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THE STODAT OREGONIAX. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 15, 1916. 1 WILSON DECLARES I FOR WAB IF NEEDED America Ready to Fight for Things American, Presi V dent Insists. PEACE STAND EXPLAINED Position Taken Xbut War lias Been . Averted by Democrats and Slight ' Not Have Been if Repub I licans Had Had Way. the Senate of the United States. In the House of ReDresentativea it has a (rain and again happened that the RepublU can minority has broken away from the control of itg leaders and voted, some time by a majority of its members. sometimes almost unanimously, for the measures which have distineruished the action of the present Democratic Con gress, uney came from the . people. They knew when these things were sug gested in Congress that they would be held inexcusable if they did not sustain them. . , "Only on one conspicuous occasion did the contrary happen when the Re publican machine was able to compel a majority of Its members in the House of Representatives to vote that Ameri can citizens had no right to travel on the high seas. If their leaders believe in the rights of American citizens why don't their followers? If their leaders are so stiff to see that Americans get their rights everywhere, why do these men vote that Americans shall get their rights nowhere? One of the most re grettable incidents of American his tory is that there should have been found - men in the Congress of the United States willing to vote in that sense. LONG BRANCH, X. J., Oct. 14. III a speech before a large delegation of Pennsylvania Democrats, President Wilson declared today that, while he is for peace, "America is always ret y to fight for things that are American." He summed up his idea of the"issues of the present campaign in these words: "America knows that it is faced with this choice: Peace, the continuance of the .development of business along the lines which it has now established and developed and the maintenance of well- known progressive lines of action, on the one hand, or, on the other, a dis turbance of policy all along the line, new conditions, new adjust- ints, un-1 defined alterations of policy, and back of it all invisible government." The President tliscussed what he de clared was the attitude toward war and peace of different elements of the Re publican party. "Vocal" Element Assailed. ' "r understand, from the leaders of the Republican party, that nothing has been done right." he said. "They do not say that the thing done was always M'rciug, but the way in which it was tione was always wrons. They do not . venture to say. that is, the private coun , t-l does not venture to say, that we wanted anything but oca.ee; but they "would have preferred some other way, , not disclosed, of obtaining peace. 1-e vocal party says Ve wanted war! The Ftlent part intimates that we wanted peace, but wanted another kind of peace. They can never get over that fundamen tal uneasiness, gentlemen, that America ii in charge f somebody else then themselves. But America knows that the things that were done did obtain peace and it does not know that the things that might have been done would have obtained peace." ( Mr. Wilson reiterated previous dec ; larations that it is almost impossible to do anything in the field of foreign affairs because foreign nations "have been led to believe that a dominant 'clement in the Republican party is in favor of drawing the United States into i the European war. and they have abun- dant evidence that it is probable that ; if the Republicans iicceed we shrll ' enter upon a policy of exploitation of . our neighbors in Mexico. 1 Protection of Americans Advocated. ' Continuing his discussion of foreign affairs, Mr. Wilton declared that, al- though the leaders o.' the Republican party demand tht the rights of Amer . leans be protected everywhere, on one occasion the "Republican machine was able to compel a majority of its mem ; bers in the House of Representatives to vote that American citizens had no - right to travel on the high seas." j Mr. Wilson reiterated his advocacy ; of a league of nations to preserve the ; peace of the world and attacked the ; leaders of the Progressive p-.rty, who, ; he said, had betrayed the rank and file. lie also declared that the selection of a Congress is just as important as the ' election of a President, because "the , real source of action and the real n -' chinery of obstruction- is in Congress." "Forces of Reaction Assailed. He asserted that the forces of reac ' tlon are in control of the Republicans ; In Congress. President Wilson in his speech here " today said in part: "You know that the elements that are . row behind the candidates of the opposi know that the elements that are now ' behind the candidates of the opposi i tion party are exceedingly varied, but - they are easy of analysis. The most interesting element is that which is most vocal. The representatives of that : element are confidently telling us, though none of them is a candidate for office, what the party will do if it is - riven the power to do anything. But , : those who are nominated for office are : carefully avoiding saying whether they 1 will do what the vocal element promises. ' , "In other words, they are putting up , ' as their spokesmen of poicy those whom ' they do not even pretend to trust with ' power. L "Therefore, those of us who are In ducted into the secrets of the craft ; know that they talk in vain and that the real counsels of the party are in ' ' that other element which is in absolute control of the organization of the party in Congress and out of it. and whose control never has for a moment been '" disturbed nor shaken. Progressives Are Lauded. -The contest at Chicago four years ago and the contest at Chicago this year were for the control of the ma cninery of the party. 1 do not mean on the part of the rank and file of the : Progressives for, my fellow citizens, no more earnest and sincere body of men were ever assembled than assembled in those two progressive conventions at ; - Chicago. And no more sincere and earn est men were ever more pitifully d-- . ceivea ana Detrayea. , "For. after ail. it turned out that the object was not to lead the Nation out to control the Republican party, and any sort of abject surrender was , ottered by those who spoke, though . they spoke without authority for them. if they might be admitted to control the machinery. And now, after the smoke has cleared away, after the at 1 1 mosnhere has yielded to the influences of time, we see standing out before i that familiar old guard that has never for a moment been disturbed in its possession of power or turned aside in its exercise of the control which it has used. And what I want to call : your attention to is that this ie not merely a Presidential campaign. There . . Is something quite as important as . the choice of a chief magistrate. want you to remember that the real ' sourcis of action and the real ma- J chinery of obstruction are in Congress, not in the Presidency. Credit Given Party. . "Do you suppose that anything could . have been accomplished in the last three and a half years if-there had not been a determined and willing major lty in the Congress? I have not led tnese gentlemen; 1 have gone forward with them. I call your attention to the fact that there is nowhere rec orded a single Wilson policy. Every thing I have asked that Congrese to do was written in the pledges of the party itself. And the only power iiave exercised is the power of co operation, the power that all men exer " rise when, insisting upon the obvious duties of a great hour, men take heart to do a great thing. f "It is a very interesting circumstance, my fellow citizens, that the House of Representatives is less docile than is THREE ISSUES 1(1 LEAD Ifl ELECTION California Divides Interest in Approaching Eattle of Ballots. DRY QUESTION ABSORBING Secrecy of Senate Censored. "But it is another story in the Senate of the United States. There a serene confidence obtains in the private con ferences of the Senate. I have never been admitted to their privacy, but I have seen their performance, and the most reactionary men in America bava absolutely controlled the action of the minority in the United States Senate, except for a few examples of independ ence by distinguished individuals who did not care to be mastered and owned by anybody. But their number was so small as to be negligible. "It made the whole thing very much simpler, I admit, because you never had to speculate how the Republicans were going to vote in the United States Sen ate. You knew that beforehand by calculations established through whole generation men who could not see the light of a new age, who did not desire to see it. who wished to see the old methods resumed; not the methods of Abraham Lincoln who listened to the voice of the people, but the methods of Mark Hanna who listened to the voice of the interests. They bavs been un easy and a little unshepherded ever since Mark Hanna and Senator Aldrich passed from the stage. It was so much easier to be told what to do. It was so much simpler to get orders. "Now these gentlemen are in obvious and undisputed control of the organi zation of the Republican party. It is they who are counseling their leaders to say as little as possible and to say it in as confused a way. as possible, so that nobody may know how to calcu late their orbit rom day to day. The only thing that they are revealing is that they do not want anything said, and after the election is over, if they should win possession of the Govern ment they do not mean to say any thing. For obvious reasons, it is con trary to the Constitution of the United States to make a man testify against himself. Choice Is Outlined. "So that it all comes down, my fellow citizens, to a very simple proposition. Are you going to leave your Govern ment under control of people who do know and who will tell what they are going to do, or are you going to put it in the hands of men who will not tell you what they are going to do and will serve the private interests? The choice is bigger than that. I understand from the leaders of the Republican party that nothing that has been done has been done right. They do not say that the thing that was done was al ways wrong, but the way in which it was done was always wrong. They do not venture to say, that is to say. the private counsel does not venture to say, that we wanted anything but peace, but they would have preferred some other way. not disclosed, of ob taining peace. The vocal part says 'we wanted war.' The silent part intimates that we wanted peace, but wanted an other kind of peace. They never can get over tlA.t fundamental uneasiness, gentlemen, that America is in charge of somebody else but themselves. "Several gentlemen who are supposed to be spokesmen of the Republican par ty have in public professed to condemn invisible government, nut in private they have counseled and aided and abetted it. The best way to divert uspiciom is to condemn tne tning mat ou are doing yoursen. Anu juti be cause the people' of the great state of New York saw through tnat min roasn they defeated a tolerably good new constitution by a majority that - naa never before been heard of in that tate. (If you want to know now new York is going this time, look up tne records of what it did to the constitu tion). And it did it to tne conBuiuuun, not upon a careful examination of what the constitution contained-, but upon the universal repute of those wno naa pro posed the constitution. Even if they naa not been able to discover the dangerous things in it, tlfey would nave Known that it was full of dangerous things. Foreign Deallnss Hampered. That is the temper of the people of the United States, not to exchange a handsome certainty for an unhandsome uncertainty. See how big the time is with possibility! At the present mo meut I want to repeat this because the ountrv has not realized It enough at this present moment it is almost lm nossible to do anything positive in the field of foreign affairs because foreign ations have been led to suppose tnat there may be a change in our foreign affairs. Foreign nations have been led to believe that a dominant element In the Republican party is in favor of drawing the United States into the European war and tney nave Been tola with abundant evidence that if the Re publicans succeed we shall enter upon a policy of exploitation of our neighbor in Mexico. I want you to realize the part the United States must play. It has been said, my fellow citizens, been said with cruel emphasis in some quarters, that the people of the United fetates do not want to fight about anything. That is profoundly false. But the people of the United States want to be sure what they are fighting about, and they want to be sure that they are fighting for the things that will bring to the world Justice-and peace. Define the elements; let us know that we are not fighting for the prevalence of this nation over that; for tne ambitions over tnis group of nations as compared with the ambi tions of that group of nations; let us once be convinced that we are called into a great combination to fight for the rights of mankind and America will unite her force and spill her blood for the great things which she has always believed in and followed. Ration Ready for CTnallenjge. "America: Is always ready to fight for things that are American. She does not permit herself to be embroiled, Dut she does know what it would be to be challenged. And when once she is challenged, there Is not a man in the United States, I venture to say, so mean. so forgetful of the great heritage of this Nation, that he would not give everything he possessed, including life itseif, to stand by the honor of this Nation. "What Europe is beginning to realize is that we are saving ourselves for something greater that Is to come. We are saving ourselves in order that we may unite in that final league of na tions in which it shall be understood that there is no neutrality where any nation is doing wrong, in that final league of nations, which must in the providence of God come Into the world, where nations shall be leagued with nations in order to show all mankind that no man may lead any nation into acts of aggression without having all the other nations of the world against it." Senatorial and Presidential Can didates Share Center of Stage With Two Ajiti Iiiqnor Bills. OUT-OF-TOWN FOLKS, SEND TODAY FOR BIG FREE STOVE CIRCULAR 1 Alonso lnrmlls. of rjanmark. Ma., la TT years old. but bo had never seen the ocean or a trolley car until ho paid a visit to OKI Orchard and Saeo a taw days aso. springs. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal- Oct. 14. (Special.) All polities In California is, much after the fashion of ancient Gaul, divided into three parts. There is the absorbing interest as to the Senatorial election in which Governor Hiram W, Johnson is the one candidate of whom you hear; the spirit that is naturally displayed in a Presidential year and I the more intense question as to whether the state of California, with its acres of vineyards, will go wet or dry. There are minor questions outside .of these.- as well as local problems, that are occupying the attention of the mind politic, but on the whole, if you ques tion tbje average voter, you will dis cover he knows but little outside of the problems mentioned, and not to be po brutally frank, he cares for nothing else. The dispute over the toga was one more for the primaries than for the general "election. Governor Johnson was naturally the candidate of the Pro gressives, who have since been dissi pated chiefly through re-entry into the Republican party, but it was when the executive of the state sought for the Republican nomination that he was most bitterly assailed. Johnson Vote Surprises. . Johnson's opponent and the candidate of the regular Republicans, who at the time controlled the stats organization, was Willis R. Booth, a Los Angeles 'business man and banker. Booth was not particularly well known in the North despite his having been raised in this section, but the stalwarts of the South of the Tehacbapl district promised they would roll up a vote that would be astounding. The results were astounding, but they merely went to prove the bold tbatalohnson has acquired on the state. In the Republican primary vote John son led with a total of 161,403, while Booth was a distanced second with 146,339. In addition ro this strength Governor Johnson polled 16.227 Progressives who still remained true to their party. Hiram W. even bid for the Democratic nomination against Patton. and though he was overcome he made a respectable showing. Patton polled 68,8.1 among the Democrats, with Johnson gathering in 7665 and Booth 1271. Assuming that Johnson could secure at the general election in November only those who stayed with him in the primaries he would still have a fight ing chance to beat the Democrat. Naturally it Is expected that the Re publican nomination will bring to the Johnson standard many of those Re 4?nblic"Sis who may have voted for X-oth at the primary. Johnson Picked to Win. Keen judges declare that Johnson will carry the state over his Southern California Democratic opponent by a wide margin. One of the features of the campaign so far has been the evi dent coming together of the Progres sives and the Republicans, who are now Republicans. This has been evi denced in the state wide campaign of Governor Johnson, for at his meetings representatives of both wings of the Republican party have been in atten dance. While the Presidential situation Is of course largely speculative it seems to be the judgment of even the most conservative that Hughes will carry the state of California. This feeling has increased of late, for at the outset the Republican candidate was not hailed as particularly strong in the Golden West. President Wilson, however, has de veloped strength in San Francisco, due to his stand on the eight-hour law. The labor vote, which is estimated from re cent municipal elections at being somewhere in the neighborhood of 24, 000, can be figured to go to Wilson en bloc. On the other hand, and as an offset to this vote that has ordinarily been split, it is significant there has been in San Francisco an unusually heavy registration, with an amazing registra tion of Republicans. Registration closed last week, with a total of 184,819 men and women entitled to go to the polls in November. Of this number there are 105,467 who are Republicans with 88, 161 Democrats. Interest Big In Dry Issue. The heavy registration is partially due to the interest taken in the wet and dry campaign, which, happily enough, is not linked with the Presi dential fight, and otherwise comes from the formation of a committee of citizens that called out the dormant population. It is significant, at least so say the Judges of form, that in the regular Republican district, the highbrow local ities, if you please, the registration has been unusually heavy with no corre sponding increase where the labor sec tions are to be found. This may make a difference and tend to cut down the expected support for President Wilson. In the southern tier of counties, in cluding of course Los Angeles, snap tallies, straw ballots and the like have indicated that Hughes will carry that section of the state by a comfortable majority. The women's vote throughout Cali fornia, which is something to be reck oned with these days, is quite likely to be broken up, and no prophet has as yet appeared willing to hazard his rep utation by telling just how it will go. I Despite the fact that the wet and dry campaign is not one that can be considered as one of the larger issues politically, nevertheless it must be re garded as of paramount interest to the citizens- of this state. Two years ago Were was a drastic measure up for the votes, which would have meant the total abolition of the liquor interests; not alone the saloons, but of the allied interests; the vine yards and the like. It was beaten, al though the Prohibitionists polled a stronger vote than was thought woiHd hn the case. This year there are two measures on the ballot. Number 1 would rule liquor com pletely out of California and would not permit of the manufacture of wine, beer or anything else of an alcoholic nature. Number 2 will still permit the manu facture of all sorts of liquor but would do away with the sale of the same. In short not alone would the saloon be abolished, but it would not be per mitted to sell liquor in restaurants, cafes, clubs or elsewhere. It would be against the law to give it away as well as to. sell the same. Number 1 it Is universally agreed has little chance of securing the vote of the people. It is within the possibil ities, however, that No. 2 will be far better supported. San Francisco and the bayslde dis- GREAT DEMONSTRATION AND SALE ci - MONDAY In our windows you'll see just how this great " Monarch " Malleable Steel Range is built. DON'T vIKe'Stay SMlsf&ctorR&rxge MISS IT' Nothing we can say for MONARCH Ranges would be half as convincing to you as to actually see how they are put together. Being riv eted permanently air-tight is the reason for their unu sually "low fuel consump tion" and "stay satisfac tory" year after year, the same as new. The relation between a range's construction and the way the range works in your kitchen is a thing not generally -understood. It is to make this important point clear .that we have gone to an enormous expense to bring this demonstration to you this week. It is TIGHTNESS that is the all-important point. It is easy to make a range tight with stove putty, but that land of tightness does not last. To' be permanent every joint MUST be riveted. Grey or cast iron is too brittle to stand the hammering. Therefore MALLE ABLE IRON is the only solution. Even that alone is not an insurance, but a Malleable Range with the name "MONARCH" on it is an absolute guarantee. $ 1 OO ill Gold J An ne. Who Can Find Move Putty in the Seams of the building of You will see "A rv, v, r jiuimi udiigca xii vur win dow every day this week. No housekeeper or family man in Portland can afford to miss this remarkable demonstration. It is the riveted construction that we shall show you this week in our window; that's why "Monarch" Ranges are first, both in number and estimation of Portland peo ple and the whole country as well. "Monarch Ranges" (I ? clS n Wh y-y; ..yy J:A III M I Sis! y III so hi nMr Tour old stove or range taken 'PJ as part pay when buying: a ' new one. FREE! Watch closely this week and see with your own eyes exactly how Monarch Ranges are made tight without stove putty. Come in and examine the ranges on display. Pieces ALUMINUM WITH THE FIRST 25 MONARCHS SOLD This'8-piece Aluminum Set, as pictured, will be given free with the first 25 Monarch Ranges unoose any irom our stock or those to be built in the window. This Aluminum Set is comprised of the most needed pieces for the kitchen and to buy them the price is $8.00. Get your Monarch during Demonstration Week and this Alumi num Set is FREE. FREE TO BOYS AND GIRLS A MONARCH Miniature Range Bank stands 5 inches high and is made of cardboard. Fill in the coupon below and bring it to the store Saturday, October 21st, and get a bank free. -x Name of parent Address Name of kitchen stove now in use How many years old is it?. . . ; Out -of -Town Folks We regret very much that that it will be impossible for many of you to come and see this demonstra tion ; but we take pride in saying that every claim made about the Monarch Range is true and is backed by us. We will gladly send you detailed information about Mon arch Ranges. Drop us a card today. This 8-piece Aluminum Set offer is extended you, too, during Demonstration Week. $5.00 fy nf Monarch Gas Attach ments to Fit Any Monarch A GOOD place: to trade finH0 OAK 5TfiEiS Range .i.t. vntA atronElv astainat botb rt these amendment, but tn the South-U em part of the state, where there ro o many "dry" communities. It is the belief that No. 3 will receive a Jars "yea" vote. WOMAN ANDJ3ABY FELLED Bicycle Rider Knocks Down Mra. It. Phelps on Street. ilra. Ij. Phelpa, of 68S9 Forty-fourth avenue SoutheatU narrowly escaped se rious lujury yesterday afternoon when ehe was knocked down by a blcyele rider at Third and Alder streets. .She vas carrylnB a baby boy in her arms and ti- collision threw mother and child almcst under the wheels of a passing automobile. Mrs. Phelps was treated at the emergency hospital. Her injuries were superficial. Edwin Paullln. a messenger, was taken to the police station, where be admitted responsibility for the, accldsnt. but declared that he rode away because he thought that Mrs. Pbelps was un harmed. . I hundred. X scarcity of men to dig;. The growers are realising from 190 to $130 an acre which is considered to be good returns. Ideal weather con ditions are prevailing for the harvest ing of the potato crop. SCHOOL HAS TWO PUPILS Teacher Draws $70 Monthly From District Near Aberdeen. ABERDEEN'. Wash.. Oct. 14 (Spe cial.) In the Satsop Valley district of this county there la a school with only two pupils and the school is conducted in an upstairs room of the children's home. The teacher draws 170 a month from the county. A few miles away there is a neat schoolhouse, but this is Id another school district. If transporta tion could be furnished, these children and districts' consolidated, the adjoin ing school could have more funds upon which to operate and the two children could CO to school in - a modern build ing. ASSETS $10,600,000.00 Denver. Colorado, July 23, 1916. TWENTY-PAYMEJiT LIFE POLICY The Bankers Life Insurance Co., Lincoln, Nebraska. Gentlemen: A few days ag-o I re ceived from you drafts covering the amount of my policies, taken out with your company twenty years ago. I feel it becomes me as a matter of courtesy to thank you for the gentle manly manner in which you have treated me during these years and the promptness in making final settlement. I shall surely say a good word for Amount of policy $1000.00 the "Bankers Life" whenever oppor- Total premiums paid Company 1684.00 tunity presents itself. SETTLEMENT Yours very respectfully. Signed, R. A. Hinkley, Total cash paid Mr. Hinkley $1043.75 443 1900 16th street. And 20 years' insurance for nothing. It's easy to write Cankers Life Policies. They mature to the satisfaction of every policy-holder. Why not try it? i Matured in the Old Line Bankers . Life Insurance Company of Lincoln, Nebraska. Name of insured. .Robert A. Hinkley Residence Denver, Calorado