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Reminiscences Interesting in Oregon
The National Election of 1806 Was Won by rrotM-tlo Erroneoas
Claims of Currency Claimants Corrected by Two living Wit
nesses Secretary Wakeman Reviews Story of Mr. Henry lu
j Stoddard, Who Was Official Scout for Chairman Hanna
Secret of Teacher's Death in Cistern Resists Solution v
(Oregon Republicans who were j would reach the American people
auirre m me MCKiniey ana Bryan enectvieiy. i
campaign jot 1896 will read with
interest the article of Hon. Wilbur
P. Wakeman below. It was writ
ten for the current number of the
American Economist, of which Mr.
Wakeman is and for many years
ha been the editor, that paper be
ing the official organ of the Amer
ican Protective Tariff League, of
which Mr;, Wakeman is the secre
tary. That was one of the most
exciting election campaigns the
United States has witnessed part
ly because it was to decide the
, question -rot free silver r coinage,
which meant a debasement of the
currency,; and wide ruin to the
substantial business and laboring
interests of the country. Follow
ing is the article: )
Br WILBUR P. WAK EM AN
I Mr. McKinley, today you are
beaten." i These words I used to
Hon.' William McKinley. Republi
can nominee for the presidency in
his home at Canton, Ohio, in the
afternoon of Labor day, Septem
ber 7th, 1896. j
' I am led to give some of the in
cidents of that day by the remark
ably Interesting article by Mr. HenT
ry Li Stoddard In the New York
Telegram of July 30th entitled
"Bryan From First to Last." In
Mr. McKinley read his sneech df
tne mdrrow to me and I renlied.
xes, same old story. 90 per cent
gold and silver, five per cent law
and order, fire per cent miscellan
eous, Including the tariff."
Mr. McKinley recalled his secre
tary and in his usual considerate
manner with everyone, apologized
that the stenographers would have
to be on duty during the evening,
for, as he said, "I shall rewrite
this speech." ;
Naturally we were thinking very
seriously of the outlook and little
was said during the time when he
shaved himself at his desk without
a mirror just before dinner, i I
did not notice an "omission," but
it developed at the dinner table.
A smile went around among his
guests,; which I did not understand.
This finally resulted in laughter,
when Mrs. McKinley said, "Why,
William, go look at your face In
the mirror." Governor McKinley
had left about an inch of white
lather ion the left side of his face.
When ihe returned to the table we
all bad a good laugh and the inci
dent passed. , v
Arriving home on Wednesday
morning and reporting to the A. P.
T. L. headquarters. I found a tele
phone message to the effect that
Secretary Osborne of the Republi-
- . ran rvatinnal pnmmiltoa vontad to
the twitch or sharp change from
sound money to protection in the
campaign of 1896. Technically,
Mr. Stoddard's statement regard
ing the action of Mon. M. A. Han
na, chairman of the Republican na
tional committee, may be correct,
but ft was William McKinley who
switched, or shifted the campaign
t the time mentioned. Mr. Hanna
received 'his orders from, Mr. Mc
Kinley. I v
Mr. Stoddard in part says: -
"la erly September - Mark Hanna
realized that enoarh itatea could not be
held weit of tne Aliaiiaaippi to elect Me
Kiaiey aa a cold ktandard eandidate; for
the firat and only time in a national
campaign the chairman gave order to all
speaker and newspapers vest of the
Mississippi riTer to change the inane if
possible to drop the money question en
tirel and take up the tariff. That switch
held North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa
to McKinley, but did not save Nebraska,
Kanaaa. Wyoming and South Dakota.
There wero fully fifty electoral Totea in
aereral states held by slender majorities
-Kentucky, held by' 2 81, California by
z,7.- uregoa By s.lli.
"Haanaj always claimed that the
switch to the tariff tsred. the day for
the gold 'Standard. He held that had
the west voted solely en the money -issue
not a state beyond the Mississippi
wonld have (tone for McKinley.
"This brings tne, ' bark to my earlier
statement i that we must Judge tha .free
silver men of. 1801 by tha conditions of
that day and not by tha light of today
emphasised as that light has been since
tha war by tha fact xt -Knropeaa eur
ren'ies lacking a gold basis."
Invited to Canton, Ohio, by Gov
ernor McKinley, I spent Labor day
with Mr aid Mrs. McKinley at
their home. ' In the afternoon we
had a drive and in the evening
eight friends were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. McKinley:
After the afternoon drive, In his
little office to the right' of the en
trance of his' home we discussed
the probabilities of the campaign
very earnestly and when he finally
asked me to give liim my best
Judgment as to the outlook, I re
plied, "Mr. TtfeKinleyJtoday, you
are beaten," and he replied in ef
fect, "Well, I have done the best
I could and presented the issues to
the best of my ability.'
" "Butr said I, "Major, this cam
paign is not finished.1 Chairman
Hanna; has done great work and to
day I think you are as certain of
New York, New England, Pennsyl
vania. New Jersey, West Virginia,
Maryland and Delaware as if the
vote had. been) cast. But how
about Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, all
of the Missouri valley and the Pa
cific coast states? As you know,
the management of the campaign
in Oregon and California has been
transferred to the American Pro
tective Tariff league. A protective
see me at once. I reported to him
immediately in the Metropolitan
bulldlnr on Madison Sauare. was
immediately ushered into his pri
vate office, and that was the only
time I remember of having been
htfgged by a man. Those .who
knew Mr. Osborne will remember
that he was a big strong fellow. I
asked Shim what was the matter,
"Why,", he said, "I had William
on the ' phone this morning and
asked i him about his remarkable
speech of yesterday, giving protec
tion its proper place and his reply
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SHIPPERS INFORMED OF
PROPOSED RATE RAISE
SOTICES SENT BY PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION
Proceedings Designed to Investi
gate Every Proposed Charge
Increase
Above: The Thomas seaman residence; below, the cistern.
MATTOON, 111., Aug. 12. The
mystery surrounding the death of
Miss Cora Stallman, 48, school
teacher, . whose body was found
in a cistern near here, ie resist-
was ,Wilbur Wakeman was here I ing all efforts at solution.
Labor! day'.' "Then," said Gen- Miss Stallman. an instructor in
eral Osborne, I knew what had Cincinnati schools for 12 years.
happened. My boy, Labor day.
1896, ?was the best day's work of
your life." I
Chairman Hanna was a great
chairmsn, but up to the time that
William McKinley took hsl positive
was spending the summer in a
cottage on the farm of Thomas
Seaman, seven miles northeast of
Mattoon. , i
When discovered the boay had
position in favor of magnifying the apparently been dead for about
protective tariff on September 8 1 a, I three hours, indicating mat tne
he could not "be convinced of the
necessity of making the national
policy of protection prominent
William McKinley gave protection
Its proper - position on : that date
and never changed throughout the
campaign. In one of his speeches
he used this wonderful ' phrase,
"Open. " the. mills instead . of the
mints,'' which became a slogan ey-
woman came to her death between
3 and 4 o'clock In the morning.
Water did not cover the head and
thede was no water in the lungs.
There was no marks on the body
to indicate that the woman had
met a violent death. The vital or
gans have been removed " and a
chemical analysis probably will be
made of the viscera to determine
whether the woman was poisoned.
Floating about the body In the
cistern were several watersoaked
letters of a threatening nature.
number of other letters, all of a
threatening nature, all more or
less disconnected but carrying a
threatening tone. These letters,
with a diary left by the dead wom
an, constitute the meager clues
with which Coles County authori
ties are attempting to unravel the
mystery.
When Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Seaman returned from Cincinnati,
where they went to conduct the
burial of Miss Stallman, they ex
pressed the belief that the woman
The public service commission
is sending advices to Oregon ship
pers and the general public cover
ing : the status of recently filed
formal applications of the western j
carriers for an increase in revenue
in the western and mountain Pa
cific districts.
Similar petitions ' have been
filed filed with both state and in
terstate commissions involving an
investigation of all rates, fares
and charges, both state and inter
state and looking to the establish
ment of Increased rates estimated
to approximate eleven percent.
At the same time the interstate
commerce commission has insti
tuted a genral rate structure' in
vestigation under the Roch-Smith
resolution, as passed by the recent
congress and for the purpose of
compliance with said resolution
which was primarily a relief
measure in behalf of existing de
pression in agriculture. j
The formal application of the
carriers and the proceeding under
the Hoch-Smith resolution have
been assigned for Joint hearing
in Chicago September 8, before
Chairman Altchlaon. i
The interstate commerce com
mission states that although! the
Hoch-SmTth resolution (I. CL C.
Docket 17,000) is of broad scope
it will deal with the western .dis
trict in order, with specific and
definite data. i
1. To determine what products
of agriculture, including livestock.
are affected by depression.
2. To determine what if any,
reductions may be lawfully effect
ed In the rates or charges on
products of agriculture Including
-livestock.
3. To determine whether any
rates, fares, or charges, either on
particular classes and kinds of
commodities, or classes of traffic,!
in particular sections or between
particular localities in" the western
district, or otherwise, may be law
fully authorized or required to be
increased, and, if so, to what ex
tent, in order to compensate for
such rate reductions, if any, as
may be found proper; and
4. To determine whether any
rates, fares, or charges, either on
particular classes and kinds ' of
commodities or classes or traffic.
In particular sections or between
particular localities in the west
ern district, or otherwise, may
lawfully be authorixed or required
to be I increased, and. If so, to
what extent, lnorder to effect
such Increases, la the revenues of
western carriers as may be found
proper.
Briefly - summarised the . pro
ceedings now under way are de
signed, to place under Investiga
tion and challenge net only every
Interstate rate, tare and charge of
every sort and description, but
every I Interstate rate, fare and
charge as well.
The commission states that in
view of the fact that the public
service commission will be re
quired to pass upon the issues in
the state of Oregon, it cannot
properly take part aa an advocate
in the proceedings pending before
the interstate commerce commis
sion. However, to assist Oregon
shippers it makes available to the
sel and experts together with Its
files, reports and statistics. To
facilitate procedure, it lias been
asked the cooperation of shippers,
carriers and tha general public In
preparation and presentation of
necessary information. Hearings,
covering state rates set at future
dates and places to be determined.
Subsequent search has revealed a 'had committed suicide.
TEACH OREGONI ANS TO SWIM
Easterners Astonished , at General Lack of Knowledge of
Where Such Quantities of Water Abound
Art
By C. VjASHBAUGH f
Those coming from the east and
erywUere west of ! the Allegheny I mid-west are often heard , to re-
mountains. ". mark about the number of Ore
I r if erred above to Oregon andl g-nninna Rnfr!aliv amon? the eld-
Callfdrnia. During July ' of the I ,,..-
cmprtn'or int.. the senators ,la;rlne ,hat w. h, wttMn our
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trr W are for free silver, but beautiful as could be wished, the
we do not want to leave the Re- reason for the average web-foot's
publican party. We are for pro-1 inability to propel mmseir proper
tection, we can carry Oregon if you j Iy in his native element is rather
will keep the currency question out I difficult-to discover." It has been
of the state." 'After two or three j suggested that the temperature of
days' deliberation,, the entire cam-Jtne water is largely to blame, be-
paign in Oregon was iransierrea ing so Jow that a few moments
to the direction of the A. P. T. i. 1 1 TOn ,,DD1.a!iw r
luLtW of the most enthusiastic be-
ed to headquarters by Chairman " "
Hanna. when he said, Wakeman, the men, at least, for they are so
what kind of a scheme is this you constructed that they chill very
are working up on me?" He hand-l much more readily than their sls-
and easy.
Nature has furnished us with an
Instinct to keep open and free the
life-inlet and, also the guardian
senses of the ears, nose and eyes.
and it takes both will and persist
ence to overcome this. But the
old saying among the boys, "learn
to dive and swimming will take
care of itself," is not only true but
ed me a dispatch from the chair
man of the Republican state com
mittee of California, a long night
wire which said in effect. -"Please
keen the currency issne out of Cal
ifornia, we want protection litera
ture, and speakers only. Treat us
as you have Oregon."
I told. Chairman Hanna that I
had had no communications direct
tariff campaign exclusively is be- or indirect with i the California
lag made in these two states. Ton
will carry them. What other states
of the (Pacific coast, inter-mountain
states and Missouri valley will
wilt you carry? We are just as
much for sound .money as yon or
Chairman Hanna. but of course we
do not deal with the currency
question. , However, - we do not
want to see the 'Republicans west
of the Allegheny mountains defeat
protection through r their faith in
16 to 1. Up to this time In the
campaign 90 per cent of the
speeches and literature are given
to the currency question, five per
cent to; the law and order and five
per cent to miscellaneous subjects,
including the tariff."
! Finally Governor McKinley in
quired! "Is there anything can be
done?! and my reply was, "Yes,
there is just one man 1 nthe Unit
ed States who can save this situa
tion, William McKinley. If you
"will give the protective tariff its
proper place and proper import
ance in the campaign, the Republi
cans of the west will believe that
protective tariff is more important
than the silver question. They do
not want to leave the Republican
party, ; but they believe that the
' silver question is alt-important to
their interest and Mr. Bryan has
magnified that situation until the
western country is lost to you."
Shortly before the dinner hour
Governor McKinley called his sec
retary and read to me his speech
for the next day, which was to be
delivered before visiting OOhio ed
: itors. ! He very graciously invited
me to appear with him on that oc
casion, bat I felt that William Mc
Kinley was the only man who
committee and he then said, "Well,
guess you better take over Cali
fornia on the same lines as Ore
goal .We did, and it will be re
membered that Oregon and Cali
fornia went overwhelmingly , for
McKinley. j . !
Mr, Stoddard is right when jhe
says that, the issues of the cam
paign were shifted. In September,
1896, they were shifted by William
McKinley, the nominee of the "Re
publican party.
; fjMy new housemaid is a treas
ure? declared Mrs. Johnson.
had! a bridge party the other eve
ning: and one woman failed to turn
K -V ; " 1, 1
an.; iuu snow uo ii. i bug
gave me no notice whatever."
"tVery annoying." ; ;
"The : housemaid, however, put
on 'bhe of my gowns and fitted in
beautifully." V
That was helpful.
Yes. and I won her week's
wages." ; .
The Rev.. Lawrence Redforn of
Liverpool, while visiting' in this
country, told friends that his col
league, the Rev. John C. Baltan
tyne, was unable to come over on
account of illness.
; While Rev. Bailantyne was
kept Indoors, his friends sent him
many tokens of their affection.
V. flowers came ia "great profusion
sdP;thatU one . day the ;iitiag j tbom
was virtually filled with them.
The English maid, passing
through, stopped and, with a quirk
of her thumb upward, said, ''Think
ters. . . j ..
This is due to an old work of
Dame Nature, we are told, : for
when men used to go upon the
chase with stones and clubs they
were constantly in action and kept
their blood circulating. But the
women, at home in the damp cave,
sat waiting or making garments
and by this inaction were forced
to develop (not evolute) an under
skin of fat cells that have persist
ed even to this day of bare arms,
bare shoulders ana gossamer
stockings.
rrom tnis tnen u would seem
that the gentler sex should be
veritable mermaids, but it has
been noticed that they have a de
cided aversion- to wetting their
hair, or is it that the cosmetic
ians have neglected to manufac
ture a waterproof rouge? Un
questionably the real reason has
been hit upon in this nonsense. It
is because they, as well as the men
most decidedly do not like to. get
their heads wet. Overcome this
aversion and the rest is simple
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tALEM. OKIOON
SAFETY.
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ing the eyes. Again, it is very
probable that you did not go down
near enough to gather any pebbles.
If then by filling the lungs and
lying motionless fase down the
body did not sing, except the slow
settling of the feet toward a ver
tical position, which might be pre
vented by a slight kicking or pad
dling of the feet, it can be readily
seen that, but a gentle downward
stroking of the hands will give the
necessary buoyancy for one to
raise the head . sufficient to
breathe. 'Very little practice will
enable one to do this, where upon
the down stroke may be length-
nvith
it
a very good rule to be adopted by lned ,nto a 8llgM back 8troke
the aspiring amphibian.
For those who are really in ear
nest about wanting to learn this
which will carry the body forward
slowly. The different and more
efficient strokes follow naturally
finest of sports and what should -fter once a fonud that sinkine
be a part of every human's edu- is not as easy as it seems. Swim
cation, a lew simple mstrucuons aa ,Qw ln tbe water ag possible.
may here be given. j TW la nn fnrm of .TAr-rUa an
Overcome trie fear of water, j beneficial, if not overdone. The
Wade out in still water where the iung8 are filled to capacity with-
bottom is uniform,' as noies are out thought, the spine is stretched
both terrifying and dangerous, to I aQ(j tne shoulders thrown back
breast-deep. Take a big breath, hnto nrooer position: muscles are
fill the lungs so that out of water tensed and the skin is cleansed.
the breath could be neld snout 301 An exhilaration is felt afterwards
seconds, then draw up the knees and a sluggish arjoetite will be
and clasp them with the arms. Aslmade keen that almost anything
you sink Into the water count andon tne menu will be relished. But
see how long you are able to hold those who love the water, "not
your breath. If It is your first wisely but. too well" should use
time it will be remarkably short. moderation for too long soaking is
although there is no reason why I exhausting and drying to the
one should not hold quite as well Inlands and skin, and too cold a
unaer as out. Alter you are aDie nlnnre Is a shock which those of
to count five or ten you will note
that you did not go down and' sit
upon the bottom as was expected.
but that the whole top of your
head was above water and remain
ed so) until the breath was let out.
When this teat can bo done and
the breath held for twenty or so1
counts, try going down fact fore-
most and gather pebbles from the'
bottom. It will no doubt surprise
you that, in fairly clear water, the
bottom may be seen distinctly if
the eyes are opened. - This, at first.
causes rather a shock but no dam
age whatever, and if practiced for
a few times it will be almost im
possible to go under without open-;
weak constitutions should avoid.
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