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DAIVX.O&nXMj JOURNAL, SAUSMr-OHKClON SATURDAY, KDVKMrtKK 21, 1008.
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
I. HOFER, Ed. nnd Irop
Independent Newspaper Dovotod to American I'rlnclplc mid
the 1'roKrcM ntid DoTclopcment of All Oregon.
rubllihotl Every 1! von I'm Kxqcpt Stindny, Sulem, Ore.
SUHSGRIPTION HATES.
(Iiivnrlftbly In Advnnco.)
Daily, by rrrlor, per year W.00 1'er month BOo
Dallr, by mMI, per yenr. 4.0d Pet month 85c
Weekly, hy mAll, per venr.. . 1,00 Six month 80c
UNIONLABEL
".fl PIT W-
THE
PERFORMANCE OK A PUN
1AO DUTY.
The ninn who thinks ho enn go lo
tho legislature and by sonio political
dovlco Iratle his vote on olectlng nil
United Stntos senntor for n public of
fice, an appropriation, OH .SOME
OTHER KIND OK QUID PRO QUO,
looa not understand the situation.
Any political manager or boss or
nowfipapor that la ndvlslng men to
broak tholr pledges under Statoniont
No. 1, or Statement No 2, In tho ex
pectation that they will got a pecun
iary reward, OR ANY OTHER HE.
WARD POMTJCAL OR OTHER
WISE, for their vote for senator, K
committing a crime agalnH the peo-
plo of this state and the nation. Tho
mnn who does such a thing of hl
own accord Is a political outcast front
the moment he does the act, and like
tho Dlsc'plo who sold hi: Savior for
thirty pleros of silver hnsNOTHINO
HEEOHE HIM" RUT POLITICAL
HlUOIDK. That there are any such
men even In tho debased atmosphere
of Oregon machine politics is un
thinkable. Such an Individual would
havo no future but to leave tho Btato
ho had cheated and betrayed.
Tho member of tho general lusom
bly who voted according o tho torniB
of tho first statement contained In
tho primary law, whether ho Is
pledged or not, Ib carrying out his
RICHEST DUTY TO' THE STATU,
TO HIS OWN PARTY. Whothor no
bo a Democrat or a Republican, ho
should know that the people of Oio
gon, from the time of tho passage of
tho .first resolution through a con
vention or the legislature, do.vu to
tho last voto taken by the people of
Oregon whon by IG.000 plun.llty
thoy Instructed every member of tho
choosing their IT.. S. senators, WHY
ARE THEY NOT CAPAHLE OK
ELECTINO THEM iib much so as they
are of olectlng a governor or a presi
dential elector? Not only the mem
bers of tho legislature are bound to
respect tho will of the people but
tho senator chosen by them must re
spect that same will. In course ol
tlmo a majority of tho state will hnr
acted and and not 4111111 then wll:
Mie federal constitution be emended
All talk of electing sonntors by lit
people being unconstitutional Is rot
The public duty owed to tho people
by the members of the general as
sembly Is to establish the principle
WHICH THE PEOPLE 01-' AM,
PARTIES HAVE LAHORE!) TOR
TWENTY YEARS TO ESlUHMHH
not alone In this state but in nearly
overy state In the I nlon. That pt-ln-clple
In Its operation Involve the
right of the people to elect all otlldals
from the highest to the lowea. and
which will be established wPh the
growth of Intelligence and tin sprend
of democratic ideas. Time principle
ennnot bo overthrown by any political
faction or by any party WITHOUT
DANCER TO THOSE WHO KEEK
ITS OVERTHROW. The princlplo Is
now firmly grounded In tho heartu of
tho people of all partlos and can nev
er be eradicated unless it proven to
be vicious in practice, and unless It
brings about a worse condition of
things than provallod formerly whon
the legislature nominated and choso
the candidates for tho United States
Honnto Thoso who talk of returning
to that system are asking the peo
ple to tnko n step backwards and to
retreat to a position which thoy them
selves havo condemned tlmo and
again. It is a public duty to estab
lish the newer and better way, and
general assembly to voto for tho the sooner tho better.
choice of tho people for United Statos
senator, there has been a constant
determination on tho part of the
After tho many expressions of tho
people on this subject It Is the first
duty of tho representatives of tho
people to choose their own senator poople TO ESTAHLISII KIRMLVAND
AND MAKE THEM AMI-INARM TO FOREVER the system of olectlng
THE WMjIj OK THE PEOPLE. The "onators by tho direct voto of the
peoplo havo not overthrown tin. con- People. It Is easier, cheaper, quicker
stltutlon of tho United StntiM as IT IS THE POOH MAN'S KKJHT. If
wiino of tho antl-statomau, im.H leglalaturo of ono political party
profess. Tho loglsluturo Is still ro- " ' mndo to do Its public duty In
litlred to elect tho senators but the tlllH fospect and elect a senator of
peoplo aro to Instruct tholr represent- tbo opposite political party then iui
lit I von WHOM THEY ARK TO VOTE
FOR the novoioIku i-lndit of did eo
pie by nil doctrine Hiid theory of hav
ing reprofloutRtlvoM to do their bid
ding. So It Is no longer a question of
whether an assemblynmn has taken
man of Btimll moans can go before
tho poople under tho corrupt pruc
tloes not AND HKOOME A CAN!)!
ILTE FOR THE UNITED STATES
SENATE. It Ik the battle to estab
lish human rights against wealth and
Mrlstoeracy. It Is tlio battle or the
people against tho Intorosts that have
Qfuliiitiniil V II ni nnv tt It mi yUlti
meat or no HtatUent.hol.no longer ll0" n , ' '? l II,,01,, S,,lttm 8omUo
free t? vote for anyone HIT THE " ,S lh' l"1?'0 f ,,lu c',"' !"
CHOICE OF THE PEOPLE if tho !n 'J'1 "K" "8t ",,mo who "KAPED
structlons of tho poople nro lo count ' ' " " "A" VEST OF SPEC! W.
Peculiar to Itself
In selection, proportion and combination
of Ingredients,
In tho process by which their remedial
values nro extracted and preserved,
In effectiveness, usefulness nud economy,
Curing the widest rnnco of diseases,
Doing tho most good for tho money,
Having tho most medicinal merit,
And tho greatest record of cures,
Hood's Sarsapariila
In usual liquid form ot In chocolated
tablets known as Snroatnbs. i'.vd'ie3fl
apathy, breaking down tht Chili'
walls of conservatism, digging up b
Us roots THE THEE OK MOSS
IIACKISM. raking out of the dead
ashes of the past the live coals ot
sleoplng entorprlbos, Is the mission ot
these booster conventions.
Whon the first development con
gress was held at Coos Day two years
ago last May, four-fifths of the com
merce of that section WAS WITH
CALIFORNIA. Today Tour-fifths
that commerce is with Portland
These large development, conventions
aro all productive of good results for
Oregon.
Delegates from Coos Bay, dcle
gats from Portland, dolegatos ftont
the Willamette valley, will attend the
Malheur county congress. Thoy wll'
nil boost for their respective sectlom
AND ALL ROOST FOR CRIHTEI
OHECON.
The time has come for a elos"
alliance between the groat lulnti'
Empire and Western Oregon. TH
TIME HAS OME TO PIERCE Till
CHEAT HARRIERS that lie boMvo
these regions, and with the back!::
of the whole state secro a rallro"
across tho great undeveloped Interior.
A lallroad from Dolsc, Idaho, di
rect to Coos Bay, or direct to the
Sluslaw, or Yaqtilnn, or Tillamook,
would do more to opon up and de
velop Oregon than any one enterprise
THAT CAN HE UNDERTAKE. l
THE PRESENT CENERATION.
The Oregon-Idaho Dovelopmen
Congress held at Mnrshfiold and a
Rotnlnug demanded state uld fo.
such an enterprlno. THE STATE CAN
,)() A CHEAT DEAL as tho laws lire
but a groat deal more with an amend
ed constitution.
State aid In securing rights of way
statt aid In remission of taxes, stau
aid in guaranteeing Interest on bonds
have all been advocated, and all
would help. Hut ahovo all, THESE
CONGRESSES AROUSE THE PEO
PLE TO HELP THEMSELVES.
4WM I I 1 I f49f1t99 "H eiHltiM
t
BIG CLEARANCE SALE
LASTS ONE MORE WEEK
J!m
Shoes!
oil
Shoes!
The Most Successful Clearance Sale Ever Held in
Salem. To Last Jwst Six Days Longer.
Sec our b!g line of $3.50 and $4.00 Palcnt Coll Vlcl Kid and Yelour
Calf Men's Shoes al $2.50
Men's Heavy Shoes, a Large Line of flirjh Jops go at
Heavy Shoes go at -
$3.50
$2.40
$1.95
A Large Line of Girls' and Misses Yici K!d Shoes at
$1.25
$1.50
Broken Lit of All Kinds at Trices Never Before Attempted In a Shoe Sale
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State
SHOE 7
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Phone
442
ff0t2-M8HS3fCB4H0iH-S4-i4-3-fa4':-e-l-M-f9-Mt94-4tm
. , or miythliiK or If the reproKontadvo
'.' prltalph U to bo inalntaluud. or If
PR1VILECES IN NATION.M, I.F(,. ! "
ISiaTION. No wonder
tlw Sfer the muiitoon ...id Dm f ,'"'",; W Hiid
men
'kIicih
lll'O
BLIiE hef;
.., w. ).-. y' tfjBpMTfiTjSE
.-rY-,
SPECIAL
SALE
OF
rM'-?. v. 'vv' .. . -."' "" is
who Fm hlu i-niinot 1 1 In it. Women lire
. otMtm holdwrn 'Jelr joivants. When
5 th &1kjw la (tinwwl In ')r.,on
hy th B6"lUiitfixad rVmniTnts In
tlia l08lrilHturi, 1hi. rohiit(iji
have repiented tho Kro,,t ...odatory I "'S.'.
imwoi-H of the triiXH .ii-v ... ni., ' V.1'1"". J'lV e u nen 10 usirac
,,, . ,. - --. n iiouuc uie HJiBiiiesc provocation.
dliect election of senalo.s .IT .Mi'U willliot UlideratiMMl why this
MEANS THEIR R E T I R E M l-J V T1 tihnulil ho n ''n tl.01.1 It a n .u.
. . . ' i : " "," ' " '"' .. " "'" ." " "V
THANKSGIVING CARVERS
wore adopted lnr'faw) of ih iiiwst,'IMWI ,,(,,'T' t JuHt u.s (Mrlv a tcry bcenuse in nino times out 0
uny as 1110 pt'opio can get (lilt power' l"1 uu" etuiiuuoii is cnii.sca by 0
fully Into -tholr hantU. 111 Oiokoii 6erjous fcnilniiu' clerongpinont.
they hnv tho iiowor nn.i it 1. 1 -... A ",l'lli' newssiuy Avllich : RPtS
- ' -......, 1 p.,....!. niinl in akimiiu nl) l..fn.l
olftollou of HeiiatoiH by popul.ir vote,
when tho Direct. Primary law wib
enacted, when tho inwtf ver utmctotl
for pilntlng the uu,mH (it mind'.date
for tiumttor on the Australian ballot,
whon tho people of Orogon were kIv
011 tho right to voto for uud oluct
honatoiH hy tholr dlreut vole, Jusi an
they elect statu ollloluls. u.i.l con
Kieaamou, THE RKRIT :!' THE
MEM1IEHS OK THE I.KCISIATL RE
'IX) HAVE ANY CHOICE 'BASER
THEN AN!) TflEUE. The pwiplo bad
tulton ovor one of tho political lights
Avhlch thoy had established and or
dained under tholr own constitution
which says In so many words that tho
peoplo may iuatruct tholr representa
tives 011 any matter whatsoever.
Aftor tho Instruction given tho
moinbora of tho legislature utidor the
lultlntlvo meaBuro by -i 6,000 major
ity, thoro Is iiotjilpg for upy Ilia" to
do who haB rospogt (9r ljn,8p,' or for
Iho popular will VV i'O VuTH TOR
THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE 1-OR
UNITED STATES SENATOR. Ho is
under further obligation lo adopt a
resolution In tho leglslaturo direct
ing tho Bonator choson by Uie poople
to go Into tho Unltod Staioi senate
nud labor mid voto to amond the
constitution on this same mnt tor so
that tho peoplo may oloct their Uni
ted StateB Bonntors without tiny Inter
vention of tho legislature.
for any ,H,i who .holds ,, ,, nt il!;ulth?noSeomiinon
tn liuiids of tho pwiio to iw.k (o set the feminiiio system, which will'
It aside or do anything but executo quickly dispel nil hysterical, nervous '
g'!Vw ,yrn
tho will of tho proplo.
A DEVELOPMENT CONVENTION
IN IUSTERN ORKOON. l
nml Irritable conditions. Suph is j
LYDiAE-PINKHAM'Sl
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Tho following letter serves to
proyo this fact. ,
aura. iUiutio toiienimver. 315 So.
2tst St., Parsons, Kims., writes :
"lor two jimis 1 buffered from the
woist 101 ms of feminine Ills, until I
was almost driven frantic Nothing
Under the leadership of O. A. Hur
ley, of tho Vale Conuuorolal Club, a
losslon of tho Oregon nud Idaho De
velopment Congross will lm l.ohi .,
that live llttlo city December 17. is ut niornhlm. would rclle-e me. Lydlo
,md 19i ' ld E. PiuUhum'a Vegetable Compound
uiwuKtv uiv iicuiiu nnu iiuppinebs ann
Vale was soleotcd as tho point In ' ma,'e mo R w"1' woman."
Oregon MOST NATURAMA AVAIL- FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
ARLE and ACC'EssiRLE for tho For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
commercial clubs of Idaho and East- nam's Vegotanlo Compound, made '
oru Oregon to coma togethor at a from nK)ts nn(i "orbs, has been thftl
PClpt lu tho great inland. Empire !Ward ??? for female ills.
vnti-. .. u w1"",,re' . and has positively cured thotusands of,
alo Is a center whoro tho live mon' wftinAnwho have Iwen trnulilofl xvm, '
of that groat region can como to- disphcements.inriammation.uleerft.!!
bowiui uuu 1'iauuss ways and uon, iiDrom tumors, irregtuarities, 1
MEANS TO PROMOTE trauaporta- jHjriodlo pains, backache, that bear-'
tlon, irrigation, reclamation, oduca- nE'd,,wtl feelmff flatulency.indiges-
tlon, forostratlon and creation of now oMncss,ornervous prostration.
. o, .C.H, ,M 0tH.. I mSSSSH an Bkl, '
Fruit growing, oil wells, stock women to "vrlto her for advice.
raising, sheep hording, water powers, ?homllRSA fMed thousands to
goon roads, broaklng up largo land ' - t "-i .
Ve havs just received from one of America's foremost-cutlery
houses "about one hundred carving sets
comprising fifteen different designs, and which we of
fer you from now till Thanksgiving at special prices.
Thanksgiving Carvers will be mighty thankful for a
good carving set on the day of November. Get it now.
The finest tempered steel blades will be found in these
sets, each set comprising a knife, fork and steel fitted
with genuine stag and p?arl handles and mounted with
sterling silver ferrules and collets.
They're in our window- stop and look at them.
(ittjuii
holdings, and Immigration WILI HE
it tholPKOMOTKD BV DISCUSSION AND. OASI'CSU.aA.
If tho peoplo aro capablo of nomlnati AGITATION. Ps-itU , r'W "J ' -. r u M
mMQ
M'lilll Mil I'lj iMP
peoplo aro capablo of nominating and Breaking up tho incrustations ot
jm
s