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1ACE TWO AJ-fHLANP TIDINGS Thursday, October 8," 1014 Ashland Tidings SEMI-WEEKLY. ESTABLISHED 1876. Issued Mondays and Thursdays Bert R. Greer, - Editor and Owner Chas. P. Greer, Mgr. and City Editor Billie Rriggs, - . News Keiorter SUBSCRIPTION HATES. One Year J2.00 Blx Months 1.00 Three Months 50 Payable in Advance. TELEPHONE 39 Advertising rates on application. "First-class job printing facilities. Equipments second to none in the Interior. No subscriptions for less than three months. All subscriptions dropped at expiration unless renewal is received. In ordering changes of the paper always give the old street address or postoffice as well as the new. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postoffice as second-class mail matter. Ashland, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 8, 15)14 ESS K X T I A L L Y TKOG I ESS 1 V K. PROPER USE OF INITIATIVE. Oregon is essentially progressive In political sentiment. Not, possibly, in the sense of voting the progressive ticket. But men of progressive ideas are popular at elections. There are some old line lepublicans who have not yet realized It, although the people have proclaimed from the house tops that no others need ap ply. These politicians po right on advocating reactionary doctrines and standing for election. Of course, thay lose. For them to win would he illogical. Oregon voterR. under the present election law, do not need to follow time-worn party paths and they are not doing It. Only tho.e of known progressive ideas are gain ing majorities. The Tidings woull ask those who do not see it to an swer by what token they account for the election of pregressiv democrats like West, like Chamrri'aln and Lane, instead of reactionary repu'.li cans like the candidates they defeat ed ,in an overwhelming republican state, unless the result no'.neu from a fixed determination upon the part of the electorate to clear tne tlate of reactionaries wherever found? If doubting Thomases will keep their ear to the ground at the coming elec tion they will hear the rumbl j more plainly than ever. Th-3 Oregon elec tion law is so framed .s to get ex actly such results. ,Congre8stuar Haw ley will go down this yce: with the old stand-pat punch. And he should. Progressive voters will not elect reactionaries to misrepresent them, for to do so would be like endorsing their reactionary view on govern ment. Every man has an absolute right to hold to his views, but he cannot hope that voters holding tV opposite will support him at an election where the Issue is clearly joined. No measure should be initiated un til it has been first brought before the legislature. If the legislature fails to enact it and it Is a matter of Importance enough to the people to amount to a popular demand, then let the measure be submitted to the electors. No measure passed by an initiative vote should be repealed by the legis lature. To do so is like allowing an inferior court to set aside the find ings of a superior court. It is like allowing the employe to set aside the hules of the employer In the conduct of his business. As the initiative is now being abused the result is ill advised, un digested, illy formed' and unconsti tutional legislation. Every measure should be given proper legal form and careful consideration before be ing submitted to a vote. The initiative should be applied just as the referendum is applied to force popular action in spite of an unresponsive legislature. That is its proper function and nothing more. When it Is thus applied the state statutes will be less of a hodgepodge. Continued abuse will result in Ore gon laws becoming a conglomerate mess of legal hash. Twenty-nine measures to be sub mitted at the coming election. Some mere spite legislation; some foolish; some ridiculous and many in contra vention of the constitution. Who, of all the voters, are able to determine and act upon all of them according to their merit? We confess it is beyond our power. We are compelled, from Inability to digest and understand them, to vote no on most all of them. ' KILLING THEIR 'H' SI NESS. Most of the arguments put forward by the wets in this campaign are clearly beyond our understanding. The state is being flooded with sta tistics attempting to show that prohi bition does not prohibit in dry states. And these ttfatistlcs are being circu lated at the Instance and expense of "distillers and brewers by those who have liquor to sell and profit most by selling most. If prohibition does not prohibit In dry territory, If more liquor Is being consumed under pro hibition than license, in the name of common sense what l the matter with them? Why are they not con tented? Do they not manufacture liquor to sell? Are they not always alert for better markets? If prohi bition states afford a livelfer market for the manufacturer why do they fight prohibition? By every circum stance known to good business meth ods they should support it, If that Is the case. Something wrong with their a-gu-ment. Something rotten in their sta tistics, or there Is something the mat ter with their business ideas Maybe they are trying to fool somebody , The voters of Oregon are net fools. llawley la not a republican con gressman. He Is a reactionary. He atood solidly with Cannon through out the entire struggle of progressive members to wrench control of the house from reactionaries and place It In the hands of its members. Not a single vote did he ever cast in that fight In the interest of fair play. When Cannon voted llawley said "ME TOO." He stood for the Can non czar rule and with the Tammany Cannon combination against revision of house rules whereby the power would be lodged In the members. Not only Is llawley a do-notblng, he Is an extreme type of standpatter. Fifty cents Invested In a Tidings "For Sale" ad often sells a $5,000 property. Did you ever try It? - Calls One of the Wet Lies.. ' Portland, Ore., Oct. 2, 1914. Abigail Scott-Duniway, President Taxpayers' and Wage Earners' League, P. O. Box 930, Portland, Ore. Madame: In a paid advertisement in the Oregonian of this moping, signed by your organization, Lincoln's picture is featured and he is quoted as saying: "Prohibition will work great Injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that It attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and in making crimes out of things that are not crimes. "A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles on which our government was founded. I have al ways been found laboring to protect the weaker classes from the stronger, and I never can give my consent to such a law as you propose to enact "Until my tongue shall be silenced In death I will continue to fight for the rights of man." The above utterance is a pure fabrl cation and a forgery. Abraham Lin coin never made such a statement, or anything similar to it. I will give one hundred dollars in gold to any charity that you may name, provided you will furnish proof of the genuineness of the above al leged utterance from Lincoln that will satisfy the librarian of any repu table library in Portland of its genu Inesness as an historical fact. I now call upon you to produce this proof and get this money, or publicly acknowledge that you have been made the victim of a literary forgery by unscrupulous plotters. In Invite your attention to the fact that your "league" of one member is posting bills all over Portland repre senting Theodore Roosevelt as being against the dry statewide policy, when, within a week, Mr. Roosevelt made a campaign speetch at Toledo, Ohio, emphatically espousing the cause of statewide prohibition In that state, and denouncing the brewers your allies and backers, for their ef forts to defeat woman's suffrage. I Invite your attention to the fact that your alleged league of one member Is placarding the billboards of Portland, representing President Woodrow Wilson as geing against the dry statewide policy when, in a letter to E. W. Grogan of Byers, Texas, Mr, Wilson specifically recommended statewide prohibition for the states that were ready for that step. I Invite your attention to the fact that your alleged "league" of one member is placarding the billboard of Portland with libelous statements agalnBt our neighbor, Oregon City falsely representing that city to be bankrupt when the city officials themselves declare that the city has prospered under the dry policy as never before. I am addressing you in person for the reason that, ac cording to the statement of Dr. Cora Talbott, the retiring secretary of the Taxpayers' and Wage Earners' League, you are the only person left In that organization, there never hav Ing been but two members. In addressing this letter to you at the address given on your official letterheads, "Box 930, Portland, Ore gon," which la also the official ad dress of A. M. Eppsteln, the Imported Mr. Haw ley's Record. A recent issue of the Pacific Pa triot, a prohibition paper published at Portland, says: We are sometimes, not often, asked why we should oppose the re election of "so good a man as Mr. Howley." Until we began to inquire into his official record the chief reason -was that he had never done any active work in favor of prohibi tion. We find, however, some other rea sons why Mr." Hawley does not serve the best interests of Oregon people, according to our belief. LaFollette's Magazine of Septem ber 17, 1910, is authority for the fol lowing statement of votes on public measures: Mr. Hawley voted for Cannon as speaker, for the continuance of Can non czar rule, and for Tammany-Cannon combine against revision of house rules. He voted for the emergency cur rency bill, which strengthened the Wall street hold on finance, and es tablished as security railroad and cor poration bonds so that the United States would, have financial interest in maintenance of prices thereof. Without question or suggestion, within twenty minutes of its being offered to the house, be supported a senate amendment of the appropria tion bills increasing the ocean mail subsidy $1,100,000 and the costs of the railroad mail service $2,700,000. He voted with the "system" pi'o- ibiting the government to use secret service men except in the treasury epartment, because some had caught land grabbers" of high repute red- handed. He also voted to "table" the Roose velt protest against that prohibition. Voted for upward revision of the tariff. Against a committee elected by the house and in favor of a Cannon packed committee in the Ballingei Pinchot Investigation. Voted for postal bank bill favoring Wall street, and against the Appala chian forest reserve, which provided for the reforestation of denuded, bar ren hills." i Lafollette's Magazine calls Mr. Hawley a "Me too" system man. Such policy Is diametrically op posed to the platform of the prohibi tion party, which declares for econ omy in administration and for tne best Interests of the people. Illinois tired of Cannon and reject ed him. Other "system" leaders have been retired, and Mr. Hawley? well, we shall see if Oregon, where the peo ple rule, like such representation. -THE CHANGING TIDES. Rit0 Causes That Contribute to the and Fall of the Ooean. Many people. regard the rise and fall of the ocean as a profound and baffling mystery. The mystery really Is not very hard to understand. As we ull know, the surface of the ocean rises and falls twice in every lunar day, this rise ap pearing along a coast to be a horizon tal mutiou ulways ebbing or flowing. Now, the lunar day consists of about twenty-five hours. Thus, of course, tho "time" of the tides varies each day. The tides, moreover, do not always rise to, the same height. Every fortnight, with the new itud full moon, they rise very much higher than at other times. These high tides are cnlled "spring" tides, the alternating low tides being termed "neap." When the moou Is nearest to the earth the rise aud fall of the ocean are markedly Increased. Thus the spring tides are greatest at the equinoxes I. e.. at the end of March and. the end of September. Yes. you say. but whukhns the mooH to do with it at all? Surely it is the sun which attracts the earth. That is so. But. although the sun's attraction on the earth is far greater than the moon's, the moon is so very much nearer to the earth that the dif ference between its attraction at the center aud on the surface is threo times as'greot as the sun's. And It Is this difference which causes tides. Loudon Answers. ii imi iiiiii iMWim I The Oldest National Bank in Jackson County I Member Federal Reserve System FIRST NATIONAL Capital and Surplus $120,000.00 DEPOSITORY OF City of Ashland County of Jackson State of Oregon United States of America A Trick of Oratory. Victor Murdock says that the best advice he ever received iu regard to public speaking was from a buck dri ver. After making one of his maiden speeches In Kansas he was being driv en to the" railway station by the polite liveryman. "Like the speech?" asked Victor. "Yeh." answered the driver, "only you'd get more hand claps if you'd al ways put the names uf the lust when you say anything." Victor didn't understand, so tbedrl ver explained: "You spoke of Henry Clay and Grant and James G. Blaine and then went on to tell nbout what they did. You ought to go over the things they did and then say, 'That's what was done by Clay and Grant and James G. Blaine!' Always put the names last, and tlie crowd'll take more Interest" New York Sun. The other day a stand-pat republi can asked Bneeringly, "Who is Hollis ter?" We answered he Is a live one. He is the man that will receive the endorsement of the people of this district for congress. He is the man who will wallop do-nothing Hawley. He is a southern Oregon man and will get a solid southern Oregon vote. Political Announcements Paid. Adv. For County Clerk. I am a candidate for county clerk, subject to the will of the voters at the polls on November 3. My service in this capacity during the fast two years is the sole basis of seeking your support. G. A. GARDNER, Jacksonville, Ore. Good Work Done Promptly AT THE N.&M. Home Laundry Rough Dry at Reasonable Prices. New Ma4iinery. J. N. IMISBET, Mgr. Office and Laundry 31 Water St. TELEPHONE 165 Insured or Uninsured? WISE OR OTHERWISE? A FIRE LOSS is always a misfortune to an honest man, because it disturbs business and creates inconvenience. Is Your Properly Protected? Insure in a first-class company whose losses are PAID IN FULL. There's as much dillerence in insurance as there is in clothe. Buy insurance at an insurance office. Better be safe than sorry. BILLINGS AGENCY 41 E. Mnln St. REAL ESTATE AM) INSURANCE. Phone 211 For Parents, If you wish your chil dren to receive individual instruction you should arrange to place them in Mrs. Hardy's private school. Call be tween 4 and 5 o'clock. School will permit visitors after October 9. 130 East Main street. 37-tf The Tidings Is on sale at Poley's drug store, 17 East Main street. Frederick Hollisler The man whose vim has gained business success without resort to suspicious methods, and whose" en ergy and ability will gain advantage for the First District of Oregon from the halls of the United States con' gress. ' He Is a Southern Oregon Man, and worthy, as he is, should have a solid vote, regardless of politics, from southern Oregon electors. (This Is NOT a paid advertisement, The Tidings prints it for the good of southern Oregon.) manager of the eastern liquor corpo rations conducting the liquor cam palgn. In this state against the drf amenameni imitated ny tne people. Respectfully, i E. A. BAKER, Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Oregon. County Recorder of Jackson County, Oregon. I hereby announce myself as the democratic candidate for the office of County. Recorder, to be voted on ai the general election on November 3, 1914. If elected, I will do my duty as I have in other responsible posi tions that I have held. " LEE L. JACOBS. For Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as the democratic nominee for sheriff of Jackson county to be voted on at the general election, November 3, '1914. J. F. HITTSON. (Present chief of police ot Med- ford.) County Recorder. I hereby announce myself as can didate on the republican ticket for county recorder. If elected 'I will give my undivided attention to the duties of the office. Election No vember 8, 1914. CHAUNCEY FLOREY. County Coroner. I am candidate for coroner of Jack son county, subject to the will of the electors at the November election. It successful at the poIIb I pledge my best efforts. W. W. USSHER. For Sheriff, Hereby announcing myself as re publican candidate for Bheriff at the coming election, I stand on my past record jot efficient service lnsthe In terest of the taxpayer, and respect fully solicit the support of all voters W. H. SINGLER. County Surveyor Democratic Cnndl date Subject to Election, Nov. 3. I respectfully refer you to my past record as a basis upon which to judge my qualifications for the above named office. During the present term I have been chief "deputy county surveyor, and have been actively engaged in the practice of civil engineering and surveying In the county toi the past six years. If elected, I will endeavor to serve the public in a manner that will re flect credit upon the office. A. T. BP OWN. County Treasurer. I hereby announce that I am the republican candidate and nominee for the office of County Treasurer. FRED L. COLVIQ. k You Awake ? Stock Ranch Cheap. Ask About It House and lot leased for $180 for one year. For sale for $1,500. Where can you Invest money to beat that? 320 acres good farm land worth $75 an acre offered at $50 for quick sale. A $3,500 modern residence offered at great discount. Inquire. Houses Rented. Autos Insured Staples Realty Agency HOTEL ASHLAND BUILDING. Mill Street, Near City Park Phone 152 PARK GARAGE MORRIS & LIDSTROM, PROPS. We personally conduct Repair and Lathe work and DO THE WORK. Our Repair facilities are unexcelled, our system complete. Our stock of Auto Supplies is right up to the minute. Michelin tires in stock. Other makes on short notice. 12 h. p. Traction Engine for sale. ! Our Vulcanizing Department will please yon. LET US SHOW YOU PARK GARAGE
