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TAFT A PROGRESSIVE ! SURE ENOUGH Tte Roster of His Supporters , "' Furnishes Legal Pro. I. SOME OF THE MEN BEHIND HIM Corporation Lawyers, Standpat 8sna tort, Trust Organizers, Machine Poll ttelans, Ara All Working For Taft A. respected member of Mr. Tatl's cabinet has been circulating a pam phlet containing a speech written by .himself to prove that Taft Is n progrcs aire. That ought to settle It, especial ly as Mr. Taft himself says he la n pro gressive Tho best proof as to Toft's progresslvencss, however. Ilea neither In the pamphlet of tho cabinet mom bcr nor the statement of Mr. Taft, but la tho list of progressive American talesmen who are leading tho fight for Mr. Taft In the United States and who have declared Mr. Taffs progres elveness as the only genuine brand which they were willing to Invest in or Indorse. As a nation of lawyers for that. It eccms. Is our chief magistrate's con ception of tho American people we are entitled to the best evidence to legal proof. Aad the best legal proof of what Mr. Taft Is and what Mr. Taft Htanda for Is to be found In who the xueu are and whnt the men stand for who arc lending the fight for his re nomlnntlon. They know htm better than the avcrago cttlcen. for they are dally working with him and for him. Here la a small list of the mam Tnft nthUBlasts who have put the bVand of "progressive on the Don. William noward Taft and are now booming him for four more years of "progress." It la not a complete list, and the read er Is at liberty to add to It from tho tore of bis own political knowledge. It Is arranged for convenience by states. Now York: The Hon. William Barnes. Jr.. whom Taft made chairman of the Republican atato committee, boss of Albany coun ty, recently charged. In vice report sow before the New York legislature, with protecting gamhllug and prostitu tion: old guard dictator In the legis lature: Implacable foo of Roosevelt. Ungbes and direct primaries, and lead er of the combination between Tarn many and tho Republican machine. J. B. Duke, who recently promised Taft his support, head of tho tobacco trust, whose "dismemberment" as a re volt of Wlckcrsham's prosecution has simply amounted to an Immunity bath and a license to continue Its dishon est warfare against competition at a profit already of more than $100,000. 000. Mr. Duke Is also bend of the southern water power combine. Cbauncey M. Depew, cx-ratlroad sen ator, officer In seventy corporations and trusts, lieutenant of the late Thom as a Piatt The lion. James Wadrwortb. stock raiser and cx-congrensman. who lost his seat In congress as the result of bis tight against Roosevelt's meat Inspec tion bllL Washington Stats. Richard A. Dalllnger. late secretary of the interior, forced from ofllce by public opinion In sptto of President Taft's determination to keep him. sup porter of the Morgnn-GnggennelnvCun-nlngbam Alaska Interests. Jacob Purtb. representing tho Stone and Webster water power, electric rail way and electric light corporations throughout Washington and other western states. The lion. Wesley Jones, standpat senator, supporter also of Senator Lor imer. Minnesota. Ex-Congressman James A. Tawney, Taft leader of Minnesota, principal lieutenant of Cannon, the man who helped Cannon In bis Oght to oppose Roosevelt's pure food and drug law, the chief representative In congress of the lumber interests and one of the strongest opponents In congress of progressive legislation, supported by Mr. Taft. Mr. Cannon and the cabinet In bis unsuccessful tight for re-election to congress. James J. mil. the most active friend of corporate privilege and foe of pro gresslveness In the west, who recently called upon the president and gave public assurance of bis support of Taft's candidacy Iowa. Ex-Senator Lore Young, an old fash ioned reactionary politician, who suc ceeded Dolllver through Taft's influ ence. Massachusetts. The Hon. Murray Crane, boss of Massachusetts Republican politics; one of the largest Individual holders of General Electric, Bell Telephone and Western Union securities In the United states; deeply Interested in the New England textile Industry and in tho ivater power enterprises in the west nnd south; also one of the most power ful Influences In the J. P. Morgan merger of New England's steam rail ways, electric railways and steamship lines; since Aldrlcb's retirement the most powerful friend of corporate priv ilege In the senate. Oregen. Ex-Senator Fulton, mado famous by Jleney'a land graft prosecutions Mr Tuft offered (Senator Pulfah the posi tions of minister to China and federal Judge. California. Tat Calhoun, boss of the ring of Ban Francisco and traction magnate. Mr. Calhoun nt a recent dinner In llostou sat by President Tnft. spoko In hla sup port nnd denounced Roosevelt's pro gressive policies. William F. llcrrtn, who Is counsel nnd political lww for the Southern Pa cific political machine nnd who In this capacity dictated the choice of both Republican nnd Democratic nominees throughout the state until Governor II I nun Johnson put the Southern Pn- ihV out of Republican iwlltlea In Cull forn hi. " Idaho. Fenntor Hoylmrn. arch standpatter an J n irtlnunry, who agreed to help the Cunningham claimants get their patents. He tin always been n strong special Interest mnti nnd n clamorous enemy of conservation In congress. Ntw Hampshire. Bcnntor Gatllngcr. the representative of the New York New Haven and Hartford aycm: for many years chttlrrnnn of the PlMrlct of Columbia 'committee In the senate nnd who dur ing this time has npp" d every meas ure to control the public se-Tlce cor porations In the lUstrUt of Columbia, also an active opponent of self govern ment In the District of Columbia. Rhods Island. Nelson W. Aldrtch of the mhtcr trust, ex-boss of the United SfM.u sen ate, tho framer of the Atdrlcb tariff bill, tho man who more than any oth er made the senate an Instrument of special privilege and a body unrepre sentative of the people of this country Supported and publicly praised by Tnft for putting over the Aldrlch bill. Senator Henry F. l.lppltt who suc ceeded Aldrlch. Tho mnn who wrote the cotton schedule" of tho Aldrlch tar iff bill for Mr. Aldrlch. Delaware. Senator du Pout, political boss of the state of Delaware and bead of tho powder trust. Wisconsin. Senator Isaac Stephenson, " lumber baron nnd lumber Interest reprcsonta tlvo In the senate. Colorado. William Q. Evans, gas, water power, public service and political boss of Colorado. Bcnjtor.Eltpon Guggenheim. of smel ter trust and Alaskan fame, the bench man and representative of the Evans Interests. Dob Speer, mayor and boss of the city of Denver. Utsh. James F. Smith., president of the Mormon church, a political, religious and financial oligarchy which controls Utah and which has promised to throw Its support to Tnft Smith Is not only president of the Mormon church, but director In the Union Pacific railway and president of the Utah Sugar com pany. whoso stock Is controlled by the sugar trust and tbe Mormon church Jointly. Senator Reed Smoot. one of the twelve apostles of the Mormon cburrn. .A sugar and wool senator and now leader of tbe reactionaries In tbe sen ate. Pennsylvania. Senator Boles Penrose, one of Mr. Taft's closest advisers, boss of the state of Pennsylvania. "Divine Right" Bncr, president of tbe Philadelphia and Reading railway and bead of tho anthracite coal trust; the man who during tbe hard coal strike In 1003 promulgated tbo theory that Providence bad placed tho authractto coal In tbo bands of tbe bard coal trust and given to blm nnd bis friends "the divine right" to dispose of tbe hard coal for what price they saw lit Montana. Tbe Amalgamated Copper company, a corporation organized by O. II. Rog ers and William Rockefeller and con trolled at present by Standard Oil. Is the political and financial boss of the state. Taft's strength In Montana Is due to tbe all powerful political ring which hi owned by Amalgamated Cop per. Illinois. Joseph O. Cannon. reactionary ex- boss of house of representatives, whom Mr. Taft unsuccessfully supported for re-election as speaker. William B. McKlnley. Cannon's first lieutenant In house, the traction mag nate of Illinois. Manager of the Taft campaign and strong opponent to gov ernment by the people. William Lorlmer. now on trial by tbe senate on tbe charge of buying bis seat and who hopes to win through Mr. Taft's support Wyoming. Senator Warren, bead of tbe Warren ring 'in Wyoming. Washington repre sentative of the combination between tbe wool producers and wool manufac turers, the man who helped tbe Union Pacific Coal company to acquire tho coal fields of Wyoming, which operation Is spoken of by Chairman Knapp In bis report to tbe Interstate commerce tommlsslon as having been accom plished by violence, fraud and theft Congressman Mondell, reactionary member of public lands committee, tbe most conspicuous enemy of conserva tion In the house Ohio. Boss Cox of Cincinnati, prizefighter, ex-saloon keeper and boss of u political machine In comparison with which Tamuinny Hull Is a good government club. Charles P Taft. who, with bis broth er, William Howard, backed tbe Cox machine In tbe last Ohio state election in Its fight against the Ohio progres sives John R McLean newspaper owner fttid backer of the Cox machine. A Democrat In politics, but a Republican for tho purpoo of Taft's election. These nre some of tho men who nro the wheel horses of tho Tnft progres sive movement. These nro tho men whom be has supported nnd ndvtscd with during his administration ami who are now crying for his rciiomltm tlon. They have placed their O. K. ou Mr. Tnft utul prquuunced him a "pro gressive," but n "safe nnd mine" pro gressive. Four year ago when they thought with Roosevelt utul others that ho was gcuuluely progressive they nil wpltoscd him. Hut now they know him butter nnd nro nil anxious to re-elect him. If a plain rltls.cn should have tho tm-i pudrnee to Inquire of tlitvo grutletutM how u president can ho "safe nml sane" both to tho plain people nnd to the bosses, ringmaster nnd speclnl Inter est representatives who prey upon the plain people, these geutlemen would no doubt reply In tho words of the old song: "Hall, hall, the gang's nil here! What tho h-1 do wo carol" tlut there Is another questlou that the gang does care nbout, nnd that Is Intrrvitttug It more and more as tho Republican na tional conveutlou draws urnr. That question Is whether, after nil. It Is worth while to nominate a mnn who cannot be elected even If his progres slvcness Is everything that the gang requires nnd nothing that It does not require. Leadership is n dear to the bosses ns the government payroll Is to the southiru oil) Khotdors. To tho bosses and o.U-euuldvrs tho nomination of T.ft UseniiH defeat, and defeat means loss uf Kjvre r nnd loss of Jobs. ROOSEVELT VERSUS TAFT. A Comparison Bstwssn a Progressive and a Reactionary, in bis Loulsvlllo speech Mr. Rocwo vclt suggested theso standnrds for dis tinguishing between tho progressive and the reactionary: - nvrry man who lights fearlessly and ef fectively acalnst special privilege in any form Is to thst estent a proaresslva. Kv try man who directly or Indirectly up holds prtvtlese and favors the special In terests, wttether be sets from evil motives or merely became he Is puxxle headed or dull of mental elslon or lacking In social sympathy or whether he simply taeka In terest In the subject, Is a reactionary Every man Is to that eatenl a procres slve It he stsnds for any form of social justice, whether It Is securing- proper pro tection for factory girls against dangerous machinery or securing a proper limitation of hours of labor (or women and children' In Industry, for securing proper living conditions for those who dwell In the thickly crowded regions of our great cities, tor helping, so far ss legislators can help, all the conditions of work and life for wsgeworkers In great centers of Industry or for helping by the sctlon both of the national and state governments, so far as conditions will permit, the men and wom en who dwell In the open country to In crease their efficiency both l.i production on their farms and In business srrange ments for the marketing of their produce and also to Increase the opportunities to give the beat possible eipresslon to their social Ufa. The man Is a reactionary, whatever may be hla profession and no matter bow excellent his Intentions, who opposes these movements or who If In Men place taxes no interest in mem ana does not earnestly help them forward. The Metropolitan Magattno In nn edi torial makes this comparison between President Tnft nnd his predecessor: The present incumbent of the btllce Is a man of comfortable habits, lie enjoys good food snd fast motorcars. Ills recre ation Is golf over the links of two of the most exclusive country clubs In America. If he were John D Rockefeller or the Ouke of Westminster he could not be further removed from the atmosphere of manual labor One cannot conceive Mr. Taft spending daya among the miners of Pennsylvania or the steel workers of Pittsburgh. Nor can one picture him tak ing any passionate Interest In the tolling masses. If they get whst the taw allows them he Is well content to dismiss them from his well balanced mind. The other candidates are like Mr. Taft with the exception of Roosevelt He Is different not because he does not like the good things of this world; he prob ably likes them Just ss much as Taft. Who doesn't? Hut he Is not dependent on them. And he has a burning aympathy with the poor wretches who never can enjoy them. He la a rich man, compared with the vast majority of his fellow coun trymen, but tbe comforts of life are not enough for htm. He was born with the divine discontent He cannot be easy In wealth so long as the wealth of the few Is built .upon the misery of the many. Itoosevslt has been for days among the miners of Pennsylvania. Probably he would much rather be shooting lions or leading a regiment In bsttls. Hut tbe In justice of life so Impresses Itself upon blm thst he cannot rest until he has at least done his share to Improve things. This comparison Is a keen analysis of tbe reasons underlying the events of tbo last four years which must Inevit ably culminate In making Mr. Roose velt tho people's candidate for tbe pres idency In November. Kansas City Star. MR. REPUBLICAN VOTER. Are You Willing to Have the Dome- cratle Party Name the Republican Candidate For President 7 This is Just wbui the Democrats are attempting to do all over the country, Tbo Democratic newspapers are break ing their necks to nominate Taft and aro hysterical In tbelr denunciation of Roosevelt Why 7 Recauso tbe Democrats know tbey can beat Taft In the election If be Is nominated and know tbey cannot beat Roosevolt Every Democrat ev erywhere knows Roosevelt would be elected. Tbls Is why the Democratic newspapers and tho Democratic poli ticians are breaking tbelr necks to keep Roosevelt from gcttlug tbe nomi nation good business on tbelr part Suppose Roosevelt would prove a weak candldato If nominated. Would tho Democrats oppose his nomination as they are now doing? Most certainly not To beat Roosevelt In the nomina tion means to every Democrat that tbe Democratic party will win at tbe polls In November. These are plain farts tb4t you cannot get away from Think It out for yourself. 12 P SH. , " SBBSBBSBsVlsSa&BaeSBSsSSSVJr '"sVStt. VaSBSSSBBBr J III II 1 'ft IsflBrtil bABBBaBBvjBBBBSBSSBSSBSs3Hasfll PILINQ TUB FIRST KILN OF URICK FOR UURNINCJ, TWO MILDS WEST OP MIND, Why You Should Build a ',r of Brick ECONOMY 1. Lumber is high ruul going higher, Brick prices remaining iilxiiit the same. 2. Brick buildings require less insurance nt lower rates. . . Brick AValls require no paint.- 4. A brick house is less expensive to maintain. 5. Saves furring, lath nails, cnrjKintcr work, and lumber. (J. You can build on your lot line with brick with wood you cannot. 7. In most eitses, the brick house or building lined with hollow brick, or built with it two inch hollow wall space, is as cheap as frame. ADVANTAGES 8. Bricks arc fire proof. 1). They arc cool in summer, nnd warm in winter. 10. The bank will advance n larger loan on brick. 11. Houses built of brick are more saleable nnd do not decay. 12. Eliminates thc.play-ground df rats, mice and vermin, so common in frame dwellings. 18, Adds to sanitary condition of building. 14. Deadens sound. 15. Plastering is firmer on brick than on lath. 10. The hollow brick for the inside course of the walls makes a dry, warm building. . 17. Hollow brick can be used for partitions. 18. Adapted for the cheapest dwelling or for the heaviest class of building. APPEARANCE 10. Brick buildings look, and arc more substantial. 20, A brick house gives an impression of vulue. FACTS 21, Brick was the only building material which stood the test of fire at Baltimore, Chicago nnd San Francisco. 22, They have been made and used over six thousand years. And there is still another reason We Make Brick in Bend Money spent with us remains in town. . BEND BRICK AND LUMBER CO. T