rAGE TWO ASHLAXl) TTDDTGS Thursday. Aagwwt t, 1 9 r. Ashland Tidings SEMI-WEEKLY. ESTABLISHED 1876. Issned Mondays and Thnrsdays Bert R. Grwr, - Editor and Owner W. H. Gillis, ... CJtj Editor Y. E. Barnes, - Husinetsg Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Tear 2.00 Six Months 1.00 Three Months 50 Payable in Adrance. TELEPHONE 39 Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postoffice as second-class mall mat ter. Axliland, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 1, '12 ALWAYS BARGAIN'S IX THE STORES. The newspaper readers who see only news columns are far from get ting the whole news. The advertisements are essential ly a newspaper In themselves. No news dispatch from Washington or London comes so closely as the things affecting home life that are done In our stores day by day. Business has its events, its crises, its opportunities, like the bigger life played on the national stage. When a merchant, after a tussle with man ufacturers and importers, gets a block of goods at a low price that has a high value, it is an event far more intimately connected with home life than most of the news that news papers print. When he finds out through his own error of judgment, or because of seasonal conditions beyond human control, he has overstocked and must close out to turn his goods to cash, that too is a public event mdre im portant to the housewife than some far off earthquake or fire with all its tragedy. Discriminating buyers know very well that there are always bargains in every store. There are many con ditions that compel merchants at various times to offer goods at prices below their worth. No human mind can estimate just what kind of goods the public will take to. The over stock on certain lines often consists of the most substantial goods, whien did not sell because not showy enough. Notes must be paid, and new stock must be put in, and the result is a profit for the wary trailer of bargains. Years ago the customer had to come around and dig special values out by her own experience. Today the advertisement writer saves her all that bother, and she finds in her favorite newspaper a full directory of special values. Wherefore newspaper readers who take the pains to go through the ad vertising columns almost invariably find things meeting their needs, to be had at a lower price for some good reason. THE KILKENNY CATS. According to the voracious satire of Dean Swift, it seems that one day two cats, urged on by a malevolent and violent spirit, ate each other up, leaving nothing but their tails. There never has been a more ex haustive treatment of any subject, anatomical or literary. We may ask ourselves how it was possible. There are physical laws denying it. After they had eaten each other's teeth what had either left to eat with?" And how could -ach be stowed in the other's stom ach at the same time? Nevertheless, we nfnst concede the possibility of the event and accept the historical accuracy of the ac count, lint why go so far as Kil kenny when anyone may witness like incidents right at home? Two women fall out and resort to slander. Each produces to the pub lic gaze all the frailties of the other; their acquaintances complacently ac cept what each one says, and In the end both characters are annihilated. Exeunt Kilkenny cats! Two men go to law over some thing. They retain counsel, enter complaints, subpena witnesses, em panel Juries, hear verdicts, make ap peals, multiply costs. Adjournment after adjournment, vexation after vexation, business neglected, pa tience exhausted, years wasted, and on both sides the last dollar spent. The cats have interlocked their claws, clashed each other s teeth, opened each other's jaws, and gulped down each other's all. Extermina tion Is more complete than that at Kilkenny. Yes, it is sad but true, that all around us, in a thousand ways, dt vlnely gifted human beings are eat ing one another up. And not always is so much as a caudal appendage left! THE NEW MOVEMENT. Since the political boss gained as cendency in onr national life there has been a persistent cultivation of party loyalty sentiment. It has been pursued with a purpose. The boss moulded the party policies with a view to mora firmly establishing the special privileges he created for him self without a thought of the general good. In order to continue to do that a strong ligament must be found that would hold the party together. The politician is wiser generally than the rank and file of a party. That is why he holds his political power. He studied well the idiosyn cracies of the race. He found that two of the strongest human traits, two surest to be relied upon, were institution worship and hero wor ship. Hero worship existed before the institution came into use. The institution was formed about the hero. While the hero lived his per sonality formed the sinue that held the institution together. After the hero died, however, it was seen that the race was more likely to rally to a later hero than to stand firm to the traditions of the old. The poli ticians Increased and leaders multi plied, and with leader multiplication a factious spirit developed, so that the power of the hero began to wane. The hero lived his allotted time and died. His individual character be came a tradition. It Is harder to hold a people- to tradition than to a living manipulating leader. An institution could perpetuate it self through the lives of many lead ers. 1 Moreover, it could be made to furnish vent for the ambition or many men, thus somewhat allaying the spirit of faction. The politicians, for the politician has been a factor since the organization of society, set about to enthrone the institution in the minds of the people, to take the place of the hero. So the institution was set up as the sacred thing and the politician has since busied him self cultivating and augmenting in stitution worship. Thus our parties come to us to day, sacred political institutions, and the rank and file are kept in line by the bosses because party betrayal is firmly established as the cardinal political sin. As this sentiment grew there was less and less of criticism regarding party manipulation be cause the kicker was usually ostra cised from party favor. If a man hoped for party preferment it was only because of his loyalty to the or- ganlation, and the spoils system af forded a sure mode of rewards for party service. As the institution grew more corrupt it became neces sary more and more to create new sources of reward in order that party service be stimulated. This has so developed that for the past twenty years party organization has been lit tle less than a gigantic spoils ma chine rewarding the faithful and de stroylng the recalcitrant. Thus the system of the people's rule in theory has been Inverted Into the rule of the bosses in practice. For a long time thousands of clti zens have realized that the average person had little to say in the gov eminent. At first this discourage ment had only the effect of causing political lethargy the average man was loath to antagonize the powers that might destroy him and he so lost interest that he seldom attended the polls and never his party caucus. That left the party machinery en tirely to the politician whose aim was spoils, not good government. In this situation big business found the party organizations. As big business could" profit most by manipulation In legislation and administration, it found it most profitable to control the party machines. Party, control was expensive, for politicians were wedded to rewards. Great favors were necessary to bear the poli ticians' demands. Legislation, as well as party control, was essential to its accomplishment. Not only law, but the administration and con struction of law, were needed to In sure special privileges that would af- ford the expense incident to party control. And so these great combi nations of capital grew into monopo lies and trusts under the protection of the legislative and administrative power. Practically every federal Judge was satisfactory to the favored interests and few national senators were elected without their consent. Is it wonder that the government grew farther and farther away from the people? ' But through It all the germ of lib erty has been preserved. Popular government allows such., usurpation only bo far. When It grows too op pressive to be longer born the people are aroused to a realization of their inherent power. The system where by the government may be brought back to the people is still Intact and the people are now grown wise enough to invoke its power. The flail of party loyalty has been j persistently used by the politician, but as usurpation grew its sting grew less and less effective until now it has lost its terror to all save those who either immediately profit by the spoils of party victory or have hopes of it in the near future. So 'new alignments are being forced. It is the interested citizen against the self-seeking politician backed by the privileged few. And the citizen will win because he rep resents eight-tenths of the total vote of the nation. Before, the people could take over the powers of govern ment it was absolutely necessary that the power of party organization be destroyed. For those in control of party organization were the abuseru, and the abusers have never, yet been known to correct their own abuse. The primary was invented as an in strument through which the powers of government could be brought back to the people. And it is proving ef fective wherever tried. The primary system Is a boss destroyer. . Party organization cannot be maintained without bosses and spoils. In states where the primary is in action about the only thing left of the old party organization is a combination of of fice-holders who want to hold their jobs and office-seekers' who hope for party preferment. Party loyalty has lost its force. Those seeking alone for Just govern ment are not particular what politi cal instrument is used for its accom plishment. The system that governs best is best. The organization, or party, or system, that will quickest and most effectually put the powers of government back Into the hands of the governed will gain the sup port of the rank and file of all par ties. In this new movement it may be confidently expected that most of those who have stood as leaders will be slow to depart from the old or ganizations. Men who have led un der the old system have generally profited by their leadership. They hold positions of honor and emolu ment, and they will be slow to cast their lot with an untried movement. Self-interest is among the strongest sentiments in human nature. It may be expected that most of the leadefs will go down with the rotten raft rather than launch out on an untried one. Therefore the new movement will be a people's movement without the aid of those who have gained repu tation as leaders. The case of Governor Deneen of Illinois is one directly in point. He favored Roosevelt in the Chicago convention. He witnessed the brazen theft of that body by the bosses, nevertheless he now stands for Taft. Self-interest has gained the ascend ency. He will stick to the old or ganization because it raised him to power, rather than follow his princi ples into an untried movement. Governor Deneen is highly praised by the reactionary press for his stand. They say he could do noth ing less, as an honest republican. They seem to think honesty is best expressed by following a candidate whose nomination was gained by naked theft, and the organization which brazenly violated justice. The old party politicians will hold this view and be backed by the reac tionary and boss-ridden press, but the people will take a different view of the matter. Old orders political are passing away and unless human nature re verses itself most of the old leaders will pass away with them. ABSINTHE BARRED. U. S. Follows Switzerland in Inclu sion of French Drink. In ordering the exclusion from the United States of absinthe, the "i;reen devil," the government is following the lead of Switzerland, which about a year ago decided to prohibit the drink, and also placed the ban on Its manufacture. The agitation in Switzerland was widespread. The forces that opposed the prohibition law were also very active, hei ause the suppression of the industry meant a Dig loss to them. Now the pure food and drug board, through Secretary Wilson of th de partment of agriculture, has issued an edict that no more absinthe shall be imported into this country after October 1, and in a short tiine the treasury will make this effective by Issuing specific orders to all collect ors of customs and port officials that they shall allow no more absinthe to be Imported after the date named by the pure food and drug board. Very little agitation has been heard In Washington regarding absinthe. American drinkers never have taken kindly to the drug as a beverage, and the big temperance interests seem to have reserved their fire for alcoholic beverages which are more popular. Trial in September. Roseburg, Ore. In the circuit court on Monday, Robert L. Mooney, the man who took Miss Ethel Metcalf away rrom her home in Oakland and was arrested with her in Anuria pleaded not guilty to an indictment cnarging nim with obtaining money under false pretenses from Miss Met calf's employer, and his trial was set for the September term of the court. The Home Circle Thoughts from the Editorial Pen Home and Politics. We are now in a great political throe, watching every trend of na tional issues and exultant over our favorite champion's prospects for a popular victory. Yet in spite of all the various party leaders, there are great questions to be settled by the American people around their own hearthstones, far more momentous in the perpetuity of nations than the issues which are to be settled by the ballot. The greatness of any nation that ever existed was due to influ ences and circumstances of the home and social life, rather than the great issues settled by the council of the nation. You may, if you please, pro mulgate the greatest issues or prin ciples ever advocated by man, but it the true principles of human conduct and Justice are judiciously inculcated Into the minds of the youths while under the parental Influence of the home, then there will be less need of political strife in the national arena. We are living in an age of political unrest, with the pendulum or politi cal afrairs swinging In utter doubt. Are we alive to the best needs or our country? The political Held is full and running over with candidates now. We hardly dare to commit our selves in one's favor lest the next minute another candidate (who is a personal friend) for the same office will appeal to us, and, unless we are careful, we will lose sight of the principles at issue and the fitness of persons who seek the office. In the present campaign let us, in the inter est of geniuine good government and protection, study the fitness and character of the office-seekers before we decide which one shall be our choice. This Is a serious proposition of committing our sacred interest to a few men to safeguard. The inter est that we cheerfully entrust to rep resentatives is the vital source of life, liberty, and pursuit of Happiness, should we not then, as individuals, be extremely cautious and slow in ar riving at who the best candidate for office is? The man who spends, in campaigning, as much money, or even half as much money, as the of fice pays, is seeking something more than the salary attached thereto; but seeking the oportunity to de fraud the public. So in the home genuine honesty and duties of a godd citizen should be taught to our chil dren, then wlien the responsibility of citizenship falls upon them they will be amply schooled In the art of good government; then citizens will no longer, play with politics for amusement and to gratify their own selfish interest, but will take the good of all the people into considera tion before contributing their vote to anyone. Then, after all, a good gov ernment that protects the interest of all must rest entirely with the home. Without good homes our political in stitutions would soon crumble and decay. Look to the source of all things for the cause of all ills. If there is a weakness in our form of government, trace it back to the home and there you will find the cause of the trouble. No Place Like Home. One of our most valued exchanges very timely remarks that the best of us are like animals we rush into holes for shelter. Home is such against the hardness of the world. Margery Bell, the Cleveland girl who ran away, said on her return home: "You'll never know how much you want and need your mother, or your brother, or your father, until you're away rrom them." Ah, how strong, how unerring, are the fundamental instincts of human nature! We can never outlive them. The joyous child allured by the bright flowers, the butterflies, the rainbow, may forget and wander far. But when the feet are bruised and the limbs weary and the heart sore, and it seems naught but strangeness, it cries for home. Men and women have a little stronger limbs and a little stronger hearts; they can chase the butterflies and the rainbows a little farther, and then they, too, like the little child, must see the mocking folly of It all and, weary, heartsick, cry for refuge home. Fof many of us the old home-may no longer exist except in memory. But if in memory it is enshrined, then, whatever the disappointments, the deceptions, the despairs of life, we still may turn for new hope, new courage, and new inspirations, as did this poor girl, back to the old home, whe-e love glows against the world's coldness. Misfortune has its recompense when it turns us back to set our lips once more to the spring of love that is pure and undefiled'. Amid joys and successes our sur roundings seem not so near to us; they are remote in their unreality, their glitter and abundance. And when sorrow comes it finds us sick with loneliness. It is then that in the lowly home of childhood every table and chair and picture seems to take tongue and call and call, and call to us. And the call comes through the distance and through the years like strains of deep-loved and never-to-be-forgotten music, filled with multitudes of sweet associations that make the heart beat quick. Maybe, after all, one lot in life is not much better or worse than an other, so far as happiness goes; but there are some things in life that seem very necessary to us, big and little, great and small, and that little corner In God's creation we call home is one of them. Pay the printer and the preacher. They eat, drink and wear clothes like other people. The printer gives you the news about this world and the preacher about the other one to come. IMt t I PureMountainWaierlce . Reduced Prices on Ice FOR SEASON OF 1912 Save money by purchasing coupon books. Issued for 500, 1,000, 2,000 up to 5,000 pounds. This Is the cheapest way to buy yonr ice. Delivery every day except Sundays. ASHLAND ICE AND STORAGE CO. TELEPHONE 70S V V 'rTTTT 'W "F 'r T '' ' 1 TOLL FIXED LONG A(U. Great Britain and the Railroad Fixed Canal Rates. Awe, lad, fawncy those landlubber Americans building the Panama ca nal at a cost ot one-third the entire money in the United States and then can't operate it to any advantage to themselves. Great joke, old top, that we played America for a sucker and won through our superior diplo matic gall and pure Angle-Saxon bluff. We assisted the great rail roads of the United States, which we own much watered stock in, to fix things far in advance through the terms of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Great statesman was John Hay to kowtow and play flunkey to the snob bery of England while scuttling the Panama canal years in advance of its completion. What a fine excuse our railroad owned senators have to surrender the people's rights to the railroads of this country at the demand of the bluffing bluster of English interests. What a well-planned scheme, carried out far in advance by the railroad combines, to put a tax on traffic through the canal and have it fixed so "bally" old England demands it? Has the Americali nation become weak and helpless through our soft headed representatives and wealthy snobs who cater and fawn before the sham and shadow of royalty, that we permit John Bull to dictate our own affairs? But what could be expected after we loaned the power and pres tige of the United States to them to crush the South African republic? The dollar diplomacy is in the inter ests of the wealthy interests of Wall and Lombard streets, and the Pacific coast will not have the advantage of free tolls through the Panama canal for that reason and for the further reason tnat there are no Patrick Henrys in our much disgraced and generally despised congress. The Pacific coast peacefully sleeps and foreign interference is stealing the benefits hoped for from the building of the greatest canal. Awe, lad, fawncy what a bally good joke on the landlubbering Americans how we spiked them on their Panama canal. N. F. Throne. RESIGNATION REFUSED. Judge Han ford Must Submit to Im peachment Proceedings. Washington. President Taft's re fusal to accept the resignation of United States Judge C. H. Hanford unless he has conferred with the sub committee which Investigated im peachment charges in Seattle against the jurist, has caused the belief here that he plans to make Hanford's case an example, illustrating the theory that impeachment proceedings are as expeditious as the recall of judges. Several days ago President Taft announced that he would not accept Hanford's resignation if the sub committee reported that the evidence was sufficient to result in impeach ment. In the latter event the im peachment would go on as originally planned. Altmintm Wa?e Fop two weeks only, prices cut in hall. Everything In the line oi cook ing utensils. See window display. 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