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T THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 18, 19Q3. INCIDENTS AND HUMORS OF STUMPING TOUR WITH CANDIDATE WILLIAM H.TAFT MANIFESTATION OF PUBLIC EAGERNESS TO SEE AND HEAR HIM ALWAYS IN EVIDENCE PEOPLE 'S WISHES GENER ALLY GRATIFIED There's no economy In employing an amateur to do an expert's task. Nine times In ten failure follows. In a large percentage of Instances the result Is harm. The av erage physician Is an amateur In the treatment of men's diseases. He doesn't treat enough cases to know a great deal about them. His time is so fully occupied in treating a full assortment of human Ills that he cannot devote special study to any par ticular branch of practice. Most diseases are sufficiently simple as to require no spe cial training other than that received In the medical colleges and that afforded by ex perience in general practice. The more complex and perplexing ailments the family practitioner seldom cares to treat. Fee Is $10 In Any Uncomplicated Case ; ill, "71 M My JI llll IIIIIIIMI II BSSSI ISIISJIIIIIiHIsTssS, . . ' - . " " Y . - -? - tix - . GOV. SHELDON INTEODUCING .'IW UEQ?T; Pi (c t 1 F n ? ,lfH' 1 i 1 . , 'J ia t- Vy CSV - - . ? JO :. ,'w-7v. , i sn . , . XVi - j -: r . ' 1 CONGRESSMAN SOY1D GKAT tog lies heaTlly upon an Iowa cornfield one of those spa cious cornfields of the Middle West that stretch for a mile or two in 'every direction without a fence or a road to Interrupt the monotonous and ' eeemlngrly endless sequence of six and elfcht-foot stalks, ranked as compactly and exactly as a crack reelment of ln- t antry on parade. The red target of ' the sun Is Just commencing to bore a tunnel of ruddy light through the mist. The vapor lies low, so close to : the ground that a giant could walk with his head In clear air without be ; Ing able to see below the top button i of his waistcoat. In the midst of the ; thicket of corn, with the weighty ears tff the nearest stalks inclining so heavily that their silky beards brush ' the dew from Its varnished sides, looms ' a big Pullman car. There it stands as natural as life, as If it were the thing most to be ex pected in the world that a Pullman ! Fhould be marooned at sunup in the 'middle of an Iowa cornfield. As the : og lifts a bit. and grows thinner, suc "jcumbing to the voracious onslaught of the sun. one sees a dull metallic gfeam i Tt hich gradually merges Into a double 2:ne of steel, springing from beneath ; the wheels of the car and leading off ' vaguely into the mist. This la a I switch, the track upon which the Pull man rolled hours before, and came to : rest for the night, with a squealing of brakes and a farewell snort or two j from the engine that backed it upon . the switch from the main line of the . railway, a few hundred feet off yonder. Crowds Come With Dawn. A fat negro, shivering In the morn ing chill, stumbles out on the car plat ' form, yawns with a prodigious display of Ivory and vanishes Inside. Blue I smoke wreaths begin to ascend from ( the pipe that protrudes from the roof ' over the kitchen of the car. Breakfast in under way. Pretty soon voices are )ieard in the gray ocean that swirls and billows over the cornfield, the clink of heavily-shod feet scuffling ' tlong the cinders and crosstles of the ! right of way. Half a dozen men ; spring out of the fog; then a dozen. two score, a hundred, until the ob ! rcrvation platform of the car la sur . rounded. "Here she Is." cries one of the crowd. : They hang curiously and bashfully for a minute, until finally the bolder spirits began to call softly: Hey. Bill! Come on out. We want to Fee you. Three cheers for Taft!" The cheers are given with about half of the soft pedal on. They grow bolder and more earnest about it. re inforced by more people who come stumbling up the track. The door opening upon the observation platform vwlngs wide, and an elderly man. with Ms coat collar turned up aboat his reck, and his hair mussed, steps out. He is very suave and phenomenally smiling, considering that the morning Is cold and his eyelids are still weight ed with sleep. "Gentlemen. I am very sorry, but you will have to excuse Mr. Taft," says the man. hunching up his shoul ders In a shiver. "He Is very, very tired, and we want to let him sleep as long as we can. He has a hard day before him. and you'll admit that It is pretty early for you to be paying a call." Bound to See Taft. One can gather from the conversa tion, so far. that the car Is the one . upon which 'the Republican candidate for President Is campaigning, and that . It has been run for the night upon a switch adjoining a village, so that Mr. Taft can rest soundly after the fa ' tigues of the previous day's jolting and speaking over three or four hun dred miles of territory. The collarlesa , man Is Colonel Dan Ransdell. sergeant- at-arms of the United States Senate. He is In charge of the Taft tour. His mission Is to make the trip as easy as possible for the candidate, and to save him aa much bother and annoy ance as ha can. But the crowd is persistent. "We're up a darn sight earlier than BUI is," says a tall, lean-vlsaged farmer In the fore rank. "We hearn teu he was anchored out here, and we just want to hev a look at him and tell him that we're fer him. all right." "Gentlemen, you are very kind," re commences Colonel Ransdell, "Mr. Taft will appreciate it, I know, but It really wouldn't be fair for me to call him. I will tell him you called, and " "Three cheers for Taft," some one In terrupts. They are given, and then: "Run along and tell Bill we're here. He'll see us. He s the man we want. not you. Bring him out." "Gentlemen, It is only S o'clock, patiently expostulates Colonel Ransdell, "Mr. Taft didn't get to bed until "Tou better fetch him out. If you don't want to lose every vote In this town." breaks In the spokesman. Ap proving cheers and cries rise respon sive. "Gentlemen " says Colonel Rans dell. "Three cheers for Taft." whoop the crowd. Colonel Ransdell most loyal and excellent man. loses his temper. He smites the railing with an Intemperate hand, and explodes. "Darn It! The man's got to have some sleep!" Then the Train Moved. But the uproar grows and ' grows. Inside the car newspaper correspond ents grunt and growl, and wonder aud ibly and profanely why hard working men like themselves cannot be left In peace to finish their matutinal snooze. In the stateroom a stalwart figure, after an uneasy roll or two. sits bolt upright, listens a moment, and then raises the window shade two Inches He hears part of Colonel Randell's speech, with Its sputtering conclusion an 4 the Irreverent comment of the crowd. He grins to himself, slides from his bed. slips on his trousers and shoes, wiggles into a long raincoat, and strides out into the car. As he does so there Is a bump and a hissing of air as the engineer tries his brakes. The locomotive has come to whirl the Taft car westward. Before Mr. Taft reaches the platform the car has started. He only has time to say "My friends," and smile as the white faces of the crowd, with the cold mist bedewing beards and mustaches with white rime, grow dim and van ish. The villagers see a good-natured face, surmounted with tousled hair, and a huge hand waving farewell to them over the polished brass railing. They lose their speech, but they have seen Taft and they are satisfied. "By ginger." comments one man, "he's a mighty good feller. He climbed out of bed to see us, and we'd a had a darn good speech, and maybe shook hands with him. too. if that blasted engine hadn't come along." It larked halt an hour of 6 o'clock when Mr. Taft disappeared from the disappointed and early rising enthus iasts. His day had begun. It would end after midnight. In a city hundreds of miles away, when the audience in the operahouse would file out with re sounding cheers for "Our Xext Presi dent" and persistent sealots, keen to shake the candidate's hand could be persuaded, more or lees tactfully, to disperse and let the weariest man In the world seek his car and repose. Public Anxious to See Him. Campaigning with Taft is strenuous work. Mr. Taft s work consists In talk ing at the It or IS scheduled stops that are listed on the day's Itinerary. Th work of those who accompany him, of Prlvae Secretary Carpenter, Colonel Randsell and the others, Is to try to persuade Mr. Taft not to overwork himself and his voice. It Is a question which has the hardest Job. Mr. Taft is a good campaigner. How good he him self nor any of his friends, suspected, until he took the stump in this cam paign. Nothing pleases him more than to get out among the people. Mr. Taft, until now, has had few chances to come face to face with the great, curious American public He had done plenty of speech making In the big cities, but had rarely spoke to rural audiences, such as those which gather at the small stations and collect from miles around to size up the man who is ap pealing for their suffrage. He has had no time. There was too much to do in the Philippines, in Cuba, in Wash ington and at Panama. The car upon which ' Mr. Taft had made his home since he left Cincin nati on his first invasion of the Middle West, and into some parts oi which were called the "enemy's country," but which were really "Taft territory," is an ordinary Pullman sleeper, with a dining-car attached, such as anyone who had the money to pay 18 full fares for every mile traversed, may hire. If he feels so disposed. Mr. Taft has the stateroom. The berths are divided among the newspaper correspondents and secretaries, stenographers and "camp followers." At one end is an observation platform and compart ment. The platform is needed for speaking purposes, and the compart ment, with Its upholstered chairs, is necessary for the reception of the lo cal committees. Speeches for Appetizers. By breakfast time Mr. Taft prob ably has spoken twice, as an appetizer. A third stop Is made just as he Is about to plunge his knife Into a thick porterhouse steak, smoking hot from the kitchen. He deserts the steak. It Is a five-minute stop. The crowd is unusually enthusiastic and hospitable. There are an unusually large number of labor men in it. Mr. Taft gets to talking about labor legislation. "Five minutes up," cautions Colonel Ransdell, hand on bell rope and tug ging at Mr. Taft'a coat tails. "We'll make it ten minutes, then. says Mr. Taft. "I want to tell these men how I stand on labor questions, so that they'll know that I am not against them." The five minutes stretches to 15. The steak is stone cold when Mr. Taft resumes his seat at the table, but he doesn't care. He knows that he has been frank with the laboring men, and he believes that they believe him. when he said that he had never been antagonistic to their Interests. Pretty soon the train halts opposite foundry. A platform has been built so that Mr. Taft is able to step di rectly from the car into the dim, dusty, machinery-filled building. Workmen In overalls and Jumpers, and with smudged faces and grimy hands, clam ber upon the inert mechanical giants to hear what he says. "Mr. Gompers says that he can de liver the labor vote " be begins. "He can't deliver ours!" shouts a man. A mighty cheert rises. In another town he is whisked into a carriage and drawn through lines of cheering thousands to a town square, where a stump of a huge tree serves him for a rostrum. A little girl is pushed forward and bashfully hands him a bouquet. He bends down, and. courteously and painstakingly as though he were addressing a queen, he thanks her. She trips away, confi dence fully restored, and the happiest little girl in seven counties. Three men com lugging a giant I CX watermelon aboard the car in one town. It is labeled: "From the Dem ocrats of Such-and-Suchville." How the crowd roars and the men whack their thighs with their hands as Mr. Taft says: "I am very much obliged to the Democrats of Such-and-Suchville. I would much rather have a watermelon from them than a lemon. Three speeches interrupt his lunch eon, and his voice is growing husky. The physician, who accompanies him, sprays his throat. It Is a disagreeable process, but Mr. Taft submits uncom plainingly. He would do anything rather than have to stop because of hoarseness. More local committees pile on the train. There have been 18 speeches so far, and the afternoon is only half spent. "Three thousand Republicans want to say 'Hello Bill.' Won't you please stop and let us see you a minute?" reads a telegram that is handed aboard from a little station 20 miles ahead. Colonel Ransdell shakes his head. "We're late now," says he. "What's the odds." savs Mr. Taft. I Will Wait For My Fee Until You Are Well DR. TAYLOR VARICOCELE Under my treatment the most aggra vated cases of varicocele are cured in a, few days' time. There is no pain, and it is seldom necessary that the patient be detained from his occupation. Nor mal circulation is at once restored throughout all the organs and their natural processes of waste and repair are again established. If you are af flicted with varicocele, consult me at once. Delay can but bring on aggra vated conditions and nervouB complica tions that will Impair the vital functions and Involve tho general health. No other physician employs a like treatment, and so thorough is my work that there need not be the slightest fear of a relapse into old conditions. - WEAKNESS -I am confident that I have cured more cases of so-called "weakness ' than any other physician. There may be doc tors in the large Eastern cities who have treated more cases than I. but they cling to the old and ineffective practice of dosing with tonics. "Weakness" Is merely a symptom of local disorder that requires local treatment. This Is a truth that I have discovered, and that has been fully established by my success in effecting permanent cures. My meth od J original with myself and is em ployed by no other physician. FRBD COT9UlTATIO!f. To judge my ability without personal - consultation may be an injustice to yourself that will cost a lifetime of suf fering. Consultation Is free and confi dential and you place yourself under no obligation to ine whatever by coming to taik with me about your case. SPECIFIC BLOOD POISON Others dose the system with mineral poisons scarcely less dangerous than the disease it self. The best they hope to do by this treatment is to keep the disease from manifesting its presence upon the surface of the body. Under my treat ment the entire system Is cleansed. The last taint of virus is destroyed. Every symptom vanishes to appear no more. I employ harmless, blood - cleansing remedies. They are remedies heretofore unknown in the treatment of this disease. They cure by neutralizing and absolutely destroying the poison In the system. Such cures cannot be other than complete and per manent. A WORD IJf -CONCLUSION My ability to cure all dis eases of men both quickly and thoroughly is merely a matter of superior skill; which is nothing more than natural ap titude and accurate knowl edge, gained through unusual advantages for attaining the utmost proficiency. MY COLORED CHART of the male anatomy will be found both interesting and Instructive free at office. If you cannot call, write for diagnosis blank. The DR. TAYLOR CO. The Leading Specialist STRICTURE My treatment for stricture removes the necessity for surgical operations, even in severe cases of long standing." I do no cutting nor dilating. No other physician employs my methods of over coming this disorder, so the service I ofter you is original and distinctive. Do not give up hope because others have failed. I will cure you and the cure will be a prompt and painless one. My treatment dissolves the stricture, sub dues all inflammation, relieves all irri tation or congestion that may exist In the kidneys or bladder, reduces enlarge ment of the prostate gland, and re stores health and tone to all organs affected by the disease. CONTRACTED DISORDERS To but partially cure a contracted dis ease is almost as dangerous as to allow it to go untreated. Unless every par ticle of Infection and Inflammation la removed, tho probability exists that the disease will gradually work its way Into the general system. Still greater is the danger of the prostate gland be coming chronically inflamed, which al ways brings partial or complete loss of power. Perhaps twenty-five per cent of the cases of so-called "weakness" are a direct result of some Improperly treat ed contracted disease. During the past five years I have treated thousands of cases of contracted disorders and have effected an absolutely thorough and safe cure In each instance. There have been no relapses or undesirable devel opments whatever, and my patients have been cured In less time than other and less thorough forms of treatment require in producing even doubtful results. Cor. 2d and Morrison, Portland Private Entrance, 234)i Morrison St "we can afford to be a little late to please 3000 Republicans." So the train stops, and it is the tickledest crowd you ever saw in your life. The editor of the local weekly scrambles over the gate of the plat form, and yells: "This will carry Skookum County for you, Mr. Taft." Having carried Skookum County, Mr. Taft is reinforced for the half a dozen or so stops and speeches that must be made before nightfall. The halts are so brief that he does not try to speak formally. "I'm mighty glad to . see you and I thank you for coming out. and I would like to shake hands with as many as I can," says he. They swarm up and he grabs their hands three at a time until the ruth less Ransdell gives the signal and the . train moves on. Long Day Ends at Last It is dark before the town where the big meeting of the day, the "mass meeting." is to be held. Is reached. While the train Is still banging over the switches of the railroad yard, the glare of red fire Is seen ahead and the boom of cannon resounds above the clatter of the wheels. The train comes to a standstill, and Mr. Taft steps off, immediately to be engulfed in a swirling maelstrom com posed of local committeemen, promi nent Republicans, populace, fireworks, yells, dust, band music and cannon thunder. He gets barely time to snatch a mouthfull of dinner when it fs time for the meeting. A reception follows. He meets and shakes hands with every citizen who can move about on his legs, or crutches, and get Into the hotel corridor. Midnight comes before Colonel Ransdell kindly, but firmly, kidnaps him and gets him into his car. Maybe it is a night run. If not, the car. as It was the night before, is run off on a switch to a quiet spot, not necessarily in a cornfield, but in. a place where the local committeemen cease from troubling and weary can didate may rest. Then the next morning he gets up S TTB IC TTD pmW Advice Free Do yon stop to think what expert means t This is not used as a catch phrase, it means liter ally expert advice. Years of experience and spe cial study devoted exclusively to the sensitive and delicate centers, makes it possible for me to qualify before any court in the world as an ex- ' pert in diseases of men. If you need advice YOU NEED GOOD ADVICE and It Is better, to get it in the beginning than in-the end action after It is too late is like rain after harvest. Keep your youth as long as possible, there Is plenty of time to grow old. A good marksman Is not known by his bullets but by his aim. and a good doctor should not be' known so much by his- claims ae by the results he is able to show. The hen that cackles loudest does not al ways lay the most eggs. Think these points over. WHEN LOOKING FOR A DOCTOR Frequently an office is advertised In the "first person" when no such doctor lives in the state. If deception Is attempted on this point look for it clear down the line. If you are not physically sound you ought to be. and it is better to do your duty in this respect than to wish it was done. We have the largest and most complete offices and equipment in the state, have been longer established, and furnish best bank and personal references. We treat people just as we would -want them to treat us under similar circumstances and handle their cases on terms to best suit their convenience. A patient desiring treatment can pay cash and get discount or in payments to suit circumstances, ana as the benefit is plainly apparent or, If desired, CAN PAY WHEN CURED Our entire time and practice are devoted to the core of BLOOD POISON, VARICOCELE, STRICTURE, LOST VITALITY, HYDRO CELE, PILES, FISTULA, DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS, BLAD DER, PROSTATE GLAND, CONTRACTED DISORDERS, WEAK NESS AND ALL DISEASES COMMON TO MEN. If you have made mistakes In the past correct the mistakes. Con sultation and advice free. If you cannot call at office, write for self examination blank many eases cured at home. Honrs 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sundays, 10 A. M. to 13. ST.LOUIS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DISPENSARY CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILL PORTLAND, OREGON. and does it all over again. It Is hard work, but the people demand it. Jailbreak Plot Foiled. SHERMAN, Tex., Oct. 17. "Bill" Hat field, in jail here on a charge of murder committed in California, "and other pris oners, were discovered in a plot to break jail last night. Saws had been passed to the prisoners, and they were making con siderable headway when discovered. Hat field was immediately transferred to . a dungeon. Hatfield's lawyers are pre pared to resist extradition to California'. Xnnce O'Xeil Must Stand Trial. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. Nance O'Nell, the actress, and her manager, McKee Rankin, must go to California to stand trial on a charge of infringing the copyright provisions of Herman Suder man of the play entitled "The Fires of St. John." Miss O'Nell and Mr. Rankin were arrested In this city several weeks ago, and have been under $1000 ball since that time. When their case was called before United States Com missioner Shields today they waived examination and the Commissioner held them for trial on November 16 in San Francisco. They furnished new ball for $1000 each and agreed to appear volun tarily in San Francisco 'for trial. Find Balloon; Occupants Gone. YARMOUTH. England. Oct 17. The German balloon Hergezell has been picked up In the North Sea. There was, how ever, no sign of the occupants, and the two are believed to have perished. The Hergezell was found floating half de flated 100 miles northwest of Heligoland by the Norwegian steamer Naddod, and was brought in here. BEST TREATMENT FOR CATARRH The entire inner portion of our bodies is covered with, a soft, delicate lining called mucous membrane ; this is kept in healthy condition by the nourishment and vital vigor it receives from the blood. So long as the circulation remains pure this membrane will be healthy, but when the blood becomes infected with catarrhal impurities end poisons this inner lining of the body becomes irritated and diseased, and the unpleasant and serious symptoms of Catarrh commence. There is a tight, stuffy feeling in the nose, watery eyes, buzzing noises in the ears, often slight deafness, difficult breathing, etc. The disease cannot be reached by external treatment, though such measures afford temporary- relief in some instances. S. S. S. cures Catarrh by cleansing the blood of all impurities and poisons. Then as rich, pure blood circulates through the body, the inflamed, irritated membranes heal, the discharge ceases, headaches are relieved and every symptom disap pears. Catarrh, being a disease in which the entire blood circulation 13 affected, can only be cured by a remedy that goes to the very bottom and removes every particle of the impurity fromthe blood, and this is just what S S S. does Book on Catarrh and any medical advice free to all who write. ' THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, OA. STOP TAKING DRUGS" SAYS THE DOCTOR Don't ruin your stomach by doping it with polnons. Drugs were made to sell, not to cure. The first impulse of a man who finds himself ailing in any way Is to take some kind ' of medicine. Doesn't matter what kind, Just as long as it gives him temporary re lief. That's where the danger lies. The actlonof drugs is like that of whisky. Whisky will cause a man to "brace up," feel strong and full of vim for a few hours, but when the effect of the alcohol passes away, the old stupid feeling re turns worse than ever. Now, drugs will give you relief for a f e w hours, but the trouble re turns as soon as the drug loses its fiower to stimu- -ate. Every min ute that drugs give relief they are busily engaged in doing harm. They destroy the delicate lining of the stomach and weaken the nerves. They mix with the digestive Juices, causing poor digestion and constipation. Every part of your vitals that is af fected by drugs is weakened by them. There's only one way to cure any ailment That way is to assist Na ture. Drugs don't do that. Nature Is the best doctor, and sometimes will accomplish a cure In spite of drugs. Then drugs get the credit for what Nature alone did. The help Nature needs is elec tricity. Its the power that runs the machinery of your body, and most all ailments are due to the failure or breaking down of some vital part, the stomach, liver, kidneys, heart or nerves. The reason any organ fails to work properly Is because It hasn t the power electricity. Restore this force where it is needed and pain and sickness will disappear. I do this with Electro-Vigor. Electro-Vigor is an electric body battery, applied while you sleep. It sends a stream of electric life into every nerve and tissue of the body, building up vitality and strength, and removing the catise of disease. Electr o-V Igor does not shock or blister. The only sensation Is a mild, soothing glow. Electro - Vigor is not an electric belt. It never needs charging. for it makes its own power con tinuously. 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