PAfijE SJS
MEDFORJ") "MAIL TKIUUNE. BEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAV.
OCTOBER (.
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SOLVES PUZZLE
OF HUGHES AS
A CANDIDATE
Human Interest in Campaign Is to
Find Out Why a Man of Rare
Courage and Frankness Is Wander-
Ing About Country Trailing Nothing
But Cold Platitudes.
"Tlic Pi7.l of Ilui(lii'h" Ims been
solved. Waller Lippnuui, New Vurk
bus limit' it, for tbnt is the title he
rivus to an nrti''lo nu t ho republii'nn
onndidnte for president. Iti-bind thu
writing of Hie nrtiolo itself there is
mi inti'restiiiR little tale.
Knowing Mr. Lipimimi ns mi linn
est writer, us well ns tliorouph rind
clever, the eilitur of Collier's Weekly
nsked him to write nn nrtiele on
Hughes. Mr. l.ippwrm did so, hut it
nn such n frunk nrnii;iiirieiit of the
j'onner jusliee that Collier's, whieh is
supporting llnithes, turned It down.
That same ailiele now appears in the
current issue of The New Republic,
an independent journal.
ICiplulus Kvoliitiim
"Many of us are very busy invent
ing theories about why wo are not
cashiii'' in now on the legend of
Hughes the fearless, the just, the wise
ullil the heroic. That is the human in
terest of this campaign to find out
why a man of ran eoni'iitfe and
frankness, of balanced mind, a lu.'ui
of evpeiieuee in politics, should be
wandering around the country trail
ing nothing but cold and damp plati
tudes. The puzzle is to rxuluin the
evolution of a distinguished man into
an undistinguished candidate.
"If we had to judge him merely by
what he has been saying since he wus
nominated w should have to grant
that he js n republican of the 'nine
ties, superstitious about the tariff,
Philistine about Imsiucss, I'rock-eont-ed
about labor, and with a regular
Vnion league attitude Inward the dem
ocrats, national honor and prosper
ity. As a candidate, .Mr. Hughes has
been Ihe perfect representative of a
convention Hint spent n whole morn
ing enjoying speeches by Joe Can
lain n ml Chnuneey Depcw. lie is the
nominee! of a parly that has lit pres
ent only one principle to its niituo u
dcsiio to heat Mr. Wilson.
Xomuuitcd lis Dragnet
"Mr. Hughes was not nominated as
candidate of a party or lender of a
cause, but as a dragnet for all pos
sible nuli-Wilson votes. The politic
ians calculated that if all the people
who do not like the president were
collected the party could win. Mr.
Hughes' tusk as candidate has been
to keep enough people from liking Mr.
Wilson,
".Mr. llughi-s srcuis In nin to net like
n man who lias been stunned so that,
his brain for the time being hits lost
its fighting edge. He appears to be
frightened and anxinin, and uniihlo to
make dangerous decisions. He acts
as if he was too worried to think. Ion
confused to face issues, too depress
ed to lead.
"The fact is that this is (he first
til I crisis of Mr. Hughes' public life,
when he has staked eiervthing on
Micccss. For years Mr. Hughes has
been telling himself and others that
a justice of the supreme court must
liive up ambition. Nu ,,ne lias ccr
given heller reasons why !t judge
t-lwuld not run tor office. Those
M-ruplcs are not altogether dead. Mr.
Hughes has the kind of i-,eieme
that could not allow them to disap
pear altogether. In his effort to be
nil ellicient eaudldalc he has h;i,l to
Mump on them violently, but it is the
nature of conscience to keep on hurt
ing a man even when he docs not real
ize it.
Not ScH-iable Man
mr. ungues is not a soeiaiiie man
in Ihe popuhir sense, nor n loer of
publicity and crowds. His fcclin-
leaches the common life at few point'
lis is so often the ease with men w li
nn1 intensely concentrated in their
work. To touch the world at many
Kiints and like it is foreign to him.
'Jim best work of Hughes has to be
done in solitude, nt his desk, with a
jiiarveious power o close attention.
Hut ptiiiipnigning and being popular i
u disorderly life, u hiiplia.aril, super
ficinl way of living. I have heard him
hay that the reserve which hedges Ihe
supreme court, coming after the lilat-
fi ti t publicity of the governorship, had
meant the world to him .
"lie has given up that quiet so con
genial to his mind for the hubbub of
n campaign which may. nfier nil,
bring him defeat. Only a superhuman
could fail lo recoil, wonder about the
rhoico he has made and want too
lunch to win. The dignity and peace
nf his life are at sinke in this elec
tion. He is making mie of the gieat
gambles of American polities. i,--Jcatcil
lis the repiibln an i ainlul.uc
this year, the sacrifice' would be ap
palling and complete.
lulici'lU'd His Caso
!"Xow, a man who has just gone
through such a iiersona! crisis is more
likely to hesitate, to play safe, lofJ
trust the good old formulas, to cling
to the party, than to strike out for
himself with the assurance that even
if he loses he wins. Today he repre
sents n eniigloiucridiou of nuti
standing for no cause for which he
can work without reservation.
"lie inherited the ease against Mr.
Wilson; hi1 did not make il. It was
Colonel Kooscvelt. and he alone, who
laid out Ihe lines of the atlack on the
president. The mood which Itooseii
embodied, the campaign which Roose
velt sketched. Mr. Hughes had to take
over, and it 1 it si linn as little as tin
uniform of n rough rider. If Mr.
Hughes dared lo let his intellect work-
he could not help being much more
moderate in his assaults on the pres
ident. A just judge could not escape
reali7ing that there is a very great
deal to bo said for Mr. Wilson.
C-lt.ve of ItepresHloil
"Mr. Hughes today is a uiau who
has repressed a profound scruple, has
risked a career for which he was pe
culiarly fitted, has entered a kind of
life which he does not en joy, has made
himself the exponent of ft parly with
out principle and of a mood which
is not his own. Why, then, did he ac
cept the nomination What was the
issue that called Mr. Hughes from the
bench? H was something which has
never been mentioned in the campaign.
and yet seemed to Mr. Hughes a com
pelling reason for acceptance. The
very atternoon when lie resigned and
scut his telegram o the republican
(invention he explained his action by
saying thai our syslem of government
could not lie worked without two
strong parties, and that he was the
only man who could unite the progres
sives and the republicans. The call
came to him as n way to save the
country by redeeming the republican
party.
"If Mr. Wilson has done nothing
else, he has gone far toward restoring
confidence in the possibilities of our
government. The radical and the
humble have felt a response from
Washington they have never known
before. The generous, idealistic,
peace-loving people of America have
felt they were represented in Mr. il-
sou. Let .Mr. Ungues come in wit n
anything that resembles a plutocratic
renetion, and the cause ot etticieney
receive n sluggering blow, no mat
ter how good Mr. Hughes' appoint
ments may be.
.Measure Is Short,
III a time when there were one or
two complicated problems before the
people, which rci(uired expert treat
ment, there would be no doubt thai
Sir. Hughes measured up to the of
fice. Hut we are not in such n time,
and that is why there is doubt of his
fitness. We are in a time of iiniin-
ginable complications, ,,!' unexpected
rises. It is a period of extreme nn
asiuess beneath the surface when the
government must have the willing con
fidence of the people in order to move
siiceesstully. I lie president ot the
I'liitcd States in the next four years
will have to be a very iiimble-miniled
and versatile man, a man capable of
piick intuitions, and with the power
to guess rightly almost on Ihe spur ot
the moment. There will be a few
questions he can study thoroughly. He
will haM1 to he able to pick ideas in a
hlirrv, keep close to Ihe deeper cur
rents of popular feeling and have no
fear of adventure."
(Courtesy the New Republic)
.1. C. Perry Is u business visitor
111 tlic city from Hill. Cal.
A HARD NUT TO CRACK.
SOUTHERN OREGON
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RUSSIANS IN FIERCE DRIVE Loos and Ariuentieics districts, in-1
PIONEERS HOLD
FORTIETI
REUNION
THOUSANDS OF
SICK WOMEN
Helped Every Year by Common
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by The Lydia E. Pinkham
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For forty yearn women nulTering from
nil kind of female ills have been writ
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of Lynn, Mans., for advice.
Thus they receive common sense sug
gestions drawn from a vast volume of
experience, and thousnnds of sick wo
men have been saved from untold sufTer
tn(t. as letters like the follow ing clearly
show :
Newark. Ohio. "Lydia E. Pinkhsm's
Vegetable ComHund has made mo a
well woman, lour
Sanative Wash is
just the thing to
overcome femalo
weakness. I have
told young mothers
as well aso'lderones
about your reme
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have done for me,
I think Lydia K.
Pinkham's Vegeta
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my life, as my health was very bail
when I wrote you, but now I can do my
own work and have not had a sick day
since I began taking your remedies.
I keep the Compound and Liver Pills on
band all the time. "Mrs. C,f:o. Thomp
son, !4 Sherwood Court, Newark, Ohio.
Why don't you write for free advice?
Address Lydia K. Pinkham Medicine
Co. (confidential), Lynn, Muss.
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Loos and Arnieiitiercs districts, in
cluded within this area of activity,
gas was discharged from the llritish
into the (ieininn lines northeast of
Kuiicourt L'Abbavc.
Only artillery activity on the
French section of the Somnie front
is reported in today's war office bul
letin from Paris.
British raiders have been active on
both the Lille and the Lens regions. ,
Along Western I'l-ont
Whether the raids on the Cierniah
line have more than local significance
is not apparent. In operations in the
trenches
The German crown princ
sumcd active hostilities at
Paris announces. His eims
cned up a heavy fire on ill
dun region the artillcrv
busy.
. i.... nr tlm sin.
The lata annual reuniu- ...s (
clcty of Southern Oregon Pioneers
was held at the court house, Jackson-
1 vllle. October StU. with over SOU In
attendance from al parts ot the coun
ty, Ashland sending the largest dele
gation. The address of welcome was given
by Km.il Hrltt, president of the so
ciety. The program rendered con
sisted of the following:
Prayer by Itcv. Hutchinson.
Solo by George Andrews.
Violin solo by Lena Ilanna accoiu-
. .... i onu.nll lllneii
piiuieo. oj i'iia. iw",:" i
Address by Miss Marian Townu. ,
Solo by Miss Hess Bryan.
Itccitation by Miss Lulu Williams.
Auld Lung Syne by the assembly.
The oration by Miss Marian Towne
one of southern Oregon's distinguish
ed native daughters, was very Inter
esting and highly commendable, the
'principal theme of Miss Towne s au
! dress being "The Pioneer Mother."
The morning session was concluded
with the pioneer song by the assem
bly. M 1 p. m. a sumptuous banquet
was served at 1. O. O. K. banquet ball
by the Native Daughters Cabin ot
Jacksonville.
At the afternoon session some very
Interesting reminiscences of early
lonoor life in Oregon wero related
by Mr. Burnett, a pioneer of 1846
and a resident of Oregon for 70 years.
Obituaries on the death of the fol
lowing members of the society were
read: Mrs. Martha Itapp, Sirs. J.
Hiiffer. .Tolin S. llerrin, John X. Mil
ler and John W. Hillnian (discoverer
of Crater Lake,) written by himself
during his lifetime. In this connec
tion was read his letter describing the
Woodrovv Wilson supporters im,
hnwiig a hard time, to meet the de
mand for Wilson buttons. The demand
has been so great that the supplies
received from the east have been ex
hausted us soon ns they have been
received.
The league hcadiiuurters received
notice this morning from the eastern
bcadiiiiarlcrs of the Wilson Indepcn.
dent league that it was impossible In
meet the demand for Wilson buttons,
owing to the fact thut the factories
liiiiniifacturing Ihciii have been unable
to keep up with Ihe calls made from
every part of the country. Tim local
offices are answering the calls made
upon them as rapidly us the supplies
reach I hem.
John Walsh of Lake Creek trans
acted business In tho city Friday.
TAKE "CASCARETS" IF
discovery of the lake.
George W. Dunn and Mrs. Grainger
the district west and southwest of
Trebi.ond is being successfully push
ed, the war office announced today.
The Turks are being forced back in
- has re-'lbe direction of the Kaiv.hut river,
Verdun I which runs through Ardasa, about 40
have op-. miles southwest of Trebizond and j of Ashland were elected president
Cote du empties into the Black sea near Tre- and vice-president for the ensuing
I'oivre. or I'cppcr Hill, north of the vli, oil miles west trom I rebizond. year. The next annual reunion will
fortress, while elsewhere in the Vcr-! ; ; , be held at Ashland.
notably I'KTIiOOKAO, Oct. (i. Itnssian
troops are continum" their offensive
: ! against the German and Bulgnrinn
Drive in Armenia. forces in Liobrudja, it was announced
I'KTliOGRAI), Oct. II. The Uus-' today by the Russian war office, and
siuu offensive in Turkish Armenia in took some ;tl)ll prisoners yesterday.
! William Muller returned Thursday
Uo Sacramento after a short stay In
i tho vicinity of Medford spent in vis
iting old friends and in hunting and
I fishing.
Ilest for l.lvcr nnU IWnveLs, Had
llroutli Bud Colds, Sour Stonuich
Get a 10-cent box.
Sick headache, biliousness, coaled
tongue, head and nose .'clogged up
with a cold always trace this to tor
pid liver; delayed, fermenting food
In the bowels, or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in tho
intestines, Instead of being cast out
of the system Is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches tho
delicate brain tissue is causes conges
tion and that dull, throbbing sicken
ing headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigest
ed food and foul gases, take the ex
cess bile from the liver and carry out
all the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascarct tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning.
They work while you sleep a 10
cent box from your druggist means
your head clear, stomach sweet and
your liver and bowels regular for
months. Adv. '. ...
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Saturday Sale of New Waists
Women's Lingerie
Witists, ihe ' Wirthinore'
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Ucnnlil'til new Crepe dc
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" Kayser's" Fall
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pair 48
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Great Blanket Sale
500 PAIRS TO SELECT FROM
Full size Cotton Ulankets
in ;;Tay and white. pr..98
Wool Finish Ulankets.'
larire size, pr $1.98
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in plain ami fancy, soecial.
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Saturday
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Hand Uiigs, all leather.
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Good Outing Flannel.
special, yard 10
Women's Emb. Edjje
Handkerchiefs .: 2
Hair Ribbon, up to 20c
values, yd 10
Hair Ribbon, up to 25c
values, vd 15
Dress Goods Bargains
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:li-inch Lining Satin, spe
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