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ELECTIONS FOR 1 908.
Closes for election 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, f Linn County ;
A. C. M ARSTERS, of Douglass County
R. R BUTLER, of Gilliam County ?
LAST CALL TO VOTERS.
The last' call to voters in the
interest of the.'G. O. P. will be
exploded .under the. Bryan falla
cies by Hon. C. W. Fulton, either
at the court house or opera house
On ('-; : ' .
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28th,
at 8 o'clock. Senator C. W. Ful
ton needs no introduction to this
people with whom he has been
so , intimately, associated . for
so many years and his splendid
record in the senate has given
him a national reputation as a
business man, thoroughly posted
in the needs and requirements of
governmental affairs. ,- His tire
less energy, manly figure, fertile
brain and natural gift of oratory
all combine to produce a pleasing
effect upon his audience and with
soul kindled with the justness of
his cause he will-certainty give
many interesting points touching
your duty as an American citizen.
Don't fail to hear him. '
JUDGE LOWELL'S SPEECH.
Everybody . expected Judge
Lowell to make a good speech in
the interest of Tafj; the only ques
tion ""being the line of argument
to be considered. He' took up
the principles advocated by Bry
an during the past 12 years and
showed that when sifted through
the sands of. time the promised
blessings had been a delusion and
a snare with nothing left save
that sad memorial of mistaken
ideas which like a ghost now
comes forth to scare the people
. and render the one desire of his
heart impossible. He paid him
a just tribute as an honest man
and citizen but found wanting
in the haraccteristics required
for Presidential timber,
He placed against the picture
the giant mind of Wm. H. Taft
tested in every walk of life and
now awaiting the coronation
crown from a grateful people who
have watched and studied his
.glorious achievements.
He advised all men to study
- carefully the situation and if in
the light of that guiding star of
reason he deemed it wise to vote
against the present prosperous
conditions go aad do it on the 3rd
of Nov. He particularly called
attention of the young man cast
ing his first ballot to make no
; mistake thus setting on the stool
of iepentance and weeping croc-
odile tears the remainder of his
- days for if he is guided by the
light of reason and past history
it would be impossible to vote the
democratic ticket in November.
Congressman . Eugene Walter
Leake, one of the Democratic
members of Congress from New
Jersey, fhas volunteered to take
the stump in behalf of Judge W.
H. Taft. Though he has been a
staunch Democrat all his life, he
io bitterly opposed to the election
of William Jennings Bryan, and
believing that the election of Mr.
Bryan to the Presidency would
mean the greatest calamity to the
country since the Civil War, he
-is ready to exert himself to the
- utmost to aid in the election of
Judge William H. Taft.
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OHilOliSTRATIOll,
Actual Operation of Postal Savings
,., Banks in Philippines."
Two Tears' Experiment Indicates
-r the Flan1 la Successful. J
3 The only postal savings bank sys-1
tern In 'operation' under the American j
Hag" Is that In- the Philippines, where,
after two years of experiment, the
institution has been declared a great
success. In the report of the Philip
pine commission, just published," the
postal savings bank is discussed brief
ly, in part as follows :
"The . postal savings bank was first
opened in Manila on Oct. J, 1900.
The law provides 'for three classes.
with limitations as to the: amounts
that can be received at any one time
In each class. Following the opening i
of the Manila office, other postal sav- j
Ings bank offices were opened in varl
ous cities, of different classes; until,
at the close of the year 235 bad been f
opened, of which 9 were first, 86 were
second and 140 were third class. ;
Flllplnoa Adopting System. - j
"At first the Filipinos did not to '
any great extent avail themselves, of
the opportunity of depositing a . portion ''
of their receipts in the postal savings .
bank, and a great bulk of the depositors ,
were Americans and of other nation
alities. As the advantages of this sys
tem have been ' disseminated through
means of schools, government bureaus,
private 'agencies and others, . the : pro-'
portion of Filipinos Is continually in- '
creasing, and gives very good promise
that the Filipinos will learn to trust
their money to the care of the govern-,
ment, and, welcome the opportunity.
"The accounts- Opened ' up to the
close of the - fiscal year numbered
2376, of which 347 were closed, :leav-;
ing 2,329 still open. ! The deposits ;
reached the total sum of 786,361.03. pe
sos an average of 108.21 pesos. With
drawals reached the total amount of
280,499.21 pesos, leaving a net deposit',
of 509,463.31 1 pesos at the end of the
fiscal year or the .first nine months
of the operation of the postal savings'
bank but by no means the first nine
months of. operation of the average
numDer or omces, tne smaller ones
having been opened from,' time to time
during the year, so . that many bad
not been opened more than a month or
two at the time these , figures . were
taken. ', i ' '. t. o : v
EneonrasriBo; Small Aeooaati,
"The device of , issuing postal sav
ings bank stamps has met with some
response. " The stamps are simply a
method by which small amounts can
be deposited without the expense of
issuing a book,- figuring Interest, and
opening an account .
"On the whole, the. reception accord
ed the postal savings , bank has' been
gratifying, - and gives good promise.
The investment of the funds is in1 the
hands of a postal savings-bank invest
ment board, which carries 'a certain
amount of the. funds on deposit, and
has limited power of investment. The
law provides that' 25 per cent of the
money held on deposit may be loaned
on first-class real estate, under .limit-
tions carefully drawn to protect the -
depositors, and 10 per cent on agricul- j
tural lands under still more rigid limi-
tations."
AS EOOSEVELT SEES BRYAN.
"Tou say that .you have advo
cated more : radical measures
against private monopolies than
. either I or my party associates
have been willing to undertake.
You have. Indeed, advocated
measures that sound more radi
cal, but they have the prime de
fect that in practice they would
not work. : I should not lu this
letter to you discuss . your -attitude
on this question If you did
not yourself bring it up, but as
you have brought it up, I answer
you that in my judgment the
measures you advocate would be
wholly Ineffective in curing
single evil, and so far ax they
had any effect at all, would mere
ly throw the entire business of
the country Into hopeless flud ut
ter confusion.' I put Mr. Taft's
deeds against your words. 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-defying corporation to wish
to see you placed in the Presi
dency rather than Mr. Taft. Yoor
plans to put a stop to the abuses
of these corporations are wholly
chimerical. Theodore Roose
velt" "
If it is true that Roosevelt is going
to take to the stump Bryan will have
to take to the woods. Philadelphia
Press. '- 1 ' ' -
Mr. Bryan no longer refers to Mr.
Roosevelt as his Imitator, counterpart
and understudy. St Louis Globe-Beso-
I ocrat
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I feel that, the country is indeed to bei congratulated upon the
nomination of Mr. Taft. I have known him intimately for many years
' and I have a peculiar feeling for him, because throughout that time
he worked for the same object, with the same purposes and ideals. - v
I do not believe there could be found in all the country a man
so well fitted to be President. '
He is not only absolutely fearless, absolutely disinterested and up
right, but he. has the widest acquaintance with the nation's needs, with
out and within, and the broadest sympathies with all our citizens.-
He would be as emphatically a President of the plain people as
Lincoln, yet not Lincoln -himself would , be freer from the least taint
of demagogy, the least tendency to arouse or appeal to class hatred of
any kind. . ' ' ' ! ; '
- He has a peculiar and intimate knowledge of and sympathy with
the needs of all our people of the farmer, of the wage earner, of; the ;
business man, of the property owner.-- s ' - :W
No matter what a man's occupation or social position, no matter
what his creed, his color, or the section of the country from which he j
comes, if he is an honest, hard working, man who tries to do his duty
toward his neighbor and toward the country, he can rest assured that
he will have in Mr.' Taft the most upright of representatives and the
most fearless of champions. '
Mr. Taft stands against privileges and ho stands pre-eminently for
the broad principles of American citizenship which lie at the founda
tion of our national well being. J:. ,. . - - " . .
ENEMY 01 TABU?.
labor World Sees Sanger in Bryan
' Plan of Tariff for Revenue Only.
(From the Labor 'World.)
Workingmen and producers generally
should not delude themselves with the
Mief that. If Mr. Bryan shall be elect-
ed President, his plans for revision of
the tariff will present no menace, to the ;
country. Mr. Bryan is the professed
enemy of the tariff system. He would
Impose duties, if " at all, for revenue
purposes only. On articles competing,
with what he chooses to call trust-made.
goods he would have no duty at all.
Any apparent deficit in import duties
arising from revised schedules he esti
mates would be more than made up by
Increased imports. Of course, his hope
Is to strike at the great protection
States, which happen to be Republican
In politics, like Pennsylvania, New
york 0nl0t minois, Indiana, West Vir
ginia, seta : It does not seem to matter
to him that every dollar's worth of forfc.
elgn goods in the competitive class com-
ing Into, the United States on a revenue j
er free trade basis necessarily by so
much reduces the demand for; home
goods, thus displacing just that much
American labor. What he wants, to do
is to rebuke and avenge himself upon
protected manufacturers who do not
agree woth him in politics and who will
have none of him at the polls, says an
exchange.
But while Mr. Bryan is gunning for
protected industries " and Republican
States, once his proposed tariff law
should be in force. It would fall alike:
upon ail sections of the country, the
only differences between one State and
another being in the degree of hardship'
imposed. .
We hear of workingmen saying that
this time they Intend to vote for Mr.-
Bryan, because for the past ten months
we have had hard times. . B5t what
good will that do? How is a tariff for
revenue, ignoring the protection Idea
altogether, going to open the shops and
! mills? How will the election of Sena
? tors by direct vote start the wheels of
. industry? Or the publication of cam
paign contributions? Or the further
harassment of the railroads? Or the
. reorganization of the . House, so that
the Speaker may be powerless? Why"
open this -country now to the markets
of. the .world when we have not suffi
cient demand to consume what we our
selves manufacture? Under Republi
; can rule we have just had ten years of
' unparalleled prosperity. Under . Dem
i ocratlc administrations we have never
! had prosperity for any period, long or.
1 short '
Can't Bisaffect the Parma rs.
The failure of Bryan's desperate at
tempts to curry favor with the farmers
is illustrated by the manner In which
he was received at Crookston, Minn.
According to Congressman Halvor Stev
enson the event went off as follows:
"Bryan's speech at Crookston was a
great disappointment He actually lost
ground there for Democracy. Thous
ands of people were there to hear him,
and waited till ten o'clock In the even
ing before he appeared. The address
was a narrow appeal to farmers, a
harangue, trying to prejudice them
against Republicanism. It didn't take
at all. Only once was there the slight
est symptom of applause. He spoke to
a silent, disappointed audience.'
Canaaaiarm ( Kdaaatioa.
In the great battle of 1806 the Re
publican party again stood for the
maintenance of the integrity of the na
tion. The fight was against odds pro-'
duced by a great Industrial depression,
and against the most sophistical argu
ments. The Republican party main
tained a campaign of education among
the wage-earners and the farmers,
which" ultimately led to the' .complete
aefeat of this second financial heresy
which has threatened the Integrity of
our business structure. Hob. Wo. H.
Taft, at Kansas City, ate.
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EOTTTELL OH BiYAH.
Is His "Shall the People KuleP"
Simply "a Local Issuer"
: Congressman Henry Sherman Bou
tell of Chicago, commenting on Mr.
Bryan's speech in Iowa,' says : - .
Mr. Bryan's question, "Shall the peo
ple rule?" implies that somewhere in.
this country the people do not rule.
The only States where the people do
not rule are the States that are ex
pected to give overwhelming majorities
for the Democratic . ticket. Perhaps
Mr. Bryan thinks that his question is
purely "a local issue." If he is sin
cere, I challenge him to make a speech
in Vlckaburg, Miss., on "Government
by the People." Let him repeat one of
his famous anti-imperialist speeches,
simply changing three words, substitut
ing "Mississippi" for "Philippines" and
lack brothers'- for 'brown brothers."
Let him suggest that we have as chair
man of his meeting John Sharp Wil
liams, leader of the Democrats, in Con
gress, and as vice-chairmen the other
members of the Congressional delega-
tlon from Mississippi.
And after he has made his speech
in Yicksburg, if he shall have escaped
the rule of the people in that com
munity, I dare Mr. Bryan to repeat
his oration on popular government In
Charleston, S. C, with Senator Till
man as chairman of his meeting. Air.
Bryan's sentiments have a purely geo
graphical sincerity. His epigrams and
startling conundrums are especially de
signed to meet local demands. Of this
nature are all his views on tariff add
taxation.
i i Mr. Bryan's proposition that every
time a trust is formed a . tariff sched
ule should be repealed, and every time
a trust is dissolved a new duty should
be added, 1st too funny even for comic
opera.
' If on March 4 next Mr. Bryan should
become President, with a Democratic
Congress in both houses, and should
actually place upon the statute books
the financial and economic vagaries de
livered, by him in his speech of last
Friday, It would plunge the nation into
bankruptcy and bring on industrial
chaos. If b should begin by repealing
the duty on sugar to punish the- sugar
trust, he would upset - the national
finances' by losing 980,000,000 a year
in revenues, and would stir up a revo
lution in Louisiana, Utah, ' Colorado
and Michigan. Then, if he should re
peal the duty on cotton goods, because
some hustling manufacturers of New
England or the Carollnas were dump
ing goods In China ia rivalry with Eng
land and Germany, he would divert
other millions from the treasury and.
invite still further industrial ruin.
But of course, Mr. Bryan would .do
none of these things, any more than
he will invade the solid South and sum
mon the cohorts of Democracy to the
defence of the Constitution with the
battle cry "Shall the People Rule?"
Mr. Bryan simply doe not mean what
he says. What be otters with Chad
bandian unction in the North he repudi
ates with PecksnifHan duplicity in the
South.
The business men of our community
as a whole are honest and their meth
ods, are sound. . The President has
never said otherwise. Indeed, it is
chiefly in the. interest of the great body
of honest business men that he has
made his fight for lawful business
methods. Hon. Wm. H. Taft, to Mer
chants aad Manufacturers' Association,
Boston, Mass.
..... Cratltada ta McKialay.
The highest claim of William Me
Klnley for the gratitude of his coun
trymen Is that in spite of the abuse
and .contumely that was heaped upon
his head for this policy, he placed our
country in the forefront of nations as
a civil iier and uplifter of unfortunate
peoples. Hon. Wm. H. Taft, at Cleve
land, Ohio. '
LABOR LEGISLATION
! Republican States Have Been Lib".
? era! io Legislation for
Labor. . : ,
Democratic States Have Done Little
. to Make Labor Conditions Better "
; Within Their Sounds.
It is a fact that every Important step
for the benefit of American labor has
been taken either by a Republican
Congress and administration, or by the
Legislature of, a Republican State, of
course with the consent, and sometimes
by the advice, of the State executive.
Democratic Congresses have been no
tably negligent In '. this respect, and
Democratic States have either done
nothing to make labor conditions bet
ter within their bounds, or have slowly
and reluctantly followed at a distance
in the trail of Republican reforms. ,'
Stata Legislation.
. The States have control of labor leg
islation within their respective bounds,
federal authority being confined, so far
as labor is concerned, to the' District
of Columbia and the territories, federal
reservations and federal public works.
The story of labor legislation shows
that nearly all labor reforms originated
in Republican States, and at the pres
ent day the Republicans are far ahead
of the Democrats in the enactment and
enforcement of laws for the welfare
of men and women and children who
work for a living. Twenty-six out of
thirty Republican States have labor
bureaus, and only seven out of sixteen
Democratic States have similar bu
reaus, without which labor laws are
often dead letters. Twenty-three Re
publican States have factory Inspectors
to see to the enforcement of the factory
. laws. Only six Democratic States have
..factory Inspection services. ,-Fifteen
, States thirteen Republican and two
Democratic have free employment
agencies. ' Eighteen States have laws
on their statute books prohibiting labor
on government works' or public contracts-for
more than eight hours a day.
Of these States sixteen are Republican
and two Democratic. Four Republican
. States and one Democratic State have
laws declaring eight hours to be a legal
; working day In the absence of a con
tract. Twenty-seven States prohibit
the employment of children under tour
Young Men's Clothes
- Ederheimer, Stein & Co., Makers ,
ALL your pet ideas of how youf
Fall overcoat should look find
expression in the new styles we're
showing. Most Young Men's clothes
are lacking in either smartness, per
fect fit or right tailoring. These are
correct in all three respects.
Some of you haven't worn one of these long,
soldier-like, button-to-the-neck-coats. You've admired
them on others. Yon 11 want other to admire them
on you. We're showing several styles; in rich browns,
olives and other medium and dark shades. The
Ederheimer-S tein name is guarantee of quality.
teen years of age iu factories. Of these
twenty-three, are Republican and four
are Democratic States. - Laws limiting
the hours of the employment of chil-
dren Id factories or stores have been en
acted in twenty-four Republican and
thirteen Democratic States. Eighteen
Republican and ten Democratic States
prohibit night work by children. Twelve
Republican and three1 Democratic
States prohibit the enipoymeut of chil-
dren.. iu operating dangerous machinery
or. cleaning machinery In motion.,,. Fif
teen Republican and six Democratic
States limit the hours of labor of wom
en, i It should be noted that twelve of
the Republican States - which limit
women's hours of labor have factory
inspectors to see that the law is obeyed,
while -t only three . of the Democratic
States make such provision. In twenty
three Republican and ten Democratic
.States employers are required by law
to provide seats for female workers.
Twelve States have enacted legisla
tion intended to effect the extinction of
the sweatshop system, with its degrad
ing and revolting accessories. Of these
twelve States ten are Republican and
two Democratic. Seventeen Republican
and five Democratic States have laws
requiring the payment of wages weekly
or fortnightly, or, in some Instances,
prohibiting a longer period than one
month between pay days.
' Trad ITnioa Labels.
Fourteen Republican States and only
one Democratic State-r-Xevada have
laws in force prohibiting employers
from discharging persons on account of
membership in labor organisations, or
from compelling persons to agree not
to become members of labor organisa
tions as a condition of securing employ
ment or continuing in their employ.
Forty States have passed laws allowing
trade unions to adopt labels or trade
marks to be used to designate products
of the labor of their members, and pro
hibiting the counterfeiting of the use
of such labels or trade-marks by un
authorized persons. Of these States
twenty-eight are Republican and twelve
are Democratic.
. The foregoing presents for considera
tion by intelligent patriotic labor sub
stantial facts and figures taken from
the statute books of the several States.
No platitude can upset them. They
prove the records of the Republican
party and of the Democracy on the la
bor Issue,- and they must convince ev
ery reasonable reader that the Republi
can party has not only brought Ameri
can labor up to Its present honorable
standard, but that labor can look only
to the Republican party for assurance
of protection and prosperity in the
future. . .