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A igust 29, 1904, at the Postof
fice at Madras, Oregon, under
the Act of Congress of March 3,
1379.
Thursday, June 27, 1912.
The Rep1 blican Convention.
The Republican National Con
vention has adjourned sine die,
an . eft a stench i n its wake
that will make American politics
obnoxious to Americans, and the
subject of ridicule on the part of
foreigners fo- many years to
come. There is an old saying
to the effect that when thieves
fall out, honest men get their
dues. We cannot believe that
the Chicago convention was com
posed of an organized body of
thieves, still if We believe the
published accounts of the con
duct and speeches of some of
the members of that covention,
Wj are forced to the opinion that
there must be a strong parallel
between some of the delegates
and the proverbial thieves. And
Mr. Roosevelt, in his first speech
after the adjournment of the con
vention, in accepting the tempo
nry leadership of a new political
party, demands that one of the
first principles of his new party
shall be" Thou shalt not steal, "
insinuating very strongly that
so ue conspicuous thieving had
been done in the convention pro
p;r, and in the preliminaries to
th i convention.
The story of the life of Pres
ident Taft, since he first entered
pjbiic sevrice in Hamilton Coun
ty, Ohio, in 1885, is familiar to
mist readers. After serving
s iccessive terms a county solic
itor, judge of the Superior Court
of Cincinnati, Solicitor-General
'of "the United States, U. S.
C'rcu'it Judge, he was appointed
president of the United States
Philippines Commission by Pres
' jdent "Mckinley. In less than a
year after Mr. Roosevelt had be
come President, he appointed
Mr. Taft the first Civil Governor
of the Philippines, later sending.
him a special envoy to visit the
f ope' in Rome in regard to the
friar lands in the Philippines .
After returning from his Eastern
service, he successively declined
an appointment as associate jus
tice of the U. S. Supreme Court,
was provisional Governor of Cuba
and for four years Secretary of
War, all at the solicitation and
appointment of President Roo.se
velt. He resigned his position
' as Secretary of War to become
a candidate for President, having
been nominated at the hands of
the Republican National Conven
tion. Mr. Roosevelt was the
dominant force-at that convent
ion, though not present in person,
and was responsible solely for
Mr. Taft's nomination. And
.now after supporting Mr. Taft for
a dozen years, the worm has turn
ed, and he who was the brightest
star in the American firmament,
according to Mr. Roosevelt, is
now, in the estimation of the
same infallible judge, the vilest
traitor to his people, in that he
' has secured his" own re-nomination,
contrary to the wishes and
ambition of his former sponsor.
And Mr. Taft is accused by vile
insinuations and inuendoes of
stealing the nomination of the
Republican party, against the
will of the sovereign people, he,
the accuser, claiming to be the
popular choice of these people.
We dont believe an honest, im
partial critic would uphold Mr.
Roosevelt in his contentions. In
' every rhiblic position Mr. Taft
has held, he has conducted him
self in such manner as to bring
hortor, and credit to his country
arid1 to ' himself. At no other
time in his public, career have
the services he has rendered, or
his personal conduct, been under
the least suspicion, neither by
Mr. Roosevelt, for if it had been
we believe he would have told
us, nor by the people.
Without going into details as
to the merits or demerits of the
present method of presidential
nominations, which has proven
to be cumbersome and unsatis
factory to say the least, we are
firmly of the opinion that
Mr. Taft has played the game
according to the rules, which
have received at least the partial
approval of his predecessor in
oHice. Mr. Roosevelt had a well
manipulated machine under his
control, which named Mr. Taft
as the party nominee four yeaVs
ago, against the wishes, we be
lieve, of a majority of the party,
and many of its leaders. Mr.
Taft having inherited this ma
chine from its organizer, Roose
velt, uses it to his own benefits
and advantages, and is boldly
accused of being a thief.
Such actions are unbecoming
in any man, doubly so in the
only living ex-President of the
United States. Mr. Roosevelt
should direct his vile vitupera
tions against the system, not
against Mr. Taft. We will agree
with him that the system is bad
ly at fault, antiquated, and might
offer opportunities for actions
that might be frowned upon in
any circle except American pol
itics. But practice and custom
make laws, and the laws have
been followed as closely at Chi
cago as at other National Con
ventions.
Shrewd political observers,
however, have been quoted as
saying that the recent convent
ion is the last of the kind that
will ever be held by the Republi
can party. There are fourteen
states which held presidential
primaries this year. By 1916 it
will probably be determined by
the direct vote of the people who
the nominees will be, and then
the next step of the progressive
party will be a constitutional a-
mendment abolishing the elect
oral college, which in two instan
ces has succeeded in electing
a president who did "not re
ceive the largest popular vote.
If the people can elect their Sen
ators by direct vote, there is no
reason why the election of a Pres
ident should be delegated to an
electoral college or any other
such limited body.
Hard Times Past.
With crop conditions that have
never, been equaled since settle
ments have been made in Central
Oregon, with railroad facilities
that will be vastly extended in
the next few years, with Louis
W. Hill in control of the Oregon
& Western Colonization Com
pany, the largest development
company in the West, and lastly
with the Borah-Jones three-year
homestead bill on the statute
books, there are certainly better
days coming for Central Oregon.
This section was never so at
tractive to investors and settlers
before Poor crops during the
past few years have discouraged
many who would have settled
here. The isolation has driven
others away. The hardships
necessary to living tn a claim for
five years have frightened other
prospective homesteaders to go
to the Valley and take a small
tract of land on which to make
their home.
All Jof these conditions are
changed now. Crops of all vari
eties promise rich returns this
fall, the Oregon Trunk and
Harriman roads have put Central
Oregon within ten hours of
Portland, and Mr. Hill has pro
mised that he will place his 800,
000 acres on the market at prices
that will be attractive to settlers,
and the Borah-Jones bill puts
homesteads within the reach of
any who would take them.
It looks at last as though the
day of Central Oregon prosperity
is coming soon, and none deserve
it more than those who came in:
to the country in the early days,
and whose efforts and hardships
and sacrifices have made. condi
tions what they are.
FULL TEXT OF NEW
HOMESTEAD BILL
Proof May bo Offored on Existing
Claims Undor the New Law.
Absence Allowed.
Following is the text of the
Borah-Jones three-year home
stead bill as it was signed by
President Taft on June 6. The
law takes the form, of an amend
ment to Sections 2291 and 2297
of the Revised Statutes. Under
the terms of the new law, a copy
will be sent to each homestead
entryman by the Secretary of
the Interior. The full text of
the new law follows:
"Be it enacted by the Senate
and Hosue of Representatives of
the United States of America in
Congress assembled, that sec
tion 2291 and section 2297 of the
Revised Statutes of the United
States be amended to read as
follows:
Section 2291. No certificate,
however, shall be given or patent
issued therefor until the expira
tion of three years from the date
of such entry; and if at the ex
piration of such lime, or at any
time within two years there
after, the persons making such
entry, or if he be dead his wid
ow, or in case of her death his
heirs or devisee, or in case of a
widow making such entry her
heirs or devisee, and in case of
her death, proved by himself
and by two creditable witnesses
that he, she or they have a habit
able house upon the land and
have actually resided upon and
cultivated the same for a term
of three years succeeding the
time of filing the affidavit, and
makes. affidavit that no part of
such land has been alienated, ex
cept as provided in section 2288,
and that he, she or they will
bear true allegiance to the
Government of the United
States, then in such case, he,
she or they, if at that time citi
zens of the United States, shall
be entitled to a patent, as in
other cases provided by law:
"Provided, that upon filing in
the local land office notice of the
beginning of such absence, the
entryman shall be entitled to a
continuous leave of absence from
the land for a period not exceed
ing five months in each year
after establishing residence, and
upon the termination of such
absence the entryman shall file
a notice of such termination in
the local land office, but in case
of commutation the 14 months'
actual residence as now required
by law must be shown, and the
person commuting must be at
the time a citizen of the United
States: Provided, that when
the person making the entry dies
before the offer of final proof,
those succeeding to the entry
must show that the enryman has
complied with the law in all re
spects, as would have been re
quired of the entryman had he
lived, excepting that they are re
lieved from any requirement of
residence upon the land:
"Provided further, that the
entryman shall, in order to com
ply with the requirements of
cultivation herein provided for,
cultivate not less than one-sixteenth
of the area of his entry,
beginning with the second year
of the entry, and not less than
one-eight beginning with the
third year of the entry.and until
final proof, except that in case
of entf ies under section six of
the enlarged-homestead law
double the area of cultivation
herein provided shall be re
quired, but the Secretary of the
Interior may. upon a satisfac
tory showing, under rules and
regulations prescribed by him,
reduce the required area of cultivation:
"Provided, that the above pro
vision as to cultivation shall not
apply to entries under the act
of April 28, 1904, commonly
known as the Kinkaid Act, or
entries under the act ot June
17, 1902, commonly known aa
.... iM
GREAT NORTHERN'S $75,000 STRUCTURE IN GLACIER NATION
PARK BUILT MAINLY OF LOGS
the Reclamation Act, and that
the provisions of this section re
lative to the homestead period
shall apply to all unperfected en
tries as well as entries here
after made upon which residence
is required: Provided, that the
Secretary of the Interior shall,
within 60 days after the passage
of this act, send a copy of the
same to each homestead entry
man of record who may be affect
ed thereby, by ordinary mail to
his last known address, and any
such entryman may, by giving
notice within 120 days after the
passage of this act, by registered
letter to the register and receiver
of the local land office, elect to
make proof upon his entry un
der the law under which the
same was made without regard
to the provisions of this act.
Section 2297. If, at any time
after the filing of the affidavit
as required in section 2290 and
before the expiration of the
three years mentioned in section
2291, it is proved, after due
notice to the settler, to the satis
faction of the register of the land
office that the person having
filed such affidavit has failed to
establish residence within six
months after date of entry, or
abandon the land for more than
six months at any time, then
and in that event the land so
entered shall revert to the
Government: Provided, that
the three years' period of resi
dence herein fixed shall date
from the time of establishing
actual permanent residence upon
the land: And provided further,
that where there may be clima
tic reasons, sickness or other un
avoidable cause, the Commis
sioner of the General Land Office
may, in his discretion, allow the
settler 12 months from the date
of filing in which to commence
his residence on said land under
such rules and regulations as he
may prescribe."
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