BRYAN ASKS TAFT
WHERE HE STANDS
Kebraskau Puts Queries to Republican
Candidate Upon Political Issues of
tbe Pay and Wants to&now What He
Will Do With Trusts and Tariff.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 31. W.
J. Bryan last night, before an enormous
audience, spok on political issues
tbe day. His remarks were greeted
with applause, whuh was prulonyiul and
poDfiuuous. no said m part:
"In this great city, on the houndurv
line between Missouri, with her ruck
ribbed democracy, and the west, wliii
until 1896, was counted as republican
territory, we liuve met to begin the
campaign of 1908 aud to present those
principles ana policies which ought to
appeal to progressive republicans
well as to traditional democrats. It is
only n recognition of a fact which
becoming clear to all, to say that there
is a democratic element in the tvpiilt
Hcao party to which a successful up
peal can bo made. I might give sev
eral instances of this fact. In the lirst
pluco, what is known as the Uuosevelt
sentiment is strong in the valleys of
tho Mississippi and the Missouri; and
the Roosevelt sentiment is not so much
attached to a person as devotion to an
idea with which the person has idetiti
fled himself. And what, is this idea?
It is the idea that conditions are not
what they should be. lie fore a reined v
can be applied the need if a remedy
must be admitted.
Took Democratic Policies.
14 When the president began to rec
ommend remedial legislation, taking as
his guide tho platform declarations of
the democratic partv, he did not follow
in the footsteps of democracy out of
any desire to compliment tho democrats
or to encourage them, but simply be
cause the democrats had pre-empted all
the ground in front, and ho could not
go forward without trespassing upon
their land. It is not strange that his
suggestions -wero hailed with delight by
democrnts and met with indignation
by republicans. Whether tho president
cultivated a reform sentiment in the
republican party or only revealed a pre
viously existing sentiment we shall
never know, and the question is not
material, anyhow. It is sufficient that
it now exists; sufficient that it is so
strong that tho president is praised by
the masses just in proportion as ho as
sails the predatory corporations and
pleads for reforms that Innk to the res-j
t oration of equity ami fairness in the
government.
What Has Teddy Done?
44 What has tho president succeeded
in doingf There are more trusts today
than there was when ho entered office,
and ho has never succeeded in getting
law enacted to strengthen the present
law. lie has not succeeded in putting
a trust magnate in the penitentiary,
ar.d tho only largo fine that has been
Imposed has aroused more criticism
than commendation among republican
leaders. He hit nut sp-enrnd ntiv Irnffln
TflE MEDRVRp DATLl TKHiUJNfl, MEPEOTCD, OTC., TUESDAY, MAKCII 1008.
still den.viiiu tho Philippine I,is ,u.
liH-trino aw forth in Hi., liivlurinio,,
uf Iii4,.p,.n,lrne t hut gmnu nts ,1,..
rivo tl.rir just pmvera frt.iii lli,' n,n.,i,
of l he govcriitil.
Oa Railroad Question.
"What is SeiTWary Tuft t-oiui; t J,,
on tlu ruilruiKl iii,'sti,,M ; i", onr
speech he took orrasinn ( explain Hint
the president was not respo (. fr
rate reductions. This n-mil.l l.li
,.r.-mi-y lalt .Iocs not favor rati
reductions, lie is in favor of author
'""' interstate , m.rce .'..minis
...... .o i-,ri.uii tne present value of
railways. What c he pr c to do
iiii naii-r u.-k I),,,., he urKe reduc
" "i passein-er rates
wherever and whenever su, h reductions
can he made without injustice to hon
est in , -si in, -ill
"lie has given no assurance on these
,Ucsliils, an.l we must jdK,. what he
would do hy what h now savs or fails
to say. If, when he is trying to secure
the support of reform republicans, he
s" "Vl,siv ' ll'i' suhject, what could
we expect of lim if . ere elected
What is Show for Reform?
" lh.es Secretary Taft favor the na
tional incorporation f railroads as
suj.oesle.1 I iv the president.' Would I...
favor a law withdrawini; from the
states their control over railways an.l
vesting exclusive control in the federal
K"v,,r "'lit And if he favors nation
il incorporation would he lie in favor
f (,'ivinj; the railroad u perpetual f ran-,
hise and a perpetual guarantee, of in-j
onio.' If not, will he explain whv he
" "'re unjust to the Filininos
than in the people of his own countiv?
What chance of reform is there lit the
hands of the republican leaders who
take the side of the corimr.itioi,..
against the pie and act on the the
ory that inducements must he held out
to capital, no matter how great the
liur.lens imp. 1 upon the producers of
wealth .' I here is no donlit that the
masses ot the people, republican an.l
democrat, nro in favor of reform. If
wo can only convince tho voters that
the democratic party will lie truo to re
form, victory is assured, nnd tho only
way ia which wo can convince the puh-
that wo honestly desire to adminis
ter the government in behalf of the peo
plo is to givo them nn honest platform.
employ honest arguments nnd conduct
campaign Ivy honest methods and
through an honest organization."
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Sweet Marie.
Deuel & Kentner,
Thursday and Fridav.
JAPANESE EMPEROR HONORS
ASSASSINATED DIPLOMAT
TOKTO, March .10. The emperor has
bestowed upon tho late Durham White
Stevens, who was assassinated in San
Francisco by Koreans, the decoration
of the Grand Rising Sun, the highest
order in Japan. The. .Tapaneso govern
ment will give $7i,00fl to tho family of
the murdered diplomat, and the Korean
government will give about $25,000.
JACKSONVILLE ITEMS.
"Miss Leila Trim spent a few hours
in Med ford Saturday afternoon.
Miss Clara Klmor, who is teaching
the Phoenix school, spent. Saturday ami
reforms, and yet he has been in office ' Sunday at home.
I. Smith, who has a ease in the
court this week, spent Stindav
Hi
li. (
circuit
at his home in Grants Pass.
Mrs. Kurt let t Obenehain of
Butte spent Saturday in town.
G. L. Davis of tho Hank of Jackson
ville was a Med ford visitor over Sun
day.
Mrs. I. It. Miller of Medf.ml
Sal unlay wilh friends living her
for over seven years. He has not se
cured nn income tax, and the repub
lican senators forced him into a com
promise on the railroad question,
"But oven a good platform would be
worthless without a candidate who em
bodied the spirit of tho platform, nnd
what candidate have they? Tf the
president had picked out Senator I.a
Follotto a real reformer; if the repult-'
lioan party had rallied to Senator La j
Follotto's support it could have com-J
polled' tho confidence of reform repub- j
Henna. Senator La Follette has a rec-1
ord as a reformer; he has fought cor
pnrato domination iu his own state for;
a decade. i
Taft'a Qualifications.
"The president has picked out Sec-J
retary Taft and given him the support j
of tho administration. Without the.
support of the administrative the sec-1
retary would senrcoly havo a state in , Sweet Marie,
tho country, and with the president's Deuel & Kentner,
support he is having an up-hill fight. -Thursday and Friday.
Tie has no record as a reformer audi
spent
A bit of
Alfalfa Land
Every one posted on the land situation in this val
ley knows that good hay land is going to he in de
mand from this time fortlv, owing to so much of our
alfalfa land having heen planted to fruit trees. We
are able to offer for a short time
25 ACRES OF THE BEST
Only three miles from Sled ford, for the reasonable
price of
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PER ACRE,
And we pronounce it one of the best buys in the
valley today. It is of the best quality, and we
know it will prove a winner to the buyer. . It is
equally well adapted to pears. If it interests you,
call at once on
Rogue River Land Go.
EXHIBIT BUILDING,
MEDFORD, OREGON.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Olln II. Mill.T mii.I I'.Ivh luiil...
Engine for Plowing.
MOXTAcri:. Munli '' 1 . A Imgi'
tnu-tinn 1'iiyiiic iinivi'il Inst wi-ek t'riiiii
Sun Li'ii ml i n. to In- liti'il in iilmviiic
nilllll ill'lTS uf lllllil mi till' linwi' ninrli,
five milrs mirth "f Mniittifrun.
hia speeches do not indicate n definite j NOTICE
purpose or n courageous program, lle'fs hereby given that the undersigned
may be tho best man the president will nimiv at the next meeting of the
ennld find nmonir his enbinet nffieers. L.;iv nmnii'il nf Meilford. Oregon, for
but Secretary Tuft's superiority over Hcense to sell malt, vinous and spirit
his colleagues is due not to his posi- ous liquors in less quantities than one
tive virtues, but to the fact that none gallon, for six months, at Lot 10, Clock
of the rest of them has anv reform 20, in Mi-dford, Oregon, for a period
tendencies. In fact, the widespread , ,,f six months. BASS & HALK.
reform Bentimont nmong tho republican
masses is not reflected to any consul
erablo extent among republican lead
ers. "What does Secretary Taft stand
for? What does he denounce as wroug?
What flees ho propose as a remedy?
What vould he do with the trusts?
He tells ns tbnt he would not exler-miu.-.ie
them, but simply regulate them.
What Would Taft Do?
"What does he propose on the tariff
question? Revision, hut not until after
flection.
"What reform does Secretary Taft
propose for the benefit, of lnbor? The
laboring men insist thnt they nre en
titled to trial by jury; but Secretary
Taft wont all the way to Oklahoma to
find fault with 11 provision in the Ok-
mnomn constitution securing this pro
'ection to the laboring man.
"What relief dues Secretary Taft
propose to give ns from the burdens
'hieli imperialism has imposed upon
'lie country? The appropriation for
the army and navy lias increased more
tbnn a hundred million dollars since
we entered upon our colnninl experi
ment. Onr iirmv is more than twice as
largo an it was in 1S!, nnd we nre
Hated March II, IMS.
OKWN'ANi'K No. Ufi.
FRUIT IN NEW YORK,
most
The nobbiest linnc. th
Harmonious colors nnd for n price
Ihnt makes them sell like Medford
fruit in Xew York. The " Xo
iMame" ll At rri.- T ho
M.ftO, 4.0fl nnd ri.00. ' '
Seventh
east of
to Hie en
,cs ordain
n .i-.linitiice nrovidilll for the tune
and manner of improving
street from a point 1 ei
the east line of A street
line of Ii street.
The City of Medford ib
fulliiws:
s!niin 1 Thai Seventh slreet Iroin
101 feet east OI IU' i'tii
of A street to the east line of I. street
ahull lie iinnroved ill the following man
nor:
Grading.
The slreef shall be graded down or
filled up to the sub gr.'olc as gm-n i'
the City Kngineer. and nil soft and
ngy places not atlor.ling a linn
foundation shall be dug 0111 nn.i no-
space refilled with sand, gravel or
crushed rock, carefully rammed or
rolled so ns to make such filliiiL' coin
pact and solid.
(Inlv gravel, ro. K or s '
fr,.e from all perishable and objection
t! s shall be iise.l in nring
roadway I" Hie PM-or sub
bull then be roiieii wnn
h
spread to a depth of four (4) inches,
which shall be then compressed with n
heavy steam roller. If any consider
able proportion of the foundation ma
terial is larger than threo (.1) inches,
it shall be separated, nnd the founda
tion laid in strata, the coarsest being
placed at the bottom and the finer at
Hie top. Where suitable gravel (con
sisting of not more than 0 per cent
finer than Vi inch) can bo obtained, it
may be used by spreading same to a
deplh of three inches, and after thor
oughly rolling with a steam roller
(welting the gravel to aid compression
when necessary) a layer of clean
crushed stone - inches in thickness shall
be placed oil the surface, and thorough
ly rolled to the desired grade. On this
foundation, after rolling, shall be
spread a coating of Warren's No. 24
I'liritan Itniml Hard Ilituminons Ce
ment, or Tlillllithie Cement, for tho pur
pose of firmly binding the foundation
together and making it readily unite
with the bituminous concreto wearing
surface. One gallon of the bituminous
cement shall be used to each square
yard of surface.
Wearing Surface.
On this prepared foundation shall be
laid Hie wearing surface, which shall
be composed of carefully selected,
sound, hard, crushed stone, mixed with
bitumen, and laid as hereinafter specified.
After heating the stone in a rotary
mechanical dryer to a teniperaluro of
ibout 2"n degrees Fahrenheit, it shall
be elevated and passed through a rotary
screen having six or more sections with
varying sized openings, the maximum
of which shall be 1 H inches and the
minimum 1 -10 inch in diameter. The
ral sizes of stone finis separated by
Hie screen sections shall pass into a
bin containing six sections or compart
ments. From this bin the stone shall
be drawn into a weight box. resting on
a scale having seven beams. The stone
from each bin shall bo accurately
weighed, in the proportions which have
been previously determined by labora
tory tests lo give the best results that
is, the most dense mixture of mineral
aggregate, and one having inherent sta
bility. From the weigh box each nntrli
of mineral aggregate, composed of dif-
ring sizes accurately weighed as
above, shall pass into a "twin png
or other approved form of mixer. In
this mixer shall be added a sutticient
piiintitr of Warren's Furitnn Tirnnd
Bituminous Walerproof Cement, or III-
t nl it Ii i- Cement, to thoroughly coat all
the particles of stone nnd to fill all
voids in the mixture. The bituminous
cement shall, before mixing with stone,
be healed to between 20 degrees and
J."0 degrees l-'ahrenheit ; the amount
used in each batch shall bo accurately
webrhed and used in such proportions
,s has been tii'.'viouslv determined by
laboratory tests to give the best re
sells and to fill Hie voids in the min
.,...1 .....,r...,'ile The mixinff shall he
il uiilil the combination 1
l.ltioninoiis concrete. In this
otidili'.n it shall be liauleil to Hie sir
in.l there spread on the prepared found
,tion I,. such depth that, after thorough
s.ioii with the "team roiol roller.
cent innei
uniform
oinir,"
Th.
ill be
pro
able sub
inn Hie
1.. -;..!,
K1'"" ,, , ,i,.,..1Ml,lv
ste.'llll roller ' -''.
olid
compacted and
Iv naralle: t3 th? pni
the contemplated P"
Sii.-li rolling shall
.: , ..I' .., l. at one bl,
1... .'in.l ncecpled by He
olneer before illlV llial
Ulellt is placed ther I.
Foundation,
On top of this sub foundation crushed
oe free from .lit? ( nd of quality ,,P
proved by the City rmccr. .hnll be
t fpprnxini:itr
snl urf:u' "I'
I,,. iMllllpl-'t'A
k in.?. -i.:.n
( ii y I'n
mrt inning "f tlic
iiii'l bituminous
Ii flint tlio com
in cliin-lv as jirnr
:, (,.,iVit v nf unli.l st. .no.
Surface Finish.
!i,lir tli- wrnrri.i: nrfarr
I,,? xro:il (iv.-r it n thin
l.miiliH.m Dhm? fr.nt -"'I
,,. t.-v fill liny nn'-v
it -linll I'f
CJ) in.-li-"
viirvinu
.1 mi
ticil.lr h:r
At't'-r r
vli:
Tlin littuniiiifliift composition or co
mt'iit slinll in each ease bo free from
wjitor, potroloum oil, wnter gas or pro
pphs tnra, and shall ho especially refined
with n view to remove the light oil
nnptlialene nnd other crystalling mat
ter, susceptible to atmospheric influ
encea. It the crushed stone does not provide
the best proportions of fine grained par
ticles, such deficiency nnist bo supplied
by the use of not to exceed 1.T per cent
hydraulic cement pulverized stone or
very fine sand.
Sidewalks, Curbs, Etc,
Concrete sidewalks and curbs shall
be laid where required in quality nnd
construction to conform to the specifi
cations on file in the office of the City
Kngineer, and any drain tile or sewer
pipe laid or iiny catch-basins construct
ed or anv other work ordered by the
it v shall be done to the satisfaction of
the City Kngineer and the Street Com
mittee of the Common -Council.
All the above work and material and
every process of the work, i in) tiding
mixing Inhoratoriug, testing and heat
ing, shall be subject to the examination
nnd approval of the City Kngineer or
of his dulv appointed deputv.
Sect ion il. The said improvement
shall in all respects be done and com
cted in conformitv with the provisions
of specifications on file in the office of
the Cilv Recorder,
Section It. The surface nf the street
shall be cleared of all timber, plunks
or other obstructions.
Section 4. The contractor or con
tractors for said improvement shall not
ig up or disturb the surface of the
street within the limits of said improve
ment for a greater distance than two
blocks without having first obtained a
permit so to do from t he City Kngi
neer. Section ."i. The contractor or contract
ors shall take entire charge it f the work
during its progress ami shall be re
sponsible for any loss or accident re
sulting from carelessness or neglect, and
the improvement shall be completed to
the sat isfactiou of the City Kngineer
and the Street Commit teo of tho Com
mon" Council of the City of Medford.
Section (I. The contractor or con
tractors to whom a contract or con
tracts may be awarded for the comple
tion of said improvement shall complete
the same within the time to be fixed by
the Common Council, aud upon com
mcuciiig said work shall continue the
same without delay until completed, nn
less the time for the completion of the
improvement in extended by the Com
mon Council and each eontrnct shall
contain a provision that for each day
required for the completion of such eon
tract after the expiration of the time
fixed by the Common Council there
shall be forfeited by the contractor to
the city the sum of $l.".flO for each nndj
every day beyond the time set for com
pletion of said contract.
Section 7. The contract or contracts
shall n1o contain ft stipulation to the
effect that the person, firm or corpo
ration to whom the contract is let shall
look fur pavnient only to the fund re
served, collected and paid into the City
Treasury for that purpose, and that they
will not require the City of Medford by
anv Iejal process or otherwise to pay
the name out of any other fund, ex
eept as provided by the Charter.
Passed t lie Common Council March
IlKVJ. M. COLUN'M, Recorder.
.1. I'. Ri:rhV. Mayor. 1ft
bei
the
tn con? j
lU'VC'iIilb
,. of the'
hi. h mav ni.pear in H"' "i
mixture.
Tli-re hIi.,11 be the.. Tolled Hit" the
.,,-,. thin biver of t chip- fr
,he p,.r,,. f .n-'-.ti-.L' L'riHr snr
la.'
five : p
will unite
-h lay
General.
. of work Khali be kept Q
nytihlr from dirt. fo m: "
with the succeeding layer.
THINK!
Twenty five! And they nre the 4
ij,n.t excbinive and largest denb-rs 4
in Men's Furnishing floods. I
h;iv, twentv five of tho largest
st..re in Portland make n leader
of the "No Name" Hat. The
sumc at. "Togi;ery Hill" nAU for
Easter
Openin
1908
Spring's N-ej
Latel
Thursday and Friday, April 2 and 3
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Kentner
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