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ELECTIONS FOR 1908.
Closes for election Oct. 20.
Presidential election Nov. 3
Republican National Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT .
WILLIAM H. TAFT
kof Ohio.
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
HOLD FAST THAT
GOOD.
WHICH IS
A rich treat was in store for
all those who listened to that elo
quent speech made at the court
house Friday night by Hon. Hen
ry McGinn. He wasted no time
in preliminary remarks but pro
ceeded to take his text from that
good old Book in which one of
the disciples advised the people
to "Hold fast thatwhich is Good."
He made the application that
Judge Taft had made good in all
the various positions of honor and
trust in which he had ever been
placed by the people as citizen,
t- . .
as judge, x as political adviser of
the President, in command of the
Philippine Islands, in dispelling
the trouble in Cuba, and lastly
that he had thrown more dirt
while in command of the Panama
canal, with less friction, than had
been deemed possible by the most
ardent supporters of this great
undertaking.
v As an attorney for the laboring
men in Portland, Mr. McGinn
cited several cases of vital im
portance where, the rulings of
Judge Taft had been friendly to
the labor interests and urged the
laboring man to faithfully con
sider this question in a spirit of
fairness as against political bias
by such men as President Gomp
, ers and others who seek to grati
: fy their own personal ambition.
It was particularly gratifying
to Republicans in this opening
campaign speech to have a repre
. sentative man who could handle
questions of national importance
in a spirit of fairness, free from
personalities or abuse of his polit
ical opponents, and we can say
without fear that all who heard
him were amply repaid for the
time spent. '
He called the attention of his
hearers to the ' prosperous condi-
tion of the country under the
Roosevelt administration; cited
x the close friendship that has al-
ways existed between the Presi
dent and Secretrry Taft, and
quoted the language of the Presi
dent that Taft, above all others,
was the man best qualified to
- carry out the policies which had
brought such great blessings to
the American people.
The audience was a surprise to
the most enthusiastic Republi
cans as only one day's notice had
been ' given the public and the
court room was " well filled with
ladies and gentlemen who gave
the speaker marked attention,
thus showing their appreciation
as well as the interest taken by
our people in this most important
election.
The class of '78 in Yale, cf
which Mr. Taft is the most prom
inent graduate, has been describ
ed as "a. big two-fisted, red-blooded
class that . established a
reputation for athletic superiority,
vigorous, but harmless fun, and
all around mental and physical
activity that has been equalled,
probably, by no other class in the
history of the institution."
Even had he naturally been in
clined less toward scholarly pur
suits than toward athletics and
the unconventional'.-, diversions
that are . generally regarded as
indispensable and excusable in
undergraduates,' this would ' not
have squared ' with' the expecta
tions entertained by Judge Taft
when he sent lis. boy to college.
He depended upon him to work, ;
to take honors. That came first.
All other things, saving the pre
servation of unsullied name ; and
repute, were secondary.
What football, rowing, hammer j
throwing, wrestling',, strbrig'-man
timber for the uplifting and glor
ification of Yale's athletic prow
ess was ready at hand when An-
dover turned him over to the
University! Young Taft was very,
agreeable and good natured about !
it, but he wouldn't have it so,
He was in Yale to train his mind,
not his muscles. He elected to
be a "greasy poler" arid he made
no bones about saying so, too.
He would wrestle and spar right
joyously, walk an unlimited num
ber of miles and tumble about in
. . , . , ,
tf1?"? - rouS. on-nana meiees
with'a dozen or so of his fellOWs;
or plough through opposing class-'
men on rush days, flirting them
over his head and dragging along
1 - 1 1.1
as many as cnose to aitacn tnem- ,
Selves to his legs. j He has accomplished these things
But he did not go in for athlet-, thrusa the activity of the Department
ics Hp pxprri?fd nlpntifnllv tn ' SanItatlon the Department of Mu-
cs. e exercised plentifully to, nlc!pal Englneerlng vana the Building
keep his blood pure, his mUSCles; Department. To-day .we ' , find ... yellow
flexible, to police his body so that i 'ever dr,ven trai the isthmus, the
with perfect physical health he1 ld'y fT . mTit0 thus ren'
.v.. j - i.u a' v lL ioered,, innocuous, malaria and pneu
might do the fair thing by the monla greatly ' reduced ' and a high
superb brain the Creator had i average of health prevailing.
given him and not impose Upon !
it the drag of a gross, incompet
ent body. " He was no roysterer,
habitually or'intermittently. Eu
gene P. Lyle, Jr., writes of him
in this regard:
"As to himself, the business of
carousing was never brought to
him to decide on moral grounds
He was liberal enough in such
matters, but the lobs of time was
the stand on which he decided it;
or rather, he never came to the
point of actual decision on any
grounds. He simply did not want
to lose a day at his 'pounding' for
honors. A night off would in
capacitate him lor the morning
after; he would have to cut ont
two or three recitations and would
be set back that much.
"He trusted nothing to native
brilliancy to bring him through.
By steady, ponderous work he
had to drive each peg as he came
to it. He could not drive two at
the same time,, one with each
hand. He swung his sledge with
both hands, laying on his power
ful weight, and it was a fast
driven spike that sunk into the
hard, fine-grained wood of his in
tellect. . For this reason he kept
in good physical shaoe. His
strength was unculvitated by
training, but it was an enormous
natural strength.- Physically he
was another Jean Valjean, and
he could have made himself a
colossal campus hero., But he
proved the more colossal because
he turned his back on the glory
indicated by his huge frame, and
set the rare example of a college
gianc patiently plodding along at
his books."
TAFT THE BUILDER
His" Directing Hand i Hu Insured ;
Success of the Mammoth v
. ' Project T "
Raised Wages of Isthmian' Laborers
by Longevity Order While ytkt -,rw-
: Secretary; "'"-
The Panama Oanal is one of the
greatest achievements of any Repub
lican administration.
As Secretary of War, Hon. William
H. Taft personally assumed the respon
sibility of ' inaugurating -the work and
systematically shaping up the practical
operations until a" degree' of efficiency
has been' reached that may well as
tonish the nations of tbe earth.
Mr. Taft has applied to this world
project and history making enterprise
those same qualities of careful. thought
ful investigation, penetrating judgment
and absolutely fair dealing, which have
made him so signally successful in the
performance of all those duties of state
which have brought him to" the high
eminence he now occupies as one of'our
greatest living Americans.
Moit Kioif ' Pcndnallr.
Like the 'Philippine project and other
great ' work:"1 laid upon him', he1 has
studied the situation at "Panama!' at'
close , range and; trusted to no second
hand information with which to in
sure" his "success. . There has been about
ninety mill Tori dollars expended' on" the
work to date and Mr. Taft 'has bad" to
approve; 'every dollar 'of: this expendf
ture. ; He has not, been satisfied with
a single" visit to the isthmus, but has
mhde the"' long journey1 every year so
that he might direct the work' more
economically. The 'result is that he has
changed the situation there from an In
hospitable region- to a locality; where
Americans can live in healthful se-'
eurlty without the fear- of1 plagues' 'or
dread of contagious "'diseases." The rate
of mortality on the Isthmus is
about
the same as it is in our American cities. I
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, .ha. Wnlr "
Work, on the canal has passed I
through two stages, those of planning
and preparation. It is now in the thtrd -
and finai stage,, that of construction.
Both of the earlier stages required the
presence of a large working force.
: make- flhift accommodations. Because
of these conditions, inevitable at the
ontset, early critics of the enterprise
mistook the" initial and temporary out-
fit for permanent equipment.
Throng-lstf nl About Labor. (.
Mr. Taft's chief concern has been the
proper care of the laboring man on the
isthmus. Under his patient and ap
proved methods the terrihle sonnrsm
of yellow fever, against which the
French struggled in vain, the filthv and
pest breeding state of the principal
Panamanian towns, the rough . labor
camps, and other pioneer hardships of
the two first eras, have been eliminated.
Mammoth Construction
Project.
President Roosevelt appointed a spe
cial commission to. examine the. Isth
uiiau situation last spring, and it re
ported Aug: . 6, 1908. According to this
special report there were at work at
the Isthmus April 30, 1908, 26,118 men
for the Isthmian Canal Commission and
7,0a at work for the Panama railroad,
a total or aj, 193 men all told. Housing
tnis industrial army in quick time,
with due attention to sanitation, and
hygiene, was a problem which would
have been beyond most men. But Mr,
Taft did it successfully.
To keep the machinery and tools In
condition, three large machine, and re
pair shops, two shipyards and numer
ous warehouses are maintained. When
we recall that this enormous plant Is
operated at a distance of 1,382 miles
from ft nearest base of supply, New
Orleans, and 1,975 miles from its main
base of supply, Xew York, we can es
timate with more Justice and accuracy
the magnitude and complications of the
undertaking Mr. Taft has conducted so
well.
Worklatnai Appreciate Tuft.
He has succeeded In impressing labor
on the Isthmus with his kindly inter
est in its behalf. On this point the spe
cial commission's report says: - "From
the outset we were strongly impressed
by the spirit of good will and loyalty
of the employes The general
sentiment of the workers was expressed
in the words of a mechanic. In one of
thrf conferences which we held with
representatives of different trades. Said
he: 'We want it understood that we
re American citizens and that we are
proud to have a share in this great
work. We believe the government is
treating ns right, and we are as much
interested to see this thing a' success
as anyone. This spirit of loyalty and
interest in the work was evidenced on
many occasions and should be account
ed as an asset of the highest value to
the government in the accomplishment
of its colossal' task." ,
Titt Rataea Waarca. -'
; On May 1. 1907, as Secretary of War,
Mr. Taft issued a longevity order mak-
Ing liberal and appreciate Increase Is
the wages-, of various classes of work-
men, as follows:
"All
employes not native to the trop- !
occupy, the positions herein ;
lcs who
designated shall be granted the follow- j
ing increases in pay for length of- con- i
tinuoos service on tbe Isthmus: Five
per cent jsfvtlip or class rate for
the second year, with accumulative ad- '
dition of three per cent of the basic '
rate" for each .subsequent .year; pro
vided, hxrwever, '"that such cumulative--
increase snail not exceed a total or soc
or tbeTMsir? rate:""
,In other words, Mr. Taft made it
possible for every American laborer on :
the" Isthmus, by remaining there and
working,1 to increase bis wages 25 per i
cent and at the same time have a per
manent' position.' These men also get
four weeks' vacation with pay, every
year and Mr. Taft favors making the
vacation six . weeks with pay.
Ckuga Would Be Dlniitnu.
- In; the performance of this work the
United States is under the scrutiny of
the entire world, especially of our.
neighbors In 'Central and' South Amer
ica, before whom we must make good j
our profession of high social and in- ,
dustrial ideals. It would be a national
calamity to jeopardize the present lib
eral progressive policy that is so suc
cessfully constructing the Panama Ca
nal. Mr. Taft is the one man to con
tinue this great work to the' end.
COUNTRY NEEDS ' A' REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS."
President Roosevelt Points Out Im
portance of Electing Legislators
to Support Taft.
President ROosevelt,' in a ' letter to
William B. McKinley. chairman of , the
Republican .Congressional Committee,
appeals' to disinterested' citizens' to join
with theV Nafibmil Republican Commft
tee and the Cougressfolihl Committee fiu
a movement to elect William H. Taft
as'President. and a Republican Congress
to support himV saying, ih' part": ;
.': "it i8"'nrgtly" hcesaryj 'from the
standpoint of We1 'public interest',-' ' to
elect Mr. Taft, and a Republican Con-
j' press: which- will support him ; and they
seek election on ,a platform which spe-
fttfVonllv rtlorirofi "tha nnrttr Alike lfi Ira
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executive" antT legislative" branches,' to
j nave been" not" merely introduced, but
j acted upon during these seven years.
These policies can be "successfully
j ried through only by the hearty co-i
car-
co-oper
ation of the President and the Congress
.in bpth its branches and it is therefore
peculiarly important that there should
obtain' such harmony between them. To
fail to elect Mr. .Taft would be a calam
ity, to the country; and it would be
folly, while electing him, yet at tbe
Fjjme time to elect a Congress hostile
te h'lm, a Congress which under the in
fluence of partisan leadership would be
Certain' to thwart and baffle him on
every possible occasion. To elect Mr.
Taft and at the tIme t0. elect a
Congress pledged to support him, is the
only way in which to perpetuate tLe
policy of -the' government as now car
ried on. I feel that all the aid that can
be" given to this policy by every good
citizen should be given; for this is far
more thanf &': merely partisan matter."
APPEAL" TO LOYAL REPUBLICANS
To Middle West and Rocky Moun
tain States Republicans.
Ton" Wmt Mr; Taft and ' Mr? Sher
man elected and they cannot be elected
unless the. Republican National Com
mittee has sufficient money to pay. the
legitimate expenses of the, campaign.
It costs money to perfect ah' organiza
tion.-- It requires money to pay for
printing, postage, salaries or stenogra
phers and clerks at headquarters, trav
eling expenses of speakers and numer
ous other details that go to make the
campaign end successfully. Congress,
as you know, has passed a law making
it nuf awful for ns to solicit money from
corporations. .' We ; must depend , upon
the contributions of individual voters.
If every Republican fa this Western
Division would contribute one dollar to
the campaign, fund, we will be able to
dp- all the things that the voters want
done ; we will be able to elect Taft and
Sherman. Wil! you help?. If so, please
send one-dollar to the chairman of your
State Finance Committee, whose name
appears in the list following, or send it
direct to me and you will receive the
official receipt of the Republican Na
tional; Committee.
, FRED W. FJPHAM, .
. Assistant Treasurer. ,
ContrfbutloBS may be sent by check
or money order .to any of the following
named Chairmen ot the various State
finance committees:
Colorado, Whitney Newton, Denver.
Idaho, Frank F. Johnson, Wallace.
Illinois, COL. Frederick H. Smith, Pe
oria.,..; Iowa, Hon. Lafayette Young, Des
Moines. -"
Kansas, Frank E. Grimes, Topeka.
Michigan, John N. Bagley, Detroit.
Missouri, O. L- Whitelaw, 409 North
Second street, St. Louis.
Montana, Thomas A. Marlow, Helena.
Nebraska, John C. Wharton, New
York Life building, Omaha.
New Mexico, J. W. Reynolds, Santa
Fe. -,
North Dakota, James A. Buchanan,
Buchanan.
Oregon, Dr. H. W. Coe, Portland.
". South Dakota, O. W. Thompson, Ver
million. Washington, James D. Hoge, Seattle.
Or to Fred . W. Uphim, Assistant
Treasurer, 234 Michigan avenue, Chi
cago, Illinois.
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TRUE PROPHE
HOW TO TEST THfiM. '
Twill not deny that' there may be'prophets' to-day,' but"' the trouble 'to t
tell the true prophets' from the falsi ones: The Bible says that false prophet's
will rls. It tells us how to-distinguish the false from the true. It says':
4By their fruits" ye shall know them.' " William J. Aryan's Speech at BtilH
more, Jan. 20, 1900.
BR YAJ PROPHECIES. THE ANSWERS.
"TASEFF WILL CRUSH THE FARMER." , '
. 1892, Free Trade.
'Thus in every. State, -so far as these
statistics have been collected, the pro
portion of homeownlng farmers is de
creasing and that of .tenant farmers' in
creasing.' This means but one thing: It
means a land of landlords' and tenants,
arid, backed by the history of eery
nation 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." William
J. Bryan ; speech on the protective tar
iff In the National House of Represen
tatives, March 10, 1892.
"GOLD STANDARD WILL DESTROY HOMES."
1890, Free Coinage! 16 to 1.
"I reply that, if protection has
slain its thousands, the gold standard
has slain its tens of thousands."
William J. Bryan ; speech at Demo
cratic National Convention, July, 1896.
"The Democratic party has begun a
war of extermination against the gold
standard. We ask no quarter ; we give
no quarter. We shall prosecute our
warfare until there is not an American
citizen who flares to advocate the gold
standard. You ask why? We" reply
hat the gold standard is a conspiracy
against the human race, and that we
should no more join in it than we would
a,n army, to destroy. our hollies and to
destroy our families.!' William J, Bry
an; speech at Albany, N. Y., August,
1896.
"NO MORE FOURTH OW JULY."
lOOO, Imperialism!
"The fight this year will be to carry
ont the sentiment of that song we have
so often repeated: 'My Country, 'tis
of Thee.' If we lose, our children and
our children's children will not suc
ceed to the spif ft of that song, and cel
ebrations of the Fourth of July will
pass away, for the spirit of Empire will
be upon ns." William J. Bryan ; speech
to the Bryan Home Guards, Lincoln,
Neb., July, 1900.
"ROOSEVELT THE
1904, A ntf-Koonc-relt.
"I would rather gflo down to eternal
oblivion than be instrumental in the
election of Roosevelt." William J.
Bryan, Oct 17, 1904, while touring In
diana. "The surrender of the present Presi
dent (Roosevelt) to corporate influ
ences' furnishes an excellent proof of
the wisdom of Judge Parker fn makfng
the statement he has. But President
Roosevelt stands for militarism.
The present occupant of the White
House (Roosevelt) represents In an ag
gravated form the warlike . spirit, . as
contrasted with the pacific policy that
has heretofore characterized our na
tion." William J. Bryan, in a. speech
at Springfield, Mo.,. Sept 1..1904, where
he accused President Roosevelt of sur
rendering to the corporations and hold
ing '"Woody, brutal and barbarous" sen
timents. 'GOVERNMENT MUST
1906, GoveraaaeBLt Ownership of
. Railways.
"I have already reached the conclu
sion that railroads partake so much
of the natitre of a monopoly that they
must ultimately become public property,
and be managed by public officials in
the interest of the whole community .-r-Willlam
J. Bryan ; Home-coming speech
at New York City, August, 1906. '
OP ISSUES,
IS AND FAUSE.
Tk. Ans-trer in 1 90S.
The answer is 'found in" the prevail
ing good prices for grain, corn; hogs,
cattle, hay and all the products
of the farm, together with s the
fact' that since' the date of Can
didate ' ' Bryan's : "crushing" speech,
Western fa'rm lands have doubled ia
value, and thousands of "tenant" farm
ers of that date have become prosper
ous home-owners, tilling their own land
in peace, happiness and plenty. Under
the National Irrigation Act, and the
Republican conservation movement, the
West Is soon to be the intense agricul
tural and horticultural producing area
of the United States.
Tbe Ainm In. 1908. : "
The gold standard has "slain" no
one,, nor did it write the "future
in blood," nor did it destroy our
homes nor foreclose the farm mort
gage, nor did it close the dis
trict school ; on the contrary, it has
proved he sound and solid foundation
of widespread prosperity, leading to In
dividual progress and happiness, aided
In paying off the farm mortgage and
expanding the country's educational fa
cilities. T
It has brought .such, prosperity - t
our country as was never known befqre.
Americans are the happiest and most
prosperous people on earth to-day.
The Aaswef In 1008.
Answef this for yourself. Do you
know of any spot in the United States
where the spirit of 1776 IS dead and
forgotten and the Fourth of July a
meaningless date on the calendar?
On the otlier hand the humblest citi
zen is growing prouder of his American
citizenship and the spirit of 1776. is
permeating the entire body politic.
SPIRIT OF "WAR."
The Answer In 1008.
President Roosevelt, instead of rep
resenting the "spirit of war," stands
before the world the greatest ex
emplar of international peace in his
generation. , , . History will in full
season award him the titles he
has justly won, and the greatest of
these will be "The Peacemaker," in
spite of Candidate Bryan's assault upon
him in 1904. Under President Roos-v
velt'8 policies the United States has'
taken its place in the front rank of.
world powers. Taft Is committed to
continuing these policies. -
OWN RAILWAYS. '
. The Answer In 1008.
. The broad meaning of Candidate
Bryan's remarks on . this subject is .
that railway -regulation by statute
law- Is- impossible, and that "gov
ernment ownership" -In'-, the only
remedy, for transportation abuses
The enactment of the Federal Rate Law
has' totally disproved, the, ; claims of.
Candidate Bryan and vividly displayed
bis 'unsound reasoning on great' public
questions. . - ..'