-3M CORViLLIS GAZETTE
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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
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" .' "- '" 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."
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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.