho imemdlately answered: "I author
ize no bargains and will be bound by
none." This was characteristic of
the man. Do not think for one mo-
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TOMORROW
1 STEWARD'S
TONIGHT TONIGHT
opera house:
TONIGHT
ELKS'
Hums
TRELS
iBenefit Building Fund:
The inimitable humor flowing from
ex-Governor Oorge W. Peck's pen
and the only di.tmatlzatlon thereof
have made the name and . fame of
"Peck's Bad Hoy" a household word
from fireside 'to theater, wherever the
English language is spoken. Hence,
the coming to the Steward tomorrow
night of the wonderfully popular and
successful furee comedy embodying
and vitalizing In character creations
by a remarkably strong cast the best
of the famous humorist's Inimitably
P
RICES LOWER
THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER
FLCOR Ji.OO OfllLtKr sue
PARTIAL CkP.KGE PROGRAM
OF SEATS LEFT
TO-MORROW NIGHT
funny hits, skits and sketches from
real life, made from a satndpolnt to
amuse all and offend none, justifies
anticipations of laughter long and
loud enough to shake the Coliseum's
walls, and of more tickles than the
biggest circus tent could hold.
INDIAN
HMW
ment that Lincoln at this time was an
amateur In politics previous to his
nomination for the presidency he had
served eight years in the Illinois leg-
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COMES 10 lift MI
From Toppenlsh, Wash., comes a
story In real life, that reads like a
chapter from Dante's "Inferno," Mil
ton's "Paradise Lost" or the book of
"Revelations," says the Pendleton
Tribune.
It Is the story of an Indian woman
who died and descended to the very
gates of the lower world and was then
sent back to warn those who were
following In her footsteps.
The story Is contained in a letter
received Saturday by Rev. E. J. Con
ner, the well known Indian minister
on the Umatilla reservation, from
Rev. George Waters, an Indian min
ister on the Taklma reservation. The
former Is a Presbyterian and the lat
ter a Methodist.
The letter tells of an Indian woman
who was a drunkard and who died
recently as the result of a protracted
spree. After she had been dead for
half a day, had been washed prepara
tory to burial and the body laid out
waiting for the coffin, she startled
her relatives and friends by suddenly
coming back to life.
She seemed to be filled with terror
and after crying a while she settled
down and told those surrounding her
that she had descended to the gate
of the fire world and that the keeper
of the gate told her that was the place
where all drunkards must come, and
commanded her to go back to earth
and tell the other drunkards what
was in store for her. ,
The revived woman said she could
see nothing of heaven but that she
heard very beautiful muBlc coming
apparently as from space and that it
seemed great throngs were singing the
new songs.
She lived a couple of days and then
died and was burled.
The letter in full is as follows:
Toppenlsh, W., Feb. 6, 1908.
Rev. E. J. Conner, Pendleton, Or.
Dear Brother: I am going to sent
another sad news about dlelng a wo
man, she use to be very hard drunk
ard now she died one week ago near
at Slmcoe one hour after trey wash
her body and lay her down to wait
the coffin about half a day, then she
rose up again get life, and she cry out
and told the people that she going to
be lost and go down to fire world her
name Is all ready in hell, the door
keeper told her, you will go back and
tell the other drunks, not one. drunk
ards go up to heaven and then she
saw down to hell very dark and she
never see up to heaven, only she hear
great good singing the new songs, and
two days after that she died without
any good faith she lost forever. I
am very sorry for her, I use to talk
to her, to quit drinking and be a good
woman, O! to be if we preachers go
ing to be slow to go after them lost
ones, the devil got hold on them. O!
my prayer Is for more labors to help
on this good work every where. I am
here alone, and many of my people
are very dull, their ears hard to hear
and not believe who is the Savior, pray
for rue, my dear brother, this leaves
me and wife both well, and one of my
dear cousin died near at big church,
she died happy "he was old member
church when Rev. James II. Wilbur
was here 36 years ago tier imiue ob
Annie Yesmowlt. I am glad she died
happy. This Is all now. am your
kind and . faithful brother In Christ,
Very truly yours,
GEORGE WATERS.
HOME TO REGISTER.
Congressman Ilawk-y of First District
a Cuiitlidute for llo-olcctlon.
Congressman W. C. Haw ley of the
First Congressional district, Is home
from Washington to register and file
his petition for renomlnatlon. It Is
not expected that he will have any
opposition in tne primuiiee, Ua tho
district Is overwhelmingly republican.
his eelction is certain, If nominated.
KNAPP ENTERS WHITMAN.
Last Year's Oakcsdalo IIlRh School
Sprinter Will Carry Whitman Colors.
Whitman College, Walla Walla,
Feb. 12. The track team at Whit
man Is smiling now over the arrival
of Percy Knapp from Oakesdale.
Knapp is a sprinter and middle dis
tance runner, and In the lnterscholas
tlc meet here last spring was one of
the most conspicuous point winners.
He has registered in Whitman al
ready and will be eligible for track
this spring.
TO -CAMPAIGN COCNTY.
W. F. Anderson Will Speak at Various
Points In the County.
W. F. Anderson, candidate before
the republican primaries for the nom
ination of county clerk, is arranging
to address the voters of the county on
"Pure Politics." Places and date will
be announced later. lOtf
W. J. Furnish is III.
W. J. Furnish Is 111 at the hospital
and It is understood he is to be op
erated upon for appendicitis. He Is
being attended by Dr. W. G. Cole.,
Pendleton East Oregonlan.
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