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-3M CORViLLIS GAZETTE Published Tuesdays and Fridays by the Gazette Publishing ; Co., for $2.00 per annum, or 25 per cent discount if cash is f paid in sMi.vn.nce. ELECTIONS FOR 1908. Closes or ejection. Oct., 20. . Presidential election Nov. 3. Republican National ticket FOR PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT of Ohio. f FOR VICE PRESIDENT JAMES S. SHERMAN of New York. For Presidential Electors J. D. LEE, of Multnomah County F. J. MILLER, of Linn County A. C. MARSTERS, of Douglass County R. R BUTLER, of Gilliam County WHIRLWIND CAMPAIQN. The present indications are that from now until the close of the poles on election day we will see one of the liveliest political cam paigns ever waged in the state of Oregon. ' , , With the betting ' four . to one against Bryan in New York, witli no takers, it would indicate a lost cause for Democracy in that state, hence they are shifting their forces even to the Pacific Coast with the vain hope of car rying California, Washington and Oregon. Many able speakers, from a democratic stand no inf. will inhale the exhilerating at- i m rf-v m mospnere or uresron pernaps ir the first time. Even our own be loved non-partisan Gov. Cham berlain ha;; been comiTi.ndi'd to step out from lb? R?py!.(!iaan pio counter and pour Lot rnok-sses down the backs of his erstwhile friends. Our Republican brethren are fully apprised of the situation and will give us some of the good old l: J jrn ii. i ' . i i auuu ieiiowa mac nave stood oy the cnn a nn manv a rint.lv .irm. tested battlefield. - Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, one of the finest campaign orators in the United States, will lead off at Portland about the 6th of Oc tober. He is a polished gentleman, a deep and logical thinker, as well as a fluent speaker, having abso lute control of the English 'lan guage in a marked degree. H is thoroughly posted on all the political questions of the day and his private character, as well as public record, is above reproach, a fact which is so essentially nec essary in view of the spirit of reformation which is now sweep ing the country. To him will be accorded the honor of placing the rainbow colors on Mr. Bryan's speeches. Hon. J. S. Sherman. Taft's running mate, will also be in Oregon in October and will show -.110 ViqI mm taoiAim n r tans in (wiuii ui auuny wnen tney placed him second on the Nation al ticket. With our happy homes and generous wave of . prosperity all around us, we fail to realize the importance attached to the pres- tui, vouiyaisil UIU lb IS II IK 11 tllllt we were beginning to get down to business. READY FOR BUSINESS. The Republicans of Corvallis rallied to the call of the committee and met at the court house Tues day evening: to organize a Taft and Sherman club. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Geo. E. Lilly, county central commit teeman. J. F. Yates was elected temporary chairman and Emery J. Newton temporary secretary, which election was afterward made permanent. Dr. James Withycombe was elected 1st vice president and W. P. Lafferty 2nd vice presi lent. Enthusiastic talks were made by G- W. Denman, Dr. James Withycombe, Prof. E. R. Lake, B. F. Irvine, Senator A. J. John son and others. A committee of hree, composed of A. J. John son, Dr. Withy combe and W. P. Lafferty, was appointed to report on constitution and by-laws, their finding being .adopted by a unan imous vote. I;-;' "- fl "The name "will be the "Taft Republican Club "of Corvallis" and the object to advance repub lican ' policies and principles and assist in the election of the Na tional Republican Standard Bear ers, Taft and Sherman. AH Re publicans are not only eligible, but earnestly requested to become members. ; ' " : ' - '': An opportunity was then, af forded those present to enroll their names, which was promptly done and a tidy sum varying from 10 cents to $1.00 per member was laid on the table to aid in the in cidental expenses which may. be incurred in providing speakers where desired in the progress of the work in hand. While this will be the central club, it is earnestly desired that the committeemen in every town ship proceed at once to organize similar clubs in every school dis trict in the county, . calling on us for assistance whenever we can render service in the perfect or ganization of the entire republi can forces of the county. -The. time is short and your duty ap parent. " 'We expect to make this a whirlwind campaign, full of fire and enthusiasm, like a regular old Methodist campmeeting, and if your soul has not yet been touched, wake up and gird on the armor. The soldier who fails to respond to the bugle call retires in disgrace. The voter who does not take an interest in a Presi dential election, be he republican or democrat, is not worthy the name of an American citizen. Line up, brethren, line up!' ROOSEVELT'S REPLY TO W. J. BRYAN. The Oregonian prints the fol lowing summary of Roosevelt's reply to Bryan in " the Haskell exposure byW. R. Hearst: Haskall's close relation with the Standard Oil Interests in Ohio was a matter of common no toriety. . . In defiance of the Attorney General of the fstate (Oklahoma) he intended to protect the inter ests of a great corporation (the Prairie Oil & Gas Company, con trolled by the Standard) against i he law. Contrast your action in this case of ; Governor Haskell with Mr. Taft's action as regards Sen ator Foraker. Mr. Taft refused to be a party to the reuomination of Senator Foraker, showing by actual deeds that his words were true when he said : "I do not care for the Presidency if jt has to come by compromise with any one on a matter of principle. " With hundredfold clearer evi dence you have secured Governor Haskall to write the platform and put him in as treasurer of your campaign committee- I regard it as a scandal and disgrace that Governor Haskell should be connected with" the management of any National campaign. Xet me call your , attention to his conduct in prostituting to base purposes thestiteuniversity. You ' have indeed advocated measures against private monop olies that sound more radical than either I or my party associ ciates have been willing to under take, but they have the prime de fect that in practice they would not work. I put Mr. Taft's deeds against your words. I ask that Mr Taft be judged by all his deeds, for he wishes none of them forgotten. I ask that you be judged both by the words you wish remembered and by the words that seemingly you and your party now desire to have forgotten. I hold it entirely natural for any great law-breaking corpora tion to wish to see you placed in the Presidency. Your plans to put a stop to abuses are wholly chimerical. ; BRYAN AS PROPHET II A rA AHI1 irif ' roll A -III III I At It" I "j" V " .' "- '" S"V'--'i ":.-,--. - ; ; ; Disasters He Foretold Never Come to Pass. " , OPPOSITE ISALWATS .TBTJ3. Gold Standard Does Not Slay, Nor Boss It Writ Future In Blood. -; As a prophet William Jennings Bry an has never been a success. The' ca iamitles which he has foretold , would have brought unlimited disaster to the country if they had ever been realized". But they itever came to pass. The har rowing pictures which he painted were . merely-, figments of bis Imagination, based on absolutely no foundation whatever. It is well. to. have Americans remem- her that prophecies uttered by the ora tor of the , Platte must be discounted fully 100 per cent, for all sighs indi cate that he feels the fates once more and Is about to begin prophesying cgain. A male Cassandra, - Mr- Bryan might bj this time have learned that the forecast of evU will .never be. be - Jleved.by those .who , have found that . . . . ... . . ' . t' . ' ' in. ue past bis. vaucinauons nave owsn.""'" P4 mumy uinui but empty air, 7 , .riving Country o Buin." For Instance, .when ir. Pryan was member . of the fiouse ; of , Bepresenta-. tives in. 1892 i he wak absolutely certain that protection .was driving the Coun try' headlong to' rack and rum, and in his speech delivered March ' 16 of that year 'he drew the t(llowto aganhsing pictures : r' '.'Protection bus been our cannibal tree,' and as ou iift'-r auother of our .farmers lias been driven-by-the. force of .circumstance upon that tree and has 'been crushed within its folds Ms companions have stood around and shouted, 'Great is protection ! Thus in every State,, so far as these statistics have been collected, the pro portion of home owning farmers Is de creasing and that of tenant farmers increasing. This means but one thing. It means a land of landlords and ten ants, and. backed by . the history of every cation that has gone down, I say to you that no people can continue a free people under a free government when the great majority of its citizens are tenants of a . small minority. Your system (protective tariff) has driven tht farm owner from his land and Substituted the farm tenant" How far this picture' portrays the America of to-day or the America of any year smee he made that speech any: .American -can answer. Even in Mr. Bryan's own- State he can find an ar.Fwei. i'.'ht at his. doors, for the farm lm ui Nebraska have doubled in value. "Murderous Gold Standard." Bui during the four years succeeding thr.t speech Mr. Bryan's agitation grew no less nor did the demon, which be had raised In his own imagination hide with diminished head, for In 1896 ,he again saw destitution threatening the country. He had a remedy for it, a panacea, a fetif which he held up for worship fre- silver. Here are some of tl.t: li!ngr- Mr. Bryan said would hai;; i ir. the ;;old standard were con tinued : : "1 reply that if protection has slain Its thousands the gold' standard . has slain Its tens of thousands. "--From speech at Democratic National Conven tion, July, 1896. , , . -1- "Do not let the Republicans beguile ycii about the future. The future is written In blood crushed out of you by gold." From speech at Erie, Pa., Au gust, 1896. . "Ah,' my friends, there is another reason why .people have gone Into' the cities and left the farms. It is be cause your legislation has been caus ing the foreclosure of mortgages upon the farms. Mark my words! If the gold standard goes on and peo ple continue to complain, the gold stan dard advocates instead of trying to Im prove -the condition of the people will be recommending, that you close your schools so that the people will not real ize how much they are suffering." From speech at Monmouth, 111., Octo ber, 1S96. But whom has the gold standard slain? What future did it write in blood? What district schools did it close? Again the condition of the couutry makes a, calm reply confuting the impassioned orator. Campaigning again in 1900 Mr. Bry an decided that imperialism was an other danger to the country. If it were continued the Fourth of July would be forgotten by aU Americans -and the "spirit of "76" would become a thing of the past Speaking at Lincoln, Mr. Bryan said: Sees Death of Patriotism. . "The fight this year will be to carry so often repeated, 'My Country, Tls of Thee,' - If we lose, our children and our children's children will not succeed to the spirit of that song, and celebra- ! tlons of the Fourth of July will nass away, for the spirit of the empire will be upon us." Is there any spot in these United States where the spirit of 1776 is dead ; and forgotten: -and the Fourth of July j meaningless date on the calendar? j n of the most ridiculous of these Piww..cuuuiinea..in; a speeca Mr- Beyan made, In support of Judge Parker durjng the campaign of 1904 1 when. "he attacked President Roosevelt bitterly. This f prophecy had- It that military -despotism '. was sure, to follow the decrease in the size of the standing army,.. In this, speech Mr. Bryan also emphasized the fact that he was then and always would be a firm believer in the principle of -free silver. He sum med up his position, on this question in the following sentence: :. ? - -VI believe torday ,1a the principles set' forth at Chicago and Kansas City (10 to 1) and shall continue to fight for those principles." i - , THE VEEM0UT ELECTION. Result of Victory Indicates Undl ' minished. Majorities for Republi cans in November. .Raymond, the Washington 'corre spondent of the, Chicago, Tribune, who regarded as one of. the most, reliable " political writers In the country, regards the result of the "Vermont election as nrpRfltrinff flhaolntA vlotarv for fr. TAft. In a recent " specTal - dispatch- to the Tribune Kaymona said : v on- government construction.; The : es- "Practically speaking, . the result of iispnee of the reform effected by the for Tuesday's election Is more favorable to 1 nier, is the abolition of the fellow-ser- the Republicans than they-had anyivant rule and. the. introduction of the : right, to expect, becanse there has been ; comparative " negligence : . theory by ; u determined campaign for the purpose j of making, a good, showing ln,,Vermont and few of the big guns of the party ! t. .. 1 ...... .... . n , year. ' " ; p .,. Then, there Is the, act. providing for Senate; As between the executive and There is, of course, a slight-failing ' compensatloh for , injury to goTernment ' legialatlv ' uepartutents-or the govern on", in the vote of .both Republicans and employes, together with "the various . nient, the "former has Infinitely greater D-nioerats, as compared, . with. , fpur statutes . requiring safety appliances power ulaVand ruin: than, the lat y ears ago, but this was entirely to be upon interstate commew railroads for ; terv, . ... . , . , . Lexiiected, because at that time . Roose- relt was thenominee of his party' for ... .j 4. tta. t hat vniir was, merely forerunner of ; tLe tremendous landslide which took pluce all oyer the country. . . , "As.it is. the plurality of over 23,000 at.ja.feraay's election is taken to be an indication that while the campaign till s year is not to be a sensational one, the t lection of Mr. Taft is foreshadowed by a wife majority. "If Vermont can be taken as an. In dex of the condition of public opinion throughout the country, it means that employe nevvr -differ except when it in the November election, whatever ! cornea to a division of the joint proiit strength the Independence League de- ' of labor and capital into dividends and velops in the. other States will come ; wages. This must bo a c.i;.-n -lot source almost exclusively from Bryan and not I periodical discussion between the from Taft . ; , ' J employer and the employe, as inrtoed "The Vermont. Democrats, while few j are be other terms of the employment In number, are extremely roekrlbbed in To give to. employes their proper po their sentiments. Tney make a point of i Itlon in such a controversy, to enable going to the polls year after year and ... ku.n i t uu bhuikibb usul uieieij UK- cause they want to set a good example to the Democrats la other States. In 18.96 they repudiated Bryan and the free silver heresy, and they, did It .largely j helpless. Tne promotion of the lndus by staying at home on election day. 1 trial peace through the Instrumentality The result-was a plurality tf a little over 40,000 for iMcKlnley, which has been .a. record In: Vermont elections, in the tate elections of 1900 and 1904 the Democratic vote was practically stationary." TAFT'S EELIGI0N. A Consistent Christian with ITo Spot Upon Bis Becerd of Private Con duct and Publio Service. To dispose of questions which should not be asked as speedily as possible let us say that Mr: Taft is a member of the Unitarian church. That was the church of his parents, and he has never separated himself from . It. His wife, however, is an-Episcopalian, and ; he worships more often beside her In her church. : i . These are the facts, which are utter ly and absolutely' unimportant. The matter of a man's religion has no right ful place In consideration of his fitness for the presidency. ,- The constitution of the nation, ordained and established "to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity," expressly places the very suggestion of ' such thought' outside the pale of patriotism. ' No words can be clearer than these from our country's fundamental law, "No religious test ever shall be re quired as a, qualification to any office or' public trust under the United States." The numerous queries about Mr. Taffs religious belief shows simply the extent to which his. enemies have gone to rouse some prejudice against him. Since there was no spot upon his whole clean record .of private conduct and public service to which they could point to Taft's detriment they display ed their willingness to descend to any depth of petty, cowardly, contemptible attack that might do him harm. Philadelphia North American. Union Labor Vote. Hon. William H. Buchanan is one of the leading union men of western New York and in .1907 tos the Democratic candidate for assemblyman In Chau tauqua county. This is what he has to say of the effort of Mr. Gompers to turn the labor vote over to Mr. Bryan : I am a union labor man, and I want to say further that no man can carry the labor vote into the Democratic camp. I know now union laoor men feel in this city, and three-fourths of tnem wiu 81811,1 by tne RePbUean P" because only in that way have lhy the assurance of freedom Jrom tne business , disturbance that Mr. Bry- au P""" " " be can be elected. We workingmeo can't earn wages If statesmen are put In office to disturb business and make trouble." - ... nrniini 111 I IT- n I f)TV j IlLrUuLlUAlV I All I I AND LABOR An Equality of Opportunities Se cured for Wage Earners. William H.Taft'3 Speech of Accept- ance Gives Party Becord in Behalf of Labor. (WUliam H. Taft in his speech of ao ceptance.) We come now to the question of la bor. One important phase of the poll-; promises for "the ' future, the Republl cles of the present administration has (can party apieals to the people and, been an anxiety to secure for the wage- ' with4 full confidence ; in" their wisdom earner an equality of opportunity and and patriotism, awaits thg rendition of such positive statutory protection : as the November verdict. shall place him on a level ia dealing , - with his employer. SEMES THAT BB.YAN .", LUl lP.J ! rn11rnfiri: And has ckatnHltahoH an otirht- I hour law for government employes and .wnicn an employe injured In tie service j of his 'employer does M i right to recover because of slight aegli- t rv.,n. nM. kt. nnM .. . , ' , " the .protection of; Dheir employes and limiting the houra of their employment' f ti, n n,.nn, r Ami j of the Republican party to do justice to , the wage-earners. I Douotless " " a more comprehensive measure for compensation of govern- ment employes will be adopted in tlio future; the principle in such cases has been recognized and in the necessarily somewhat .slow course of leglslai :.m will be more fully embodied in definite statutes. , -The interests of the employer aM the i tbem to maintain themselves against amnlnvora havlnar roa 4- Vtarttal ThA i .7 - . B - , j j may well unite, because in union there I strength, nd without it, each indi- Tldua. laborer and employe would be of the trade agreement is often one of the results of such union when intelli gently conducted. There is a- large body of laborers, howev er,: skilled and unskilled, who are not organized into unions. Their rights before the law are exactly the same as those of the iinio;.- men. and are to be protected with the same care and watchfulness. In order to induce, their employer into a compliance with their request for changed terms of employment, workmen have the right to strike In a body. l ney nave a ngnt to use suon per- It says .. "That Secretary Taft is a true suasion as they may, provided it does friend of labor Is certain, and all the not reach the point of duress, to lead untrue, ungenerous, vicious attacks their reluctant co-laborers to Join them tunt president Gompers or any one else id their union against their employer, malte on him cannot prevent him and they have a right, if they choose, tvom continuing to be the friend of the to accumulate funds to support those ' wag0 worker. Organized labor cannot engaged in a strike, to delegate to of- 'afford to have Itself split up into fac flcers the power to direct the action of tlolm on this political Issue. That Pres the union, and to withdraw themselves ldent Gompers is wrong in forcing this and their associates fron dealings with m0ift ominous fight is certain, and in or giving custom to those with whom telllsent waze workers will certainly tney are in controversy. TAFT'S KINDNESS TO BUND. Overrules Washington Monument Regulation for Benefit of the Sightless. The kind heartedness of Mr. Taft and his sincere, common sese sym pathy with the unfortunates in this world has just been brought to the at tention of the blind in a peculiar way. Away Tip in the top of the Washing ton monument, where thousands go to behold the beauties of the nation's capital, the Columbia Polytechnic in stitute, which seeks to make it possi ble for the adult blind of the United States to rise above conditions of de pendence by becoming self sustaining, placed on sale ' souvenir post cards manufactured by Its blind. Some sen timental persons took the view that this was undignified and succeeded in having the superintendent of public buildings and grounds order the cards removed. F. E. Cleaveland, principal of the Institute, appealed to Mr. Taft, then secretary of war and within whose Jurisdiction came the office of public buildings and grounds. It took only a few words to convince the see1- retary that the blind should have tha benefit of this privilege, and the cards were again placed on sale in the mon ument "For this action," said Principal Cleaveland in discussing the Incident, "Mr. Taft deserves the gratitude of every blind person, particularly the progressive blind, who are striving to help their less fortunate-fellows." In Georgia the electors must have a majority, and with Watson. Ill.-gen and Chafln pulling awny from 'them the liryanltes are becoming apprehensive. TEE ISSUE A3 PASTY EECOSD. Will the People Trust Experiment- - alists and Theorists? .. (From Sherman's Speech of" Accept i ,-ance.) The overshadowing issue of the cam paign really Is: Shall the administra tion of President Roosevelt be ap proved, shall a party of demonstrated capacity In administrative affairs -be continued in power,-ahall the reins of mivrnniAnt ha 'In ATnArlanraul h.nds. or do the neonle nrefer to trust their destinies to an aggregation of experimental , malcontents and : theor ists, whose only claim to a history is a party name they: pilfered? 1 With a record of four decades of wise legislation ; two score years of faithful administration; offering its fulfilled, pledges as , a guaranty of Its ' ' "COULD DO NO HAEM." Coilgaaa Burke Says Office of erful Than Congress. Congressman James Francis Burke, of Pittsburg, In an address on - "The Powers of the President, says : j "The American people can make no greater mistake than to elect Mr. nryan oa the. assumption that he can ! ' ' :ao no. Harm in the, face of an adverse I ,Mr . M, " ' . ... ff , of 'mm Each oos- nerem types oi men. anon poa- sesse8 . a strong individual character, which would certainly assert Itself In the White House. What either of these men would do during a four years' term in the -White 'House; is .causing as much unxiety . among thoughtful Americans as the ' mere matter of election alone. "As a disturber of moneys the Pres ident is without a rival in the world. Through the agencies under- his con trol he will this year disburse a billion dollars, showing the great things we are doing in adding to the unparalleled list of the world's achievements. "In view of the fact that during the fifteen years of Bryan leadership the States controlled by his party have decreased from 23 to 12, the number of Senators from 48 to 31, the number of Representatives In Congress from 220 to 164, and in that time the Demo- - nrtT wiis in control of the udPSre"SitTs nX as a conso! LnrfZ Jlt . TJZll heterogeneous mass of Popullstlc ele ments; the American people can see little prospects of a constructive policy If Mr. Bryan should succeed." LABOR WOULD FOB TAFT. Characterizes Him as True Friend ! of. the Workingman. (From the Concord (N. H.) Monitor.) Tht- Labor. World comes out strongly in iiw Kdvooacy of Mr. Taft. It cliarac terizes a true friend of labor and di cl u-i-s that the unfair attacks of Mr. Gompers will have little or no effect in alienating from him the labor world. come to this conclusion." Campaign Funds. "We welcome Mr. Taft to this ad vanced ground," said Mr. Bryan In one Jof his numerous interviews since the Denver convention. The ground refer ! red to Is Mr. Taft's statement that no campaign contributions would be re ceived from corporations. Mr. Bryan intended to convey the impression that Mr. Taft had come to that determina tion after the Denver convention. In that the Democratic "peerless one" Is not honest Mr. Taft Is a law abiding citizen. Such contributions are unlaw ful, made so by a law passed by a Re publican congress at the Instance of a Republican administration of which Judge Taft was a part six months be fore the Denver convention. Be hon est, Mr. Bryan, if you can! Bryan's Precinct Republican, At the recent primary election in Ne braska Lancaster . Precinct No. 4, In which is located Falrvlew, the voting precinct of W. J. Bryan, cast thirty-five Republican votes and twenty-six Demo cratic. The same precinct last fall oast forty-three Republican votes and thirty-five Democratic, a Democratic loee of slightly more than 1 per cent When Mr. Bryan lived in town he reg- Istered in Precinct A of the Fifth Ward, a polling plau' which usually -could be depended upon to vote about the pro portion of three Republicans to one Democrat At the time he removed to Fairview be remarked Jocularly that he was 'going "to a eoinmr.nlty where the nolitical division was more even, and he hoped In time id to reform Lancaster No. 4 as to make it veer around to bis way of thinking.