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ELECTIONS FOR 1908.
Closes for election Oct. 20.
Presidential election Nov. 3.
Republican National Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM H. TAFT
Jof Ohio.
fFOR 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
HEAR LOWELL AND FULTON.
Republican campaign speakers
are now at work all over the state
impressing: on the minds of the
poeple the importance of the
presidential election now so close
at hand. When we think of the
happy conditions now existing; in
the Willamette valley, with ev
erybody happy and prosperous, it
would seem unnecessary to re
mind the voter of his duty, yet
it is a historical fact that in times
of great prosperity we often lose
sight of the fundamental princi
ples which produce these condi
tions and often go to sleep to
have 'a rude awakening as ex
emplified in the election of Cleve
land in 1892. It would seem
strange indeed if, in the light of
past events, men would walk up
to the polls and vote to change
an absolute certainty of home and
. happiness to one of cerplexity
and doubt, yet such will be the
case. Many of our democratic
brethren fear the consequences of
Bryan's election, but blinded by
party prejudice, will walk up to
the polls and vote for him, for
getting home, family and friends
for the one single, simple thought
of being a democrat.
For the purpose of arousing
the spirit of patriotism and to set
the
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to
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of
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he
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Jilip-
the
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and
Ihim
feak-
the
fl in
he
Christens on
how we got them ; ' demand of
him an abstract of title to the
Filipinos, and he cannot show
even a quit claim deed from any
body who ever had any authority
to make it." .
In this as in so many other ut-
terances Mr. Bryan proceeds upon
the insolent assumption that his
hearers are stupid fools who can
he tricked with a phrase or de
ceived with a statement of half-
truth. -No other candidate for
the Presidency ever tried to mis
lead the people so persistently or
so offensively as Mr. Bryan has.
He attempted it in 1893 and- was
hit squarely between the eyes for
his insolence. He made another
attempt in 1900 and was beaten
into the dust for refusing to heed
the teachings of experience. He
is trying it again this year, and
history will repeat itself. !
Mr. Bryan knows that the
American title to the Philippines
is just as good as the American,
title to the territory embraced in j
in the Louisiana Puree ase. . lie
knows that the American sover
eignty, in the islands is just as le
gal as it is in Texas or Nebraska.
He knows that the Filipinos
themselves "belong" to the Uni
ted States in exactly the same
way that the Porto Ricans do.
The United States acquired the
Phillippines partly by war in
which Mr. Bryan himself took a
more or less heroic part, and
partly by purchase. , They were
ceded to the American govern
ment by a nation whose title to
the territory was recognized by
all the nations of the earth.
There was no organized authori
ty in the islands save that of
bpain, ana wnen It was over- j
thrown there was no government
in the archipelago With which ,
.. .. i .i , , ,
negotiations as w uie control oi
the territory could be undertak
en. We had to negotiate with
Spain or nobody, and those nego
tiations, ending in . the Treaty of
Paris, gave the United States a
title to the Philippine Islands
which has never been disputed
except by shallow doctrinaires of
the Bryan type.
Mr. Bryan's whole policy with
respect to the Philippines has
been a policy of deception and
false pretenses. He has tried to
deceive the American people into
the notion that we have no law
ful right to hold the islands. On
the other hand he has pretended j
to the Filipinos that public senti
ment in the United States was in
favor of giving them immediate
independence. He encouraged
them to continue in armed revolt
against American authority by
deluding them with false prom
ises of American support, and to
his pernicious influence must be
charged much of the loss and dis
tress they suffered in prolonging
a struggle which Mr. Bryan
should have told them could end
in only one way.
Mr. Bryan's record on the
Philippine question is both incon
sistent and discreditable. He
has sought to deceive his own
countrymen and betray the Fili
pinos. History will wrice him
down as a sham statesman who,
instead of helping, to clarify one
of our most momentous nationa
problems, has basely endeavored
to pervert and befog it.
"One vital, dominating fact
confronts the Democratic party
which no oratory, -which no elo
quence, which no rhetoric can ob
scure: Bryan's nomination means
af t's election.!' N. Y. World,
mocratic."
WORLD CRUISE OF . .
: OUR BATTLE SHIPS
A Significant History-Making Move
. mcnt by the United States.
Pacific Ocean Saved to America. b7
. Robust Policy of Republican
Party.
The present world cruise of Ameri
can warships is one of the most inter
esting. Important and far reaching per
formances of any administration since
the Civil War. History rides upon the
prow of the flagships of this fleet
Eighty-five millions of people have for
month's been attempting to interpret
the movement and solve the problem
our government is attempting to prop
erly adjust by this circumnavigation of
the globe.. When President Roosevelt
i first announced that the fleet of battle-
ships was to make the long Journey
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean,
the Democrats turned prophets of evil
and predicted many disastrous things
would follow as a consequence of this
unprecedented move.
Armada and World Cruise. '"
The armada took its departure from
Hampton Roads, Dec. 16, 1907, and
after a wholly successful voyage around
the Horn, of about twelve- thousand
miles, it dropped anchor in San Fran
cisco Harbor May 6, 1908. - The ships
that form the four divisions of, the fleet
In tMs record-making cruise are: ,, The
Connecticut," Louisiana, . Maine,' Mis
souri, Georgia, New Jersey, Rhode Isl
and, Virginia, Alabama, Illinois,, Kear
sarge, Kentucky, Ohio, Minnesota, Kan
sas and Vermont. To which were add
ed the Nebraska and the Wisconsin, al
ready in Puget Sound, thus making a
fleet of eighteen first-class, modern
battleships In perfect condition.
j ; There were already . in the. Pacific
and Oriental waters the fine armored
; cruisers West Virginia, Colorado, Ma
: rylahd and Pennsylvania. Their two
sister ships, the California and South
: Dakota,, were also on the Pacific, and
the powerful Washington and Tennes
see went from the Atlantic to join the
armada, thus making eight armored
cruisers to be added to the eighteen
battleships. In addition there were in
(he Pacific several protected cruisers,
gunboats and other lesser craft. All
told there were ten hundred and fifty
officers and nineteen thousand five hun
dred men.
In due time the main fleet of 'war
ships .resumed its western course .404
will touch at the leading ports of China j
and Australia, passing on east by way (
of the west, and coming finally to Mal
ta and Gibraltar, where it will coai
and ultimately return to its starting
point at Hampton Roads, some time
early next February. - '
. In this expedition the Republican
party has a policy which projects itself
far lnto the future, but it is an entire
"understanding of th e whole scheme
to suppose that it is aimed narrowly
or definitely at any single power. It is
one of those robust constructive poli
cies of the party gauged on world lines.
It is more of a notification than .a
threat, to all existing governments.
"Welding North and South America.
The eyes of the world have followed
our fleet with absorbing interest. One
of the great advantages gained by this
cruise is the cordial welcome and close
acquaintance which It hag evoked from
the governments and peoples of the
chief republics of Latin America. To
the Brazilians, the Argentines, the Chi
lians and the Peruvians, the mighty re
public of the north had been merely a
name or a dim figure, powerful and
honored perhaps, but not actually
known. For years there had been lit
tle or no visible evidence of the wealth,
or authority of the United States, in
the chief South American ports. But
they 'were all visited by swift, and
stately liners, flying the flags of the
maritime powers of Europe.
At every. South American port the
fleet, our navy, our government, our in
stitutions, our people, our aims, . our
Industries, our trade every conceivable
thing that Is ours, have been discussed
as they never were before, and that
without suspicion of our political and
diplomatic intentions. One business
bouse In New York states that its
South American correspondence has in
creased fourfold since the fleet visited
Rio Janeiro. 1 In this case It seems that
trade may follow the battleships.
PreaMeat Roosevelt Explain Mot.
aaent.
In a statement in a speech he made
in St Louis, President Roosevelt took
the public into his confidence to a de
gree .when he said: "California, Ore
gon and Washington have a coast line
which is our coast line Just as emphat
ically as the coast line of New York and
Maine, of Louisiana and Texas. Our
fleet if going to Its own home waters
in the Pacific and after a stay there It
will return to Its own home waters
!n the Atlantic.; The best place for tb
usval officer to learn his duties is at
sea, by performing them, and only by
actually putting through a voyage of
this nature, a voyage longer than any
one before . undertaken by as large a
fleet of any nation, can we find out
Just exactly what is necessary for us to
know as to our naval needs and prac
tice our. officers and enlisted , men In
the highest duties of 'their profession.'
Awakoatm Orient. ; -.'
The Pacific Ocean is recognized by
all far seeing statesmen as the theater
of the world's coming great struggles
for military and commercial mastery.
When China awakens, . to the degree
that Japan Is now awake, events pass
I ig 'the power; of the imagination to
Ijneelve will take place.' ; " ' t:
As to the palliative and beneficent
effect this cruise ma; have on China
and Japau. there can be but one opin
ion. While Uncle Sam .was little con
cerned about the rumors to the effect
that Japan was about to descend upon
the Philippines, or possibiy to make' a
demonstration off our Pacific coast, yet
he . did desire,., and perhaps Is in a
position to Insist, that the Open Door
policy be maintained in China. Japan
has apparently, never been quite recon
ciled to this policy, and is saidto have
worked to establish in China the poli
cy of "spheres of influence." To this
America", with European nations, stren
uously objected and does still object.
This Open Door policy stands as a
world monument in diplomacy to tie
constructive genius of the Republican
party. William Howard Taft is in full
sympathy with this constructive policy.
Mr. Taft ,oa his last trip to the
Orient was given such an enthusiastic
reception at Shanghai, China: as was
i never before accorded to any visiting j
statesman by officials of the Celestial
Kingdom. On that occasion Mr. Taft
made a speech which, in spite of its
genial tone and cautious phrasing, was
at once recognized as of the highest
international importance. , Said he:
"WE VOULD HAVE THE RIGHT
TO PROTEST AT BEING EXCLUD
ED FROM THE TRADE OF CHINA j
BY REASON OF OUR INSISTENCE
UPON THE POLICY OF THE OPEN ,
DOOR. The acquiescence in this poll-.
cy of all the nations Interested has
been so unhesitating and emphatic that
It is hardly worth while to speculate
as to how far the United States would
go in ' the-protection of ; its ' Chinese
trade. This feeling is likely to
find expression in the action ; of the
American government ' The United
States and the other 'powers favor the
Open Door, and if they are wise they
will encourage the empire to take long ;
steps "in ' administrative and govern- j
mental reform." : . . J
So we have not far to seek for an
other very- powerful reason for tfiis -world
cruise of our fleet -Mr. Taft :
simply announced in diplomatic lan
guage that tfhis cruise is intended to
say that the Open Door policy will be i
maintained at any price. He is in ;
thorough sympathy "with the alert con
structive policy . of the Republican
party. He is one of its chief expon
ents. Perfection of Discipline.
This world cruise of the mighty ar
mada of sixteen ships of the line has
been, and is being, conducted with a
precision worthy of the fine traditions
of American seamanship which speaks
the highest praise. Every man, from
officer to common sailor,", has felt that
the eyes of the nation at home vere"
following him, and that however mod
est his situation, he must bear himself
worthily as an American sailor, in the
stoutest squadron that ever flew the
Stars and Stripes. fc ,
There Is no question but that this
cruise will be noted by all commenta
tors of the future as one of the most
remarkable happenings of any age.
Even though the American people have
not fully understood the significance,
when all the facts are known, It will
be found to have been one of the. dis
tinctive acts of statesmanship of the )
present Republican administration. Mr.
Taft is the man to continue this .history-making
policy of the Republican
party. -
COCK RAN" ON TAFT.
There is a remarkable unanim
ity of opinion of Judge. Taft in
all parties and in all sections.
Men pay tribute to his remark-
able ability even where party pol
itics may exert such an influence
as to demand the espousing ef
the rival presidential candidate's
cause. As an illustration W.
Bourke Cockran in an. Interview
at Boston the other day said :
"Yes, I shall support Bryan ; he
is the best candidate the Demo
crats could put up. Taft bow
ever, ' Is the greatest and best
qualified nominee ever offered in
any republic In the' world. He Is
a greater man than Roosevelt
and when surrounded by the
same environments that made
Roosevelt great will prove a big
ger man. Taft is a wonderful ad
ministrator, the greatest" the
country has ever seen, and is a
wonderful worker."
Democratic Inoonaisteaay.
The Democratic leaders have been
for years making loud declarations
against corporations and trusts and
railroads and. have, nevertheless, in
stituted no legislative steps in all this
time for the purpose of restraining
abuses. They are now Indignant that
the Republican party, In carrying out
the promises of its own platform, is
putting "Into practice the principles
which they, with a superb self-complacency,
. claim . are really covered by a
Democratic patent Hon. Win. H. Taft,
at Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Society la loaad.
In spite of the general comfort there
have been made manifest by:signs net
to be misunderstood, a quickening of
the public conscience and a demand for
the- remedy of abusesthe outgrowth Vf
this prosperity; and for a higher stan
dard of business Integrity. Every lover
of his country, should have a. feeling of
pride' and exaltation in this evidence
that our society , is still sound , at the
core. Hon. Wa. H. Taft, at Columbus,
Ohio.-." :
A ,MIL,D
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San Francisco Chronicle.
ROOSEVELT
Ob 'Haalcell.
Governor Haskell's utter unfit
ness ' for any public position of
' trust or for association with any
man anxious to make an appeal
on a moral issue to the American
people has been abundantly
5 shown.
As an American citizen who
prizes his Americanism and citi
. zenship far above any question
of partisanship, I regard it as a
scandal and disgrace that Gov-
ernor Haskell should be connect
ed with the management of a na
tional campaign.
.GROWTH
OF WEALTH
CAPITA
PER
Doctrine that the Poor Are Growing
Poorer Shown to Be False.
(From the Los Angeles Times.)
In 120 the savings banks of the
United States held $1,138,576. This
was a poor country then compared with
now. The amount was only an average
of 12 cents for the j opulation of that
time. That amount of average economy
was very small.
Now the people of this country have
$3,G90,S7S,945 in savings banks. This
is an average for the whole population
of this lime of over $42. The actua'
depositors have an average of $12ri to
their credit. In 182 only S.f!3o per
sons ia th-. country were rich enough lo
have a savings bank account Now
there are 8,5SS,811.
When James Buchanan, the, last
Democratic President in a long line,
went into office, there was about $100,
000,000 in the savings banks of the
United States. By 1870, after fighting
out the grea; war, ths people, undei
Republican rulo for twenty years, Lad
$550,000,000 in the savings banks. When
the next Democratic President took his
seat in 1883, the savings of the people
; bad passed the billion point. By 1893
the savings had doubled again.
So there it is. In 1820 there were
ODly about 8,000 people rich enough to
have a savings bank account. Now
there are over 8,000,000. In 1820 the
savings were 12 cents per capita; now
they are over $42.
That the poor grow poorer and the
rich' richer in this country is as true
as any other Populistlc notion.
Bryan.
He talks in the morning and talks in
the night, ..
He talks when he's wrong and be
talks when he's right;
He talks in the office and talks in the
hall,
He talks in the church and he talks at
the ball.
He talks to the Senate and talks to the
House,
He talks to the people as poor common
. souse;
He talks to the press and he talks to
the crowd, .
He talks and he talks with a voice long
" - ' and loud ;
Like an old clapper mill he'll sound to
the end ."'-." '
And die - disappointed for office and
friend ! . . . ,
John A Joyce In .Baltimore Ameri
can. , : '
. Rooaevelt on Taft.' .
I hope and believe that all far
sighted citizens who wish to see
this country prosperous in mate--ial
things will support Mr. Taft"
but'thpve aH I ask for support
-for him Necause he stands for the
moral, iijyift of the nation, be-;,
cause hi. deeds have made good
. his worts, and because the poll-
cles to ;hieh he Is committed are
of Immeasurable; consequence"
alike twthe honor and interest of
the .whle American people. . : s "
REBUKE
HOT SHOT.
To Bryan.
-In my judgment the measures
you advocate would be wholly in
effective in curing an evil, and
so far as they had any effect at
all would merely throw the entire
. business of the country into hope
.' less and utter confusion.
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.
BRYAN'S SPECIOUS RECORD.
Judge Taft Pointa Oat the "Weak
. Spota in the Nebraakan'a .Polit
ical Hlatory.
(From Taft's Cincinnati Speech.)
"What is it that we have to expect
from Mr. Bryan? Have we anything
to expect but what he promises? Have
we anything to expect but what is
based upon his eloquence and his
adroitness as a public critic? Has he
ever given any practical demonstration
of his ability to meet problems and
solve theiu? Has he ever done any
thing but formulate propositions in his
closet of an - utterly impracticable
plausibility, and very little with a view
of their operation? 'By their fruits
we shall know them.'
"With the record of promises and
prophecies unfulfilled for a period of
twelve years; with this record of a
hunt for an issue upon which to
achieve the. presidency; with this rec
ord of repudiation, of negotiation and
of running away from national respon
sibilities, Mr. Bryan comes forward
and asks that the people now give him
an opportunity to put into operation
new reforms in respect to trusts and
in respect to guaranty of bank depos
its, wholly untried, wholly theoretical,
and on their face bearing evidence of
their impracticability and of having
been devised by the ready brain of
one looking for plausible arguments
rattier than real reforms. He only in
a qualified way approved the postal
savings bank recommended by the Re
publican platform, which is a tried
and proved means of encouraging the
wage-earner and small farmer to make
deposits in a bank absolutely secure;
but much prefers a system which takes
a man's money to pay another man's
default and which instead of strength
ening our banking system will break if
down by destroying the value of the
banking character and experience and
capital and by offering inducement to
reckless and speculative bankers with
out character or capital.
"The record of Mr. Bryan and his
character, as It is understood by a
twelve years' acquaintance with him,
have Impressed the business communi
ty of this country and those whose
judgment determines whether or not
capital shall be invested that he is not
a safe man with whom to try experi
ments in government; that he loves
financial theories that are full of so
phistry and are impractical ; that he
advances propositions with but little
sense of respect as to how they may
be carried out in practice, and that- be
gives 'but little attention to the wel
fare of. the conservative business com
munity in his suggestions of reform. ;
Certainly his record justifies this Judg- ..
ment of him by the business men. If
he-was, to be elected, unquestionably '
because of his record., however much
now he .may seek to pone as a conserva-tiver-because.of
bis record, "because of
the failure of the theory which he has
proposed for 'the last twelve years .
his election wl!i ineiiu a paralysis of
business,: and wp should have a recur- -.
renee f the. disasti-ous business con
dition of the last Democratic admlnla-
tration." r ' ' .
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