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a a x a x x a x x a a
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arehouse
BANK
M oro
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Nearest Hotel to Business Center, Banks and Depot.
Sunday D in n er 35 cents.
F irs t Class B a rb e r Shop In th e H o te l.
——Opposite Post Office
Moro, Oregon.
H otel M
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R . M o s la c h e r , p ro p .
Accommodations First Class.
Headquarters for Traveling Men
Rooms Well Furnished, Nicely Ventilated, Newly Renovated
The Best of Table Board at Moderate Prloe.
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n h t f t tho pooplo »top
The Umatilla House
T h e
Hteam Heat.
O re « o n ,
Electric L ig h ts
Electric Call Bells.
H O T E L R A T E S T O S U IT Y O U .
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All O R & N Trains Stop at Front Door
Railway T icket Office in the Lobby.
T . N. C R O F T O N ,
P r o p r ie t o r .
PLUMBING » STEAM FITTING
' All kinds of Reservoir and Cistern work ii> con- -
nection with water systems installed in first
class style and all * work done guaranteed.
Dynamite and powder work on all kinds of Rock Excavations
H. A. Stuart, Moro, Oregon.
P lasterihq , B rim
iio P. omcrete W«¥
Oregon “ Builders”
Aire you doing what you can to populate your state?
O R E G O N N E E D S P E O P L E —Settlers, honest farmers, mechanics,
merchants, clerks, people w ith brains, strong hands and a w illin g
heart—capital or no oapltal.
lie Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
Is sending tone of Oregon literature to the East for distribution
through every available agency. W ill you not help tbe good work
o f building Oregon by sending us tbe names and addremes of your
M ends who are likely to be Interested In this state? W e w ill be
glad to bear the expense of sending them complete inform ation
about O R E G O N , and Its opportunities, j*
/.
C O L O N I S T T I C K E T S w ill be on sale d u rin g S E P T E M B E R
and O C T O B E R from the East to all points In Oregon. The fares
from a few principal cities are
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From Denver.............. 130 00 From Louisville
C in c in n a ti..... 42
“ “ O m ah a.............. 30.00
C leveland........ 44
“ Kansas C ity..
30.00
1
New Y o rk ........ 66
St. Louis.......... 36.60
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“ Chicago............. 38.00
T ic k e ts c a n be P rep aid
70
20
76
00
I f vou w ant to bring a friend or relative to Oregon, deposit the
nroner amount w ith any of our agents. T he tlokst w ill then be
furnished by telegraph.
F . C R A B T R E E , Local Agent, Moro, Or.
M c n u rra y ,
General Passenger Agent,
P o rtla n d ,
READ THE ORSERVER
M eds
L IsM s
Beoegnlaed A u th o rity on
Questions
B illiard and Pool Tables
Oregon.
A L L th e tim e .
For C o u n ty news
Diseñases
»»a r ia g» o f Proposed
antee F iso .
loeoold drinks and Ice cream In sea
son. Soda water, bottled and fountain,
always on hand.
Vinton Hotel
Di-
(B y George B. Roberta, foi
rector of the M in t )
Tbe proposal to require the banka ef
the country to guarantee each ether’«
deposits etree Its present strength to
tbe financial disturbance of last fall.
G RA SS VALLEY, O R E.
I t Is arg«d aa a means of preventing
panics, and there la no disagreement
about the desirability of accomplish
New Entirely.
ing that purpose. Most of ue agree
that a repetition of the conditions
Convientto Business
which existed last fa ll should bo made
Impossible, bat this Is by no moans the
only way to do 1L or the beet way.
For years the advocates of compre
hensive currency reform have pointed
oat that with f 14,000,000,000 of bank
Conducted on Best Principles deposits in the country and only about
fa.000,000,000 of money all told hi thu
country, both in the banks and out,
G em m e r e ia i T r a i t « e lic ile »
there should be some method provided
by which, on tbe beats of good assets,
the'supply of law ful currency ooald be
readily Increased So meet exeeptlonal
demands, whether such demands were
due to seaeons of unusual business ac
tivity or to alarm among depositors.
Their foresight and arguments did not
avail, hot they are hardly to be awep^
off their feet now by Impatient seal for
thia new, and, as they regard It, Ill-
considered scheme They stand for a
•T O P A T
complete and scientific treatment of
the subject
The guaranty of deposits Is a crude
and imperfect remedy at beet. I t does
not recognise or attempt to cure the
C orner 7th an d Stark Streets. defects la our banking and currency
It I , new and I I , room« are provided with
systems, but alms only at persuading
running water and long distance tele
depositors not to draw their deposits.
phone«. European plan. Rate«
The losses to depositors by tbe failure
•1 per day "and upward
Highest priced room $3
of national banks has become an Insig
nificant percentage, and la growing lees
Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co. every year, as a result o f natural, evo
lutionary progress In banking. The
Chas. W right, President.
standards are being constantly raised,
S . C. Dickinson, Manager. and the efficiency of official Inspection
and supervision constantly Improved.
The true line of development Is not by
X
any revolutionary policy, but by hold
lng
Individual
bankers
to
yot
stricter account, and a t the same time
enabling every properly conducted
bank to readily obtain a supply of cur
rency to meet all demands upon i t
F rot len d , O reg o n .
The fundamental weakness In our
currency system Is In the fact that R la
OSC A a A N D BB9O N MANAOBB
not readily responsive to the needs ef
tbe country.
Tbe legitimate demand
for money varies from je e r to year,
and from season to Beason In the same
year. I t Is a fam ilia r fact that there
F ree bus to and fro m tra in s
la a great deal more business to be
handled frem September 1st to Decern
R ates by th e day
ber 8 ls t each year than In any other
6 0 c, 7 6 c, S 1. 0 0 , 8 1 . 6 0 , 8 2 . four months of the year, but there la
no more money In the country, unless
E uropean Plan
gold 1s Imported for tbe purpose.
PRICES R E A S O N A B L E
W hen
.. in
P o r tla n d
Hotel Oregon
Esmond Hotel
Comer tat ud M oró Strati
A Good Clean
Fam ily
Hotel
W o a lS LoatS «o M ooklooa R e e k i e « .
B oe< -
Under present cendillaaa -
compensations la favor ef
conservative banking
pie who are not lnflueared Ip their se
lection of a hank by the highest rate of
interest offered on deposits, and
have their eoaplotoae areaaed by
teuder of exceptional
They knew that euph «Ban pot a
strata upon the bualnaaa. ead they de
liberately prefer to piece fiketo money
with a banker who wUl not oubjert
hl meet f te each strain
These deposit
ore esteem safety above all ether sou
«Iterations, and they are aumereus
euoogb to exercise a very wholesome
restraint upon reeklees taadeeetoe In
the business A banker new prises the
reputation of doing a safe bustnsqe.
and eannot afford te have a reputation
far imprudence and speculative In
clinations
And ysL altheogh held In
check by these powerful cooslderattona.
the pressure of competition carries the
business near tbe danger Una even
now. There 1« toe much competition
for deposits, and the ambitions ef the
more venturesome members of the fka
ternlty, and the pace they set, puts the
whole system under strain.
But what are likely, to be the oen-
dltions la the buslnen when tbe public
le no longer concerned aboet tbe man
ageiuent of a bank, and all tbe re
wards for conservatism and roetrauts
upon recklessness are removed! Tbe
considerations which la the peat have
tended to safeguard the buelueee and
advance its standards weald he gone
The public would care nothing far the
personality of the banker. Instead of
looking to tbe Institution which receiv
ed the deposits, the depositor would re
ly on an outside fund. A banker
might bet all the deposits ea horse
races without the fact becoming a
matter ef any concern te hie custom
ere.
And how would the conservative,
prudent banker fare wader these ren
dition« T The legitimate «award far
maintaining that character would he
lost to him
Ha would ge| as deposits
talees he bid ns high far thorn as his
rival«, for the gov era n o t would stand
behind tbe latter, and ensure the pub
lic that they were Just as safe aa ha.
and tax him te make them ee. , In
short the reckless and lneemffe»ant pee
pie, who are now either ex rinded frewi
the banking business, or held to eheck
by the distrust wblcb a discrimlnattag
public fsels towards them, weald make
tbe pace to which everybody etoe' In
tbe banking business would be obliged
to conform or get ont of the buetoeas
o. B- iflessinger
C ity
L )ra y
REED HULSE
CITY DRAY NO. 2
F
I
¡-j
1908
F iv e C e n ts
B triN IS PROPHET
FAILS TO QUALIFY t t k
te Fase.
ommn n
H
EHFJCT FUH
Of the 8econd Cistern Oregon District
Meneders He Foreto ld N ever Coate
Comprised of the Counties of Wisco,
aiwayi
Hood River, 8herm in,
nin.
Gilliam, Crook,
ind Wheeler, will be held i t
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Oeld Standard Dees V e t Slay, V e r
The Dalles, Oregon
Deen Xt W r ite F u tu re l a Blood.
Tuesdiy,. Wcdnesdiy,
An a prophet WtlUam feontogs B ry
an tag never bean a swaaaau Tbe ca-
an itto o whieb he has foretold woald
iMive brought unlimited disaster to the
os— toy If they had ever been realtoed
Sat thaqr Parer same te pasa. The har-
rewlag ptotures whtoh 1 m painted were
'uerdly figments ef his imagination,
based on absolutely no foundation
whatever.
« I t Is well to have Amarioaas remem
ber that prophecies ottered by tbe era-
tor of the Platte must be discounted
tolly 100 per sent, far all signs lndl
'ate that be feels the totes once more
and Is about to begin prophesying
»gain. A male Cassandra, Mr. Bryan
might hj thia time have learned that
the foreoast ef evil w ill never be be
lieved by those who have found that
to the past kla vaticinations have beep
bat empty air.
MD v i v i a g
C o u n try
to S u l u ”
For lastanco, whan M r. Bryan was a
member of tbe Rous« ef Representa
tives to 18M be was absolutely certain
that protoetlop was driving tbe coun
my headlong to rack and rnln. and In
bis speech delivered Mnroh Id ef that
year he drew tbe following agonising
ploturea:
“Fretorttoo has been our cannibal
tree, and a» ana aftqr another of our
farmers has been driven by the force
of elveunwtanoea upon that tree and
has beau eruahed w ithin Its folds bla
ooaepanloue have stood around and
abeutod. ‘Great la protection 1’ • • •
Thue to every State, so fa r as these
statietlGB have been collected, tbe pro
portion of home owning farmers is de
creasing and «bat ef tenant farmers
Increasing. This p— me hut one thing.
It means a land ef landlords and ten
‘tata, and, backed by the history of
•vary natlea that has gone down, I eey
to yon that oe people can oontinue
a free people under a free government
when the greet majority of Its dtlaens
W o a l d D e e a o r a l l a e B a a lB e e a .
ato tanaata of a small minority. Your
The hardest competitor In any Has ayatem (protective ta riff) has driven
of business Is tbe Incompetent er die
the farm owner from bla land and
honest man who does anything to get
aobelliuted tbe farm tenant."
business. Such people get Into tbe
How tor this picture portrays tbe
banking business even now, but their
Dumper and Influence for mteebief America ef to-day or tbe America of
would he greatly
Increased if they any year since be made that speech
were backed up by unlimited credit In any American oan annwer. Even to
other lines there may be some question Mr. Bryad’e own fttota be «an find an
aa to tbs quality or service offered kff answer right at bla doors, for ths farm
rivals, but all bankers deal to the came lei.d» of Nebraska have doubled to
kind of money, and If deposits wens value.
made a Joint liability, there to no res
"Xuxderoua Gold S tandard.”
son why they should not go to
Dul during the four years soooeedlug
bankers who offer the greatest todpee-
that speech My. Bryan’s agitation grew
mente to attract them. The careful
no lees nor did the demon which be
banker would have no offset or protec
had raised to bla own Imagination hide
tion against demon Using competition,
with diminished bead, for to 1H0« be
and be would be placed to the strange
again aaw destitution threatening the
position of being liable for his com
c o » . « . H . b .4 . r . » M , ro , I t .
petitor’s obligations.
panacea, a fetloh which be held up fo r
All efforts to make It appear that tbe
werehlp— free »liver. Bere are some
Interests of beakers are oa one side ef
ef tbe things Mr. Bryan said would
thia question and tbe interests of de
happen If the gold standard were con
positors on tbs other are untrue to tbe
facts. Nothing that to the long run la tinued :
" I- reply that If protection has slain
harmful to tbs banking business, that
geld standard has
puts it under strain aad tends to leav
er Its standa is, can be beaedkdal te slain Ita tens of thousands’’— Frew
depositors or tbs public.* ft cannot be speech at Democratte National Oonvea-
advantageous to tbe community to kave tion, July. ISM.
“Do aot let «he BepUblloane beguile
Ita aavlngs and working capital pasa
w about tho future
The future Is
Into the hands of the venturesome
class of bankers who w ill bid moat far written to blood eruahed out of you by
them. Tbe actual waste and lorn geM.”— From speech at Erie, Pa., Au
through nnwlee Investments would In goat, IBM.
evitably Increase. I t would toll at first
Ah. my frleada, there le another
on tbe conservative bankers and penal reason why poople
***•
ise them. Instead of aa allm laatlea of cities aad left the farms
I t la be-
tbe unfit, which le the true process ef eapae yq«r legibletlen has been caus
evolution, the tendency would be to an ing the torede«ur» e f aaortgagee opoa
elimination of tbe beet Eventually the • the farms. • • • M ark eay wards I
burden of Increasing waste would have I f the gold standard goes ea sad peo
to be borne by all depositor« and tbe ple eopttoue to emaptato. the geld etan
whole community.
dard Mreoatea Instead ef trytog te Im
prove the eeadltlon e f the people w ill
O k la X e a a a T r i a l l a a a a a l a a l v a .
bd veenrnmeadlag that you dies» your
The fact that tbe first bank failure
eeheols so that the people w ill not real-
to Oklahoma a fte r the law want Into
toe hew aaash they are suffering.”—
offset, was followed by Immediate re
From speech at Meomoath, 111., Octo
imbursement e f the depositors, proves
ber, lg M
nothing as to the practicability of the
Bat whom has the gold standard
system in tbe long run. Tbe fact that
the State beaks e f Oklahoma have elato! W hat future did It write la
gained deposits since the system wept Meed! W >et dietriot echeels did ft
Into operation, while national hanks does! Again the oeadJtlea of the
within the Stats have lost, i f true, «ountry ■ekao e calm reply oonfotlag
proves notblag as to the merits e f the the Irtpeeaieaed erater.
system. The law itself requires that t Oampajgalag again la 1800 Mr. Bry-
ended tosi
a ll puhile deposits must he kept 1«
danger to the ee«atry I f It
banks that belong to the system, aad other dangle
this provision alone would capes a ean- ooatlaned the Fearth ef July would he
slderable transfer ef deposits aad In- forgotten hg All Americans aad «he
“spirit ef ’T»” would become a thing
fluance soma ba aka te Join the
ef (he past. Speaking at Lincoln, M r.
The real test e f th e policy w ill
ip ita lafiuence upea the hanking
Bryan said:
nans to the tong run. .WUl Ik
Been Death e f Fatrletiena.
secure mere enrefal gpd prudent to-
"The
fight thia year w ill he te oarry
veatmsnt ef the vent spam w h M i tbe
people ef the ceaatry keep la tanks, or out the oenttomat ef that eeag we have
w ill It tend te weaken the personal re so eftea repeated. K y Oouatry, T ie ef
sponsibility for thee« tondn and divert T he«’ I f we lose, ««r ehfldrea and
eus ehildrm ’s ehildrea w ill aa« auceeed
them tote Incapable
to the «plrtt ef that soag. and ealehra-
1« a superficial i
H obs e f «he Fearth ef July w ill gam
lays all emphaaia op— «he
away, fer tbe spirit e f the empire will
re— Its e f the law aad give» —
As a remedial measure the guaranty
of bank deposits Is not only Inadequate,
but It la worse than Inadequate, for It
proposes to overturn tbe principle of
Individual responsibility by means of
which the banking business has been
raised to Its present high standards,
and upon which all Individual and no
.Until further notice I will not d a l progress Is based.
The propoeal contemplates that the
can-y with me on my trips over the
county, any medicines, Balvea or public shall be relieved entirely from
liniments; but a full stock will be the exercise of Judgment and die
kept on hand at my store and all crimination In tbe choice of banks, and
mail orders will be promptly filled. while It Is highly desirable that all
banka shall be made safe, to the end
that even the most Ignorant and con
fiding may be protected, H Is still trne
that as alert public oplnlonqhaa greet
Influence la maintaining proper bank
ing standards. We cannot afford to do
without that Influence.
Under present conditions the Invest
ments, the personal habits, the general
character and abilities of the banker
are under the constant scrutiny of the
M o ro . O reg o n .
community, and a m atter of public In
terest. Notwithstanding occasional In
stances In which the public has b«*,n
deceived, It may be stated as a general
Express and Freight
Delivered to any Part of the City proposition that an unblemished char
acter and a reputation for good busi
Piano and Furniture Moving.
ness ability and conaarvatlvs judgment
Trunks and Grips Delivered have been necessary to success In the
banking business The public looks
over the Individual who Is to receive,
To and From all Trains.
apd luvest and be responsible for its
monky with some discrimination, aad
the elimination of the unfit by the
scrutiny and composite judgment of the
community la a ffcetor of the highest
value In maintaining the standards of
Proprietor of -
the banking buatoeos
I t la, however,
a factor entirely overlooked by the ad
vocates e f this scheme.
They calculate the insignificant per
centage e f less to total deposits under
pareeat send!tleas, and assume that no
Draying of all Kinds.
t,
’ greater loss«, weald occur after char
Trunks and Gripe Hauled to and acter ceased to he a) factor In the busi
ness. and all deposit» were given blind
from all trains
ly to whoever weald hid highest for
them. To the ebjeotloa that this slim-
laatioa e f character as a factor In the
acquisition of deposits must tend to
POLK’S OAIETIXER
¡.L H MRU
irh C
City,
D uainw
in .« « a D irectory o f «ach
««ch
ity. ■
premote reckless banking, reply to
o n and)
«nt. ■
Town *nd V ill o n In O r .y «•">
made that banker« w ill he deterred
irlp tlv a , ■
n . a _ lv in e a D M x arlptive.
Washington,
I Skateh
W n fto
eeeh plan«.
from recktoesnsss by fhar ef losing
I ■h
Hk I apt ne of Faciliti««
«ad
lin a i n a an ■
their own money The reply misses the
'
ad
I p«w h
loo.
point All men ere net deterred from sidération te Ita vlelattea ef
POLK a 0O-.
Santi la. W.sh.
recklessness by fear e f toeing thatr
Alex. Haatfr, AgL, Demoss Oregon
W in .
Be
Confectionery
A
• *
Baaks
One A n o th er's Debts *
Cigars, Tobaccos
as a rale, kept oat of the tanking but*
neae by the unwillingness ef the pahlie
to entrust mousy to their oars.
C e e e t e l B a a k ta t«
S h ell
To have money is to save Jt. The one sure way to save it
is to deposit it with Wasco Warehouse Milling Co. bank.
You will then be exempt from the annoyance oí h ar
¡ it burn holes in your pockets. Aside from the tact
¡ your money will be safe from theft; the habit of saving
tends to the establishment of thrift, economy, discipliné
and a general understanding of business prinppats essen
tial to your success.
To W
ok litbini mtli relations we M i l eiteii ou mees.
asco
«EWS OF g EVO
First street. Strong brick, Sforo, Ore.
SURE
W
C o u n ty , O ^ e^on, F r id a y , S e p t. 2 5 ,
Thursdiy,
Friday,
and Saturday
October 6th to 10th
The Maln^Attractlons are
The Pavilion in the city.
Stock Exhibit.
Speed Attractions.
School Childrens Exhibit.
Balloon Ascensions.
Arnolds Amusement Co., who will outdo former efforts.
All railroad and boat lines will give reduced rates of fare
Handsome Premiums Offered for all Exhibits, Race«, Etc-
,
Bee premium list, which will be furnished upon application
A groat exhibit of our annual resources and endless amusements
in car lots are in store for everybody. ......
J. L Kelly,
President.
and forgotten sod the Fourth of July
a meaalagleek date on tbe calender!
Ooe of tbe moat ridiculous of these
opbeclee was contained to a epeeoh
r. Bryan made to support of Judge
Barker during tbe campaign ef 100A,
when be attacked Prealdent Roosevelt
bitterly. Thia prophecy had It that
military daepottam waa sure te follow
the decrease In the slae of the ataudlng
army. In thia speech Mr. Bryan alto
emphasized the fact that ha waa then
and alwaya would be a firm believer In
the principle of free stiver. He sum
med up his poeltlou on thia question to
the following sentence:
“I believe to-day In tbe principles set
forth at Chicago and Kanaaa Clty, (ld
to 1) and shall continue to tight for
those principles”
C
TAFT’S RELIGION,
A Oonaiat«nt C hristian w ith Be Spot
Upon H ie Beoord of P riv a te Con
duct and Public Servioe.
To dispose of questions which ehould
not be asked aa speedily aa possible let
ns eey that Mr. T a ft la a member of
tbe Unitarian church. That was the
church of hla parents, and he has never
separated himself from It. Hie wlfo,
however, le an Episcopalian, nud ha
worships more often beside ber In her
church.
These are tbe facta, which are utter
ly and absolutely unimportant. Tbe
matter of a man’s religion baa no right
ful place la consideration of hla fltnaea
for the presidency. The constitution
of the nation, ordained and established
“Io secure the bleeelnge of liberty to
eereelvee and our posterity,*’ expressly
tb.
of such
” . . . ___ _
thought outside the pale of patriotism.
No words can be clearer than these
from our country's fundamental law,
“Ne religious teat ever shall be 're
quired aa a qualification to any office
| g,. public trust under the United
State«.”
The numerous queries about Mr.
T a ft’s reilgloua belief shows simply the
extent to wbh*h bla enemies have gone
to reuse some prejudice against him.
Since there was no spot upon bla whole
dean record of private oonduet and
public service to wblcb they oould
point te T a ft’s detriment they display
ed their ‘Xlllngnees to descend to any
depth of petty, cowardly, contemptible
attack that might do him barm.—
Philadelphia North American.
A M adm an’s Strange Belief.
An unfortunate maniac was confined
to one of the Scottish lunatic aaylums,
hla particular Infirmity being an un
abakable belief that every day was
Christmas day and that he waa din
lng sumptuously on turkey or roast
beef and a good slice of plum pud
ding. His real diet, however, waa of
the plainest, he being served twice
dally with a dish of oatmeal porridge.
A fter dally describing to hla attendants
the pleasures he had tasted to hla cut
of turkey or what not he aa regularly
addod, "Yet, somehow or other, every
thing that 1 eat taates of porridge.'
Thia story it was which gave rise to
ths saying, “As palatable as the mad
man’s porridge.”
A Nautical
Pasaenger-W hnt makes this boat
pitch so! Bailor—T h a t’s a nautical se
cret. ma’am, that we don’t Ilk« to give
away; but, sealn* It ’s yon, 1 don’t mind
tollin’ yon that It’s the waves.—Ban
Francisco Call.
J.
M. PltteR8H,
Secretary.
Th«
Scrap Book
DENIES THAT BETAS
“COULD DO NO H A N *-"
Congressman B u rks Bays Offloe ef
Fresldent la In fin ite ly M ere Few -
erful Than Congress.
Gougreesman James Eraaoia Burks,
ef Pittsburg, to aa addreaa oa "Tha
Powers of tbs l ’realdaat.” says:
•'The American people can make ue
greater mistake then te
elect Mr.
U ryaii ou tho aasuinptloa that he eaa
do no harm to the face of aa adverse
Seuata Aa between the executive aad
legislative departments of the
ment,< the former has Infinitely
power to rule and ruto than the tot
ter.
"Mr. T a ft and Mr. Bryan are wholly
different types of men.
Bash poe-
seaeee a strong individual character,
which would certainly assert Itself la
the White House.
What either of
these men would do during a
years' term In the W hite He
causing a t much aAalety
thoughtful Americans aa the
matter ef eieottoa alone,
* *A a a disturber of moneys the Fbea-
Ident le without a rival to tha world
Through the agencies under bla «pa
trol he will this year dlshoree a Mlltoa
dollar«, showing tbe great things we
are doing to adding to the uaparaUeled
list ef the world’s achievecaeata.
"In view of the fact that during
the fifteen years ef Bryan leadership
the States eoutrolled by hla party have
decreased from M to 11, the number
of Reuatore from 48 to 81, the number
of Representatives to Congress frem
220 to 1«4. end to that time the Demo
cratic party was to ceatrei e f the
ground, whereas it te now. as a conse
quence of bla taacbtagP. « hag «Imply
heterogeneous mam of Populistic ale-
ruonta, the American people oaa see
little prospects of a coastrocHve policy
If Mr. Bryan should
N et a Queatten e f G ram m ar.
Tho green reporter turned to Editor
McKelway. "W hich should I say.” he
asked hesitatingly, ” *My boy Henry
laid an egg on the table!* ”
"W ell,” said Editor McKalwAJ Im
patiently, " If you want something to
crow over, and he’s that kind o l A hen
nery, let him lay it on the table I f be
can. Otherwise have him put it there.”
Indifferent.
“I can’t give you an opinion on that
question,” the statesman replied, “be
cause It’s a <iuc«tlon I pay no attention
to. I am Indifferent to It—as Indiffer
ent as the backs woodsman’s w ife
That lady, you know, looked on whUe
her husband bad a fierce hand to hand
tuasle with a bear, and afterw ard she
said It waa ‘the only fight she ever
saw where »be didn’t care who
Going On.
A terrible noise of thumping and
stamping can.« from Bob’s room early
one morning.
’’Iiobby, Bobby," celled bla mother
from downstairs, “w hat to getag oa
up there!"
“My shoes,” replied Rob.
One Drewbeefc.
Olive—What an Improvement M w ill
be If tbe time ever cornea wh
body can get a eeat to the street
Violet—Oh. I don’t know. A girl
gever be sore then that she w a a ,
-P u c k .
, Hie Dlstlnetlem
A solemn funeral proceealon, slowly
wending Its way up tha slope from the
church to the grave, was Intercepted
by the old verger, who, pulling hla
Rome children act as If •< I
forelock to the usual rustic style, ad
that
dressed tbe clergyman, whispering to constant «urprtse to
parents had the excellent
a confidential manner:
Oaltad
“Please, sir. corpse’s brother wishes them o u t—Naatack«t