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THE GAZKTTE-TIMK3, HEPPNER, ORE., THURSDAY. AUG. 31, 1918.
THE GAZETTE-TIMES.
The Hoiiruer Caiette,
War. h "nt 1 sVa
The HeppiuT Tunes. Established No
vem'nei !. 1!?
Consolidated February !V 1912-
arrangement and detail for a surwa
ful county (air, and the people ot thit
county are rapidly coming to the ton-
Established j cmsion that they made a pood Invest
ment when they sent dowa to O. A. C.
for a fair manager.
VAWTErt CRAWFORD - - Proprietor
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Issued even Thursday mornnnc. and
nteid at the stoffiee at Heppner,
Orec.Mi. as second-class matter.
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THE PKMOCRVriC PARTY
THE TARIFF.
AND
One year..
Six Months
Three Months '" llnhrokpn American prosperity.
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Knoxvillt (Tenn.) Journal and
Tribune There are thousands ot De
mocrats all over the country, who be
lieve that a tariff that is protective ot
American industries is essential to
More
MORROW COl Vl'Y OFFICIAL
Thursday, August 31, 1916
FALL ELECTION IS NEAR AT
HAND VOTEHS SHtHI.D UElilS.
TER.
now
The presidential election is
only a few months distance. That
reminds us that many voters failed
to register in the primary election.
Under the new registration law, it is
not necessary for those to register
who were registered after January '..
1916, unless they moved into another
precinct. But there are many voters
who have failed to register at all.
The present campaign, from a na
tional standpoint, will be the hottest
in the history of the nation, is the
general prediction. You. Mr. Voter-W'ho-Has-N'ot-Registered.
will want
to taVe your part in settling the
. great party issues. To do this, you
should be registered and thereby be
Qualified to cast your vote at the
November election.
over.
APEtt ! among these thousands some who are
. credited with being leaders. Bat It
is a fact, as declared by Mr. Hoghes
in one of his recent speeches that the
Democratic party is utterly incapaci
tated to deal with this question. In
any other way than to hold to a tarifl
"for revenue only."
Anything other than that would
be directly contrary to well-established
Democratic principle. To
prove that assertion, it is only neces
sary to quote from the opening clause
of the Democratic platform at Balti
more in 1912, upon which Woodrow
Wilson was elected president. We
quote: "We declare it to be a fun
damental principle of the Democratic
party that the Federal Government
under the constitution has no right
or power to impose or collect tariff
duties except for the purpose of re
venue," etc.
Every man elected to the two hous
es of Congress and the president him
self, before entering upon their offi
ces, must take an oath to uphold the
constitution. It therefore clearly
follows, that according to their inter
pretation of the constitution, if Con
gress should pass a protective tariff
any democrat who voted for it would
do it in violation of his official oath,
and if the president should sign such
a bill, he would be guilty of a like
violation. Therefore, it is fair to
say that any party is incapacitated
from dealing with the tariff question,
in any way other than as a producer
of revenue, for to do so would be a
declared violation of a "fundamental
principle" of the party.
There are those in the party, men
of prominence, would-be-leaders, who
would get around this "insuperable"
law, under the provisions of which
imports of foreign commodities to be
in American markets In corn-
home producers, would
But that would be pro-
A little concentrated effort just
now will be a means of putting all
our main roads in fair condition. The
only available and equitable method
at this time seems to be that of straw
ing. Past experience has proved that
straw Is the best thing we have to fill
the chuck holes and prevent further
cutting up of the road. Two of the
best examples of what straw will do
is shown by the road leading from the
W. H. Padberg place in Clarks Can
yon into Lexington and also the road
running out north from Lexington in
to the Pointer-McMillan neighbor
hood. Continual strawing on the last sold
mentioned road has put it in excellent I petion with
shape and the road bed has held firm, i be limited.
This is a busy season for the farm- tection under another name, and the
er. He has his hands full taking care names do not change facts or princi
of his crops. But he needs a good pies. It would be just like whipp
road to haul his wheat over. The ing the devil around a stump. It Is
county court has hit upon about the too ridiculous to not be seen by men
only plan that seems practicable. 0f average intelligence.
That is, to have the various super- j All things considered, it it not
visors take up the work in their dls- an unfair statement to make, that
tricts. Working out the plan under the Democratic party is incapacitated
a unit system, if systematic work Is to deal with this question upon any
done, the entire county should be other theory than opposition to a
thoroughly covered. There is, or will protective tariff because such a tariff
be in a week or two, an abundance of would be contrary to the "fundamen
straw. Getting It onto the road is the ital principles" of the party as de
task to be undertaken. clared by the party representatives
! four years ago. Unless the party
The coming colt show and the gen- has changed its principles In that
eral stock exhibit at the Fourth An- time, it can give no protection to
nual Morrow County Fair gives prom- American industries, and to attempt
ise of excelling all former events of it through the enactment of "anti
this nature. The fair board is mak-1 dumping" laws which would be but
ing additional effort this year to in- another name for doing what it has
terest stock men and make It worth denounced, and doing ft in a far
their while to enter exhibits. Each less satisfactory manner,
year sees an increased quality in the ; it is perfectly plain that if a majo
stuff shown and each year finds a rity of the people of the United States
keener competition among exhibitors, believe the country should have a
With the improved condition under tariff that would at least equalize the
which the stock are cared for, a new home "producer who pays American
ImpetuR will be given this part of the wages, with the chances in our mar
fair and fair visitors can look forward kets, of the foreign producer who
to some A No. 1 stock exhibits this has the advantage of cheap labor, it
year. must be done by a party that stands
- " for a protective tariff and has al-
Yictor Garvin, the man who is put-. ways so stood,
ting the Gilliam county fair on the If the voters of the conntry want
map is just as near the person!-j a protective tariff they know they can
fication of pure "pep" as any man we have it by electing Hughes and with
have yet had the pleasure of meeting.
Garvin has an everlasting spirit of
get-up-and-go and he is making peo
ple throughout the Gilliam county
neighborhood sit up and take notice.
He is demonstrating every day that he
has the correct idea of preliminary
him a Republican Congress. If they
want a tariff for revenue only, that
falls short of producing needed reve
nue, they may have it by re-electing
Wilson and with him a Congress that
will do his bidding, as the last two
congresses have been doing.
XON-PARTISAN BLIXDXESS.
The Oregon Democratic papers,
wet-nnrsed by that great non-partisan
publication, the Portland Journal
whose destinies are directed by a
distinguished southern Democrat,
Charles Samuel Jackson, simply re
fuse to be pleased with anything
that Republican nominee Hughes
does or says.
They couldn't ery well draw an
indictment against the whole popu
lation of Oregon for being extremely
zealous in its desires to see and hear
Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, so they train
their guns on Mr. Hughes in an ef
fort to minimize the effect of his
speeches and his triumphal tour
through Oregon.
"He did nothing but criticise Wil
son, "he found nothing to com
raend in the Democratic administra
tion," and other disingenuous and
misleading remarks are heard in De
mocratic circles all along the line.
Let's see:
In regard to labor, Mr. Hughes
spoke for "more vocational training"
and "reasonable hours, proper sani
tary conditions of work and whole
some recreation In addition to pro
per compensation."
He advocated the "faithful and
honest application of the Republican
doctrine of a protective tariff appli
ed by those who believe In it and not
by those who do not believe in it."
In regard to our position in the
Philippines: "We ought not to tole
e the suggestion of scuttling the
Tilippines. We assumed obligations
there which we are bound to dis
charge." In the Mexican situation: "We
want to show ourselves the friend of
Mexico and we desire as soon as
possible that there shall be a stable
government. We shall do all we
can to aid Mexico in governing her
self, respecting herself. Meanwhile,
let Mexico and every man in her pow
er down there know that we under
stand that American citizens are go
ing to be protected in all events."
Regarding preparation: ."Prepare
dness Is insurance against trouble. 1
desire to see America standing great
among the nations, In conscious self
respect, seeking no trouble, not ag
ressive or blustering, demanding only
what is just but being firm In her de
mands and prepared to maintain
them."
Efficiency In goVernme(nt: "We
have got to put a stop to extrava
gance; we have got to have more
waste held down and prudent house
keeping invoked in state and nation ;
otherwise we invite disaster."
And so the list might be extended
Indefinitely.
None is so blind as he who will not
see and none but Democrats, attired
in non-partisan regalia, and Inspired
by the lust for continued power and
will fail to find in Mr. Hughes'
speeches a wealth of vigorous and
construtive American statesmanship."
DR. COOK TO TRY AGAIN.
O L MILES of smooth, firm sandy beach
w V sloping gradually oceanward more
than a score of interesting beach hamlets
inviting you to real rest and the simple
life that'a NORTH BEACH.
NOT DIFFERENT-BETTER I
More beach better beach; an endles3
variety of things to do and places to go;
quaint and re:;tful resorts; a pleasant
boat trio to get there.
Reached only via the
0-V. !L S. & K. S7EKHERS
T.J HITTER KflSSALO HARVEST QUEEN
Ftms, rmr'AU:: h-: .-':; 'kr Uiul full ifmnaHon
upon upj.u..aium tolotUO-'S. K. K.&N. Auent,orth:
General Passenger Agent, Portland
Dr. Cook now contemplates going
to the North Pole in an airship.
After reading his plans, as we find
them s&t out In an interview in a
Kansas City paper, we are led to ad
mit that it need not be such a hot
air ship as he used in 1909. Dr.
Cook may yet reach the North Pole
So may others besides Peary. In
fact, talking to the reporter of whal
he says he has In view, the doctor-explorer
seems to make It clear how a
trip to the pole in a biplane is easily
among the possibilities.
The trip will be made during the
Artie summer, which, Dr. Cook says,
is much more pleasant than is gene
rally supposed, the average tempera
ture being at a point somewhere be
tween 30 and 60 degrees above zero.
Only the last 700 miles of the trip
would be made in biplanes, of which
there would be seven in all, one hav
ing been left In advance at the end
each 100 miles. The doctor an
ticipates that the biplane trip from
the point of departure, can be made
quite speedily, and cites the fact that
in Europe recently a French aero
plane traveled 800 miles without stop
ping. However , he does not calcu
late upon such speed for himself, and
looks to an arrangement by which he
will change cars and also drivers, at
the end of every 100 miles. Each of
these stations will also be a provision
station. "I expect to use biplanes
of considerable carrying capacity," he
said, "bo there will be no danger of
running out of fuel."
The Kansas City interview sheds
no light on the dark point of who or
what is to finance the expedition,
which, the doctor added, he does not
expect to undertake this year, or the
next, but in the year following. The
fact that lie is now traveling the
Chautauqua circuit may Indicate that
he intends to finance himself, if the
chautauquas have not materially re
duced the figures they were paying a
few years ago for anything In the na
ture of a curiosity or a sensation.
And the exploring doctor Is perhaps
both of these things. His talk of go
ing to the pole In an aeroplane may
be only advertising to hold the vogue
he still has after seven years since he
told it to the DaneB and to us. Hut
any man talking interestingly about
the North Pole in such a blazing sum
mer as this has been, can always get
a hearing, and proposing to demon
strate that summer trips to that place
can be made safe and easy is welcome
to whatever advertising he can get
in exchange for such a promise of the
future. At that, we can find nothing
impossible or impracticable In the
project St.'Louls Globe Democrat.
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performs the most thrilling stunts
ever attempted by an aviator.
THE ELKS' BAND, Of La Grande
one of Oregon's premier musical or
ganizations, will furnish music
on all three days.
I Amusements A Plenty---Rorri;
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and Pony Show, African Jungle and Girl Show
Aeroplane, Portland Ad Club Quartette Punch
and Judy Show, Magician, Flying Trapese and
Revolving Ladder Act three times daily, Elks'
Band of La Grande, Dancing and Other Features
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