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Thl 1' your 'last day to '.make up
mi n reflection' Dronheclefc. t .The
your pre-eloctloJV
next flrures will be results. Fa
Fact.
cot fiction,
This land' of the.ifreel Oh. bosht
Can't even7 do. a unt for, a ; friend
solicit Tote at so much per; buy a
drink and give one away: It. W bad
enough all of, the time, but thl Inst
kink on election day is certainly the
limit." s Thus soliloquized one of the
"once was' who always bled the can
dldate or the committee for 110 on
uch occasions, and there were others
on every corner. For a while this
morning It looked as though there
would be no election; Under the old
aystcm so many of our people always
waited untl lthe right fellow came
around and showed us where to hedge
n( to the sack). It looked pitiful up
- to about 10 o'clock, but like all sud
den changes, they finally voted, but it
, wa evident thc.t their patriotism was
not up to the normal, and when not u
few came out of the voting booth, the
expression on their faces looked like
Ihey had suddenly received bad news. ,
The leaders of the prohibition party
have been assured, of fund , to the
amount, of $25,000 annually, for the
next ftur years, to further their Inter,
eats. This year the prohibitionists In
thclr nation! platform spreurt out on
national Issues, and as compared with
the platform of the dominant parties,
wa equally as go6d. If the temper
ance movement continues to grow dur
ing the next four years a It has In
.'the' last, there will be little left for It
to do as a party, or It may grow In
strength wonderfully. However, the
v trong partle are advocating temper
- ance tn many of their state platform
and o far the party in power
ally has led In making the announce
ment.' The temperance question Is
the llvest political wire today, and
those who do, not pick up' the right
end are sure to get stung.
' Everything Is politics; but do you
know If our people would work with
half as much enthusiasm regarding
our Irrigation project that It would
mean something to us all. Aa far as
Union county is concerned. It ' is of
vastly greater Importance that the Ir
rigation project succeed, than whether
our next president la William Howard
Taft or William Jennings Bryan. Who
ver I elected will be our president.
and will do all In his power to do the
best he can for the : cltnoeund
.beet he can for the continued general
development of the country. Neither
f them will ever know, except by ac-
.!rlnt. that there ever was an irrlga-
.ni.w munilnncd In Grande
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Ronde valley.
The general prediction Is that this
--...I.,- lit nnt ho clime. . Whoever
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wins will have many votes to spare
The only possibility of Bryan wlnnlntt
Is by a landslide, and there Is no more
roason why this landslide should not
le more or less m neral than In a few
localities. A landslide that would tuk
tr. .,.h tat,. as New Vork and In-
Un in.-iii.li. have a
(liana iihriii "
1r.en others that are listed In lh
Taft group.' Tue ilme U ".it -r. '
tant when we chall know.
Jf Taft Is not elected by a tremen
dous majority, the sporting men of
the country have widely missed their
rvrk. No mieh odds were ver given
before. Think of It! M to 11 In fa
,rof Tift and even at theie odd
ere ai little Bryan money In sight
If the election new doc not utt
you, you do not have to nit up all
night.'
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COUNTY SHOWS APATHY
(Continued from page 1.)
Within an hour after the poll opened
a quarter of the vote had been cast.
Portland Vote Light,
iWllaitti,. Nor.- J. Voting is .light
In most precinct. Notning in xns
general appearance of the Ctly Indi
cate a national election I on. ine
corrupt practice act had It effect.
Weather 1 pleasant and the un ia
shining brightly.
Unusually Heavy In Roeeburg.
Roseburg. Nov. J. The warm sun
shine U bringing out a full force of
voter. ", Early Indication are that the
vote will be the heaviest In the hltory
of the city. ; '
"' I'nloa Sewn to Lcul.
Union. Nov. I. (Special.) At 2
o'clock It 1 apparent that Union' two
precinct will poll the full comple
ment of registration. So quiet 1 the
voting 'that It I impossible to even
learn the trend of affair. Precinct
No..l. normally 85 republican out of ft
total regiatratlon of 268. hadj cast 140
vote ai mis noui. t ,
... . i,iMiHj nf ,71 and 43;jt6tal
registration,' has cast 110. ' Many tari
' : 1 i a ..
mrr are in. the city ana i i inuuin
the' total vote wjll be heavy.
. 1 Cove .Lean .Democratic. t
Cove. Nov. 8. (Special,) In a
community hormally republican by
42. it Is evident that the registration
nr K9. will, nnt be reached. Cove Is
voting extremely slow; though 1S had
voted at g o'clock. : As far as ascer
tainable. Taft Is slightly in disfavor
h. ThA nluralltv In either case
will be very small.
Aimthy at Hllgnrd.
Hilgard, Nov. 3. (Special.) Hll
gard Is another precinct In the coun
tv that shows apathy In the presldun
tlal election. Out of a registration of
66, 45 had voted at 2:30. The apathy
i.. .omurknYiin.. The precinct Is re
publican by 9 registrations.
Kumnitrvillc' Slow V ote,
Summervllle, Nov . (Special.)
r.ik oiher Drecincta In the county
Summervllle is showing but little In
terest In the election, Farmers am
siow In coming In and unless a whirl
wind finish Is In store, .the vote will
h far below registration, The" pre
rinrt Is reDublican by a plurality ol
26 out of a total of 203. '
lxw at ImbltT, Too
Imbler, Nov. 3.-(Spe.clal.) Forty.-
four vote had been cast herv at
o'clock this afternoon. Farmer are
attending to duties on the ranches and
are not coming to town. The vote of
44 Is far below the registration, which
Is 80, with a republican plurality of
15. -v.'"
Wallowa County Active.
Kntemrlse. Nov. ... 3.--(Speclal.)
The returns from every section of
.. , ,. .hnw tht voting is
nmirresslng rapidly. Taft Is an easy
winner in this county, the only specu-
latlon being what plurality he will se
cure. ' '
North Powder Is Confident.
North Powder, Nov. 8. (Special.)
W ore a-olnsr to give Taft a bi Plu"
rallty here, though the iyte I small,"
I the consensus of opinion in norm
Powder this afternoon, jne v"
opened at Z o'clock this , Afternoon
ulth 44 vote cast. The registration
for this precinct is 243 republican by
54. '
Pull at Elaln. " ' v
Elgin, Nov. S. (Special.) Elgin's
two precincts are not voting with the
usual vlirt todBy. The new corrupt
practices act hns put 'such a quietus
on the day that one business man for
got entirely this was election day. The
voting strength, according to the reg
istrations In North Elgin Is 293. re
publican by 81; and South Elgin reg
lHtered 278. republican by 28.
(it-nut rn Is DcimK-ratlc.
Grants Pass. Ore., Nov. 3. Nine
teen votes In one family rust for Bry-
,.n i,.. todnv. W. H. Patlllo. a mem
ber of a large family, says Bryan' ha
n our for common people. The early
morning vote in various precincts in
lo victory, . U ti
estimated Bryan M csrry the coun
tv hv 100. majority.
I niaUlla (onnty lSrimbllcan.
Pendleton. , Nov. S. Wllh perfect
.,nil...r a heavy vote will be polled.
I'maiuiaVooutv-. 13 con!!devl in favor
of the republicans? The Indications
rrv that the. normal republican ma
jority of 00 will be cut to less than
100.
Keeping faith with folks Js agoo
way of cultivating faith in them.
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