East Oregonian : E.O., June 08, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

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ATTEM PTS 10 BRIBE
The Portland Evening Telegram
prints the following account of bold
attempts to bribe statement No. 1
members of the legislature and set
aside the wishes of the people in the
election of United States senator:
Bribery and other pressure is being
brought to bear on statement No. 1
members of the legislature. A con
spiracy has already been effected for
the purpose of disorganizing the ranks
of the 52 statement Xo. 1 senators
and representatives and thus defeat
ing the wish of the people as ex
preyed at the polls that George E.
Chamberlain be sfent to the United
States senate.
The information that bribery is be
ing attempted is no idle rumor, for
it is known positively that at least
three house members elected from
Multnomah have been approached.
How many more have been "felt out"
by the agents of the conspirators is
not known yet, but at least three ot
the representatives-elect admit that
efforts have been made to tempt
them.
One of the agents of the plotters,
who design to trick the people by
tampering with the legislature, is a
your.g lawyer who has been mixed
up- with shady transactions In the
past. Other agents in the game are
business men who take an active part
In politics.
Word has been passed down tht.
line among the anti-statement mem
bers to keep silent and say nothing;
that a game was on foot to defeat
Chamberlain for senator and prevent
the legislature from carylng out the
wishfs of the people of Oregon. Mem
bers known to be opposed to Cham
berlain and who are against the state
ment have been notified that "there
will be something doing," and to wait
because "something will break loose"
In a short time, or at latest when th
legislature assembles. I
A desperate game is being prepar
ed by the ring politicians, and no
sooner was It developed that Cham
berlain was the choice of the people
and that a maojority of the legisla
ture were pledged to vote for him than
the plotters disclosed their hand.
Emissaries were at once sent to
statement No. 1 men In the attempt to
organize them to repudiate their
pledges. How many were approach
ed it Is difficult to say, but while
three admit that bribery offers were
made. It Is known that at least four
others have come In contact with
the conspirators. These latter have
lade the admissions to the trio who
nowledged the visits.
y. and lucrative positions, are
't forms of bribery which
ffered. Another phase of
'h the conspirators are
have enough state
-My in
29c
9c
and Colors 59c
NEW LEGISLATORS
ment No. 1 members resign and have
anti-statement members elected In
their stead, thus pulling away enough
votes to defeat Chamberlain.
The men behind the plot are ring
politicians. Whole those who have
been tempted will not reveal their
names, the Identity of the bribers is
suspected with almost certainty by
people familiar with the inside work
ings of the political history of Ore
gon. Their complete and open expos
ure is only a question of time.
Aside from the bribery proposition
the conspirators will try to have
statement No. 1 men resign In coun
ties where there Is a prospect of an
anti-statement candidate being elect
ed to succeed him.
Already this part of the game has
been set on foot and from well au
thenticated sources it is learned that
feelers have been thrown out to see
what statement No. 1 men can be In
duced o violate their pledges in this
manner. Any statement man who
resigns, under the circumstances,
will, of course, be open to the sus
picion that he has been "reached" and
has received his price.
The first move made by the plot
ters was an attempt to prevent state
ment No. 1 men in Multnomah coun
ty from declaring themselves. They
explained that by not committing
themselves, the statement No. 1 men
who will have to vote for Chamber
lain may be able to crawl out on
some technicality later. The Multno
ma delegation has declined this prop
osition to a man. It was after this
first attempt to prevent the declara
lon that bribery was undertaken.
So far as the statement No. 1 men
are concerned, however, there does
not appear to be the slightest Inten
tion on their part to do other than
live up to their promise, and the
agents who have approached tl'em
have received scant courtesy.
A sure cure, one you can depend
upon. Hickory Bark Cough Remery.
A sure cure, nd It's pure! Use It for
all lung trouble, coughs, colds, hoarse
ness and sore throat For sale by
any druggist and first class dealers
everywhere. Pendleton Drug Co.
O. U. & X. FAVORS FARMERS.
Warcltouae Sites Granted at Different
Stations on the Line,
In compliance with requests of the.
j Farmers' Cooperative and Education
i al association, R. B. Miller, genera.
traffic manager of the O. R. & N.
company, this afternoon notified the
association that warehouse sites had
been granted at Valley Grove In case
the company's civil engineer could lo
cate a site where a warehouse could
be erected at a nominal cost, says a
Walla Walla item.'
The action of the railroad company
in granting the sites comes as a vic
tory for the farmers of Walla Walla
county, who have been waging a bit
ter fight against, large warehouse cor
porations. It is said the Northern
Pacific company has taken steps op
, oslte to the action of the O. R. ft N.
jmpany and has refused to grant
warehouse sites on its lines.
Read tha East Oregonlaa.
Washington, June 8. "Mr. Cannon
was born of God-fearing, and man
lovlng parents. He mado himself,
and he did a dnrn poor Job of It."
This Is the autobiography of "Uncle
Jge" of Illinois. He wrote It upon
request, and he got almost as much
Into the two lines ns Grant, or Sher
man, or Mark Twain did Into vol
umes. Horn a Quaker 72 years ago In
North Carolina, rearqd to manhood in
a clearing on the banks of the Wabash
in Indiana, lawyer, banker, and ncar
mllllotiaite, Joseph O. Cannon Is often
cited to prove that the grand old
type of American manhood, rugged
and sturdy, that characterized the
fathers of the republic, Is not always
spoiled by wealth.
The manufacturing process to which
Cannon referred In his autobiography
occurred In the house of representa
tives. For more than a generation
he has been a member of that body,
and for five years Its speaker. The
raw material was recognized as such.
"The gentleman must have oats in his
pocket," exclaimed a member, when
Cannon made his first speech In the
house. The "kid" member from the
west admitted it, and suggested there
might also be a hay seed In his hair.
Last winter that speech was recited
from the floor by one of his admirers,
while Cannon sat blushing in the
speaker's chair, his vest unbuttoned
from top to bottom, his frazzled hair
so thin it could no longer hold hay
seed if it tried, his bones clothed In
homespun, and a toothpick In his
mouth just as picturesque a figuro
as ho was 33 years before.
"Uncle Joe's" Habits.
His habits and manners are all
pervadlng. They permeate. "Uncle
Joe's" clothes, Just as they do Ills
system. They are likewise copy
righted. About a year ago when
the speaker went to New York, the
metropolitan newspapers commented
on his "twenty-five cent hat." In re
ality, it was a $40 Tanama, but it had
ii'-en Cannonlzed. The best tailors In
Washington make his suits, but an
everlasting contest between the gar
ments and their owner as to their
right to shield him from the elements,
give his clothes a withered rose ap
pearance the year around.
The tobacco habit characterizes him
as nothing else. The angle at which
his cigar Is held Is regarded as a bar
ometer of his spirits. Only on one
occasion was the cigar ever observed
at "gloomy." That was the night of
election day In ,1890, when Cannon
and McKinley were defeated for con
gress. I'oth were at headquarters In
Chicago. Finally when all others wero
gone, except one or two, Cannon said
to McKinley:
"William, there Is no use In our
trying to fool one another, is there?"
"No, Joe," replied McKinley.
"Well, ditsn't it beat hell?" and
with that his cigar fell to the lowes
ngle it ever registered. It was the
only defeat he ever suffered.
Love for Tobacco.
Plug tobacco is another Cannon ac
quaintance. The speaker will stop a
man on the street to ask for a chew.
He has gotten many a chew and a
vote for congress besides, by asking
for the first. At the time of the bi
cycle craze a friend asked Cannon
how he was progressing In his attempt
to ride.
"Oh, fairly well; I succeeded today
for the first time in splttlmr without
falling off," he responded with pride.
He Is said to have two other habits,
cussing democrats and raising the
ante at inopportune moments.
As a public speaker. Cannon never
set the world on fire with his elo
quence. Rut he has often floored hU
opponent by the soundness of his
logic, his ready flow of humor, his
ruKei d, homely language, and his
windlass gestures. A good baseball
pitcher was lost when Uncle Joe be
came a politician. If ho wants to
emphasize what he Is about to say,
be begins to shake his head after the
fashion of a horse eating hay from
a stuffed manger. By the time the
climax Is reached his trusty arm Is
describing a circumference with a
four-foot diameter. He gets lots ot
exercise out of his gestures, almost as
much as In his morning breathing ex
ercises In front of the open window
of his bed room.
The BlMe unci Shaltesirs.
Biblical allusions and quotations fill
his speeches and private conversa
tion and he Is no stranger to Shake
speare. Blunt, straightforward re
plies may be expected from him. most
likely seasoned with picturesque ex
pletives. He professes to believe that all pol
iticians, including himself, are hum
bugs, and he treats them as such. His
faith Is pinned to the common people,
although he can walk along with
labor on the arm of capital on the
other without missing a step. "The
constitution and the laws do not make
the safety of this nation," he once
remarked. "It is the people who
make It."
His religion is embraced In the
brotherhood of man and the tenots
of the republican party. Slavery
made him a republican, he declares.
As speaker of the house he has never
lorded it over the most humble. He
enjoys talking to the Irish laborer,
because he says the best part of him
self Is Irish.
Cannon belonged to the Quaker
faith, until his wedding day. He mar
ried a Methodist woman, now dead,
and his church called upon him to re
pent for marrying outside the faith.
Angered at this rebuke, he excommu
nicated himself by exclaiming:
"If you mean that I am to get up In
meeting and say that I am sorry I
married Mary, I won't do It. I'm
damned if I'm sorry, and I'm damned
If I'll say I am."
NT1
II
Today when asked to what denom
ination he belongs, he retorts that he
Is a brother-in-law of the Methodist
church.
In his soul Is a love for tho beautl
ful, only equal to his sympathy for
his fellowman,
"I wouldn't give three whoops In
hades," said he once to a woman, "for
any man whose heart would not beat
raster, who would not breathe deeper,
whose eyes would not take fire, whoso
spirit would not swell as If to stran
gle him, who would not be moved
even to the shedding of tears and
that without any shame by the
voices of birds and children, by a
mother's smiles, by a song that Is
sung from tho heart, by noble oratory
or the noble action of actors on the
stage; by tho human art through
which the spirit of beauty In one
speaks to the spirit of beauty In an
other." , ;;:5Ui
With the homeliness of Lincoln, he
has none of the melancholy of that
other famous son of Illinois. With
the power of "Czar" . Rood, he has
been as approachable and as human
as the corner grocery keeper.
Although he Is the personification
of the strictly party Idea, Cannon's
unquestioned honesty, his genial man
ners, his rag-carpet language and his
absolute fairness within the limita
tions of the rules of the house have
made him the most beloved speaker
that ever occupied the chair, not only
among his own colleagues, but also
among the minority.
He hryi no better friend In congress
today than John Sharp Williams, the
democratic floor leader.
provincial elkctioxs.
To Canntllnn lYovlnces) Completing
Active CuniMiigii.s.
Ottawa, June 8. After an active
campaign, provincial elections are be
ing held today In the' provinces of
Ontario and Quebec. The Whitney
government In Ontario has appealed
to the people on Its record of what Is
termed "a period of political probity,
fair play and capability never excell
ed In the history of the province,"
and with good prospects of success
In today's election. In Quebec, the
government has not been very pop
ular with the people, but the minis
ters go to the country buoyed up by
tho hope that their present over
whelming majority will not be wiped
out by the electors, who have had lit
tle time to consider the nets of the
administration.
There Is no doubt that the govern
rrrrt hn t:fffrfd very considerably
far as popular estimation Is con
cerned during the past year, and the
bad Impression created has by no
;m-ins been dlslpated. It remains
to be sren what effect It will have on
the ppoplo nt the polls.
, i roMri.irrKs third skasov.
"Tlir Clntwntnii' Has Rwn Wltneisctl
By Nearly I.OOO.OHO l'l-oplo
"The Clansman" established a new
record among successful plays wjth
the close of its third season In Brook
lyn, X. Y on Miy 23. Those fond
of thetiatrlcal statistics will be Inter
ested to le.irn that In the trlennlum
just closed Mr. Dixon's Ku Klux Klan
drama has been played 1500 times
and been witnessed by 3. ".IS, 040 peo
ple. The actual box office receipts
have been $4,281,437. The. distances
traveled by the companies have
roundly aggregated "fi.OOO miles or
more than three times the ginlle of
tho earth.
In honor of the extraordinary
achievement the 1500th performance
was made a gala night. M.inagt-r
Pn-nnim, Playwright Dixon and tho
players entertained a largo company
of friends on tho stage of the Broad
way theater. After the banquet lead
ers in the dramatic, newspaper and
literary worlds united In congratulat
ing the management and expressed
the belief that the coming tour of
"The Clansman" on tho Pacific coast
would smash even the high records
of the play In the ent.
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All
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AT COST
Must comply with the Prohibition
law by July 1 st. To do so, for the
next 30 days, 1 will offer my entire
stock of Wines and Liquors At
Actual Cost.
Nothing Reserved
All Must Go
Only First -Class Goods In Stock
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DOWNWARD COURSE.
Fast Doing Realized by Pendleton
. People.
A little backache at first.
Dally Increasing till tho back is
lame and weak.
Urinary disorders quickly follow)
Diabetes and finally Bright'! dis
ease. This Is the downward course of
kidney Ills.
Mrs. Laura McClure, living at ISIS
Madison avenue, La Grande, Ore.,
says: "I have used Doan's Kidney
Pills off and on for three or four
years and the best possible results
have always been obtained. Any over
exertion or the contraction of a cold
often served to bring on backache
and at such times by kidneys would
be weak and I would be greatly an
noyed by dizzy spells, I would be
rostless and nervous and as .a result
of tho loss of sleep, would arlst in
the emornlng feeling tired and worn
out. Learning of the merits of
Doan's Kidney Pills, I procured'a box
took them according to directions and
they relieved me at once. I havs
kept them them In the house since
as I have the greatest confidence in
them When I feel any of the at
tacks coming on I immediately resort
to Doan's Kidney Pills and they never
fall to give the desired results."
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo
New Yok, sole agents for the Uni
ted States. .
Remember the name Doan's
and take no other
Laundsring Shirt Waists.
Mathllde, the popular washerwoman,
having sprained her wrist, was uuable
to do her week's Ironing, but she stood
over the young Irish girl she bad hired
and directed the work.
"Mnybe. Bridget," observed Mnthllde,
with a watchful eye ou her uuder
study, "you'll fink. you. dat all shirt
valst ees iron alike. Maybe you'll t'lnk
she ees som easy job for iron shirt
vnist for titill dose lady of different
shape.
"But noil. Bi-iilset. fbe ees tnos' dif
ficult. Soi:i' of dose vulst ees for dose
so fat lime, Jone. w'at weigh free,
two bonder pound. Som' ees for done
so flu M1H. Sinlf, w'at weigh lak Bom'
small fedilnlre.
"Ket ees not sufficient to but iron
dose valst, she uios' hull be mold to fit
does boilce.
"Pe valst of dose flu. dose tall, does
fat, she ees Iron ball of a difference.
Doso fat she ees not desire som' bump
bou behlu' bees slumldalre. Does flu,
she ees wee.sli for stick out blfTore.
For dose tall mnin'selle you tuus' mak
high dose collalre; for dose fat urn
danie innk wide dose nrm'olc.
"Eet ees do.-kf weesdom, Bridget, w'at
ees bring hnll dose mos' lies' shirt
valst oVsp .7 ii () tie door of old
Mnthllde" YouMi's Companion.
Concr-s'ional Bell Signals.
On the tloor of the house the door
keeper has hl. desk, tin J It is here thnt
the bell tire struck that give uotke
of tUtf niMda of congress. One bell
calls for tailors v, hen the house Is In
committee of the whole; two bells In
dicate n '-ill for yvis nnd nays; three
declare, a rev ess; with four bulls the
reu light over the door goes out; five
bells mean n "cull of the house." under
which the sergeant nt arms Is supimsed
to summarily arrest any member on
sight and bring him In, whether on
foot or horseback. Any member who
is not present at a call of the bouse is
subjecte-l to a severe reprimand. Look
ing down the corridor, the going out of
the red light gives the curious sug
gestion of the tall end of a pnssenger
train dashing through a tunnel. While
the red light burns bright and clear it
means that congress U under way, but
when the light wlt'.ks and goes out
then the visitors understand that the
wheelB of legislation hnve censed to revolve-.
National Magazine.
Escaped and Rearrested.
Elsie Seguln, who, with her mother,
was arrested at Pocatello, Idaho, on
the charge of compounding a felony,
and who was to be brought to North
Yakima, oscaped a couple of days ago
and has been recaptured. Tho two
women will be brought to North Yak
ima at once.
Canby, Ore.,. Is enjoying a rim of
prosperity. The- fourth new warehouse
Is being completed and the town Is to
vote on a new water works system.
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and undecided as to where to send
your vehicle for repair, allow us to
suggest that this shop offers induce
ments for good work promptly done,
and that little money settles the bill
for. Carriage repairing. Get your
buggy painted for spring. We havs
an expert painter who will do good
work reasonably. Old rigs made as
good as new.
See us for Gasoline Engines, Hacks,
Winona Wagons and Buggies.
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McBcc & Hays, Props.
Firft-class topping place
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well cared for. Charges
reasonable.
Aura Street, Between
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RATES
EAST
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THIS SEASON AS FOLLOWS:
ROUND TRIP
TO
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LOW
Chicago - - $72.50
St. Louis - - 67.50
St. Paul - - 63.15
Omaha - - 60.00
Kansas City - 60.00
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