La Grande evening observer., June 07, 1911, Page PAGE 4, Image 4

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liKANDE EVEUNU OBSMtVEK,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1911.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNJS
Editor and Owner. ,
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SIMOX'S DEFEAT.
The defeat of Mayor Simon of Port
land for re-election came as a surprise
to many people of the interior country.
Those who reside a distance from a
metropolis get their views and form
opinions largely of affairs in such ma-
.... wwyulU w , iiig vuuaiawl liwui( ' ut
. the dally newspaper. This, being true
It would have seemed, that Rushlight,
the successful candidate, bad no chance
, whatever of becoming mayor.
Evldenly the Portland press for
once grabbed the wrong horn of the
dilemma, or else the people the vot
ing strength of Portlandis different
from many other localities. It is hard
ly probable that Rushlight would have
polled the vote he did if all that was
Are
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THEATRE
'Italian Coast Scenes" (Gau
mont) Like all of this com
pany's out- door pictures this
leaves nothing to be desired.
' The view points selected could
not be Improved upon and the
photography is beyond criticism
"The Winning of the StepCalld-ren"--(Vltagraph)
Showing
how a step-mother undertook
to win the love of the children
of the man she was to marry
and how well Bbe succeeded. It
to a simple home play that will
please you, and Us a Vitagrap'i.
"The Attonement of Thlas" A
very strong dramatic picture
with Egyptian settings.
The Hoyden" This film tells
the story of a tomboy girl who
developes Into a woman tn
three short years. The comedy
is lively and the theme Is dlf-
ferent from any worked out In
a picture story so far.
Song "Hurrah For the Sum
mer Time" by Mr, Bernle. .
Mr. Greenaway, drums and ef
fects. atlnee every day at 2 p. m.'
eald about hira is true. No doubt there
are many men better qualified for the
place in Portland than Mr. Rushlight.:
There is no doubt that his public ca
leer in the past has not been inter
woven into the Golden Rule, but the
point of interest to outsiders In this
election is the fact that Simon's meth
ods and the methods of his friends to
force hlra Into the mayoralty race fail
ed to win. ,
In this state where It was presumed
the man who lad to be sought with a
dark lantern aW grappling books, and
was brought I forth before an admiring
public, would be the strongest candl
date, It is now plain to be seen
such presumption Is absurd. Mayor
Simon wanted the office ot mayor
again. His close friends .admit that,
but they also admit he never would
have been a candidate had not the
plans used been adopted to get him in
to the race.; Like many politicians Mr.
Simon wanted to hear gutteral tones
from the populace urge him to run,. He
wanted to hear the band play, "See the
Conquering Hero Comes," and with
that he would step forth from his
place of seclusion leaning on the
strong arm of a "citizens' " committee
and say, "I do not want the office, but
if my people insist I will do the best I
can." ; ,., .v . ',- :. '..'.',
Simon and all of his followers haye
now learned that such tommyrot and
hypocrisy cannot be cashed at , face
value. They now realize that it Is nec
essary to get in the game and state
your case before the voters if you
But this to not the first time that
Simon and his many followers have
guessed the people wrong. His career,
as told by old-timers is one that is lad
ened with poor Judgment of the people.'-
; ': . .: . .
He might have made a better officer
than Mr. Rushlight. Many ood peo
ple believe he would. But the manner
he demanded his nomination was so
repulsive to, those who did the voting
in Portland gave the opportunity of
swatting him right and left, which was
done In the most earnest way.
WHERE WE KEEP Si!!
buyers as well as aelleis. and there1
wasn't one buyer in all that army of
2,000 sellers. Wi;y? Listen to Judge
Blair, who at Denver recently talked
about how ha repiesented Justice In'
the matter of thoec Adams couniy
sales: ; ' .
"I prosecuted the vote seller only.
In the flrst place, he was taster to
catch. In the second place, the buyer,
I believe was honest. I mean by this
that he was working for his party. Ills
attempt to buy votes vus sincere t.;
fort. according to his light, to help
his own side, while the vote seller had
no principle nor even a party loyalty
to back him." ' ' v
We would like to make some com
ment on this that would do somebody
some good soruewhero. It i impossi
ble. The failure of Justice, the nk
impartiality of Justice, the recall of
the Judiciary and other live matters
suggest themselves, but the editorial
spirit quails and would produce mere
drivel should It. expatiate on this latest
lay-out of morality and Judicial policy.
We are hut human. Even the greatest
among us editors is occasionally ren
dered speechless. Here's where we're
speechless. We leave Judge Blair's
kindly exposition of the briber's hon?
esty and superb sincerity as the last
word to be said.
The reader must have read consid
erable about that debauching of voters
In Adams county, says the Cincinnati
Post. There were nearly 2,000 arrests
of small farmers, newly naturalized
foreigners, a doctor a two, even a
minister or two, for seUing their votes
at from $2 to $20. The thing had been
going on for years and had become
such a drain on campaign funds that
the opposing democratic and republi
can committees got. together and re
solved not to buy, as a matter of self-
protection.
Judge Blair fined the guilty by the
hundred and disfranchised for five
years 1,600 of them! v.
With pleasure we saw that long line
of political sinners filing from the
presence of Justice, denuded of their
base gains and dishonored before their
countrymen, for to sell one's vote I?
one of the blackest ot sins, a foul
crime against all of us, the govern
ment. Yes, we looked that procession of
Ill-fed. half clad farmers and farm
hands over and said that Justice is a
fine old female who would practically
assassinate our form of government.
But there seemed to be something
wanting in that procession. Maybe
Justice with the bandage over her ey?s
had failed to see something. Ha?
When there in a rale there must be
"THIS IS MY 71ST BIRTHDAY
Ex-Empress Carlotta.
. Carlotta, ex-Empress of Mexico, and
princess of Belgium, was born Juno 7,
1X40 . At 17 aha m roV,lv. -
mlllan, younger brother, of Francis
Joseph, Emperor of Austria, and two
months later they were married. . Tor
five years they lived , at Miramar
castle near Trieste!- Then came a
great turn in the fortunes of - the
young couple In 1863 Maxmliian was
offered and accepted the crown of Mex
lco, and, supported ; by the French
army, they endeavored to establish an
empire in Mexico. The disasters that
folowed, culminated In the execution
of Maximilian on June 19, 1367 which
are familiar to all readers of hiBtory.
Within the short space of eighteen
months Carlotta was bereft of father,
husband and empire. Her mind was
unable to withstand the shock and at
the early age of 26 she was an incur
able lunatic. For tho past forty-five
years she has been confined in a re
treat at the Palace Lacken, in the r."1
skirts of Brussels. The present king
of the Belgians Is her nephew.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY '
June 7
1618 Sir Thomas West, Lord de
Warr, for whom the state
Delaware was named, died
la
of.
believed to be the largest number In
any of the states.
A:thur P. Gorman, Jr., son of the
late United States Senator Ar7.ur P.
Gorman, has given his friends to un
derstand that he will be a candidate
for the democratic gubernatorial nom
ination in Maryland this summer.
. United StateB Senator Bradley, of
Kentucky, who is acknowledged to be
one of the ablest lawyers of the Blue
In , Grass State, never attended college,
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hundreds of banks and business houses with whom
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Our friends have helped to make this one of the
largest and strongest banks in the West. We have
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We welcome new friends and will attend to their
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our relations with our older ones.
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' O , .r LA GRANDE, OREGON.
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: : ' Fred J. Holmes, Pivs. W. J. Church, Vice Pres.
;: F. L. Meyers, Gaahiei Earl ZundeAss'f. Cashier ,
the Azores, born in Hampshire, . hut was licensed to practice by the
1848-
1880-
England, July 9,1577.
1765 First American congress called S
by vote of the Massachusetts as
sembly. . , '
1801 Thomas Francis Marshall, fa
mous Kentucky orator born In
Frankfort, Ky. Died in Ver
sailles, Ky., Sept., 22, 1864.
Whig convention at Philadel
phla nominated Zachary Taylor
for president. '
Congress appropriated $100,000
for the erection of a memorial
of Cornwallis' surrender at
Yorktown. , .
1893 Edwin Booth, famous actor.
died in New York city. Born
near Baltimore, Nov. 13,1833.
1905 Norway withdrew from the
union with Sweden.
1910 Goldwln Smith, famous author
and publicist, died in Toronto.
Born in Reading. England, Aug.
23, 1823.
Politics and Politicians .
. Buffalo Is in the field for both of
the national political conventions.
Parkersburg, W. Va,,J now under
the commission plan . of government,
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas,
will shortly begin a nacttve, cam
paign for reelection.
United States Senator, Perkins of
California was a Bailor in the days of
his youth. 1 ; t
' The Florida legislature has passed
a bill to enable the cities of that state
to adopt the commission form of gov
ernment. Isaac R. Sherwood, of the Ninth
Ohio district, Is now the oldest mem
ber of the liouse of representatives
In point of years.
The University of Virginia has as
many graduates in the present United
States senate as Yale and Harvard
universities together.
W. H. Thompson of Grand Island,
announces that he will be a candi
date for United States senator from
Nebraska In the democratic primaries
next year. ' i '
Forty-six women ' were chosen as
superintendents of public schools in
Iowa at the last election, which is
legislature of his state,
Stephen Brundidge, who represent
ed the Sixth Arkansas district in Con.
grees for a number of years, is plan
ning a hard fight to capture the seat
of United States Senator Jeff Davis
The senatorial primary will be held
next March.
Political ' friends of William Ran
dolph Hearst in New York City ap
pear unanimous in the belief that Mr.
Hearst will make every endeavor to
be chosen a delegate from New York
to the democratic national conven
tion of next year.
Leading republicans of Missouri are
hopeful that the national convention
of their party will be held In St. Louis
in 1912. They believe that if it is
held there Governor Hadley 1b likely
to be named for vice "president.
Tioga Lodge, the former home of
the late Senator Thomas C. Piatt, at
Cromwell Lake, New York, has been
' sold to the Congregation of the Rell-
: glous of Jesus and Mary, an or-Vr of
Catholic sisters. The property, which
embraces 28 acres of land, will be
used for a convent and training
school. ,v
rwenty-two memDers or tne pres-
; ent United States senate were gov
ernors ot their respective states be
fore being Bent to Washington.
THE' JAPANESE TREATY.
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. 1 of rrlriiMii u-Mct' h:i
ki lnii;: exiled IwUvwn iUh twu
i-tMiutrie. h fruulsiiii ho i run);
that we can well regard with
romplncence even the mischiev
ous and malicious rumors so per
sistently circulated by friends
of neither government and which
so utterly lack foundation In
fact-President Taft.
THE LONG HOPE.
And if beyond the sunsef a gold
And purple splendor of the!
west
And if beyond the surf beat bold.
' Beyond the mountain's h'shest
crest ;
Beyoud the dim horizon's mist
Beyond the pathway of the
stars, ' ;
Beyond the eagle's loftiest tryst
Beyond the planets' cars.
And If beyond the daily round
Of life's consistent monotone.
Beyond the deepest music's
sound.
Beyond the sculptor's dazzling
stone.
Beyond the artist's canvas warm.
Beyond the architectural
dream.
Beyond the tumult of the storm.
Beyond the world of things
that seem.
It dreamers build another world
More real, more permanent
than this.
Where sails are not In vain un
furled. Where man may know. , not
dream of. bliss.
Who'll rob the dreamer of his
.. --'hope,''' .' '
The long, long hope of all
mankind?
Who'll cut the saving lifeboat's
. rope.
v And leave man to a tempest
blind?
So far along be upward way
Some mighty' power hath
brought us on
Judged by the past the future
may ' , ' '
Make man all nature's para
: gon. ,;). ' ; - -
So let not boasting nescience
. ' strive ' ' .
To fix the boundaries of the
soul. .
Courageous spirit keep alive .,
Thy hopes of an eternal goal!
Frederic Allison Tupper.
Hard Luck.
"Poor fellow r
"What? BUklnn?" r " ' f ' -"Yen."
' 'V''
"Why. I thought he made a lot of
money."
"He did. And then he lost his head."
"Too bad! What happened next?". :
"Next he lost his money."
Needs to Economize. : ,,
"Wilson is looking mighty shabby."
"Yes."
"I didn't suppose that he was so
awfully hard up as all that"
"Be Isn't He Is just trying to Im
press his wife." ....
They Mention It
"Is your wife a xuffragette?"
"1 never unked her,"
"Then she Im'V '"'V ..
"How do you know?"
"You wouldn't have to ask her.'
The Reason.
"He is a man of many words."
"Garrulous. Is he?"
"Not at all."
"How can that be?"
"He edits the dictionary." .
Not Afraid. - ,
., "You are scared."
"No such thing." " ' " V
."Then what makes you shake so?"
"Out of sympathy for the fellow Pm
going to lick." .
Probably.
"Truth crushed to earth will rise
gain."
"In order that somebody may take a
fall out of It I suppose." . ,
A Crime.
"I am a self made man."
"What?"
T am, sir." ,
"And still out of JalL"
Variety. ' ;
"I understand he has lived a check'
tred career" v
"Paruy striped also." :
Will Exchange
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