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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1904.
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amiBUCAN TICKET
8TATE.
Wat JJaatlco of tho Supreme Court
F. A. MOORE.
5Xnr Stato Food and Dairy Commissioner,
J. W. BAILEY.
4 1 3or Presidential Electors,
J. M. HART,
JAS. (A. FEB,
1 ORANT B. DIMICK,
A. C. HOUOH.
(CONGRESSIONAL.
Etor Member of Congress First DIs
trlct,
BINGDR HER1VNN.
r(., Second District,
I -J. N. WILLIAMSON.
'MARION COUNTY TICKET.
County Judge John II. Scott,
Sheriff W. J. Culver. . '
"Clofk John W. Roland.
Assessor Frod J. Rice.
'fTrcnsurnr -W, Y. RlcharJson.
Rocnrdor John C. Slegmund.
.School Supt E. T. Moores.
TJammlssIoncr I. C. Needhnm.
2Jjarvoyor -B. B. Horrlck.
"Coroner A. M. Clough.
trRoprosentatlvessJos. Calvort, Hub
"Hiatd; J. O. Orahnm and T. B. Kay,
:Saom; John Ritchie, Scotts Mills;
urease II. Sottlemolor, Woodburn.
COMMITTEEMEN.
Chairman Stato Central Commltteo
" Frank C, Baker, Portland.
"Chairman Congressional Central
" Commltteo Walter L. Tooze, Wood
burn. Member Stato Contral Committee
Hal 15. Patton, Salem.
Chairman County Central Commit
toe Chos. A. Murphy, Salem.
Dates of Events.
Tday 2 Supremo court, PonJloton,
May 2 Oregon Federation of La
l)or, Oregon City.
ainy 4 Genoral M. E. conforonco,
Uos Angeles.
May, 18-21 I. O. O. F. grand lodge,
Astoria.
'Juno 6 Genoral election In Ore
gon. Juno 15, 10, 17 Orogon encamp
ment G. A. It., Hood River.
Juno 15, 10 and 17 Department of
Orogon, G. A, R., in annual reunion at
Hood Rlvor.
August 22-27 Amorlcan Mining
Congress, Portlnnd.
sond in place of Mitchell and Fulton
and Hermann and Williamson, and wo
could hardly do that without Including
Geer among them, we would still have
now und untried men.
Geer will not belIe,vo all the Ore
gonlan cays about any matter at
least he ought not, but we doubt if he
will dlsbellevo the follewing:
"When President Roosevelt was Im
portuned to use his Influence In favor
of tho Lewis and Clark fair, ho did
not hesitate to content himself with
professions of holp without meaning.
He did not stop at words, he acted.
Ho called men llko Cannon, Payne,
Dalzell and Tawney, who were firmly
oppoicd to the appropriation, and in
sisted upon Its friendly considera
tion. Against every adverse appeal
ho stood firm, In every crisis of need
ho went unhosltatlngly and forcefully
to tho front."
But If tho above bo true, where
doo3 It leave tho charges that the Or
ogon delegation have no influenco with
tho President? They got the Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt to got in and
hustle for their appropriation.
Ho probably hustled for the whole
amount they asked for, as thoro Is
nothing small about Theodore. Then
what is tho uso of saying that our
delegation have no Influence or stand
ing with tho administration?
Wo hope to convince Brer Geer that
the Orogon dolcgntlon is all right, and
that nothing is to be gained by re
moving any of them at present or In
tho near future
the law ho has no right to register
or to vote. Well, lot us see. -A
man naturalized In Ohlcrt'crossed
tho plains, lost or mislaid his natural
ization papers, voted without them
for forty years, now Is cut' off.
Ho cannot produce his naturaliza
tion, papers, and henco cannot register
But ho can go on election, (Jay and
swear his vote in.
This Is only one case but thero are
scores of conditions and circumstan
ces under which legal and bona fldo
residents, citizens and ..legal voters
are ueDarren irem registration uy
this bastard law.
Why is it a bastard law? Because It
Is neither the Australian ballot regis
tration provision nor is It American
to exclude a voter from registration
whom you cannot exclude from cast
ing his ballot.
Tho Australian ballot law provldo3
a registration by a registry officer
In each precinct who enrolls the legal
voters without trouble or expense to
the citizen.
ON ELECTION DAY UNDER THE
BASTARD OREGON REGISTRATION
LAW THERE IS EACH YEAR A
LARGE NUMBER OF VOTERS
SWORN IN ON FREEHOLDER'S
BLANKS.
By that provision of the present
registration law there Is a premium
placed on fraud and any man can be
voted almost whether he Is a voter
or not
Tho first year under this registra
tion law there was a largo falling off
in tho number of votes cast. Next
year largo sums were spent to get
the voters registered.
This year standing advertisements
aro kept in the Oregonlan and other
papors, begging the voters to go and
register.
Othor newspapers lecture -tho votor
for not registering. Tho voter is told
he Is unpatriotic for not going to tho
trouble to register, when ho should
bo told to ignore such an unfair and
unjust pretence of a law.
It is called a law. to purify the
elections. It should be called a de
vice to keep voters from voting, to
demoralize the commonwealth.
constant litigation to mako tho wet
places keep out the saloons.
If tho wh'ole county went against
prohibition, tho Prohibitionists would
still win In the city, town or precinct
thafc went dry. Tho county would have
to enforce tho law In dry spots in a
wet county.
Does anyone Imagine that If the
county of Marlon gave a majority for
the local option law that Salem would
bo rid of saloons? Tho city would lose
the llcenso but the saloons would run
just tho same.
A PROHIBITIONIST SHOULD
VOTE AGAINST THE LOCAL OP
TION LAW BECAUSE IT IS CON
TRARY TO HIS PRINCIPLES TO
SANCTION THE SALOON I rl ANY
PART OF THE COUNTY OR STATE.
The citizen who Is not a Prohi
bitionist should vote against local op
tion becaus, until tho prohibition par
ty Is a majority of the peoplo no
such law can bo enforced.
The city of Salem would bo Involved
In constant litigation if the county
wore carried for local option by tho
efforts of the prohibitionists to have
a law enforced with no public senti
ment to sustain it.
The people have never demanded
this law. It was hatched up by
Impractical and visionary reformers
who pay no taxes and have nothing
to lose by throwing tho stato and Us
communities into confusion.
ALL
THE OREGON DELEGATION
RIGHT.
It .Is not to bo presumed that thero
could be four Republicans sent to
Toprosent Oregon at Washington who
-would bo porfoctly all right In tho es
timation of all the politicians In tho
titnto.
Pooplo are not built that way, polit
ically Bpcaklng.aud wo aro probably as
' far from It as anyone But to say that
Mho entlio prasont dologatlon aro a
misfit, and without Infliunue, is put
ting It too strongly.
"Wo love to bo charitable with Brer
Gear, of tho Statesman, and overlook
isomo of his fallings; but wo cannot
pass ovor Uta repeated Inference that
tho presont senators and congroBsmon
aro not entirely lulluontlul.
' After throwing out tho propottlon
that tho delegation and tho Low Is and
Clark fair board had Hot accom
plished groat Bhucks a .Washington,
In sotting an npproprfatlon, ho was
obliged to admit that they had done
jHotty well.
So after a whllo Gcor will havo to
ncknowlodgo that tho dologatlon In
"Washington aro fairly avorago mon
Ifalr to mlddllnff, llko tho old stylo
quotations In tho country vapors for
country butter.
Ev,en If wo had to pick four men to
IMPROVE THE STREETS.
A petition is to bo circulated in
North Salem for tho grading and lm
provomont of streots.
Of course, thoro will bo peoplo to
opposo any Improvoraont. They havo
kept that part of tho city out of the
market for twenty years.
Unloss tho streots aro graded and
Improved that part of. the city will
bo kept from making much Improve
ment for twenty years longer.
That part of tho city has a natural
dralnago to tho river. All the prin
cipal streets should bo oponed to tho
rlvor and to Mill creek.
With grades established and the
Btreots grndod and the gutters opened
all that port of tho city would bo
drained and bocomo more healthy.
IT MIGHT COST $5.00 PER LOT
TO GRADE THE STREETS, BUT
THE INCREA8E IN THE VALUE
OF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE
TWNTY-FIVE PER CENT AT
LEAST AT ONCE.
All that part of tho city would ox
porlonce a building boom such as It
has novor seen and thoro would be a
genoral spirit of progress.
Instead of fooling around with bl
cyclo laws and slot machine ordi
nances the city council should take,
hold of Btroot Improvements.
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A BASTARD REGISTRATION LAW.
In North Salem precinct 150 Repub
licans took pait In tho reaent primary
electldn. Of those only fifty had
reglBtorttd up to yostordny.
How many citizens of other parties
aro not registered no ono knows,
With but fifteon days to register not
much ovor half will get on tho roll
Under the technicalities of this
registration law hundreds of good citi
zens are excluded from registration,
wrongfully and feloniously,
If a felony can bo comtnltU-d by tho
state It Is when it passes alav that
deprives tho ol,Uon of his right to
voto. This law docs that,
Tho shallow will eay If ho cannot
prove that ho Is entitled to vote under
EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF SOCIAL
ISM. What is tho uso of abusing a man
llko J. D. Stevens, who Is a Union sol
dier, and who happened to be a So
cialist, and bellevo3 In free speech?
This Is still a free country, and while
Socialism is a commodity that wo want
Just as little as possible, like some,
othor extreme remedies, there come
times when tho community has to
tako n little for the stomach's sake.
Salem needs a doso Just now to give
tho city at least ono public park and
a docont public library
So far as we know Stevens Is a poor
man who U advocating an unpopu
lar cause, and makes headway slowly
at best agalpst tho dominant parties.
But no one can deny the educational
valuo of Socialism as a kind of polit
ical ferment, a leaven that keeps tho
public thinking about public matters
from tho alrulstlc standpoint, tho un
selfish' standpoint.
Wo believe as a principle tho appli
cation of Socialism becomes an abso
lute necessity nt times. Tho public
schools, tho public roads, tho mall
sorvlco aro Socialism puro and sim
ple But It seems to us only applic
able as a dire necessity to a fow ser
vices and public utilities that cannot
bo safely allowed to bo monopolized
by any party or private corporation.
Tho Anglo-Saxon civilization standB
for Individualism In Its largest scope
of action, and as little governmental
Interference or function ns possible
But It also stands for free speech, In
cluding Brother Stevens.
SAILING UNDER FALSE COLORS.
Judgo George has knocked out ani
other nc-gcod law that regulating
plumbing. Thank fortune, It will be
a year or so before a "good" one can
go Into effect. Portland Journal.
The above Is from a papor that pro
fesses to bo an ardent friend of organ
ized labor. We suppose that the "no
good" law that tho Portland editors
refer to is tho barber commission,
whereby the state regulated tho pro
fession. Judge George hns tho dis
tinction, or whatever you are pleased
to call It, of having recently declared
that law unconstitutional, and tho re
sult Is that every hobo .who Is ablo
to buy a razor and with an Inclination
to scrape, has started a barber shop
in tho city of Portland, much to the
detriment of the patrons. If the Port
land paper honestly believes In "scab
labor" why not openly announce It,
and not masquerade as an "Independ
ent" nowspapor, ever ready to es
pouse the cause of tho laboring man,
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GOOD ADVICE.
An Albany preacher, last Sunday,
paid a young man will never amount
to anything If he Is in tho habit of
not paying his small, cvery-day debts,
Contiacted under ordinary circum
stances. That Is, the young man
earning fair wages should meet all
hi j obligations if he wishes to stand
well In a community and be trusted
by those around him. Any joung man
who has had a fair chnnco who can
not go to a bank, If necessary, and
borrow a hundred dollars without se
curity should be ashamed of himself.
Character Is what counts, and overy
young man should seek to establish
It In such a way that those around
him will havo confidence In his In
tegrity In money matters as well
as in othor things.
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Getting shoe safety
Eveuy time you see the name
Sefa on a shoe, you see a good shoe
it's a safe guide to the man o woman
who wants to spend shoe money wisely
whether you'te a good judge of shoes
of not.
It's like the mark Sterling on sil
ver; when you see that name you know
yoti'fe safe.
We pot it on the Royal Bloc shoe $3.50
and 4.00 we pot it on all the shoes we
make, at every pce.
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oscicai
I., . Largest makers of good shoes In the world.
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X-RADIUMS
Axiers
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Cherry Pectoral
for the children. One dose at
bedtime quiets their night
couchs and prevents, croup.
Ask your doctor
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THE LOCAL OPTION L'AW.
Tho politicians aro very careful not
to say anything about tho nronosed
local option law that Is before the peo
plo at this election,
Many of tho politicians advise the.
peoplo to voto for tho primary electa
Ion law, as somo figure they could get)
oftlco under It who would not get an
otllco otherwise
But the local option law they steer,
clear of oven mentioning. Yet It
has very llttlo morlt. It is prohibition
In disguise, yet involves a principle,
that all prohibitionists havo denouns
ced. 8
There Is not a prohibition news?
paper but has denounced-local option
as an InUAntlnn of h Hfivll to hfit
shunned by all advocates of tempera
anco reforms.
So whllo tho moosuro Is supportodi
now by the Prohibition party and tha
I'rouiDiuon pomiQians, i ans not iao
merit of tnvoivlngsound prohibitory
prluciplos. 1
But- there la n deep-lall scheme
back of It. that tho Prohibition party;
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managers nopo iu prum u "
Jug-handled cold-water rocolverehlp. l
If the total voto of a county goo
for prohibition It would forco prohlj
hltlon svn "onon thoso cities or towns
nr nrorlncta la tho county that wont Is made, Eugene Register.
against prohibition. Thero would ba Eugene Is very much afraid tho
Tho small politician, who works ov
ery scheme to get his name In tho
nowspapors, but has no use for them,
la enabling tho public to form a juBt
ostlmato of his real dimensions, that
It sooner or later does not fall to ox
press, Wm. Blckel, a native of Baden,
Germany, Is 72 years old, and gets out
his half a cord of wood a day, about
all the year round. Who can beat
that record for a wood, chopper.
Thoro Is bound to bo somo disturb
anco of prices and shrinkage of values
In a presidential yeai: especially
among political sack holders.
It should be made a penitentiary of
fence for any man to shoot Into a herd
of helpless sheep, 'killing somo and
maiming others, and 'leaving them to
slow death and starvation.
Goo. M. Brown has made such a good
district attorney In tho Douglas-Lane-
Lincoln district that he Is put up for
a third term, and tho Democrats re
fuso to run a man against him.
Is It really good English to say that
a man "has a gifted futuro," or that
wo are beginning to commence?"
.
Tho Salem Journal, which has been
claiming from 10,000 to 20,000 popula
tlon for tho city over since the genor
al census gave tho elty about 5000.
Insists on having nosea counted. Un
loss tho returns can be padded, the
Journal might bo sorry after tho count
world will discover that Salem has
more than 4264 people.
Tho Salem Journal, opposed to tho
registration law, seems to take prido
in tho fact that there is a light regisi
tratlon In Marlon county, The Jour
nal is extremely erratic. Eugene
Register.
Is It "extremely erratic" to opposo
a law under which It Is harder and
harder to get voters to take part In
an election?
The turning down of the Hearst
candidacy In Oregon by tho Democrats
had the effect to put his boom out of
business In several states. The roll
ing up of a rousing Republican ma
jority for Roosevelt In Oregon In
June by the Republicans will have tho
effect to sttffon tho backbone of Re
publicans nil over tho nation.
.
North Salem Is naturally one of tho
most beautiful residence parts of tho
city, and a movement should be start
ed to grade tho streets and drain that
part of tho town. All proporty would
advunco and Improvements would
multiply.
Robbing tho Salvation Army offi
cers at Baker City of ?300 In gold
coin was a dastardly piece of busi
ness. But the wicked polico who stand
In with the vicious elements at that
town, as they are accused of doing at
Salem, were ablo to capture the money
and tho thief, and return It to tho
faithful servants of tho Lord. The
funds collected from tho Lord will
hereafter be kept In somo bank.
Salem needs a hundred convenient,
modern houses to rent. People aro
walking tho streets hunting houses to
rent. There aro scores of new fami
lies arriving and locating here each
month. Let the lumber dealers and la
bor unions help every man who wants
to build, and let tho city mako a
growm mis year sucn as it new!
made before.
Of course, thero have been peop'tl
In the Republican and Democratic pu I
ties who thought It was their duty ttl
help kill a flat salary law every tint!
one, was In danger of passing. Tki
people had better begin to deal rici
that kind of persons wherever tlejs
find them. Officialism and fee-gnU
bcrs havo some rights, but the peopltl
havo Eomc, too, and the time for thef
people to act is at the ballot box.
It now develops that the wvr nu-
slot machine ordinance Is (or (fee
purpose of calling off that interest
in the opposition to a certain candi
date, but It Is not certain whether he
Is in tho Democratic or Republican
ranks.
Many old friends aro pleased to
see Judgo Murphy regaining to j
health, and It is believed that a W
tlo' touch of politics has had the
feet of a tonic.
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What sense Is thero In repealltl
the slot machine ordinance! Tt
stato law against them Is a dead 1
ter. Tho city will lose the rerenM
and tho machines will run anyho
Bryan hasn't any use for the Be-1
publican party. It Is a reeking nwa '
of Imperialism and) rotten plutocrat!
Tho Democratic narty Is the iil
nartnor of tho trusts and corpor
tlons. Bryan will soon enjoy a b
nonoly of admiration from tne tov
lstlo fans on tho bleachers and tie
fallrvctra pfnnUnr- ft nlance at th8 W
tlonal game through a knothole In M
fence.
A. finnrnit BrOS.
You can get a meal at any UmeottlJ
Anr nr- nlnfcf Whfin VOU U
. . l..- r rtlMIl. Trt
flurry ior a meat judw . --
will find them at 106 State street
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1 Good Goods Low Prices
Twill Shirtings Only tOc a yard
Dress Ginghams and Chambr ay only 8c a yaro
ChaUies, New patterns, 5c a yard
Towels, best values in this city JOc each .
Embroideries, laces, insertions, big value 5c a ya
Ladies Hose a bargain only JOc a pair
n7Tlff , jZi-.t. .. i 4c nitoOt
uiu y ucpu.iuieui, receives new jjuumj
j daily. Thelatest styles, Good qaality Reasonat
jr rices.
1 Rostem Be Gf eenbatitn
302 Commercial Street.
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