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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25tli, 1912 POLK COUNTY OBSERVER THREE ROOSEVELT ' MOVEMENT DYING Psports from Every Section of the Gauntry Show Third Teria - Candidate is Daiiy Losing Groonl View of Diamond and Grand Stand At Opening of the World's Series REPUBLICANS ABE RETURNING TO TBE PARTY The Effort to Organize a Bolt Has Completely Failed, and Pres ident Taft Is Gaining Because the Tide Is Now Turning in His Direction. VAMMMf y y y v y AMt f t T AHlAHKHHHr I X- O POPULAR VERDICT AGAINST f.OOSEVELT. In every state in which the people have had an opportunity to express their sentiment since the no'unation of President Taft, the verdict has been adverse to Colonel Roosevelt and has demonstrated the increasing disintegration and eventual collapse of the third party. The results of the regular and primary elections thus far held offer convincing evidence of the steadily decreasing strength of the third term candidate. REGULAR ELECTIONS. VERMONT The Roosevelt ticket polled only about 15,000 votes and was third in the race. MAINE There was no Progressive ticket and the united Repub licans overcame a Democratic plurality of nearly 9,000 of two years ago. elected their gubernatorial ticket by a plurality of 4,000 and gained a congressman. PRIMARY ELECTIONS. MICHIGAN The third term party had a full primary election ticket in the field but polled only about 8,000 votes out of a' total of 150,000. In one county where the election officers were asked for 8,000 Roosevelt tickets only 189 votes were cast. MINNESOTA The Republicans nominated their governor and United States senator, together with other officers. The third party ticket made a poor showing. WASHINGTON The Roosevelt ticket received about 25,000 votes out of 300,000. The Republican vote was greater than the Roosevelt and Democratic vote combined. COLORADO The Republicans nominated their gubernatorial ticket over the Progressive opposition. CALIFORNIA Last May the Roosevelt vote in the primaries showed 77,000 majority. In the September primaries the Roosevelt majority was less than 3,000. DIlT r L . . ' . V- ' i 1 tU ,.:iK-;: , .1 tJt 2" i ' t. , -. I I J i : " t Liti, i) 4 v " UlJ?tIliJ!J ROOSEVELT'S STRENGTH IS FALLING OFF Washington Republicans Outnumber Democrats and Third Termers Combined. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 28. In the re cent primaries In this state the Pro gressives cast about 25,000 votes out of a total vote exceeding 300,000, or about eight In every hundred. The Republican vote was greater than that of the Democrats and the Third Termers combined. S. W. Perkins, Republican national committeeman for Washington, who has been engaged In making a canvass of the political situation in this state, says that he is in receipt of letters from every section indicating a re markable falling off of Roosevelt's strength. The figures or the primary demonstrate that these letters accu rately present popular centiment. Mr. Roosevelt claimed the Wash ington delegation in the Republican National convention in Chicago. The absurdity, not to say dishonesty, of hl3 claim, is proven by the poor show ing made by his followers in the re cent primary. LITTLE SENTIMENT FOR ROOSEVELT A FAILURE IN COLORADO Why the Roosevelt Movement Failed to Materialize. Has Minnesota Republicans Have No In terest In a Third Term Party. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 27. The recent primaries In this state demon strate that the Roosevelt sentiment in this state Is decidedly on the decrease. The renomlnations of Governor Eber hart and Senator Nelson, both loyal Republicans and Taft supporters, have encouraged the Republicans of this state to make a vigorous and aggres sive fight. Little sentiment is found in Wiscon sin for Roosevelt, and the contest, without doubt, is narrowed down be tween Taft and Wilson. The busi ness men of Milwaukee, and other Wisconsin cities, are rallying to the support of the Republican ticket and volunteering their services to elect Taft. The prosperous condition of their business urges them to support the present administration. lti REAL TRUTH -ABOUT DELEGATES THE ATTEMPT THAT WAS MADE TO STEAL THE NOMINATION FOR ROOSEVELT. ssBMsassw wmwaMmumjsdmaum SCORES OF FAKE CONTESTS Evidence of Attempted Thefts Conclu sive and Overwhelming, While President Tart's Title Is Honest and Clear. T Copyright, 1912, by American Press Association. HIS section of a panoramic view of the famous Tolo grounds, New York, was taken during the opening game of the world's series be tween the Giants and the Red Sox. It shows the whole diamond with the game in progress and a part of the huge concrete grand stand Jammed with fans. After the old grand stand at the Polo grounds burned down a few years ago work was begun on making the field over. Brush's stadium, as the grounds are called by many, is now one of the best. If not the best, baseball fields In the country. It cost about $500,000 to re construct and will seat over 36,000 persons. The official attendance nt the first game was- 35,730. The receipts were $75,127. Aik interesting feature of this picture Is the Jumel residence up on the bluff at the right It will be remembered that General Washington made this homestead his headquarters during the Washington heights campaign. In the midst of modern sport one has but to lift his eyes to this old landmark to be taken back over a century to Revolutionary times. WILSON WOULD REPEAL ALL PROTECTIVE TARIFF LAWS. ROOSEVELT VOTE SMALL Primaries In Michigan Show Republicans Are Loyal. That "The Roosevelt movement is a fail ure in Colorado," said David Heaton of Salida, Colo., during a recent visit to Chicago, while discussing the po litical situation In his state. He is president and general manager of the Federal Consolidated Monumental Granite company, and is also Identi fied with large mining Interests. ' "We are tired of industrial and po litical pyrotechnics in Colorado," he continued. "We have been through all sorts of disturbances in our state. We have seen what were called 'dy namite days.' We have had our wild and wooly experiences and we have known what it is to deal with strikes and strikers. Mr. Roosevelt Is now a dangerous type of political striker, do ing nothing but raising trouble. We do not want a man of his tempera ment in the White House. We prefer to support President Taft." Roosevelt a Frost In Ortgon. A. V. Spalding, a widely known con tracting engineer of Portland, Ore., while on his way .east from Portland, reports that the Roosevelt tour through Washington, Oregon and the Pacific coast states were a frost. A letter received at the Taft head quarters from Edward D. Baldwin, sec retary of the Oregan state central committee, says: "Things are looking better here every day for Taft. The lukewarm reception given Roosevelt In Portland the other day has given courage to our people." Detroit, Mich., Sept. 28. Charles P. Hilles of the Republican national committee, who recently spent a day in this state, held a conference with the Republican county chairman 83 counties being represented by these leaders of county organizations. Eighty of the county chairmen re ported that their counties would vote for Taft and only three stated that conditions were doubtful. These reports are the logical se quence of the recent primary in Michigan where the vote for the Third Term party ticket was piti fully small. Representative McLaughlin of the Ninth Michigan District, In speaking of conditions in that state, says that Roosevelt Is losing ground dally and the outlook for a splendid majority for Taft is growing every day. The recent state Republican con vention was attended by nearly 1,500 delegates. Great enthusiasm was manifested and the speakers were ap plauded. Roosevelt's name was not mentioned, while President Taft's name was loudly cheered. REFUSE TO JOIN ROOSEVELT New Mexico Republicans Prefer Remain With Their Party. to Decreasing In Iowa. Cedar Rapids, la.. Sept 29. James A. Tremla and Luther A. Brewer of this state, officers of the Iowa League of Taft Clubs, who have been assist ing In the organization of Republicans in the state, have received reports from every county showing the de crease of Roosevelt sentiment and as sert that the Republican strength of the state It crystallising among Presi dent Taft Santa Fe, N. M, Sept 27. United States Senator Thomas B. Catron of this state says that a large number of the Progressives are refusing to go Into the new party. They prefer to remain with the Republican party. "It looks to me now," he says, "as if the electoral vote of New Mexico Is certain to be given to President Taft" Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 27. "So far as the third party is concerned In New Mexico, It is as dead as Julius Ceasar," Is the asertion of the Al buquerque Morning Journal, the offi cial newspaper of this state. The Journal names a number of men, including former Governor H. J. -Hagennaa and Associate Justice R. H. Hanna, who have fought the bat tles of the Progreaalve movement but who have fuit In disgust The third party in New Mexico Is eharacterlJl as a "di1 dock." Roosevelt Weak In Utah. ! A prominent newspaper editor In Of den. Utah, writes to tbe Republcan ! national committee as follows: There is no doubt that Mr, i will carry Utah by almost the ! majority be did four years Mi. movement for Rooeevelt is weak." Tsft a-ne Tbe 'ry The Wilson Fall Frost The free trade Evening Post pub lishes a lot of figures to show what would happen if all the states voted the same as Vermont in November. A two-and-three-makes-five school hov could tell the free trade Evening pjst that if all the states should vote in November the same way Vermont j has voted Taft mould have the whole I SeW"! tack to Normal electoral coll Se. u St- UJ1mM' , . It cane earlv. but it came with a The one Biijtate political tea. b;?e to lt the Wilson fall frost- ' deoey at present U the country wide Prvm and Parker were both elected reoognltlo of the rare BtrtU of Pre in August and buried under a snow storm of balloti in November, and Wilson is hurrying to the ame snow ! put. "7 Went Taft. A period or Boraal re feetloa has set la. The shout hal ha4 Its 47 aad the UteUlgut la orfrv. tie frank rscegvooa or xno The following is taken from an address delivered by Profes sor Woodrow Wilson before the tariff board in 1882, showing his view then on the question of the tariff and the distinct announce ment of his position as a free trader, opposed to all tariffs ex cept merely , for the purpose of raising revenue: "But the danger of imposing protective duties is that when the policy is once embarked upon it cannot be easily receded from. Protection is nothing more than a bounty, and when we offer bounties to manufac turers they will enter into in dustries and build up interests and when at a later day we seek to overthrow this protective tar iff we must hurt somebody, and of course there is objection. They will say: 'Thousands of men will be thrown out of em ployment and hundreds of peo ple will lose their capital.' This seems very plausible; but I maintain that manufacturers are made better manufacturers whenever they are thrown upon their own resources and left to the natural competition of trade." "Protection also hinders com merce immensely. The English people do not send as many . goods to this country as they would if the duties were not so much and in that way there is a restriction of commerce and we are building up manufac tories here at the expense of commerce. We are holding ourselves aloof from foreign countries in effect and saying, 'We are sufficient to ourselves; we wish to trade, not with Eng land, but with each other.' I maintain that it is not only a pernicious system, but a corrupt system. "By Commissioner Garland: "Q. Are you advocating the repeal of all tariff laws? "A. Of all protective tariff laws; of establishing a tariff for revenue merely. It seems to me very absurd to maintain that we shall have free trade between different portions of this coun- fr 4nr1 at ttl &3m tilTIf sllllt i.j v ourselves out from free com- munication with other produc- ing countries oi ine woriu. n it is necessary to impose restric tive duties on goods brought from abroad it would seem to me as a matter of logic, neces sary to impose similar restric tions on goods taken from one state of this Union to another. That follows as a necessary con sequence: there is no escape from it" IT HAS CHANGED AS CANDIDATE Woodrow Wilson's Speeches Those of Office Seeker. Now Scattered among the platitudes of ) Dr. Wilson's speech of acceptance are , some truths. None is more significant j than this: j "We stand in the presence of an i awakened nation, impatient of parti- ' san make believe. ; Following which he makes believe i that he is tellirg the voters of the country his position on the campaign issues. No one hi yet been able to determine from a reading cf the speech precisely what that position is. Some slht enlightenment comes from time to time in his lafer utter ances, like, for fumble, the declara tion the other' day that Tammany Ts to be safe from his assaults; but non of it is satisfying. . Dr. Wilson, in the preconvention days, was represented to tile country as a scholarly gentleman, too lofty of mind to practice the wiles of the pro fessional politician, too earnest in the cause of good government to be aught but frank and fearless in his expres sion, too unscllish to put private am- ; bition above the public weal, too I idealistic in character to truckle to : the forces of evil in the nation, i But how singularly he has masked all of these qualities since William j Jennings Bryan forced his noming i tion at Baltimore. ' There is no difference, save in the purity of the English, between his speeches and the speeches of the pro fessional office seeker of the worst period in American politics. He steps pussy footed over all the large ques tions of the day. He exhibits a sus piciously broad tolerance for all ele ments in the body politic, even the elements which, to nominate him, Bryan found it expedient to denounce by name in the convention. There is none of the rugged frankness of ut terance that characterized his writ ings in the days before he was inocu lated with the virus of political am bition. He is proving over apt as an advanced student of practical politics. It is not a pleasant nor a heartening exhibition he makes of himself. The right minded citizen can feel nothing but sadness in contemplating a man of education and culture so intent upon partisan and personal victory that he sacrifices those ideals of truth and honesty for which he lias always stood to fawn upon and honcyfugle the voters. Dr. Wilson as a candidate is not in character with the Dr. Wilson that was pictured to us prior to the Balti more convention. This "awakened nation, impatient of partisan make be lieve," detects the difference. Bourne's Acousatlon Baseless. Senator Bourne has charged Ben Selling, Republican direct primary nominee for Senator, with violating the corrupt practices act. But he knows the accusation is without foun dation. Bourne had an object In mak ing the accusation. Bourne wanted to distract, if possible, the attention of the voters from his deliberate re pudiation of the direct primary law by becoming an independent candidate after having been rejected by the vot ers In the primary nominating else tion. But the people are not so easily fooled. They will refuse to disregard the result of the primary election at tbe behest of Senator Bourne or any other disappointed candidate. Oregon voters are not rcpudlators. They are not going back en the Oregon system and permit It to be used as a vehicle for the selfish political advancement of any one maa. They will not re pudiate the direct primary and Sena tor Bourne awes them an apology for urging that' rtpudiatlen, Bourne and the Tariff. In an address In Portland a few days ago, Walter M. Pierce, prominent Eastern Oregon Democrat bad the following to say concerning Senator Bourne and bis tariff record: "But If Bourne Is re-elected, how will he vote? Nobody knows and I doubt If he knows himself. When the Pavne-Aldrich bill was being consld- j red Bourne admitted on the floor of j the Senate that he did not know any-1 thing about the tariff but left that j with Aldrich with whom be voted la ! nearly every Instance. Neither do we want a man in tbe United States Sen-' ate who is so close to tbe Standard , Oil Company aa Intermediary, If you 1 Bletse. for that corporation." ' Why is it that thousands of columns nave been printed and innumerable speeches delivered charging the Na tional Committee and the National Re publican convention with the theft of something like seventy delegates, while practically nothing has appeared in print or been heard upon the plat form about the attempted theft of more than twice as many delegates on the part of the Roosevelt managers? Is not the attempt to steal, a deter mined effort to steal, as culpable mor ally as an actual theft? The evidence is absolutely conclu sive that the nomination was not stolen for President Taft. The evidence is just as conclusive that a deliberat'e plan was formed, of which he had full cognizance, to steal the nomination for Col. Roosevelt, a crime which would have been perpe trated except for the courageous hon esty of the members of the National committee and of the credentials com mittee of the national convention. Truth Should Be Known. If these statements are startling it Is because they are new and not be cause they are not true. Col. Roose velt is a pastmaster in diverting at tention from himself by a noisy 'and terrifying assault upon others. But the tumult and the shouting have died away and it is time now for the coun try to know and consider the truth. And the truth Is that very early in the pre-convention campaign the Roosevelt managers laid their plans to prepare the public mind for the charge that the nomination had been stolen, provided lt went to anybody but Roosevelt. They did this by instigat ing a great number of contests, utterly fake contests without, as it was after wards admitted, a shadow of ground upon which to rest. The purpose for which these con tests were instigated was frankly and cynically avowed, even while they were still under consideration, in a dispatch from Chicago, written by Judson C. Welliver, one of the most ardent Roosevelt supporters. In this dispatch, which was sent to Mr. Mun sey's Washington Times, Mr. Welliver said: "For psychological effect, as a move in practical politics, it was necessary for the Roosevelt people to start con tests on the early Taft selections In order that a tabulation of delegate strength could be put out that would show Roosevelt holding a good hand In the game. "A table showing 'Taft, 150; Roose velt, 19; contested, none, would not be very much calculated to inspire con fidence, whereas one showing 'Taft, 23; Roosevelt, 19; contested, 127,' looked very different." Contests Were Pure Fakes. In other words, here Is a frank avow al that nearly two hundred contests had been instigated "for psychological effect" as a "move in practical poli tics," to deceive the people into think ing that Col. Rooseevlt had support, when in fact he did not have it un terly fake contests, started for a frau dulent purpose and with the full knowl edge on the part of Col. Roosevelt that their only reason for existence was to deceive the people and to pre pare the way for the cry of fraud when they were decided against him. This is severe language but It lu not more severe than the facts warrant; for of the 234 contests Instigated by the Roosevelt managers, 162 were thrown out by the unanimous vote of the National committee, the Roosevelt men Joining with the Taft men in de claring that they had no ground what ever upon which to rest. In the face of this questionable record, Is there not full warrant for cnarging that the Roosevelt managers, with the knowl edge and consent of their chief, at tempted to steal the nomination? The command "Thou shalt not steal" certainly implies the further command ment, "Thou shalt not attempt to steal?" And with this attempt to steal so indelibly branded upon him, what consideration should be given the charges of theft which Col. Roose velt makes against another? Some of the Decisions. Why are the friends of President Taft called upon to defend him, for example, from the charges of having stolen the Indiana delegation when the Taft delegates were seated by the unanimous vote of the committee, Col. Roosevelt's own supporters declaring the Roosevelt contestants had no shadow of claim to the scats? Why should lt be necessary to defend the president against the charge of stolen delegates In Georgia when only two out of the 53 members of the commit tee voted against the Taft delegates? In no case did Col. Roosevelt make a louder cry of fraud than in the Michi gan case and yet there again his own friends on the committee declared the Taft delegates were without doubt entitled to their seats. Why even should It be necessary to enter a defense of the California case? J This Is tbe one In which the most ! noise baa been made and yet it waa 1 w- . -i- WALTER L. TOOZE, Jr. Republican Candidate For Joint Representative For the counties of Folk and Lincoln "Stands for Rigid Economy in the disbursement of Public funds; opposed to the Creation of Use less Salaried Offices and Commissions; will give this District an active and aggressive represent ation; Justice to allspecial privileges to none." No. 68 on Official Ballot (Paid Advertisement.) TRY OUR ICE CREAM AND BEST THE X Bl SODAS v EARTH Ellis' Confectionery DALLAS. OREGON DALLAS STATION TIME CARD SOUTHERN PACIFIC LEAVING DALLAS Passenger No. 74 .. Passenger No. 76 7.05 a. m. Passenger No. 2:15 p. m.Fassenger No. ARRIVING DALLAS 77 11:10 a. m. 75 7:15 p. m. SALEM, FALLS CITY & WESTERN RY. CO. i:at Ilout'd. TRAIN NO 2. Cv. Dallas 7:J5 Ar. West Halem TRAIN NO. I.v. rilack Rock Lv. Falls City Lv. Dallas Ar. West Salem TRAIN NO. 6. Lv. Falls City 2:40 p. Lv. Dallas 3:10 p. Ar. West Salem 3:40 p. TRAIN NO. 8. Lv. Falls City 6.10 p. i Ar. Dallas 6:40 p. I TRAIN NO. 10 (Sunday Only.) Lv. Dallas Ar. West Salem . . TRAIN NO. 12. Lv. Dlack Hock . . . Lv Lv . . .8:15 a. m 4. ..11:00 a. m . 1 1 : :1 5 a. m . .11:50 a. m ..12:30 p. m 7:35 a. m. 8:15 a. m. (Sunday Only.) 11:40 a. m. Falls City 11:55 a. m. Dallas 12:30 p. m. Ar. West Salem . TRAIN NO. 14 Lv. Hlack Rock . Lv. Falls City ... Lv. Dallas Ar. ffett 8Iem .. 1:10 p. m. (Sunday Only.) 4:00 p. m. 4:15 p. m. , 4:50 p. m. , 5:30 p. m. Went Bound. TRAIN NO. 1. Lv. Wi-st Salem 9:00 a. m. Lv. Dallas 9:45 a. m. Lv. Falls City 10:15 a. m. Ar. Hlack Rock 10:35 a. m. TRAIN NO. West Salem Dallas Falls City TRAIN NO. West Sulcm Dallas Falls City TRAIN NO. H. Lv. West Salem . . Lv. Dallas Lv. Falls City . . . 3. Lv. Lv. Ar. Lv. Lv. Ar. 1:20 2:00 2:30 4:45 6:30 6:00 p. m. p. m. p. m. p. ni. p. m. p. m. Ar. Dlack Rock .. TRAIN NO. 13. (Sunday Only.) 9:00 a. m. 9:45 a. m. 10.15 a. m. 10:35 a. m. (Sunday Only.) 1:20 p. m. , 2:05 p.m. 2:35 p. m. 2:65 p. m. (Sunday Only. 1:60 p. m. C:39 p. in. Trappsd. "John, did you ixwt that letter I cave you tUIs morning?" "Yes. dear." said Julia without loui In up from bin par. "Well, nhat la your answer!" -Wh-whstr "Wbat is your answer? That letter was directed to you." "Wb what do you say? Directed to me? I didn't notice It." And as John In amazement took It out of his rKKket to verify his wife's assertion be saw that he hd been caught train. It was not addressed to No. (2 ... No. 72 ... LEAVING No. tl .. No. 73 . . Lv. West Salem . Lv. Dallas Lv. Falls City ... Ar. Dlack Rock . TRAIN NO. 15. Lv. Wert Salem .... Ar. Dallas & MONMOUTH RY. ARRIVING DALLAS No. (4 :45 a. m. No. 68 11:30 a. m. No. C6 3:05 p. m. No. 70 6:55 p. m. ARRIVING INDEPENDENCE No. 65 9:15 a. m. No. it 4. 1:49 p. m. No. 71 8:S p. m. No. 8 11:38 a. m. Airlie Division. ARRIVING AIRLIE 7:39 a. m. No. 61 7:29 a. m. 6:09 p. m. j No. 73 4.48 p. m. INDEPENDENCE ARRIVING INDEPENDENCE 6:29 p. m. No. 62 8:16 a. m. 2 85 p. m. No. 72 6 45 p. INDEPENDENCE LEAVING DALLAS No. 65 8:30 a. rr No. CI 1:00 p. n No. 72 3:20 p. n ;.o. 71 7:20 p. n I LEAVING INDEPENDENCE , No. 64 jNo 68 j.N'o. 66 No. 70 ! LEAVING AIRLIE 6:00 p. m. 19:69 a. m. 2:39 p. m. 6:15 p. m. m.