The Herald
W.T.FOCLE, Editor.
Entered u Mcond-clau matter September 8, 19T8,
t the poet office it Monmouth. Oregon, under the
Act of March. 1879.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1908
In the parlance of the gamb
ling fraternity, which it is aiding
and abetting, the Oregonian has
exposed its hole card in the Sen
atorial matter. In the first place
it was a conspiracy on the part
of the machine politicians to get
rid of the direct primary and
thus re-establish machine rule,
When it was found that the
people did not want Senator Ful
ton to represent them any longer
in the Senate, then he with the
other members of the machine
mustered their forces and de
feated a good man and clean re
publican in order that they
might try to buy off enough
members of the legislature to de
feat the will of the people and
thus set the tide of public opin
ion against any reform legisla
tion. Without the aid of Fulton
and the machine forces, Cham
berlain could never have been
elected. This fact is amply
proven by an examination of
the vote cast for Senator at the
Tune election. Where Fulton's
forces were strongest, there
Chamberlain has the largest plu
ralities. Without the vote of
Portland and Astoria, Mr. Cake
would have come out ahead. A
good clean man who is not a
tool of the machine, cannot carry
the republican vote of either of
these two cities, from the fact
that both are controlled by the
saloon element. The floating
population of those two cities,
which is composed of the riffraff
of creation, is sufficient to throw
any ordinary election in this
state. That this population is
controlled by the saloon is well
known to any one at all familiar
with that element in the city.
Are the people of this state to
submit tamely to being rlimllam
med every two years by the
criminal element? It is time we
had a tax paying qualification
placed against electors in this
state and that qualification
should be something more tan
gible than the tax collector's re
ceipt, which is very easy to get
on the eve of election. Would
it not be well for the Oregonian
to pause in its advocacy of crim
inal legislation and consider
whether it is not pursuing a
very unwise course? The time
may come when the principles it
is advocating now may become
a boomerang and be the means
of its downfall. It should take
heed of the conditions that ob
tained not many days ago in
San Francisco, when the people
became aroused at the attempted
assassination of Mr. Heney.
The Examiner barricaded its
doors in anticipation of an at
tack from the mob, but the mob
did not materialize, largely from
the fact that the assassin's bullet
did not do the work it was in
tended it should. The Exam
iner has been following a course
of sneering at the law and its
advocates. TheOregonian sneers
and jeers at the laws made by
the people and at the people
themselves, but the time may
come when the worm will turn.
When it does, God pity the poor
fools who now imagine they are
made of finer clay than the com
mon herd. The handwriting on
the wall is easily interpreted to
read that at no distant day a
change must come or there will
be an outburst of wrath on the
part of the great middle class,
before which constitutions and
supreme courts will melt as with
fervid heat. The conditions
leading to this end are being
largely fostered by such papers
as the Oregonian, advocating
disregard of the law and for the
peoples wishes. TheOregonian's
arguments may be, in large part,
technically correct, but the
people are tired of technicallities
the criminal's refuse and
want more facts with right and
justice back of them.
Before another issue of the
Herald we believe some action
will have been taken looking to
a solution of the water supply
problem. That it must be met
and a solution had is true and
the citizens of this town should
make it a part of their individ
ual business to see that some
thing is done before another
spring. Fire protection must
be had as a matter of self preser
vation as well as a financial in
vestment. Monmouth as a mun
icipality could not make a better
investment, from a financial
point of view, than to bond it
self for a suflicient sum to put
in a firstclass water and sewage
system. The Herald is carrying
insurance for but one-fourth its
value, from the fact that the rate
is almost prohibitive. We would
gladly double it if the rate were
reasonable, but one might as
well lose by fire as to pay out
all the profits of his business
for insurance. However we are
hopeful that a solution may be
arrived at in the near future and
that it will be but a short time
until this city shall have one of
the best water systems on the
coast.
Many Language! of Mexico.
Purl us the fit's t a of Christmas or the
week of AH Souls and All Saints, when
the Indians swarm down from the
mountains with their holiday wares
for sale, visitors In the City of Mexico
may notice the strange language that
the venders use in addressing each
other. Even when they turn to Berve
the purchaser their Spanish Is neither
Cnstlllau nor Mexican, but Is frequent
ly broken by peculiar syllables and
accents. This Is merely an lllustra
tion of the fact that the Indian lan
guages of old Mexico have not been
entirely submerged by the conquering
Spanish, and In some of the most re
mote districts of the republic various
and distinct languages banded down
from the pre-Columbian era are still
spoken in their pristine purity by many
tribe members. Mexican Herald.
Easy House Moving.
Ilouse movlug is an easy task among
the Lakns, a tribe living near the La
gone river. In the French Kongo, Af
rica. This tribe, which is one of the
most superb examples of the savage
black race, lives In conical shaped huts
constructed of plaits of tough straw.
When a change in location is desired,
both the women and the men put their
shoulders to the task and carry the
roofs of their homes to the new site,
sometimes many miles distant The
circular walls of the huts are rebuilt
Who Whip.T
The clergyman s little son was tell
ing the small son of a parishioner of
the dreadful fights which he and his
sister Indulged in.
"You don't mean to say that minis
ters' children fightr replied the horrl
fled little layman.
"Oh, yes."
"Who whlpsr
"Mamma." Exchange.
White Front Furniture Store
HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE TO SELL!
Carpets, Art Squares, Linoleums,
Mattings, Shades, Lace Curtains,
Glass, Paints, Oils, Varnishes and
Sewing Machines
OUR NEXT SATURDAY'S SPECIAL WILL BE ON
Stand Tables and Dining Tables
15 per cent off
For Cash
BOGERT & SON
V. 0. Boots
FIRE LIFE AND CASUALTY
INSURANCE
LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID
A. N. Poole
Contractor and
Builder.
General Carpenter Work
Phone 187
Real Estate For Sale.
330 acres AC. E. R. R. H
miles from slfion and school
house. Good small house and
two barns, and other out build
ings and a good young orchard.
Good stock and dairy ranch at
a bargain.
SO acres, 60 under cultivation;
good house, barn and other out
buildings; 2i miles from rail
road station. Will sell for cash,
or half cash, balance one years
time. 5 springs and running
water on place.
2 big lots lying on Main
street in Monmouth, will sell
cheap.
2i lots with a good 5 room,
basement cottage, with a good
pantry and closet. Apples, pears,
cherries, plums and other small
fruit. A bargain. Inquire of
A. N. Halleck,
Monmouth, Oregon.
Students Contest Ballot
Five Votes
For.
Not good after December 11
Perkins Pharmacy
Under Management of Graduate Pharmacist .n
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Prices Right. Come
in and investigate our Up-to-date line of Brushes, Stationery,
and Toilet Articles.
Full Line of Paints, Oil and Glass.
We carry the sole agency for the well known Sherwin-
Williams Paints.
Pure Drugs, Reasonable Prices
Hotel Hampton
D. M. Hampton, Proprietor
15 years in Monmouth
Under Same Old Management
Everything strictly firstclass
Christmas is Coming
Our Goods have already
arrived
Come in and buy your presents early
and get your choice. Our stock of
Jewelry and Silverware is larger than
ever. Our Leather Novelties are just
the thing.
Don't forget our
Home Made Candy
It is Clean Pure and Wholesome
Yours for the Christmas Trade
p. E. CHASE