What Would Lincolu Do. Portland, Oct. 27. The Presidential contest this year is the most important since that of 1860. At that time thn issue dealt with the freedom of the col ored slave of the South. Today the issue is broader, and the paramount question now is, shall the people break loose irom the shackles of the merci less corporations and predatory inter ests and Bay by their ballots that they are free and independent citizens of this great country. In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected ' because he believed in "equal rights to all and special privileges to none." He was the great friend and leader of the common people. He sympathized with the unfortunate and gave courage and hope to the struggling masses every where. But if Lincoln were living to. day would he be a supporter of the republican crndidate and the polices for which he stands? vVould he oppose the proposition to insure the people's bank deposits? would he oppose the elec tion of United States Senators by 8 direct vote of the people? Would he oppose the right of the people of the different states to make their own lawB for the government of their local affairs through the initiative and refer endum? Would he oppose a proposi. tion granting to the laboring man the right of trial by jury the same as is accorded to any criminal? Would he believe in giving full bway to the trusts and other great comDinations of wealth, or would he favor legislation looking to their regulation in the interest of the people? And, finally, if the "Groat Emancipator" were alive today, how would he stand on the paramount issue of this campaign, "Shall the people rule?" These are questions which should be carefully considered by the voter be fore casting his ballot for the repub lican caddidate. Oregon today iB the pride of the Nation on account of its recent legislation in the interest of better government. Since the adop" tion of those measureB of reform the state has received more favorable notice than ever before in all its his tory. Do you want to take a step backward. Do you want a man for President who is opposed to all your reform legislation? If you do then vote for Taft. He is opposed to this and every other state running its own affairs, being a firm believer in a cen tralized form of government, and he is Btrongly and unequivocally against the initiative and referendum. Should he be elected the new members of the Supreme court whom he shall select will share his views on thesis vital ques tions, and they would have It in their power and very likely woold decide all theBe measures of reform to be uncon stitutional, and such decision would hold for years to come. Hi-run's vVny And Tnft's Woy One of the planks of the Denver plat form favors guaranteed bank deposits. Mr. Bryan, in season and out, has stood for the protection of the depositors. Mr. Taft in his speech of acceptance denounced the plank of the Denver plutform, which declares for a national law for national banks, similar to the Oklahoma law for state banks, thereby coinciding in the vicwb of every ollicer of every defunct bank in the United States. Here nro a couplo of illustrations: The Farmers and Traders Nationnl Bank of La Grande, with deposits amounting to $190,000 huB been closed, with a shortage of about $120,000 on the part of the cashier. It is said the bank will not pay 20 cents on thedollar. The cashier is in jail, and it will be a long time before a dividend is paid. Tuft Btands for this way, "Cohrato. Oklahoma. May 21. 1008.-ilow The International Bank is in the hands So "MyDcar Will" started on his of the state bank commissioner. Do- way to the:White House in 1906. posltors will be puid in full by tho state j It is genorallylchfcarer to stay mar banking board. Please call and get ricd than it'is to try alimony, your money." Fifty men havo gone broke building When tho bank failed at Colgato airships. He who builds airships is Oklahoma, tho bunk commissioner vis- not necessarily!ono who is up in the ited the bank in person. He closed the bank at 2:15 Thursday evening, tele phoned the stato board, received in structions to immediately procoed to pay all approved deposits. In -12 min utes from the closing of the bank, the bank commissioner was ready to pay all approved depositors. Ono old far mer telephoned, that he was too busy to come in and that bo would be there ' in a day or two. Bryan stands for this way. Which do you prefer? Republican Frauds. Tho republicans a.e depending on fraud and tricks to carry tho election for Mr. Taft. In tho first place, the . . . . i . Trusts havo been requested, as their contribution to repuuuean succoss, to i put all their men to work, so as to look like a return of prosperity, and as soon as the election is over, many of these men are to br put off to loaf again. Fraud the oecond. Mr. Clms. P. Taft has purchased the Baltimore Sun, an old Democratic paper, and is now, of course, supporting his brother with it as a bolting Democratic paper, when 't is simply a changejof ownership. Saturday Night Thoughts. Thi is the last week of another pres idential campaign. It looks somewhat savage, when the mud throwing re sorted to is considered, but it does not differ materially from most presiden tial campaigns. Much at stake cam paigns always have and always will be warm affairs. It might be wished that people would be fair and truthful, but, after all it seems to be a game to win Voters always do well to investigate and judge for themselves who is tel ling the truth. One man remarked that he did not go to any of the public speaking and didn't read the editorials. He knew what he wanted and was going to do his own thinking in the matter. There certainly is much to think about. Mr. Bryan has shown his Bplendid character from the beginning, always dignified and fair. . Circuit court has been in session this week, with a small docket. There waB one civil jury trial and one crim inal jury trial. A good many cases were reported settled. A man con victed ot violation of the local option law after a live effort to get clear, was somewhat striking in its character. An effort was made to prove that the prin cipal witness was paid $100 for swear ing in the case. Whether or not the great Question was: Did he tell the truth. It is always a wonder why men wish to engage in a business that must always mean trouble and contention. There ought to be enough other ways to make a living than through illicit methods. Albany in a quiet gentlemanly way is making them take notice. Without the spread gagle style, four column head style of some cities, it is doing thinga in a progressive way that is going to count the most in the long run. This week twenty five of its citizens mixed up with Portland business men in a friendly way, and the result will be several hundred business men from that town in Albany on depot day, Nov. 10. A visit will be a splendid ad vertisement for the city, one that will bring its progress to the front. This week a majoiity of the council- men ofjPortland voted in favor of al lowing women in saloons, a Bample of the average Portland councilman, some of them liquor men, men of little con ception of right and wrong, caring little for the degredation of woman hood when in the balance with a $20 piece. Portland puts in some mighty poor sticks for councilmen. Cities that keep the men out also do well. The saloon is gradually becom ing an outlaw, the moral force of the country rising against it, a contest for righteousness that is not going to be stopped by the failure of officials to enforce the law in places. I'rci). cd 1 huughts. "Aim high" is a noble aspiration, but the trouble is that most of us are so all-fired noar-sighted. Hobson's lecture manager .should i transfer his activities to the Balkans j this county. They went over to Tan immediately, gent Monday to visit his -jarents, Rev. ... and Mrs. McFarland. Truth crushed to earth may rise -,... ., , . . . . . , ..... . ... , . The City Council last night at an ad- ngain, but it has a tough time during i journed ession pa88(,d new hog or. political campaighs. I dinance. Under the terms of the new Save all vour hot stuff to submit to ! ordinance after Jan. 1, 1909, it will be Editor Roosevelt. - ThcIG. O. P.hus had to Ishake down the'smnll office-holders. Of course the contributions are all "voluntary." Son-in- law Longworth, the adminis tration cut-up, appears to be singing wauay9- world. Cornelius N. Bliss, who collected the insurance money of widows and orphans for the Roosevelt campaign of 1901, is still unscrupulous enough to make a public pretense that tho election of Bryan would cause. u "business crisis" aa if 11,0 cria'3 hl,J not been on f-,r more than a year. ilr. and Mrs. Eugene A. ipear. Mr. Eugene A. Spear, the singing evangelist, nnd Miss Jessie Barron, re- cent ly of Canton, III , were married at McMmnville, on Monday. Oct. 26, at no non e oi ana oy itev. u. tvyse joncs. Mr, nnd Mrs. bpcar came to Albany aj ar0 n93iating in the evangelistic ervices at the Baptist cnur:n. accom lirheil musicians. Christian people of ulendid character. Warm congrutu- lations are in ordor. ! R. F. Shier, of the Black Eagle Min ing Co., afte: a trip to Portland, re turned home w.th a crowd of prominent men, who have become interested in the minfw nn.! nroiHi-iiMl nmi.ltpr. Th mm- inar voar will see some bie dev lop-nent in th? Uo1 Creek dial ic a:cordin j to Shier. j KILLED AT LEBANON. An Old Soldier Struck by the Leb anon Train. Charles Toppinger. an old G. A. R. man, 78 years of age, was killed by the Lebanon train last night in the yard at Lebanon. Mr. Toppincrer went home from an Albany trip. Aftergetting off the cars he started down the road to wards his home near the track, and had only a tew steps further to go before turning off the track, when hit by the rear car as the train backed up accord ing to custom. The brakeman saw something on the track and veiled, but the old man being nearly deaf didn'thear the warning. He was hit in the fore head and fell between the tracks, but was not hit by the wheels. He was taken home. Coroner Fort- miller was notified and went out today o noia an inquest. The manner of the accident indicates no fault on the part oi the trainmen, c. hTnews Hansard Wants a New Trial. Notice of a motion for a new trial was filed todav in the local option case of G. B. Hansard. The principal reas on given is that the witness Walton was asked a question, which was not under stood, when he was asked to repeat it, and the court told him he need not do it. Deeds recorded. Inez Smith to J. B. Cougill lutsS and 6 bl 13 City View ad to Al bany. ; $ 635 Mortgage for $-!900. Assignment mortgage $330. frooate: In estate of Anna Boronika Rudolph Boronika was appointed ad- A most distressing and unusual acci ministrator. Bonds $1500. dent haooened vesterdav at Halsey. of Corvallis, and Bertha Holzman,' aged 20, of Albany, both born in Oregon. , , Superintendent Jackson returned last night from a visit amonir the schools in the southern part of the county, includ ing Harrisburg. Deeds recorded: Clyde L. Hilt to E. R. Ridgeway I all interest in estate of Abigail Pennington 7...$ 10 Mortgage for $1700. Satisfaction of mortgage for $300. I Articles of incorDoration for the Al- bany Preserving Co. Capital stock iu,uuu. incorporators n. a. one, rl. J, Moore and Homer Moore. Principal office Albany. 1481 hunters licenses. Marriage license: Roy Banta, aged n, ana vina ireiana, agea zz, both ot Crawfordsville. Lebanon. E. A.: J. H. Turpin has sold his 95 acres of river bottom land near Waterloo to George Uott, recently from Ohio, for $3800. Mr. and Mrs. Rnv MFnrljind nrA nn rnm M..,h nBnH viaitino- raltiv in unlawful (nr nnunna tn boon hnira ,n the city limits for feeding or fattening purposes, nogs can t oe kept in tne city.longer than 48 hours. The bTb! a. A's. The cozy home of Mrs. Walter Worrell was the scene of a merry party yesterday afternoon given for the B. B. A. A's. The house was prettily decorated with potted plants and autumn leaves. The dining room was darkened and jack o latterns cusc their gruesome lights forth. A "cat" contest provoked much mer riment Mrs. Junkin and Mrs. J. L Irvine capturine tho orizes. A luncheon suggestive of Hallowe'en was served, after which all deuarted voting Mrs. Worrell a charming hostess The guests were: Mines. Frank Roth, M. m. rainier, King, f rank r'owell, A. J. Hodges, Zugg, J. L. Irvine, Carter, Austin, Dumond, Medin, Hand, Junkin, B, T. Jordan, Worrell and Miss Daisy savory. Palestine. Mrs. M. Bailey and family have re turned from the coast, where they had a fine time. Mr. Alsop and family have returned from a trip to the Bay. Mr. Alsop re cently sold nis truit tarm ot 2S8 acres for Kiii'JO. liramltather l uther passed away vreunesuay ai me age oi :u years. M:ss Belle Ciabtree has returned from a week s visit with her uncle and other relatives at Lacomb. A. Sixteenth Birthday. The sixteenth birthday of Lelland Cowan occurred yesterday, an import ant event in life. This event was re membered with a party lat evening at the Inline of Mr. J. E. Cowan, a fine time being had Those present were: Glen i nd Bessie Barton, Florence and Asa Kaathurn, Haze' Cowan, Will Ellis, Koila Bruce and Gracs Crosby. I CHANGED Date ot Dedication Depot. ot the New At the request of the officials of the the Southern Pacific Company the date of the formal opening of the new pas senger depot at Albany has been changed to Tuesday, November 10th. Manager Dasent of the Albany Com mercial Club received a long distance message from General Passenger Agent Wm. McMurcav. of the Southern Paci fic Co., last evening asking that the dedication date be set for Nov. 10th in stead of Nov. 11th, as originally planned. The reason for the change of date is because Vice President J. P. O'Brien and the other executive officers of the Southern Pacific would not be able to be at Albany on Nov. lltb, because of prior engagements. With the dedication set for Nov. 10th however, Mr. O'Brien, General Council W. W. Cotton, General Passenger Agent Wm. McMurray and Assistant General Passenger Agent John H. Scott, will all be at Albany, coming here in the General Manager s special train. HARRISBURG Bulletin: The republican rally last Thursday evening failed to materialize, the speak er, Att'y Slattery, failing to make con nections. He supposed the evening flyer going north stopped here, Robert Denton received word this week that one of the mines in Colorado in which he is vice president and the principal stock holder is proving to be a hummer. Ore running from $70 to $120 per ton has been found in large quantities. At the district convention of the De gree of Honor at Junction City last week. Harrisburg was chosen as the meeting place for the next convention and Mrs. Louisa Maxon elected presi- dent and Mrs. Viola Jones secretary. The meetin? will be heiu in April. ' The school boys were playing "crack the whiD" and Rex Allineham. the boy on the end- Lwas thrown violently to the ground, his arm striking in such a manner at to break both bones which perforated the skin and plowed into the ground, ' AT THE HOTELS 18 Portland men registered at the Ho tel Revere yesterday. W. J. Dunlap, Shedd, of O. A. C. foot ball fame. F. M. Arnold, Scio. G. C. Peek, Astoria Paul E. Dodele, Benton county. R. E. Peery, Crabtree. A. T. Peterson, Crabtree. Judge C. E. . olverton, Portland, who came up to attend the funerals of Strauder Froman to day, and Mrs. Price, his mother-in-law tomorrow. Henry G. Walling, A. O. Sorenson, Gates. At the Hotels. Mr. and Mrs. McGill, Lebanon. Chas. Dickson, West Fork. Lawyer G. W. Caldwell, Portland. Merchant L. L. Thomas, Stayton, for whom there is said to be an attrac tion in Albany. Morton Doty Portland. Mrs. E. R. Reames, Klamath Falls. W. O. Bishop, Walla Walla. P. M. Doyle, Fall City. Emma B. Crosno, Corvallis. Albin Becker, Independence. Mrs. G. O. Thomas and Mrs. E. C. Biggs, Portland. C. E. McCant, Medford. Two Hobo Boys. Judge Duncan this morning committed William I. Kirk, aged 15 ot Pringle, South Dakota, and Elmer Amidon.aged 14, of Tacoma, to the reform school. The poys were travelling past Shedd and threw stones at a window, when a farmer captured the Amidon boy, and the Kirk boy was pulled in at Halsey. Kirk'hus been on the road three years and Amidon five months. The former a regular hobo, is an expert in trampdom. He said he preferred box cars, the blind b.'.ggage and tender next, break beams last. About Nov. 25. There is an impression that because the new depot is to be dedicated on Nov. 10 it will be occupied for business then, but, as a matter of fact, it will not be used until the 20th to the 25th of November, when Agent Fronk and his assistants will begin work in it. It is possible Corvallis Eastern trains may then use it, but this is not certain. Tho removal of the hotel to the Vandran corner will not take place until then. A 70th Anniversary. Yesterday at Walker's Prarie, Ste vens County, Washington, a monument was uncovered in memory of the found ing of a mission at that place in 1S38 bv Rev.Cushing Ee's and Rev. Elkanah Walker, father of C. H. Walker.ot this city. A fine program waearranged for the occasion. The founding of this mission was on important event in the history of the Northwest and deserves commemoration. A Hallowe'en Party. Murray Marshall last night enter tained a crowd of young people in a Hailowe'en party. Of course it was a live affair, something doine rieht alone-. Jokes, prank?, Hallowe'en mysteries snd erames were the order, and the eating was in keeping with the occa-soin. MISFITS. Monday Bill to pay. Tuesday Bill to elect. The Democrat's forecasts will be af tercasts. Foot ball is a tame game compared with politics. Not lonr until election, when General Apathy will retire. You cannot even hand out election cards around the polls. A great problem: just how much to believe before election. But we do want an electric line from the St. Charles to the depot. One haa to judge of a person's mind by the way the tongue goes. Some fine people in the world don't think just as WE do about thinga. There is one poll that is going to be protected, the one at the ballot box. Men are not necessarily according to what they eat. Some splendid men are pork eaters. M. Paveletz, of Canby, has been granted a patent for an anti-fraud box. Will it be popular. When making up his 1909 budget Mr. Harriman will please not forget that cement walk promised. These typewriters are getting so they do nearly everything but talk. One of them writes, adds and subtracts. The Democrat is obliged to revise a j misfit of yesterday. When it comes to Boys have no more right to destroy property on Hallowe'en than any other time, that's all. Tame pranks are suf- ficient. 90,000 additional officers to bjost for ' the administration; but come to think only the president and big bugs can boost. A straw vote in the lobby of the Im perial, a noted republican headquarters showed 18 for Bryan and 13 for Taft. Quite a straw. The attempted scares are not work ing worth a cent this year. Infamous politics the people see through them as if they were glass. Some one ought to wake Fulton up. He lived in his address twelve years ago, and didn't seem to know there was a republican platform. Let's see, Mr. Fulton is the man who wants the legislators of Oregon to break their word. Such a man's word is not entitled to consideration. The Scio News calls a newspaper a degenerate which will deliberately say there was an audience of only 25 when the house was packed, every seat being filled. Return of prosperity heads are fre quent these days just before election. That looks as if we had not been having prosperity. Who was to blame if we haven't. After all, that supreme court decision wasn't very serious, just affecting Med ford, Condon and Estacada. Will it build them up. being whiskey towns . Watch and see. The failure of the La Grande Bank is the worst yet. Underthe bank guaran ty system the depositors would lose notning, now nearly everything, and the government would lose nothing. John Mitchell says: "In my opinion the election of oryan would be for the best interests of the whole nation. He stands on a much better platform and will be guided by it in the event of his election. Mr. Taft is handicapped by the zealous advocacy of his cause by Eredatory rich. Honest wealth and usiness have nothing to fear in Bryan's election." A picture shows Bryan wanting to try his new remedies on Uncle Sam. These new remedies are mostly the so called Roosevelt policies: election of U. S. senators, laws in the interest of the laboring men, protecting the deposits of me people, maxing me country panic proof, requiring publicity of campaign expenses, etc. Just the remedies Uncle Sam needs. He needs them and needs them bad. Home from Mon. Mr. Roy Ellis, representative ot the Salem Nurseries, said to do the largest business of any company on the coast, has returned from Montana, where he had great success selling trees in the Bitter Root valley, where Marcus Daly, now deceased was at the head of an immense stock company, now known as the Bitter Root Stock Farm. Mr. Ellis was hardly able to meet the de mand for fruit trees, so enthusiastic are the people there over the industry, a pointer for Linn county people. He brought back some of the Mcintosh Red?, a fine neller. and the A exander. of which one of each came into the Democrat office for samples. Prof. Hargrave returned from a pro fessional trip to Lebanon. TELEGRAPH. Salem. Oct. 29. David Smith for many years a resident of this city and foreman for the Spaulding Logging Co. for 18 years, was struck and killed by a street car today, while intoxicated. Pendleton, Oct. 29. J. W. Scriber, the La Grande banker who was arrest ed last night, was brought here on the charge of forging the name of H . C. Rinehart to a note,arraigned this morn ing before Commissioner Hailey and his bond was fixed at $25,000. He said there wis no us" of trying to raise that amount and was turned ever to an officer and taken to Portland. Salem. Oct 29. Benjamin Hayden, one of the oldest lawyers in the state died at his home here this morning, aged 86. New York, Oct. 30. Rockefeller came out for Taft today. Bryan and Mack express live opinions. Mr. Bry an is not surprised as he declases the trusts and republicans are friends. Taft in New York state ends his tour on Saturday and goes to Ohio on Mon day. Bryan is speaking'in Ohio today. LaGrande, Oct. 30. James Moore was acquitted of thel murder of the negro sheepherder on the grouud of self defense. Salem. Oct. 30. Ben Hayden was buried today in the city view cemetery. PERSONAL. O. D. Austin returned this noon from a trip to the Bay. Wallace McCammant, of Portland, went to Eugene this afternoon to orate for Taft tonight. Tip Humphrey and family, of Jeffer son passed through this noon for Rose burg on a visit at Don's. Mr. and Mrs-. E. F. Carlton, of Salem, arrived tins noon on a visit with Albany and Lebanon relatives. Mrs. H. M. Crooks and children and brother-in-law returned this noon from a trip to the Alsea country, where they were kept in doors most of the time by rain. Mrs. J. W. Warner Thursday after noon entertained the H. B. W. C. Club in a delightful manner, a splendid gath ering of the live members of that so cial organization. Some delicious re freshments were served. Mrs O. P. Coshow, of Roseburg, re turned home th is afternoon from Port land, where sbe had been to meet her daughter, Miss Bessie, who has just returned from Alaska, coming out from Nome on the last steamer, arriving this week. Several former Rosehurg. people were out to see them go by. THE INDIANS SCALPED. The Albany college foot ball team de eated the husky Indians of Chemawa, yesterday afternoon before a good sized crowd 7 to 0. Albany, under the splendid coaching of Prof. Luck played an up-to-date game, with continual surprises for the red men. In the first half three eff ect ive forward passes were made by Wil bur, the efficient quarter back, to Schumate, who took two, and Ward one. The ball was worked to within about twenty yards, when Rogaway was given it, and dodging and squirm ing worked his way completely through the crowd for a touchdown. The try for a goal was a failure. In the second half Albany kept the ball in the Chemawa end and soon had it almost to the line when Chemawa fell on it behind the goal for a safety, counting two for Albany. It was taken to the 25 yard line, and Chemawa kicked. Albany fumbling. The ball was being worked back when the whis tle blew. Flo, Beeson, Ward, Yates, Gibbons and all did well. Chemawa played an old fashioned game, straight bucking. The team has good material and needs a 1908 coach. Robin Nelson, U. O. and I. R. Schultz of this citj were the officials, good ones. Chemawa kicked at about everything. Superintendent Charlcraft, one of the timekeepers, kept up a continual growl, and there was one fight, a big red m an being ordered out of the game. Altogether it was one of the most in teresting contests played this year. Albany College's next game will be with Willamette at this city on depot day Nov. 10. C. H. NEWS. Probate: In estate of J. F. Surrell, H. F. Merrill, D. D. Hackleman and E. F. Sox were appointed appraisers. Janitor Bilyeu todav curried two tons, about $1600 worth of books up stairs, the annual library distribution. October ends with its marriage record beaten by several months. Deeds Recorded : - John M. Taylor to Geo. L. & Car rie Dick 2S0.91 a $ 3000 Frank Province to Hawley V. Tracey 322.29a 5000 Catherine Lyons to Lyons Hall Assn. 1 lot Lyons 75 W. C. Black et al by Sheriff to Chas. H. Cartter 1 lot Harris burg 275 W. A. Forgey, Ella H. Menden hall, J. R. Cartwrigbt, Levi Douglas to the Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co., rights of way Mortgages $5000 and $1500. Satisfaction $2000. M nk.l f .L - I .I - -' - ' lAituiu ui fciiw iinincy school came down for a Sunday visit at " . n.uitif.uicu UJ lit. 1 I. IIU- H. tll 1 1- er Miaa fdft Muvnroll nlui mill ia. rka Jeffersons tonight. '