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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-07
NOVELIST GOVERNOR.
Winston Churchill Nominated in New
Hampshire.

Booth Harrington, the novelist, is
a congressman in Indiana and now
the Lincoln Republican club of New
Hampshire, has rendered to Winston
Churchill, the novelist, the nomination
for governor on an anti-corporation
platform, and he has accepted.
In his letter of acceptance Mr..
Churchill says his principal plank will
be the freedom OF state affairs from
domination by the Boston & Maine
railroad. His second plank deals with
means to suppress gambling, chiefly
race track gambling.
He is member OF the Breeders
club and one of the board OF governors
of the Salem track, but says the sport
must be kept clean or driven out of
the state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-07

A belated celebration of the Fourth
at Baker City, may cost Dan Dilla-
baugh, aged 10, the sight of both
eyes. He attempted to fire an i'm
provised cannon, touching a match to
a rusty pipe filled with powder. The
explosion carried away his entire right
cheek, tearing the eye from its socket.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-07
ITS MERIT IS PROVED
RECORD OF 4 GREAT MEDICINE
A Prominent Cincinnati Woman Tells
How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Completely Cured Her.

The great good Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is doing among
the women of America is attracting
the attention of many of our leading
scientists, and thinking people gener.
allv
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-07
TAFT IN THE RACE.
SIGNIFICANT SPEECH IN
THE sotTH TONIGHT.

of War VIII Address the
North Carolina Republican Conven-
tion In Such Manner as to Practi-
calIy Launch His Presidential Boom
lie Is Said to BE the "Admlnistra-
ton Candidate
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-30
THE CAPITALS QUESTION.

Coming from the Des Moines Cap
ital the subjoined quotation is peculiar
ly interesting and noteworthy. Perhaps
it may be considered suggestive. AT
any rate it asks very pertinent ques-
ton in line with the insistence of the
voters that all candidates should make
their position plain. The Capital says:
If Mr.. Perkins is pledged to any man
or set of men relative to whom he
would appoint to the office of United
States senator in case of the death Of
Senator Allison, he is not available.
If the railway or other corporations
are making a determined stand united
ly to capture and control the politics
of this state to take our public affairs
out of the hands of the masses, such
contemplated action ought to sound the
alarm turnout the state. Men have
been in office during the past four years
who have never failed to raise their
voices in the advocacy of popular be-
liefs, and it would be unwise to now
go to sleep before the reforms that
have been presented on the platforms
and the stump shall be concerted into
law.
To whom are these four candidates
for governor privately pledged? The
gentlemen should answer for them
selves, as to whether or not they have
been approached by corporate attor-
neys demanding pledges.
If the primary law shall pass in time
for the nomination to be made by pop
ular vote the discussion of private
pledges relative to future conduct can
not be brought on any too soon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-30

default and await instructions.
The convention came Off but there
was no contest and seven delegates
were chosen supposed to represent the
ideas of the county. AS there was no
contest it was difficult to create en-
thusiasm enough to secure delegates
but after many efforts three prominent
political workers and four other names
were put on the list.
Then the railroad attorney got busy.
He interviewed number OF men from
the neighborhood of the county dele
gates. In each neighborhood he mace
arrangements with safe man to try
and get his neighbours proXie, promising
him pass to the conventlor anu an
expenses if he succeeded. Each dele-
gate thinking his one vote OF little ac-
count, and willing to accommodate a
neighbor who had suddenly discovered
q dear relative which he wished to Vlslt,
was easily persuaded to give his proxie
to the neighbor. When the delega-
tions arrived in the conventional city
the three prominent politicians founo
themselves in the minority and became
so disguised that they returned nome
without attending the convention, leaV-
ing it all in the hands OF the TOUR
nroxies and the railroad attorney.
This is one instance, there have been
hundreds of similar deals put thru IN
the state of Iowa in the past twenty
five wears. Without passes and with
a state primary law, such a thlhs "oula
~, ;,,,poScib1e
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-30
4 Resume of State Primary Lavs.

primary election any person eligible
may file affidavit before proper officer,
and if the office be Il salaried one shall
pay $40 to the county auditor to the
secretary of state for the privilege of
having his name on the ballot. The
secretary of state certifies to the proper
county auditor and the county auditor
has printed all candidates for each
party on separate ballots and publishes
such ballot for public inspection twice
before primary day. A separate bal
lot for each party. Separate ballots
to be in different colors, but all tickets
of one party of uniform color and size.
All the candidates for one office
grouped under one head; the names
of the candidates to be changed and
enough ballots printed so that each
candidate will have his name first on
the ballot the same number of times
as every other candidate has his name
first. Primaries held in each election
district. Regular judges and clerks to
officiate for both primary and registra-
ton. No names placed upon registry
prior to day of primary. One ballot box
for males and another for females
Polls open from a. m. to p. m. All
persons qualified to vote at general
elections having first registered are en-
titled to vote at primary; the ballot OF
the party to be given him with which
the voter declares that he affiliated
and whose candidates he supported at
last election-he must also state that ne
proposes to affiliate with this party at
the next election. The voter then re-
tires to the booth and marks cross IN
the square opposite the names of the
candidates for whom he desires to vote;
then return ballot folded to judge of
election who places it in ballot box
Voters name is checked on the regis
try. Returns made by Judges ana
clerks to the county auditor. Canvass
ing board shall meet at court house on
second day after primary and openly
and publicly canvass returns. The
having the highest vote for
each party shall constitute the nominee
of the several parties in which they are
candidates In case of vacancy party
committee, and if no committee, then a
mass meeting fills vacancy. Elections
at public expense. Act passed 1899,
amended 1901. 1902. and 1903
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-30

Senator Gilliland in an effort to learn
the wishes and desires of the voters
of his district on the proposed primary
law, not long ago sent out
personal inquiries to represent
tative men. The senate, as may
be seen from the list of questions
below, is one of those legislators who
desire to keep close to the people by
keeping the people close to him. Here
are some of the questions propounded
by the senator in his efforts to count
the public pulse beat:
l wish you would tell me frankly
whether you believe the politics of the
rural districts have got so bad that we
need to go to all this expense and trou-
bic to straighten ourselves up.
Do you believe the average voter will
be any more honest or better informed
than the average delegate under the
present system?
Would not the affidavits that are re.
quired by this bill keep some men away
from the primaries that now attend?
1t is claimed that this provision is
made to keep out repeaters, but we
have no repeaters in our district, and
would it not keep out some of our very
best men?
Do you believe that nomination
made by mere plurality vote is as
likely to be a wise one as that made by
delegates at a convention, either coun-
ty, state or district?
Senator Gillilands method of taking
public temperatures and counting pulse
beats appears to consist Of firm
touch on his own arteries and ther-
mometer under his own tongue. His
inquiries are calculated to induce a
disguised silence on the part of the
average voter and offer opportunity to
the opponents Of the measure. Senator
Gilliland's circular was not fair at
tempt to evoke public expression. 1t
was begging letter to his constituents,
pleading for permission to oppose the
state primary. an excuse to be urged
later against probable popular indigna-
ton.
Like Senator Gilliland the Times-Re-
publican sent out some questions I'M
like Senator Gilliland's. These are the
questions:
What we want TO know is what do
you think about the primary as gem
eral proposition.
Do you think such bill ought to be
passed!
Do you think your neighbors as a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-30

box and freight, it was found Grin
nell's sugar price was fraction
cheaper. And so on, article by article,
the Grinnell grocer met catalog prices.
One of these farmers said he had not
bought $40 worth of goods in Grinnell
during the last twenty years.
And this illustrates an idea brought
out before in this column. If our Iowa
merchants will not only advertise in
their local papers, but advertise as
these catalog houses do, prices for cof-
fee, tea, sugar and soa., etc., they
can kill off much of the catalog house
trade. 1t will not accomplish much to
advertise eve meet all competition,
that's easy to say, but when mer-
chant offers 100 pound sack or sugar
for so many dollars and so many
cents, that counts. That's what the
farmers read in the catalog. There is
a furniture man in the game that gives
prices and keeps his catalog open to
everybody. There is groceryman In
Manly Junction that used the local pa
per and had two columns side by side
Our price so much-Chicago price so
much, and he makes it win out. One
implement dealer in Iowa bought a
car load of top buggies and advertised
them for $33. 1t brought him some
trade on better class of goods. The
great secret Of this catalog house trade
is the fact that purchasers can order
goods at certain price. Many a man
sends off and buys an article in chi
cago. because he does not know that
he can buy it in town for those figures.
To illustrate. An advertisement last
summer in a Chicago paper was that
for 1925 you could get fifty feet of gar
den hose with nozzle and sprayer.
Prices down town were 10 cents a foot
and nozzle and sprayer extra. Moral:
Send off and get your hose and save
$3.50. But the would-be purchaser had
a friend in the hardware line. To him
he showed the advertisement. Why
said the home dealer, "if you want that
kind of hose I'll deliver it at you house
next Saturday. nozzle and sprayer
complete. for 1925" The wholesale
price was s1.75 'for that kind of hose
One man found it out. Probably a
thousand others found it out after they
had ordered it from Chicago. The Chi
'cago house advertised exact figures.
The Nextown merchant didn't.
81. ~ III ea.,rsA.N,x
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-30
COMPROMISE is DEFEAT.

DISPATCHES from Washington indicate
that the opposition to the Dolllver blil
will crystalline into an attempt to null
ify it by Incorporating either Elklns'
or Foraker's bill as part of the Dolli-
yer measure. This, it is argued by the
railroad crowd, would offer two courses
of procedure to the commission in re-
gard to complaints regarding rates, one
by the commission itself and the other
by recourse to the courts. In case TINS
program was adopted, we are informed,
a rate bill could be passed in the senate
with very little opposition.
There is little doubt that measure
including Forakers or Elkins' scheme
to neutralize rate regulation by the
commission would meet the approval
and win the support of the anti-admin-
istration forces. Railroad interests are
not worried over legislation that eman-
ates from Foraker or Elkins. They
would be willing to see the Dolliver
bill made into law providing the
emasculating process had been duly at
tended to.
This alleged compromise is no COM
promise. 1t is defeat. Rate regulation
as demanded calls for increased pow
ers for the interstate commission and
the liberty to use the power granted.
We have had.a long experience of the
Elkins' law and of interminable liti-
CATION barren of results. The demand
is for regulation that will regulate, for
DEGREES that may be put into force and
endure until defeated in court, not for
rulings by a commission that must drag
itself thru ten years of law courts and
DELAY from the lowest to the highest
tribunals to find conditions changed
and it's rulings antiquated before they
have gone into effect.
1t is better for rate regulation to be
defeated in the present senate than
make a compromise that is a defeat in
everything but name. If rate regula-
ton fails in this congress the people are
ready to change representatives. 1t
NAV take the length of senatorial
term to win the fight, but it will be
won unless it is betrayed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-30

rule favor the scheme of voting for the
nomination of all candidates, including
state officers, congressman and Unit
ed States senator's?
Would you like to have our senators
and representatives at Des Moines
vote for the bill?
We do not expect to publish your
letter and will not do so without your
permission but we want to know what
leading men like yourself think about
the plan and what seems to be the SEN
timent of your locality.
The response to these questions has
been liberal. There is a big stack of
letters on the editors desk, and of these
90 per cent unqualifiedly declare for the
primary law; they place a large major
ity of the voters in the various locali-
ties whence the letters We're written
in line with the primary movement;
demand the nomination of United
States senators by primary and agree
in requesting the representatives in
the legislature to vote for the bill. Nine
tenths of these letters were written by
farmers and are from republicans hold
ing diversity of views on the tariff
question.
What Senator Gilliland has done in
a tricky fashion other legislators might
we'll do in sincerity. 1t is always in
order to seek expression of public
opinion, but to send an argument and
special plea broadcast under the
guise of an honest effort to ascertain
popular will is the trick of a ward
heeler.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-30
a Journey.

a Journey.
Oh, loud is the laughter and gleeful the
song,
And dancing and lifting the stepping
along.
And the mailing Of friends soundeth glad
in the throng.
When we are anew to the road.
And sweet are the wee baby lips to our
own,
And rare are the blossoms of life fully
blown,
And Iove--how 1t deepens in every loved
tone,
When we are midway of the road.
And rest--oh. the peace of the nearness
of rest
When the hurly and burly of life and its
Zest
Are over and when the sun CLOVIS in the
west
And we reach the end of the road!
Oh, well to have lived in this fleshly
abode
To have laughed and have loved and have
borne we'll the load,
To have drifted along with the stream as
1t flowed,
To the rest at the end of the road!
Houston Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-30
MICHIGAN.

Wayne county Gin which is the city
of DetroiD direct primary for the NOM
nation of candidates and for the selec-
ton of delegates to conventions or the
members of the committees
of political parties. Does not
apply to nomination of township or
village officers until act adopted by
two thirds vote of the village council
or town board. Plurality elects. Can
didate must petition to have his name
on ballot, stating residence and political
party of which he is member with the
name of the office sought; on filing
with the proper officer must pay a
small fee for salaried officers not less
than 81 nor more than $50. Public au-
thorties provide ballot. Primaries held
time and place of registration. Sup
Elemental registration days in Detroit,
not primary days. Voter must be reg
istered where registration is required.
Primaries to be conducted as nearly as
may be as the general election. Regis
tration officers holding primaries shall
count ballots and make returns the
same as general elections. This act
passed in 1903 Kent county Gin which
Grand Rapids is situated) and Muske-
gon county. had direct primary laws
passed by the legislature for all local
nominations for those counties in 1908;
separate acts for each county.
MINNESOTA.
Primary day Tuesday seven weeks
before any election Except town. VIII
lage or special election) for the pur-
pose of choosing candidates for all
election districts, county and city off,
GERS, elective members of school boards,
park boards. library boards, in cities
of over 100000 and all officers to be
chosen wholly by electors within any
llb-division of the state--except state
officers who are to be chosen by elect
ors from the entire state and elective
members of park, school and library
boards in towns and villages and cities
under 100000. Primary the first day
of registration. Political party, one
which cast 10 per cent of total vote at
last election, or shall present petition
with 10 per cent of the qualified vot-
ers of the county Independent candl-
dates for election can be nominated Tor
election At least twenty days before
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-30
Topics Of the Times

Golfers libel suit has shown how
cowardice of what some people call
society" and what others call poll
ties
A cousin of w. ]. Bryan is institu-
ting a gas plant at Belle PLANE. 1t is,
however, a purely local enterprise and
has nothing to do with Mr.. Bryan's
Chautauqua contract for the ensuing
season.
Ex-Governor Larrabee in his advance
ing years seems to be growing some
what garrulous. The courtesy of the
legislature permitting him to address
the assembly evidently gave such a
start in promiscuous vocalZation that
he has not been able nor inclined to
stop. In an alleged interview in The
Register and Leader he INDUCES in
much vaporing and direct electioneer-
ing for Cummins.-Cedar Falls Ga
zette.
Here is a specimen of stand pat
Journalism 1t is due to the stand
pat press in general to admit that it
is unique. Whatever other editors OPP
posed to the progressive movement
may have thought the Cedar Falls
Gazette was the only one asnine
enough to abuse the venerable guest
that the the capital and state Of
Iowa delighted to honor.
A Georgia darkey, charged with big
amy, said to the judge:
Hits true l got mo- than one wife,
sub, but dey's scattered"
"Scattered?"
yes, sub; some's in Alabama, some's
in Tennessee, en- only one in Georgia
whar live at. De only way ter have
peace, jedge, wuz ter make a scatter
ation!"
The rush in the senate to greet Sen
ator Depew, may not have been evil
dence of his popularity. Perhaps they
thought he had some of it on him.
If the proposed liquor inspection
law will put the G. o. d. bootlegger
out of business, $4,000 seems a cheap
price to pay.
Rumor has it that the Keokuk Gate
City will change from morning to an
evening issue Without special ac-
quaintance with the local situation the
contemplated move would seem a
sensible one. The evening paper is
todays paper. The morning paper
yesterdays. The people want the eve
ming paper.
In replying to numerous inquiries
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Degraw has indicated the purpose Of
the department in free delivery routes
which is in progress with view to
disseminating or reducing the service
of such of them as show little pat
ronage. In answering the inquiries
Mr. Degraw has replied substantially
as follows:
I'm discovering that there is lack
of patronage on a given route, consid-
GRAFTON is given first to the possibility
Of increasing the interest in the service
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-30
!: Lo0KER.0N IN IOWA

Grinnell, Jan. 30.-On January 2Uth,
zoos. two gray timber wolves, as large
as our ordinary Newfoundland dog,
were seen on the Main street of Gill
man. Iowa. They showed little or no
fear, the writer and others going close
to them without disturbing them in
the least. They were in good condition,
hunger not being the cause of their APP
pearance. In fact not only were they
seen last Saturday, but they can be
seen any day on the streets OF G1lman'
as they are town gray wolves, almost
born in the city limits, for they We're
captured, three of them, and brought TO
town, before their eyes were open.
Two were raised in town while Cal
Hutson, the sheriff of Marshalltown,
took the third one which was dong
we'll at last reports. One OF these Gill
man wolves, named Teddy is very
tame, will come when he is called, that
is. if he feels like it, Has the run OF
the streets, was once muzzled for a
while. but now as he let's the neighbors
chickens alone, has no fear of the city
marshal. Teddy" follows his owners
team for miles in the country, and
comes as near obeying orders from
twelve year old boy, as it is possible
for any self-respecting wolf to do.
"Teddy" also shows great wisdom in
NOT mixing up in society of dogs OF
high or low degree. He simply minds
his own business, and asks the same OF
every Gilman dog.
Here in Grinnell has been establish
ed a new record on town drunken
ness. During the month of December
1905. there was only one arrest for
drunkenness in Grinnell this in
town with 5000 population. During
January, and the month is nearly gone,
not an arrest has been made, so far
When Mayor Coutts assumed direction
of the CITY police, he gave orders to run
in every drunken man, Caught in the
act" Rich or poor, high or low, white
or colored, eff drunk, run them in
Mayor Coutts has theory that 10
send drunken man home, for his wife
and children to sober off, is tough on
the family, thinks the paatial city lock-
up has more SOLDERING effect than any
home in town. Somehow this theory
of the mayor. With a knowledge of the
practice that follows. is having de-
terrent effect on those tnal regularly
or occasionally "fill up"
Grinnell furnishes another good item
for this column. 1t seems that one
of the enterprising grocers OF this
town advertised in both local papers
that he would sell anybody groceries
at the prices of the catalog houses of
Chicago. That he had two big books
in his store for, reference. and that
these books and prices were open for
inspection by any one. Now for re-
suits. One day last week he sold six
good bills of groceries to farmers that
had read the advertisement. One far
mer brought along his own catalog
book ito be sure" Sugar was the first
item. of course. After little figuring
on weight Of sack, adding 10 cents for