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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIM ESS, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1 908.
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P AAP n i y npt TlI C C ' dldato for the office of president and
UUO DAI lll?llLOa portlon for the Republican nomi-
An Independent Republican news
paper published every evening except
Sunday, and Weekly by
The Coos Bay Times Publishing Co.
nee, nor 'yet for the candidate for
president of one party and the candi
date for vice-preBldent of another.
Thus Oregon has 4 electoral votes
Entered at the postoffl:e at Marsh- ,n tho conege on0 for each senator
flcld, Oregon, for tr nsmission ,.,.,
through the mails as second class and member of congress. Tho total
mail matter. number of electors Is 483, seven
i. O. MALONEY. . .Kditbr nnd Pub. more than in 1904, through the ad-
JDAN E. MATiONEY. . . .News Editor mlsglon of Oklahoma as a state. As
a rule, tho vote for electors is not
split up, but it sometimes happens
where tho result is close that all
those on one ticket are not success'
SUBSC1UPTION RATES.
In Advance.
DAILY.
5.00
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One year
i3Ix months
.ess than 6 months per month.
WiaCKLY.
One Year J1-50
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There is another fact which is gen
erally understood but which always
strikes one oddly It Is that the pop-
ular vote for president does not al
ine policy ot the Coos Hay Ti iub ways control. In 1888, Cleveland
will be Republican in politics, with
the independence of which FreslJeut
Icosevelt Is the leading exponent
Address All Communications to
VOOS DAY DAILY TIMES
jUarslifleld .... - Oregon
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LOWKK IXSUltAXCE NEEDED.
If a local body of men should form
a pool and demand from tho people
of Astoria tribute to the amount of
about $275 a day, ten dollars of
-which was returned each day, the
people would rise In indignation and
term It' robbery! Yet this is about
what the insurance companies get
Irom the city; as it is estimated that
one hundred thousand dollars go an
nually for Insurance premiums and
not over live per cent comes back!
It is certainly n harsh and vindic
tive method of robbery; but it seems
Tto bo a case where insurance mani
pulators have the throat-clutch on
the people. To do business right a
merchant must have his stock insur
ed to fully the amount he owes in
order that a possible loss may be all
his, not his creditors': and this is a
.accessary business precaution. De
s&les this he will, if he can afford It,
"chcjt an insurance for his own bene
Jlt. The interest on the one hundred
thousand dollars paid by this vici
mity to the various grafting and rapa-
clous Insurance organizations would
about pay all the losses which these
companies -are forced to meet here.
.In Other words, these companies
could take this vast sum, loan it out
.at sevent per cent, and the income
would pay all the fire losses Astoria
3ias1
Yet we go on year after year pay
ing In thi3 big sum and never revolt
'in. language that is loud. We grum
"sblc at the injustice of the demands,
tout instead of seeking some means
'vto palliate the evil or wipe out the
disease, we simply sit in Idleness
.-along that line, and commence to
tgather more money to throw into the
vnww of the beast which threatens
our purses "because we have never re
fused to "let down" when the de--tnand
comes.
But the revolt Is bound to come.
A way cau be found to secure pro
jection at less than prohibitive flg
. urcs nnd the matter is being agitat
' -eft. When plans shall have been per
fected, when facts and figures are
s shown proving that insurance can bo
written In a city where fire losses
never occur at a decent rate, then the
present existing companies will bo
ready to fall over themselves to ro
cluce rates to a decent figure to a
jrrlco Justifiable to tho risk incurred.
But our people must take some
emphatic stops If they desiro to hur
ry this grand finale. It Is not enough
to talk about it and say what "should
lio done": prompt cooperation should
dcclaro what "Is going to bo done."
"Tho only way to resume is to ro
srimo," nnd that sentiment should
m&lro every business man and pri
wate cltlzon in the community to bo
mp .and doing. Careful busines policy
demands that this city shall have a
conservative listing for Insurance
.and holdup Insurance companies
-srtiaifld get wlso and get busy. Asto
vrla (Leader.
had 98,017 plurality over Harrison
on the popular vote of all the states,
but Harrison received 233 electoral
votes, while Cleveland had but 16S,
and all in strict accordance with our
system of electing a president.
It is indeed not strange that this
should happen under the electoral
plan, states whose vote varies great
ly having the same representation in
the electoral college. Kansas cast
304,607 votes for president in 1900;
1 Mississippi the same year cast but
57,459 otes for president, yet each
has eight representatives in congress
and ten presidential electors, and
thus every Mississippi vote counted
six times as much in the choice of a
president as a vote In Kansas.
The largest majority on the popu
lar vote ever given any candidate for
president was that of Roosevelt four
years ago, when he received two and
a half million more than all the other
candidates. The total vote was 13,
528,978, but this was not the largest
vote ever cast for president, that of
1900 exceeding It by more than 400,
000 and being 18.9G7.566.
From time to time there Is agita
tion for election of president and
vice-president by direct vote, but the
agitation has not seemed to make
any great amount of headway. The
only serious difficulty growing out
of the electoral college sjsteni was In
1S7G, when fraud was charged In
several states and congress created
the electoral commlslon of fifteen
which seated Hayes over Tilden by a
vote of 8 to 7. Exchange.
LIBRARY FOR BAXDOX.
KLECTIXG A PRKSIDEXT.
There are a numbor of things
-about electing a president nnd vice
president of the United States not
uclenrly understood by all. Evory
"Btody Is awaro thnt the elector, ac
cording to our system, does not vote
caiwoetly for the candidate but for the
t presidential electors, who meet nt a
t given time nt the slato capltol and
--cast their votes by states, according
rto the party they represent. Nor can
otho vote of tho stnto bo divided, but
enlist be a unit, for tho mnjorlty of
. the electors will prevail In this, ns In
other elections. It often happens
thnt one or tho other of tho parties
In tho contest will succeed In tho
election of a minority of tho electors,
but their votes aro In effect lost for
i. Uio party In power will control tho
vsntlro volco of tho stato. In other
-words, tho voto cannot be cut and
Bandon needs a public library. We
have as intelligent a citizenship as
can be found anywhere, and what we
need is better facilities for develop
ing the intellect. Our system'of pub
lic schools Is excellent and the build
ing of a new school house Is an excel
lent testimony to the progress of the
people along educational lines, but
we need other means as well, and
nothing can be better than a good
public library. A small start and a
small tax to maintain and add to It
would be all that would be necessary
at present. Why not talk It up and
submit the proposition to the people.
Everyone will fall into line. Bandon
Recorder.
THE CALL OF OREGOX.
Ye dwellers of the interior, living
amongst sin and crime, hear the mes
sage of Curry county, where the
county jail door swings wide open
from one year's end to the other,
without ever an Inhabitant other
than a toad or stray sheep; where a
session of court occupies from one to
two days; where the ocean breeze
makes your blood flow like a mill
stream; where tho streams are full
of fish and tho woods populated with
game of every description. Sounds
enticing, does It not? Come over nnd
verify It. Wedderburn Radium.
BANDON SUMMER RESORT.
rest upon. A properly constructed
pillow should rest tho head, neck and
shoulders. Tho ono most In vosuo
a. portion cast for a democratic can icsts only tho head.
"The Whito City" at Bandon is be
coming more popular every year dur
ing the heated season. This year
It Is believed that there nre more
camping on tho beach than there has
been for a number of years. Bandon
should In a few years bo ono of tho
summer places in Oregon, nnd with
tho building of a railroad whoreby
people from tho lntorlor of tho stato
will bo able to come to tho seasldo
at a small expense. Coquillo Sentinel.
HOW TO PLACE YOUR PILLOW
You have probably been accus
tomed to sloop since your childhood
on a pair of pillows lying broadwlso
to your head. Somotlmes you cannot
sleep, however. Just try lying on
them placed longwlso, so that tho
lower ends will touch your nrmplts.
You will find the amount of repose
you got Is doublo what you derive
from thorn when plnced In tho or
dinary fashion, which really leavP3
nothing for tho baso of tho neck to 1
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All that mankind
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THE FOREST FIRE.
A lighted match and a careless man
And a noble forest's grave!
And wild winds every flame to fan
Is there no power to save?
Mark how the affrighted, deep-wood
things,
Shrink back as the monarchs fall!
And the doe's shrill voice with dis
traction rings
As she bellows her warning call.
Great pines that have stood for a
hundred years,
Go thundering down to doom,
And the wood things, stunned by a
thousand fears,
Stand crazed in the crash and
boom.
The red glare grows and the terrors
spread
As only such terrors can
And the blame should fall on a single
head
The head of the careless man.
WALTER JUAN DAVIS.
rrHEN a" lovers
of passion,
SHADOWS.
words
spent In vain.
Have fultcied .on thy lips bent low to
klsi.
And on the window sobs the fitful rain;
VA7HEN jn strange shadows of the last
' ubysa
Desires and dreams put off their bravery
And other worlds are dimmed for love of
this;
WHEN, having done with joy and hope
and thee
And facoT bright with gentle friendliness.
I veil tin e that profound, uncharted sea
swelling near and
T7HOSE murmurs,
comfortless.
Echo and drift round these frail summer
flowers.
Whose ships are tossed In an eternal
stress,
WHAT will avail the shining hills and
towers
Of some vague land across that sullen
main
If through the splendor of Its loveless
hours
I long for earth's dear vanities ugalnj
The Cards Are Out.
"Ysobel, do you think you could
learn to lovo me?"
"Learn to love you? Oh, Regi
nald, I could give lessons in loving
you."
A New York woman who had a
telephone in her apartment called
up the telephone company and asked
that the service be discontinued.
The man who took her message tried
to be exceedingly polite.
"We are sorry to lose you," he
said. "Are you dissatisfied with
anything?"
"I am," said the woman, empha
tically. "I am very sorry," said the man.
"Perhaps we can help you. What Is
it you do not like?"
"Single blessedness," said the wo
man. "I am going to be married to
morrow." "Ah," said the polite clerk, "you
are past our aid. Goodby."
MY DOG.
MY dog loves me, and I sometimes
think
I am not so bad, though the
world may wink.
For a dog sometimes can seem
so wise
When he looks at you with his honest
eyes.
So frank, so true and so free from guile,
That you trust your friend of the merry
smile.
My dog loves me, and I always feel
That his is a love that Is Arm and real)
My dog Is a big, black, shaggy beast.
With an appetite for his dally feast.
He does moot everything but talk
When we take our way for tho country
walk.
Ho licks my hand and he wags his tall
As we climb the hill and we skim the dale,
And when I rest by the road and dream
Ha watches there with his ees nglcam!
I love my dog, for he seems to me
From all that Is false In life so free.
You know, so often the friends we hold
As our firmest friends with a chain of
gold
That links them to nt, rain or shine.
Sometimes forget. But this dog of mine,
In fair or foul or the good or HI,
Is my faithful, fine old follower still!
Baltimore Sun.
him by the fin nnd squeezes It and
when he lies down for a nap she
wakes him up by kissing him on the
front tooth. He gave her a good call
ing down and then she worked in the
hired man as a proxy and now the
knockar roars about that. That fel
low ought to go over to Turkey and
get a job as a eunuch, says an exchange.
' "Bill!"
"Bill" Taft and "Bill" Bryan. We
call each "Bill," and Where's
the hurt
"Bill" has a sturdy, whole-souled
ring, and we who use it aro not
pert.
We've had our "William" presidents;
revered them then, revere them
still,
But now it looks as if we'll have next
term a president named "Bill."
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Miss BunkerhlH Have you read
Scott's novels.
Miss Laker All but his Emulsion.
I have seen it advertised a great
many times in Chicago, but I have
never been able to get a copy.
Happy Fields.
Hapny fields of clover
With the sunshine bright;
Trouble will be over,
Laughln' In the light.
-'S
Flying Along.
Gee vhU!
Is
It true
That half of the year
Is so near
Through 1
Old Time
Must have purchased
A brand new auto.
Judging from the way
lie scoots along
Hut yesterday
"Wi- were wondering what
The year held for us
Business advancement.
Leap year proposals
Or what?
Now It Is almost
Tomorrow.
And. alas
How few of the good things
Hnvp drifted aloni?,
Tapped us on the shoulder
And said pl-asantly.
"Tag: you re It?"
It looks far ahead
When New Year's rings the bell
And says: "Arise. Bill.
Tho year Is before you.
Hitch up your good resolutions
And say. Olddapl' "
When trie halfway house
la reached
It doesn't look so far.
We can almost reach
To the other end
And pick presents
From the Christmas tree.
"How time flle3'"
Remarked nn original guy
Once upon a time.
Several hundred thousand persons
Have said It since.
And to nil the bill
It couldn't be Improved on.
Time Is Money Not.
Time is money so they say.
Did you eer try It?
If It Is, then ladles, pray,
Why do you deny It?
Time, you say you do not know;
Years you are abjuring.
Still you long for money, though;
To you It's alluring.
Time Is money? Oh, Indeed!
We are unbelieving.
If It were for wrinkles we'd
Dollars be receiving.
The Morning After.
"no is the worbt borrower."
"That so?"
"Yea. He came in to borrow my
brains the other day. I got even,
though.
"How?"
"Lent him an idiot's."
the
Hardly.
"Do I know the man aeros3
street? Sure. Thnt's Johnson"
"Friend of yours?"
"Well, you can judfD for youraolf
We traded howes oace,
COFFEE AND SANDWICHES
will bo served at the fair grounds
during fair week.
at
Tom It was a case of lovo
first sight with mo.
Jack Then why didn't you marry
her?
Tom I saw her again on several
occasions.
THE BREAKWATER sails for
Portland Saturday, August 22, at 8
a. m.
LAKESIDE INN
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Ten Mile Lake
Now open for guests. European plan.
Special accommodations for families.
Good table board. Special rates to
parties. Postofilco and tolephone ac
commodations. Everything new and
first clnss. Arrangements may bo
made in advance or call at house
when you arrive.
A Few Second Hand
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Commencing Monday
August 24 Lo 27
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August 28 and 29
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carry
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Wc have them from $1 to $100
Fnll Line of Kodak Supplies
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A guy in Dos Moines has npplled
for a divorce because his better half
is too demonstrative. Ho says when
ho wants to read the paper she conies
nround and tickles him under the
chin and wants to know if he loves
hor Just ns hard as ever. When ho
goes out to feed tho pig she gets
Oh, What Joy!
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think that I have at last been cured
of that awful bowel trouble," are
tho words of A. C. Butler of Cold
Springs, Texas, who suffered off and
on for twelve months with a disorder
of his bowels, and finally, after al
most giving up In despair, was cured
by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. No one need
suffer from colic or diarrhoea, for
this remedy always gives prompt re
lief. For sale by JOHN PREUSS.
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