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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
vp fABRELL'S CANDIDATE
:
IcANs HAVE TORCH.
.,ou7 PARADE IN HONOR OF
ALBERT &. MEAD.
If r,oud Of Men and Boys Carry
r,am5eau and Torches in the
Procession.

..,.r,d with the political parades
la. and 1896 the one made last
.sn jill honor Of Albert E Mead the
t..r candidate for governor,
very tame affair. By actual
. .hara were 22O men and t.:S-
-.,.t.1 ON foot and SO men on
- besides the band, that COM
..l the procession. The parade
go. formed on Fifth and Main and
.rb.t an Main to Fourth, out to
,,5.,. thence up that street to First,
.5... to the Armory. Many of those
...,o started with the procession drop
cod uut and it kept the republican
bosses busy running to the sidewalks
81. ,r.fr efforts to induce members of
tbe party to join the ranks of the
rrhmG body,
ont Of curiosity the Armory was
,,.u filled with men, women and chill
3rqn. to listen to the speakers. The
audiences was composed of about an
canal number Of republicans and dem
o.rl,s and barring the applause that
.a,r. from the small crowd of in
s,rr.t4i claquers seated Immediately
n -h, rear Of the speakers stand, the
/, ..,. ..em VAS very weak and indif-
f-rtnt
Senator Levi Ankeny presided and
tho sneakers We're Mr.. Mead, S. G..
ra.grove and W. T. Doven. Mr.. Mead
a.s the first one to address the audi
-ncr He spoke principally on state
issues deVoting most Of the time in
r.Yr- 10 convince his hearers that
m. railroad forces that controlled the
republican state convention had no
hand in naming him as the candidate
assertion that he has used in all of his
speeches during the campaign, that if
mission bill and should he be elected
governor he would sign it. but he fall
~ To announce that he was in favor
If such bill nor that he would work
tnr its passage. In fact his speech
Mis- il-ntically the same that he has
delivered at every place where he has
-rob4n.
:. q. Cossrovc was the next speak
~ AND he put in most of the time al
.ored to him in telling his hearers sew
~d fanny stories and endeavOring to
explain why he had taken the stump
. tho interest of Mead's candidacy.
Mr.. CosgroNe was followed by w. T.
poyen a former Walla Walla young
man, but now resident of Seattle.
The many friends of Mr.. Dovell, re
g3riIess of political affiliations, who
We're in the audience, gave him a
hearty reception. much in contrast to
that accorded Mr.. Mead Mr.. DOvell
also spoke on state issues, and during
the course of his remarks demonstrate
rd beyond a doubt that the republicans
on the Sound, who We're principally
Controlled by the railroads, did not
are anything about a railroad COM
mission. no matter if it would benefit
0ae farmers of eastern Washington
Il Was Very evident from his remarks
That the railroad forces had endeavor-
II To educate the people of the cities
'a The west side that it was of little
consequence what the people of east
-'n Washington wanted, and it was
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in order to discuss certain points. And
firstly, I would like to request that at
balls and on similar occasions YOU should
wear dull. dancing spurs In order that I'M
pleasant Incidents may be avoided, such
MS occurred day before yesterday. A gem.
tleman whose name J. shall not mention
here he glarcd at Lieutenant Won Neck
elburg-'tore with his spurs The entire
& edge off tho skirt OF Rittmester Stark's
wife. Gentlemen, this must not occur
and hereafter In similar instances shall
proceed TO punishment. Furthermore,
among well-bred people it Is not custo-
mary to extend the hand to n lady first
II the lady holds out her hand. however,
good nnhners demand the usual kiss upon
tho hand whlchFis expected in our social
circles That some OF you, gentlemen,
still require In this matter instruction
and bringing up have learned from tho
complaint made to me by q lady Of this
regiment
'yThis admonitlon was caused by tho
fact that OF late Lieutenant Bleibtrcu had
evaded the act OF courtesy toward Frau
Stark because she wore dog leather gloves
which, moreover. We're wet with the rain.
"Chuckng atear on tho ground, he con-
tinued:
"'Furthermore, gentlemen, ] forbid YOU
to visit tho town without permission.
NhoeYer wishes to leave this place to
visit the neighboring city must come to
me for n permit, even though the distance
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YOUR TIME COMES
Tie der Urges Tadpoes to Stay il Their Mdhoes Until
They Know Their Ground Well and Can Afford to Jump.
JEFFERSON AND THE WEATHER,

been more impervious to heat and cold
than microbes, for lie alternately do
scribes freezes and hot spells which make
liz 1congeal to the marrow or sweat like
the benenciaries ora Turkish bath. "a
X In Thomas jefferson s day the oldest
Ut hen designated as "the eld-
est" rather&t than by tho slntter-dny np-
pellution--workod overtime From cer-
tain remarks Of tho "Sage OF Monticello"
we know that tho venerable back number
did not hesitate to buttonholo even the
great ono who wrote the Dcclaration5o Of
Independence. h ~ Tx x
y 3 III the third itlon Of Jeffcrson's N otes
of Virginia." published ini1 sol, we find he
following concerning tho weather iiSsVir-
gnla: Al g
"a Change In our climate, foWeve,,3
M Il taking place very senslbiy. Goth
heats and colds are become much moro \,
moderate within the memory Of the d
middle aged. Shows are loss fre-
quent and less deep. They do not Of f
s$ tor, lie below The mountains more
4 e than one, two, or three days, and very
E rarely n week. They&aro remember
led to 3 have been formerly frequent,
" deep and OF long continuance. The 4
II eldcrly inform mo tho earth used to- be
covered with snow abol,tEthree months s.
3s4 In every year. Thesrivers which then q
seldom failed to freeze over III the
course Of the winter, scarcely ever do
III so now n This change has produced
an unfortunate fluctuation, which Is
Very fatal to fruits From the year
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fnctorles With offensive bit envi-
5nbla distinctness. And with the
rcnlizn ton OF other peoples good fortttne
comes b, serse Of gnnwing dlscontent-.- 4.
imp that never lsts up In his deVills s
work untilahe has converted me ln =. q
s,,rt of human chin1Snpn burr whici re.
pels the most affectons te advances Y !. O.
others and makes me cruelty PRICK ~
self. u & aj 8.5, ~
In my opinion there should be some M
public functionary vested With the nv
thority OF sorting out and arranging ne ne
various strata Of humanity Just as u they
were different grades Of potatoes carry
York cabbnges Or salt mackerel. This o.
fetal would be death to snobs, sven !, p
plants and parasites, It's true, put al yer
all. he would save the snobs, sSchoDilnnts
and parasites from q world OF trouble
It should be his duty to come around li
every six months or SO and see 70 II tltaC
NC are not wrigglingS out Of our resp &.
tive spheres. Just bNtween us, there 8
many a one whom he would exile from rom
evening dress to blue Jeans brecchs5 ana
cotton shirts, but though the process
might cause many tvtinges. ~ would .5iall
be for the best. Yes, for the best, tor
most sincerely md cordially and consis-
$tently do we hate those who have more
than we. And most miserable are we IN
our covet BUSINESS. NJ t$st t
All OF lis secretly fed that we possess
peculiar qualifications for enjoying wealth
and that our lack Of honors Is not due 70
shorttrge Of ability or worth, but to some
and not easily detected enemy
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III. severnl decades Of violent frlctlor

otter several decades Of violent friction
y .,ainst the snndpnpery edges Of poverty
x 1.-The gritty rrotuberances Of indulgence,
lave about como to the fusion t1at
IL siisr,t the actual not having OF lungs
IjiclS barks up ones hide so cruelty,
NJ ,ft thc agony35of doing without things
u .,iich we see othtr folks having
4 iTho old fox whose tnil was snapped Oh
4 tsifl trap, and who tried monstrotlsly
srd to cozcn MI the other foxes into get
\ NJ themselves docked the same way.
J Ys Il. very human crftter. If his counsel
Ia been followed and his fellow reyrnrds
Il IA % separated themselves from their
nIshy ca,ldal nppendages. the original
Victim would have gone through lie win
comparative ease-yea,8 even in Fly time.
fSAs But the other'sfoxes didn' see Things
that way. When they realized that their
f3r,lshes were objects OF AMY on the part
Tstheir sorely afflicted brother,IEt they re-
ioiced in those tails as never bafore.
Were x / "A as wise as 8valiantly deter
sIr,ed to be every evening Just after din
ar hour. when d world OF anlinbilty and
bod Judgment snuggles up under my
iiast. il would forthwith pull out TO- some
II .aauestered spot and associate myself
Il Nth mortals equally as impecllnious and
;Hliiftless as myself. @ 5.{.5
5I3nt list as soon rs the harm nious
echoes Of the soothing meal die out, the
Nd discords renssert themselves. Ihen
s tsis that some denlonlac impulse VII edles
she into sticking my nose amons my pct
.ers-whereupoa the smell Of other
forks prosperity comes to my Of
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they otherwise would have at o,,r ex-
pcnse. For after ALL tho prosperous arc rs
Etickled to death when they SEQ us faWnt-
ING around them md when orr aduln-
lion and thctuous servlllty lead them to
think that they are the whole cheese y, !"
ana that we are merely playing fors g 9
illbble. 81 5 3}i i.,ss 4, g s. 3 l rs.
as So farewell sc OF the upper crt,st.
Your 'excluslve functions" and your
pink teas iskall know my mot.h- eaten
swallow tail mo more. go to Join my
EQUALS; to seek my own threadbare levei; ,
10 whirl In an arniable set where IT isn't
necessary to wear my overcoat on ac-
count Of the delicate condition OF my
trousers In parting from you, sloush
ar my old skn--a tissue of envy, mnllce
and $covetotsness-nnd garb myself IN q
rrea go stained raiment which better men
thar / have worn. Still, III rich widow
comes along and--but that Eis s# another e
story. N s ~ !, M VI Ga'
That genially3 mellow and eyer ,, 4 useful :
citizen, the oldest inhabita IS py No !
means a modern institution. lis 4 mas peen
getting III his work from time im m ~,
}rinl. From the very day .daWn or CIVIL CIV, =
zatior lip to the present 4 time ne mas
seen to 1t that the spots were 4 knock s GO
out Of things modern BY remlniso ences
concerning I lie past IS
ri Il The oldest lima pltaiit. however, rs u
best OH the weather. no meteorolog cal
phenomenon Jars llim--no freaks Or ma
ture surprise him.. To Judge BY what ne y
recalls he has ut sorle time In Ills NE
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With their fists or6their swords. intact.
he leaves nothing to the Imagination. !.
n What has hit German officers most me
cruelty III this book, however, Is the the
loose morals lie describes, the relations
OF criminal Intimacy between 4 some som! h @, o.
the malo and female characters, and the
ISLANDERS and back sitting common to al
most 4 all The scene that excited the the
greatest indignation in the German press
IS ono at the mess, when Lieutenant
Borgert reads aloud to the assembled
officers q very private letter he has re-;
ceived from the wife OF n fellow-oflcer,
n which the lady laments the infidelity
to her of young officer with which
she has been conducting long affair."
Having mades5S!the reader acquainted
with drunken orgies debts and loose
morals Of tho officers of this garrison
Lieutenant Btlse shows how social demo-,
Gratis are propagated in the srankfand file,
by the caprice and brutalitypof the off,
GERS down to the sergeant. A difference
Of opinion between two petty officers
who have had too much drink. jewellers
into a formal charge from one .of .insu-
$bordination In the other. The first man
supports his charges by lies, and the
other, his former friend and boon COM
panion, goes to the lookup. only to re-
turn to the regiment in broken health to
receive his discharge.
This is a blow at the courts martial,
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/ inp,orinE eyes he pressed her 70 his
| breast and whispered: Ssg &
We'll, come along. then! Tomorrow
Ewo sl1kll tia RI 3'sf M D. g III
The Might've " Ito takes the sion Of
her husbands absence on dut y o arrange
tho detnns of her esca pa. She has u little
money her mother has sent her. and
/ he sells the furniture u his apartment,
for which he has never paid, to q furni-
tura and sbric-a-brac dealer for " ha t the
latter will pay--one-tenth Of It's market
value. And after getting q three days
leave OF absence from the colonel on
the plea OF urgent messages from his
father. he meets Frau Lehman IN Aiu-
Mich and they escape to England
This scandal is the last straw on tho
back Of Colonel Won kronnu, who soon
after receives from Berlin the blue en-
velope, sends in' his resignation. and re-
tires TO his A1asuriah farm never to ap-
near again. But the mischief making
Borgert sends a porsoned arrow back q 8
he fees IN order that Rlttm eister Konis.
the only good character In the garrison.
shall surrer for his re fusal 4 to lend him
mon ey. The letter charges KONG with
having taken money fromEth military
4hcst to lend 1t to him. Borgert. And
Although Konigs books are correct and
was his own, the court o ( honor SUE
ocnds him for months and finally, not
being able to convict him OF wrong, cen :
sures him for lending BorgcrtS money at
all-whereupon KONG and his friend.
Blcibtreu, pass In their designations, and
In them "the army lost two thoroughly
competent soldiers and devoted mem
bers.'
The last chapter describes the plight
of the guilty pair. who have lied 70 L LON.
don. Their money Is gone. 6orsert nMa
lost position after position because no VIII
not work. because. as he patheiically re
marks lie las never learned 70 ,Wos6.
They are In n foreign land. surrounded py
cold Ind lfCerent people who regaard aen1l
sort. whom they do not understand. ana
the rent is unpaid = hey are starving.
snYou must work, = answered the woman
With a voice full OF tears and she ar tEleu 81
fave II not tricd?n he said with a
shrug of the shoulders Haven they
thrown me out each time? and pesid S.
there's no use even II I do get an9 q, lneT
chance, It's Just this: !, ! q cannot woi;N'
have never learned Il. &
TILE final QUARREL 5i3 Ill 3s
.But something must be done; w must
man, in desperation. 'If YOU intend ne
nsSs nave ms u u4 "a me- ls5f into nqU
( T,i1red you?' sneered Borgert = " ne
ever lured you? Wasn't It YOU yo Nl,s !,
who prayed and nplored me 70 pe ~ =, !,
loved to 50 along eecaasig your WOW a most
A1 "And IL i did, you, u you were q man Z
at all ought to have had sense e etnrn5i !.
to 9 hay persuaded me tf0'n " as'''
h Yah, you women. Can ANYBODY per- ts
suade you out Of anything you have once
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Who has maliciously sandbagged our
need Of glory while 1t was en- route 70

who has inaliciousy sandbagged our "
need Of glory while It was en- route 20
7 lis. 5,5Ss 5fi q III 5{ " \. Il
Ana when one reflects OIL tho facility
with which the average citizen g adap 1t
himself to sudden prosperity, one almost
concludes that the average 81 tizen mas
been ii, tfntnilig for tho event for years i,
III hurts the feet of a. countrymnn to walls q.
on Flnrd city pnvelnents and 1t twists IN I.
ankles Of the Urban pedestrian to hooi
It over sliding burrows or heavy country
roads. But nobody, however new ct the e
game, ever vet got corns on his pedal e TX
$tremeties by arnblilg down Easy Street
tho which shows thht1one doesn' t have %
practice up to acquire tho ability to spend
ready money. y b "A
# Therefore, there's no excuse for OBJ
3trtislvely butting ii, on tho perous be-
2foro or inning on Ensy Street has come.
SAtRtlle right molnent--tfiat Is, When the
wolf leaves our door and we no longer
need to count pennies--a divine Instinct
will show us exactly what to do with our
suddenly acquired wealth. $4 n I5 III II. i .s5
But. in the interim he period when
we are waiting for our ship to
come ln--we should LAY low and say
mighty little. 4; BY keeping concealed IN
tho social broo,nstrawG or merely taking
ali occasional wigEle In the mud hole
where all the other tadpoles are Just our
sze--we avoid many heart burning and
many a snub. 585s{ 3s f
Aud what is more. we thereby deprive
the opulent bullfrogs Of much fun which
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most GREATNESS have YOU lost your
senses q III SIX
4sssQuite tho reverse. answered Borgert
coolly; that is the only thing that Gan
ar6leasn i,B i, and this Is not the first tins
the idea has occurred no me Is II MOI
B better to make Il quick end 81 this lifo
i OF hunger, his dog u life, IS than perilaps
II for years to grove1 along iii misery and
anxiety? NJ ~ y I'd 3 IN &
M Frau Lehman took a step nearer the
dying ilro. as X 1T drew her toward II IN
order to take the frost out OF he blood
gaze fell, as II charmed y one spot S on
lnantelplece. which showed tho royal ban:
qnct OF some ancient British king, AZ
II she had los. MI touch with !. realty sic
gazed with CLASSY eyes Mt the picture,
which seemed to embody so we'll all the
pleasures that Me has to give. She Old
not notice that Eorgcrt had stepped soft
sIy behind her. 68 5 5 2a
80 shot reverberatcd Iii the room. and
with scream the woman Eel. vs. "A er .left
hand reached out to the fire @ns | { to ask
for! help. and the Iii le blue danes played
gently about the white hand OF the woman
4 from which the bloom Of l!fe SLOWLY
r NJ I. For a. moment, the murderer gazed
with an absent-mnded look on the Blif1-
less body; then he turned the we apon
toward fli8 own head. and N second shot
put an end to his life. In death he found
the punishment he deserved for tho many
wickednesses which had embtterad his
existence. 81 Chicago I'M ter Ocean. 35s
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in fact, that thake' was.a great scandal5
among Germap a,4ns' Officials, the CEN
sor became busy. aEd.the lieutenant was
made famous. But 1T was fame that
landed him in a military prison.
In "From a Small Garrison the au-
thor shows that the life of officers IN
small town is deadening TO brains ana
morals, and the lesson he strives 10 IN
culcato Is the folly Of leaving them FOR
years In surroundings where &they cannot
mingle with the world or pursue q line
Of study or thought, or snjoy any OF the
relnxations offered by larger centerrs.
The reader Is introduced to tho OIL
GERS of this garrison at a musical enter
taiEment, given by the wife Of Iittt.ne1s-
ter Koenig. Each Is described from the
life. There Is tho chief, Colonel Won
Kronau, whose bowlegs. in conjunction
with his coarse face, do not exactly flt
ones ideal of what the commander Of
regiment should resemble.
I'm civilian dress, PERHAPS, ore would
!, have taken him for an agrarian. whose
accent could not fall to betray his Ma
surian origin" (the Masurians We're an
old slavic tribe In eastern Prussia
a somewhat swarthy and Oriental In fea-
4 tures,. - Moreover, he always had tear
jr his eye. which. as soon as II seemed
to him large enough, he loved to Ting
with r. stereotyped jerk OF his head be-
4 fore the feet of person with whom he
was speaklng-or else on his coat"
Then there is First Lieutenant Bor-
cert, Ellis piercing eyes rarely kept
themselves steadily ,lporX the person
whom he deigned to address; his figure
WAS corpnlenr but at the same time
elastic and willowN Behind him stood
First Lieutenant lehman, small seine-
what bent-oyer person, With the SUE
geslioll of n humpback aud a much too
short neck, Between the high shoulders
stood peartshaped head, with two
u little piggy eyes, which usually wandered
unsteadFly about, or else We're 50 drawn
together that one could scarcely see
them The ,noaocle which he carried
on q cord was never used, because hf
Il was afraid Of looking ridiculous II he
put it IN his eye,
The Koenigs wb0 gave the party arc
Z the nicejBpeopie Of the sarlisan, lhf
colonel IS a bundeter, who Is hated BY
A the townspeoplc, ard gives absurd lee
lures to his officers, Torgert is up To M
sars II, debt, though his old father anf
mother stint themselves OF necessities
10 add Ia his pay; and Lehman, WHO
has married Girl whose mother has 9
little money, Is also in a had way finan
cially, but knows how to stave Off bill
and keep up his credit These TWO llv'
jr the same house and practice various
arts 10 keep themselves In champagne
and all the Injuries obtainable ~ The
y little town,
Another character II tile fat wifo n
Rittmeister Stark. WHO plays the eldd,
a!rI in social affairs and interferes witt
her husbands work, bullying the soldiers
and petty officers as Is she Wore Gtht
z brooches. Frau Stark has the colone
pxdsy her thumb not at all by raascR NJ
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which his erstwhlle comrades VIII not
forgive Lieutenant Bilse, because II ques-
lions the superlority#o the army to OWL
Sians. Here follows an interesting glimpse
4 OF the state Of things where privileged
GLASSES Of male citizens are allowed 70
serve only one year, and arc given 70
that gifts In cash and klnfd
have a wonderful effect IN softe 1, me
swagger Of patty officers Ike Roth. %
whom the dr!llng,soG one-year men is
Entrusted. When the friend whom he
has broken and driven out Of the army
by his stupid swagger and his lies re-
turns ono night In civiliars dress, and CON
fronts him, stick In hand. the situation
reminds one Of Dickens. who ever de-
lighted to get his villains well trolnced
& 'The two men stood still a moment OBJ
srosite one another. then Roth recognized
his whilom friend: III .
nS'Hello. is that you old fellow What
arc you doing here?' he cried out with
n honrse voice. 7
"i'Ths is what I'm doing screamed
schmitz. md whirled his cane through
the air. Tho first blow took his oppon
ent fill In the face,
to death, the man stl'm-
sbled back for moment; before he could
set at his sword however. one powerful
hIow after tho other rained on his face,
Ills head his shoulders, and hands.
Then he threw himself like avid beast y
on his enemy, bit sohmitz hauled off
and gave tho duartermaster box on the
car and sent him to grass on the flat 81
Ills back eY 6
"'There, YOU dlshonorahla hound, you
cowardly. dirty carbon. that Is for your
lowdown character and that is for your
les While lie spoke he was giyng the
fellow on the ground a severe kicking;
then he left the place AS he went ne
called out 10 his Victim; Sl
q Nov, then, so and report me- YOU
dlty dog-lbut then shall have ~ GOOD
many things TO tell
And, In fact, the Yidtim Of vengeance
OH the part at schmitz knows better
than to court the testimony Of q man
who is prlvy to all his petty lareenles and (,
brides, But when he gives out that hls
injuries came from a Drunken laborer
whom lie cut Down with his sword, TIE
garrison does not believe one word but
guesses perfectly that judgment has oYei-
taken him at the hands OF schmitz, who
now becomes one OF the leading socialist
politicians In the nearest manu- ring
center. rs 5sS.sg @ 4. s :. a .Ss. HI q "a j
a little relief to the pssslFaist pages
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her physical or mental charms, but by
her smartness. The colonel had insulted
civilian through sheer STUPIDITY, any
tina civilian lad sent him challenge
when Frau Stark stepped in, and byH
taking the blame. on herself saved the
worthy commander from a meeting which
no had reason to dread. This is the
trump she holds while urging tho colonel
to push her husband, the Reittmeister,
forward. She insists that he shall be
promoted to censor
Here Is a specimen OF the colonel $
talks to his officers:
- Gentlemen began the mighty man.
4 have commanded you to assemble here