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controversy The only question was whether the total vote of tbs state should override the wishes of the lte- publlcans In this particular district, tod It was decided as similar ques tions have been decided In Kspubll- CAU conventions since 1880. Hllice thnt date It has always been the rule that the congressional district shopld he the unit for representation In Na tlotial conventions. This congresslon al district In California declared Its preference for Taft and It certainly had the right to have that preference represented even though the majority of the peopla In other districts pre ferred another candidate. Tbs Call fornta case Is declared by the third termers themselves to he the strong eat one they had before the convention and yet It falls to the ground com pletely when the simple facts are known. Attempted Steal for Roossvelt. And so one by one these contests could he taken up and It could he shown to the complete satisfaction of every fair minded man that they were determined according to the law and evidence. There was no nomination stolen at Chicago for President Taft. There was a desperate attempt made to eteal the rtpmlnetlon for Col. Rooee- velt hut happily It wai frustrated With the audacity which has always characterized his political career, Col Roosevelt Is attempting to divert the attention of the country from tho man ifest and admitted effort to steal the nomination for himself by noisy and vehement accusation of theft against his competitor. It is time the truth were knows It Is time an end were brought to the gross slanders against the president of the United States and against hundreds of honest and honor able men who made up the convention which nominated him. Documents In which the truth re garding all these contests is carefully set forth may be bad by addressing the Republican National committee. Auditorium Hotel. Chicago And If any of the readers of tbth paper still have any lingering doubts In their mind upon the subject, they should secure a copy of such documents No citizen of the United States should nllow himself to he led Into an Insult ing clamor against the president of his country without a full understand ing of all the facts In the case. TIE REAL T ill ABOUT DELEGATES THE ATTEM PT TH AT W A I MADE TO «T E A L THE NOMINATION POR ROOSEVELT. ¡Baptist I’ rcachlng »very S uh (1 h )|{ ii I)I1 m . in »ml at 7:30 p. in. by Rev. A. C. Eat on. Sunday school at 10 ir. m., A. J Caldwell, »upt. It Y I’ (.' ut 6:80 p, rn. lira. K*ton, president. Catholic CHI'IV'II or TMK I MM AOtU.ATK CuN.KI'- tion , Stay inn; Rev. A. I.nnirk prlfat in charge. High »••«■ond t.tnrtli »ml tilth Siind.iy« K .TO ». in., Frieal'a address: Siihliinlly, Oregon. t lioairACK'a C atholic O muiicii , Hubliniity; Ksv A l.ainck, reetorj Low max» M a. in., It• icIt maaa 10:30 a. in., lirat and third Sunday» in tint nnuitli: hi|(li nia*a 10:30 a. to , « i > end, (north and tilth Monday». W ». pera at «veiltide. Christian Servirea will be held every Sunday. Preaching at 11 a. m., and H p. m. Sunday arhmd at 10 a. rn., Mra. W . H. Hobson. auperintvndent. Y . P. S. C. K. at 7:30 p. m.. Mra. R. I., Dunn preai- drnt. Ladles Aid aociety m eet» each Wednesday at 2:30 p. m., Mra. C I' Thomas, preaident. R. L. Dunn Pastor. Methodist Methodist Episcopal Church, order of aervicea: Bible school at 10 a. m .. A. S. Pancoaat, *uperintendc»t- Prearhing at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Midweek Prayer and Bible Study, Wedneaday, 7:30 p. m. Epworth I-eitgue, Sunday, 0. p. m . , Clark Mace, Pros. Ladies' Aid Society, Thursday afternoon, Mrs. J. R. G ard ner, Pres. Pastor o f the church, E. Sutton Mace. A GREAT C lubbing O ffer Semi-Weekly Oregon Journal, one y e a r ........................51.50 The Stayton Mail . . . $1.50 T o t a l ...................................$3.00 Oath Papers One year, The Semi Wee My . $2.00 Oregon Journal Publishes the Intest and moi l complete telegraphic news of the world: gives • hie market reports, ns it is pub* nl Portland, where the market ' • d is corrected to data .eh issue. It also has a page of ¿i d matter for the farm and home, • ti rtaining story page and a page o f comic each week, and it to the subscriber „twice every week UM limes u year. The Stayton Mail Gives nil the local news and hap|N>nings and should lie in every home in this vicinity. The two papers make a splendid com* oination and you save $1 by sending your subscription to us. We can also give our subscribers a good clubbing offer for the Daily and Sunday, or Sunday Journal, in con nection with THE S T A Y T O N MAIL BON TON BAKERY and RESTAURANT Meals at all hours C. Ullom, Proprietor best to eat at ihe handiest place to eat. Now In Stayton Hotel Dining Room Better let ua do your printing -you may find it cheaper than you expect. SCORES OF FAKE CONTESTS Kvldanoa of Attempted Thafta Conclu- alva and Ovarwhalmlng, Whlla Praaldant Taft'a Tltla la Hon- aat and Clear. Why la It that thousands of columns have been printed and Innumerable speeches delivered charging the Na tional (Join iu It tee and the National Re publican convention with the theft of something like seventy delegate«, while practically nothing has appeared In print or been heard upon the plat form about the attempted theft of more Ilian twice as many delegates on th» part of the Roosevelt managers? la not the attempt to steal, a deter mined effort to steal, as oulpable mor ally as an aeual theft? The evidence la absolutely conclu- alve that the nomination w m net stolen for President Taft The evidence Is Just as conclusive that a deliberate plan was formed, of v hlch he had full cognizance, to steal the nomination for f ’ol. Roosevelt, a crime which would have been perpe- ‘ rated except for the rourageoua bon csty of the members of the National committee and of the credentials com mittee of the national convention Truth Should Be Known. If theae atatementa are startling It Is because they nre new and not be cause they are not true Col. Roose velt Is a postmaster In diverting at tnntlon from himself by a noisy and terrifying assault upon othera. ltut the tumult and the shouting have died away and It is time now for the coun try to know and consider the truth. And the truth Is that very early In the pre convention campaign the Roosevelt managers laid their plans to prepare the public ratnd for the charge that the nomination had been stolen, provided It went to anybody but HooaevelL They did this by Instigat ing a great number of contests, utterly fake contests without, as It was after wards admitted, a shadow of ground upon which to rest. The purpose for which these con tests were Instigated was frankly and/eynlcally avowed, even while they were still under consideration, In a dispatch from Chicago, written by Judson C. Wei liver, one of the most ardent Roosevelt supporters In this dispatch, which was sent to Mr Mun sey's Washington Times, Mr. Welllver •aid: "For psychological effect, as a move In practical politics, It was necessary for the Roosevelt people to start con tests on the early Taft selections In order that a tabulation of delegate strength could be put out that would •how Roosevelt holding a good hand In the game. "A table showing 'Taft. 130; Roose velt. 16; contested, none,' would not be very much calculated to Inspire con fidence, whereas one shirwing 'Tnft, IS: Roosevelt. 18; contested, 127.' looked very different.” Contests Were Pure Fakes. 16 other words, here Is a frank avow al thnt nearly two hundred contests had been Instigated "for psychological effect" ns "a move In practical ixrll- tlcs,” to deceive the people Into think ing that Col. Roosevelt had support, when In fact he did not have It—ut terly fske contesta, started for a frau dulent purpose and with the full knowl edge on the part of Col. Roosevelt that their only reason for existence was to deceive the people and to pre pare tho way for the cry of fraud when they were decided against him. This Is severe language but It Is not more severe than tho facta wnrrnnt: for of the 234 contests Instigated hr thp Roosevelt managers, 162 were thrown out by the unanimous vote of the National committee, the Roosevelt men joining with the Taft men In de- <4nrlng that they had no ground what ever upon which to rest In tho face of this unquestioned record. Is there not full warrant for charging thnt the Roosevelt managers, with the knowl edge and consent of their chief, at tempted to steal the nomination? The command "Thou shalt not steal" certainly Impllos the further command ment, "Thou shalt not attempt to steal?" And with this attempt to Meal so Indelibly branded upon him, wlint consideration should be given the charges of theft which Col. Itoose- velt makes against another? Some of the Declalons. Why are the friends of President Tnft called upon to defend hint, fojr example, from the charges of haring stolen the Indiana delegation when the Taft delegates were seated by the unanimous vote of the errminlttee. Col. Roosevelt's own supporters declaring the Roosewelt contestants had net »hnrtow of claim to the seats? Why ■hould It ho necessary to defend the esldent against tho charge of stolon jilelcgates In Oeorgla when only two I int of tho 63 members of the commit- lee voted against the Taft delegates? ] In no case did Col Roosovelt make a ¡louder cry of fraud than In the Mlchl- r\n race and yet there agnln his own friends on the committee declared the Taft delegates were without doubt entitled to their seats. Why even should It he necessary to enter a defense of the California case? j Tlds Is the one In wtileh the most r,else has been made and yet tt was jm e of the stmplnet and clearest of ¡all It was not dented that Taft had [ :trrled the o n « district which was In ROOSEVELT WRONG AGAIN Makes Another Statement Which le Absolutely False. Colonel Roosevelt really has a great many thlnga to hla credit, and thla makea It all the more strange that he should Insist upon claiming credit to which he haa no shadow of title. There Is the pure food law for ex ample. It Is notorious that this was one of the measures In which he had but little Interest. It la doubtful If he ever so much as mentioned the sub ject to any member of congress while the hill wna pending, and It la entirely certain that It would have passed, even If he had getlvely opposed It. so nenrly unanimous was the sentiment In congress In favor of It. And yet In a recent letter to a man In Kansas Colonel Roosevelt said that “ the pure food and drug bill became a law pure ly because of the very active part I took In getting It through congress," and adding that after gentlemen such ns Mr. Wiley had vainly urged the bill he used men like Mr. flarfleld, then secretaray of the Interior, and got It through. But the truth Is that Mr. Garfield was not appointed secretary of the In terior until six months after the bill was passed! If it were somebody else who had set up so wholly unfounded a claim and had made so manifest a misstate ment in connection with It. can you not Imngtno how promptly the Colonel would have nominated him for mem bership In Ills famous club? UNCLE RE.MU8 UP T O D A TE . So, de Donkey he done l r f de Souf. An' wandahed up In Mnlne: A n' brayed and kicked Ills hind heels up. Den brayed an’ kick'd again. I h grazed »rulin' In do pine tree shade An’ wallowed In de grasa; Fed on de feed In de public crib "i'll! h<- wuz Just full ob aass. A n 1 when de Owl looked down on him. De Iniidah he did bray, lte ’lowed he klndah liked de place An' ho wuz dnh to stay. Rut d" Fl'phunt he done woke up, (H e been sleepln' for a white) \n' soht o' winked and blinked hi» eye. ltut didn't craok a smile. Ho looked dat Donkey up and down. Dnh kickin' lak a fool. TVn axed de Owl In trumplt tones: "Hey, dah, who's dat mule?" An' den lie rlchsd out w-ld his snout. Jus* as de Elphunt does. So. now, my chile, dah ain't no Donk— Jus' de smell ob whah he wus. P H I L H. B R O W N . Anothsr Untruth Exposed. From the Carrolton (Mo.) Reconi: President Taft never vetoed a gen eral pension bill. The fellows who are circulating reports to the oontrary aro either Ignorant or desire to wilfully and maliciously misrepresent. It pays to tell the truth In politic*, as well as In business. Both Mlstrestsd by Rooeeveli. From the Kansas City Journal: Taft and La Follette may not hare any very high admiration for each other, but there Is one bond of *ym- pathy between them. They wer* both outrageously mistreated by the same man. Expect T aft’* Bleetlon. From the Kansa* City (Mo.) Jour- 0*4: There appears to the connervailve Republican no good reason why the campaign of 1918 should not result the re-election of William H. Taft * WIL&ON WOULD REPEAL A LL PROTECTIVE TARIFF LAWS. * Tho following la taken from an address delivered by Pro fessor Woodrow Wilson before the tariff board In 1882,showing his/ view then on the quesi.on of the tariff and the distinct an nouncement of his position as a free trader, opposed to all tariffs except merely for the pur pose of raising revenue: "But the danger of Imposing protective duties Is that when the policy Is ones embarked upon It cannot be easily receded from. Protection Is nothing more than a bounty, and when we offer bounties to manufactur erg they will enter Into Indus tries and build up Interests and when at a later day we seek to overthrow this protective tariff we must hurt somebody and of course there Is objection They will say. 'Thousands of men will be thrown out of employment and hundreds of people will lose their capital ’ This seems very plausible; hut I maintain that manufacturers are made better manufacturers whenever, they are thrown upon their own re sources and left to the natural competition of trade." « • • « s • FALL and WINTER GOODS Our stock i» always in season, became we take pains to clear our shelves ot the older goods a' regular inter vals. For this reason you may always be sure of get ting the b e s t and most timely article, at this store. LADIES’ AND MEN’S SUITINGS M A D E O R D E R are among the specialties vv. are abb-to offer you. We can give you a widechoiceof material, pattern and style, and the garments are made to your order by a reliable house that knows how We can please you. BBGI CHAS. G E H L E N P a t r o n iz e » "Protection also hinders com merce Immensely The English people do not send as many goods to this country as they would If the duties were not so much and In that way there Is a restriction of commerce and wo are building up manufactor ies here at the expense of com merce. We are bolding our selves aloof from foreign coun tries In effect and saying, 'We are sufficient to ourselves: we wish to trade, not with England, but with each other' I main tain that It la not only a per nicious system, but a corrupt system. "Ry Commissioner Garland: "Q Are you advocating the re peal of all tariff laws? "A. Of all protective tariff laws; of establishing a tariff for revenue merely. It seems to me very absurd to maintain that we shall have free trade between different portions of this country and at the same time shut our selves out from free communica tion with other producing coun tries of the world. If It Is neces sary to Impose restrictive duties on goods brought from abroad It would seem to me as a matter of logic, necessary to Impose similar restrictions on goods taken from ore state of this Vnlon to another. That follows as a necessary consequence; there Is no escape from It.” TO $ The Bureau Saloon ROY MULL1N1X, Proprietor GET THE BEST and PUREST LIQUORS ON THE MARKET W e m ake a specialty of Family Trade and w ill be pleased to have yo u order for anything in our line. Early BASEBALL RETURNS Received Here Daily. Phone 2x42 Stayton, Oregon the “Bee” g “Bee” BAILEY & BERG, Proprietors HAS CHANGED AS CANDIDATE Woodrow Wilton’* Speeches Those of Office Seeker. Now Scattered among the platitudes of Dr Wilson’s speech of acceptance are some truths. None Is more significant than thla: "W e stand In the presence of an awakened nation, Impatient of partisan make believe." Following which he makes believe that he Is telling the voters of the coun try his position on the campaign Issues. No one has yet been able to determine from a reading of the speech precisely what that position Is. Some slight en lightenment comes from time to time In his later utterances, like, for ex ample, the declaration the other day that Tammany is to be safe from his assaults; but none of tt la satisfying. Dr. Wilson, in tho preconvention days, was represented to the country as a scholarly gentleman, too lofty of mind to practice the wile» of the pro fessional politician, too earnest In tho cause of good government to be aught but frank and fearless In his expres sion. too unselfish to put private ambi tion nbove the public weal, too Idealis tic In character to truckle to the forces of evil In the nation. But how singularly he has masked all of these qualities since William Jennings Rryan forced hla nomination at Baltimore. There le no difference, save In the purity of the English, between his speeches and the speeches of the pro fessional office seeker of the worst period In American politics. He steps pussy footed over all the large ques tions of the day. He exhibits a sus piciously broad tolerance for all ele ments In the body politic, even the elements which, to nominate him, Bry an found It expedient to denounce by name In the convention. There Is none of the rugged frankness of ut terance that characterized his writings in the days before he was Inoculated with the virus of political ambition. He Is proving over apt as an advanced student of practical politics It Is not a pleasant nor a heartening exhibition he makea of himself The right minded citizen can feel nothing but sadness In contemplating a man of education nnd culture so intent upon partisan and personal victory that he sacrifices those Ideals of truth and honesty for which he has always stood to fawn upon and honayfngU the voter*. Dr. Wilson as a candidate la not In character with the Dr. Wilson that was pictured to us prior to the Balti more convention. Thla "awakened na tion. Impatient of partisan mak* be lieve.” detects the diffwrano*. WINES, . LIQUORS. eiGARS SALEM B E E R O N T A P Your Trade Solicited—WeTl 1 reat You Right P O L K ’ S' OREGON and WASHINGTON Business Directory W j Directory o f each City, Town and Village, giving descriptive sketch of each place, location, population, tele graph, chipping and banking point; also Classified Directory, compiled by business and profession. Take One R. L. 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