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MFDrrmr) matt, TnTr.rxn, mepfotcp. onriON". "wfpn'f.sp a v. octopft? i. TVOF TTTREE E (Continued from page one partisan commission of experts will be entrusted with the function ol' stig'inKtiiir t lie expedient eluttujes in it. Tlic business men onujit t consider carefully w)iih ol' tlicse two puliciuK is best for the country. It is enstoinury for the candidate of the party out of power U state in his letter or speech of acceptance his objections to the conduct of the party in power, his remedies for the evil it lus done, and his proposals for dif ferent action by his parly if it should he placed in power; and this speech or essay is supposed to give tho in (luirinp voter reasons for acting at the cominj election with the party out of power. In the loiitf. carefully written es say in which Mr. Hughes n 'pts the lioiiiiiiaiioit nf the republican eonvcu titiii the Minst l borough search will fail to find a specific recommenda tion on any controversial matter. Apart from the denunciations of what .Mr. flushes thinks have hoen the democratic policies and methods, al most all Americans would aree with the sentiments and opinions express ed by him. Jt is impossible to derive any exact information as to what measure- Mr. Ilutihes would uppori if he were elected president. The mo-t distinct announcement of a policy contained in Mr. Hughes pa per of acceptance relates to woman suffrage. Iteliovini; that woman suf frage is inevitable, he declares in fa vor of ii now, but assign-; as his rea sons l!ie bitterness of the women's shiurule for the suffrage and his ap prehension that a lou-coutiuned fem inist aita tion will subvert "normal political issues. ' For a brave man this seems a- st rantie submission to what he thinks destiny and an intem perate agitation. Comparison Kssentinl In view of this lack of rnidaneo for voters in the official declarations of the two panics, and in the accept ance essay of the opposition candi date, the intelligent and conscientious voter may most wisely seek tiuWanee for his vote next November in a com parison of (lie acts or deeds of the democratic congress and the demo cratic president with the republican acts or deeds in the four preceding administrations that is, since the close of the second Cleveland admin ist ration. . The, democratic administration accomplished within a few nicnths of its aecessiou a revision of the tariff downward. This revision was mod- erative and conservative; hut it re versed the general tendency of the four preceding republican adminis trations. Jt seems to have recom mended itself tti a great majority of the American people; because they realize thai the home market cannot support the vaM machinery industries in which Atnericnn workmen excel, and the livelihood of a. considerable fraction of the people is earned. In regard to many industries, employers and employes alike have learned that foreign trade is essential to their sup port and development. , An Act of Honor 2. The repeal of the act concern ing the Panama canal tolls, an net to which all the foreign nations interest ed in the use of the canal took excep tion, was an important contribution by the democratic administration to the civilized practice of observing scrupulously all treaty obligations. In eongress the division on the question of repeal was not on party lines. President Wilson therein did his country and all democracies a great service, which the independent volet r would now do well to remem ber. Hanking legislation .1. When the democrats came into power in l!)l:t the republican mlmin-i-tralions and eoume.-s had been dis cussing for several years' measures for reforming the national system of banking and currency, but they had failed to bring any effective legisla tion to pass. The democratic admin istration and eongi'c- curried the federal reserve law within a few months after eomintr into power and promptly organized with admirable di-cfetioii the tir-t federal re-crvc hoard. This honid got to work just in time to prevent a financial panic and to preserve the credit of the na tion at the outbreak of a woildwul flfir which suddenly destroyed the cx lstint svstem o financial and com mercial evehnic'cs all over the world. Xo American admini-tration has ever before a mp!i-hcd so great a con tribution to the -t ability and ef I i eienev of American buines credit and financial cnterpri-e. 4. One of the admir.-ihlc re-ult- of the incoiuihir of (be democratic party t' power wa- the prompt cnactnlent of a national inenmc tax law. An in come tax, properly laid, i- the ju-te-t and iiio-t expedient of all taxc- in a democracy; but the republican party was wholly unable to get an income I itself out of that ind tux enacted in times of peace, and, in- (called "preparedness.' deed, never scrion-ly advocated ex-j President Wilson, v eept in war times. war with (icnnaiiy, h her a re and he a Mcxicun Problem .r. To Ilv-ident WiUon's adminis tration the country owes its thorough committal h two policies which near ly concern its righlenu-ness and its dignity. The fir-i of these policies is; no war with .Mexico. the second i is no intervention h force of arms to protect on foreign snil American commercial ami innnufueturiiii: ad venturers who of their own tree will have invested their money, or risked their lives, in foreign parts under alien juriMlictions. It is almost ju- conecivu'Hc inai an .uicricau siinuui finable project and the marketing of crops, including the establishment of grain standards ilhonl going to and cotton si audit nU. improved nteth-i-t forceil frm ods of handling ami packiuu. heller gnitiori o neutral rights; tnarkci new s ser ire and the develop oiuplishcd l hi?- result alone, ; incut of co-operation anmng produc- fr. anv . both for production and market- without i-ible support oilier neulrnl sinle. ; ntg. The democratic administration and j The present administration has congress have made far the largest : imide valuable begiuniuu in all these appropriations t'or the increase and j mat let's ; but much still remains to l)e I tmproveiiteut of the American navy j accomplished. Ii is tor l ho interest Ithat have ever been made, and ha ve f of t he count ry that I he administ ration i undertaken to provide heavy addi- which started these aluablc improve- rional luxation in order that the pres-jments should have time tu develop eat generation may pay a reasonable them. ! share of the great cost. j (Jood lipids Imw i j' I'cdcralihig Militia , An intportaiit achievement of the houhli The third fact to be mentioned ih, democratic congress lias been the approve any assault by the powerful not so simple as the two preceding, passage ol a good roads law, giving United States on feeble Mexico, and. but is equally convincing. The demo- lederal aid in the construction ot yet nrmcd intervention in Mexico, emtio ndmini.strnlion proposed (o;Voads, provided that the states invest and, worse than the seizing of north-1 congress a considerable increase in: dollar lor dollar in their construction ern Mexico bv American troops, huvcilhc American regular nrmv, the ere-1,"d make satisfactory arrangements been shamelessly advocated sineelnlion of a large federal force in sup EFFORT 10 OUST 1 for their maintenance 10,19 hv some journalist s. manufae-1 nort of that arniv. and a doubling of.d only tacihtate tin hirers and merchants who live in tluMihe number of cadets at West Point H s"'l f products, hut promote I'nited States. land of midshipmen at Annapolis. A profitable and pleasant school life in The democratic administ ral ion lias j considerable opposition lo the second i rural (list ricts, and emu ribnte lo make never yielded at all to these maltgu j pari ot these proposals having devel- ''""" "' iimucuw uie waoic snggestions; allhongh it has not pur-; oped both inside and outside of ;'.on-1 some countiy life which produces n sued with entire coiniMcuev the pol- gre.ss, the administ rat am and con- healthy and vigorous population, icy of noninlervcnlioii. or succeeded gress adopled, on urgent represeiita-j The co-operative agricultural ex- asyet in composing the iulcrual t nui-; tinns from mililia officers, a federal-; tension act. which provided, in co-op-bles of Mexico without armed inter- iing of the stale militias in place of juration with the land grant colleges. venlion. It has, however, saved this! the creation of a secondary federal i !"" the demonstration before actual country from the deep disgrace of a i army. The present administration litrmers ami ineir lemuies ot moucrn war with weak und harassed Mexico, has done a great service to the conn- aultnral methods in regard t se and it has gone f;n- to establish noii-ltrv by demonstrating on the Mexican . I''rl "'i-' working the soil and us- iutervention by force of arms for the bonier that the .federalization protection of miners and commercial militia is nol the right way to pr n.lvcnlinvi in foreien nails ns the n comoeteid national toree. oilier excellent achievement of ,inei'ie:in mdiev. Tlii-se sire ureal! Since acts sneak much louder than present poi contributions to -the peace of world, and to the promotion of mane and ju-t dealings between tions-. Smith America Consulted (!. In support of h'is policy of lhcj'M- fertilizers, and of modern house-uioors on roeure j hold and dietary economies, is an-'basis tha idleiit achievement of the" dm in ist ral ion. No nation. , ISTEKDM HKULIX, Oct. 4. The campaign against Chancellor Von Pethmann llollweg is daily H.s.-iiimlng n moro tangible form. A circular demanding retirement of the chancellor which has been sent by a group of his op ponents to such members of the relchstag as are considered open to their arguments. Attacks are made on the chancellor's attempt to reach an agreement 'with Knt'.hiud, his first (iood roads , attitude toward Jlelgian neutrality marketing of land his policy In the submarine 1h- sue. The only name of International prominence among the signers is that of Kruest llaeckel and tho circular is regarded as symptomatic rather than serious. Another factor which is disturbing the political situation is a breach of the political truce proclaimed at the outset of the war which has been made by the Saxon socialists. Meanwhile the chancellor and the reichstng leaders continue to discuss the points nt issue behind closed an even more confidential :m before. the words, those Voters ula lui-; the I'nited Stales fully na - ( equipped for modern w;i r ought to (support President Wilson in the corn ling -election, lie has gone further in ..rtthis direction than any other Ameri- siilelit, doubtless bci'Mllse tlieij thci non-intervention in Mexico, olid wiih(':111 ,,n' the intention of relieving all appre- "1V1" war has opened eyes to t he ! slin(ti(.l. Jl(.(i ,H, hcasioii on i he pari of the South 1 vvl,ir!l Aaicrican nb-als will eii-ih(. federal trade, American nations lest the I'nited ! -oainer. i f it end with Knot pean mil- )llu mnitage ha assume an a-jgressivc or selfish at ti-; 1 '"" nscemhiiit. .rural credits aid. Ocl. 4. The Mim as!, to have "nil even the U'rniun. ever enacted a j,-, committee formed to agitato hi iirmcil am! direi-i!y productive educational ! favor of a more ruthless warfare measure. j against Kughind, the paper says, nt- II iiinanitarian Lcgisbil ion Other intcrcsiing acts of the demo- ral ic coiigri'ss in aid of American nisiness arc the meivantde murine in- tude town rd Mexico or any ot her American republic, President Wilson secured the eo-operalion of I'ra.il, Argentina and Chile in endeavoring to compo-e the constitutional dissen sions and factional war in M.exii'o. This en-operation in friendly endeav ors on behalf of Mexico has borne good fruit, ami gives much promise of valuable Pan-American uclion in the future. The two preceding republican administ ral ions made repeatedly sin- Comparison With T. It. s interesting in retrospe.-t to I cere attempts !o improve the political and commercial relations between the United Stales and South American countries, but neiiher had anything like the success which had attended President Wilson's efforts. Tin- suc cess foretells the moral unity of all the American republics. Preparedness Policy 7. The republican partv and the agricultur dissolving progressive partv each ! enact men I compare what President IJoo-evelt accomplished with his congress, which contained many members of long ser vice, in rc'i'iiril to t ho eiilin'oeriieiil :iml imimm.nu.m , III.- nnnv .-.ml n..vv !"'"' VrVy 1U- hi. witil wlli.l l'l'P.-i.l.-tif W'ilsnll Inis 1U-- (umlill(,(l with liis im-xi-i'i-icm-eil ,., ; n, ...... , ,,.i i,ir I'""1 l'iv,i.U-i.l K..os,.v,.i's partial t.-mp,-.--j c'''u o lMstt',.v- wlll,"1,t llmilllv aiM.-nt ami .-inpliatic lan-riiam- linMj.J.i 1 ""I"1"""' by tin- prc-nt lit t It- t.. pass. I'n-si.U-nt. Wilson, fa-! -'mM''it"."'- ,ms M'('1"'"'1 1"' 1"""- IgC Ol MIC CIIIHl lilllMI 11CI. colimi futures act, i-imii:issiiin net, the al.iug act, and the The first two of these acts have already proved their value and the last three arc well on their way lo do so. i'. 'flic attention paid by the pres ent administ ration to such humanitar ian uclion as the lederal government been unprece dented. It has promoted dn many ways a jus) conservation of the na- ninlorinl resources tor the ben- vyred by extraordinary circumstances which he tin roughly understood, brought much to pass, R. The democratic administration and congress have adopted a cou jsidernble number of measures which j directly promote in wise ways Amcri jcnu industries. The department of agriculture, in accordance with new by congress, has under- tried lo make a campaign issue I'orltakcn to improve rural organization tempted to bring southern Germany into a state of agitation against Dr. Von Itethniun-llollweg on the ground that he was too sparing of Kugiand. atioiuil Park Service ll has accepted on proper terms several national monuments for the recreation and delight of future gen eral runs; it has created a national park service; through liic department of the inferior il has tried, for the first time, to tell the American people what treasuries t.f landscape beauty, health and mil -nf-donr delights thev posses in Hie national parks until monuments; und it has tried to make I service in the army or navy contrib ute lo the subsequent industrial value of the enlisted young men on their leaving the service. On the whole, the independent vot ers are likely lo act next November on two simple, well-grounded convic tions; first, that the democratic party has done such an extraordinary amount of good work during the pu-s-enl administration that the period of 1!)PJ to P.) Hi will be memorable in the history of llic United States; and, 5-eeondly, that the man chiefly respon sible for this consummate service to the American people should be again made their chief servant, (liy courtesy of Atlantic Monthly.) WALLOWA, Ore., Oct. 1. The first snow of the season fell In the Wallowa valley yesterday. The finow is delaying the threshing. Thorn are a number of grain fields awaiting the thresher. if I1 come the i,,.y cijsarelte KlH LIll8 fM smoked hy ;kecb, subs.au- Wfm Wcf' li mffl tial men of this type. But . KpVwKVr te" Wm Fatima has already become WMmWllV V?MM?yW 1 V'fM mm more F1,nl.r with B-i.h WM-W ? !' mm men than almost any other iKMKlT W?fA' W 1m Tins is because ,en .ho lff $$m smoke wisely want a SEN- HWMi S4M mm rette that is comfortable to MWWii r k ' Wm the tongue and throat and ffi&Qg , 2) W Mm thai leases a man feeling fefffj ' if "Ves, but JS Golden West Coffee 'JUST RIGHT'?" "Well, try it! RandMcNally&Co. ( CHICAGO PRINTERS OF BOOKLETS CATALOGS HOUSE MAGAZINES COMMERCIAL ART WORK COLOR DESIGNING AND ENGRAVING - FIXED FINANCIALLY AND MECHANICALLY FOR PROMPT HANDLING of LARGE EDITIONS WE'LL MEET YOU AT THE RODEO at YRERA' il OCTOBER 6, 7 and 8 l'j'ooriun consists of 1'liiy, cowsii-1, cowboy, running find other races; bulldozing, roping contests, buck--ing broncos, bulls and calves. Pony express and other thrilling and exciting contests. A BIG PROGRAM ; Wfth something doing every minute of tlte day P.uf'falo Vernon, champion bnlldogger oC the world; Tracey Lane, cowboy poet and trick rider; George Fletcher, clianiiion rider of the northwest, and other champion performers will take part. 308 X YES IS A VOTE FOR YOUR CHILDREN ONE NORMAL NOT ENOUCH Oregon has but oue Normal School. This school is located at Monmouth. Excellent as Is the work of this bcIiooI It i8 utterly unable to supply but small part of the need for trained teachers for ths State. Or more than 6,000 school teachers In the public schools of Oregon, but 13 per cent have been trained for their profession of tenchlng In Normal Schools. It is u well etituhltshed met that our one Normal School cannot supply tho needs of th entire state. That In why we link for your work and vote for tha propoKcd KuHteru Oregon State Normal School s,t I'cndleton, OroKon. C'VE EASTERN OREGON SQUARE DEAL Eight counties In the Willamette Valley have employes during the past five years, 203 teachers who have gradu ated from the Monmouth Normal ae against 39 Monmouth Normal School graduates for the eight leading counties of Eastern Oregon- Durmp tiie past five years the attendance of students from nme Willamette Valley counties was 877 students an apaitiBt 91 sttioenls from nine of the leading counties of Cittern Oregon. Owing to the crowded condition of our one Normal at Monmouth and also the distance and expense of ttUrndlnK. HtudentH from Kastern Ore yon are com pelled to k to neighboring states to secure their training as teachers. ONLY COSTS 4 CENTS PER $1,000 The nnnu.il maintenance cost of t proposed Stste Normal School in Eautern Oregon amounts to but ona 2;th of a mill or 4 conts on a thousand dollars of taxable ' property, isn't it worth this to have your c hi Wren trained to become useful and productive citizens? STRONG ENDORSEMENTS Among (hone who strongly endorse the establish ment ot Hih proposed Kasteru Oregon Normal School are ijuvernor Wtthycomhe, J. H. AcUeruiau. Prest dent ot the Monmouth State Normal; W. J. Kerr, 1'renifleni of the Oregon Agricultural College; V. L. CaniphcH. Prcaldeui of the State l.'nivcrslty; Robert C, Kreii' h, lonuer President of the Weston Normal, and practically all of t lie leading educators of the State. .1. A. chim-hill, Superintendent of Public la HlrurliuiL, vole e the HcntlmentH of those who are most lamiHar with tho need of more adequate Normal fuclMttes when ht san: "Oregon's greatest need for Its rural schools Is the teacher who h.is had full preparation to do her work. Such urep4atiun can beat cortie through Normal School training. "I trust that the voters of the state will assist tn ralslnf the standard of our schools by establishing a State Nor mal School at Pendleton. The location Is central, the In trreet of the people of Pendleton In education most excel lent, arid the large number of pupils in the public schools will give amols opportunity to students to get the amount of teaching practice required In a standard normal school." All tlic above educators Insist that a Standard Norn ml School must be located In a town of 501)0 or snore population and having enough grade pupils for teuchiiiK practice. VOJTIt RIGHT By voting VES for No. 308 you will help to give te the school children of Oregon the same advantages enjoyed by the school children of our neighboring states. Vote YES tor No. 308. Eastern Oregon State Normal School Committee By J. H. Gwlnn, 8ecy., Pendleton, Ore. fPaid advertisement)
