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THE CONFESSION OF FAITH.
The writer has just finished a
careful study of Roosevelt's "Confes
sion of Faith." It is one of the best
political documents it has been our
privilege to peruse. It is exhaustive
and sound. It deals fully and intel
ligently with national abuses, neces
sities and policies. It proposes Bane
remedies for economic and political
abuses, and shows clearly therein
both the republican and democratic
platforms fail to reach the core of
the trouble.
This document proves, if such
proof be necessary, that no other
apostle of economics in this country
has given the subject more careful
and deep study or has arrived at so
sound a solution or proposed more
practical remedies for abuses, than
Mr. Ro'oHevelt.
The treaties is long, but no citizen
interested in the future tf- his coun
try can afford to not read it. It is
the result of careful preparation and
is so arranged that it deals with each
phae under a distinct head, so that
if printed in installments the reader
may gain a good knowledge of its
contents.
The Tidings is too small to allow
space for the entire statement in one
issue. However, in this issue we
begin its publication and will print
it complete, beginning with the first
intelligent subdivision and proceed
ing consecutively until the statement
is completed. We ask every Tidings,
reader to study it.
There will be much said during
the campaign about the personal am
bition of Mr. Roosevelt, about third
term and monarchy, about his al
liance with the steel trust and har
vester trust. These accusations will
come from his enemies. The same
enemies who beat him out of the reg
ular republican nomination by naked
theft. The corrupt politicians who
represent only the exploiting inter
ests, and the newspapers which rep
resent them. It has been proven
time and time again that the inter
ests and politicians are always ready
to support those candidates who suf
fer supine subserviance to them, and
berate and villify those who insist
that the government should be ad
ministered in the interest of the
whole regardless of the mighty
greedy few who assume to dictate.
In looking for the cause of the
bitter opposition of the interests to
the candidacy of Mr. Roosevelt it
Ehould be borne in mind what Mr.
Roosevelt proposes to do, if elected;
what effect his proposals will have
on the business of crooked trusts;
what part crooked business has had
in legislation in the past, and what
unfair favors it xeceived through po
litical manipulation. When all of
this Is taken into consideration in
the light of the courage of Mr.
Roosevelt as exemplified while he
was preisdent in wielding the "big
stick" In the interest of wholesome
legislation, it will be readily seen
why these interests will fight him
to the bitter end. Predatory wealth
peeking unfair political advantage
will stop short of no extreme to ac
complish Its end. Because motives
ran not be readily proven, his mo
tives will be fiercely attacked. But
the fair thing for honest men is to
Judge what will be done, in the future
by what has happened in the past.
The Sherman law was passed in
1890. Shortly after its sting was
drawn by the courts and the law lay
ltowerlefs through the administra
tions of Cleveland and McKlnley, but
when Mr. Roosevelt came to the pres
idency he Insisted that predatory
wealth should be curbed, that if the
Sherman law was not strong enough
it should be vitalized and strength
ened until it could be made to do
the business. He set to work- to get
such legislation as would accomplish
that. Before he had far proceeded
he discovered that many senators
and representatives were not In earn
est about adopting effective remedial
legislation. It was then that Mr.
Roosevelt produced his "big stick"
and forced legislation which would
make it possible to curb the trusts.
The Sherman law was so strength
ened as to make it effective. Through
it the trusts have been theoretically
dissolved. And here comes the rub.
If the Sherman law is strong enough
to dissolve the trusts theoretically, it
is only necessary to properly admin
ister that law so they will be dis
solved practically. Up to this good
hour the interests have so controlled
administration that trust dissolution
has proven the rankest fake. Mr.
Roosevelt is thoroughly practical and
fearless. The interests now In con
trol of the administration, who are
backing the political bosses in their
fight against Roosevelt, well know
that if Roosevelt succeeds the Sher
man law will be no longer adminis
tered In such a way as that dissolved
trust stocks will go up instead of
down. When Roosevelt gets into
power the Standard Oil and Tobacco
trusts will be dissolved in practice
as well as In theory. So will every
other bad trust. It Is that knowl
edge that sets the exploiting inter
ests viciously and everlastingly
against the candidacy of Mr. Roose
velt.
A careful perusal of Roosevelt's
"Confession of Faith" will inform
you as to what he proposes to do
and how he proposes to do it. And
his record and success in handling
the "big stick" in the interest of the
people in the past ought to be a guar
antee as to what he will do in the
future.
Crooked business and crooked pol
iticians will fight hard, for the suc
cess of Roosevelt means the death
of big exploitation through the pow
ers of government.
THE ANIMUS.
Again the Mail-Tribune has the
rabies. It says "Bowers et al. of
Ashland" are preparing to enjoin the
contractor from removing the old
Medford bridge. Well, what do you
think of that? "Benton Bowers et
al." In their suit against the Medford
bridge simply claimed that the
bridge was a Medford city bridge and
as such the county had no right to
spend the taxpayers' money to bufld
a new one. The court upheld the
contention. Neither "Benton Bowers
et al." nor anyone else has ever
questioned the right of the city of
Medford to . build the bridge, or a'
dozen of them, so long as that city
paid the bill. The charge that Mr.
Bowers is contemplating any further
action in the matter is mere vicious
claptrap. The Mail-Tribune urges it
for a purpose. It desires to convince
the people of Medford that the oppo
sition to the new bridge Is alto
gether the outgrowth of a bitter an
tagonism of Ashland against Med
ford. It hopes for political advan
tage from this contention. In order
to show the animus of the Mail
Tribune and what It Is trying to do,
a little history will need to be con
sidered. The Mail-Tribune has always bit
terly opposed the candidacy of
George Diuin for county judge. It
used every means, foul and vicious,
to defeat him in the primaries. It
was instrumental in launching the
candidacy of Mr. Merrick in the hope
of defeating Dunn. Until it became
apparent that Mr. Merrick would not
prove strong enough to defeat Mr.
Dunn but one democratic candidate.
Judge Neil, was in the field. As
soon as the defeat of Merrick be
came so plain that whoever ran
might read the finish, Mr. Putnam
cast about in the frenzy of despair
to find some candidate against Judge
Neil whom he could depend upon.
Mr. Tou Velle was a close friend of
the Putnam family. He was a fre
quent visitor at the Putnam home.
George Putnam knew Tou Velle and
felt that if he could induce him to
enter the race In the primaries he
not only could defeat Judge Neil, but
that Tou Velle would afford him a
candidate in the general election
against Mr. Dunn, one who, if elect
ed, Mr. Putnam could depend upon
to carry out his "progressive" poli
cies Just as Judge Nell had carried
them out during the past four years.
So Mr. Tou Velle was induced by Mr.
Putnam to enter the candidacy in the
democratic primaries against Judge
Nell, and became the hand-picked
candidate of Mr. Putnam. It was
generally believed that the defeat of
Mr. Merrick was largely induced by
the support of the Mail-Tribune. Mr.
Tou Velle felt the force of that fact,
and having defeated Judge Neil
without the aid of the Mail-Tribune,
hoped only to defeat Judge Dunn in
the general. election if he could make
It appear that he was not the candi
date of Mr. Putnam. So, it is under
stood, upon the occasion of one of
his frequent visits to Mr. Putnam, at
the home or the latter, that situation
became a subject of discussion, Mr.
Tou Velle expressing the opinion that
he would have a better chance of
winning if the people were not ap
prised of the close friendship of he
and Mr. Putnam. So the Mail-Tri
bune has been silent as the sphinx
in regard to Ton. Velle't candidacy
since his nomination, but It has lost
no time in keeping influences at work
which it hoped would militate
against the candidacy of Mr. Dunn.
With this view it has worked sec
tional jealously to a finish. Its
whole comment on the Medford
bridge episode has been with a view
of further prejudicing Medford vot
ers against the candidacy .of Mr.
Dunn. The Mail-Tribune credits the
residence of Mr. Dunn to Ashland.
It says the action of Benton Bowers
and associates against the Medford
bridge is an Ashland move. Its hope
is to bo arouse Medford feeling
against Ashland as to solidify the
Medford vote against Mr. Dunn. That
is all there is to it.
Putnam want Tou Velle as county
judge, not Mr. Dunn, and he will use
every subterfuge at his command to
accomplish that end.
Can any woman, married 'or sin
gle, have her Just say in matters that
concern her, without a vote? Sup
pose a certain woman school teacher
thinks Brown should go to the legis
lature because he is zealous about
safe and sanitary school houses, and
her brother thinks Jones should go,
because he is pledged to Kobinson
for the United States senate. Have
not both equal rights to their opin
ions, and equal right to have them
taken into account in deciding wheth
er Brown or Jones snould go? The
present way is to take it for grant
ed, beforehand, that the sister will
always be .wrong and the brother al
ways right, so that we can count his
judgment only and refuse to listen to
hers. Can any just way be offered,
except to let every sane grown per
son speak for himself or herself at
the polls, and then count the votes?
Then we shall be certain that the
majority really rules. Now a minor
ity may often carry an election, de
feating the wish of the majority.
FROM
ROOSEVELT'S "CONFKS
SION OF FAITH."
(First Installment.)
To you, men and women who have
come here to this great city of this
great state formally to launch a new
party, a party of the people of the
whole Union, the national progres
sive party, I extend my hearty greet
ing. You are taking a bold and a
greatly needed step for the service
of our beloved country. The old par
ties are husks, with no real soul
within either, divided on artificial
lines, boss-ridden 'and privilege-controlled,
each a jumble of incongru
ous elements, and neither daring to
speak out wisely and fearlessly what
should be said on the vital issues of
the day. This new movement is a
movement which proposes to put at
the service of all our people the col
lective power of the people, through
their governmental agencies, alike
in the nation and in the several
states. We propose boldly to face
the real and great questions of tne
day, and not skillfully to evade them
as do the old parties. We propose
to raise aloft a standard to which
all honest men can repair, and under
which all can fight, no matter what
their past political differences, if
they are content to face the future
and no longer to dwell among the
dead issues of the-past. We propose
to put forth a platform which shall
not be a platform of the ordinary
and insincere kind, but shall be a
contract with the people; and, if the
people accept this contract by put
ting us in power, we shall hold our
selves under honorable obligation to
fulfill every promise it contains as
loyally as if it were actually enforce
able under the penalties of the law.
"Economic Revolution" Surging.
The prime need today is to face
the fact that we are now in the
midst of a great economic revolution.
There is urgent necessity of applying
both common sense and the highest
ethical standard to this movement
for the better economic conditions
among the mass of our people and
not one of revolution. It is,' from
the Standpoint of our rnnntrv u-lnlr.
ed as well as foolish longer to refuse
to face the real issues of the day.
Only by bo facing them can we go
forward; and to do this we must
break up the old party organizations
and nlilitprntn tho nlri clmm ni,
. w..v v..vu.ur,; mica
on the dead Issues inherited from 50
years ago. Our fight is a fundamen
tal fight against both of the old cor
rupt party machines, for both are
under the dominion of the plunder
league of the professional politicians
who are controlled and sustained by
the great beneficiaries of privilege
and reaction. How close Is the alli
ance between the two machines is
shown by the attitude of that portion
of those northwestern newspapers,
Including the majority of the great
dailies in all the great northeastern
cities Boston, Buffalo, Springfield,
Hartford, Philadelphia ' and, above
all, New York which are controlled
by or representative of the interests
which, in popular phrase, are con
veniently grouped together as the
Wall street Interests. The large ma
jority of these papers supported
Judge Parker for the presidency in
1904; almost unanimously thev sup
ported Mr. Taft for the republican
nomination this year; the large ma
jority are now supporting Professor
Wilson for the election. Some of
them still prefer Mr. Taft to Mr. Wil
son, but all make either Mr. Taft or
Mr. Wilson their first choice; and
one of the ludicrous features of the
campaign is that these papers sup
porting Professor Wilson show the
most Jealous partisanship for Mr.
Taft whenever they think hi8 inter
ests are jeopardized by the progres
sive movement that, for Instance,
any electors will obey the will of the
majority of the republican voters at
the primaries, and vote for me in
stead of obeying the will of the
Messrs. Barnes-Penrose-Guggenheim
combination by voting for Mr. Taft.
No better proof can be given than
this of the fact that the fundamental
concern of the privileged interests is
to beat the new party. Some of them
would rather beat it with Mr. Wil
son; others would rather beat it
with Mr. Taft; but the difference be
tween Mr. Wilson and Mr. Taft they
consider as trivial, as a mere matter
of personal preference: Their real
fight is for either, as against the
progressives. They repiesent the. al
lied reactionaries of the country, and
they are against the new party be
cause to their unerring vision it is
evident that the real danger to priv
ilege comes from the new party, and
from the new party alone.
"Bosses" Not to Be Trusted.
The men who precided over the
Baltimore and the Chicago conven
tions, and the great bosses who con
trolled the two conventions, Mr. Root
and Mr. Parker, Mr. Barnes and Mr.
Murphy, Mr. Penrose and Mr. Tag
gart, Mr. Guggenheim and MY. Sulli
van, differ from one another of
course on certain points. But these
are the differences which one corpo
ration lawyer has with another cor
poration lawyer when acting for dif
ferent corporations. They come to
gether at once as against a common
enemy when the dominion of both is
threatened" by the supremacy of the
people of the United States, now
aroused to the ' need of a national
alignment on the" vital economic is
sues of the generation.
Neither the republican nor the
democratic platform contains the
slightest promise of approaching the
great problem of today, either with
understanding or good faith; and
yet never was there greater need in
this nation than now of understand
ing, and of action taken in good
faith, on the part of the men and the
organizations shaping our govern
mental policy. ' Moreover, our needs
are such that there, should be coher
ent action among those responsible
for the conduct of national affairs
and those responsible for the con
duct of state affairs, because our aim
should be the same In both state and
nation; that' is, to use the govern
ment as an efficient agency for the
practical better ment of social and
economic conditions throughout this
land. - There are other important
things to be done, but this is the
most important thing. It- is prepos
terous to leave such a movement in
the hands of men who have broken
their promises as have the present
heads of the republican organization
(not of the republican voters, for
they in no shape represent the rank
and file of republican voters). These
wen by their deeds give the lie to
their words.- There is no health in
them, and they cannot be trusted.
But the democratic party is as little
to be trusted. The UnderwoocUFitz
gerald combination in the house of
representatives has shown that it
cannot safely be trusted to maintain
the interests of this country abroad
or to represent the interests of the
plain people at home. The control
of the various state bosses in the
state organizations has been
strengthened by the action at Balti
more, and scant indeed would be the
use of exchanging the whips of
Messrs. Barnes, Penrose and Gug
genheim for the scorpions of Messrs.
Murphy, Taggart and Sullivan.
They are calling Indiana "the
mother of vice-presidents," and she
has to grin and bear it. Atlanta
Constitution.
New Coats and mi
ARE ARRIVING '
For Fall and Winter
Our firpt shipment of Fall and Winter coats and suits
has arrived. We have bought coats and suits that will he
prominent in the Fall and Winter' fashions, and we offer
early buyers values that cannot be equaled anywhere.
You are cordially invited to come and look over the new
styles, whether you purchase or notk
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JUDGE GEORGE GRAY.
H May B Democratic Nomi
na For Governor of Delaware.
FUR SEAL IH)LICY UIWJKI).
Taft Asks Appropriation to Carry
Out Three-Nation Agreement.
Washington. D. C. President Taft
Thursday sent to congress a special
message urging it to appropriate
$400,000. half to he nafrl tn (iroat
Britain and half to Japan, to carry
out the agreement under the fur seal
convention, ratified by the senate
last December.
He Suggested that enntrrpKa nnt.
line a policy to be pursued by the
United States with reference tn fur
seal herds in its jurisdiction and ad
vised against a policy of prohibiting
seal killingon land while it also was
proniDitea at sea.
Boys' Clothes
FOR FALL
How about your boy's suit?
Has he said anything about a
new suit for school wear?
We mean, the boy with knee
pants. You will do well to
bring him to- us. We can
pleasb him in style, fit and
price.
Boys' Shoes, Waists
Hosiery and Underwear
Large varieties of the above
play. In shoes we show many
quality, too. The same is true
and underwear. Careful buyers
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Centrally located. Well ventilated.
Gas and electricity. Everything new,
neat and clean, iteasonable prices.
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Baggage and General Transfer
Leave orders at Ideal Grocery
Office phone 156. Res. 286-J
Phone 129 2j Main St.
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Real Estate, Loans, Rentals,
Conveyancing
SEE ME BEFORE BUYING.
Signs and Banners
MADE TO ORDER
OX SHORT NOTICE
Also House and Carriage Painting
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Attention, Wood Consumers
Sound dry red fir and yel
low pine, 16-inch block bodv
wood, delivered in your wood
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than 10 tiers to a place, at
$2.25 per tier.
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