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WHAT DO DEMOCRATS SAY?
With Nomination or ex-President
Republican Would Be Put
on JWenslve anil Result
Would Be Doubtful.
rORTLANP. Feb. 1. (To the Edi
tor. Th straw vote ffcn Is open
and. an usual, the manipulator of the
figure are always able to show their
favorite tn the lead. The Fast In over
whelmingly either for Taft. or Room
velt. or I-a Follette. a the man being
Interviewed prefer, and the. country
newspapers all show an amaxlncr vote
for the candidate of their particular
choloe.
The campaign ha sufficiently de
veloped to again Illustrate for the
thousandth time the American, or rath
er the universal human, hahlt of kick
In; at the existing order of thine and
procerilng upon the theory that "what
ever la la wron." President Taft is
the coat, ex-offlrlo. No Republican
President ever lived who wa not vlrl
ously opposed for renomlnatlon by the
great leader of hi own party. The
campaign against Taft Is malignant
enough, hut It will not compare In
vicious and brutal malignity with the
campaign waged against Lincoln and
Grant by the strongest and most pow
erful Republican leaders of their day,
yet how pitiful and puerile those at
tacks appear in the light of later day.
As the availability of President Taft
as a vote-getter has been questioned. It
may be well to analyse the bumptious
claims of those who are advocating
other candidate. The best lawyer al
ways texts the cause of hi client by
first trvtnr to familiarise himself with
the probable arguments of his antag
onist. In this Presidential campaign Mr. Iji
Follette appears to be In at least
temporary eclipse, and Roosevelt Is now
In the lime light. Let u analyze htm
from the Pemocratlr standpoint and see
what kind of a fight we are inviting
with him as the Republican nominee.
The greatest objection to him are
those which have developed since he
was last a candidate, and It is a mis
taken Idea that he was ever, even In
his prime, a phenomenal vote-getter.
No men In our history ever made a
greater surface show of popularity
than Henry Clay and James O. Blaine,
but time after time they were denied
the Presidency and beaten by men who
had none of their power to excite the
enthusiasm of the emotional multitude.
Roosevelt has no peer as a spectacu
lar poltical figure In all our history,
and there Is no man who more strong
ly appeals to the spasmodic and emo
tional TOter who never gets below the
surface of things. Nobody doubts that
he will always cut a great figure in
history, and It Is conceded that along
certain lines be has done a great work
that entitles him to the respect and the
admiration of Ms country, but no one
has claimed that he will ever rank as
a great constructive statesman. After
a creditable career as legislator. Po
lice Commissioner and Assistant-Secretary
of the Navy, he first attained Na
tional distinction as the hero of San
Juan HI1U the prestige of which gave
him the nomination for the Governor
ship of New York. From that cam
paign he emerged with a plurality of
less than 18.0f0. His nomination and
election to the Vice-Presidency fol
lowed. In 104 he was fortunate to
be pitted for the Presidency against
Parker, who was. without exception,
the weakest vote-getter ever nominated
by the Democracy since the days of
poor old Horace Greeley.
He belonged to the anti-Bryan" wing
of his party. Me was obnoxious to
Bryan and all his followers. It Is no
secret that tens of thousands of them
supported Roosevelt simply as a pro
test against Parker, while at least a
million of them did not visit the polls.
Yet in spite of all these advantages the
vote of Roosevelt In 1904 was less than
that of Taft In 1S0S. while the vote of
Bryan In 108 was 1.111.000 greater
than the vote of Parker. In the recent
New York State election. Henry L
Stimson. a man of splendid record and
high character, was known as the
Roosevelt randldate. but he was over
whelmingly defeated by Governor Dlx.
In the same campaign Mr. Roosevelt
made a direct fight upon Governor
Harmon of Ohio, and the result was
that Hurmon was re-elected by more
than lOO.eoo plurality. There Is noth
ing in all his career to mark the ex
President as a great vote-getter. En
thusiasm, and the megaphone, and the
big stick are all good In their way. but
the great desideratum In this cam
paign Is votes.
The greatest objections that will be
urged against the Rosevelt candidacy
are those that have developed since he
was last a candidate, and there Is not
one of these leading objections that
will not adversely Influence many
rotes. Remember, the question 1 not
whether or not they should Influence
the voter, but whether or not they will
Influence him.
Our Democratic brethren would make
the Roosevelt campaign a defensive
and explanatory campaign from start
to finish. We may anticipate a few
of the suggestions they are certain to
make:
Why did he protect Secretary Morton,
a member of his Cabinet, from prose
cution for violation of the anti-trust
lew?
Why did he write to "my dear Har
rtman" that famous letter which
brought a subscription of $2(0,000 for
the New York campaign?
Why does he oppose the arbitration
treaties for which there Is an almost
universal demand?
How ran he pose as a progressive Re.
publican when, during his whole seven
and one-half years as President, no per
manent tariff board was appointed,
and not a single step was taken to re
vise the tariff, "the bulwark of the
trusts"?
How can he square himself with the
progressives after declaring his oppo
sition to the Judicial recall and expres.
sing his doubts as to the efficacy of
the Initiative?
How can he explain the fact that In
the prosecution of the trusts his ac
tivity and efficiency Is not to be com
pared with that of the Taft Adminis
tration? Why is It. as Governor Stubbs. of
Kansas, expresses It. that "big Inter
est In the Kast" are supporting Roose
velt, because Taft's prosecutions of
the trusts have been too drastic?
Why Is It that George W. Perkins,
of the harvester trust, and the old part
ner nl confidential adviser of J.
flrpnt Morgan, is pushing the Roose
velt boti?
VTv were subterranean methods
Jupted to rob La Follette of the fruits
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of the magnificent fight which for
many months he had been making In
the open?
Why was I-a Follette turned down
after he had borne the whole brunt of
the fight and when he has behind- him
a splendid record for valuable con
structive legislation written upon the
tatuta books of Wisconsin?
Why did Roosevelt on the night of
Ms election In 104 say: 'Km the 4th
of March next I aha II have served three
and a half years and this three and a
half years constitute my first term.
The wise custom which limits tha Pres
ident to two terms regard the sub
stance and not the form"? Is this any
less true today than It was In 1904"
Is a belief In that wis. custom any
less deeply rooted, or any less wide
spread than it was In 1904. or than It
was when General Grant was set aside
because of It? Is this country so poverty-stricken
for want of statesmen
that she has only one man fit for the
Presidency?
Why did Roosevelt on the night of
his last election say. "under no clreum.
stances will I again be a candidate or
accept another nomination for Presi
dent"? Can he escape from that pledge
under the pitiful hypocrisy and hum
buggery of a plea that he waa "drafted.-
and that "it Is always the duty of
a citlsen to respond to the call of his
country whether In peace or In war"?
If Jim Smith or Bill Jonea were to re
pudiate such a pledge could anybody
restrain T. R. from getting out of his
bed at midnight for the honor of be
ing the first to consign him with con
tempt to membership In the Ananlaa
Club?
These, remember, are suggestions
that you are to hear from every Demo
cratic stump In the coming campaign
If Roosevelt Is nominated, and they are
false friends of the ex-President who
even aume that all his solemn pro
testations are so utterly unworthy of
confidence or respect.
There are hundred of thousands of
Republicans who have more confidence
In him than to believe that he will put
himself in such an attitude a cannot.
In their Judgment, be justified.
They have yet to be convinced that
he will Join In any effort to prevent
the deserved renomlnatlon of Presi
dent Taft. They believe in the senti
ment, based on knowledge derived from
long and Intimate personal relationship,
to which he gave utterance Just be
fore the Inauguration of Taft. that -no
man of better training, no man of more
dauntless courage, of sounder sense,
and of higher and finer character has
ever come to the Presidency than Wil
liam Howard Taft." That high en
comium is Just as apt and fitting to
day as It was In 1908. That will be
the verdict of the sober second judg
ment of the American people, and It
will be the verdict of history.
C B. MOORES.
DOCTOR DENIES CHARGE
Newport Plijslelan Says Ho Was Not
Careless In Smallpox Case.
NEWPORT. Or, Feb. S. (To the Ed
itor.) i read In The Oregonlan Feb
ruary 1 an Item saying that 1 was
careless in handling smallpox cases
in this county. This is not true. I
quarantined the first case of smallpox
at Toledo and followed It up by quar
antining IS more persons tn that town.
I then suggested to the Mayor of the
city that It would be better to appoint
a health officer in their own town and
Pr. Burges waa appointed. After that
I had nothing more to do with the
smallpox rases at Toledo.
About one week before I quaran
tined the flrst case several persons
were going about the City of Toledo
exposing the people to the disease, but
they did not know what It waa until
the city was thoroughly exposed. I was
ridiculed and made fun of by a good
many because I called the disease
smallpox or varioloid. As soon as I
could procure proper blanks I reported
the cases to Dr. White. No other cases
occurred In Lincoln County except one
at Otter Kock that went from Toledo
and two rase on Sllets Reservation,
reported by Tr. Claudlu. I saw the
case at Otter Rock, fumigated the house
and no other ce occurred there.
No cases occurred south of Toledo
unless the one at Yaqulna is a case.
This family came from near Waldport
to Taqulna about two weeks ago. I
waa called to see the case on Friday.
January 2. At that time there was
nothing on any member of the family
showing the symptoms of smallpox.
This family came to Waldport from
Corvallls early last Fall. The family
consisted of father, mother and four
children. The baby that Is supposed
to have the disease at Taqulna is only
9 montha old. Th. child broke out
with a rash Saturday, January IT, with
an eruption varying In else from that
of a plnhead to a spilt pea. They flrst
appeared on the face and spread to the
body, th. largest part of the eruption
being on the back. In a few hours
these develop on Its summit a vesicle,
which rapidly fills with lymph. These
vesicles become tense and if they are
not disturbed, dry up and go away
without leaving any mark on the skin.
This resembles chickenpox more than
anything; else. The child had but lit
tle Indisposition and never missed a
meal. The grandfather of this child
went to Corvallls about the first of
last January and when he came home
bad a chill and a breaking out like
the on. described In the child, which
lasted seven days and then disappeared
without leaving any marks. The case
was rather complicated and. to be on
the aaf. side, I told the family to stay
Indoors and not mix with th. people
until we could see what the disesse
was. In the meantime I, with Dr.
Burges, vaccinated all th. unvaccin
ated In the community that would be
vaccinated. I don't see how I could
have done more. The doctor at Wald
port who saw th. first case said it was
not smallpox. So there the matter rests.
If ex-Sheriff Rosa and Judge Gard
ner reported the case to Dr. White,
they never said a word to me about It.
though I saw ex-Sheriff Ross almost
every dsy.
The people at Linn vllle, the postofflce
on Drift Creek, seven miles from Wald
port, were quarantined without a med
ical examination. 13 of them, and kept
In close confinement by a man sent
from Toledo until I went there, exam
ined them and found no symptoms of
smallpox. I vaccinated all who had
not been vaccinated and raised the
quarantine. The vaccination "took"
on all of them, showing it was not
smallpox.
I only get the "measly sum" of 1100
a year and pay my own expenses. It
can be readily seen that I cannot afford
to run over th. county hunting up and
diagnosing all th. infectious and con
tagious diseases that may com. In th.
county.
FRANKLIN M. CARTER. M. D.
PLEA FOR GROCER MADE
Redmond Citizen Says Customers
Are Not Blameless.
REDMOND. Or., Feb. 9. (To th. Ed
itor.) I have read an editorial In Th.
Oregonlan on "Curing th. Trouble." I
am not a grocer but will say that the
grocers I know are not rolling in
wealth. In th. first place they may
possibly receive short weight from the
down-trodden farmers from whom they
buy their potatoes. In the second place,
their customers would not pay five
cents more a bushel for honest weight
so long as they did not know they
were being humbugged and If the cus
tomers thought they were getting po
tatoes for five cents a bushel less than
they wer. really worth they would
gladly see the grocer go bankrupt.
Department-store owners are called
all sorts of vile names for employing
girls at lees than living wages, but how
many women would go to a certain
store and pay one cent more than the
market price for calico simply because
that store was paying Its clerks more
than Its competitor waa paying?
Railroads are blamed for wrecks, yet
the people are constantly demanding
faster and better trains and want the
usual S-cent far. reduoed to 2 cents
a mile.
Why do many physicUns advis. un
necessary operations? Because their
pstlents will pay a high price for sur
gery, but will not allow th.lr family
doctor a living; competence for honest
medical advice.
Whv do railroads and other corpora
tions enter politic? Because It wa an
old trick of state legislator to Intro
duce obnoxious bill and then demand a
bribe for not passing them.
Why does our delegation to Congress
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vote for legislation favoring the "Inter
ests"? Because In return It can get
support for a new Federal building In
our district and if It didn't got that
building we would turn It out and nd
somebody else who was a "live one."
These are only f ow Incidents a
parallel could be drawn from any walk
of Mfe. The customer calling the gro
cer a robber la a case of the pot calling
the kettle black. It all comes from
competition and you suggest a number
of families pooling their Interests and
starting a little store of their own.
This is simply co-operation as It Is
being tried In hundreds of places over
all the country with Indifferent suc
cess. If co-operation in small units Is
good, why Isn't co-operation In large
units better? And what Is that but
Government ownership? And what
would be easier for the Government to
own and manage than the land which
Is a natural monopoly? If the Govern
ment owned the land It would have lit
tle trouble In regulating the trusts or
any other user of land.
When you say that the middleman
produces nothing you are absolutely
wrong. He probably gets more than
his fair share for his services, but If
his services were not useful we would
have little 'trouble In getting rid of
him.
A good, wholesome belief on the part
of all the people In hellfire and dam
nation might lower the cost of living
some, but If that belief ever really ex
isted it Is gone forever now. However,
a higher standard of morality would
work wonders. Yours truly,
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p. s. A few prominent men In this
country have had nerve enough to say
"The people be damned." Some day we
may admit that there was some excuse
for their sentiments. J. B.
Flax Manufacture Is Aim.
CHEHAX.IS.Wash., Feb. 10. (Special.)
Joseph Schuss. a Chehalis merchant,
has returned from a business trip to
New York and other Eastern cities.
While Kast Mr. Schuss made Inquiries
regarding the manufacture of flax
products at Chehalis. The fiber plant
here has thus far confined its efforts
to making twine and coarser stuff, but
it Is believed that if a proper showing
can be made there will be no trouble
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