The Herald
W. T. FOGLE, Editor.
Entered u aecond-clan matter September 8, 190B,
at the post office mt Monmouth. Oregon, under the
Act of March 3. 1879.
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FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1909.
Between now and the next
campaign in this state a mighty
effort is to be made by the old
ring politicians to overthrow the
initiative anil bring back old
conditions in Oregon, when the
political boss was "it". Along
with this condition we must ac
cept the domination of the sa
loon. Will the people submit
to it? If we judge the future by
the past we must of necessity
answer in the affirmative. Every
campaign there are large num
bers of voters, who for the sake
of being called staunch repub
licans and being patted on the
back by the spellbinders sent
out from headquarters for that
, purpose, would swallow a chunk
of skunk cabbage and call it line.
This is the class upon which
the ring relies to carry them to
victory next election. They are
playing the vituous act now and
will be good until they get the
people under their thumbs again
and then look out. For all that
they have suffered the people
will pay and pay dearlv. About
one third of the voters in this
state ought not to be allowed to
vote, for if thev do not sell out
bodily, they do not know enough
to vote intelligently: They ai'e
like h bunch of sheep bein
driven to the dipping corral
the bell wether goes ahead and
the rest follow. Whatever party
they have been brought up to
believe is the best, that is the
party that will receive their vote,
no matter what the consequences
may be. Then if they have hard
times they lay it onto the other
party, no matter whether it is
in power or not. If it is in ollice
then it is surely to blame, but if
it is out, then it is the fear that
it may get in that is causing the
monied men to withhold the
funds to run the government.
It is nothing but confidence of
the people that makes times
good or bad. If the people let
the money gamblers make them
believe that money is scarce and
thus waken their confidence,
then money at once becomes
scarce and hard times ensue If
people would demand their
money from the banks and put
it away in the ground or else
where and not invest it there
would not be enough to pay one
fifth of the indebtedness of the
country. The business of the
country is not done with money,
but with credit and once you
destroy credit then there is noth
ing doing. Nearly all the busi
ness of the United States is done
at present with checks on banks,
which is nothing more or less
than a system of credit and is
one of the best wavs of doing
business. We believe that if all
the gold in the country were re
tired from use and melted into
bars und placed into vaults in
the different banks and nothing
but greenbacks and silver allow
ed to circulate as money, that
the country would be much bet
ter off. Then every one that had
a few dollars would deposit it in
some bank and do his business
with checks. A check is double
acting, it pays the bill ami at
the same time is a receipt that
cannot be denied or evaded.
More than that it makes every
one know something of business
methods. Stop and consider be
fore you put the country in the
bands of those who manipulate
the financial end for their per
sonal gain. Knock out the old
ring and let the people ami com
mon sense run the government
for a time and see if we don't
have good times all the time.
Stop stock gambling by placing
such a heavy tax on it that wil
l . i i .
maKe n pron native, uo awav
with the saloon and its evi
effects on politics and then w
will soon be able to say in truth
"this is the land of the free."
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By Buying Your
Don't get an idea that thi
state is going dry next vear. It
isn't and there seems to be evi
dence that some parts that have
gone dry will go wet. This is cer
tain to be the case it persistent
efforts are not made to keep them
in the dry column. We notice
a lot of talk being made by some
that it is a dead certaiutv that
the state will go dry. This re
minds us of the talk we used to
hear from the prohibition party
people. Thev would certainly
carry the election. Oh yes, cer
A A . 1 T -V ' 1 I
lain 10 no so. uw vou ever near
of a prohibition candidate being
elected by the prohibitionists
There wouldn't be a dry spot in
this state as big as a man's
thumb, if it had been left to the
prohibition party to nnike it so.
It's the independent voters who
desire better conditions, that
have made it possible to eliini
nate tne saloon irom pontics in
a portion of this state and it is
that element that will keep con
ditions as they are and extend
them, provided harmony pre
vails and they are kept together.
'I his will not be done by letting
a lot of overconfident blather
skites talk foolishness to the pub
lic. It is going to take work and
lots of it. Persistent, hard "work;
work mat must ue done at the
proper time and in the proper
placesto make it effective. Thor
ough organization must be had
at the earliest opportunity and
everything should be done to
make conditions harmonious.
Teaching the Royal Salute.
Crossing the deck of the Kaiser Wll
helm II. royal yacht with a large mug
of iK'er In his hand, one of the sailors
was startled by the sudden appearance
of his royal master. He made a most
clumsy attempt to salute with Ills free
band, while his anxiety to prevent the
beer spilling amused his majesty.
"I.ook here." snld the latter, "you
didn't do that right. Let me show you
how It ought to lie done." Telling the
man to fancy that he was the em
peror, who was to be saluted, the kai
ser took the mug and retreated a few
paces. Then, coming forward again,
stopping opposite to the sailor, he held
the mug to bis Hps, drained It. put it
down ou the deck and gave the salute
with military precision. "That's the
way to do It," be remarked to the as
tonished seaman. "Now go down
stairs and tell them to fill the mug up
again and give you one for yourself.
Say It was I who drank It."
Not Neaoea.
Frank Lincoln, an entertainer
and humorist, had been appearing
in London for a time in a mono
logue. One afternoon he had just
made his bow and was about to be
gin when a cat walked in and sat
down on the Fta?e.
"You get out!" said Mr. Lincoln
severe Iv. "This is a monologue, not
a catalogue!" Success Magazine.
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