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The river press., 1904-10-26
Grotesque Attempt by Democrats to Twist Facts
for Campaign Consumption.
GROSSLY INACCURATE STATEMENTS
Country Is Not in Throes of Disastrous
Business Depression, and Workingmen
Continue to Prosper What
the Figures Show.

Nothing could better illustrate the in
hnlte capacity Of the democratic party
tor doing the wrong thing at the right
moment than its attempt to outface.
acknowledged industrial conditions with
the Dalu statement of its campaign text
hook-''that business depression OF this
year is greater than was that OF 1893 and
1S34."
AS there are as many million Ameri-
can voters as there are millions engaged
IN Industrial pursuits whose experience
spans the decade. and who know this
to be most fortunately false, there is 10
need to waste time in refuting it. The
Democratic depression that prevailed
from 1885,; to 1897 paralyzed industry in
every section OF the United States. and
it's pinch WAS felt in every home. The
business depression Of .-..:s year. is so
largely tigment Of Democratic imagi-
nation that it requires u magnifyiny
glass to he seen. and what there is OF
it is rapidly fading from sight as the
prospects of a great Republican victory
become more certain.
l;ut the Democratic campaign book is
not satisfied with this grotcsuuc generali-
%at;on. so it attempts to controvert the
Republican claim Of prosperous times in
farm. office and workshop with the as
scrton that no one is better off by rca-
son OF increased incomes, because the
cost Of living has increased dispropor-
tiunatcly.
How utterly and irrationally absurd is
this contention is proved by the fact that
il prices were advancing more rapidly
!han thc earnings of the great mass Of
tGe people, the great mass Of the people
would soon be irrctrieyably insolvent or
that the volume of business would be
enormously reduced.
There is no possibility Of making a
scientific comparison Of the relative in
crease in wages and the cost Of living.
because they are controlled by different
factors. The rate Of wages is controlled
hy industrial conditions; tie cost of ]iv-
ing is controlled by the individual. No
man can fix his income at will; any man
can limit his expenditures. Let contli-
tons provide sufficient wages to the
Workingman. and it rests with him to
say by what margin he will live within
his iucOne. The larger that income the
larger his possible surplus. II better
wages breeds cXtravagance, the result
in the language of Micawber. is misery
il they are expended with economy, the
result is IN accumulation Of wealth and
happiness.
The river press., 1904-10-26

Course empoymen labor
~ -N'
ompn on o for
The river press., 1904-10-26
Convincing Testimony.

Good times under Republican admin
i>trati"n has provided the better wages,
aud the economy of the American pco-
pir has piled up the means OF content
m"nt and happiness. as is evidenced by
TIE following statement of the number
1T dnpoSitnr> and deposits in tho savings
banks Of the United States for tho eleven
The river press., 1904-10-26

terror should be empowered to withdra "
from entry all lands proposed to be irri-
gated, instead of only those required for
reservoirs and bitches as provided in the
bill; that no water should be sold or de-
livered except to bona tide settlers, ac-
tually living on the land to which the
water was applied-which was not in
the Newlauds bll-and that the words
but State and territory laws shall gov
crn and control the appropriation. use
and distribution of the waters rendered
available under this act, should be strick-
Ell out as virtually subjecting the control
of Federal work to State Legislatures,
some Of which he doubtless believed, but
did not say so, to be unfit to exercise
such trust. and as certainly exposing
the settlers to the dangers of endless
and ruinous litigation. At the Prcs-
dents express requirement the bill was
amended III these respects and became
the law as it stands to-day.
Unprecedented Force.
There had been attempts for man,
years to get the government to go into
the irrigation business. but all failed I'M
til President Roosevelt took hold of the
project. In his first annual message to
Congress in 1901 he called attention to
the necessity Of providing water for the
arid lands and said: THE object Of the
government is to dispose of the land to
settlers who will build homes upon it..
10 accomplish this object water must be
brought within their reach.'
Ille national government policy. h.
pointed out, should be to aid irrigation
in the several States and territories in
such manner as will enable the people
in the local communities to help them
selves and as will stimulate needed re-
forms in the State laws and regulations
governing irrigation. He likewise re-
minded the East. which was against this
policy at the time that the reclamation
and settlement of the arid lands will en-
rich every portion Of our country just as
the settlement of the Ohio and Mssis-
sippi valleys brought prosperity to the
Atlantic States.
Final Personal Triumph.
With his accustomed vigor and intelli
gcnce President Roosevelt exerted intiu-
cnce in this direction on Congress, won
the timid and the vacill;iting over to his
side, and the Nationa Irrigation Law was
enacted on June II, 1902 That law. be
it remembered, grew out Of his message
of 1901. was enacted by Republican
Congress, ably coached by Mr.. Koose-
welt. The measure became a law with
his signature. The Republican National
Irrigation Act of 1902. signed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, was Il fitting and natural
supplement to the Republican Free
Homes Law of 1862. signed by President
Lincoln.
10 President Roosevelt, therefore, ara
to him alone. is due the fact that there
was any National irrigation at all in that
Congress, aud that the law, as enacted
absolutely protects the poor man and
renders any large holllnys of national
irrigated land impossible forever
And this is how the Democrats are
Responsible for national irrigation.
Resolutions by Rusiness Men.
hn int1 ~ A.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22
FOR BETTER MARKSMEN
National Board of Rifle Practice Meets
In Washington City.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. pa
meeting of the national board for the
promotion of rifle practice was held
today at the war department. In addi-
ton to approving the awards made at
the recent shoot for the national tro-
ply at Fort Riley, the meeting discuss
ed several matters which it intends to
bring before the coming session of
congress. These matters relate to the
plans of the board for the fOrma ton of
a national marksmen's reserves, in
Guiding the encouragement of rifle
practice in the state militia. in mill
tary and other schools, and among in
dividuals. AS a first step in this di-
rection the board desires an apprOpri-
alton of $1,O0O,OOO per annum for five
years to be expended under the di-
rection of the secretary Of war for the
providing of ranges, their equipment
and maintenance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22
Money Well Invested

Thirteen of December. 1901, four,o
honest Iaboring men and womsn
Eureka, Cal, organized the Califou.
Cooperative Medical company co,,
talized at s1,OOO,OOO. fifty thouson,
shares at $50 each all are eoua1. ~
hold but one share. Purposes Of .,,I
company: To maintain Offices h..
pitfalls and sanitariums, employ nh,
sicians to treat, cure and keen ,ho,-
members and little ones well; to rnoin
tain laboratories, stores and denots ;.
manufacture. advertise and sell mo,,
cine. Dividends have averaged o,..-
81 a month from sales of "Oil of Fdo,,
and Sweet Spirits of Eden" inexnsr
sive cures for rheumatism, kidrou
stomach and nervous troubles: sold h.,
best druggists; the company has nor,
nearly 1000 members; shares have "a
vanced TO $35 and will rise again soon
On payment of one dollar down and
one dollar for "a consecutive weeks tba
company will issue one paid-up shave
Inclose full name, nationality. birth
place. age, height, with price of sbara
to DR.. J. L. kEllETT. Pres. and Cen
Mgr, 457 9th ST, Oakland. Cal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22
NEVER WILL BOX A BLACK MAN
Champion of the World Draws Strong
the Color Line.

SAN FRANCICVO, Cal, Oct o.
The good showing Jack Johnson
made against Denver Ed Martin, at
Los Angeles, has caused people to
start talk about Jeffries- johnson
match. Between acts at the Central
theater. where Jeff is playing ''Davy
Crockett the worlds champion said
last night:
Il do not care whether Johnson
ticks the Japanese army. l have re-
peatedly declared as long as l am in
the fighting business l will never make
a match with a black man. The ne
grOes may come and the negroes may
go, and some of the negroes may be
excellent fighting men. just tell the
public that James j. Jeffries has made
up his mind that he will never put on
boxing gloves to give battle to an
Ethiopian
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22
Clancy Seeks To be Boss AGAIN.

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 22-Frank
Clancy, ex-boss of the first ward and
sponsor for the 20 per cent. gambling
graft, seeks to return to power. He has
imported his bartender, named Bean,
from his Kent saloon and will apply
for a saloon license on the south side.
Within the past week Clancy has
approached several candidates on
both tickets and has Informed them it
is his intention to conduct soup
house in connection with the saloon
where he will herd several hundred
tenderloin voters, and they are avail
able for any man on any ticket at a
certain price per head.
In this way Clancy boasts that he
will show those who accomplished his
political ruin that he is able to deliver
the goods at election time and is a
handy man to know.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22
No Girl Babies In This Family.

A remarkable condition in the fami-
ly of Captain Roesch, master of the
barkentine Wrestler, is reported to
exist. Female children are absolutely
unknown to the men of the family.
According to a story told while Cap
tain Roesch was here with his vessel
djscharging lumber, for generations
back every child born to the family has
been male.
Captain Roesch of the Wrestler is
one of four brothers. He has three
children and all of them are boys. One
of his brothers had IA children and
another had nine children. All of them
were boys. These boys have also
married and have families, but in ev-
cry instance the children have been
males. In no recent instance has fe-
male child been born to the men of
the ROeSch line. Captain ROesch says
that this remarkable phenomenon has
existed for generations in his family
He says that it had come to be a fam
lily tradition that a girl child is never
born to the name of Roesch.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22

if added to that of the rail-
road and it's appurtenances as assessed
this year would produce an assess
ment approximately $4,000 to $4,000
per mile
The final statement in the quoted
paragraph is positively disprOven by
the figures given in the official minutes
of the board. While warehouses, docks
and such buildings not located on
railroad right of-Way are assessed as
real estate, in many if not in most OF
the counties such property is assessed
some instances paying taxes as per-
sonal property. The total value of all
equipment in railroad shops, and all
other railroad personal property re-
turned for assessment by county equal
ization boards this year. according to
the official minutes, is but S6,165,221.
This added to the equalizei valuation
of all railroad tracks gives a total of
$26, 253,039. page 40 official minutes
of the board.) This is an average per
mile on all railroad property in the
state returned for taxation as such of
approximately $3.50. official reports of
many of the roads of the state show
that the gross earnings of the roads
per mile exceeded last year this aver
age assessment per mile on all rail-
road property.
The "Wilson- Pa liner Railroad press
bureau, which supplies the press cam
paign matter for number of the re-
publican newspapers of the state, has
been attacking the assessment re-
turned by the county assessors of the
agricultural counties Of the state on
farm property, and has shown much
concern because the wheat produced in
eastern Washington is not caught by
the assessors. But the assessment re-
turns show that 1t is nowhere the GUS
tom of assessors to assess the prouuct
of productive industries, except such
of it as is found to be on hand on
March l. the day the assessment is
supposed to be made. The product of
productive industries is taken by as
SCISSORS to be in the nature of income
than the income on bank stock. bonds,
warrants of railroads and other cor
pOrate property.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22
SARAH BERNHARDT, THE GREAT
ACTRESS, HAS REACHED
THREE SCORE MARK
Gained Wonderful Reputation
Before Footlights.

PARIS, Oct. 22.-1t seems difficult
to realize that Nine. Bernhardt. the
Divine Sarah who has just returned
from a most triumphant engagement
in London. is three score years old.
Such is the fact, however, the great
actress having first seen the light of
day just sixty years ago today at
Rue de L'Ecole de Medicine. in this
city. Her mother was Jewess, who
Her grandfather was an optician OF
Amsterdam, and there she spent her
earliest childhood.
At a convent at Versailles, where she
was sent at the age of I, she became
notorious for the violence of her tenn
per. In 1859 she entered the Paris con-
servatoire and became the pupil of
Provost and Samson. In two years she
gained the second prize for tragedy,
and the next year the same for comedy.
On August H. 1862, she made her de-
but at the Theatre Francois in 'Iphi-
genie" To FrancisQue Sarcey is due
the credit of discovering Sarah Bern
hardt's talent. When all other critics
were silent he announced that though
her acting was that of school girl
her elOcutiOn was perfect. She was
eight months al the Coincide Fran
caise. when she boxed the ears of Mile.
Nathalie. her senior and left for other
fields. Her first real success Was III
1869, when she appeared as the Flor
entine page in La Passant.'
During the siege of Paris she worked
untiringly with the Odeon ambulance
and shortly after returning to the
stage achieved a veritable triumph as
the queen in "Ruy Blus.' Thereafter
managers were at her feet. When
Bernhard first went to London, 1879,
she was adversely criticised, once for
being unable to play her part. and
again for presenting a defective Clo-
rinda, a part she dsliked. She retired
to her country home and paid $4,000
for breach of contract rather than be
criticised again.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22
THE BEST DOCTOR.

Rev. B. G.. Horton, Sulphur Sprhgs,
Texas, writes, July 18th, 1899: Il have
used in my family Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment and Horehound Syrup, and they
have proved certainly satisfactory. The
liniment is the best we have ever used
syrup has been our doctor for the last
eight years" Csc, soc, $1.00.
Sold by The Upington drug store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22
Cures ChiIls and Fever.

G. w. Writ, Nacogorohes, Texas.
says: His daughter had chills and
fever for three years; he could not find
that would help her till he
used Herbine. His wife will not keep
house without it, and cannot say too
much for it." soc.
Sold by The Upington drug store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22
LA TOILETTE BOUND TO WIN
WeIlman Tells of Pass Evil and Its
Successor, Secret Rebate.

CHICAGO, Ill, oct. 22.-Walter
Welman, in a Madison special to the
Record Herald says:
In this struggle between the people
and the railroads of Wisconsin the peO-
pie are going to win. They ought to
win. The right is on their side One
may say this without indorsing every
thing that La Toilette as the leader
of the nti-railroad movement has done
and without holding that all the men
who are opposing La Toilette are Tor
the railroads.
Passing of the Pass.
Plenty of evidence is at hand to
support the charge that there is rail-
road tyranny in this state. Years ago
the little pink or blue pass was the
railroads chief instrumentality of
power. 1t was potential among poll
ticians and legislators. It's magic
worked in counties and here at the
state capital. The pass distributor
was the biggest man in the state.
Years ago the pass evil grew to such
proportions that even sef-respecting
railroad agents became Disguised with
it. o.. ~, i - - 80
One of the best known men in Wis
consin formerly a railroad attorney.
told me he was at length forced to
say to his employers that he would at
tend to their legitimate legal business,
but he would be condemned if he
would distribute any more passes to
legislators, politicians. hucksters and
all the horde of cormorants thick at
his desk.
The pass has had its day 1t is no
longer powerful The world has out
grown that f1imsy bid for favor AS a
rule its influence is not worth much.
Secret Rebate on Freiqhts.
! But in place of the pass the rail-
! roads are now using an instrumentali-
| ty far more potent. more far reaching
| 1t is the secret rebate on freight rates
! This gives them power over every
shipper, over every industry, over al
production, and over most of the ac-
| tive businessmen of the state.
10 get rebate you must do the bid
| ding of the railway. You must use
your political influence as the mana
gers of the railway direct. If they wan,
, Il man or a measure beaten you mus,
| help to do the beating. You refuse
and they destroy your business They
not only decline to give you con.
cession, but they give it to your com.
petiter in business who is more COM
plant to their will. If he can shiI
cheaper than you can he has you or
the ship. He can undersell you. He
can make profits while you are makins
tai college. Taken sick about a yeal
ket.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22
Consecrate Bishop Coadjutor.

BOSTON, Mass, Oct. 22.-Arrange-
ments have been concluded for the
conservation tomorrow of Rev. Ed
of the diocese of Springfield, III. The
event will be attended by many prom
inent Episcopal churchmen.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22

The matter has been brought to the
attention of Mayor Balfinger by sew
eral friends and it is said Clancy VIII
have a hard time carrying his project
to a successful issue.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-22
HOW the WORK WAS DONE.

STATE BOARD EQUALlZEO TAXES
IN INTEREST OF THE RAIL
ROAD CORPORATIONS
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-10-06
A Gooseberry Yarn.

Not long ago officials of the
Department of Agriculture were
much amused by a letter sent
the Department by an occasion
al correspondent in Virginia.
Among other things, the wri-
ter fastened to advise Secretary
Wilson to this effect:
'My wife had a Tame cat that
dyd. Being a Tortureshell and
a Crate faverit, we had the same
berred in the Gardin, and for
the enrichment of the soil had
the Carkis deposited under the
roots of Gooseberry bush.
(The Frute being up to then of
the smooth variety.) But the
next Seson's Fruit, after the
Cat was berred, the gooseberrys
was all Hairy-and more Re-
markable, the Catapilers of the
Same Bush was All of said Hairy
description"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-10-06
An Old Bachelor Says.

Giddy girls make merry COM
panions and sorry wives.
The spinster should rejoice
when it rains cats and dogs.
The turn Of the tide is often
toward the divorce courts for
relief.
1t may take nine tailors to
make a man but one woman can
break him.
1t doesn't take a woman very
long to discover the defects in a
mirror.
A woman has to be light
ming thinker in order to think
before she speaks.
Love makes a man think of
diamonds-and marriage makes
him think of clubs.
Chewing gum was probably
invented by some woman who
had no one to talk to.
A fool woman is one who be-
lieves the fool things man says
when he is in love.
The average woman wastes a
lot of time trying to transform a
wrinkle into dimple.
Two men trying to entertain
one woman is q pretty good ex-
ample of a silent majority.
A girl is all right until she acts
womanish and woman is all
right until she act girlish.
A woman dislikes a man who
is awkward at love making, and
it makes her mad if he goes at
it like he has been there before.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-10-06

There is feeling growing that
the conditions of the times de
mand lower prices, not only in
the markets but in the prices.
paid to labor. This has been
largely disbelieved, but as the
strlngency still continues it is
evident to sensible, thinking men
that reductions must be made to
meet the times. AS the prices of
labor go down the prices on arti-
Giles produced by that labor will
go down too, and the results will
be about the same. 1t is useless.
however, to expect prices to 90
down first, for that would be an
exception to the general run of
things. 1t is hard dose to
swallow, to accept lower prices
on labor or material wealth, but
it now looks as if the dose must
be taken if relief would be OBJ
tanned, and the laboring man as
well as his employer is getting
actively alive to this fact. This
is not an argument for the aboli-
ton of the trades union, for the
unions should be as fully ac-
quainted with the proper time to
lower prices as when to raise
them. The whole secret is that
We as a nation have been living
too fast. We have been putting
on too many airs, and this is the
natural slow-up TO our ambitions.
After a rest to cool off the hot
box hindering our progress we
will speed along as usual. Sc
quachee Valley News.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-10-06
New Fad IN Rings.


'The latest novelty" said the
jeweler, lis a ring of unique de
sign much in demand among
young SWANS as a gift to sus-
ceptible girls. 1t is a fiat band,
the surface being embossed in
the form of a bar of music,
There are the notes, d, e, a, and
then comes a rest. You see this
makes the word dearest. Some
of them are set with jewels, and
are very expensive, while others
are simply the gold bands. The
latter, of course, have the great
est sale, but there is also quite a
demand for the higher-priced
ones"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-10-06

If the present presidential
campaign results in nothing bet
ter than the utter and complete
reputation of William j. Bryan
as factor in shaping the poll
cies of the party to which he be-
longs, the organization could af-
ford to lose the presidency. The
United States will never surren-
der to Organism. There are
thousands of people who admire
Mr.. Bryan and accord to him all
to which he is entitled, but he
is disturber rather than states
man. He may not believe in
throwing bombs or in dynamit-
ing property, but his doctrines
lead to that. One of his pet
hobbies is to play into the hands
of the restless, lawless element
by insisting that the military
policy of the government is die
tated by capital and intended
'for labor" Herr Most believes
the same thing, and so did the
slayer of Neutrality-suspicious.
nooga Press.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-10-06
In Confederate Money.

The following story, told by
the late Gen. John B. Gordon, as
far as can be ascertained, has
never appeared in print, says the
October Lippincott's.
One day during a temporary
cessation of hostilities between
the opposing forces tall strap
ping Vance rode into the Confed-
crate camp on sorry-looking
old horse to effect a trade for
some tobacco.
'Hullo, Yank!" hailed one of
q number of Confederate soldiers
rolling about on the grass in
front of q tent, "that's a right
smart horse youall got there
"Think SOP" returned the
Yank.
eyes; what'll you take for
him9"
''Oh, | don't know"
swell, I'll give you seven
thousand dollars for him. ban
tered the Confederate.
"You-go to-blazes," indignant
ly returned the Yank; "I've
just paid ten thousand dollars of
your money to have him cur
ried."