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BEWARE Or THESE.
It is unlawful on election day
To hire vehicles to haul, voters to
.and from the polls;
To hire any one to work . at the
polls, except to challenge persons not
qualified to vote;
1 To wear any political badge or In
signia at the polls; ' .
To distribute cards or campaign llt
rature at the polls;' or to work at the
polls In any way to Influence voterfti
To do anything to Influence voters.
Under the terms of Oregon's new
corrupt practice act, passed by the
people last June, the presidential elec
tion November 8, will be Just a plain
. election, without any frills nothing
but the polls, the election board and
the voters. The time-honored gaunt
let of political workers handing out
cards, which the voter has always had
to run, Is now Hlogal. ' 1
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The weather a few days ago gave
na an object lesson on, bad temper,
and how It disturbs everything that
comes in contact with It. Grande
' Itonde j never experienced such cold
weather In October before, until the
weather man In the east lost his tem
per, piled up the)now In many states,
blockaded tralnsjNind made life mis
erable generally, over a large section
of the country, and even affected
usually calm and peaceful Grande
. Itonde. . . ......
The man who waits to be hauled to
the pollB on election , day this year
may wait quite' a while. Liverymen
will be affected to a considerable ex-
tent under the provisions of the new
law. It will lessen the campaign ex
penses. This has always been no
email item to the Individual candldata
' and to the campaign committees.
Every youth who went . to school
In La Grande this mornlug. certainly
uKin in gouu-Bineu cnunn ol sun
ahlne with them. This was no blue
. I'onday, '
One week from tomorrow and thJ
: battle of the ballots wl'l be waged.
Medals for Heroes.
New York., Oct, 26. Heroes of the
metropolitan fire department today
received public recognition of their
bravery at the Imposing ceremonies
which accompanied the annual pres
entation" of medals.' The exercises
were held at 86th street and River
side drive, enabling both the land and
water branches of the fire depart
ment to 6lve an exhibition of their
prowess and skill for the benefit of
the wildly applauding spectators. The
presentation of medals was made by
Mrs. McCIellun, wife of the mayor.
Nine fire boats were assembled In the
North River and performed various
evolutions, including an exhibition of
.i- water throwing.'
RoaHOVclt's Ulrtlidrty.
Washington. Oct. 2: President
Roosovelt will celebrate hlx 60th
lrthdny tomorrow., and already con
' gratulntlons are beginning to arrive at
the White House. ' A dinner party w ill
' probably .be held tomorrow evening to
commemorate the anniversary. ,
. IlH.slonnry Sot-lal.
1 The Missionary society of the Pres-
fT'.fn wb,' -Trill $lrp a social at
th. home of Mr.'and Mrs. M .11. Uanna
I rext Wednesday evening. The social
' will be given In the Interest of the Slt-
ka training school. A silver offerms
1U be accepted, ...
The Wildcat Candidate Bryan and
Business Interest.
In bis writings dealing with the ear
ly part of the war Albert D. Richard
son tells of going to bed one evening
with $70 In his pocket and. waking tp
with 20. Nobody had touched bis
pocket. The bank bills were there,,
but between the hours of retiring and
rising those bank bills bad diminished
la vgtue from $70 to20.-.. ,
That was Democratic money. The
Democratic party had Just gone out
of power. - II bad been In power for
many, many years, and Its Idea of the
sort of currency for American men of
business to try to do business with Is
Indicated In the JnrM&f- JpWpl hS.
fir. Rlrlaar&joa. , History tells how the
Republican party took bold of Demo
cratic, wildcat money and throttled it
with ' the national banking law, and
dollars no longer melt away In pockets
while the owner Is sleeping.
The Democratic wildcat, however. Is
still on the rampage. It has the same
fur and claws and tall, the worse for
age, It Is true, and considerably the
worse for experience. Like the Bour
bons, It has neither learned nor forgot
ten anything and Is just as ready to
make cats and dogs of American cur
rency and American business Interests
as It was In the days of 'Buchanan.
Bryan's guaranty of bank deposits
means, In brief, that the safe, careful,
conservative bank In which John
Smith deposits ' bis money Is to be
made responsible for (he wildcat con
cern In which John Jones deposits bis
and whose funds have been loaned out,
perhaps under cover of legality, on
worthiest : paper to speculators and
schemers. The Democrats were al
ways tenderly inclined toward Institu
tions of the class last mentioned, and
It Is not strange to Had the Democrat
ic candidate for the presidency want
ing to safeguard the delinquent bank,
and its wildcat loans with the money
belonging to the stockholders of banks
that are faithfully and soundly man
aged. : ... )
Tho scheme, which Is Just about as
sound as Bryan's free silver penacea
of twelve years ago. Is a fojr measure
of the caliber of the man and of his
capacity for doing mischief to the busi
ness Interests of the United States
should he no endowed with the power
which attaches to the office of presi
dent It nlso Indicates to business
men the folly of giving any comfort or
encouragement to the Bryanlte agitation.'.4-
Bow Has Bryan Grown?
' One of the pleas most Insistently
urged In behalf of Mr. Bryan la thnt
he bas grown and broadened since hi?
last campaign and Is therefore more
worthy of public confidence. ' There Is
something in this plea. That there
was room for Improvement In Mr
Bryan's Intellectual structure Is suffl.
clently Indicated by the following re
markable extract from bia speech In
Salem. III.. Oct a 1900: :
"The Rspublioans will buy' every vote
that can be bought. They will coerce
every vote that can be coerced. They
will intimidate every laboring man who
can be intimidated. They will bribe
every election Judge who can be bribed.
They will corrupt every court that can
be corrupted." . i
That utterance, be It remembered.
of a great political , party. It was
launched against another great party
then engaged In the honor;) hie cam
paign to re-elect President William
McKInley, whose victory four years
before had sounded the knell of Bry
anlsni and rescued the government
from Impending repudiation and dls
honor. ';'
Never before hud the people heard
frpni n providential candidate an ut
terance so hase ntfa vulgar n that of
which Mr. Bryan wus guilty In his
Salem speech. And, Inasmuch as tlyj
ncniocrat'c party. In aplte of all Its
shortcomings, has always Insisted upon
a certain amount of dignity and self
respect on the part of Its candidates
for the presidency, It Is reasonably
certain that there will be no repetition
of the offense by Its representative In
tho present cnmpalgn. .
Truly. Mr; Bryan has grown, but
how In real wisdom or merely In
self restraint and craftiness? Tie ap
peals fdr harmony, yet he bas never
recanted the doctrines which plunged
bis party luto confusion and twice de
feated it. lie bctfs for popular con
fidence, yet at heart he Is utill pledged
to the reckless policies which In two
eiveossfve eamrclsns made him an j
ol.;ect of. national nusplcton. He has
crown In discretion, hut there Is no
evidence to show that beneath the sur--tr7s
hs Is re Uly otlser tlian Bryan, the
cheap politician, who niall.-lonsly In
sulted the iiipiMrtir of Wilfliiin Mc
Ki'iiey in fciH: viitntr ij;Cccu nt 'fc'alcr,i
eUht years nz.
TlilTVerk"Onl,vT(. ,
Pattern hats at the U Smith milli
nery siop? this week only.
Gordon & Ferguson
SAMPLE LINE OE FURS
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The new styles up
them. The best line of furs made in :
America ... -
On sale f or
La Grande
It's Heacock's
Glasses That
IT'S WATCH REPAIRING THAT GIVES
SATISFACTION
The Regular
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millu wit
For the Benefit
Each
Tuesday
ball and Indoor Baseball Teams
COLISEUM SKATING RINK
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0E0R0E. PALMER, President .
J. M. BERRY. Vice President ..'
. : ; , . F.L. MEYERS Cashier' -
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f La Grande National Bank
Of La Grande, Oregon
I CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $160,000
I'""" " ; UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
I '. DIRECTORS '''..'
J. M. Berry A. B. Coniey
C. C. Pennington F. L Meyers , Geo. L. Cleavsr -r
W. L. Brenholts George Pslmer
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And Be Independent 1
A Well
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Twenty-five years' experienoo In the well-drilling business enables X
me to do your work properly and economically. I am prepared to
drill to any depth. ' -: ;' : n. '"', . ; ' X
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Up-to-date Tail
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net and Silk Waists, Infant's
Pop Corn Silk Caps, Wool
Shirts and Leggins
The Latest Styles
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lilt W DUYH
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C. S. WILLIAMS, 2d Asi't Cashier I
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