MORNING ENTERPRISE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1912.
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To the Republican Voters of Clacka
mas County:
Perhaps you do not take time to
read the Democratic paper of our
county, so we here give you a quota
tion from the Courier of September
20, 1912:
"The Democrats in this county will
no longer sit back and be thankful for
the crumbs that may be brushed to
them. They are going after the loaf
this year and they will do the crumb
brushing. They are going to get the
big end. It's in the air. You can't
stop it. It's a Wilson year and the
party that has waited and been on
short rations since Cleveland's time
is going to get and play ball
'Clackamas County has quite a few
Democratic officials now, but it is go
ing to; have more. Every Democrat
is full of enthusiasm sixty days away,
and from now" on the boys are going
to buck the line and buck it hard.
County Judge Beatie opened the
central committee meeting at Will
amette Hall Tuesday, and the senti
ment of all the Democrats present
was to get out and give Clackamas a
County a campaign that will pretty
near clean up what is left of the Re
publican party this year.
"The Democrats are going to elect
Harry Lane for Senator and P.'S. No
yer for the State Legislature; E. T.
Mass sheriff ; Gilbert L. Hedges, Dis
trict Attorney; J. E Jack assessor;
M E. Gaffney recorder; George M.
Hively county commissioner.
"This is some claim, but the boys
expect to land every one of these in
office, and to land them dead easy."
The above indicates that the Dem
ocrats are now after the loaves and
fishes in dead earnest. The Repub
licans have furnished them with such
good offices as they now hold and they
are after the rest.
As a good business man has neith
er time nor desire to run down his
competitors, so we as representatives
of the Republican County Central
Committee have no wish to belittle
our competitors, the Democrats. They
have shown their good judgment in
endorsing uch Republican candidates
as W. L. Mulvey, county clerk; J. A.
Tufts, county treasurer; T. J. Gary
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V) Schuebel for representative. In do
ing this they acknowledge that the
Republicans have used mighty good
judgment in placing the offices of
County Clerk, County Treasurer
County School Superintendent and
representative in the hands of truly
competent men and that they have no
better men among their ranks to of
fer. It must be conceded that the vote
of today in Clackamas County is the
vote of an intelligent and thoughtful
people. The majority of the voters of
all parties claim that when it comes
to electing men to fill the various
county offices that if the candidates
of their own party and the candidates
of any opposing party or "parties are
of equal ability and integrity, for any
given office, they always give prefer
ence to the man who is of their own
party, and that they only vote for some
other party's candidate when they
feel away down deep in their hearts
that the opposing party's candidate is
notoriously the best man- We have
no time or desire, here, to comment
on this method of voting, but it is
to the above class of voters that we
now appeal for we have no desire to
proselyte from the numbers of the
Democratic, Prohibition or Socialist
voters who always have and always
will vote their straight party ticket
and we know that the man who al
ways votes a straight Republican
ticket will never go far wrong.
The Democratic party in Clacka
mas County is truly a minority party,
they have approximately, 1250 reg
istered voters as against 4250 regis
tered Republican voters. You will
notice that no where in the article
quoted above do they lay claim to
having on their ticket men who are
better qualified than the Republican
candidates to fill the different offices
and it is well they do not for had
they done so we would have had to
waste your time and our space show
ing up the fallacy of such cairns.
Mr. Voter every Republican candi
date who comes before you this year
and asks for your vote is truly com
petent by natural bent and, in some
' cases by past training in the office
which he seeks, to serve you and the
county at large. In addition to this
not one of these candidates has an
opponent who is better qualified, or
who in any manner is more justly en
titled to your support. This being the
case are you going to let the minority
party in your county rule the roost?
Certain it is, that in the past you have
at different times allowed this minor
ity party to fill part of these offices
but look back over the past history
and tell us what you have gained.
They have not served you any better
than the Republican officers have
done, even though these Democratic
office holders have in many instances
been men of highest integrity.
Our government is a representative
government. The representatives of
the majority are the men who should
serve you. The great majority of
. people in Clackamas County are Re
publicans. The Republican candidates
are, to say the least, the equals in all
respects of their opponent's, and it
follows just as surely as the night
follows the day that these same Re
publican candidates should serve you.
The Democratic article quoted above
shows thathe minority party are
feeling their oats. They are drunk
with the apparent success of r past
elections. They have worked them
selves into a white heat for more
than a red hot campaign but the fuel
Cat keeps them going is not drawn
from the superior merit of present
candidates nor the superior merit of
past office holders, and it is high time
that they were returned to their prop
er sphere. Let the majority rule. Let
the Republicans assert their strength
and without the least thought of be
littling our opponents or the candi
dates let us again remind you of this
fact. There is not one Republican
candidate who has for an opponent a
man who is better qualified or more
entitled to serve you.
FRANK, JAGGAR,
Chairman County Central Committee.
WM. HAMMOND,
Secretary County Central Committee.
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W .L. MULVEY.
Candidate for re-election to the office
of County Clerk.
Dear Sir:
If my record for the past two years
as County Clerk meets with your ap
proval, I respectfully ask your sup
port and vote for re-election to this
office on November 5th. If re-elected
I will, in the future as in the past,
to the best of my ability, give to the
people of Clackamas County a clean,
honest administration, and will con
duct the "business of the office as
economically as possible consistent
with good accurate work.
W. L. MULVEY.
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E. B. TONGUE.
The Prosecuting Attorney is the le
gal advisor of all the county officers.
The success of all legal matters of
county and state business referred' to
him depends upon his good judgment.
Often thousands of dollars are at
stake and the loss or gain to the coun
ty rests upon his advice or upon the
conduct of the suit.
The office of District Attorney will
cost the tax payers more then three
times as much as any other office un
less successfully conducted. Thous
ands of dollars can be wasted on
useless, frivolous or malicious prose
cutions. Mr. Tongue, the present District
Attorney is a candidate for re-election.
Does his record merit a second term?
He nas won over 96 out of
hundred Circuit Court cases.
He has won every criminal
tried in the Supreme Court.
Clackamas County has not lost a
single cent through wrong advice.
Clackamas County has not hired a
single lawyer to help him try a case.
With two or three exceptions he has
personally conducted' every case in
the Circuit Court of the four counties
since he has been in office. '
He does the work for the two judges
while the district attorneys prior to
him did the work for one.
He has personally conducted all his
official cases in the Supreme Court.
The Oregon Journal, the Democrat
ic paper in commenting on the Pender
murder case used , the following
language, "With a brilliantly evolved
mass of circumstanial evidence the
state rested.... The argument
of "Prosecuting Attorney Tongue was
a master piece of phrasing and legal
ingeniousness. For two hours he held
his hearers tense and chilled with a
statement and plea as stern and un
compromising as was ever heard in a
court of law." Concerning the same
trial the Oregon Mist said: "One of
the features "of the great trial was the
wonderful and brilliant argument
made by District Attorney Tongue.
Many people who heard it say it was
the greatest speech ever made in the
Columbia County Court."
A democratic paper speaking of the
celebrated Blakesly case said: "The
talk of Mr. Tongue was probably the
best one that has been heard here for
years. That he is an able prosecutor
there is no doubt."
Another daily newspaper recently
referred to him as "one of the best
prosecutors in the West."
WHAT PRESIDENT
TAFT HAS DONE
Some of the Legislation Ac
complished During His
Administration.
There has been a systematic at
tempt for years on the part of news
paper and magazine writers in the pay
of the great magazine trust to belittle
and misrepresent President Taft. The
result has been that the people haye
an impression that this has been a
"do nothing" , administration. The
truth of the matter is that more con
structive progressive legislation has
been accomplished under President
Taft than was ever accomplished in
any administration before.
For the benefit of our readers and
in justice to the president, this paper
sets out below some of the many
things he has accomplished:
He put the postoffite department on
a paying basis for. the first time within
the memory of the present generation.
He has enforced the Sherman anti
trust law without fear or favor.
He vetoed the Democratic wool, cot
ton and free list bills as unfair, un
scientific and destructive of the Re
publican principle of protection.
He abrogated the discriminating
passport treaty with Russia.
He prevented railroads from putting
rate increases into effect without ap
proval of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
He has rushed the Panama Canal to
early completion without hint of scan
dal. He has practically destroyed white
slave traffic.
He has signed the bill for admission
of Arizona and New Mexico to state
hood. He has established the Bureau of
Mines to safeguard the lives of miners.
He has extended our foreign mar
kets for the benefit of American capi
tal and labor.
He has abolished the shameful sys
tem of peonage in this country.
He -has submitted the income tax
amendment to the Constitution to the
state legislatures for ratification.
He has effected advanced boiler in
spection laws passed by Congress.
He has established means for com
plete irrigation projects in the West.
He has maintained and extended
the open-door policy in China.
He has maintained peace in Cuba
and South and Central America by
f-'pndly warning, without interven
tion. He has modernized and reformed
government business methods by an
economy and efficiency commission,
saving millions of dollars to the Amer
ican people annually.
He has effected arbitration treaties
with Great Britain and France.
He vetoed the Arizona statehood bill
because of the recall of Judges provi
sion. He instituted non-political methods
for taking the 13th census.
He has effectually destroyed bucket
shops and get-rich-quick concerns.
He has persistently labored for a
parcels post.
He 'has effected a new treaty with
Japan, ending racial controversies on
the Pacific Coast.
He has further extended a safety
appliance act for the benefit of work
ingmen. He has successfully fought for the
publication of campaign funds and ex
penditures. He has heartily indorsed the labor
commission's report and proposed bill
concerning employers' liability.
He has reorganized the customs
service, eliminated corruption and ex
posed and punished customs frauds,
thereby saving and recovering mil
lions of dollars to the United States
Treasury.
He has established the Court of
Commerce to review findings of the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
to remedy exasperating delays in liti
gation. He has established a nonpartisan
tariff board to report on the differ
ence in the cost of production at home
and abroad.
He has secured a corporation tax
law yielding over $30,000,000 annually
to the United States government.
He has transformed a deficit of
$58,000,000 of the previous adminis
tration into a ?30,000,000 surplus.
He has made a new American
record for nonpartisan judicial ap
pointments. He has brought the railroads under
further control of the federal govern
ment through extension of the powers
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. He brought the workingman's com
pensation act to a successful issue in
the Supreme Court.
He has effected a successful lock
and bonds commission.
He has extended the civil service
rules in all departments of the feder
al government by executive order.
He has secured practical conserva
tion acts.
He has established a Court of Cus
toms Appeals, by which under-valua-tions
have been stopped.
He succeeded in securing a postal
savings bank system that is dragging
millions out of old socks and putting it
to work.
He favored Borah's 3-year home
stead bill.
He has exhibited the highest order
of statesmanship in handling the deli
cate and provoking Mexican situation,
keeping the United States out of an
expensive and bloody war, while at
the same time maintaining the dignity
of our nation.
No Patches On My Pants.
Oh! yes; I've heard about the trusts,
Of how I'm being "done,"
, Of how the wicked Tariff, too,
Is "robbing" ev'ry one.
But I am working ev'ry day,
And maybe you, perchance,
Have noticed that I haven't got,
A patch upon my pants?
They tell me that I am a "slave"
Of "plutocratic" ruie:
That I should vote for Wilson, and
The party of the mule;
That he will rip the Tariff up
And on the pieces dance;
But, please observe, I do not wear
A patch upon my pants. ,
Once I was led astray; I think
It was in 'ninety-two,
When Cleveland ran for President;
I shouted for him, too;
Thought there'd be work for ev'ryone.
And wages would advance.
He was elected and I wore
Big patches on my pants.
I lost my job, and couldn't get
Another thing to do.
I walked the street and ev'rywhere
Souphouses met my view;
And there were thousands just like me,
All fighting for a chance
To earn their bread, and ev'ry man
Wore patches on' his pants.
I will not vote for Wilson; no,
With him I don't agree.
As for his party, well, kind sir,
Once was enough for me.
I've steady work, I have good pay.
And you may note- perchance,
I'm wearing creases now, instead
Of patches on my pants.
American Economist.
It must be plain to Roosevelt, even
through the fog of his prodigious van
ity and egotism, that he has a losing
fight on his hands.
Hats In Parliament.
A member of parliament must never
stand up with his hat ou even if he
has only risen to speak to the man be
hind him. Coming in, going out or
speachifying he is always hatless and
hp is sometimes hatless when sitting
down. Thus if the speaker mentions
a bill the member is responsible for he
lifts his hat. If his name Is' mentioned
In a speech he lifts his hat Even if
he happens at those times to be bare
headed he must seize a hat. put It on,
then lift it
CORRESPONDENCE
WELCHES.
School opened Monday with Bessie
Lewis as teacher.
Don Bodley, of Dover, was a guest
at Welches hotel.
The hunters are all returning to
their homes satisfied with their sea
son's catch.
Mr. Killingsworth and son, Dr. Kil
lings worth, returned to Portland after
a few days vacation at La Casa, Mon
tana. '
Roy Garwood has left "Camp Zig
Zag," and has a crew of men at work
at Clear Fork, planting young firs.
Dr. Ganby, of the forest service, has
returned to Portland to attend busi
ness callege there.
Mr. Reed, of Portland, came out in
his automobile last week to spend a
few days at his summer home near
Rhododendron Tavern.
- E. Colman made a trip to Portland.
Mrs. W. H. Creighton, of Rowe, is
visiting friends and relatives in Port
land. Mrs. Greg Cox, of Sandy, was vis
iting Mrs. Creighton last week.
Mr. Mufcgrave, formerly of the for
est Service, was digging Mt. Hood
lilly bulbs on Zig Zag Mountain last
week, for the City Park of Portland.
He took back over 5,000 bulbs in spite
of the rainy weathe we had.
Chas. Pierce is spending a few days
with his mother, Mrs. E. A. Pierce.
out to Eagle Creek the other day and
Sunday, he and his nephews, Walter
and Will Douglass went to the moun
tains on a hunting trip.
Mrs. Ed Burnett and Mr. and Mrs.
A. D. Burnett went to the Gresham
Fair Saturday afternpon.
John Henkle, one of the merchants
of Eagle Creek, made a business trip
to Portland last Thursday.
H. H. Hoffmeister was a Gresham
Fair visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Viola Douglass took dinner
with Mrs. R. B. Gibson Sunday.
Mrs. Lee went to Portland Satur
day. Mr. Trullinger la having a well
drilled.
H. S. Gibson was an Estacada vis
itor Monday.
Some of Kitzmillers went to the
mountains the first of the week on a
hunting trip.
Mr. Smith, the Sunday School or
ganizer and missionary was . in the
neighborhood recently visiting the
Sunday schools.
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SPRINGWATER.
trie Lowest Cost
Wasco Shannon is in town again
after a long absence in neighboring
states.
James Ewen Folson has recovered
from a severe fall from his bicycle.
The front wheel collapsed while he
was trying to beat father time going
down hill.
Rehearsals for the Harvest Festival
are progressing splendidly under Mr.
Horner's direction. A rare treat is
in store for this neighborhood in
about two weeks.
Rev. Zimmeman will give his tem
perance lectures in the Springwater
church.' Stereoptican pictures in the
evening. This will be Sunday, Oct.
6.
Rev. C. F. Aue will preach in Eagle
Creek Sunday afternoon, Oct. 6., at
three.
William Closner and wife have re
turned from the Hot Springs.
Springwater and Dodge farmers are
working at building the Estacada
Springwater road. Henry Croner is
superintending a good job.
EAGLE CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brady and chil
dren left last week for Sherman
county, where they intend to reside
in the future.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gibson attended
the Gresham Fair last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Udell and chil
dren were down to see James Gibson
last Friday.
Walter and Carl Douglass returned
home last week from Eastern Oregon
where they were working through
harvest.
Mr. Devine was a Gresham Fair vis
itor last Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy entertained
Mr. and Mrs. Howlett at dinner Sun
day. George Douglass, of Portland, came
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