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Writing In the Hartford Coeraet 0»
-Mark Twain." Dr. Edwin P. Parker
ot Hartford said:
"In 1870. according to my memoran
du m. a notable spelling match took
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tlonal church. In which eome thirty
persons, under their respective cap
tains, took part Among these con
testants were Dr. Burton. Judge Car
peuter. Charles E. Perkins. Mr. Clem
ens, Mr. Twlchell. Charles H. Clerk
General Hawley, Miss Trumbull, Miss
Blythe. Miss Burbank and Miss Stone
At last there were left standing only
Dr Burton and Miss Stone, end the
gallant doctor took the first oppor
timity to make an error and so to
leave Miss Stone the winner.
• But this notable coDteet wee pre
ceded by a preliminary speech In
which Mr Clemens wittily criticised
the supposed necessity of having any
uniform and arbitrary way of spelling
words. Among aererai amusing lllus
trillions of his argument was one as
follows: '1 have a correspondent whose
letters are always a refreshment to
me. there Is such a breezy, unfettered
originality alamt his orthography. He
always spells Kow with a large K.
Now. that Is Just as good as to spell
It In tbe conventional way with a
small one! Il Is better, for It sug­
gests to tbe mind a new, grand and
Impressive creature.'
"Nevertheless, In the contest that
ensued Mr. Clemens produced no 'eo-
perb effects of varlgated spelling.' but
stood up among the last five, if my
record Is right, only Mr. Clark. Miss
Keep. Dr. Burton and Miss Stone out­
lasting him."
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WHY ROOSEVELT IS LOSING GROUND.
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Lifelong and loyal Republicans will not follow him out of the *
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KfPTl'er Ainerican people will not gratify the disappointed ambition «
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of a man who, in a spirit of revenge, would wreck the Republican *
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party because it refused him a presidential nomination.
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Tilt country does not want for president a man who eagerly I
grasp at every wild and radical theory merely to gain votes
Honest men will not support a candidate who instituted dishonest
contests to help his nomination and who accepts money for his cam­
paign from the Harvester and Steel trust directors.
Thousands of Republicans do not believe that men of unblemished
character who disagree with Roosevelt are thieves and liars
Right-thinking people cannot trust a canuidate who violates his
solemn pledges.
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Republicans are beginning to realize that the only possible effect
of his candidacy may be the election of Wilson, and they are not
willing to bring upon the country the disaster of a Democratic admin­
istration merely to gratify one man s hatred or ambition.
The people will not Mexicanize the United States by electing to
the presidency a man who declares that he sees no objection to any
number o term» provided’ there is a recall
That ’s, if again made
president he would expect to remain in that office until the people
drove him out. What Washington would not take, what Grant coula
not get. Roosevelt shall not have.
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Is Now on the
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Indlitnapolis, Ind.. Sept. 30.—A caie-
fit! canvass haa been made of the
Roosevelt sentiment In every county
tn this state The Inquiry was started
by a prominent biialiiess man of tills
city, « h<> wns anxious to learn for him­
self the true condition of affairs. He
sent out a la_ge number of letters to
men In each of the counties w o were
not politicians and would have no In-
I centlve to falsify the situation. The re
plies showed that in every county In
I the state, with one exception, there
had been a marked decrease in the
Roosevelt sentiment. The opinion was
universally expressed that the Third
! Term candidate had fewer followers
1 now In Indiana than at any time since
, the campaign opeued and tills number
j wna steadily decreasing A few of
. these reports summarized follow:
White county—"Ours Is an agrtcul-
tural community and the farmere nil
j eeem satlsfled with conditions and are
j not calling for a change I see no evl-
I rfence nt Bull Mooselsm spreading On
' the contrary, it is weaker than at first.”
j Steuben county "The Third Tnrnt-
i era are on the down grade and will
not be as strong a month later as
they are now."
Lake county—’’Sentiment for the
Progressive ta weakened, i ospeetally
among tho farmers. Sentiment Is
growing more and more favorable to
the administration.”
Montgomery
county — "The
Bull
Moose sentiment hero Is waning
The
Third Term party ts losing
as the
campaign progresses ”
De Kalb county—"There will not be
many Bull Moose voters here Taft
will get some Democratic votes—quite
a lumber "
Mlama county—"The changes are
bow coming at! our way
There are
no more desertions from the Repub­
lican ranks"
Ttppmiioa
county — "The
Pull
Mooes asuttmont la subsiding ”
Reports from Allen and Im Grange
countlee are to the same effect.
SLIDING BACK IN NEVADA
Roossvelt Has Reached Hie Limit and
Is Rapidly Receding.
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Reno. Nov . Sept 2S. Tho decline
of the Roosevelt movement. notice
Ohio Ihnnigbout the country, la very
apparent In Nevada
"The Interest tn the Bull M osh
movement la crystallised In Roœe-
volt," >av« tbe Evening Gasette. ' »nd
that Intereel le waning " Tbe Gavotte
further state« that Kooeevelt'e dleap-
pelntlng arneoh tn this state, the fact
that he Is receiving funds from
George W Perkins and Io belug sup-
perted only by .set-off politicians are
drag atones about bls nock The Ga
•otto sumo up tho situation In Nevada
aa fol Iowa:
"Root • velt haa reached the limit of
hla power and ta eliding bark rapidly -
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KANSAS IS REPUBLICAN
Roosevelt Strength Among Voters 1»
Decreasing Perceptibly Through­
out State.
Topeka, Kan., Sept. 23.—Notwith­
standing the enthusiasm which has
always existed In Kansas for Theo­
dore Roosevelt, It Is undeniable that
his strength as a presidential candi­
date Is decidedly waning throughout
the state.
If he were the candidate of the Re­
publican party, and if there were a
chance of hla election, he would, of
course, sweep the state without any
serious opposition
But neither of
those conditions exists. The fact that
his own leaders have been obliged to
yield to the wave of Indignant pro­ I
test which swept against them on ac­ t
count of their effort to have Roose­ 1
velt’s electors placed in the Repub­ I r
lican column has not only proven the I
strength of the Taft sentiment, but It
has eliminated all possibility of
Roosevelt carrying the state. The I
withdrawal of hla electors from the t
Republican columns hns emphasised
the fact thrtt he Is not the Republican
candidate; and Kansas is too well
satisfied with the conditions which
have prevailed during the past six­
teen years to follow any man, how­
ever popular be may be. out of the
Republican party.
The Roosevelt sentiment has been
further weakened by the universal
conviction that, there Is no possibility
ot his election and that the only ef­
fect his candidacy can possibly have
Is to expose the country to the dan­
ger of a Democratic victory Kansas
is as far from being a Democratic
state as It ever was and with the sub­
stantial cdllapee of the Roosevelt cam
palgn. this state will be found in Its
aocuetomed’ place near the head f'f
the RepuMhcan column.
It May Eaaily Ba Demonstrated by a
Simple Method.
It Is quite possible to prove that the
earth revolves on its axle by a simple
experiment nnd without hnrlng re­
course to mntbemntlcs. Take a good
sized bowl. All It nearly full of water
and place It upon the floor of a room
which Is not exposed to shaking or
jarring from the street
Sprinkle over the surface of the ws.
ter a coating of lycopodium powder, a
white substance which can be bought
at almost any drug store. Then upon
the surface of this coating of powder
make with powdered charcoal a
straight black line. say. an Inch or two
Inches In length and lying north aa4
south..
Having made tills little black mark
with the chnr.'oal powder on the aur-
face of the contents of the bowl, lay
down upon the floor n stick or some
other straight object, so that It shall
tie exactly parallel with the mark.
(«eave the bowl undisturbed for a
few hours and then notice the position
of the black mark with reference to
the object that It was parallel with.
It will be found to have shifted Its di­
rection nnd to have moved from east
t<> west- that Is to say. In a direction
opposite to Hint of the movement of
tlie earth on Its axis.
The earth In simply revolving haa
carried ilie water and everything else
tn th« bout around with It. but the
powder on the surface has been left
behind a little The line will always
lie tound to have moved from east to
west, which Is good proof that every­
thing else has moved the other way.
No More Smiling.
The new vicar was paying a visit
among the patients in the local hos­
pital. When be entered ward No. 2 be
•■ame across a pale looking young man
lying In a cot. heavily swathed in band­
ages. There lie stopped, and. after ad
ministering a few words of comfort to
the unfortunate sufferer, be remarked
lu cheering tones:
"Never mind, my man. you'll soon be
all right Keep on smiling; that’s the
way of the world."
"I'll never smile again," replied the
youth sadly.
“Rubbish!" ejaculnted tbe vicar.
"There ain’t no rubbish about It!** ex
claimed the other heatedly.
"It's
through smiling nt another fellow's girl
that I'm here now."—Pearson's Weekly
His Eloquence.
The curate of a country pariah lately
preached a charity sermon, and the
collection which followed amounted to
£20 7s. «Vjd. In tbe vestry after the
service the churchwardens- counted It
out and mentioned the result. "Well.’’
said the reverend preacher, "J must
bnve preached pretty well to get all
that” “No doubt you did. air." re
LOSING IN NEBRASKA
piled one of the churchwardens who
had been collecting, "but tbe squire
Progressive Party Will Dis Before put In a £20 note, and he’s deaf."—
I I-ondon Mall.
Election Day Comae Around.
Unroluetantly.
Reports from Nebraska show that
"Ralph Darnley called again tant
i the Roosevelt sentiment Is decreasing.
nlghl. Resale, didn't he? Ton know
“The Third Term party," says one he's either well off. no I hope you
letter to Director Mulvane of the didn't treat him distantly." said
ffeatern bureau of the Taft campaign,
mamma
“la dwindling down to Pope"
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"Indeed I didn’t mamma
I was
James kJ Clark of Haatlngs. Neb.
verv much drawn to him-very mark"
president <*f a large company which she answered, with a blue*
handles tnveatmente. securities and
farm aotlgaaea. and who haa ex rep
A Hardship.
tlonal o*ovi unity to know the feel
"Thev talk of hardships." said er.
Ing emo«« ’tie farmers, says that tn Irish snklier a« he ley down tn alert-
1 Nebraaka the farmers are beginning on the do k of s transport, •but. he
to realise that if they followed Roose­
dad thl« H the hardest ship I wee etri
velt thev will land nowhere, and If tn In my life!"
they alloe a Democratic president to
be elected, they will be ruined.
Health and an Umbrotta.
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In Lincoln. Neb. the Third Term
A man’« health I» something like an
party had dlflcuity la securing evea
Ombrella When once lost It la hard
two hundred and fifty signers to a re-
to get tM<-k. but when worn a little It
, tltlon for their county convention.
may tw recovered.
"The Progressive |-erty will die before
election.’ save one report
Senti­ I
S|w*ak with the speech of the
ment is looking bettor tor Taft every
think with the thoughts of the
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Summary of Assessment Roll of Tillamook County
Year 1912.
Number.
Acree of tillable land..........................................
Acree of non-tillable land...................................
Improveniente on deeded land...........................
Town and city lot»................................................
niprovemente on town and city lota.............
niprovemente on lands not deeded ............
Steamboats. manufacturing machinery, etc
Merchandise.and etock in trade.........................
Farming implements, vehicles, etc.................
Shares of etock, money and notes.................
Household furniture ................................... .........
Horses and mules....................................................
Cattle ...........................................................................
Sheep and goats......................................................
Swine............................................................................
Doge.............................................................................
for
lfle
Value.
15,220
581,005
10.941,1»
35,335
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1.141,871
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102,«
120,010
1,334
0.370
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182,320
1,102
Grose vali'C of all property
»4,520.388
Majority Rule Amendment
meaeurea from the vicious ones
the wheat from the chaff, i0’t~
apeak, and paua favorable on the
Among the thirty eight measures, good ones and reject the bad ones?
which will appear on the official We say no, and to substantiate our
ballot to be voted on by the elector­ claim we need only call attention
ate of Oreg-on at, the coming elec­ to the fact that you may go forth
tion on November 5th, will be the today----- less than a month before
Majority Rule Amendment. This election, and consult 10 businew
is an amendment to the Constitu­ and professional men whose btut.
tion of the State of Oregon so as to ness and professional training has
require a majority of all electors taught them to look carefully into
voting at any election to adopt con­ important matters before render­
stitutional a.'iendment and pass ing a decision thereon, and p«k
initiative measures.
them if they have looked carefully
This measure is proposed for the into the 38 measures proposed and
express purpose of preserving the if they have read the 250 pages of
Initiative Law for the people of the official pamplet.
We make
Oregon by preventing the over-use the statement without fear of suc­
by its friends, and by preventing cessful contradiction, that at least
its abuse and possibly its appeal seven out of ten will admit they
by its enemies.
have not read the pamphlet at all,
It scarcely admits of argument and if so, have only given it a an
that the Initiative^Law as originally perficial glance. If such be the
intended by its sponsors, is a most caae with the man who >s supposed
worthy measure. But we find it to­ to give these matters close attention,
day “working overtime” in Oregon. what can be expected of the bnsr
We find it being grossly abueed and mechanic and laboring tnan whose
perverted—turned from the purpose attention is centered in then di
lor which it was originally intend­ rectione and whose environment is
ed, namely, to be a powerful weap­ along other lines?
on in the hands of the people with
The remedy suggested at the pres­
which to get important and neces­ ent moment by some of the most
sary legislation after the same has prominent newspapers of the s’ate
been neglected or refused by the is, “Vote ‘No’ on all measures un­
State Legislature. Governor Wood­ less you are sure.” Not having
row Wilson says: It is to be regard­ studied the merits of the 38 meas­
ed as “a gun behind the door”—to ures, how can the voter be sure!
be used only when the people’s If he votes “No” on all or most
representatives fail to represent all the measures and all are turned
down, how about the one, two per­
them.
BBtat 2^*' UT’*
After its eight years of use and haps three or four meritorieus
abuse we find it is fast pushing the measures for which there is a genu­
Legislature into a subordinate and ine need or demand by the peeple!
secondary p'nee. Beginning with Are they to meet the same fate as
few measures and a comparatively the dozens of ordinary measures
small official pamphlet.it has grown which should hive gone to the
until today there are 38 measures to Legislature in the first place, or
be voted upon, and an
official the vicious, or fanatic measures
>amphlet containing over 260 pages which should be turned down with
or the voter of Oregon to grope a vengeance ?
If we are to preserve the initiative
through in order to arrive at any­
thing like an intelligent conclusion law for the people of Oregon, both
in regard to the proposed measures. present and future, we must pro
What percentage of the voters ttect it by surrounding it with a
will take the trouble to give these 38 safeguard which will prevent its
misuse and abuse by those who
tention in order to vote intelligent would use it to further selfish in­
detriment of the
ly thereon ?
And yet it is the terests to the
bounden duty of every voter todo so, greater number of the people of
because in this conglomerate mass the state
there may be important measures
The Majority Rule amendment
affecting vitally all of the people of will do tins by driving all ordin-ry
the state. A large majority of these measures of legislation into the
38 measures are ordinary matters Legislature where they belong and
of legislation which should have by driving the selfish and perni­
gone to the Legislature where mem­ cious measures into oblivion where
bers elected by all the people are they, also belong.
paid for the purpose of passing up­
The Majority Rule amendment, it
on the merits or demerits of such passed, will reduce the number ot
measures, and who are at least sup­ measures on the ballot to a sane
posed to be competent to render an basis by giving notice to all that a
intelligent decision thereon. And measure in order to stand a chance
yet, we cannot expect any change of passing must have real men!
tn the number of measures on the and that there must be an actual
ballot so long as we have an un demand for the same, in whichcaae
bridled and unprotected initiative there will be no difficulty at all in
law that allows every paid propa­ getting a majority to vote in favor
gandist, every faddist and fanatic of it.
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who may be able to raise the price
Take the time and pains to looa
with which to hire an army of pro­ into the Majority Rule amenlmt“
fessional petition circulators to go and if you do, you will vote ‘or‘
forth and solid signatures to a and preserve the initiative law 1
petition at so much per name.
the people of Oregon.
What is there to prevent special
interests from initiating measures Vote 322 X Yes
containing jokers which if let pass,
may work untold injustice to the
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people of Oregon ? Will the elector,
ate of Oregon take the time and the
Majority Rule League.
trouble to dudy this official pamph­
let sufficiently to select the good Paid advt.
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If anyone should ask you to buy a
team of horses “unsight, unseen,”
from a mere printed description you
would think he intended to “stitig”
Ku. Now there is no more sense in
ying a range “unsight, unseen” than
there is in buying a team cf horses — nor
is it necessary. Tno Crcat Mcjcatic ij in use ‘
ta almost every township in the United State t
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—the range with a r putation — built cn 1. nor—.. f the best material» —
before investing your money in a rau; • cf t.uy kind.
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Jon do, you want the best yonr money cau procure—that’s the
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