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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
THE PUBLIC TO BLAME.
Bad Government May be Charged to
the People Themselves.

If the people want good govern
ment, says Governor ]. w. Folk, in
October Men and Women" thay can
have it, but they must want it with
an active desire and they must in
sist upon having it. The Indifference
of voters is the greatest menace to
a republican form Of government.
Most people are honest, but they
are inactively so, while the vicious ma
jorities are perniciously active. 1t
is not enough to be merely honest. We
need more fighters in the army of
peace. Aggressive methods only will
stamp out graft and corruption.
There are no necessary evils in
government. 1t is the abuse of gov
eminent about which all good citizens
have right to complain. If the hon
est voters would assert themselves,
however, they could have local and
national government of which they
could be proud.
Good men will observe even bad
laws, and bad men will break even
good laws. All men, good and bad
should be compelled to obey every law
good and bad, because it is law. Dis
regard for one law breeds disrespect
for all laws.
Many persons thrill with patriotic
fervor at the thought of risking their
lives On the battlefield, but they for
get to vote on election day. The pa
triotism of peace is as necessary as
the patriotism of war. The man who
will live every day for his city and
state is needed more by the govern
ment than is the man willing to die
for his country.
The best citizen seldom goes to the
primaries and often fails to vote
two duties that the bad citizen never
neglects. And when bad men elect
bad man to office they support him
loyalty in the evil he does. That is
the chief cause of corruption in Amer
lean municipalities.
Let him who, without good cause,
avoids his simple duty Of casting bal
lot be barred by law from all the priv
ileges that flow from citizenship. Men
appreciate something that they are
in danger of losing.
In a word, we need the honest votes
of honest men. When these unite
and stay united, demanding honesty In
the conduct of public affairs, then graft
will become unknown.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
LOOT AND POLITICS.

The Enterprise National bank of Allie
gheny, Pa, failed at an unfortunate
time It was unfortunate in two partic-
ulars-first, because there is a cam
paign on for state treasurer in Penn
sylvania and second because the statue
to M. S. Quay has not yet been I'M
it might even defeat the re-
publican candidate for state treasurer.
post of over one million dollars. The
bank was compelled by the machine to
lend this money to the partners of the
late Senator Quay, who were building
a railroad in New Mexico. The bank
was putting out this money and taking
in the most grotesque paper from men
whose financial standing was nothing
and whose personal standing was worse.
1t went on doing this and getting
deeper and deeper into the hole until
the cashier who ran the bank could
bear the strain no longer. He blew out
his brains and the whole story was
soon public property. 1t happened that
the night the news came Of the suicide
and the closing of the bank, Senator
Penrose, Governor Pennypacker and
Plummer the candidate for state
treasurer, were addressing a meeting
in Philadelphia. AS they emerged
from the hall, after eulogiZing repub-
lican care of the public funds they
were greeted with the sickening cry
of "Extry, all about the suicide and
the closing OF the Enterprise BANK.
Smitten, not with remorse for the
death of their victim, but with
deadly fear that the election might be
lost, the bosses went into a midnight
conference to try to explain the matter
and save the ticket They have been
cOnspicuously unsuccessful in explana-
ton.
The fact is that the Pennsylvania
treasury has been the football of dirty
politics for years. There has never
been republican administration which
did not develop some terrible scandal
and there mas scarcely been one which
did not result in some victim going to
a suicides grave. The people of Penn
sylvania are faced with the question
now, What shall we do about it?' Is
the republican machine majority in
Pennsylvania large enough to stand the
immense strain of the independent
movement?
If Roosevelt lived in Pennsylvania
he would surely go home to vote
against the republican state ticket.
Russia is at peace with Japan. If
she could only fix it up with Russia
how happy she would be.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
FOR CLEAN MEN AND MEASURES

The republicans responsible for the
future course of the party have taken
very high ground against gang rule
in the cities where elections are to be
held this fall. Mr. Root, before he
became secretary of state, was called
as counsel by the republican mayor of
Philadelphia and advised the mayor
to proceed to the limit against the
corrupt lot of men masquerading as
republicans Then came Mr.. William
NJ. WINS, the republican candidate for
mayor Of New York, and said he would
be glad to speak from the same plat
form with District Attorney Jerome II
it was the district attorneys desire.
This he said in the face of the fact
that it is an open secret that Odell,
the republican boss, and Murphy, the
Jerome from. receiving any nomination
for the office he now holds. Lastly,
delivered at Akron, Ohio, last Satur-
day, declared that if he could get to
his home in Cincinnati he would vote
against the republican municipal
ticket. The republican ticket
there is the George B. Cox
machine ticket, and bears the same
relation to clean politics that the Pen
rose ticket does in Philadelphia.
Friends of good government cannot
but be encouraged by the fact that the
president and his advisers boldly and
frankly come out against corruption
lists, even when labeled republican. 1t
is an era when men are calling a spade
a spade, and when party names cannot
cover the multitude of sins they were
able to obscure ten or five years ago
Governor Folk, a democrat, was in
vited to speak for a reform republican
ticket in Philadelphia, and accepted
the invitation. That he was able tc
do so with the applause of right
thinking men all over the country is
significant of the moral revolution
which, as he described it, lis sweeping
over the land This moral revolution
the Wall Street Journal, a paper
which is not usually concerned in par
tisan conflicts at the polls, says, SIS
one of the most hopeful signs of the
times. 1t is better even than the bis
crops. the industrial activity and the
great production of gold"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

If you are sincere and really need
assistance, he will help you. The skep-
teal and the helpless are especially
invited. The professor asks no ques-
tons or betrays your confidence. He
helps you to avoid all trouble. No
body is turned away. If you have no
money, this is a greater reason why
you should see him. Prof. Matthews
gives you the key to success and
makes it impossible for you to be de-
ceived. He gives names and tells you
what you need and wish to know. You
neither say nor write anything.
Prof. B., N. Matthews is scholar
and a gentleman. He exposes fraud
and denounces those who practice it.
Readings, $1.00. At Coast House.
opposite Postoffice. Phone 212.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
NELSON AND TRAFALGAR.

The Duke of Wellington never
could make up his mind whether Nell
son was patriot or a "vainglorious
charlatan." The duke died in doubt
but posterity has settled it that Nell
son was patriot and big patriot too
England recently celebrated the one
hundredth anniversary of his victory at
Trafalgar and the newspapers are so
full of the dead admiral that there is
scarcely room for interviews with live
golf players. Nothing like the news
paper spread has been known since
the queens jubilee.
The fact is that Admiral Nelson won
glorious victory for his country but
the greater fact is that Trafalgar alb
solutely demonstrated that sea power
Is essential to national greatness Ma
poleon's victories on land were barren
so long as England sitting in her island
safety could raise new coalitions and
finance new armies against him. IF
he could but cross the channel and mt
his legions in motion toward London
the end of European resistance to his
encroachments was in sight Napo-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

her hands back and front to the glare
of an electric calcium to prove they
are perfectly empty, then with a slow
graceful movement she stretches her
hands as though to pluck something
from the air and 10 and behold, she
holds full-sized billiard ball between
the thumb and finger. This she null
tiplies into two, three and four, making
them appear and disappear at will at
the tips of her fingers always with her
arms outstretched. The manipulation
is perfect and without doubt one of
the pretriest pieces of palming that
that has ever been attempted. With the
company are the four American trum-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
BASCOCK REGRETS 1T.
Says the Insurance Contribution te
Campaign Fund Ws;s All Right.

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 31.-COngress-
man Joseph w. BabcOck, chairman of
the republican congressional commit
tee, is rather put out because the in
surance inquiry conducted in New
York divulged the information that
Mr.. Babcock, for the committee, had
received so trif1ing an amount as
$4,000 of trust funds from the Mutual
Life Assurance company, to be used for
political purposes.
Yes, the testimony as published
regarding my transaction with the Mu-
tual was substantially correct said
Mr.. BabcOck.
1.-The attorney for the company, who
was on the stand, told the story
straight. The only regret have is
that the amount was not larger. 1t
should have been. Of course, got the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

money he referred to, but you under
stand it was for the congressional
committee, of which 1 am only one
member. There was nothing to be
ashamed of in the transaction. 1t was
perfectly aboveboard in every way.
1--WE asked these companies to con-
tribute, as We did other corporations.
We showed them that it was for the
benefit of their own prosperity that
party in power
1T was, so to speak, a premium
they paid out which was to insure
continued prosperity
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

Senator Beveridge has just shown
great constructive craftsmanship. He
wrote book and forbade mis- publish
ers to advertise in any Indiana papers
but those of republican faith. The
democratic papers are tearing their
hair, which makes the best of adver-
Using, free at that. The republican
papers are as pleased as the demo-
cratic papers are mad. Result: The
senator gets not only free advertising,
but solid republican press behind
him. This is genius.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
ADJUSTMENTS
"York State Folks"

What promises to be one Of the
is the engagement of the York State
Folks" which comes to the Keylor
Grand next Saturday evening, No
vember 4th. York State Folks" ap-
pears to possess a charm which can
almost be ciassed as fascination. While
it does not contain any tragic situa-
tons, does not exploit any so-called
problem and has no theatrical clap
trap whatever it has innate power to
hold the audience with intense inter-
est from the time the curtain rises on
the first act until it goes down on the
last. 1t is eminently clean, whole
some and elevating, and is full of in
tense human interest The people whom
you meet in York State Folks" are
natural and you feel as if you had met
them before. This probably accounts
for the Understandable charm which the
drama has for those who. witness it..
1t appeals to even the most blase, like
the bird in the grove and the bubbling
brook In this it breaches a sermon
which elevates the stage in the eyes
of those who have found just cause for
adverse criticism.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
WARNING

"To the law and to the testimony;
if they speak not according to this
word it is because there is no light
in them
Verify, I say, men should be en-
gagged in a good cause, and do many
things of their own free will. and
bring to pass much righteousness:
For the power is in them, wherein
they are agents unto themselves.
And inasmucn as men do good. they
shall in no wise lose their re-
ward"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

Alfred Austin's Trafalgar centennial
poem shows that
Twas thus did Nelson live did die
Far from his land and home.
Making his roof of storm swept sky,
His pillow of the FOAM"
This reminds one of Grandma Shir-
ley, OF whom an early English move
list said: She had one foot among
the stars"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
Will Be Here November list.

Will Be Here November list.
Oscar l.. Figman, the star Of "The
Tenderfoot" with Miss Ruth White,
owes much of his great success as a
comedian to the thorough training he
received in the old stock companies in
the east. Dramatic writer's all over
the country have deplored the pass
ing of the stock companies, and with
reason. There is no school wherein
the actor may learn so many of the
fine points of his profession as in a
permanent organization of this kind.
Figman started on the stage playing
utility parts, as they were called and
then played villains. The change to
comedy roles was a big one, but was
made at the request of w. P. Cullen,
who saw the possibilities in the young
actor five years ago and put 11im under
long term contract. He first gave
him the part Of the actor in The
Burgomaster," and then during the
Philadelphia run of the piece made
MIN play the part of the Burgomaster
Figman was such hit in this part
that he was featured in it for two sea-
sons, and now he is starred with 1.-The
Tenderfoot' with Miss Ruth White,
also graduate of the stock school,
Figman is declared by the Chicago
critics to be a revelation as Professor
Pettimone in 1.-The Tenderfoot," with
his quiet but screamingly funny meth
DDS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
Present-Day Axioms.

Every man pays for what he gets in
some kind Of coin.
Scars on the face become marks Of
beauty when the heart is kind.
When a man is a sneak all through,
he knows it, and the fact that he
knows it makes him a sneak all
through:
The fear of man is the beginning OF
stupidity.
Cleanliness is not always next to
goodness.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

The drainage canal has cost Chicago
a little over SAG, 100000. It is, however,
much cheaper in the end than it is to
run your sewage into your drinking
water supply.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

The new Chicago postoffice, of which
the government laid the cornerstone
just ten years ago, was occupied Sat-
urday. Why this indecent haste?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

in the penitentiary. Then again some
others who never took such advice, but
went into Wall street, now own six
automobiles and play poker with ].
w. Gates.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

Bishop Potter urges deferring final
judgment on the insurance grafterS.
If the bishop is a friend of the said
grafters he would better urge final
judgment now. The case gets worse
for them every day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

1t is believed that if all the Phila-
delpnianS who have not voted for ten
years come out this fall they will
nearly offset the dead ones the gang
has been adding to it's majority during
that period.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

A banker has recently given this
trenchant advice. Work hard, live
Within your income, look cheerful
Nothing wrong with the form of this
advice. Many people who formerly
nouted just such admonitions are now
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

o,o.-:, we have the only
electrical lens grinder in ..
city. We grind and Ct a.
lenses, to correct all eve defso,.
that glasses car cure, and -.
duplic ate any lens in one bo,,s'
time, whether fitted by rs ~
elsewhere. If you break q ,e,.
or your lenses need changing
give us a trial.
Beware of spectacle peddlerx
who go from house to house: i
costs no more to have ro..
work done right. We do strict,
ly Office work.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
Little drops of water.

Little drops of water.
Little grains Of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
Little raids in bonds and stocks,
Knocking down their worth,
And presto, little Johnny D.
Owns this little earth.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
Wonderful Woms.n's Wonderful Hands

Wonderful Woms'1's Wonderful Hands.
Adelaide Hermann is possessed Of
perhaps the most remarkable hands
of any woman in the world. They are
not wonderful because they hold the
attention of thousands of eyes nightly
while she performs her famous billiard
ball trick. She stands in the centre of
the stage, her arms bare. She shows
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

peters, Americas foremost military
musical art and xylophone experts
Nine. Hermann will appear at the
keylor Grand tonight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31
J. Il. TIMMONS, TRANSFER

All manner of freight, goods anu
musical instruments handled with care
All orders promptly attended to. FUR
warding freight a speciality once M
Kittrick's Shoe Store Phone Main I0a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-31

NATIONAL CONVENTION Wo'
MEMS CHRISTIAN TEMPER
ANCE UNION.
Los Angeles, CAL, Oct. %, NO"
1905.
For the above occasion the o. H.
will make a round trip rae ol
third fare, starting point to Por'ia'
plus $780,. Dates Of sale, jew
10Th and goth. Going limit. OctoO''
25th, returning December 20th. o'Of
overs will be allowed within the iA
IT'S south and including Portland
For detailed information call VI
address Robert Burns, uen
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-10-18
"The Laborcr and the Church."

Rev. DR.. Hayden will speak on the
above subject next Sunday night at
the Presbyterian church, and he cor
daily invites the laboring men OF
the city, both union and non-union.
to come and hear the sermon. The
subject will be handled in way that
will certainly interest every toiler in
life's mart. whatever his views on
labor questions may be. II is not DR.
Hayden's purpose, as he informed a
Herald reporter, TO take UP the diff
ferenees between union and non
union laborers. or between labor and
capital, and discuss them from the
standpoint OF either side, or both. but
to treat whole great problem from
a moral viewpoint. II Is known that
DR.. Hayden has studied long and deep
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-10-18

Kittitas, Yakima and Benton coun-
ties, was held in the lodge room of
the local lodge last Saturday even
ing. There was generous repre-
sentation from Roslyn and Ellens-
burg, while a few attended from
Prosser. The interest of the meeting
was centered in the putting on of the
third rank work of the order. The
teams of Roslyn, Ellensburg and
North Yakima entered the contest.
which was spirited from start to fin
ish. The local lodge had two can
didates ready for this rank, and they
were placed in the hands of the teams
during the evening, and this rank
duly conferred upon them. About
O'Clock an intermission was declared
and the visitors invited to the Pa
cific Hotel. where a fine banquet and
after dinner speeches were INDUCED
in. B. F. Kumler presided as toast
master Speeches were made by Prof
Morgan and Dr. Martin of Ellens-
burg, and DIR. Lamoreaux and J. ID.
Cornett of this place. After a short
season of wit and humor the as
sembled guests again returned to the
lodge room, where the work OF the
evening was resumed. The decision
of the judges gave the prize, a beau
| tiful banner. which had been held by
Roslyn, to Ellensburg on the small
margin Of seven points. The visitors
returned home much pleased with
the treatment accorded them by the
local Knights, and promised a return
of the courtesies at the spring meet
| ing, which will be held at Ellensburg.
The visitors were: VIM. Briggs,
Geo. Sloan, David Wakin, Jos. Ors-
, lift, Thos. McManamee, Chas. Will
liams, d. w. Blunt, Harry Mounsey,
David Stephenson, Harry Smith, d. j.
Rees, j. Montague, w. J. Saxby, s. r.
Justland, VIM. Farrimond, Chas. Ea-
den, Matt Lennon, Willis Smith, J.
Y. Patton, T. s. Holmes. Jas Metcalf,
/ c. r. Openlander, MILFORD Ward.
| Richard Prescott, VIM. Galloway, Jas.
Miller, VIM. Parry. Chas. Eden, Jos.
Hoffer, all Of Roslyn; Prof. Morgan.
r. Lee Purdin, DR.. Martin, A. w.
Pautzke, r. A. Weaver. VIM. Frey
burger, s. o. Salladay. G.. NJ. jenkins.
II. A. Gotzean, 4. F. Hancey, +. T..
Craig, Mr.. Blair, Mr.. Wolff, Mr..
Hardisty, G. s. Baker, all Of Eilens-
burg; J. e. Barkwell, Gle Elum; ;
Messrs. Hart and Lamb, Prosser: A.
B. Hickenbottom. Zillah; NJ. P. Mes
singer. of Iowa: J. II. Garrison, Santa
Ana, Calf, and J. l.. Carter, Homo
lulu.