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TEN PAGES. PAIE F1VK. DAILY EAST OREGON tAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAT 26, 1906. CHAMnERLAIX FOR GOVERNOR. - Cnmllrintc for Rc-rloctln llns an Ex cellent Record. Governor George E. Chamberlain, who Is a candidate for re-election, has the best record a 'earless and ca pable chief executive of -any man ever to occupy that position. He has cut down state expenses, cut off political grafts, Increased state In comes and regulated demoralized state departments In a manner which proves his capability and high Integ rity. Governor Chamberlain insisted up on flat salaries for state officers and the abolishment of fees. Such a law has been passed, and the 120,000 per year exacted In fees by the secretary of tate, and $15,000 per year that went In fees to the state treasurer will now be paid Into the general fund of the slate. Taxing Corporations, Your state taxes ore lower than they nave been In years. Why? Ilecause Chamberlain has Insisted upon the en actment by the legislature of laws for raising money from corporations. For Instance: ' Tho corporation license law recom mended by him brought Into the treas , ury In 1903, 1904 and 1996, J31S.603.-14. The Inheritance tax law for tho same period brought Into the treas ury tI2.021.3. Cut Down Expenses. He vetoed house bill No. 393 enr rylng an appropriation of 163,000.00. He vetoed a hill carrying an appro priation of 114,500 for tho purchase of a mansion for himself and family to occupy, which mansion, once ac quired, would have been n source of unending cost to the taxpayers. Though favoring honest protection of forests, he vetoed the forest fire IH because whllo on Its fare It car tied n appropriation of only $500, It would, In reality, have cost the state llfi.SOO, and might have cost $100. 00. He vetoed the- hill appropriating $70,000 for a new mute school for the reason thnt tho present school build Ing Is sufficient and the proposed ex penditure wholly unnecessary. These are but a few of his most Im portant vetoes. The fact that all but two of his !9 vetoes were sustained by the legislature tolls the story of how wise and mature was his Judg ment, how efficient and how fearless tit defense of the public funds. He has persistently urged In his messages laws tnxlng gross earnings of telegraph, telephone, express and other public pervlce corporations, and if his suggestions are carried uot, the If his suggestions are carried out, the without calling on you for taxes for stnte nurnoses. Every promise made before election has boen carried out, and tne taxpay ers correspondingly benefited. What other governor has aecom pllshed as much! A. D. STIIiTiMAN FOR JUDGE. Well Known Pendleton Attorney PC' .oillarly Fitted for tho Clrcn trtcncli. A. D. Stlllman. democratic candl .rlate for circuit Judge for the Umatll la-Morrow county district. Is a nntlve son of Oregon and moreover, or eusi .ern Oregon, having been born near tho present silo of Granite, the old .mining camp In Grant county. In .- Governor George E. Cliainberlnin, Candidate for 1864, when Granite was unknown and when all of the vast territory of east ern Oregon east of Umatilla county, was Included In the empire of Maker county. When a boy he came with his par ents to Pendleton and early In life be gan preparation for the law, graduat ing from Cornell university in' 1882, at the age of 18. Upon completing his law course he Immediately entered upon active practice and has been constantly be fore the courts of Oregon and the United States, ns a leading and suc cessful attorney since his entrance In to the profession. Ambitious to widen the scope of his pructlce, he was constantly crowded nto new fields of activity In his pro fession, practicing before the United States court, making a specialty of and and Irrigation law, he has prac ticed in all tho various states of the Pnc.flc const. In his extensive and varied law business. He is head consul for the Women of Woodcraft, the well known frater nal society, having over 4 2.000 mem bers, and conducts nil their legal busi ness, this practice alone bringing hlin Into touch with every court In the Pacific states and giving him nn In sight Into laws of the different states enjoyed by no other attorney In Ore gon. He Is also a member of the board of head managers of tho same order. this being the chief advisory board of the order, having charge of all Its financial and business affairs. This extensive practice has peculiar ly fitted Mr. Stlllmnn for a Judicial position for it has given him familiar ity with courts and court decisions and practices outside of his narrow sphere at home, while at the same time he has enjoyed one of the most extensive practice of any nttorney In the courts (.f his homa county and dis trict. The one peculiar advantage enjoyed by Mr. Stlllman In his candidacy for tho office of circuit Judge Is thnt he has been In constant practice since he was first admitted to the bar, and Is thus Is closest touch with his pro fession, perfectly familiar with nil the various court practices and decisions and enjoys the friendship and confi dence of all the attorneys prnctlclnj at tho bar of the U:nntllla-Morrow county district. Ho has not dropped out of his profession to give his at tention to any side lines, and has therefore lost none of the valuable ac cumulntlon of legal knowledge which comes only with constant practice. He was elected representative to the legislature from Umatilla county In 1898 and served with distinction In the session of 1899. He has been chief ndvlsor of the democratic party In Umatilla county for a number of years and has conducted campaigns of the party for a number of post elections, always working on tho highest plane of citizenship and show ing no offensive partlsnnlsm In any of his dealings. His affable nature and ready wit, his extensive knowledge of the law nnd his fairness and energy have on dearcd him to his associates at t'.e bar. The vigor with which he con ducts his cases and the judicial know! edgo which he has gained In a wide and rled practice, place him In the very foremost rank of leading nttor neys In the district, and he Is by na ture fitted for the position which he seeks, since he Is a student of law, a broad gauge and liberal minded man of high Idenls and has a strong love for his profession. Re - eloction. Mr. Stlllman' would bring to the bench in this district a dignity and matured knowledge of the law which would be especially fitting to that Important position. He has been In constant practice for over 20 years and Is therefore In perfect touch with the questions thnt come before Oregon courts, and would be master of hjs position and competent to pass upon vexed questions without delay or con sulfation. Mr. Stlllman has warm and enthus iastic friends among all parties. He Is affable and fair-minded and has served as attorney for men In all par ties and in all walks of life, and has been highly successful In his profes slon. For a number of years he haa been associated with Walter M. Pierce In the practice of law, this association having been pleasant and cordial In the extreme. JAMES T. LIEUALLEN. Prominent Pioneer Is a Candidate for RcprCNcntntlve. James T. Lieuallen, democratic enndidate for representative from Umatilla county, andNone of the most highly respected pioneers In the coun ty, was born In Mercer county, Mo., on April -3, 185. When but a small boy nt the age of 6 years he crossed the plains with his parents to Umatil la county, which has been his home continuously since that time. The fnmlly is one of the oldest plo. neer families of enstern Oregon, and settled at the Lieuallen homestead near Athena. He went to school In the log school house on Wild Horse creek. In this county, and all the edu cation he ever received, except that gained by extensive reading and ob servntlon, was gained by a few months at public school, during each year. At the ago of 14 he began supporting himself and at the ago of 16 went to the Idaho mines, where he worked for a year. i At 19 ho become a half owner In a tract of school land at Geer Springs In this county and has been a tax payer In the county since thnt time, Soon after this he sold the farm and bought sheep, In which business he continued for several years. At the age of 21 he married Miss Lucy I. Ad cook, a daughter of one of th- pioneer families of the county. After his igarrlnge he located on a farm seven miles west of Pendleton, where he lived for four years, at the end of which time ho removed with his family to Adams, In 1884, where he has since resided. At Adams he first engaged In black smlthlng nnd at the end of four years he purchased a half Interest In the general merchandise store of T. J, Gnllnher, this partnership existing for six months, when Mr. Lleuatit-n bought out his partner and conducted the business olone for a number of years, when he Bold the store and en gaged In farming on a large scale. From the very first of bis residence In .Adams he has been prominently connected witn the city government He served one term as mayor and has been a momber of the city council since the town was first Incorporated, He hos always been rioeplv Interest ed In the public schools, both as a private citizen and memh-r of the school board. He Is a prominent member of the Baptist church and has been an active Sunday school worker. He Is a public-spirited citizen In every way and has always taken the lead In every movement for the bet- terment of his town, county and Htate. He favors many progressive and nec essary laws an Is shown by hlH decla ration of principled, which follows, Mr, Lieuallen is familiar with every condition of Umatilla county and east ern Oregon, having been a close ob server and constant reader, and If elected will prove to be an aggressive and competent law-maker. He be lieves In public morals, and Is an ad vocate of every good movement which will promote the moral or material Interest of the county. Ills declaration of principles to which he will strictly adhere, If elect ed, Is as follows: If I am elected, I will, during my tenure of office, work and vote for: 1. Increased appropriation for public schools, until our children have as good an opportunity for an educa tion as children in adjoining states. 2. Irrigation laws, so as to encour ibc Irrigation. 3. Laws to promote good roads. 4. Laws to discover all hidden property for purposes of equitable taxation. 5. Local taxation on all taxable franchises. 6. Enactment of laws for pronation of stock against contagious disease. 7. U to reduce freight rates as low as consistent with fair returns upon capital Invested. 8. I hereby endorse tho primary (taction law, as a means of restnrlnj government to the people. 9. I pledge my support to ptite mcnt Xo. 1. "i: iual 'rights to all and special privileges to none." (I. A. IIAimiAN FOK JUDGE. I'loncer Citizen With an Excellent Public und Private Record. George A. Hartman, sr., candidate for county judge, frlves the following excellent review of his public serv- res In Umatilla county: I was born, on the prairies of Iowa of poor, but honest parents on July 1, 1S52, coming from there to Umatilla Kiunty In 1871 and have lived here ever since. When I have anything to say I do not hide behind a nom de plume, nor use the columns of an lr- esponslble newspaper, my brand will be found on every article. I was de feated two years ago by 86 votes by undue influence. The office of county Judge Is principally a bus iness office and as I represent Inter ests which pay over $2000 In taxes each year, I certainly, would Insist on an economical administration of county affairs. The man who accepts an office solely for the money he may make out of It la a poor public servant, as the occupying of a place of public trust should be above any money con sideration. If I am again honored my best ef forts will be exerted to conserve the people' Interests. The county debt has Increased dur ing the past two years and the people are this year called upon to pay the heaviest taxes In the history of the county. This was partially brought about by the county, after It had won In the supreme court, making a present back to the railroad company of nei.iy $40,000. The people are now making this up In Increased taxes as the tax payers doubtless know without men ttqji from me. The railroad company, I am relia bly Informed, contributed to my de- feat, not because I am a democrat but because I would not, while a member of the county court, consent to the $40,000 gift Recent dispatches state that Mr. Cotton, attorney of the railroad company, sent $5000 to Ta- coma to help elect the democratic mayor, thus showing that the con tribution was not made for party rea sons. Now I don't charge the court with corruption, but I do think they were Influenced by Influential friends of the railroad com any. I will not be sur prised to run against this Influence In this campaign, but will depend upon the good Judgment of the people to counteract It. for It Is up to thrm to say who shall conduct this county's affairs. The First National Bank or Its shareholders, brought a suit il, liar to the O. R. & N. company. They were defeated, but paid up all int-rest and costs. The falsehoods told of me In the past, or that may bo Invented before the close of the campaign, I ask the voters to take as falsehoods and slan ders which, they are. I have ever been careful of my offlclnl Integrity, never to my knowledge' having ac cepted a dollar for any official net contrary to law, and any one who has made or In the future does make such a charge, does so knowing he Is telling a malicious falsehood. "The levying nnd spending a direct tax on your property Is a matter of business not politic?. When politicians make It a matter of politics It costs twice as much ns It should cost." I ptadge nn economical adminis tration and nsk the voters to read carefully the following old oath, which applies to the present time.: "I do solemnly pledge myself that Iwill give my vote and suffrage as I shall Judge In mine own conscience may best conduce to the public weal." Flnnlly, trusting that the voters and taxpayers of this county will show by their votes on June 4 that they believe I have the moral courage and personal Independence to carry out this pledge, and again honor me by nn election, I pledge my best efforts In their behalf. G. A. HARTMAN, "Till" Taylor for sheriff; the best field sheriff the county ever had. Courageous, watchful, efficient, his chief duty thnt of guarding the county's peace Is ever faithfully per. formed. Shall he be made to suffer because of the peculation of an office deputy which he has made good to the lnrt dollar, with Interest? Shall he be made to suffer because, In tho diligent performance of his outside duties, he has not found time to warm on office chair? If they do not vote for "TUl" Taylor again, the voters who put him In office before have done hi mn positive Injury. Weston Leader. JOHN M. GEARIX FOR SENATOR. Oregon's New Senator la a Native of Umatilla County. United States'' Senator John M. Gearln has demonstrated that a min ority member of the upper national house can do effectual work for his constituents. If he be a man of con scientious devotion to duty and a real desire to serve the people of his commonwealth. He was an active fuctor In securing from the congress the $400,000 which has been appro priated to continue work on Improve ment at the mouth of the Columbia river, and the money now Is being spent under the direction of Major ltoessler, engineer In charge of the Department of tho Columbia. The manner In which a minority senator may aid his state was Illus trated by his inducing all the demo cratic senators to agree to unanimous crnsent that the $400,000 bill be con sidered, at a time when measures of tremendous national Import the railway rate bill, the statehood bill, the Philippine tariff bill and others were pressing for settlement. Objec tion by one senator, republican or democratic, would have prevented consideration at that time; and exper ience since that time, by memberB from all Btates, has proved the diffi culties that would have been encoun tered had action not been secured when it was. Senator Gearln ha won popularity and respect from his col leagues, and Is In a position to do ef fective work In the future. He has stood for the president's rate regulation policy, and at all times has been classed by the Washington news paper correspondents In their advance polls of the senate as unequivocally for the enactment of a law which will really accomplish something for the relief of excessive rates, rebates and the control of the coal and oil and other necessaries by transporta tion companies; In other words, against continuance of the existing union between roads and coal mining and oil-producing concerns. The vast Importance of these meas ures overshadowing all other Issues of recent years has brought to Ore gon the loyal support of their minori ty senator for the things which are so ardently desired by the people of the United States. Senator Gearln has taken up the complaints of the people of Sherman and other counties, and Is close to suc cess In his efforts to get relief for them from the difficulties they have here tofore experienced by reason of the overlap claims of the railway com panies. He has procured personally from Secretary Hitchcock of the depart ment of the Interior active measures for the relief of the settlers of Lincoln county, who have been demanding that lands belonging "to allotment In- dlans on the Slletz reservation be taxed, In order that they may be com pelled to bear their just share of the burden of the local government. This Is a matter that concerns every locality where reservation lands have been al lotted In severalty, and, when he shall have succeeded In procuring relief for Lincoln county, the precedent will doubtless enable other communities to procure the same relief. Senator Gearln has been Influential In urging to early beginning work In building ditches for the reclamation of arid lands, and has closely watched all such enterprises and had frequent conferences with the department of' ficlals to the end that no undue delay be experienced. In every department of the federal government Senator Gearln Is a wel come visitor, and receives prompt and courteous attention whenever he goes with requests for his constituents. He Is popular with the administration, perhaps as much so as any other member of the upper house. Senator Gearln stands unvaryingly for Statement No. 1, and has at all times so stood, notwithstanding re ports that pretend to show to the contrary. He will Insist that the leg- Islature owes to the people of the state their wish as to election of fed eral senator as expressed In the elec tlon In June, and that whoever re celves the popular majority then should be chosen for senator. He has not engaged In a campaign of abuse; and he has remained at his post in the senate. In order to be on hand when the senate voted on the rate regulation bill, refusing to prom Ise to go to Oregon to help his candl dacy, even though such a course lose him the popular election In June; he has replied to all Invitations to speak, saying that he cannot desert his post until the rate bill shall have been dis posed of by the senate. Some time ago, a report gained cir culation that he Joined with Senator Fulton In telegraphing Governor Chamberlain that It might be advlsa ble to call a special session of the leg Islature to appropriate money for the relief of San Francisco sufferers; that later, discovering that If such session were called. It might elect a succes- sor to him, he wired the governor to disregard the first telegram. It true that he telegraphed first sug gesting the extra session, but It Is not true that later he wired to the gover nor to disregard the first telegram he remained In his original position and stated that rather than recede therefrom he would lose his seat and let anyone elected by the legislature come to the senate. However. Senator Gearln has small complaint for the treatment that has been accorded him In the campaign, and has carefully avoided transform Irg the contest Into one In which "slinging mud" should be a leading feature. He rests upon his record of a year, and Is willing to abide by the decision of the voters of the commonwealth when they cast their ballots In June, Ho has for many years been In favor of election of federal senators by dl rect vote of the people; he stood upon such a position long before the peo- pie adopted their amendmont to the organlo law of the state and provided for choice directly by tho people of their representatives In the upper house. Senator Gearln Is a native of Uma tllla county; he was born within that county as his parents were crossing the plains In 1852, and has been fnctor for advancement and civic bet' terment since he has reached the a of manhood. - sreED'Ornnnwscs. ffc SnrSMaa Looms, s"ellewe T the Bono ee4 the Boo) Door. The following In teres ting latter con cerning the relative speed of sntmals appeared In the London Field: - The fastest animal . we nave is tne greyhound. The next are tne race bone, the ted deer and the tare, and then cornea the good, trig, Doia a of fox, which la a fine galloper on good going. In comparison with any ox the above the fastest foxhound on sound flat turf la a alow aa a man mowing grass for haymaking. Bnt if you radically alter the trial ground the above does not bold good. For Instsnre, on rough clods, whether melted or not; a hare cannot ran at all; hence she gen erally takes care not to go there, and where greyhounds are kept she habitu ally lies In her form near the fringe of a rough fallow that when coarsed she may quickly be on good going. With such long, powerful hind legs a bare can beat anything up a steep hllL foxhound can easily beat any horse over deep clay plow, because the borse weighs as much aa twelve bounds and therefore sinks deeply. In stag hunt ing the red deer tires earlier than the blood hunter, though the horse may not be faster, but great consideration must be made for the discretion of a good horseman, who avoids exhausting deep ground which the deer plods through. A run of eight miles within the hour in either of the three wet ; wintry months would leave the body of the field behind, but it would be easy to a riding man on a galloping horse when the March winds have dried, the coon try and the obstacles are only ordinary. CONNECTS THE BRAIN. The Organ That Eaaales tho Hemi spheres to Act la BaramoaT. Near the base of every well organ ized human brain there is situated a curious little spongy body called the corpus callosum. This all Important little organ consists of a double chain of white nerve fibers, and tt Is through these that the two portions (bemi spberes) of the brain are enabled to act in harmony by being continually brought into anatomical and physiolog ical relations with each other. Several years ago a well knows Phil adelphia physician and surgeon. Dr. A. H, Stevens, made the announcement that, in his belief, the corpus "" was the seat of the soul. His peculiar Ideas were given quite an airing through the press at that time, bnt the whole theory fell pretty flat when Dr. A. F. Sawyer of San Francisco proved that a certain west coast worthy had survived twenty years after having the entire corpus callosum shot out of his thought tank and that another had lived eleven years after sustaining a similar injury. The psychologists were pretty wen agreed that a man's life would terminate the moment Ala soul made its exit on the lead of a pistol cartridge. It was these well attested cases of men living after losing the cor pus callosum that caused Dr. Stevens' "soul theory" to relapse Into obscurity. What Load Win lee Beast The army rules are that two Inch ice will sustain a man or properly placed Infantry; four Inch Ice will carry a man on horseback or cavalry or light gone; six inch ice, heavy field guns, such as eighty pounders; eight Inch Ice, a bat tery of artillery, with carriages and horses, but not over 1,000 pounds per square foot on sledges, and ten Inch Ice sustains an army or an Innumerable multitude. On fifteen Inch Ice raO- , road tracks are often laid and operated ' for mouths, and Ice two feet thick withstood the impact of a loaded pas senger car after a sixty foot fall (or perhaps 1,600 tons), but broke under that of the locomotive and tender (or perhaps 8,000 foot tons). Jut lima Blarfct Oat. "Never suppress a sneeze,'' said the trained nurse to the young woman who had just performed that polite act "It is a great strain on all the nerves and blood vessels of the head, as it throws all the action to the back of tho bead Instead of letting It come out of the mouth safely and naturally. Tho uno sual and hard strain on a little blood vessel that may be weak Is likely to burst it and cause Instant death. -loud sneeze does not sound very nice, but It is a safe thing to do every time.' , Whoa a Baa la WeaagesC 1 According to experiments with the dynamometer, a man is precisely at his weakest when he turns out of bad. Our muscular force Is greatly hv.roaa ed by breakfast but It attains to Ha highest point after the midday It then sinks for a few hours. again toward evening, but steadily da-J c lines from night to morning. The chief foes of muscular force are work and idleness. Bla Polttiea, Election Canvasser What husband think of the fiscal Mrs. Hodge! Mrs. Hodge Well, sir, when Vs a-talklng to a protectionist Vs a free trader, and when 'es talking to a free trader Vs a protectionist, and when 'e'i a-talklng to me 'e'a a to-stag lunatic 1 Punch. Bow to Tell Thai Mr. Know-all (UnghlDg) Csm 700 tall me, Mlsa De Wfcte, what is the differ ence between a wise man and a fool? Kiss De Wltte A. wise man knows be la a fool and la miserable', the fool thinks he la wise and la happy, Vtaaaareetatea Small Brother Marie, does yonr ad-1 mlrer stutter? Marie No; of course not! What made yon think of snch a! thing? Small Brother Then why does be write "My dear, dear Marts f PBe- gende Blatter.
