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Commoner:
In the republican campaign textbook
for 1904 it is asserted:
"The pledges of 1S98 and those made
in 1900 have been redeemed. " v
In 1896 the republican party promised
reciprocity "on ouch terni3 as will
equalize our trade with other nations,
remove the restriction which now ob
structs the sale of American products
in the ports of other countries and se
cure and enlarge markets for the pro
ducts of our farms, forests and fac
tories." But that pledge has not been
redeemed.
In 189G the republican party said:
"We are opposed to the free coinage of
silver except by international agree
msnt with the leading commercial na
tions of the earth, which agreement wo
pledge ourselves to promote." But
that pledge has not been redeemed.
In 1890 the republican party promised
that whenever practicable the veterans
of the union armies should be given the
preference in the matter of appoint
ments to office. .But that plcdgo has
not been redeemed.
In 1890 the republican party promised
to honestly enforce the civil service
law. But that pledge has not been re
deemed. In 189G the republican party promised
the creation of a national board of
arbitration. But that pledge has not
been redeemed.
In 1890 the republican party promised
the admission of .the territories. But
that pledge has not been redeemed.
In 1890 the republican party promised
that the citizens of Alaska were to
have representation in. congress. But
that pledge has not been redeemed.
In 1900 the republican party promised
that it would restrain and prevent all
'conspiracies and combinations intended
to restrict business, to create monop
' olies, to limit production or control
the prices. But that pledge has not
boon redeemed. The party also pledged
itself to "tho associated policy of re
ciprocity." But that pledge has not
been redeemed. It renewed its ..plcdgo
to enforce tho civil service law and
likewise, during its second term, it
failed to redeem that pledge. It again
promised tho admission to statehood of
tho territories of New Mexico, Arizona
and Oklahoma, and again it failed to
redeem tho pledge. '
The republican campaign text book
declares that under republican adminis
tration the gold standard has bean
"made permanent," and this claim is
made in the face of the fact that re-
publican newspapers have had much to
say in criticism off Judge Parker be-
cause he declared that tho gold stand
ard had been "irrevocably" established.
The text book boasts that the laws
against tho trusts havo been strength
ened and enforced; and this statement
is made iiitho face of the fact that no
effort has been Jinado to enforce tho
chief feature of tho anti-trust law,
which is the criminal clause, and no one
speaking for the administration has
undertaken to explain why that clause
has not been appealed to.
The text book refers to "tho relation
of the trusts to the nomination of the
democratic candidato for the presi
dency," nnd'lho readers of tho text
bookrc expected to forgot that tho
trusts provided tho republican party
with their campaign funds in 1890 and
1900 and that they are expected to
make liberal contributions to tho same
campaign fund in 1901.
George S. Boutwell, one of the
founders and one of tho ablest loaders
tho republican party over had favors
tho election of Alton B. Purkor. Ho
considers tho imperialistic tendencies
of tho republican party a3 fraught
with danger to this country. Ho calls
attention to tho enormous expense of
our nrmv and navv. over $:MJ,00,),0M a
your and inceasing in an annual ratio of
over 25 per cent. Ho cites tho caso of
Gov. T.ift, to show the demoralizing ef
fect of our colonial system: Mr. Taft
went ti tho Philippines- a believer in
tho constitution of our country an 1 tho
Declaration of Independence upon
which it was founded. After wielding
unliinite.l pjwor us a military governor
ha ivturne.1 to his native lan 1 and dj
olared that, "The Declaration of Inde
pndjn:e contains a m.iss of 'impossible
dogmas and rhetorical phrases." Ho
believes that the vast expense of our
nrmy an.l navy is caused in stly by our
Philippine possessions. But, burden
som j in this great tax upon tho people
is, ho considers tho influence greater.
Ex. '
Secretary of the treasury Shaw, is for one term. He was very prominent
swinging aroun 1 tho circlo pleading for l.v mcntione 1 for Ojvornor nt tho time
vote for Uooseveltmeanwhile drawing ' Clover Cleveland was nominated and
a salary of SiLOO per day from the
treasury el t'le Unite;! Males lor
which he has rendered no service.
Republicans, unfortunately, are plenti
ful who will toll you that it is all ri.uht
for him to draw a salary which he
lU'ver earned.
The stories of u dozen men watching
u light would all differ. Tliii has prov
en true about tho Newport cutting and
shooting scrape. It is doubtful if the
exact story is ever known. Such all'aiis
do not generally occur without s me
thing at their buck.
Some Roosoveltim
In an address to a New York State
Assembly of Mothers, Roosevelt said:
"A boy that will not fight is not
worth his salt. He will be no use in
life and will be a coward."
This is Rooseveltism from top to bot
tom. It is not Christianity. The Bible
says to turn the other cheek. As a
matter of fact some of the best brav
ery is tho refusal to fight. The most
pernicious doctrine that can be taught
a boy is this of Roosevelt to fight.
Ninety-nine out of a hundred boy fights
are useless and the bigge3t coward is
often the aggressor. The world is full
of brave men, with great hearts who t
have never had a fight in their life, if
so only when it was forced upon them.
A man can be brave and arrange for
peace even in the little matters be
tween boys, much more so inthe mat
ters between fellow-men. Take a look
at the boys in any school. The really
uiuvv uiiua uiu nub bullae v. uie al
ways on the fight. The same idea can
be carried out further into life and into
the lives of nations. War is 'Jn nine
c.ise3 out of ten unnecessary, and it is
braver to arrange for peace, making
concessions, than to put in jeopardy
thousands of live3 and fight at the drop
of the hat.
An Ohjict Lesson.
Tho spectacle of all the meiiibor3 of ;
Roosevelt's cabinet, Taf t, and many sidy scheme but it supports the election
other of his appointees, all drawing of congressmen and senators who fa
largo salaries, out on the stump whoop-' vor this scheme.
ing it up for Roosevelt's election, is So far a3 the ' ubiic knows.'tf crmann
one that would fill the heart of a con
scientious civil service commissioner
witn rankling. But our present civil
service commissioners are not knee !
high to an ordinary
spring duckling,
With n trre'.t flnilritjh nrnflninnfiinu nfn ' t
mauc oy rresiuenc uooseveic warning
office holders to abstain from taking
part in elections, and then he cites all
tho members of his cabinet to appear
before him and ho then commissions
them to go into all parts of the United
States and harangue the people into
his support. The casual reader has
never considered tho fact that these
cabinet officers are all drawing largo
salaries which are pa.d out of the treas-
ury of the United States. They are
paid out of the people s money, (demo-,
MMla oo ..roll .... ..n....l.i;..nr.u nn,l il. 1
and
tnus use the money
of
democrats
to
elect Roosevelt.
There are ten of these cabinet officers
f",a,nui ,
twenty - five dollars and fifty-six cents
cich day. If one of them draws $25.50
o ich day ten would draw $256.61) each
working day. Lot tho voter who thinks
that there should be some moral hon-
esty in the conduct of public officials
redact upon this corrupt use of the peo
ple's money. It is quite safe to predict
that every one of them has an annual
pass to travel any where on the rail
r jails of the country. They thus spend
the time that belongs to the peoplo in
campaigning over the country to elect
Roosevelt, and they use the money of
the people for which they have never
rendered any service. Will the time
ever come when high public ofl'icialls,
from tho president clown, will be actu
ated by sentiments of common honesty
and common decency? '
Will Support I'nrlicr.
From the World.
Frederic P. Olcott, who was an elector
on the McKinloy ticket four years ago,
and who voted for Grant and Harrison
for President, announced yesterday
that he would vote for Judge Parker.
When seen at his summer home, nt '
Bernanlsvillo, N. J., by a correspond-
out, he stated that he had made up his '
mind regarding tho course ho would
pursue in tho Presidential campaign ho
said with great emphasis: "I shall cor-
tainly voto for Judge Parker if I live."
Mr. Olcott did not care to discuss at
this time the reasons impelling him to
djsert tho political party which he has
supported for years. He has, however,
talked freely to prominent bankets in
the financial district, and to lawyers in-
tereste.l in the formation of the Park-
or Constitution Club. Ho is strongly
of the belief that tho independent voto
this year will bo almost wholly cast for
Judge Parker.
1 Mr. Olcott is a real independent in
politics, having voted frenuently for
tho republican presidential candidates
though originally a democrat. Ho filled '
the otliee of Comptroller of this state
had he been named his friends believe
t'nt he would have been nominated for
Peddent as Mr. Cleveland was.
When Mr. Olott came out for Cen.
H irrison as against Cleveland the re
publican organs hailed his defection
with delight and the New York Tribune
printed a column on the first page
about his stand.
Mr. Olcott was a member of tho
Banker. and Brokers' republican Club.
Ho was one of the strongest supporters
of Pr.vilont McKinloy both times Mr
McKinloy ran. In tho last campaign
ho w.i.i an elector from New Jersey.
Living in Glass House.
It is an old saying that men who live
in glass houses should be careful about ;
engaging in the pleasantry of throwing
stones. The old saw is not without its
apt application in the present cam
paign. Day by day we are served by
the Oregonian with a rehash of what it
deems are inconsistencies of 'Judge
Parker. Has the Oregonian forgotten
the admonition embraced in the old
adage? lias it forgotten that it has a
record? People who have read that
paper for the last twenty years know
that it has been on all sides of the ta
riff question. In 1883-4 its articles in
favor of free trade were models of
force and logic. They were much more
forcible, logical and convincing than its
articles now written in favor of protec
tion. But where is its consistency? It
has been on all sides of many other
questions. It was in favor of tariff re-
duction and persistently supported can-
didates for congress that were opposed
to such reduction. It was in favor of
the gold standard and yet it supported
Tongue, Hermann, Ellis and others
who were in favor of the free and un
limited coinage of silver.
When Dewey captured Manila it fa
vored his sailing away and leaving the
islands in possession of Spain. But it
now favoi-3 holding them for all time.
At the beginning of the Japanese
Russian var it "leaned very much to
wards to Russian side, but now it ex
presses much sympathy for the "Jans. "
It vehemnntlv rlonnnnpprl the shin snli-
i is as much a free silver man as he ever
n and wt tw nrrotmhii ins nnj..
ig in his support. The man who lives
in Hass hmi-sn nnrl is nHn,,n
throwing stones will, sooner or later.
find stones rat-tlmo- around hist nwn
head,
Vim: Some people seem to think
that it ispassing strange that two Ore
gon mendiave been mistaken for deer
and shot and this right at tho com
mencement oi me nunting season.
This 1H Tint ftn at-vnncrn whnn w.a nnnoulmi
that this state gave 24,000 majority for
Binger iuu) th Q Jugt
what migU h FoQ,
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to -
Those who have visited the site of
tho Lewis and Clark exposition renort
ui ie mosi ucngnuui places in the
Northwest, an ideal one when improved
for an exposition that will be a credit
to a great Northwest country. Already
onsiderablc work has been done, a
good start being made,
Tho world continues to progress.
The cities of Alaska can now be reached
by telegraph, and New York and Daw
son can tick with each other. Some
day a man on the North pole can talk
by ticks with the man on the South
pole.
Only two men were killed in an auto
mobile racing catastrophe. It is prob
ablo that eventually automohiling will
be no more dangerous than riding in
tho cars.
MISFITS.
People are coming homo on tho jump.
Will this accepting agony ever be
over.
Newport waited a long time to get
i'3 bad town reputation,
balem's oil well will turn out about
like its paper railroads,
I
, The recent rain has been endorsed by
all parties,
I
I The circus fever is growing in Alb
. any, and there seems to be only one
j
A Washington state man has sold his
crop of wheat for $24,025. The poor
farmer,
i
I The editor of a Tillamook paper, who
has been drinking for forty years says it
is uau easiness,
Kuropatkin says his soldiers nro hold
ing their own. Tat is somewhat
of a liar himself.
A Chicago woman Saturday stood off
a big mob. Probably put one of her
feet in their way.
Mayor Williams of Portland is about
to wrestle with the slot machines and
the mayor is over 80 years.
Albany women will now do their own
work while their "girls" tako their
summer outings in the hop fields.
Born, in Salem, u Mr. and Mrs. U.
T II art, formerly of Albany, on August
29, a boy.
Mr. Uosse, now nt Salem, has
dored tho machinery for the linen mills
nt Salem and Scio. Albany and tier -
v.ds will be two other locations.
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A Portland paper says the damage
from the forest fires was probably the
heaviest in Linn county. Yes, on paper.
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It is doubtful if any two people who ,
saw the shooting and cutting affair at
iNewport tell the same stoiy about it.
A woman nassing on the street today
remarked: "You can buy things a third
cheaper in Albany than you can in Sa
lem. Not having any sea serpent of course
Newport had to have something sensa
tional. But it presented its program
too late in the season to draw.
In nineteen cases out of twenty the
plaintiff in libel suits gets the worst of
it and besides doesn't help his own
reputation.
Several bridges over the ditch arej'in
a bad shape, the one at 6th and Vine
street, particularly the foot bridge be-1 Oakman ate breakfast two and one
i. g unsafe. i half miles east of here this morning,
j and stopped nt the Borwick ranch, one
. .. mile south of Reedville, to have his
Please mention the fact that there , wheei pUmpedup. Miss Borwick knew
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A Milton doctor is said to havo at-
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tached a cofhned corps taken up for
shipment esst, and he got his pay and a
lot of "cussing by the public.
The people of the United States have
one thing to be thankful for this year.
Sir Thomas Lipton kept his yacht at
home and a great deal of agony has
been saved the country.
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A man in Springfiell invested 5 cents
and got a $30 watch. But there were
119 others who got nothing. That is
about tho size of a good deal of the
gambling of the day. You only hear
about the man who wins.
Tho Examiner says that W. F.
Her
the rin. a tormcr O. A. C. student.
supreme rascal of California, and uses
a column, broad gauge, cnitorial on the
subject. Mr. Hen-in is accused of
running the whole of the state of Cali-
forma in the mtcrst of the Southern
Pacific.
. . , . . i . bridge, Mass., who is the first Ameri-
A socialist speaker on the street last can t0vin in'tm3 event celebrated in
evening among other things said that the revival of Olympic games
when police commissioner of New i ork
Mr. Roosevelt invented a policeman's At Port Arthur.
cluh arranged so that by pressing a
spring a number of spikes burst forth
in the end of tho club, a sample of his
bloodthirsty character which even his
brother commissioners could not stand.
He also said that Judge Parker had de-
clared the eight hour labor law uncon-
stitutionnl, whereas the opposite .is
, true. 1 he Democrat is not informed
as to the truth of the Roosevelt story.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
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A bt. Louis Accident.
St. Louis, Aug: 2S. Blinded qy dust
from the hin nf n w V of
Toledo, 0 Barney Oltlficld lost control
of his machine at the World's Fair au
tomobile speed contest today and
I crashed through the outer fence of the
! course, killed John Scott, a watchman
employed at the park, and inflicted in
juries upon Nathan Montgomery, a ne
gro, from which he died. Oldlield was
painfully injured and his machine was
completely demolished.
Hello AlnsUii.
Seattle, Aug. 28. Alaska was
brought into communication with the
rest of the United States this afternoon
amid the cheers of hundreds of Ameri
cans, the tooting of steamboat whistles
and the crash of bands playing the
"Star-Spangled Banner."
An Kcapiax Murderer.
Hillsboro, Aug. 28. Murderer Bert
i umuiiiiii luuruvr,
L Pendloton. Aug. 29. -Christopher
' C, Ellis was shot down by an unknown
aa3assin Sunday half a mile from
, Fletcher's sawmill, 16 miles southeast
of Milton, Or. The motive for the
i crime was evidently robbery, as Ellis
had on his person at the time of the
"Il'i'J w1 aSt '
ce,ved 1,1 Py'"ent for labar.
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j Seattle, Aug. 29. Thirty-eight
burglaries, 12 hold-ups and 12" other
robberies, together with theusual num
ber of petty crimes, make up the re
cord of the 28 days of the present
monin in eactie. mere nave been
months where the record has been
larger, but they are few. There has
scarcely been a night that some prowl
er has not "jimmied" a door.
A 24 Mile Hnce.
ST. Louts, Aug. 30. The Olympic
Marathon race, the third fontrncp p.m.
test of its kind ever held, and the first
ever held on American soil, participa-
teii in by at men classed among the
fleetest runners of the world, was won
today by Thomas T. Hicks, of Cam-
Cnr.Foo, Aug. 30. -The following dis-
pftfch has been received from Port Ar-
tnlr:
It is quiet on the Eastern front. The
KUng on Qunil Hill and the shores ,bat-
teries successfully bombarded the ene-
emv the western front. The .Tana-
nese have occuoied the ouarantine sta-
turn at the village of Davangow.
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be the total popular vote cast
for President (votes for all can-
didates combined) at the election
November 8, 1904?
In 1900 election, 13,959,653 people voted
lor President. For nearest correct esti
mates received in Woolson Spice Com
pany's office, Toledo, O., on or before
November S. 1904, we will give first
for the nearest correct estimate,
orizo to the next nearest, etc.,
follows:
S2,500:0y
1,000.00
each 1,000.00
" 1,000.00
" 1,000.00
" 1,000.00
" 1,000.00
" 2,500.00
" 9,000.00
TOTAL,
J20.000.00
TOLEDO, OHSO.
Must I ventually Fall.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 29. It is re
ported from a reliable source that Lieutenant-General
Stoessel, commander of
the Russian military forces at Port Ar
thur, has telegraphed to the Emperor
thanking him for the recint message of
encouragement sent to the garrison of
Port Arthur, saying the defenders of
the fortress are ready and willing to
lay down their lives, that the garrison
has already suffered severely and inti
mating it is hardly possible to hold out
for more than a month or six month or
six weeks.
A Fiece Battle.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 30. The long
expected battle at Lia-) Yang has be
gun, and the two armies are now fight
ing probably will-prove to be the decis
ive battle of the campaigm. The Jap
anese armies are attacking General Ku
ropatkin's forces upon his chosen
ground, and his friends here are confi
dent thct, having accepted a general
engagement, he will defeat the Japa
nese. Will Be Loni? BattU.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 30. The lat
est reports received by the War Office
indicate that the battle at Liao Yang
will probably extend for several days.
The Japanhse are directing their ener
gies to bombarding segments of the cir
cles of defensive occupied by the Russ
ians. The latter have suffered heav
ily from the hail of shells.
A Sp-uiiah Riot.
Madrid. Aug. 30. -Twenty-eight al
ready dead, 79 injured, some probably
fatally, the police powerless to cope
with the infuriated participants, and
troops despatched to the scene to re
store order, is the result today of a
pitched battle between more than 780
men which began Sunday.
ine irounie uegan between the resi
dents of two rival villages, Osyda and
Fuentes, near Saragossa, over the own
nership of a sewer to which both towns
lay claim.
Jnps Repulstd.
LoN-nox, Aug. 30. -A dispatch from
Liao Yang to a news agency says:
The Japanese artillery fire only
ceased at 8 o'clock this evening. The
casualties have not yet been ascer
tained. ,
The Third Russian Corps repulsed a
Japanese assault, the Japanese being
.' hurled back by bayonet charges, firstly
i by the twenty-third, and then by the
( iweniv-iour,.n regiment, which received
I and repulsed the enemy no less than
six tunes.
Corvallis dispatch to Telegram: Dep
uty Prosecuting-Attorney E. R. Bryson
hr.3 been for several days quietly se
curing evidence implicating several
vounir men of this citv in n rlinvo nf
criminal assault upon Marietta Lewis,
the 13-year-old daughter of Plutarch
Lewis- This is the young girl who
I dressed in boy's clothes and ran away
fn home two weeks ago, and was
captured at Albany. Since her return
she has niado some serious charges
I against young men whose names are
not yet made public.