BRYAN OR TAFT, WHICH.
C h ristia n v o te r s : T he tim e is a b o u t
a t h a n d w hen you an d I m u st ca st ou r
b allo ts as b etw een th ese tw o m en, for
th e h ig h est an d m o st responsible p o liti
cal office w ith in th e gift of m en. No
o th e r c a n d id a te can even h o p e to su c
ceed. I am sp e ak in g now to voters who
belieye in th e C h ristia n sc rip tu re s, as a
rev elatio n of G o d 's will to m e n ; an d who
a re real follow ers of o u r Lord Je su s
C h rist, th e son of G od, and Savior of m en.
I believe th e s ta te m e n t th a t b o th th ese
c ad id ates are g re a t and d istin g u ish ed
m en , each of th e m well qualified in
som e resp ects, a t least, for th e office of
p re sid e n t. W h ile in m an y respects
M r. B ry an ap p e a rs to possess m uch
b e tte r e q u ip m e n t for th e g re a t office
th a n his o p p o n en t, bAt g ra n tin g for th e
sak e of a rg u m e n t t h a t M r. T a ft is M r.
B ry a n ’s eq u al in m ost resp ec ts, an d
even h is su p e rio r in som e, I w ish to
call special a tte n tio n to a few’ th in g s in
w h ich , if you are a dev o u t C h ristian ,
you will agree w ith m e, th a t M r. B ryan
far excells h is C om petitor a s an ideal
c a n d id a te . I refer first to th e fact th a t
m an y co n ten d th a t no one h a s a rig h t
to p refer, o r reject a c a n d id a te on
acco u n t of b is religious belief. W hile
som e even th in k or p reten d to th in k
t h a t to do so is to favor u n io n of ch u rch
an d s ta te , b u t such th o u g h ts a re m ere
vag aries of an over w rought im a g in a
tio n . As well say th a t to use th e nam e
G od, o r q u o te a te x t of sc rip tu re , in a
p o litical discu ssion o r w rite A. D. 1908,
in a legal d o cu m en t would favor union
of ch u rc h an d s ta te , such th o u g h ts are
u n w o rth y a m an of o rd in a ry sense.
M r. B ryan is a d ev o u t b eliev er in th e
Bible as th e w ord of God to m en. A
sin cere follow er of C h rist.
M r. T aft rejects Je su s C h ris t as th e
son of G od, an d Savior of m en. He
does n o t believe th a t he arose from th e
d ead , and th e re fo r logically rejects th e
sc rip tu re s as sources of d iv in e a u th o rity
in religion an d business a n d conse
q u e n tly h as no sta n d a rd of final ap p eal
in m a tte rs of faith an d rig h teo u sn ess,
abort th e opinions of grant n o d learned
m en.
As m ig h t be exp ected in h is political
discu ssio n s h e a lm o st w holly ignores
q u estio n s of eth ics as recen tly recited
by Ju d g e Mon n e tt to his ow n sta te .
A nd w h ile g o vernor of th e P h ilip p in e
Isla n d s h e is rep o rted as a tte n d in g and
p a rtic ip a tin g in th e b e ttin g races on th e
S a b b a th d av , an d is said to n ev er tu rn
dow n his w ine glass a t public an d social
fu n ctio n s.
M r. B ry an , on th e c o n tra ry , from th e
v ery beg in in g of his care e r as a public
m an , h as alw ays discussed p u b lic q u e s
tio n s, from th e s ta n d p o in t of rig h t as
b etw een m an an d m an, an d as .betw een
m an an d his c reato r, holding s te a d fa s t
ly to th e d o ctrin es th a t th e g o v e rn m e n t
sh o u ld be “ of th e people, for th e people
an d by th e p eo p le,” and t h a t as su c h , it
o u g h t to g u a ra n te e equal rig h ts to all
and special privileges to none. A lw ays
b elieving th a t u n d e r th e lig h t w hich
sh in e s from beyond th e sun th e rig h t
o u g h t to and m u st finally p rev ail, an d
th o u g h kep t c o n sta n tly in th e lim e lig h t
of th e p ast 12 y ears an d c o n sta n tly
ab u sed an d m isrep resen ted by a tr u s t
w orsh ip in g an d venal p ress, all th ese
y ears, an d every conceivable effort
m ade in bo th th e g re a t p a rtie s to p re
ven t h is n o m in atio n and to p rev en t his
election a fte r n o m in atio n . All because
h e is and has l>een a real refo rm er, yet
h e sta n d s before th e A m erican v oter
clean h an d ed an d w ith o u t th e sm ell of
fire upon h is g a rm e n ts, a n d th o u g h d e
feated tw ice for th e high office, he has
a stro n g er hold upon th e people th a n
ev er before w hile it is c le a r as lig h t
itself th a t if M r. T a ft is defeated now
th a t no pow er on e a rth could give him a
second n o m in a tio n . W hy th is differ
ence l>etween th ese tw o m en? I t
sh o u ld be e v id e n t to every th o u g h tfu l
m an. One re a lly loves G od an d his
fellow m en, reveres G od’s w ord. Bows
in th e sim p licity of h is faith to th e sa
v io r of m en, as L ord an d K in g believes
th a t rig h t o u g h t to an d finally m u st
prevail, an d th erefo re h as th e courage to
sta n d for th e rig h t as h e sees it. H is
personal h a b its a re clean an d p ure.
T h lO tb ir ow ing to bit religious b e
lief o r r a th e r d isb e lief is m orally in
cap ab le of th ese ex a lte d views ; an d his
s ta te sm a n s h ip m u st ever be tinged by
n arrow p a rtisa n p reference. C h ristian
v oter it is u p to you to chpose as to
w hich of th ese two m en sh a ll be elevated
to th e m ost e x a lte d position of public
tr u s t know n to o u r n a tio n , an d to th e
w orld. To w hich of th e tw o would you
p o in t y o u r boy as a p a tte rn an d ideal
for th is life an d th e life to com e? To
w hich of th e tw o would you in v ite th e
gaze of th e h e a th e n w orld now stru g g l
ing a n d looking th is w ay for light? Do
you believe you can vote for M r. T aft
w ith th ese facts sta rin g you in th e face?
A nd th e n go before God on bended
k n se a n d ask him for C h r is t’s, h is so n ’s
sake, to save y o u r boy from th e m eshes
of sk ep ticism an d m ake h im a tr u e fol
low er of Je su s C h rist.
R em em ber, I speak to you as a C h r is t
ian, a real believer in C h rist, n o t to
th o se w ho care little or n o tilin g for
th ese th in g s. T hese an d sim ila r a rg u
m en ts m uch stro n g e r th a n I have been
ab le to se t fo rth are ap p ealin g to th e
consciousness of h u n d re d s of th o u sa n d s
of C h ristia n an d te m p e ra n c e voters who
as th e y reflect upon th em feel th a t th e y
can n o t afford to violate th e ir conscience
by failing to vote for B rvan.
C. A. W O O L EY .
A SANE REPUBLICAN.
Monarchical Government Better
Than Non-Represenative One.
I t would seem t h a t th e re is b u t one
p a rty in th is c o u n try th a t can h av e a
m an elected p re sid e n t w ith o u t causing
it to go to tra c k an d ru in . E very tim e
we h ave a presid en tial election th e re is
a tig h tn e ss in th e m oney m a rk e t an d a
howl goes up th a t if th e rep u b lican
n om inee is n ot elected th e re will be
panics, h ard tim es an d th e Lord only
know s w h a t else. From th e s ta n d p o in t
of an in d e p e n d e n t A m erican citizen, we
believe,* if th is is a c tu a llv th e condition
of affairs in th e U n ite d S tates, th a t th e
sooner we discard a form of rep resen a-
tiv e g o v ern m en t and a d o p t a m onarch-
ial one, th e b e tte r for th e people. T h is
would do aw ay w ith th e ev er rec u rrin g
strin g en cy an d th e fear an d tre m b lin g
we h av e to e n d u re every four y ears.
As sane h u m an lieings we m u st a d m it
t h a t we a re e ith e r colossal asses or
th e re is a m in u s q u a n tity in ou r m e n ta l
m ake up. T he rep u b lican leaders a s
sum e th a t a m ajo rity of th e people are
foolish enough to believe th e so p h istries
an d th a t th e y will get a m ajo rity of th e
votes ca st a t th e n a tio n a l election to
p u t th e ir can d id ate in th e p re sid e n tia l
c h a ir. W ell it is q u ite likely, b u t d id it
ev er occur to you t h a t th e only reason
w hy so m an y sp e llb in d ers, as th e y are
called, a re rep u b lican s is because th e
rep u b lican p a rty is th e p o p u lar p a rty
an d h as m ore o p p o rtu n itie s for g raftin g
th a n an y o th e r? W e w ere born a r e
p ublican an d h ave voted th e rep u b lican
tic k e t m ore often t h a n n o t an d th is
▼ear voted one of th e few s tra ig h t re
p u b lican tic k e ts in Polk co u n tv , b u t
we do n o t care to l>e rated am ong th o se
who can see no good in a m an u n less he
is a rep u b lican . C on sid erin g th a t a
m a jo rity of all th e w ealth y m en of th is
n a tio n are m em b ers of th e rep u b lican
p a rty it looks as if th e re w ere m ore
crim e and c o rru p t p ractice in th a t p a rty
th a n all o th e rs com bined, for no h o n e st
m an can acc u m u la te such v ast fo rtu n es
as som e of th e leading p a rtisa n s of th a t
p a rtv are rated a t. H ow ever t h a t is n ot
th e fau lt of th e fo u n d ers of th e p a rty
no r y e t of th e ra n k an d file, an y m ore
th a n it is th e fa u lt of C h rist th a t m any
persons posing as C h ristia n s a r e g re a t
c rim in a ls.— M o nm outh H e ra ld .
Demonstration Car Coming.
E x a c t d a te s d a te s h a v e b een decided
for th e v isit of th e ela b o ra te d e m o n s tra
tio n tr a in to be o p erated by th e S o u th
ern Pacific C om pany to th e various ci
tie s of th e W illa m e tte V aliev. T h e
tra in will be th e m ost com plete ever
ru n by a n y railro ad in th e c o u n try to
serve a sim ila r purpose an d is exp ected
to do m uch to b rin g a b o u t b e tte r m e th
ods of a g ric u ltu ra l, d a iry in g an d h o r ti
c u ltu re th ro u g h o u t th e c o u n try v isited .
It. B. M iller, g eneral Ireig h t ag e n t for
th e H a rriin a n lines in th is sta te , p lanned
th e d e m o n s tra tio n tra in a n d w ill accom
p an y it in p erson. T h e tra in h a s a ro u s
ed a g re a t deal of in te re s t th ro u g h o u t
th e W illam ette V alley an d M r. M iller is
A corps of professors from th e Oregon
A g ric u ltu ra l college will d eliv er a d
dresses at. each sto p on im proved a g ri
cu ltu ra l m ethods an d will m ake d e m
o n stra tio n s of th e la te s t m eans of c a r
ing for m ilk a n d d a iry p ro d u cts, p a c k
ing fru it, etc.
T he tr a in will s ta r t N ovem lier 4 and
will be a t S h e rid a n on N ovem ber 6
from 8:45 to 10:15; a t D allas from 11 to
12:45; a t In d e p e n d e n c e from 1:50 to
3:25.
What are Your Boys
Reading?
and Girls
T hey a r e b o und to read so m eth in g .
T hey will read tr a s h unless you give
th e m so m e th in g b e tte r th a t is eq u ally
in te re stin g . T ry th e Y o u th ’s C o m p an
ion. T h e re is p le n ty of a d v e n tu re in
th e sto ries, a n d th e heroes an d h eroines
a r e of th e re a l k in d , finding in th e line
of d u ty o p p o rtu n ity for courage am i u n
selfishness. M ore th a n 250 such sto ries
will be p u b lish e d in th e 52 issues of th e
new volum e for 1901). T h e re will be
fullv as m an y articles, sketches and re m
iniscences to im p a rt useful in fo rm atio n
in th e m ost ag reeab le w ay, fam iliarizing
th e C o m p an io n ’s read ers w ith th e best
t h a t is know n an d th o u g h t in th e w orld.
F ull illu stra te d a n n o u n c e m e n t of #th e
C om panion for 1909 will be s e n t to any
address free w ith sa m p le copies of th e
pap er. T h e new su b scrib er who a t once
sends $1.75 for 1909 (ad d in g 50 cen ts
for e x tr a postage if he lives in C a n ad a)
will receive free all th e re m a in in g issues
of 1908 besides th e gift of th e C o m p an
ions c a le n d a r for 1909, e n title d “ In
G ra n d m o th e r’s G a rd e n ,” lith o g rap h e d
in 13 co lo rs.—T h e Y o u th ’s Companion,
144 B erkeley S tre e t, Boston M ass.
Republican Rally.
P re sid e n tia l E le c to r B u tle r a n d Ju d g e
S tep h en Lowell w ere g reeted by a good
house at D allas S a tu rd a y n ig h t. T he
O regonian says fiOO e n th u s ia stic re p u b
licans w ere p re se n t, b u t you c a n n o t e x
pect th o t r u th from t h a t source, so we
will let it go bv, s ta tin g t h a t th e co u rt
room only se a ts 240 people an d th e re
w ere m any e m p ty b enches. M any of
th e au d ien ce w ere d e m o c ra ts, a ttra c te d
to see w h a t arg u m e n t th e sp e ak ers could
possibly ad v an ce for c o n tin u a tio n in
l>ower of th e ir p a rty . T he speakers
w ere in tro d u c e d by o u r local P a tric k
H en ry , D r. B. H. M cCallon, ch a irm a n
of th e co u n ty c e n tra l co m m ittee, and
a n ex d em o crat. T h e doctor w as in
h u m o ro u s vein, b u t we believe h e now
w ishes he h ad left o u t th a t allu sio n to
th e old lady w ho lived in a shoe. Mr.
B u tle r’s
re m a rk s
of
co n sid erab le
d u ra tio n w ere m ain ly devoted to la n d
ing th e record of th e rep u b lican p a rty
an d ev ad in g th e issues of cam p aig n .
T h e Ite m iz e r could h ere say so m e th in g
else, b u t refrain s, as we consider th e
personal in d iscretio n s of a c a n d id a te
none of o u r b u sin ess. Ju d g e L ow ell’s
ta lk was c u t sh o rt, his m ain s ta te m e n t
being t h a t th e rep u b lican p a rty would
still be in pow er w hen th e A ngel G a
b riel blew h is aw akening h o rn . T he
O regonian says 1500 j>eople h e a rd th e
g e n tle m e n speak a t In d e p e n d e n c e F ri
day n ig h t. T h a t assertio n will b rin g a
sm ile to an y o n e.