THE EVOEXE DAILY ' GUARD. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1008
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1908
" GOOD ARGUMENyROMiSSOURI
The Kansas City Star thin'.cs the initiative, and rcferendura
suffer because of their high-mundinr end ci.rious :ia:ica.. De
fine them truly as the right ol the people UMve tlio final wore
for their government and everybody will 'HW'.-tbe-. justice and
i. thom ffera n Oregon we ave some fault to find with
jiguv v - o j : it
the initiative and refer&dum system, but on the whole the peo
ple are Batisfied with it, and would sustain it by a large majority
... - . , . . 1 1 c
qf jt wero put' to a test vote, it nas Deen reaponuiDie ior bojuc
good laws and has defeated some acts of the legislature that
were clearly iniquitous. To say the least it acts as an effective
brake on legislation. .
The tar is right when it says that the people of Missouri
ought certainly to vote tgr the pending constitutional amend
ment for the initiative and referendum. It does not attempt to
do away with representative government. It merely provides
that the people shall not be wholly dependent upon the legisla
ture. l they desire certain things done they can get them done,
and if they desire to prevent certain other things they can pre
vent those things. No legislative body of any state or the na
tion has been so wisely and wholly subservient to the popular
will that a. some time in its career it has not done things that
the people should have had the power to prevent, or that it has
nflt left undone some things which the people should have ha,d
the right to accomplish. i
The 'power whiqh the people ta.Vo n8w yo exercise to pass on
these proposed constitutional amehAnontSiijj. "the"''pow6r" ol:the
referendum. Is it' not a good and just powW? Who is so infal
lible.pr wisojTliat he has the'right to say to'tho people,' "You are
not competent to decide whether laws are-good or bad"? Yet
that 13 preclselyrwhat is inevitably said, lii effect, if riot in so
many words, by every one who opposes the amendment for the
initiative and referendum. .
lots. With self-interest eliminated, there would be no political
workers, and but what's the use?
Why don't Duke de Abruzzi, or whatever hi3 name may be,
be, and Miss Kate Elkins get married and stop all this fuss? On
general principles we object to American giijgj marrying foreign
noDiemen, dui on ims particular occsaion we wm wane
COIVflPANY C MAKES
foTAL SCORE OF 553
ception for the sake of peace.
to
It has been pretty clearly demonstrated that miracle wheat
is a delusion 5nd a snare. But just the same hundreds of far
mers bit at theame and invested their money in something
that turned out to be nothing but the ordinary variety. The crop
of suckers never fails.
Results of &hoot on Rifle
Range Yesterday fbiSy
Company Still Highest
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Best
I Creamery Butt
oc Roll
From remarks overheard at various times and places, we are
about convinced that there are men Md women whose idea of
"good times" can never be met by anything short of every man's
drawing the salary he thinks himself worth, and the maintenance
of free dressmaking and millinery establishments by the gov
eminent.
HOBSON WORTHY OF RESPECT
Captain Hobson drew the biggest crpwd of the campaign
last night, probably enough to have filled the court room three
tim'es. if it had been able to get in. And it was noticeable that
the ladies were there in great numbers, indicating that the cap
tain is' still a hero in the eyes of the fair sex, although he is a
married man now and has to be a littl more careful than for
merly in the distribution of his kisses. But seriously, Captain
Hobson is a man worthy of the distinction he receives, earnest
and sincere,, but porhaps an idealist in some of his notions re
garding popular government.
It required an initiative mind to conceive the idea of block
ing the "harbor at Santiago, and only a man of curage would
have proposed to execute the plan and take hi3 chances of com
ing out of it alive, after his boat had been sunk by the fire of tl'o
Spanish guns. No commonplace man is capably bf such achieve
ments, and his addresses show him to bo a thinker who Believes
in what he says. "Ho docs notjloliver a partisan speech but rath
er a lecture on government that appeals to men and women who
take life soriously and are really concerned in the welfare of thej
country more than party success. He employs few of tho arts
of tli stump sponger and makes no appeal to partisan prejudice,
and is probably more effective with tho better class of voters
than more eloquent and entertaining speakers, since conviction
and earnestness are essentials of the true eloquence that really
i)ves yen and women to action.
Oh, yesi we sympathize with poor Howard Gould, whose in
come has been reduced to $400,000 a year, but not to the extent
of passing the hat for him.' .. By cutting out the actresses he can
still manage to live. We know several men who do so on less.
Let us believe that the country is so big and its businessfci
torojjts on such a firm basis that it will make no material differ
ence who is elected president. Be an optimist, with faith in your
fellows, confidence in th6 loyalty of the American citizenship !
Upon a man's judgment in sizing up the knock on his door
depends whether be gets kicks or bouquets. If he wins, he gets
the latter and knows that it was opportunity ;if he loses he'gets
the former and realizes that it was only hard luck. a '
The Guard has absolute faith in Eugene's future -that is
why it has installed the finest newspaper and? printing plant in
the state outside of Portland. The best is none too good for uE
gene, the Queen City of the Willamette valley.
With so many swell society women nursing and coddling dogs
it does seem a little unjust to charge them with being utterjy
lacking in the mother instinct.
At last the unwritten law seems t have slipped a cog, as
the jury in a Missouri murder trial in which it was invoked found
the dafendant guilty, and he will be locked up for life.
The results made by Company C J5
of the O. N. G. of this city yesterday
on their rifle rjage south of thelj
city, was a totaMoOTe of 559. The TJ
team was composed of Corporal O. j
. r i r C Wtnl I
anearer, L-urpurai u. . " i;
Private The. Thompson and Lieuten-I TZ fo)
ant Lawrence Jensen. The scores : -
at the several ranges were as fol-j
lows: .
200-yard, slow fire Shearer, 39;T
Wood, 34; Thompson, 39; Jensen, .
38; total, 150. nn I
200-yard, rapid fire snearer, is; , .i;;iTT;'
at
DODGE
2r; Jensen,
Wood, 25; Thompson,
21; total, 113.
500-yard slow fire Shearer, 36;
Wood 33; Thompson, 40; Jensen 41;
total, 150.
600 yard stew fire Shearer, 32;
Wood, 42; Thompson, 33; Jensen,
39; total, 146.
urana iocbi. m
Co. G. of Albany i sstill higheF'. inVi
the regiment with a score of 601.
Co. E, of Cottage Grove, which h:,3
held he cup during the'past yerr.as!
to shoot Monday and Co. D. of Rose-1
burg and Co. B of Ashland will.,
shoot ori "the 27th0ind 2Sth respec-,
tively. Co. E. will probably beat the I
Albany company If the men of thO
tea mare In any form at all.
UNIVEgSITY FACULTY
MUSICAL RECITAL
WAS APPRECIATED
Only about ten days more until election. Then "Bill" is sure
to be elected and the country will be saved again.
Yep, they're on the home stretch now, with "Bill" well in
the lead and bound to win, unless he breaks a leg.
In spite of many counter attrac
tions, a very large0 and responsive
audience assembled in Vlllard Hall
lost night to witness the musical in
troduction Miss Mary Morgan and
Miss race Campbell.
The program was varied and most
interesting. About the only critl-
n'em who tlmt If iras tnn chnrf Tfr
did peem short, although of custom-?
ary length. 0
Both artists made a most favorable
Impression. Uss Morgan, with her
musicianly conception and interpre
tation, which was no where found
wanting, and Miss Campbell with her
glorious voice and unusually excel
lent singing. EaPh was the recipient
of scores of compliments, as was also
Miss Alberta Campbell, who acted as
accompanist to the singer.
Don't be content with watching Eugene grow. Lend a help
ing hand.
A Healthy Family
'Our whole famyy has njoyed
good health since we began using
Dr. King's New Life Pills three years
ago," says L. A. Bartlett, of Rural
Route 1, Guilford, Me. They cleanse
i and tone the system In a gentle way
that does jftm gooj. 25 cents at W.
A. Kuykendall's drug store.
THE Kl'OKXK INVITATION SONG, chosen mayor of Utica by the largest
i bajorlty ever given a mayoralty can
Words by Mrs. Win. Hi-nrjr Fischer. J Jfldate Jn that city up to that time.
in join, no vs eiecieu to congress.
He was renominated In 1SS8, but
was defeated and again was aip un
successful candidate In 1S90. Two
years later, however, he was elected,
and continued to represent his dis
trict until the present year, when he
declined renomlnatlon to accept the
second place on the Republican tick
et with Mr. Taft. Mr. Sherman was a
delegate to tho Republican national
! convention In 1892, and chaiianan of
I the New York Republican Statt- con
I ventlon 111 1S5 and again in 19?0.
What can be accomplished in abating the white plague .rec
ognized by physicians as the worst disease prevalent in civilized
countries, is shown by tDu fact that the New York health de
partment has accomplished (decrease of 4 6 per cent in the
mortality from tuborculos in that iSty in only fifteen years.
The medical mon of the country are of thtftoliof that the dread
disorder yhich has diQroyed thousands of lives each year
hroughom the landman almost, if not entily, be abolished in
(SJrirty years. The medical profession has made great strides dur
ing the past few years, and diseases which twenty or tliQty years
ago were considered fatal are now treated successfully.
There's an Eden of sunshine and
roses -
On fruit we can live If we choose;
But the ten-pound potatoes are pos
ies, And don't come If you 'want any
"booze."
Eugene is the name of the city
In the Willamette Valley we roam;
'TIs a place of comfort and plenty,
And many a dear, happy home.
Chorus.
From tho East, from the West,
- I t us gather on the Willamette
1 . chore; s
Fn.m the North, from the Smith,
Let us gather on the Willamette
shore. . I
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Mid fruit and flowers we wonder.
Our peoi'le are rolled rich ami g'l.v.J
Our ranelmien are happy n. piggies i
Roaming in clover each day.
Our streets are paved nice and
smoothly o
There Is plenty for each one to do;
I.Ike magic, our buildings rise daily.
over nil rioats the lied. WhVj and
Blue.
(Chorus.)
.Umbrellas anB Ihimsols Recovered.
At reasonable prices. Material of
any quality. Ten years' experience.
Call on E. B. WATSON,
Potts' Cigar Store, 564 Olive.
Get your wells drilled by old and
experienced well-drillers.
Phone Red 48Y2. tf
Kodol is a combination ofthe nat
ural digestive juices and It digests
ail classes of food, so you see that It
will do the work thaftthe stomach It
self dues. Sold by ail druggists.
Lnnce
night.
at tho Armory Saturday
DeW'ltt's l.Htie Early Risers, the
niiu.Mis nine uver pins, sold uy all scure you get JJeWitt's.
DeWltt's Cnrbonzea Witch Hazel
halve is tile best salve for piles. Be
s;-ure you get ,le Witt's. Sold by all
O
to
wel-
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial CongressQoted down the
proposition of tho parcel post nnd it seems to bo the opinion of
the most of the country editorlhat the congress did just right,
unle)U is the diWgn of the government to cripple the retail
dealers of the country by putting them in djct competition with
tho big departlfil'nt stores of the larger cities.
2
Tho postal authoritois, recognizing the liability of postmrs
ters to make mistakes in getting letters in(t)o wrong boxes,
have fixed a penalty $200 on persons taking mail out of tho
office other than thtTV own and not returning it at onco. This
law includes newspapers also. Tho excuse that it is the post-
mastYrs far.lt has no
on the case.
Ambassador Bryce thinks self-interest plays too big a part
in our politics. Maybe so, but we beg to call tho distinguished
gcrijonian's attention to tho fact Vyt the political workers never
jible voters to cast theVbal-
Our city Is clean as a whistle
'TIs a dumpling we want you
share.
We extend you good people
J come. v
And we will back It with kindness
nnd care.
We are not a bit selfish or boastful
Electricity charms night and fS'V.
Oh! pay us a visit, ye doubtful.
And the next thing you'll do It to
stay. ,
(Chorus.)
OlllS
II.TK IX
HISTORY.
Oetotx-r 'J I.
I53S l.ndy Jane Seymour died.
1601 Tyelio llinhe, the great as
tronomer died.
17S0 J.'hu Hancock, chosen first
governor i O Massachusetts
under the new constitution.
.. Sir James Henry Craig, ap
pointed governor of Canada.
1S21 Ellas lloudlnot. first president
or the American Bible Socle
.fSV. dliui.
lS,".::fcunlvl Webster died at Mar
field. Mass. Born in Salis
bury. N. H., Jan. IS, ITS:!.
1 StM Petroleum disiweri- made
In Monroe County. Tiirhigan.
1SS7 l)ueen Victoria Eugenie of
OSpaln-Jiorn.
I'resiJ.t Roosevelt visited
Birmingham, Ala.
gcrfuoro ban twoJhirds of tho chgil
is my .vim mmiiDw."
James S. Sherman.
James Srhonlcrafl Sherman, lie-'
piiltiiiun n.'mtnee f.r vice-president
f the I'l'.ited States, w.is horn i'l
I'tii-a. X. V.. October 24. IS.".:,. He
graduated from I lamilt .-.n College in
1VT and to jcar later was admit-,
ted to the bar. In ISS2 he was made
secretary f the Republican commit
tee of his comuy and In ISS4 he w.is.
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FRANK
The chnlrninn of the Kenublican n ,ti,,n n
last six months th
Moon-Biais ImpU
. . CoiApanyss;,.
. , Weo ish to announce to taoie wi,L
need anything in the line of farming tool! i bft
weeks that we wHle pleased to show,T'
. Cmvince'you that our prices are riht VL'
'we. have the Leader lines, and our pric dw,
TITION. "Seeing is knowing." Wehavli
tion in prices on plows and peg wi harro,Ifi
( interest you. On Superior drills we havealwJ
price, which will be continued. COME AS) sn
MAKE US BOTH HAPPY. .,
AMERICAN FIELQ, FENCE IftHEM
Moon-Blais Implement Coi
65 East Ninth Street.
EUGENE OREGON
Eugene Poultry t
Big Saturday Sale of
Live and Dressed PciW
Our Saturday Sales are growing in popularity ic J
meet the demand we will have on hand a Ihr?i tJ
and dressed poultry. DON'T FORGET
102 East Ninth Street
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niorc miles In the
liefore th nomination of Mr.
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hoatluuarters, making the tr
week.
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