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EM-TEES
I'KKSKXCK OF MINI).
"Oh, John!" shrieked Mrs. Dor
kins. "Tho biiliy hus nwullowetl a
jileco of nionoy."
Mr. DorkliiH look a iinndf ul of
chnnno out of lilx pocket and looknil
II over.
"Calm ynureslf, Marin,'' h Raid.
"It was that counterfeit iiimrler I've
boon trying to get rid of."
l'I'.UHAl'S IT A li I
Charles IiciiiniliiK committed aul
cltlu yesturday by Hhootiiw. No emme
for the deed Is known. Shortly be
fore tho dlnrmr hour ho took bis
fountain lieu to his room lu write.
The Denver Post.
It's always a big bore for a btirRlar
It the safe Is locked.
Tommy cumo out of a room In
which his father was tacking down
carpet. I lo was crying lustily.
"Why, Tommy what's tbo matter?"
asked his mother.
"P-P-p-papa hit his finger with the
hammer," sobbed Tommy,
"Well you needn't cry at a thine
llko that," contorted his mother.
"Why didn't you IiiukIi?"
"1 did," sobbed Tommy, disconso
lately. TKMPOHAUY OIUKCTIOX.
A shoemakiir was fitting a custo
mer with a pair of boots, when the
buyer observed that he had but one
objection to them, which was that tho
soles were a little too thick.
"If- that Is all," replied the shoe
maker, "put on tho boots, and the
objection will gradually wear away."
POUTLANI), Oct. 14. "Wilson Is
certain to carry Nebraska, Wyoming
and IHub nnd ho stands better than
nil oven chance of winning Washing
ton, Oregon and Montana," declared
Prctl T. I)u Hois, ex-l'nlled States
senator from Idaho, who was In Port
land yesterday.
Senator l)u Pols In traveling over
t!io western ststcu sizing up the situ
ation for tho democratic national
committee. Ho left for Poise last
night to cover bis home statc( about
which he would not venturo a predic
tion, not having traversed It, and
from there will go lo California and
later to Nevada, New Mexico. Arizona
and Colorado and then Into Chicago
to report bis findings at western
democratic headquarters.
The states on which be expressed
01 inions yesterdav are those he has
alleady covered.
COMMUNICATION
California Women for Wilson
Tn the fj'diior:
I have rend that a "mor little coun
try I'urnier'' Ims snld two ol' her pics
f-o that she mi-jlit ;m to Portland,
where !ie tu!il llie penult' he ntliliv-?--cil
lluit lle ttttiiirti lit' .lilelen count v
are mu-. li In f:inr of Mr. I lushes for
re-iileiit. If such i the case, tliev
arc entirely dilferent from the women
of California, ,libniii;li norniMlly rc
inlilienti liv over Jimi.iiihI votes, the
Cinlden Stiili- will c;-t its electoral
vote for Mr. Wil (Hi. nnd r.iucli of thr
eiedii thru-tor will u i i to her women.
a hir-je tna.inritv if wbent desire the
rc-ofet'iii.n of the r,.-ideiit. The
"p-olden ,1'eeiMl" luis n.i eliaim tor
(hem. ( HAS. NlfKKi.L.
Oal.latid. fill., VI. U.
A CURIOUS SPECTACLE
A CURIOUS spectacle is presented bv the "Golden
Special," financed by the women of the money
kings of Wall street, sent across the continent to instruct
Die women of Oregon and other western states how to vote.
These women of plutocracy, their satellites and para
sites, have no vote themselves, and have never voted. They
have never shared in the responsibilities of citizenship and
do not know how to mark a ballot, yet they presume to
teach the women of the west who hnve won the franchise
for themselves and for years studied public issues and
voted thereon, how to vote.
The only field where these ladies of the idle rich have
won leadership is in smart set society, where they have in
vented the monkey dinner, the poodle soiree and other
functions copied from the decadent aristocracy of the hec
tic, holidays of the dying Roman empire. Their cigarette
smoking antics have raised the question as as whether the
nation was not degenerating and it surely would be, if
their leadership was followed.
Wealth, fashion, privilege, snobbery, caste and flum
mery have decreed that Hughes should be elected presi
dent, and there is so much money in the 0. 0. P. campaign
chest that this "perfectly delightful" excursion has been
organized to educate Ihe vulgar common people of the be
nighted west.
Waving the American flag in one hand and exploiting
the people with the other, they come among us, "ashamed
(if my country," urging a change, edging the country
toward war in the interest of the moneyed and leisure
classes, whom war always benefits, shouting the battle-cry
of privilege "Hughes!" and we bespeak for the ladies
the courtesy that the real humor of the enterprise merits.
HUGHES CAMPAIGN
MR. HUCllIES answers campaign questions as follows:
i. Mr. Hughes, how would you have handled the
foreign situation if you had been president?
A. I believe in a high protective tariff.
(,). How would a protective tariff .help the United
States during the European war?
A. We should protect American interests in Mexico.
How would you have handled the Mexican situa-
Q.
t ion
A.
Q-
A.
I am for undiluted Americanism.
"What will you do if elected president?
The republican party has a glorious history of
achievement.
In one of its carefully prepared newspaper and maga
zine advertisements, published to elect Judge Hughes, and
more especially to "beat Wilson," the war party gives
what it seems to believe to be proof that Judge Hughes will
make an ideal president.
It is to be presumed that the statement is complete and
that it is official, so we quote, it in full. Here it is:
"The record of Mr. Hughes is such that It appeals to the confidence
of tho people. V 1 .
"He saved holders of Insurance policies millions of dollars and prob
ably prevented eventual bankruptcy of Insurance companies.
"As governor of New York he was fearless, uud -successful In his
fight tor honest, forward measures.
"ills position is always clear, bis judgment sound and his actions
riulck."
Is not that a definite record? Is not that a list of spe
cific acts? No glittering generalities there!
Is it not strange that in all his years of public service
his own committee can find only that he "probably pre
vented eventual baukniptcy'of insurance companies"?
Yet this is the only record offered. It is interesting to
observe that this complete "record" of the war party can
didate occupies just one-fourteenth of the advertisement.
The other thirteen-fourt cent lis are devoted to explain
ing that President Wilson should never have done anything
that he has ever done.
SABOTTAGE
A dam son Writes of His 8-Hour Law
KnllrotuU Slay Be Retonciled Make No Test
By WILl.iAM c. APAMSOX.
(Rejjroscntutivo in congress from
Georgia, and author of the railroad
eight-hour duy bill.)
No piece of legislation ever passed
by the American congress wns more
justifiable than the bill proposed at
the joint session by President Wilson,
and later enneted by both houses, for
the prevention of a nation-wide rail
road ulrike.
This bill fixes nn ripM-honr work
ing day as the basis of pay for train
men engaged in interstate commerce,
and before it bad even been signed by
the president it had served its immedi
ate purpose by recalling the strike or
der which had gone forth.
Not only did the eight-hour net
spare this country n period of par
alysis nnd distress more overwhelm
ing than any through which it has
ever passed in a titno of peace, but
ulrcady it has paved the way for n
settlement of the issues upon which
the railroads and their employes
deadlocked.
The information has come to us
thnt the railroads themselves are be
coming reconciled to the system which
the law imposed, nnd that the litiga
tion to test the constitutionality of
the act mny never be begun, or if be
gun, may never.be carried to the su
premo court.
Whether the railroads accept this
legislation or not, those of us who
were instrumental in placing this law
upon the statute books need offer no
apologies for our uction.
We faced n national crisis. The
president bad used all the power at
liis command, to bring the two parties
together, nnd had failed. Arbitra
tion was imjiossible. The strike im
pended. Embargoes had been laid
agnin.st perishnblo freight. Prices of
necessities of life doubled overnight.
It is untrue Ibat congress was prodd
ed or driven in this matter. K there
wns any driving done, the public in-
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it 25c at all druggists.
terest was the driver. We were the
spokesmen of the American people,
and we acted us their spokesmen.
The statement that this Is an act to
increase labor or to take control of
labor is without foundation. It mere
ly provides the status quo until der
ation of the eight-hour day can be ob
served by a competent commission,
and until further legislation can be
had.
It is merely a truce enforced upon
the warring elements; it is merely a
protocol adopted prior to a permanent
treaty.
Nobodv need fear that congress will
ever deliberately disregard the rights
of either the railroads or their cra
nio ves.
Wise men get a lot of free Instruc
tion from fools.
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Mrwt women look
npon becoming a
mother, for the first
time, as something
full o f unknown
mysteries; agony
nnd pain; a time of
distressing days and
months. ' These are misguided con
clusions. "Mother's Friend," used
dally before confinement, will prove
its great value as an allay to those
distressing pains and assist nature In
doing Its work with ease and comfort.
Get "Mother's Friend" at yonr drug
gist. The young mother should become
acquainted with the Information con
tained In a book on Motherhood that
will be mailed free to all who write.
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CHICAGO ADVERTISERS
CHICAGO. Oct. 1 1. Three men
held up the e:.shi,i ..f the Mctlill
Weinslieimc r etmipiuiv, tin advertising
firm, l'i'h'V and e-enie, with :;tiim.
the concern's n cckly paj roll.
UT ECAUSH ihe democrats have been in power three
years and did not, pass the Anthony amendment
for sut'l'raKc, the woman's partv is opposing the re-election
of President AVilson and all democrats to national office,"
stated Mrs. Willaim Kent ot California in her Medford
speech.
Yet 1 lie republican party was in control for sixteen
years straight, before Mr. "Wilson's election, and did noth
ing to advance the canst? of suffrage. It was, with eight
years' exception, in control for fifty-two veal's previously,
and did nothing for suffrage. It was not boycotted.
The republican party platform promises no more for
suffrage than the democratic platform not as strong an
endorsement, lloth leave it to the states, where it must be
decided, anyway.
Mr. Hughes personally declared himself in favor of the
amendment, but how is he to pass it without his party 1 Ilis
interest in it is newly born, a product of the campaign. In
six years he has never had interest enough in public mat
ters to even register for voting. He did not vote for it when
it was before his own state, and is a "slacker" as a citizen.
Mr. "Wilson has not only advocated suffrage, but voted
for it. He declares it a. matter for the states to decide as
it is. for even if the Anthony amendment was passed by
congress, it would still have to be ratified by two-thirds of
the states. When these states are won, the amendment
will follow, as a matter of coui'se.
Mr. Wilson stands for progress and a progressive pro
gram. Mr. Hughes stands tor reaction, as tar as tie is at all
committed. And the woman's partv seeks to undo all the
splendid progress towards democracy of the nation during
the past three years, to gain a hvpothetieal advantage.
The "woman's party," financed as a Hughes side show,
comprises the militant suffragettes, who make a lot of noise
and disturbance, but never accomplished anything to se
cure votes for women in this or tiny other country.
u was not ny such methods that the women ot uregon
secured suffrage. Nor is it bv such methods that national
suffrage will win. This method is a form of sabot tagc.
where the entire machine of political progress would be
wrecked by the disgruntled because the wheels don't turn
last enough.
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