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Vol. III.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908.
No. 65.
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BRYAN'S RECORD FAILURE ON
PUBLIC QUESTIONS SAKS TAFT
Republican Candidate Raps
Democrat In Speech In
Chicago.
NO UNCERTAIN
LANGUAGE USED
Declares Nebraskan Has Been
Advocating Foolish Prop
ositions. (By Associated Press.)
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 24.
What William H. Taft really thinks
of William J. Bryan as a statesman
and politician was told Tuesday in no
uncertain language by the Repub
lican candidate to the National Lea
gue of Republican Clubs. The Bryan
feature of Mr. Taft's speech came as
the conclusion of a 10, 000-word ad-,
dress in which the accomplishments
and purposes of the Republican party
were contrasted with what the speak
er termed the Democratic record of
opposition and promise.
"Turning now to the other pic
ture," said Mr. Taft, after his re-1
view of the Issues, "what Is it that
we have to expect from Mr. Bryan? I
Have we anything to expect but what t
he promises? Have we anything to '
expect but what is based upon his
eloquence and his adroitness as a I
public, critic? Has he ever given I
any practical demonstration of his I
ability to meet problems and solve
them? Has he over done anything
but formulate propositions in his
closet of an utterly impracticable
character, largely with a view of at
tracting votes by their plausibility
and very little with a view to their
operation? 'By their fruits we shall
know them. What is the history of
Mr. Bryan? It is from beginning to
end a record of failures on public
questions."
Mr. Taft reviewed Mr. Bryan's ca
reer as a public man and continued:
"In 1900, Mr. Bryan went around
the world and on his return, whs
heralded with the statement that In
his visit around the world he had so
gained information and knowledge
that he had become safe and sane;
that ho was a conservative and all tho
Democratic party awaited his coming
with great interest. Immediately
upon his arrival he dispelled this er
roneous impression by declaring that
he was convinced that the only solu
tion of tho railroad question ultl-'
mntely would be government owner-.
ship. Ho had previously declared in
favor of national initiative and refe-!
rondum and also in favor of the elec- j
tion of federal judges. All these
most radical propositions have
been excluded from the Democratic
platform. They do not meet such
popular approval as to justify their
being brought forward as a means of
acquiring ofllce In this campaign, but
they show the instability and varia
bility of- his views and they justify
the fear that so many people of this
country have in respect to the dan
ger to which tho public weal would
be exposed should he be put at the
helm as the pilot.
"And now, with the record of
promises and prophesies unfulfilled
for a period of 12 years, with this
record of a hunt for an issue upon
which to achieve tho presidency,
with this record of repudiation, of
negation and of running away' from
national responsibilities. Mr. Bryan
comes forward and asks that the peo
ple now give him an opportunity to
put into operation new reforms in
respect to trusts and in respect to
guaranty of bank deposits, wholly
untried, wholly theoretical and on
their face bearing evidence of their
impracticability and of having been
devised by the ready brain of one
looking for plausible arguments
rather than real reforms. He only,
in n qualified way, approved the
postal savings banks recommended
by the Republican platform which 13
a tried and proved means of encour- j
aging the wage-earner and small j
farmer to mako deposits in a bank ,
absolutely secure; but much prefers
a system which takes a man's money
to pay another man's default and
which, Instead of strengthening our
WEALTHY MEN
WILL GATRER
Vrrange Conference Between
Local Capitalists and Har-
riman Man.
One of the features of the visit of
Col. Holablrd, E. II. Harriman's spe
cial representative, who is investig
ating the business and resources of
the Coos Bay country to determine
whether or not a line from Drain
here would pay, will bo a conference
between he and a group of the
wealthiest men of this section. The
conference has not been fully ar
ranged, but it is proposed to have
he and General Manager C. J. Mlllls
meet with Elijah Smith, C. A. Smith,
J. E. Oren, Captain A. M. Simpson,
L. J. Simpson, Henry Sengstacken,
Col. Grimes, Dr. J. T. McCormac and
the situation be gone thoroughly
over.
It is likely that the conference will
not only result in these parties giv
ing exact data as to the business they
are doing but also in forecasting as
to what they might do if given the
additional shipping facilities that a
railroad would bring.
Today, Col. Holablrd, Mr. Mlllls and
a number of prominent North Bend
men are making a trip up North In
let to look over the cranberry
ranches. They will also spend con
siderable time In North Bend, looking
over the city.
banking system, will break It down
by destroying tho value of tho bank
ing character and experience and
capital, and offering inducement to
reckless and speculative bankers
without character or capacity.
"The record of Mr. Bryan and his
character as it Is understood by a
twelve years acquaintance with him,
have impressed the business commu
nity of this country and those whose
judgment determines whether or not
capital shall be invested, that he Is
not a safe man with whom to try ex
periments in government; that he
loves financial theories that are full
of sophistry and are Impractical;
that he advances propositions with
but little sense of respect as to how
they may be carried out In practice,
and that he gives but little attention
to the welfare of the conservative
business community in suggestions
of reform. Certainly his record Jus
tified this judgment of him by tho
business men. If he were to be elect
ed, unquestionably because of his
record, however much now he may
seek to pose as a conservative be
cause of his record, because of tho
failure of the theories which ho has
proposed for tho last twelve years;
his election will mean a paralysis of
business and we should have a recur
rence of the disastrous conditions of
the last Democratic administration."
HAP AT FORAKER.
Taft Didn't Want to Ro Endorsed
With nim.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 24. The
identity of the man to whom was ad
dressed W. H. Taft's letter protesting
against the endorsement of Taft and
Foraker in tho same resolution by
the Ohio Republican convention
given out by President Roosevelt tho
other evening, was announced by
Taft himself last night. "Arthur I.
Vorys Is the man. I wrote that let
ter to him," said Taft.
TRY CORTIIELL'S LUNCHES.
Our coffee and doughnuts can't bo
beat. Johnson Building, Second and
'C streets.
STEAMER BREAKWATER sad
from Marshfleld for Portland, Satur
day, September 2 C, at 10 a. m.
PIANO STUDIO of Louis II. Boll,
First Trust and Savings Bank build
ing. Winter terra now open.
EGG PLUMS FOR CANNING AT
CHAS. STAUFF'S, THE GROCER.
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LOOKS UP THE
Presidential Candidate Person
ally Probes Allegations
Against Gov. Haskell Who
May Have to Resign Treas
urership. (By Associated Press.)
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 24. No action
will be taken today by tho Demo
cratic committee in reference to the
charges made against Gov. Haskell
pending the investigation now being
made by W. J. Bryan. Meanwhile,
the committeemen are expressing
the hope that Haskell will resign the
treasurershlp unless he can clear
himself of the alleged charges.
ROOSEVELT HAS REPLIED.
Bryan Won't Talk About the Presi
dent's Response.
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 24.
FOREST FIRE
Lumber Interests In Humboldt
County Sustain Heavy
Losses.
(By Associated Press.)
EUREKA, Cal., Sept. 24. Forest
fires are doing Immense damage to
tho timber In Humboldt county, sev
eral lumber plants have been destroy
ed and the town of Luffenholtz was
wiped out.
The loss will run into the hundreds
of thousands, probably.
Number of New Cases In
Manila Thirty Daily But Is
Diminishing.
(By Associated Press.)
MANILA, P. I., Sept. 24. Cholera
is of less alarming proportions. Tho
daily average number of new cases
is thirty. The number of deaths is
still large. Since tho public gather
ings were stopped there, tho disease
has not spread as rapidly as previous
ly. Labor Leader Makes Serious
Charges Against Head of
Manufacturers.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. U Sept. 24.
Samuel Gompers, president of tho
American Federation of Labor in
tho contempt hearing today testified
that he and other labor leaders are
continually followed by detectives
employed by President Van Cleave
of the Manufacturers Association,
and that an emissary of Van Cleavo
offered him a bribe at a meeting in
New York to desert the cause of
labor and put tho Manufacturers As
sociation In possession of its secrets.
DISPATCH DRIVEN AGROUND.
BANDON, Ore., Sept. 24. The
stearner Dispatch, the largest on tho
Coqulllo river, was caught by tho
high wind near here and driven,
ashore near hero. Bqforo shq could
be pulled off, tho tldp went out,
leaving her high and dry on tho
sands, Tho passengers were remov
ed to the Venus and brought to Ban-don.
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CHOLERA DEATH CDFFI HAILS
RATE LARGE AREHITACAI1
GOMPERS HIT ARR
VAN CLEAVE
CHARGES
President Roosevelt has replied In
no uncertain terms, it is belloved, to
W. J. Bryan's letter regarding the
charges against Gov. Haskell. Bryan
refuses tb discuss it or give out any
statement until ho has had time to
think it over.
MAKES WEAK REPLY.
Gov. Haskell Merely Upbraids W. R.
Hearst.
(By Associated Press.)
GUTHRIE, Okla., Sept. 24. Gov.
Charles N. Haskell, treasurer of the
Democratic national committee, to
day issued, through the Associated
Press an open letter to W. R. Hearst
taking the New York editor to task
for his attitude In the political cam
paign. Haskell made no reference
to Hearst's statement or to the con
troversy over Hearst's charges that
Haskell had sought to influence At
torney General Monett of Ohio, to
dismiss certain suits against Stand
ard Oil.
California Town Suffer $100,-
000 Loss In Conflagration
Today.
(By Associatea iresa.)
REDDING, Cal., Sept. 24. A mid
night fire destroyed $100,000 worth
of property In this city. Two hotels, I
three saloons, three warehouses. ,
somo general merchandise stores and
a score of houses in the restricted
districts were among the structures
burned. The cause is not known.
Washington Supreme Court
Upholds Ban On Papers and
Cigarettes There.
(By Associated Press.)
TACOMA, Wash., Septy 24. A
special to the News from Olympia
says tho Washington Supreme court
has in the Winsor case from Spokane
upheld the state law prohibiting the
sale of cigarettes and cigarette pa
pers. EST TWO
John Rice and Harold Green
Accused of Crime In British
Columbia.
(By Associated Press.)
NICOLAI, B. C, Sept. 24,-rr-Jobn
Rice and Harold Greon wero arrested
here on tho charge of murdering a
hotel-keeper named Thomet, at Mid
way, B. C.
New Smokestacks Coming.
Capt. Starkey of tho dredge Ore
gon, today received a letter from
Major Mclndoo, the engineer in
charge of tho government office at
Portland, stating that new smoke
stacks for tho dredge had been so
cured and will bo shipped on tho Al
liance which will be In hero next
Monday morning. This will bo be
fore tho harge ivlth tho pipe can
reach Coos Bay. This will mean
that thero will bo noJoss,o,flrl,,MtJrp1g
sustained on account of the accident
to tho dredgo Monday morning out
side tho bar.
Corn chop and alfalfa hay
HAINES.
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REDDING HARD
HIT BY FIRE
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LEAVES
Tacoma Millionaire Pleased
With Improvements and Dis
cusses Things In General
"Why in blazes don't you cut that
hump out of the street up yonder
so you can look down tho Bay and
seo tho vessels coming up and also
bring Marshfleld and North Bend
business sections m plain view of
each other?"
This was tho question that Henry
Hewitt, Jr., tho Tacoma millionaire
who owns tho major portion of the
Coos Bay Gas and Electric Company,
put to a group of men at tho corner
of Broadway and 'C streets this
'morning as ho was looking ovfir the
town. The hump he referred to was
the small hill on North Broadway
which was recently planked.
Continuing, he said, "Marshfleld
has done itself proud by tho paving
and street improvement work lately
completed and now In progress. Keep
it up. Nothing helps a town so much
as good streets and good paving. If
a few hold back and don't want to
improve, force them to. We had to
oo it in Tacoma and I think every
other town that has ever amounted
to anything has had to do the same
thing."
Plans For Improvements,
Relative to his own plans for im
provements here, Mr. Hewitt said ho
had little to announce "Why wo
are giving you street lights at $3 less
than any other city is paying for
them and still you are kicking. When
we 'get the new plant done, wo will
TYPHOON
HEWITT LIS
STREET WORK
have tho best plants of any cfty of required to comply with tho regula
tho size in this section. The gas tlons fixed by the Pacific Board oC
rates are high, I know, but tho con- Fire Underwriters. These regula
sumption Is small. Furnish mo do- ( tlons require a metnjlic case and
mnnd for four times as much gas and . other (Safeguards. The North Bond"
I'll cut tho rates In half. crdlnanco makes It a misdemeanor
"I don't know whethpr I want to for anyone operating the machines:
build an electric lino hero or not. without first complying with theso
Tho people don't seem to want It now provisions. Tho ordinanco was:
and another thing is that tho flnan- drafted for tho purpose of reducing:
cial situation has been such thnt It the fire hazard and tho dangor of
has been practically out of tho ques
tion to market bonds.
"I don't bolievo in all this kicking
against trusts and corporations. They
are a good thing,
If the trusts don't
make money, no ono else will. Tho j
only trusts I find fault with aro tho !
ones I am not In. All theso big com
panies like tho C. A. Smith Compnny,
tho Simpson Lumber Company and
others that aro doing things for Coos
Bay are trusts. J Hko to bo whoro
they are lots of them because if I
am not able to get my sharo out of
tho dinner pails, I havo no ono to
blame but mysojf.
Not MnkliiK Money.
"Public utilities don't pay In small
towns. For instnnco, what I have in
vested hero won't begin to show re
turns for ten years or so and won't
bo anything big until this gets to bo
a town of 100,000 or 150,000 people
If I had tho money I p,ut In hero, I
coujd havo doubled it during, tho "fl
nnnclnl troubles latoly. (
"Take electric lines for another ex
ample'. Practically overy oloctrlc
lino loses money on thpi start and
the follows who build them lose all
they hayoj Come other follow comes
along and buys tho property up at
a sheriff or receiver's salo and gets
rich out of It.
"Coos Bay will boom when Ilnrrl
man builds In hero, but I don't bo
lievo ho will come for three or four
years anyway. Ho has a lot of other
projects on his hands and believes
they are moro Important (o him than
Coos Bay. Of course, ho has a man
hero now, but that may holp him
get all of tho business there Is in
and out of hero at prospnt."
Mr', S1." JPifl.ttOt.- Ssymur.
j j. won, his genorai manager, was
largoly responsible for tho heavy
Investments ho has mado hero. Ho
said Bell kept urging him to do
things and ho kept digging up tho
money,
TRAIL OF
AD ISLANDS
Number of Victims In Philip-
pines May Run Into
Hundreds.
MEAGER DETAILS
ARE OBTAINABLE
Storm of Extraordinary Vio
lence Swept Large
Area.
(By Associated Press.)
MANILA,, P. I., Sept. 24. A ty
phoon of terrific velocity swept
through the central portion of the
Philippines, and sweeping over part
of tho Island of Samar. It is evident
that thero was great damago but tho
wires In most directions aro comple
tely prostrated.
A telegram from Masbate say
every building there was razed wltfo
the exception of the postofllce.
Great damago was done at Roblon,
It is believed there was a heavy
loss of life, which will run into the
scores and perhaps hundreds'. So far
as known, all the dead are natives-
WILL RED
North Bend City Council!
Throws Safeguards Around
Moving-Pictures Shows.
The North Bend City council has:
passed an ordinance regulating tho?
Installation of niovlng-plcturo ma
chines in that city, the owners being:
theatre disasters that aro frequentljr
cauced by moving-picture machines
exploding or catching afire.
Tho council did not net on tho
.charter election result Tuesday night
owing to the absenco of Mayor L. J.
Simpson. It Is necessary for Mayor
Simpson to Issuo a proclamation de
claring tho result of tho olectlon as
certified to him before tho now char
ter can become effective.
Tho liquor license of tho Into Er
nest Wittick for the old Eaglo Saloon?
was transferred to tho Coos Bay
Liquor Company.
The grading of Marion nvonuo
across Pony Slough was ordered com
pleted. Tho Improvement was start
ed sometime ago, but was not com
pleted for tho lack of funds and dirt
to fill tho street.
Sovoral oUior street Improvement
mntters werp taken up.
Convention Tomorrow. Tho an
nual session of tho Coos county Sun
day School Association will open to
morrow afternoon in tho Baptist
church. The convention will conti
nue through Saturday and Sunday,,
closing Sunday evening. Promiuont
churchmen of this section will par
ticipate, in tho program and Chas
A. Phipps of Portland, a loading
worker In tho state, will also
present.
NOTICE TO TAX-PAVERS.
Ploaso take notlco that tho second
Installment of tnxos will bo dfrUilt,
nuont October 5tt. 1008. No ea
win lio unnt out nxfient unon n&nffca.
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