Or.HiM.Soc, CU j Hall.
SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER.
M o it ) , S h e r m a n
K s ttib lia h o d 1 8 8 7 .
E u r e k a L W g e N a . 121.
A. F A A. M„ Mom, Or.,
THE ONE
SU RE W AY
tb a flra t an d th ird
e v e n in g * o f each
ng
•
To have money Ts to save it. The one sure way to save it
is to deposit it w ith Wasco Warehouse M illin g Co. bank.
You w ill then be exempt from the annoyance of having
it burn holes in your pockets. Aside from the tact that
^yo u r money w ill be safe from theft; the habit of saving
tends to the establishment o f th rift, economy, discipline
and a general understanding of business principals essen
tial to your success.
To tine riilla i inti) relation re heartllY eiteol oer lenicea.
W
W
asco
ar eh o use
bank
M il l in g C o .
k « T A « . m « .m A A « . A A A A A A A A A A
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M oro
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Moro, Oregon.
J-W W N F W «
p e o p le
in S h e r m a n C o u n ty
by a n y
o th e r
Q y Q
m e d iu m
th a n
a v a ila b le .
The Umatilla House
D m lle s ,
H team H e a t.
E le c tric
T . N. C R O F T O N ,
AXTELL
G RASS VALLEY. O R E.
All O R & N T ra in i Stop at Front Door
Railway Ticket Office in the Lobby.
New Entirely.
Convientto Business
P r o p r ie to r .
P R IC E S R E A S O N A B L E
Conducted on Best Principles
PLUMBING ® STEAM FITTINC
All kind* of Reservoir and Cistern work in con
nection with water eystems installed in firnt
claaa style and all work done guaranteed.
Dynamite and powder work on all kind« of Rock Excavation«
H. A. Stuart, Moro, Oregon.
PusTEBiiia, B rick ud C oncrete W ork
<?■■«■ a u r e e l a I T r a í a
Foreign decorations used to be aome-
w h a t tabooed In this country because
they smacked too much o f m o n a rc h a l
In stitutio ns and h e reditary distinctions
o f rank. W h en the country wae young
th e founders o f the g o vernm en t p ro v id
ed against the acceptance by Ita offi
d a le o f title s o f n o b ility from E uropean
sovereigns.
Sometimes this has p re
vented A m erican scholars and scien
tists accepting honors from abroad of
whose p rop riety th ere could be little
d o u b t A special la w w as passed by
n a llr lte d
W hen
— In
P o r t i» aid
■TO P
doing what you can to populate your state?
0 R K O O N N E B D H P E O P L E — H ettiers, honest fa rm e r*, luechanloa,
m erchan ts, clerks, people w ith brain s, stro ng bauds and n w illin g
.. jjtogt Trap***1'" nooapltal. <,
fa se n d in g tons o f Oregon lite ra tu re to th e E a s t tor d is trib u tio n
th ro u g h «v e ry a v a ila b le agency
W i l l you n o t h e lp th e good w o rk
o f b u ild in g Oregon by se n d in g u« th e nam es and addressee of vo u r
friends w h o are lik e ly to he Interested in th is state? W e w ill be
glad to Itear th e expense of sending th e m co m p lete in fo rm a tio n
about O R E G O N , au d Its o p p o rtu n ities.
C O L O N IS T T I C K E T S
w il' he ou sale d u rin g H E P T E M B E R
Slid O l ’T O B E R fro m ih e E ast to a ll p o lu ta In O regou.
from a few p rin c ip a l cl Me* are
From Denver.......... ..• 3 0 00 From Louisville
44
Cincinnai i
• “
O m a h a .......... . . 3 0 0 0
<4
3 0 .0 0
Cleveland
“
K a n n a * C ity . .
44
New York
“ Ht. L ouis___ . . 3 6 6 0
“ Chicago........ . . 3 8 0 0
T ic k e ts
can
be
T h e fares
•4 1
AT
P r e p a id
I f you w a n t to b rin g a frien d or r e la llv e to O rego n, depoall th e
iroper a m o u n t w llh an y of ou r ag en!*. T h e tic k e i w ill »hen be
urnlahed by telegrap h.
F . I R A B I R E E , le>oal A sen», M orn, O r.
Wm.
M c H u rra y ,
O re a o n .
C it y D r a y
Exprem, and Freight
Delivered to any P art of the City
Piano and F urniture Moving.
Proprietor of
Ooneral Passenger Agent,
P o rtla n d ,
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o. g. n e88in9Br
REED H U L S E
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Oregon.
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2
C ITY DRAY NO. 2
Praying of all Kinds.
RJtD THE UBSERVER
A L L th e tim e .
For C o u n ty n e w t
Trunk» tn d Grip* Hauled to and
from all train«
P R O P H B C IB S .
THK
A M IW B S I.
“ T A R IF F W IL L CRUSH T H E FA R M E R . ”
is o s , p T r * a * .
Tke A u w w
“Thus In every State, so fa r as these
statistics have bee* collected, the pro
portion o f home-owning farm ers la de
creasing and th a t of tenant farm ers in
creasing T h is means b u t one th ing It
means a land o f landlords and tenants,
and, backed by the history o f every
nation th a t has gone down. I say to
you th a t no people can continue a free
people under a free government when
the great m a jo rity o f Its cltlaen* are
tenants o f a small m in o rity."— W illia m
J B ry a n ; speech on the protective ta r
iff in the National House o f Represen
tatives, M arch 16, 1892.
la
in o n .
Th e answer la found In tha prevail*
Ing good prices fo r grain, corn, bogs,
cattle,
hay
and
all
the products
at
the fa rm ,
together
w ith
the
fact th a t since the date of Can
didate
B ryan'a “crushing**
speech,
W estern fa rm lands have doubled In
value, and thousands o f "ten an t” fa rm
ers o f th a t date have become prosper
ous home-owners, tillin g th e ir own land
In peace, happiness and plenty. Under
the N ational Irrig a tio n Act, and the
Republican conservation movement, the
West la aoon to be the Intense ag ricul
tu ra l and h o rticu ltu ral producing area
of the U nited States.
“ G O LD 8T A JT D A R D W I L L D B S T B O Y H O M E R ”
IS » « ,
V rw
T k e A a a w a e in » •< « .
» • «• I.
“ 1 reply t h a t I f
protection has
Slain Its thousands, th e gold standard
has slain Its tens o f thousands."—
W illia m J. B r y a n ; speech a t D e m o
c r itic N ational Convention, July, 1896
“Th e D em ocratic p arty has begun a
w ar e f exterm in ation against the gold
Standard. W e ask no q u a r te r ; we give
go q u arter
W e shall prosecute onr
w arfa re an ti) there fa not an Am erican
cltlaen who dares to advocate the gold
standard.
You ask why?
W e reply
hat the gold standard la a conspiracy
against the human race, and th a t we
should no more join In It than we would
an arm y to destroy our homes and to
destroy our fam ilies ”— W illia m J. B ry
an ; speech at Albany, N. J ., August,
1396
The gold standard baa “slain" no
one, nor did It w rite the " fu tu re
In blood,” nor did It destroy our
homes nor foreclose the fa rm m ort
gage, nor did
It
close the
dis
tric t school; on the contrary. It has
proved the sound and solid foundation
of widespread prosperity, leading to In
dividual progress and happiness, aided
In paying off tha fa rm mortgage and
expanding the coantry'a educational fa
cilities.
I t has brought such prosperity
to
our country aa was never known before.
Americans are the happiest and moot
prosperous people on earth to-day.
In s u re d
T k e A n a w ee la
rao m a a o n rtmow w i x v i m r
amu
KAUnn'B DBOOBATIuK.
ths
congress to au thorise th e celebrated as
tronom er, Professor fitmon Newcomb,
to accept from the kaiser the order
P our le M e rits FrledennclaSae fu r
W leaenschaften and K u n s t an honor
signalising his attain m e n ts eg a man
o f pence In science and a r t
I t la
said th a t he haa received more foreign
honors by fa r th an any other A m e ri
can. H e la an officer o f th e French Le
gion o f H o n o r and la th e first native
A m erican since F ra n k lin to be m ade an
associate o f the In a ttlu t« o f France
T h ^ IM t o f th e degth«« ha has received
from European université*« J« a long
one, and he la a m em ber o f about th irty
foreign aoctotlea, w h ile ho had received
" I would rath er gfio down to eternal
•b llv lo n than be Instrum ental In the
election o f Roosevelt."—-W illia m
J.
B ry an , O c t i f , 1904. w h ile touring l a
dinas.
•T h e surrender of tha present Presl
dayit (R oyoevelt) to corporate Inflo
an excellent proof of
ee fu rn ilsbea
ia
th e wisdom of Judge P a rk e r In m aking
th a statem ent, he haa. B u t Preetdeat
Booeevelt stands fo r m ilita ris m . • • •
T h e present occupant o f the W h ite
House (R oosevelt) represents In an ag
gravated form the w a rlik e s p ir it • •
contrasted w ith the phetfle policy th a t
haa heretofore characterised our na-
tlo u .” — W illia m J. B ryan, In a apeech
a t Springfield, Mo.. Sept. 1, 1904. where
he accused President Booeevelt of our
rendering to the corporations and hold
ing "bloody, b ru ta l and barbarous” sen
tlm eata.
J SO S.
Answer thia fo r yourself.
Do you
know o f any spot In the U nited States
where the s p irit of 1776 la dead and
forgotten and th e -F o u r th of Ju ly a
meaningless data on the calendar?
On the other hand the humblest c ltl
aen la grow ing prouder o f hie Am erican
dtlsanahlp and the s p irit o f 1776 la
perm eating the en tire body p o litic
T k e A n e w «» la menu
President Roosevelt, Instead of rep
resenting the “s p irit of w a r,” stands
before the world th e greatest ex
em plar o f In tern atio n al peace In his
generation.
H isto ry
w ill 4n
fu ll
aeason aw ard
him
the titles
he
has Justly won, and the greatest e f
thane w ill be "T h e Pescemaher,”
in
spite o f O andldate B ryan's assault upon
him la 1904. U nder President Roo»v
volt’s policies the U nited States kae
taken Its place la the fro n t rank of
world powers. T a ft la comm itted to
continuing these policies.
‘OOVEEBMEBT MUET OWE BAJLIFAYB.**
1 IO « ,
O aveeaeaM « O w a erek l»
M a llw a r s.
t
P arana*»»?.
Like the Philippine project and other
great work laid upon
him, be baa
studied the situation at Panam a at
close range and trusted to no second
hand Inform ation w ith which to In
sure his success Th ere has been about
ninety m illion dollars expended on the
w ork to date and M r. T a f t has had to
approve every do llar o f thia expendi
ture. H e has not been «attailed w ith
a tin g le visit to the Isthmus, but baa
m ad* the long Journey every year so
th a t he m ight direct the w ork mors
economically. The result is th at he has
changed the situation th ere from an In
hospitable region to a locality where
Americana can live In health fu l se
cu rity w ithou t the fear of plagues or
dread of contagious diseases The rate
of m o rta lity on the Isthmus Is about
the same as It Is In our American cities
S (* * e a a f th e W e e k .
W ork on the canal
baa
passed
through two stages, thioee of planning
and preparation
I t Is now In the th ird
and Anal stage, th at o f construction.
Roth of the e a rlie r atages required the
presence of a large
w orking force,
necessarily quartered In tem porary and
m ake ab lft accommodations.
Because
of these conditions. Inevitable a t the
ontset, early critics o f the enterprise
mistook the In itia l and tem porary out-
St for perm anent equipm ent
T h r e e a h t f e l S h e e t L ab or.
M r. T a f t ’s chief coocsrn has been the
proper care o f the laboring man on the
Isthm us
Under his patien t and ap
proved methods the te rrib le scourge
of yellow fever, against
which tbs
French straggled In vain, the filthy and
peet breeding ststa o f the principal
P aaam aslan to w ns the rough
labor
camps, and other pioneer hardships or
the tw o first eras, have been elim inated.
He has accomplished these things
through the ac tivity of the Departm ent
of S anitation, the D epartm ent of M u
nicipal Engineering and the B uilding
Departm ent. To-day we fled yellow
fever drives from the Isthm us the
deadly etegomyla mosquito thus ren
dered Innocuous, m alaria and pneu
monia greatly
reduced
and a high
average of health prevailing.
M a a a e lk (• ■ ■ tr ie d « «
“ R O O SEVELT T H E S P IR IT O F W A JL”
Chas. W r ig h t . P re sid e n t.
Trunks and Grips Delivered
To and From all Trains.
BHYAN
I» # « , A a tl-R e e a w v e K .
Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co.
70
. . 42 2 0
. . . 44 76
. . . 66 00
“ I w ill not deny th at there may be prophets to-day, but the trouble la to
tell the tru e prophets from the false ones. The Bible says th a t false prophets
w ill rise. I t tells us how to distinguish the false from tbs true. I t says:
’By th e ir fru its ye shall know them .’ ”— W illia m J. Bryan's Speech a t B a lti
more, Jan. 20, 1900.
m o o , Im p e r ia lis m !
It I* new and it* room« are provided with
runn ing ,w ater add long distance tele
phone*. European plan. R«tea
«1 per dsv and upward
H ighest priced room $3
per day.
M o ro .
H O W TO T E S T T H E M .
"The fight thia year w ill be to carry
eat the sentim ent o f th at song we have
eo often repeated: ‘M y C ountry, *tle
of T h e e ' I f we lose, ou r children and
our children’s children w ill not suc
ceed to the s p irit o f th a t song, end cel
ebrations o f the F o u rth o f . Ju ly w ill
peas aw ay, for tha s p irit of E m pire w ill
he upon ue " — W illia m J. B ryan ; speech
te the B ry an Hom e Guards. Lincoln,
Neb., Ju ly, 1900.
M . C. IH cklnaon, M anag er.
The Oregtn Railroad and Navigation Co.
TR U E PROPHETS AND FALSE.
“ BO M 0 E E F O U R T H O F J U L Y .”
C o rn e r 7 th a n d S ta rk S tre e ts .
Arc you
■— From the Philadelphia Presa
Sim on N ew com b and Foreign D eco ra
tio n s Ho H as Reoeived.
i
Hotel Oregon
Oregon ‘ ‘ Builders ’ ’
H a*
M a m m o th
by L o n g e v ity O rder W h ile W a r
■ u .n o a o .
subsequent reversal o f th a t decision
by the U n ited States court of appeals
has only served to spur the governm ent
Ioe cold d r in k s a n d loe cream lu sea
on to renew ed a c tiv ity .
son. Bods w a te r, bo ttled and fo u n ta in ,
In choosing F ra n k B. K ello gg of 8L
a lw a y s on b a n d .
P aul to brin g the forthcom ing new ac
tion against the 8 tan«lard O il company
the governm ent gets the services of
probably th e ablest proeeeutor o f de
lin q u e n t corporations In the country.
K ello gg la kn ow n the country over sh
"the trust buster.” T h a t tells the story
. A N D ...
K ellogg has long lived In Minnesota
and la considered one o f the ablest
tr ia l law yers In the whole northwest.
H e prosecuted the case against the
N o rtb ern Securities com pany w hich re
M y M o tto Is
suited In the dissolution of the merger
Q u ic k
Hales an d
o f the N orth ern P acific and G reat
H rn all P ro fit«.
N orthern ra ilw a y « and has been ape
d a l counsel fo r the governm ent In a
L i v e an d L e t L iv e .
num ber o f im p o rta n t suits.
C a ll an d E x a m in e
M r. K ello gg la fifty-o ae years old and
M y H tock o f
a n a tiv e o f N e w Y o rk state, a strong
F U R N IT U R E
face«! man. w ith Iron g ra y h a ir, and
an d
looks every Inch the tenacious fighter
th a t he la. In try in g cases he avoids
H ID E L IN E H
seeking to overcom e the feelings o f a
before b u y in g
Jury by oratorical effect and depends
e n tire ly on the fo rcible presentation o f
the actual facts and principles In
volved. H e appeals to Judgm ent and
M oro - O reg o n .
not to a e n tlm e n t
Vinton Hotel
H O T E L R A T E S T O S U IT Y O U .
th e
M a .« K n o w
b
AN HONORED AMERICAN.
E le c tric C a ll Bella.
H and
of
B als ed W ages of Is th m ia n L a b o re r*
b ric k , M oro, O re.
O r w ifo n ,
L ig h ts
D ir e c tin g
P r o je c t
Confectionery
o. w.
uhara fha paoplt atop
p
H I*
The Panama
Canal I* one o f the
greatest achievements of any Repub
lican adm inistration.
A * Secretary o f W ar, Hon. W illia m
H . T a f t personally assumed the respon
sib ility o f Inaugurating the w ork and
aystem atlcally shaping up the practical
operations u n til a degree o f efficiency
has been reached th a t m ay well as
tonish the nations of the earth.
M r T a ft has applied to this w orld
project and history m aking enterprise
those same qualities of careful,tho ugh t
ful Investigation, penetrating Judgment
and absolutely fa ir dealing, which have
made him so signally successful in the
performance of all those duties of state
which have brought him to the high
emlnesce he now occupies as one of our
greatest living Americans.
UNDERTAKING
a d in T h e M oro
. will re a c h m o re
TAFT IKE BUILDER
Success
Wm. Rudolf
Tka A a a w ee l a
The broad messing o f
C andidate
have already reached the condu- B ry an ’s reaaarks an thia subject la
alon th a t ra ilro ad s pa rtake eo much th a t ra ilw a y regulation by statute
o f the aa tu re o f a monopoly th at they la w to ’ Impossible, and th a t “flev
munt n lfim a le ly become public property, erum ent
ownership”
la tha only
• a d be managed by public officials In remedy
for
tranflportatlen
abuses
th e Interest o f the whole comm unity — Th e enactment e f the Federal R ate Law
W illia m J. B r y a n ; Home-comln< speech haa to ta lly disproved the claims of
n t New Y o rk C ity , Angunt, 1906.
C andidate B ryan and viv id ly displayed
D escrip tio n
O rdre-
;, ! .. Quick and Cheapl
B eerete r y .
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IS S U E S .
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1. 0 . 0 . F. Mora. Oregon
Meet« e v e ry S a tu rd a y
at 7:30 o'clock.
ok
m e m b e r* are
c o rd ia lly In v ite d
M em
ber* are ex pec ted to be
O . A . M e lo y , N . G .
R ra a b , H eo retarv.
PHAva
Opposite Post Office
O
OP
B illia rd and Pool Tables
F irs t Class B a rb er Shop in th e H o te l.
A “W ANT”
8 P E A K IN Q
»ereonality of G overnm ent
te n ta tiv e In Standard Oil Cade.
w u job mm
1908
Cigars, Tobaccos
Banks and Depot.
»Sunday D in n e r 35 cent».
.
KELLOQQ, TRUST BUSTER.
W o rld lu tereat baa been aroused In
cordially Invited to na«*» the gigantic legal b a ttle betw een
B y order of the W . M.
J . M . P a r ry , H eoretary. governm ent o f the U n ited States
the S tan dard O il com pany. The
o f the com pany $29,000,000 by J o 4 g *
B e t h le h e m
C h a p te r
I>andl* In Chicago w as the moat
»o7« 0 .1 »
R e g u la r cn n n u iiu lu atin ti tlona) fe atu re o f th e contest, an d th«
2d au d 4 lh 'lb u re -
ev eu le g a r o o n U d j.
»»der W M
re H e le n P a r ry . Beey
F irs t stree t, S tro n g
H otel M oro
N e a - e * t H o t e l to B ufonee» C e n te r ,
with ua.
C o u n t y , O r e g o n , .F r id a y , O c t . 2 3 ,
J
Pralee«.
President Roosevelt appointed a spe
cial commission to exam ine the Is th
mian situation last spring, and It re
ported Aug 8, 1908. According to this
special report there were at work at
the Isthm us A pril 80, 1908. 26,118 men
for the Isthm ian Canal Commission and
7,075 a t work for the Panama railroad,
a ts tal of S3.198 men all told. Housing
thia
Industrial arm y In quick time,
w ith due attention to sanitation and
hygiene, was a problem which would
have been beyond moat men. B ut M r.
T a f t did It successfully.
T e keep the m achinery and tools In
oondltton, three large machine and re
pa ir shops, tw a shipyards and numer
ous warehouaea are m aintained. Whan
wa recall th at this enormous plant Is
operated a t a distance of 1,882 miles
from Its nearest bass of supply, Now
Orleans, and 1.975 miles from Its main
has* of supply. N aw York, we can es
tim ate w ith more Justice and accuracy
the magnitude and complications o f the
undertaking M r. T a ft has conducted no
well
W « r k l» fa e «
A » r * « la («
Ta»«.
He baa succeeded In Impressing labor
on tba Isthm us w ith his kindly In te r
est In Its behalf On this point tba spe
cial commlsalon’a report says: "From
the sotsat wa ware strongly Impressed
by the s p irit of good w ill and loyalty
e f tbs employes • ’ • • Th e general
eeatlm ent o f the w orkers was expressed
la the words o f • nseehsnlc. In one of
tbs conferences which ws bald w ltk
representatives of differen t trades. Said
h e : ’W e w an t It understood th a t we
are Am erican eltlsene and th at we are
proud to have a share la thia great
work.
W e believe the government Is
treatin g ue right, and we are as much
Interested
thia th ing a success
as anyone.’ TPhte s p irit o f loyalty and
Interest In the w ork was evidenced on
many occasions and should he account
ed as an asset e f the highest value to
the government In the accomplishment
e f Its colossal task."
Ta«
On
M m L 1907. as Secretary of W ar,
Ing liberal and appreciate increase In
the wages of various classes of w ork
men. as fo llow s:
“A ll employee not n a tive to th e trop
ic* who occupy the positions herein
designated shall be granted th e follow
ing increases In pay fo r length of con
tinuous service on the Isthm us: Five
per cent of the basic or class rata for
the second year, w ith accum ulative ad
dition of three per cent o f th e basic
rate fo r each subsequent y e a r; pro
vided, however, th a t such cum ulative
increase shall not eiceod a to tal of 28c
of the basic rate "
In other words, l f r . T a f t made It
possible fo r every Am erican laborer on
the Isthmus, by rem aining there and
working, to increase hie wages 25 per
cent and a t the asms tim e have a per
manent poeltlou. These men also get
four weeks’ vacation w ith pay. every
year and M r. T a ft favors m aking the
vacation alx weeka w ith pay.
( » •■ « •
W « a ia B e D ta a a tr a a a .
In the perform ance o f thia w ork the
U nited States la under the scrutiny of
the entire -w o rld ,
especially of our
neighbors In C en tral and South Am er
ica, before whom we m ust make good
our profession of high social and in
du strial Idea la. I t would be a national
calam ity to Jeopardise the present lib
eral progressive policy th a t la so suc
cessfully constructing th e Panam a Ca
nal. M r. T a ft la the one man to con
tinue thia great w ork to the end.
C OUNTRY
N E E D S A R E P U B L IC A N
CONGRESS.
P re sid e n t R o o sev elt P o in ts Out Im
p o rtance o f E le c tin g L e g is la to rs
to S up port T a ft.
President Rooeevslt, In a letter
to
W illia m B M cKinley, ch airm an of the
Republican Congressional Committee,
appeals to disinterested cltIsens to Join
w ith the N ational Republican C om m it
tee and the Cougreaaloaal Com mittee in
a movement to elect W illia m H T a ft
as President and a Republican Congress
to support him, saying, in p a r t :
’’ I t la urgently necessary, from the
standpoint of the public Interest, to
elect Mr. T a ft, and a Republican Con
gress which w ill support h im ; and they
seek election on a platfo rm which spe
cifically pledges the p a rty, s ilk * In Ita
executive end legislative branches, to
continue and develop the policies which
have been not m erely Introduced, but
acted upon during these seven years.
These policies can be successfully car
ried through only by the hearty co-oper
ation of the President and tba Congress
In both Ita branches, and It Is therefore
peculiarly Im portant th a t there should
obtnlu such harm ony between them To
fa ll to elect M r. T a ft would he a calam
ity to the c o u n try ; and It would he
folly, w h ile electing him, y e t at the
same tim e to elect a Congress hostile
to him. a Congresa which nnder the In
fluence of partisan leadership would be
certain to th w a rt and baffle him on
every possible occasion. T * elect Mr.
T a ft, and at the aame tim e to elect a
Congreaa pledged to support him . Is the
only way In which to perpetuate tLe
policy of the government »as now car
ried on. I feel tlitft all tha aid th at can
be given |o thia policy by every good
cMtxen should l«e given; for this la fa r
mors than a merely partisan m a tte r ”
CAMPAIGN EX P E N D IT U R E S.
D em o cra tic P a rty C annot C laim U n
su llie d V ir t u e as to Source e f Its
R ev en u es.
(F ro m
Gov.
Hughes’
Speech.)
Youngstown
“M r Bryan also has much to say
w ith regard to corrupt practices and
campaign expenditures. But be om its
to give due credit to the Republican
party for w hat It has accomplished
w ith regard to throe Im portant reforms,
an accomplishment the more notewor
thy In the lig ht «if Mr. Bryan's reiter
ated criticism s of contributions to Re
publican campaign funda. In the State
of New York a Republican le g is la tu re
In 1906 passed a statute prohibiting
corporations from m aking any political
contributions directly or Indirectly, and
providing th at
officers, directors or
stockholders particip atin g In or con
senting to the violation of the law
should be guilty of a crim inal offense.
And I know of no more drastic statute
In thia country w ith regard to the pub
lic ity of campaign contributions and
fo r the prevention of corrupt practices
than th at passed In New Y ork under
Republican auspices. These were not
promises of an opposition party seek
ing power, but enactments by a party
in power securing genuine
reforms.
Proper recognition must, of course, he
given to the p atriotic Demócrata who
supported these reforms, but they werq.
enacted by a Republican adm lnlatra-
tloa.
Congress has also legislated
against political contributions by cor
porations
P u rity of elections and fie n
opportunity fo r the uncorrupted expren-
aton of th * popular w ill He a t th e foen-
datlon of every reform and cannot he
too carefully safeguarded. And there
should be federal legislatlon securing
proper publicity o f end
campaign contributions In
w ith federal elect lo an
B u t I t munt
fa irly he recognised th a t the skirts of
neither party have been d ean. I f we
search M r B ryan’s fOllewtng we shall
And not a few who haya sinned, and
also those who, I f we «rey
ft« «
th eir local activities, are s till unrepent
aat
T h e D em ocratic p a rty rene e C
claim nnaulllod vlrtu n eith er w ith ra
gs rd to th e source e f Its