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Tb matesutait baa L-n MUMtalxid for naarlv
sftjr-two yean, and It baa mm sufcaertbers who
fear race!
red It Deany that loot, and many
Wtiobav maul
It ffr a a-vi.t-raltoii. Hani tn
tnaa ot)t to baring tae paper dlaonUnne4
at ia lira a of vlratloa of fbrlr saUacrtntlona.
Vor buiant of Umm,ih4 for other rtaaona
w aavaooneiafled to disco tin u aub.cr.ptiona
aiy wura n.moa 10 oo ao. . A" persona pvta
wli vtimcrihng, or parlor ia advaae. will
hava tJ benefit of ih dollar rata. Bat if they
donotpay f t ate months, tn rata will be
a yaar. Hereafter wa wui xua tb papar to aU
rtarpooalbla persona who oti' t it, iLoa- Um
aiar notaaod tba mono?, wtlb tba uttOnraUud-
in a tbatUiar ar tn pay II. ZS a year, lu eaa they
tot iba AibacrlnUon account pio over ait
tamitba. lit ordar thai 'her aaar ba bo mlann
daratattdlBR. wa will keep tbla aotloa aUsdlwa
kU 1 a m a. .
CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000
After enrefully reading the speech of
Oj-over Cleveland of Friday night,, tbe
inference in fairly justifiable that he is
not pleased with Republican policies.
This ia a surprise that in Jisappohitinsi
. Col. Bryan Saya he will be in politic
for twenty yearn yet. Jn that time, jet
vs hope, ' he will dimlge that jea
which he acquired in Europe last year,
hut which, ao far, has been carefully
kept nnler eover. ..
In firing at. random upon a panning
Teasel without knowing what flag it
parried, the Russian Baltic, fleet aeero
e.l to Le an badly rattled a the ordin
ary Oregon hunter who mistake a
plain looking boy for a gorgeously
adorned Chinese pheasant, an 1 abo.ta
to kill.
3Tbe
New
York World discourses at"
Uiitlt on what it denominates
telyou's Bad Taste." But no
"for
matter what sort of taste Oortelyoit may have
at present, it will not compare with that
dark brown one that will greet Judge
Parker as he arises for his regular
plunge an the morning, of November
9th.
'The. people of the United States are
solemnly informed that Senator Culber
son, of Texas, thinks Roosevelt "erred
in the 'Panama business". Wonder if
f'ulberao thinks Parker, if elected,
would undo the "Panama business!"
Why not diaeti the Missouri Com
Jpiomiso awhile, just for a chang.'?
Bourke (Wbran went all ihe way to
fblcago to inform an audineee that be
la opposed jo the tariff. Great guns.
the American people at timesl Who
would, have thought it of Cochran f
And for four solid weeks, now, he has
n" m niijijiM a ! naiaiyir iiinh a sf l a
identt
"The Statesman hopes that every vote
in the stnt of Oreg.n will ite east on
the Kth of -Xovemlier for some candi
date for President. If you think it
should l Parker, then vote for him.
And the same should be said of thu
supporters of Watson or of Swallow.
mana the election or JCoosevelt, but if
you do not. think so, t"heti vote for your
choice. But votet
The aetion taken by the meeting held
in Salem Saturday to consider the ques
tion of providing for an exhibit at the
Lewis and Clark Fair was in the right
direction. The county eonrt can be re
lied upon to do ita dut ia so important
a matter as properly displaying the re
sources of Marion, one of the hest all
round counties in the state. We should
not only, make an exhibit but make an
effort for that thousand-dollar first j
unite. . Nn coiinfv aan iirmu iki. I m t
the variety of iU excellent t,ro.uet ..J" their bus.nes. is of the worst
will be admitted when we recall the lh,r,t"r' no ,,oubt h,y "oaM
-farm display made by A. M. Lafollette ta , waire city treasnry band-
a, few yea ra ago. No single farm in the
United States could have done better.-
Gray?
"Mf hair was falling out and
turning grT erjr UtU But your
Hair Vigor stopped the railing and
restored the natural color. ""--Mr.
E. Z. Benomme, Cohoea, N. Y.
It's impossible for you
not to look old, with the
color of seventy years in
your hair! Perhaps you
are seventy, and you like
your gray hair! If not,
use AyerV Hair Vigor.
In less than a month your
grav hair will have all the
dark; riclv color of youth.
. tl.H a Wile. AS erarjSctt.
I' TOOT droaTrtat cannot saimlr von.
aaad u ea duilmr and wa lil .xpVtS
you a bottle, ho aara and rta tnt
J. C AVit -to, Utmta, UmZ
I
ti;"biq swear," specter.
Day by day ueh leading Democratic
paper aa the Brooklyn Eagle and tbe
N-w York Worbt hammer away uneeas
(ngl on the assumption that President
Roosevelt is a dangerous man to be at
the head of the nation because of his
inordinate deaire to plunge the country
into a Woody war.'. Jn their persistency
ia endeavoring to push this question to
the front, thefact is quite overlooked
that no piuh attempt has been made
and there has been no appearance of
such attempt. ' We were never at any
time in" oor history anparently further
from any serious' international difltenl"
ty thatf at present. '
J oat 'while the Demoeraey Is endeav
oring so franieally to infuse some life
into this ereature of straw, it is of in
tent to rneall the attitude of some of
the eminent Demoeratie Presidents on
questions that might have very proper
ly subjected them to the aeeuaation of
being on. very intimate terms with the
proposition - that a national "Big
Ktiek'f ia not a "bad thing to have with
in immediate reaeb and on constant
display. , , , ;.' ,
I 'a using by Jaekson, who was primar
ily a perambulating ' Big Btlek" ar
rayed in ordinary clothing, and was so
regarded by everybody, Jefferson him
self, though usually regarded as a matn
of peace, was at times ready for any
kind of war that would add to our ter
ritorial possessions.
On the 10th of August, 1807, while
still President, and when the war of
1812 was easting its shadows before,
Jefferson wrota a letter to Madison, his
Secretary of Btate, a part of which
was as follows:
had rather hav war with -Spain
than not, n we are to go to
war with' England. Our Southern
lfenses can takeJcare of the Flor- j
mas, volunteers will flock to our
standard from the Mexican army,
and rich pabulum will be offered
our privateers in the plunder of
their commerce end coasts. Prob- j
ably Cuba would add ilseli to our
confederation."
Here is the Father of Democracy"
on record as preferring a war with
Spain "than not," though no provoca
tion existed, further than it -would re
suit in "rich pabulum being offered
our privateers in the plunder of the
coasts and commerce, of the Florida.
Incidentally, of course, Cuba might
become ours and a new field secured
for the extension of slavery.
The history of the United "States is
full of incidents going to show the pres
ence of tb" Big St lek idea, more or
less, tbongh never less than at the pres
ent time. But it makes a sight of differ
ence whether it is being brandished by
Vou or Me!
Tim GAMBLING- WAS IN MULTNO
MAH COUNTY.
The public generally will rejoice that
Sheriff Word, of Multnomah, intends
to invoke and enforce the state law
against gambling in that county. That
is what the law is for and what he ia
for. The dallying wltb the slate
gambling law has become a farce of the
first magnitude. Nobody ; defends
gambling. No reputable newspaper in
the state has done so or will do so. No
man want his son to be a gambler. It
is it reprehensible business, illegitimate
in its character, and without a -single
redeeming quality. It is under the ban
of the state law and not a member of
either house of the Legislature will of
fer a bill to legalize it.
One of the best acts of his long, var
ied and. honorable career was performed
when Mayor Williams vetoed the pool
room ordinance of the Portland city
council, the enactment of which npon
the ground that, while it is an admitted
ly indefenaible business, the proceeds
from it are needed in the municipal
treasury, is a stunner to those who have
a grille in the good name of that city,
j Councilman Albee made a good point
when h. said that upon that line of
reasoning, highwaymen should be li
censed to ply their vocation, ainee,
" "H,r,r r ie privilege oi uemg ex-
empt "from official interference. . If
full treasury is the first desideratum,
then accept the surest means of reach
ing that most important end.
; If Sheriff Word proves to . be the
man who will enforce the state law ia
this respect then bis election . last
pring will have had soin.; redeeming
qualities apart from political consider
lations. ,.'-' , ; !
Tin: CHUEcirxs and divorces.
Notwithstanding tbe admitted neri
ousness of the question in some of its
phases, there is an amusing side to the
manner in which some of the rburebes
recently aaaembled in their annual eoa-
ferenee and eonclavea have undertaken
to "aolve' tbe divorce evil. And it is
not surprising that in any gathering of
representative people, even among tbe
churches, there should be a wide differ
ence ia conclusion upon such a ques
tion, for as is common in considering
all topics, there are extremists, and tbe
middle ground, which la usually tbe most
nearly right, furnishes the field for the
scrapping and finally for tbe accept
ed camping place. , f ,
No matter what a church organiza-
1 -SSsSfJ. From
the,
OfHco
Window V
N X X
BeaJers of the Statesman shouM not
forget " that Commencement : - exer
elses in the Electoral College will be
bel on Tuesday, November 8th.:
To paraphrase a remark made by
Sydney Smith about V strawberries,
Doubtless God could make a prettier
day than a right pretty -3ay ia October,
but doubtless He never ban.
i. i O t 'if'
Jacob Casteli-ne, of "New Jersey says
be has not slept wink for twenty
years. As ft probably 4 eross between
Ananias and Rip Van Winkk , the
Statesman will risk its all on Mr. Caa
teline.' V -i - : ' " '
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In his . speeches before tbe eonnty
fairs in New York Senator Depew is
saying that pumpkrn pies are bi fa
vorite. 'And yet there are t huso . who
would place pumpkin pies in second
place among accepted delicacies. ' "
;y l -v-; o : , e
Since there appears to be bj real dif
ficulty in Panama, after all, it neems
likely that John Barrett came home
merely to see that the presidential cam
paign attains the proper temperature
before passing tinier the wire. John
has an especial dislike, for cold feet,
even among his friends.
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- The party of four i ho, at San Ber
nardino, California, drank carbolic acid
thinking it was ' beer should take ' a
hike to the- Willamette valley where
t ion here and there may decide as .to
who should remarry after securing aj If is human to make mistakes, and
divorce, or as to who should be per-iwhen made in so important a step as
mitted divorce in the first place, th J marriage, is there to le."no remely?
Statesman believe no law will ever be-j Frequently a minister, discovers that he
come general which denies the right of , was. mistaken as to tbe church he had
remarriage to practically all divorced 'embraced there was no common bond
persons. There may be some prescrib-jof sympathy letween his ideas land the
ed exceptions'- perhaps there should be, tenets of his church. Perhaps ! be had
but the sweeping prohibition which has developed new .beliefs be, Undsj be had
been seriously proposed in many of t lie 1 ma le a, mistake. Is be to be forced to
church gatherings recently discussing remain with his choice, however, and
this question should : not be adopted 'proceed through bis life a pretender
and never will be. ; merely because be had made it before
It is a generally-aeeepted fact that giving tbe question a thorough invert'
civilization rexts upon tte family home, gat ion f .-.'-.'-. ' - ; .
but it depends npon tTie itind'of a home.j Is the doctrine to - be promulgated
If all home were like mime homes we! that having made a mistake,' it mitht be
all have known here and there, the re-
suiting structure of civilization would
be a travesty on the word. ; While there
are some exceptions, u divorce usually
reconstructs or rather, abolishes an al
leged home that furnished no basis for,
but was a real menace to that condition
of society which makes and maintains
civilized communities.
In such instances a divorce is justifi
able in the fullest sense of the word,
and most instances are of this charac
ter. "But,"' 'says' some minister j wlm
is himself happily mated,, and, there
fore, not competent to be heard on the
question he essays to know o much
about, "let people Be more careful
about contracting marriages and this
trouble will be avoided. Let it be
known that remarriage will be impossi
ble and more consideration will be giv
en tbe important question of choosing
life pnrtners.' "
But this is an especially superficial
view of the cas. Perhaps not one
couple in a hundred wbo enter the mar
riage state have ever given a thought
as to what , the divorce laws are. The
idea of ever having' any difficulty or
wanting to be divorced if tbey should
live a thousand years, has ever entered
their mind. Nothing but bliss of the
moat ecstatic qualify occupies , their
thoughts and so far as they can see into
the future no shadow of any character
promises to cross their pathway. Wheth
er the -divorce laws are "loose" or in
flexible ia a quest ion that baa never
concerned them for a moment, and has
bad no bearing npon their decision to
marry. j ; "
Bnt suppose a couple make a mistake
and discover after a term of years that
Ihere is no love between tbem, that
their dispositions are' ao unlike that
there is no happineas in the home, or
that one has a positive dislike for the
other, or that deception was practised
during the courtship and it was after
wards discovered that what had
teen J an habitual shortcoming had
been- successfully "covered op before
marriage, or any one of a bundrel oth
er things that may tend to make life
a perpetual misery . and the borne a
place of discord, is the condition to be
perpetuated, and for what good pur
pose? J "i -v.,
Are innocent people to be puniibed
and their live made a mockery because
of a mistake made under circumstance
that are likely to deceive d the, very
elect! - .Who can bop to at all times
successfully fathom the sincerity of tbe
representations of either party to tbe
average courtship?. The changed de
meanor of tome young man after mar
riage ha of tea ? shocked . the entire
eommnnity which bail known- bins all
bis Iif4 then why rnaUt npon a life
time punishment . of - tbe victim the
wire -because sJjo was unable to fore-!
see what. was beyond the ken of every.
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-Editorial SUallhta .n4 Obrvftllm on Various Psopls
2nd Thihfa. Picked Up and
turTery children can rogaite a bop
when they see or smell , It although
sotnefimea a man can be fonnl wbo
cannot distinguish a boy, from a Chi
nese pheasant. ,
Dispatches from tbe east yesterday
state that in one of bis speeches in
rn liana, Col. Bryan attacked the
array." We always knew Bryan was
brave to the last degree, but if it turns
oot that he was worsted In tb encoun
ter we may expeet to bear renewed ob-
jurgationa against ingrowing militar
ism, both in the abstract and in the
eoneret. - ' fc .
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' Asks the Sacramento Union: 'Aa
Ohio lady kissed by a man wants $1.
600 for the single kiss. At t borate,
what is the estimated value of an or
dinary Ohio courtship! " Tbe abanrlity
of the question is realized when it is
remembered that an ordinary courtship,
to aay nothing of other kinds, easily
reaches that standard of value where
dollars and rents have bo meaning in
the matter of eon-putation.
In one of his speeches in Indiana
the-other day Bryan said, "I wonld
rather go down to eternal oblivion than
to.be instrumental in , electing Roose
velt.' But this i a matter of tasta.
Perhaps no man should . be beld ac
countable for. .his t mental obliquity.
Czolgosz would rather "go down" to
fame as the slayer of McKinley than
as his friend. Bryan is 'a mighty fine
man but Sonie of his ntteranea ore
worthy of Bryan.
11 For years University addition to Se
attle has sought to be included in the
bod else f
followed thronh life,-or shall -there be
allowed a provision for the betterment
of the condition of mismated couples
and the consequent -improvement of the
Laais of society and of tbe homcf
Divorces should not be granted for
trivial eamscg and . jt ia a condition al
ways to be deplored which discovers
domestic infelicity, but there is n rea
son why remarriage should be
denied to either party to a divorce,
save in rare cases where tbe provoca
tion was out of the ordinary and wholly
inexrnsable. . ' ,-
RACE PREJUDICE.
T The matter of dislike to equality be
tween the white and colored races is
not confined to state lines. It exists
everywhere. - The Statesman has fre
quently referred to, this phase of tb'e
"paramount issue" in the Southern
states and has expressed its sympathy
with tbe people there who are in the
unfortunate position where there is no
escape from the unpleasant necessity
of dealing with a troublesome question
that cannot be shirked.
Not for any consideration would tbe
Northern people consent to tbe trans
ference of the entire negro race of
tbe South into their midst. For this
reason alone, with that which it im
plies, the Southern people should be
permitted to deal with tbe troubles aris
ing from conditions there with as little
outside interference and -, harsh com
ment a is possible, for tbe query al
ways arises, "Would we. do differently
under tbe same circumstances!" There
is never any justification for burnings
at the stake, no matter what the provo
cation, but under certain irritating
conditions there is no guarantee that
Northern people would do much, if any,
better. . . -'-.-:' ;
These thoughts are suggested by an
incident recently happened ia Spring
field, Massachusetts. St. Peter's Epir
cipal church is one of ; tbe wealthiest
and oldest organiratums in tbe city and
has grown in numbers ao rapidly in late
years that it has been ; compelled to
build a new. edifice. The Third Baptist
rbnrcb of Springfield, colore.1, has also
been gaining in membership to the ex
tent that a new building is necessary,
and the congregation having ample
means, decided to c purchase the to-be
abandoned and historie Episcopal build
ing, but the latter -eongrCgatioa be
came so indignant at the mere ug
gestion of such desecration that it has
ordered the structure torn down and
the rite sold nndef 'tb strict proviso
that ir- shall never he' nued for either a
aalooa or a negro church f , J' .
' TbeTe U no room here f any special
comment, other" tba h that more radical
ground' against, race! equality 'eonld
hardly be expected in Mississippi,
When the negro- is"not' 'permitted to
Scrlbied Dowi t Odd Time.. .
pound district of tbe tity, but withont
avail until last week a skirt lelouging
to tbe post mistress there was Savoured
by a, most beastly and , ungallant row.
Direct complaint was made to tbe com
mittee on streets, the chairman ' of
which is a eon firmed "bachelor, and the
aggrievel lady's fetition was promptly
granted. Thin str ides action by the
city authorities will fall heaviest on
the disappointed cow, since, being on
tbe' outskirts now she will have to do
with outskirts. ' v-
::--V. --rr-'H o ;-;.',: - A; :
If there are those who . want the
state to buy tb Lewis and Clark'' fair
grounds for a public fwirk : f or Port
land, they should at one studiously
prepare the way for a disappointment,
for, though the Legislature doe "some
queer; things occasionally, it will be a
eolder day than this country has yet
experienced when that body appropri
ate money for sue h a purpose. We are
all proud of Portland but the day is
far in ht future when the state will
provide money to supply it with parks.
The rest of us want parks, and want
them badly, but are too mod-st to re
quest the state to furni-th us with
money for that purpose. Bat, perhaps,
Portland will not ask It.
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Mrs. Alice Smith, of Portlanl, who
stabs the scales at 300 pounds, assaulted
a man n t ho ' street who remarked
within her hearing that she was quite
large, for which she was taken into
court; and befog unable to furnish
ll0 bonds, went to jsiil. ; If every
person who indulges the propensity to
comment ujKvn the length or brea lth or
weight of a pasxer-by should 1 -the
subject of aw assault, our jails would
worship Ood even on the same ground
that has been used for that pnro, by
white's, and "Lecauae of that fact, bis
chances in the Sweet Bye and Bye
would seem to be reduced to avery dis
couraging minimum provided the earth
ly rolea were to be made the test in the
reat hereafter.
STRAY SHOTS FROM MR. BRYAN'S
ARSENAL.
While Col. Bryan is swinging around
ihf oir-lo in -n.1i:inn, tlie fnllom-in(T
'gems from his tongue and pen, dclivcr
!ed nt various times since the St. Iui
jconventionwill make very interesting
reading: . r :
lt wonld mean that those who- at-j
tempted to reach the White iloase, if
Parker were . elected, would have to
wade through peanut shell knee
deep." - . ,
My objection to Judge Parker is
that he goes before the eountry'on- a
cowardly aad! straddling platform that
can only appeal to cowards and strad
djers. 1 .object to loaded dice." -
"We are opoaed to the .burglarious
methods which are now being employed
to foist iion the party . a speeehies
candidate and a meaningless plat
form. " 1 - - .' , '..--' ' .
"The Influence back of the Parker
candidacy are so intimately associated
with tnits and, great .corporations that
the Demoeratie party could not .'appeal
to the masses."
"A man wbo is weak enough to put
his euudiducy in their .(Hill's and I'el-
Imont's) hand. Itefore the convention
'would not. Im strong euoe.gh to reaist
their influence after election, if he were
.by any possibility successful. "
1 , 44 With such a candidate the battle
would legin with a foot race and end
with a rout."
I 4 4 The plutocratic element for tbe
time being is in control of the Demo-
a I 'a arua 4 we ' 9
44Tbe nomination of Judge Parker
virtually nullifies the anti-trust plank."
4 44 If he bad sent ' to tbe Albany con
vention the telegram he sent to the St.
Louis convention, be would have bad no
posaible chance for the nomination."
"He and his managers adroitly and
purposely' concealed his position tintil
the delegates had been corralled and
tbe nomination assured."
"I shall not misrepresent tbe situa
tion nr nntkfkfi! fnp.vni ffiv t hit ticket
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'upon false grounds. A Democratic
I victory will mean very little, if , any,
progress on ecouomic questions so long
jas the party is under the control of
tk. Will u. . -.1 . rru. i.i -
plank as preared by Judge I'arker'a
friends on the sub-committee was a
straddling, meaningless plank. . The
nomination .of Judge Parker virtually
I nullifies the anti-trust plank. "Wil
. liam Jennings Bryan, The Commoner,
July 13, li)04.
- "I have nothing to take back. I
have nothing to withdraw of things
(that I have said - against the methods
pursued to advance' his candidacy. It
was a plain and deliberate attempt to
deceive the , party. . The I New York
platform, was vague and pnrpoaely o,
because th advocate .if JihIctk Tsr1cp
were trying , to',' secure votes from
j among the people who would have op
i posed his views had they known fhera.
The nomination was secured, therefore,
by crooked and indefensible methods."
William Jennings Bryan, The Com
monerJuly 13, 1904. -
CLASSIFIED, ADS '
IN STATESMAN BEING RESULTS.
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" " ' ' " a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a" "" '
soon rival the school bouses in their
owr-erowdel Condition. The faft.,1,
most of ns are a trifle taller or shorter
than some oth.-r eople and are there
fore, at any time liable to b mad the
victims of interesting eommentary by
those wbo have eyes far physiological
freak. Sam Jones said in his Chau
tauqua lecture at Glalstone a few years
ago that be knew a colored woman in
Georgia so large that be bad no doubt
she would wcih SOO pounds,' dreaaed!
But, so far as we know, be was never
arrested or anaulto 1 foir the very nn
galland and ambignous remaik.
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; One October., day about a - wloe.en
years ago man from one of the Miss
issippi valley states was going up the
Columbia river on bis way, -t. to ,: The
Dallas and surrounling country - In
sc-arch of a place to locate permanently,
lie had tiavclied through the Willam
ette valley, andi while liking tbe coun
try, concluded to look around a little
further before making a. final invest
ment. He ha.1 beard of Eastern Oregon
and thought be would see that section
of the state. '1-- v' ..
Peaching the Hood Tfivcr landing,
the boat touched for a few minutexand
a man came with a basket of apples on
his arm, the fascinating , redness and
general appears nee and six of which
fairly stunned the Inquiring traveller.
He didn't suppose such apples -grew
any where on the faceiof the earth, or
ever had since the days when Mother
Eve's seductive manipulation of a (Ira
venstein provad the unfortunate finish
of poor Adam.
Approaching the. man with the ap
ples, the visitor asked him if they were
raised hi that vii-initv to wliirh he re
INDIAN SUMMER.
Strictly speaking, we never have
what ia"proMrly called Indian summer
in Oregon. Vv'e are accustomed to refer
ring'to the latter part of the summer,
when the days are growing somewhat
rhorter and the atmosphere is hazy, n
44 Indian summer," but that icculiar
sort of weather is more aptly termed
tbe " dor days." .
Indian summer begins, speaking tech
nically, on the first f November, no
ntatter what the weather may be like
the same as the first day of March is
the beginning of apri'n. tuoiigh a blix
swrd rnaj- lie raging and the snow a fKt
deep. The term applies more to a date
than to the particular kind of weather
at the time, though it in rcNuuutl that
the weather bureau will have aime re
gard for what the term is popularly
supjiosed to signify.
No matter what the weather is, In
dian summer never comes in October,
so those say who are sumwed to know.
It nevtr comes until 44 ail the. leaves
have fallen," and since in Oregon all
the leaves never fall, nor half of them,
we cjtnnot know the leauties of a' gen
uine Indian i summer. Jt is said that
Indian sum:aer in some yenrs lasts but
a day or two and at 'other seasons for
a. full nionth, but it requires a condi
tion where all Nature has finished its
year's work, when the trees arer alTl
baie and the lan4lacaie has the winter
.
appearance while the weather is still
.' ... . ....
tinged with the aftermath of summer.
" . k i i
t mi a r ai iata. trrn i ijiimhi w sr s
from thw Springfied Rcpnblienn of re
Cent date, and if nny reader, of the
Statesman is not. satisfied with these
perfect October davs. in manr restects:,nv'',,nr, ierm' "n 1 ,n l,r "',n
as delightful as the pinkest days of
June, let him, or her, watch closely for
some day in November that would make
an Indian summer, provided the Ore -
gon woo.ls did not insist non para.ling
their 44 green witchery" during every
a every
blessed day in the year!
POLITICAL CABINET MEETINGS.
Far fetches!, indeed, is the objection
of tbe: Brooklyn Eagle to a. 'cabinet
meeting' recently held, at which the
state of the Presidential campaign was
fully discussed in General, and a to cer-
tain states considered doubtful. What
was said ami done was frankly given,
out to the public, as j characteristic of(
Roosevelt, but the fact that politics
. . a a a a a -
waa meniionen nas snocxei tne tragic
"to a finish." .
That paper, in the tnlness of its in
dignation at tbe breach of official pro
priety thus made, savs 44 imasine Gcoree
Washington, Thomas ' Jefferson, James
Madison, James Monroe, 0 rover Cleve-'
U.,1 . A .l i ii-
a cabinet meet in of that wirt and giv
ing forth such a report about it."
But that would be one of the easiest
tasks to imporse upon the imagination
that could be named. There was more'
politics 44 doing" during the. adminis
trations of Washington and Jefferson,
especially, than has ever characterized I
more modern ones, and Jefferson him -
TOP
AYME'S 'E3jn!TOr.W4R AWT.
An almost infallible remedy for diseases of the ..Throat tjr.i
Ums. known and used the world over for almost a century.
; . r - :; err it from voua cucost. - -
ceived an affirmative reply. Hut fla B0
country can be seen there from the
river's Imnk he made further inquiry
aa to the amount of la a I t. had, ita
character, coat, etc. , He went .n to
Wasco county, however, and ,te,
aroun.r somewhat, iHit the aijfht f U,t
basket of apples filled his vUion fV
ery waking moment and fiirnilii-. tll
grounl-work for moat of his fantsiifl
dreams.
The result was that within a 'f-w
days be returned to.Hotxl lliver, trar-lled-
over the valley, an 1 bought t
tract of abfiut twenty acres of land,
uncleared. He returned to his eastera
home, brought his family to 1I.h, R;r.
er anl began cleariug" his land, whirh
in that valley, ia not very exjitftjVll
work. As fast a his acres were maile
fit far.it he planted apple trca and
within a few years he had a Vautiful
bearing orchard of about twentv. scnm.
For each of the last three yars he
haa sold an average of .', mi worth of (
apples and has never ceased to thank
the fate, or Providence, that sent th.it
man with the basket of Hool Iivcr ap
ples on board of that loat on that par
ticular trip. - K .
X. B. Therefore tens of thoiiRan.ls
of acres of land all over Oregon th.d
will raise equally.as good apph-s an. I
strawHrries as Hood River ., if
given the same at-nti.n. Tl.. Jl.h.l
River, people are as much rpnintil,
for their magnificent output of firt-
class products as is the 11 ...! lcivcr Mi
mate and soil. Xthiug r.'m be cairr
than to sjcr'.vf ull y r'U 1 li.-tKcen thH
lines. . f
Legal Blanks, Statesman Job 'Office.
Lfgal Blanks, Statesman Jd f fti-..
relf. was at the bottom of . it all. Kitber
the Kagle has read the M.lit iral histo'r
of the country to liltle pnrose, t,r its
"oons-ieiitioiis srupl.H' nr tut nitb
a l.ingeroii!lv fine' hair trijjier.
As to Jackson, eonstdered as a politi
cian, who, sacrificed everything that
came his way as he looked to un.)
planne for his future in politir",
ICoosevelt is n inexperienced babe ia
cnintarion. When h paer that is r-al-Iv
srreat in all its npNiiiitiuetits, us ti
Brooklyn Enle certainly is, stoops to
censure the President for discussing the
status of a Presidential campaign
wherein be -Jn candidate, .lurinjj
caldnet meeting, the utter absence tA
anything taniblo iifMin which to
a legitimate ,opositon iH'ccunes plainly
piarciit. Objection is made that the
result of the meeting, were "given
out." But that was just like KioevcH.
THE USES OF ADVERSITY.
A prominent,-Marion eoifnty Demo
cratic farmer aavs he has lia.l enuh
f " these prosjterity times"; He s.ivs
when tlevelanl was President, at any
time during his term, he could hire a
hand any lily and for any waes he sat
iiKKaed to utter, And: uuy hand Irn
might Secure" wouM put np w ith alinoM
anything and work any numlxr of
hours, but during the paM seven yciir,
i . , " ,, . . , . . ,.
'hand at all. anil when be does be won t
Iia u, ..a In. 1C 41... 1. ...... ' I,., l-n
- , . , , - .
teoutract ahoad for any length-M lime,
, , . . . r ' ,
land if tilings Ivu't go to suit .'him he
will quit.
And the Wotst 'of it i, he demand
wages fully twice those, paid luring
.pratlf tariff lhat had not one feature
"roldM-ry " U.ut it.
"No sir," he concluded, "1 have badj
nouKh ot 4prosrity' times, yn
let;" and as be sail it the bystan.IeM
saw a twinkle in his eye that wmd'l
iwinaie in ins ey
make a safe, guarantee that a
will vote for Itoosevi'lt '-on the tli "t
Novemler.
"TIES FARMER PAYS."
As if alo'iitcly blinl to .fact and
fully persuaded to Ignore all experienee
and the results of observation, a I
ocratie exchange 1ms a cdnmn article
devoted to an attack uimo the-prcseat
tariff law, the title of whichi, "The
Farmer Pays" but when editor
most know, if he known Hnythingnnd''
the sun about the question, that any of
tbe staple products the farmer raiw
will tolay buy twice as much of "
article manufactured by the steel triint
tbe object of this attaek-s it
woidd under the Iem.Mratic tariff la
which preceded it, the 44.strenusity '
of partisan politics receives a brilli81
illustration.
But the admission that "T'" ?tme1
Pays" under the Dingley law is orth
a great deal in this campaign, fr ta
is more than he could do un ler it
Democratic predecessor.
, - ICgal Blanks at Statesman Job 0ff
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