THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1012.
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SCENE IN EUGENE DURING OREGON ELECTRIC CELEBRATION TUESDAY
THAN ABUSE-TAR
President Favors More Public
ity, Fewer Personalities and !
. Greater Dignity on Part of
Candidates for High Offices.
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(United PrM JiMd Wire.)
Beverly, . Mass.,. . Oct. 21. President
"Taft's view of how a presidential cam-
paigrf should b conducted were,"iven to
. the United Press today In an exclusive
Interview.. The president's idea of the',
proper, way to elect a chief executive
follows: , ' , , ' i J
By President XViUiam Howard Taft, I
(Copyrighted, 1913, by the United rrcss
, , . 'Associations.' ,:
: Mr. President,'? asked the- United
Press correspondent? , "how do you per
sonally : believe presidential, campaigns
suouia d conauctearuft ; f
President Taft answered: ; .
"In such a way as to bring out as
many votes of the citizens as possible.
The great danger to. a republican gov
ernment, as I see It, is the lack of Inter
est in politics and -failure to exercise
suffrage by a large number of citlsens.
I regret to say I believe statistics show
those who neglect this Important duty
are generally .Intelligent and capable of
exercising a , discrimination In voting
.jthat.would...inak9 lor thezgopdpf ,ihj.
'. government... Everything, therefore,
should be done to bring out this vote in
presidential-campaigns. . '. ':. ,
, Candidates Vast Advertise.
"The press, of course, Is the chief !n-
strument in keeping before vthe' people
eontroversiea of the campaign; the ne-
.jrceeslty for political activity and the
1. final act of suffrage, but other methods
v i - ma veriismg are -comin g - into-vogue.
7he use of the billboard, electric signs
and advertising panels in street cars are
the logical outcome of a study of the
science of advertising and publicity that
so many Industrial firms have had occa
sion to make. The great difficulty in
such campaigns in the expense. j cam
paign conducted In it states necessarily
Involves the expenditure " of vast
-amounts. At tlmeo it-seems -re -ot
less easy to raise considerable suras by
popular subscription, but in (he past the
subscriptions, have been by persons of
comparatively large financial - means,
engaged in enterprises which might have
such relations with the government as
to be affected favorably or unfavorably!
by governmental action. This has given
rise, to questions of motives, many of I
which are unfounded, that are likely to I
make the collections funds moBfTHfff.
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Decries Personal Attacks.
"What do you think." the president
was asked, "of the effect of personali
ties In a politlcacampalgn?"
President Taft answered":
, "I doubt whether personalities have
anything like the effect which those
who use them think they have. Some
times there is a real revelation of the
character of a candidate, and so clearly
proven to his detriment that he suffers.
Ordinarily, the use of epithets and per
ponal attacks on candidates pnlyanger
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Persons Bearing ; Same Name
of Democratic Candidate j
v to Boost for Him., :
The excellence of "the decorations and the large crowd are shown.
Jesse Applegate, Democratic and Re
publican.: catiaidateg, : renpcctlvely, for
sheriff. .Applegate, is now a deputy in
the off Ice of SherlffKancock. .
Judge Stevenson was appointed by
Governor ' West . to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late Judge
Bewell and is making a strong fight for
election. , 111s slogan is -uooa roaas
and more of them," and his supporters
are predicting his election on that plat
form,' Judge Stevenson took a leading
part in good roads work immediately
following his appointment by the gov
ernor and during the short time he has
been in office fully four times as many
miles of rock roads - have been con
s true ted as during any previous equal
period. - ----- , ....
During Judge- Stevenson a tenure of
office the mechanical equipment of the
county for rock road building has been
doubled" .and ' several addltldnal "rock
quarries opened up. That the people are
in accord with the good roads movement
is Indicated by the act that the county
court has, in several instances, been
served with notice that if it will levy
a 10 mill tax next year for road construc
tion the various road districts will vote
an additional road tax.
their friends and gratify their enemies,
but. do not affect indifferent ones.
,These attacks lower the tone of discus
sion and divert the attention of the pub
lic from the real facts at issue. For
tnat reason., the fewer personalities in.
C0MRADES1VH0 FOUGHT
SIDE BY SIDE MEET FOR
FIRST TIME SINCE WAR
'" (Continued From Page One.)
States has never been ready for a war
and in eaoh case we have paid dearly
for our inaction.
Wounded rive Times.
"I "believe that the harbors of the
northwest need greater protection, for
the reason that waterways from the
ocean enter so rar ihTSOTTfiarannmy
could gain a great advantage in case
a campaign of invasion were under
taken."';, , - -. , ' . f . . ;.t
General Woodruff left this 'afternoon
for Seattle en route for a tour of the
Visiting Delegates Discuss
Theme Pertaining to Tem
perance; Large Attendance
'"ahd'MucrrlnteresrShown.
The theme in practically every
Protestant church of Portland Sunday
was temperance. Sixty-two pulpits were
filled by speakers for the W. a T. U.
cause, either members of the union of
etlorrftr repute or the regular" ministers
using Is as the subject of, their address
es.
Extra large attendance was the gen
cral rule of the day for all churches the
city over. In a number of cases both
morning and evening services were de
voted to appreciation of the work of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
, In addition to Portland churches ob
serving the day generally for the tem
perance cause, many pulpits of surround
ing towns were thrown open to leaders
of the white ribbon movement. Tlio
general response was so unusual that
several of the women speakers, in the
iwP.0. th.t camPalTi. the better, as J astern and southern states and a visit
j mi yuuuu ib men inure niceiy to reacn a
sound and Just conclusion."
voters Somand Dignity.
-Asked-if thepeople utiir axtrected-ilhrc
nlty in high office, the. president an
swered
"Certainly. I am convinced that even
the humblest voter wishes high officers
of the government to conduct them
selves with dignity and to refrain from
. . descending to personalities which ordi
narily w would not associate with men
in prominent, conspicuous and official
positions. ... I., believe the people are sen
sitive on this - subject I am elad to
think this is true, because when the peoif gun,
lava v. utility mntx sen re
spect In high offices, they are losing
their own ideals of standards and low
ering them."
President Taft said that in his opin
ion the contest at the coming election
would be between the Democratic and
pexarblicarrTartlPsnTyrntielnfapi
parent that the Progressives would not
carry more than one or two states if
any. The aim of the Progressives he
said, Is evidently to demoralise the Re
' publican party and throw victory to the
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with his son, Major James Woodruff,
of the engineering icorps of the United
States army, who as district engineer,
ts-statkmeS-at-Vickeburgr-Mlesiselppir
There he will be joined by his wife and
will return to San Francisco in Jan
uary. Until a month ,ago General Wood
ruff was commandant of the Veterans'
Home in Napa county, California. He
resigned for the reeson that he be
lieves he Is entitled to rest the re
mainder of his life.
- General Woodruff has been a soldier
since he was old enough to-"tote a
Hr-is wei I known in the north
west, where he served through the In-
i dlan campaigns of the ?0's in Montana,
and from 1881 to 1S89 was raptaln of
the commissary, at the Vancouver barracks.-""
During his career he was wounded
llTlinejelblseJtMR.ef.durins; thejjiyil
war and twice fighting Indlaps.
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STEVENSON IS BASING
CAMPAIGN ON ROADS
. (ilpectnl to TJm JnoroKl.t
Cornelius, vOr., Oct tl. Political af
fairs in. Washington county have re
mained rather quiet J thus far in the
- campaign. - The only contests of note so
far are those between Robert O. Steven
'son, Democratic candidate for county
Judge, and D. B. Reasoner, his Republi-
can opponent, and Jasper Reeves and
BEN SELLING '
Leading Clothier.
HUGE BREAKER HITS
STEAMER, FLOODING
" 7 ONE "STATEROOM
(Continued From Page One.)
upon the fact. Mrs. J. M. Kemp, na
tional superintendent of several depart
ments of the W. C. T. U., said that at
no previous national meeting she had
ever attended had the support of the
churches been so whole hearted. -
Big Attendance Beported.
White Temple was crowded to capa
city in-all- services -of the 4ay and In
JfleMenUgJ.t. wajjnLecessarvoJhqldjan
overflow meeting, iiunareds unable to
enter the Baptist place of worship at
tended the meeting at the Grace Metho
dist church opposite White Temple.
Mrs. Edith Smith Davis of Wisconsin,
director of the-bureau of scientific tern
perance Investigation and superintend
ent of the department of scientific tem
perance Instruction in schools and col
leges, was the principal speaker in the
evening at W. ' C. T. U. headquarters.
. Mrs. Davis received frequent applause
on making telling ; points Tin her address.
One Instance was when she heartily
condemned the taking of the Bible from
the public schools. Her plea was for an
education for children in which not only
were mental and moral sides of their
natures developed but the spiritual side1
also. She said that King; Aloohol was
the man that caused the overthrow of
i'ilim Jefferies-at-Reno-and-not Jaek
Johnson, and she cited another instance
of temperance victory In that of the
clear eyed American athletes over the
liquor ' stimulated athletes of Europe
generally, at the Olymplo games at
Stockholm last summer, t A beautiful
tribute was paid France! E. Wlllard,
founder of the W. C. T, U., by Mrs,
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The annual W. C. T. U. convention ser.
mon was preached at White Temple
Sunday afternoon by Rev. Edith Hill
Booker of Portland and the church was
crowded. The greatest tribute to Fran
ces Wlllard came from the lips of Rev.
Mrs. Booker, who told of her life de
voted to the cause of temperance and
Of the numerous difficulties the great
rounder had to overcome.-" She sard
"The power of woman Is marvelous.
I only wish we had the time to look
into the Bible and Into history and see
how many times women have fought
and stood up for their rights, when oth
ers slunk away. We are now voices
crying out in the wilderness of world
woe against the rnonstrcaity .of liquor
traffic. We call en the United States
to protect us from this evil to which we
are forced to give our children as host
ages."
Work in jrew Eealand.
Mrs. Anderson Hughes, formerly of
New Zealand, spoke on the subject, "How
New Zealand Grasped the Nettle" as
the second speaker at White Temple
Sunday night She told of the battle
that was being waged in her native
land for temperance, and of how her
people were approaching the goal. She
boosted for the English dependency
nuuieast or Australia and Invited her
barers to spend their next vacation
being done through the equal suffrage
ui wunten.
Kev. Deimar H. Trimbl spoke at
Centenary Presbyterian church Sunday
morning on ine women's Christian
Temperance - Union An Appreciation."
He said that the W. C. T. U. uses four
weapons in Us work, legislation, agita
tion, salvation and education, all closelv
allied. He said that while the effect
of the work- of"tftr-vonisn warTar
reaching, it was not thorough. He said
they were working for their own pres-J
ervation and the savatlon of the race. I
"We need noble, pure womanhood that rf-
win stand tor me right where man
does not . She alone can pull man ud "
said Dr. Trimble.
Addresses Tonng People,
Mrs. Eva- C. Wheeler, Orebon. seore-,
tarj', and Mrs. Bessie L. Sctrvtll bf Mln.
nesotai were speakers at Grace Metho
dist church Sunday evening, Thy
spoke at the young people's meeting.
Mrs. Scovlll expressed it as her opinion
that within eight years the national
prohibition measure will have been
passed. Mrs. Wheeler regretted th
lack, of suffrage In Oregon, but wag
With. "We will win with Woodrow
Wilson," as their slogan Portlanders
bearing the oognomeiv of "Wilson,' will
meet tonight at 7 o'clock at the head
quarters of the Woodrow" Wilson league
headquarters in the Perkins hotel, for
the purpose of organising the "Wilson
Wilson? club.'. ' ''':s;V,-,v,;s''.''',:;.
The club which i will be made up ex
clusively by ' persons named Wilson,
will be non-partisan in all things save
in regard to Woodrow-Wilsori.'Whom the
club will do what it can to elect presi
dent bf the United States. ..-
'XFollowihgTprelimlnary' 'organisation
the Wilsons will go in a body to the
Bungalow theatre where they will listen
to the address of O. C Wilson, who is
to speak in . favor of the Democrats
nominee's candidacy.;.; ':..,' X
There are approximately 400 Wilsons
listed in the city directory. Each one
of them Is Invited to join the club.
Captain A. ' Mv Wilson, a cousin c-t
Woodrow Wilson, is acting as tempor
ary president of the unique organisation;
A. King Wilson, an attorney, is vice
president;, R. A.' Wilson,, a druggist,
treasurer; T. X Wilson, a painter, sec
retary,, and J. Cliff Wilson, of the Bag
gage & Omnibus Transfer company, cor
responding secretary. -
Following-organisation- tonight- the
Wilsons will elect permanent officers.
"The Idea of organising Is simply to
get the Wilsons united in advancing the
candidacy of Woodrow Wilson," said
Captain A. M. Wilson, today. "If or
ganised we feel that there are enough
Wilsons - In the -country to elect the
governor. Every person named Wilson
ean trace their lineage baok te the same
general tamily which sprang from Scot
land and north of Ireland. Therefore
the club is a family matter, that's all."
hopeful that women of the state, when
they did receive the ballot, would be
able to eradicate the liquor-evil.
This meeting was followed by the
overflow White Temple service, the two
apalters-from that place delivering
tneir same addresses at Grace church.
reversing the order of their appearance
before .the congregation at Whlt Tem
ple. The young, people's meeting was
xargeiy aitenaea, tne church being full,
Eugene Register: The Oregoji Eleo.
irias ie k rprnana is !S.60, instead
of $3.75, as was formerly the case with
the Southern Paciflo company on ac
count of their greater mileage, and the
week-end return trip will be I4.9C In
stead of $5, Of course the Southern
Paciflo company will. meet both these
rates and the fare has been reduced
that amount.
Message to Working Women
All women work; some .in homes,
some in church, some in the whirl if
society, and in stores, offices and shops,
tens of thousands are oa the never
leasing treadmill.
bread.
All women, however, are subject to
tho same ' physical laws, and Suffer
alike from the same physical disturb
ances and weaknesses, peculiar to their
sex. Every woman, no matter what
her station In life, should remember
that JL.ylla E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com-
pound is the great remedy for female
ms7InWhlcTrime Should place her
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thought I could never quiet them.
t uesv waves aia not overtake us
until we attempted to cross the Co
lumbia river bar. While It was choppy
uuiamo, ji was not so very bad. I had
left the door of my stateroom open, be
cause a man in the next stateroom had
been smoking all night, and my room
was full of the fumes. The waiter who
brought me my breakfast had Just left
my tray, and I had asked him to close
toe aoor, realizing that it was getting
rougher, but he paid no attention to my
request ; It was less . than u.- minute
after that when this big breaker came,
and . I thought the waiter had been
washed overboard, but I found out that
he had sought refuge in another state
room, .'..,,. ..
"As soon as possible we were ' taken
to the engine room, where we were dried
out, and the captain then gave us his
room,.. They refused, when we got here,
to do anything for me. AH my clothes
were ruined, and some of my things
were lost. Among them was my trunk
check." .-. -
When Mrs. McNall and her son
reached the hotel here she almost col
lapsed, and kept to her bed all after
noon and until late this morning. Up
to noon she had been unable to wire her
husband in Anaconda about her experi
ence. :' :-.! ; : j ...
She declared that the entire trip was
a thrilling one. : On leavina- Marahfieid
and in crossing the bar at Coos Bav.
she declares the steamer struck bottom
as,Jt watJhrowh from. lde.to; side Jiy
the heavy sea. . After Dassina- over tha
Columbia river bar, it is said that the
Breakwater sent a wireless warning to
auoiner steamer not to attempt the trin
over the bar at that time. -
Mrs. McNall had been vlsltinr with
her son, a business man at Marahfleld.
and was on her way to Anaconda. She
win remain here, however, until her
claims against the steamshin com nan v
are adjusted, and as much of her bag
gage as is possible is recovered.
Too Much Law in Germany.
Berlin, Oct 21. Every, twelfth Per
son in Germany has been punished fori
oviic uwmuuu ttiQ iuw,..accoraiiig 10
the first statistical figures upon the
subject, ,. which ; have Just been made
public. Ill view of the wide repute of
the Germans as a law-abiding people the
statistics have created much commept,
Some of the" press declare there is "too
much law,", which : tends to - "e ver-cro.
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