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FACIE KiailT THE ONTARIO (Established 1895) 4-- ? CEO. K. AIKEN, Published Thursdays at Ontario, Oregon and entered at the Ontario ost office for diHyibtiorf 2nd cjass matter SUBSCRIPTIONS: One yenr Six Months $1.00 .60 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS All copy for uiaprnj v.v-ri.3.ns should be ?.t Jnf bv Wednesday noon. To insure position copy should be in this office on Tuesday. . , RKPIRI-CAN CANDIUATIM: for president Charles Bran w. Vice-President 'hirlfi Warren Fairbanks Repreeentative lo congress N. J. Innott. Secretary of Stale Ren W. Olcolt Justice of the Supreme Court Ooorga II Burnett. Frank A Moore Dairy and food commissioner John P. Mlckle Commissioner of public service- -H. H. Corey. Htate senator Jullen A Hurley Representative t'liarlea M Cran- gE District Attortn l;..lnrt M 1 Km can. Sheriff Kmory Cole County Clerk V. It Htaple. County assessor L. B Hill. County treasurer C. C. Mueller County surveyor Jainea F. Mil ler. County commissioner- J V Won Mf County School Superintendent Katella Conklln. Justice of the Peace O. U King Constuble J. II. Denlson HltoKI PLKOOIM. I'nder the caption of "Political pledges." Colonel George Harvey. perhMH the most profound thinker In the democratic party In the Aug ust number of the North American Review arruiKiiH the present admin titration No rahld republican rould noHHlhlf draw ho condemning an In fllt-t mt-ri I of (he party ax haa Colon el Harvey, who II will I"- I oinomher ed made Wondrnw Wilson .1 minimal figure, uiul. who perhapH, did more than atomic tmvt IV J Bryan to make Professor Wilson president Aiiioiik the roiinlH against the dem oerstlc party raised h) Colonel liar vey the following are hut a few. The rt-iiiillalloii of tin- principal xet forth In tlu platform of 1911 that: "The federal Kovernment un der the roiiHtltutlon haa no i ik 1. 1 or power lo impose or collect tariff dutieM except for the purpose ol revenue, and we demand l ti.it Hie collection of mull taxes shall he limited to the necessities of gov eriiiueiit honeatly unit economically ad ministered ' "In lheor. the democratic party repiuliateil tin.-. I 'iiinlameiilul pi mil pie.. " says Colonel Harvey, when lit St I ..hi It merely icatlirtiicil our belief in the doctrine ol prov id . per cent of all the cedar shingles log KUIIicieiil nveiiue lor (he opera man ulact ut'eil in the 1'nited Stales Hon ol government,' ami 'in practice, ami over fill per cent of all shingles II ,i, . , pic.l the pi. .ii dive vstemlol all kinds produced in the I'liiteil when, in congress, it placed protec live dunes on dve si ml "Of the Inileiwooil tariff, which was, 'unrcseivc.il embitseil at St laiuis as, I in I v nvemplifv nig that doclnne. ol tariff lor revenue, "Col onel llarvev uuoles Speaker Champ Clark as saving I can take tins tariff sclieilule ami so arruuge it Hull the American people will not have to pay auv more than they are now paving ami get twice as much out ol this tariff svsteni as we are now get ting ' Comeiuiug the altitude of the demoi'lalu p.illv toward the plopos ed tarilf commission Colonel llaivev gain allows democratic leaders by then iilleraiues to conlound them selves ami demonstrate their incon alstencv when he nuote. I.e.uli-i Claude Kitclnn s observation; It is only within Hie past two months that the democratic purl) I meaning I'res iilent Wilson I has been in favor of such a commission " Savs Mr liar vey of I he present democratic posi tion 'the right and power to un pose protective duties, denied in lit I '1 Is now conceded and exercised, the time honored tariff RH revenue on ly' is abandoned, and the pledge ..! 1912 is broken for I he obvious tea Mill of depriving Hie opposition of Hll Issue This is hut one of the staggering Indictments brought by Hie hitherto loyal leader of democracy, others will be cited in future issues. llllKlo's lie. .ml The citation of th Legislative Rec ARGUS i Kdltor ssd Pshllsh.r ... 'j . . Three Months - 9 .36 Single copies 06 ord'a laudatory approval of OoYern or Hughes' record as printed on his appointment to the supreme court should confound Samuel Gompers. who has enlisted under the Wilson i. miner The official organ of the New York Federation of Labor In 1909 had this to say of Governor Hughes "Now that Governor Hughes has retired from politics and ascended to a place on the highest Judicial trib unal In the world, the fact can be acknowledged without hurting any body's political corns that he was the greatest friend of labor laws that ev . r m copied the governor's chair at Albany During his two terms lie has signed II labor laws. Including aiming them the best labor laws ever in.i. i. -.1 in this or miv other state . uriteil I lie enactment of labor laws In his messages to an extra ses iii n uf the legislature Only lI labor laws lime been enacted In till" state since its erection in 1777 In i : . wars. One-third of these, ex- I ling In nihility all of tin others, have heeti enacted and signed during Hovcrunr Hughes' term of three years anil nine months." In I U09 Governor Hughes In Ills annual message recommended a workmen's compensation law to lake the place of old employers' liability system He stood for Improved fac tory Inspection, for a hill limiting Hie hours of labor of women and children, a law reiulriug railroads to pay wages twice a month Instead ol once ami n aw i ii-nai in i imi usi rii-s in which children under 1 should not be employed. To the , mis slon appointed to study employers' ""h"" H"'1 work '" '""'"'"" tion he assigned aim, t luty of -JrtM mployni.ni As governor h ade a record In legislation of benefit to labor which -p.ass n.r use,, no .,,,.... ... '"" " r '"""r '"'""'l """" an swers the effort of Mr (iompers to find in supreme court decision 1 1 in .ii ol something lo make It appear Mr Hughes s lint, iendly to labor. TARIFF Al SIIIM.I.KH. How Hie I'nderwooil tariff killed the shingle industry in OftfM uud Washluglon and transferred It to British Columbia was set forth clear- ly by Itepresentative Humphrey, ..i Washington, In a recent speech in the house of representatives I'rlor to the enactment of that tar - Iff law it was shown that Hie state of Washington alone produce. 1 over II Stales Its greatest competitor in the siniigb' iiniiisiiv a British Col umbia The men working in Hie mills on this side the border are lor the most p.. 1 1 iueruan citizens In llntlsh Columbia tin- labor employed in the mills is mi per cent Oriental, mostly i Innese Appt oMiualelv double ale Ho- wages p.. l.l lo Amciican labor m tins industry compare. I to those niiived by the Chinese "No better illustration of Ihe workings ol Ihe proleclive tariff," s.n.l Mr Huiuphicv. 'can be loiiml than in the history of III. shingle in dustry In the I'avne law there wen- material changes in the tariff upon tin ipoltalil products of the state oi Washington The lanll was re diiced on coal and the price of coal luime. Hatch increased It was re duced on I urn her and the price ol lumber iiuuiedlatelv increased It was increased from IB nuts to 50 cents per thousand on shiugh the price of shingles was immediately reduced, new mills opened up, new markets were found, production in creased, work and wages increased. Hie llritlsh Columbia producer was .linen froui many American markets that they had long controlled, the, mills for Hie first tune in the history1 of ihe iudusldy rau twelve mouths; of the year instead of six months " Sixty days before the Ciiderwood act went into effect American mills v.i. i. .lining full time and half the Canadian mills were closed Sixty days after the Imlcrwnnd THR ONTARIO act want Into operation 80 per cent of the American nulls wore closed, all Canadian mill were running to full capacity night and day and titer were more idle men looking for wort In the Klato of Wellington than over before Mr. Humphrey qaoted froao a let ter he had received from a lumber man nf lil atata aa follews: "Too cannot borrow money no w Hiiirai I have gold bullion to put up for ae curlty. In other word, we have Juat about the flame 4 d democratic time aa 10 year ago. I hare not seen a buKlneei man smile in three months and we are all wearing our old clothe." ,." THK vYARMMPRINGH llosi.s There are several significant facts concerning the Warmsprlngs bonds that put them out of the ordinary claas of Irrigation aecurltiea. The most esaential difference be tween these, and the ordinary Irriga tion bond I this; the land to be serv ed has a proven value. Of Its pro ductivity there can be no doubt. Sub stantial development and abundant crops give visible evidence of Its pos slbllltlea. The substantial development of the land under the district Is also, In It self, an absolute guarantee for the bonds, for not only are the lands se curity for the bonds, but the Im provement as well It In perhaps safe to say that the combined value of the lands and improvements at the present prices many times ex ceeds the total Issue nf bonds When to the already existing values Is add ed the enhanced worth of the area when a complete water right la se cured bs (he udditlon of water dur ing the entire growing sso, the ei in n v Is Immeasurably Increased. Beside these farts the comparative ly h.w cost of building and Impound lug dam and Hie extension of the dis tributing feature adds to the desira bility of these bonds as an Invest ment for any bonding house. There la no danger that when the work la once started that additional funds will he required to complete It. Since these are the condition which surround the Issue it appears to ev ery student of the situation that these bond are as gilt-edged aa school or county bonds They have behind them the same property a. i nut winch secures school obligations , ., . . .... . ' uie money will lie u-i , to en mllce ,,le value of the same property -,,,.. wr(r ,,,, , fvl (, lmd,., of arlo to he suffl- clen.ly conversant with condition, ,.. Jtpr..H n ,, , ,h), exuc (f fecl of ,e vo((njc of (mj (f ,,, ,,. f vwM, ()l i(. M,,J,.1. , (roper (.r( terlon on which i ,rm a Judgmeni ,,K. Ueneflt are almost heyoi ,, lura THKR BAIL UrVAMOM, There la a practical, business-like flavor to Colonel Sunburn's propo sition to penetrate the Klamath lake country with a railroad that is in every way pleasing He makes a simple, definite offer to build a line from Klamath Falls eastwardly to RpTHfUe river, a distance of 40 miles Three things lie wauls Free righi ot-wuy. a terminal site uud f:iuu,0llu In cash in exchange for stock or eiiiivaleul legal interest In return he promise, (o httVe the road In op eratlua. Its whole length within a vtar Still more gratifying Is the attl- tilde of the Klamath Kalis I'oiuiner clal club, which by iiiiauni ions vote ac.epinl the proposition Column lees will go to work at once to meet the conditions of Strahoru's pro posal The Telegram j unite than pleaseil to note this new activity. All Oregon will rejoice over the ll v.. -ion of Central Oregon by the railroad The proposed line opens up a region rich in natural resources winch have waited half u century up on transpoitat on lor their develop ment. Construction ol the line to Sprague river may lie i.ikeu lo mean the first spoke in Ihe hub ol a svsteni that Is to ramify the rail less empire east of the Cuscade mountains A vasl territory needs only the railroud to make it profiahly productive. It ap- pears that a new era in Oregon rail- road development is almost here I'ortlaud Telegram. NKWLY'WMM AitltlVF TO MAKF HtlMK IUUUI Mr und Mrs Karl lllackaby arriv al la Ontario Tuesday following their lioneymon trip thru the western part of the state aftr their wedding two weeks ago at Ashland They will make their home at the Blackaby home on Virtue street. Mr and Mrs Karl Blackaby are both graduates of the I'utversity of Oregon, their wedding being the cul mination of a college romance Mr. Blackaby is a member of the class of 1915 while Mrs Blackaby graduated . this spring AHOHB Pertinent Comments on Political Question By Malheur Republicans . , UIMKJKX PROMISE. The rising sen of prosperity la pro Jetting Ha refulgent be. in a over a ..i. JPcaried hut imperial rveopte. ine n urky clouds of disaster are al out to give way to the clear atmosphere of a rejuvenated republic. Business burled In the bottomless sloughs of democratic displeasure I about to be revlvtricd by republican efficiency.' It is thus we of Mtlheuricount? I- terpret the ItterarjC productions of Hughes, Roosevelt, Lansing and Wil son, assuming that k B. riper is cor rect in hi statement that Wilson wrote the democratic platform. While the Roosevelt denunciation, the Hughes Impeachment of the ad ministration of Wilson, are atrong and eloquent In their arraignment, the logical and powerful Phllllpplc of 1-inslng, speaking to the American public through the medlumshlp of a note to carrama, leaves little to be said condemnatory of the alleged di plomatic policy of the past four years. We are greatly enthused over the diplomatic language of the democrat ic platform. It la as ambiguous and as susceptible of dual construction, as simulating and pre-eminently sar castic as that great "scrap nf paper" better known as the democratic plat form of 1 H I 2 A lifelong republican, we find but few changes lo lie made here and there In the 1916 document to make It, or portions of II, seem to fit our Ideas and concur with some of Mir own beliefs. Let us Instance In the opening paragraph under head of, "record of achicv i no nt Ibi'V sav "We Indorse the administration of Woodrow Wil son It sp uiks for itself It Is the best exposition of sound diplomatic policy at home and abroad " Dis senting from the first sentence we concur in the statement "It speaks for Itself" If the word sound Is added to by making It sounding we will concur in the last sentence Yea heartily concur. It has been the most sounding administration since Bryan's first campaign Veiled and gentle sarcasm was al ways our dellghl liulllver The Tale of a Tub Hudlhras Don CJulx ote and Bryan's speeches have de lighted us. but coarse sarcasm, even couched in elegant language ami re fined metaphor is displeasing to the ear ol a countryman Meaning tills "We challenge comparison of our record, our keeping of pledges, and our constructive legislation, with those of any parly of any time While the great composer of this sentence has taken in considerable territory and covered more time than is usual, we Insist that "our keeping of pledges" Is the most sar castic sentence ever composed In Kngliah. Carefully examining the 1912 plank we are constrained to ask for specific statements What plank haa remained unbroken'' "Our revenues have been sufficient In times of world stress, and will largely exceed Hie expenditure for the current fiscal year." The first is hardly correct or their book-keepers have mis-stated the balances; the I. .n.r being in Ihe line of phophecy we presume the war tax is to be in creased. In this connection pardon us for asking Information We are not well up In ancient or modern his lory Will some one who is familiar with those subjects tell us what great nation, before the Tinted States, lev led a war lax in pem I ' This document or platform seems to claim credit for the Kuropean war We iiad been led to believe that Koos-ivell brought that catastrophe about through his compliments to the kaiser but if the democratic partv .le sire to cunn it, well and good They insist that the pmspiiiiv in the east is the result of democratic legis latum The newspapers claim that it la caused by the manufacture of munitions and other war supplie Accepting both premises aa true the logic is Inexorable As to the foreign pelicy: let us deal mildly with Carranza as we re luctantly exterminate him and his generals; let us remember I lie provo cation he has had from our diploma in- s, rvice Compelled to read note after note or suffer the "gravest of consequences" can we blame him for permitting his hut Spanish blood lo run riot witli bis mind ami do what all Mexicans do when even slightly agitated kill kill kill The platform heartily endorses the policy and purposes of the pending shipping bill What of their ahip ping bill already in active war aganst the American flag on the oceans? Are we to have that destruction made permanent Will Britain take the Atlantic and Japan the Pacific? Are we mistaken in the belief that the cost of liviug has gone up? Are we to believe Hie evidences of our gro cery bills or the loud statements of a (Contributed) "sounding" democratW; administra tion? "The policy of reclaiming srld land shall be adhered to." The pol icy of reclaiming the srld land of other states from fundi raised In Oregon has been well pushed and we had hoped for a little assistance, but we get what Carranx- gets-words-words-worda. Both houers tiave passed good roads measures and therefore they are helping the farmer. They have oaaaed a rural credit bill whereby 60,000 deserving democrats will uud excellent Jobs to be paid for by the farmer. We wonder whether they are doing all they can for the farm er or doing the farmer all they can? They take great credit to ther.. selves for thinking out a Job for some of their deserving helpers through the creation of the bureau of markets and rural organization The farmers are paying for that too. One whole chapter la confined to self rongratula.inn for the creation of various bureaus and heads of bur eana. Is this a bid for votes' la there to be a socialistic Job for ev erybody' lord help us Is the mel ennium of George to srrlve. The corporation law perfected by the variojis national and state amend incuts hu made our wonueriui in dustrial progress possible ll is not well to fight against that law but fight earnestly for Its linproM-m. nt and icKiilatlon Meanwhile farmers and farming communities should lake advantage nf Its provisions and or gnnle themselves against Ihe aggres slon of dishonest middlemen. of greedy transportation lines ami un fair corporate Industrial. All tills can be done without des troying .mi holiest enterprise or pass ing any fi.ak laws, but by Just at tending strictly to the business of or ganlxlug ami working oxcther. Through the agencv of the repulill ran party such work i.ii be a. com pllahed without creatine, pales or up setting business affairs. Itecognizlng the neieiity for con trolling corporations fraai unjust management, the rt publican parly also recognizes the fi.it ihat Individ ual access .an alone . nine unit) and development. Aggregations of capital an m I essarv for financial as . ...p.i.iiiv unity for national advancement If great combination ire neces sary for managing foreign trade, the volume of which is far lesa than our Internal trade, certainly such cninhln at ions properly managed are vital for carrying on our own affairs Farmers should not fight against corporations properly carried on but should co-operate themselves. He publican success will give them op portunity Pf.AVING I in - The democratic senators glowing speeches eulogizing wordy standard hearer and make their "point with pride" to their wonderful suc cess In breaking platforms and prom ises, while woefully deprecating the resignation of Hughes from the su preme bench to become president of the I'nlted Stales They a in rate each lo the other t hat the government will go to the deiniiillou how wows if politics pene trate Hie high court, and appoint Brandeis as one of the labor arbi trators between the railroads and the striking trainmen No greater play for votes was ever made by the cheap est politician In the worst days of Tammany hall Hughes, a great and able cituen of the country, without asking and without indicating auv in teres! in the matter, is selected to become Ihe candidate for Ihe great est position that can be held my man on this planet and immediately re signs before accepting On the oilier hand llrandeis, a known partisan will, an unsavory record, is first appointed to t lie bench and then used for political purposes openly and brazenly, thus making the entire gov . i anient a political machine MOM I WIWKIIS IOH I'lllk A HOI T O. H. I.. STATION It 11 Murdagh, landscape garden er for the Idaho division of the O. S. L was in Ontario Thursday euroute for Vale and stopped long enough to report that he expects to make many improvements in the appearance of the Ontario station park of the com pany next spring. It Is the present plan of the com pany to plant a hedge of schrubbery along the west side of the park to, furnish an adequate back ground for the roses and other flowering planta of which requisitions have already been made School books are sold strictly cash only. adv THUR8DAT, AUOHBT 14, 1IU ROOSEVELT APPLAUDS HUGHES' SPEECH Theodore Roosevelt eat In a box at Carnegie ball when Mr. H-ghee deliv ered hie speech of acceptance and vtff oroualy applauded every telling poiavV The colonel repeatedly aroae sad bowed tj) r-spou-e to the iar for fclm and the shout of 'Teddy I" ''Ted vyl" "Hurrah for Teddy r and when the Billtn adjourned be made the following etatement: "II Is an admirable peech, and I wlah to call attention to the fottowtoa "f am porttc-tarly pie-sod with too exposure of tbe folly, and worse Uvea folly, of Mr. Wilson's Mexican policy and of tbe way In wblch thla nolk'T ... -.ntit humiliation to tbe United States and disaster to Mexico Itseit. "Moreover, I am -err fUd of tbo straightforward manner In which Mr. Hughes baa shown the ridicule with which Mr. Wilson has covered this nation by tbe manner In which bo al lowed foreign powers to gain tbo Im pression that, although be nsed tbo strongest word tn diplomacy, they were not to be taken seriously. Net Word. Which Count "Aa Mr. Hughe said, It I not words, bat the strength and resolution be hind the word whlcb count A Mr. Hughes pointed out there 1 no doubt that If Mr Wllaon'a conduct and ac tion had been auch a to make tbe for eign nations believe that he meant pre cisely what he said In hi 'atrlct ac countability' there would bare been no ettrtiellon of American Uvea by the Inking of Ihe l.tHllnnla. "When Mi Hughes usee atrong words hi record show, that Ihey are always backed by strong deed, and therefore In the enormous majority of rases the use of strong word render It unnec essary ever to have recourse to strong deed. "Again, Mr Hughes speaks in char acteristically straightforward fashion of th oulrsges commuted on muni tion plants, and all men, whether cltl xena of foreign natlona or nominal citi zen of our own land, who had In auy hae or way alsrtted or condoms-l tboae action can understand that Mr Hughes, If president, will protect these domestic American Interests and pun Ish offenders iignlnst them with the fearlessness and thoroughness Ihat he bowed In dealing with the powers of iv ii at Albany. reught Nation to Ignominy. "Just before coming In to listen to Mr. Hughes' Just chnrsclerixstlon of Mr. Wilson's failure to protect Ihe live mid property of Atnrrtcau in Mexico and on the hli;h seas I lisp pemsl lo pick up ! I lsl.es 'Critical Period nf American History' and waa truck by the following two sentence: "'A government torn he the lowest point of Ignominy when It confesees Its Inability to protect the lives and the pioperty of ll citizens. A gov ernment which bus come to thl ha failed In ills- barging the primary func tion of government ami forthwith cesses to have any reason for elid ing.' "Mr Hughes ha pointed nut In Ida speech with aelf restraint, but with emphasis, that It I precisely this primary function whlcb Mr. Wllaon's administration haa failed to discharge and that it Is precisely tbl point or Ignomluy to which he haa reduced tbe nation over whlcb he I president." AN ADMINISTRATION TOO CONTENT WITH LEIS URELY DISCUSSION. I do not put life and property ou tbe sums footlug, but ihe ad ministration ha not ouly beeu remiss with respect to the pro tec Hon of American lives. It ha been remiss with respect to tbe prole. Hon uf American prop erty and American commerce. It ha beeu too much disposed to be content with leisurely dls cusslou. From Mr. Hughes' Speech of Acceptsnre. ".