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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-10
THAT LIGHT VOTE.

After the bitterest and most Vlgor-
ously contested campaign in the his
tory of the state, 1t now appears That
the republican party was able to poll
less than sixty per cent of the total
vote of the state, and politicians are
wondering what this apathy on the
part of voters, formerly considered re-
publican, really means. In this county
alone the home of Senator Ankeny
and the home also of some of his most
active opponents, over a thousand
voters failed to go to the polls and
register their choice in the republican
primaries.
If this apathy means anything 1t
would seem to mean that a whole lot of
voters have severed their connection
with the republican party, and that
the claims that Washington would go
for Bryan have some pretty solid
foundation.
On no other ground can be explained
the fact that the combined vote of
Congressman Jones, Senator Ankeny
and Mr. Smell will be less than sixty
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ting of the opposition into Office, which
has fine business mans ticket ana Is
pledged to correct much or the mlsie-
gislation and restrictive commissions
that now weigh down the people. Tne
railways are operated at a loss; the
insurance companies have abandoned
their agencies and investments-now
being required to invest all their state
receipts and reserves in certain securl-
ties and reserves at a limited rate Oh
interest whereas they previously
financed new railways there and took
other securities of their own choosing;
| free labor is under the ban as COM
missions are required to certify all ap-
plicants for certain lines of work and
| the unionists dominate the commits
sions: local option prevails in the state,
but statewide prohibition is now pro-
posed by the governing party and the
republicans take the opposing ground.
These are only few of the specifica-
| tions and the state is finding it too
costly and dangerous to submit further
| to these "saviors of the people" who
actually fancy that they are wise
enough to change out of hand the laws
developed by the sages of the ages
and regulate the human nature out OF
| human beings at will. We have some
! of it here in this state, where man
NAV buy a cigar on the seventh day.
| but not an apple; in another state
where one may buy cake but not bread,
and so on. And many of these reforms
take on the color of that of chari-
table institution in Illinois, where a
beautiful system of keeping the &C
counts was installed, and incidentally
four new hands were put on the pay
roll in order to man the new system.
1t is time-high time-tnat the peo-
pie everywhere should demand to be
freed from the blight of misgovern-
ment, of cfficialdom run mad, of the
power of public spoils, of inefficiency,
profligacy, bulldozery, boycottery, ir-
responsibility, collision and trafficking
| in the important lines of public Serve
that confront the people at every turn
| n their struggles to get enough out
| heir private business and industry to
maintain their own modest homes
lpon and meet the demands of these
lordly fatlings in Office besides.
| The main question today, in many of
these places that are honeycombed
with worthless favorites in office, with
fawning courtiers, with spoils, with
| limitless tax money and the power to
spend it with a free hand, is whether
the people have left to them sufficient
power and initiative to save them
selves from the body of this death.
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CANNON GETTING HIS DUE.

Samuel Gompers viii arouse no
feeling OF profound prejudice In TINS
section of the country by his excoria-
ton of Speaker Cannon, says the
Portland Telegram Indeed, it is very
generally realized that whatever dang
ers may be ahead for the republican
party they are almost solely OF the
making CT men like Cannon, Who SCI
their faces against vitality needed re-
forms. and who, in the national coun-
ellis represent not the country, but the
special interests.
There was a time, few years ago
when the homespun appearance or can
non gave him certain claims to which
he was never entitled. Much OF his
stock in trade was that he looked like a
granger and despised the ordinary ut
tie cow entialities which are supposed
to be practiced in centers like WASH
ington. In this Cannon grew up to De
regarded IS a sort Of character. Dress
ing as he did and acting as he did, he
got a reputation for sterling integrity
and blunt honesty which he has MOI
deserved. Indeed, he has always been
doubtless. but certainly has been OF
recent wears. the tEick-and thin frlenc
of the interests, overriding all opposi-
ton and flying in the face of the gen
eral interests of the country in order
to uphold special privileges.
Cannon has had his day in the re-
publican party, as We hope all men Oh
his type will speedily have their day
We denounce demagOgues in unmeas-
ured terms, but what demagogue now
in the public eye has ever done hall
the harm Or had la tithe of the pre-
sumption shown by Cannon in over
riding majorities and setting at naugh'
parliamentary rights and usages? In
deed. it is men of the type of Cannon
who are really endangering the lib
critics of the country. They are the
wolves in sheep clothing, who are help
ing to build up monopolies and million
aires at the expense of the country
and are helping to create monopolies
that are robbing the people of their
substance. This is the way Cannon
and men of his ilk APPEAR to us, so that
when he is fiayed by Gompers, or any
other friend or foe, it is matter Oh
satisfaction which people of all classes
will heartily applaud. We hope to see
Cannon soon reached, not alone in the
speakership, but in his own home dis
trict, for the world, happily, has out
grown him.
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MISGOVERNMENT.

Texas. the great democratic state OF
the union, is about to go republican in
the state election this year, a victim
of the law-mad and regulatory. wave
that is playing such havoc upon the
destinies and the lives of this people
says the Lewiston Tribune. The state
is still as democratic as ever, but the
party politicians have become so in
toxicated and inflamed with long pow
ar that in order to get back into sensl-
BILE and sound channels the public al
large are seriously considering the put
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-10
Cheap Farm Lands.

In the famous Grangeville country
near Lewiston, Idaho, now being opened
by two lines of railroad Pronounced by
J. J. Hill Of the Great Northern railroad
to be the Garden of thei Pacific North
west" mild climate, fertile soil, produ
cling heavy crops of grain, hay and fruit
No irrigation Write for circular.
A. F. PARKER,
Grangeville, Idaho.
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Election officers in Clarke precinct
were duly grateful that a full vote was
not recorded Tuesday Count completed
2:15 p. m. yesterday.
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ALLEGED Blanket Thief Sentenced
reads a headline. After he was CON-
victed it would seem as though til
alleged" were superf1uOlls.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-10

Dorsey made IA good fight, but re-
turns today indicate that he has beer
defeated.
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That wardenship of the penitentiary
looks bright for Tom if he should
change his mind.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-10

The doctors are taking more interest
IN the prevention Of disease than in
looking after the dying and injured in
Tuesdays engagement
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Il told you so,' is the favoritei ex-
preston today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-10

Now is the time for all good men tt
come to the aid of the democratic
party.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-10

The county fair is the next big event
on the program.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-10

both are in evidence on Walla Walla's
streets today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-10

Less votes were cast in Walla Walls
county than the registrations in thu
city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-10

Wonder why the, Union didn't Civ
some election returns this morning?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-10

The next few days will be occupied
with tales of how it all happened.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-10

Copeland would have won over Cox
if he had received more votes.
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SECOND HAND FURNITURE

REPAIRING, UPHOLSTERING AND
Packing of Furniture. Phone 520.
F. Chapelle, Ill South Third Street.
Walla Walla
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Erred Yenney Dead.

John Fred Yenney, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillip Yenney. of this city, died
in Santiago, Cal, Tuesday. The body
will be brought to Walla Walla for in
terment Funeral arrangements Will
be announced later.
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sale. Farm loans Houses for rent.
List your property with us. WRItHT
e ALEXANDER, Phone 1873, 20S
Ransom Bldg. $3.50
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five per cent of the vote cast for Roose
Welt in 1904.
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Lots of democrats in Walla Walla
today.
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lations-Commise : o
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET
For President-W. j. BRYAN, or Ne
Nebraska.
For Vice President-JOHN w. KERN
of Indiana.
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Children's PLAY Suits, 25c.

Rompers made from good grade of Cham
bre trimmed with white braid piping. AS well
made as any garment for double the price.
Full cut, not job, but bright, goods just
from the factory. Sold all over the country for
soc; while they last, Csc. Colors, blue, sizes 2.
4, 6, only.
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Next.
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Ladies' and Misses Fall Coats $500
A very special lot of fine Coats, bought under
price-Prince Chap style. with velvet collars
tight fitted, 23-inch length-nade of fine quality
broadcoth Colors, navy, brown and red
Coats if bought in the regular way would sell
at $3.50 to $1,000. Just the thing for everyday
wear. \ very special value at $500.
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FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS Rooms

FOR RENT-ONE F U r N Z H ED
front room. modern. COZ E. Sumach
Phone 1909.
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FOR SALE-MIScELLANEoUS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT THE
Statesman Office. 15c per 190.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-15

You do. You don't tell him what you
think 1t looks like, because you don't
want to hurt his feelings.
WELL" he goes on, dye know how
many summers I've got out of this suit
This is the fourth summer! Got 1t in the
summer Of 1905, and I've been banging
around in 1t every summer since. And
what dye think I paid for 1t? Hey? l
paid eleven dollars and ninety-nine cents
for this suit of clothes, and I'll get still
one more summer out OF it. And If 1t
doesn't look every bit as good as that
sixty-five buck suit you've got on, I'll eat
my linoleum lid, that's what I'll do
That's the way the saving friend keeps
right on barking at you.
He hears somewhere or other that last
night you dropped eighteen simoleons
playing poker He holds you up about
that the minute he meets up with you.
so you're tossing your kale at the
snowbirds again. hey?" he says at you.
Thought you were going to flag that
poker stuff. hey? Didn't you tell me that
you were going to stick all Of the poker
money henceforth into that building and
loan association I was telling you about o.
You tell him, yes, you had intended to
get into that building and loan association
but that you met up with bunch OF the
fellers that had a little poker fiesta on
hand, and that you only sloughed off a
few dollars. anyhow. and that you had a
lot of fun at it and therefore you're not
kicking. and so on. But that doesn't take
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him with clumsy archness, and then she
got down the steps as unsteadily as she
had assembled them.
Half hour later a hatchet-faced,
sharp-eyed woman with blondined hair
and quite an assortment Of diamond
rings walked up the steps with majestic
air.
II DESIRE" she said haughtily. to the
Washington cottager. ito see Mrs. Blank
in private" and she named the Wash
ington mans wife, somewhat to his as
constituent.
"Oh, she's at the bath, or having her
hair curled. or something, said the cot
tager. not in the least crunched by the
woman's majestic manner. "She won't
be down for a couple Of hours. What's
the trouble. anyhow"
Trouble, sir?" asid the woman. sepul-
chrally. turning her pair of snappy black
eyes upon him. II am not aware sir
that mentioned anything about trouble"
ooh. 'scuse me-" said the man, anxious
to find out what the woman's graft was
before dismssing her. Cant you state
your business to me?''
IT feel that you would not understand,
said the. woman. Modified, but hesitating
II am a developer of the dual soul. the
double mentality. the manifold will, and
the multitudinous spirit, and 1 have
heard that Mrs. Blank is immersed in
the occult and the esoteric.''
''Shes just about immersed In canta-
loupe and bacon and eggs by this time"
dryly replied the Washington cottager
Anyhow. I am sure she wouldn't care
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to see you. Good morning"
a series of shriveling glares upon the
cottagar and ruffied down the steps
with frou-frou of her silken skirt that
sounded like a clatter.
while after that shrew-faced young
fellow, carrying a dummy of book under
his arm, hoped up the steps two at a
clip.
'Ha! mornink, mornink, good mornink.
he breezed, advancing upon the cottager
and picking up his hand and shaking It
impulsively. Warm, Ell? Beautiful
piazza here, Ell? Get the breeze, hey?
The honeysuckle climbing over every
thing is fine. too. Well. we've sure got
to get you, Mr.. Blank" correctly nam
ing the Washington cottager. We've
sure got to have you for a cinch thing.
Have me- hey?' said the cottager:
"Well, I'm not being had SO often as
used to be. What is it,"
who's Who in the Atlantic City Cot
tages.' replied the breezy young chap.
showing the cover Of the dummy book he
carried, which had that title printed in
gilt letters on it, I've got most of the
you know. Only need you and Few
others to complete it. Going to get II
out in the fall. Greatest souvenir thing
that you ever had a chance to get into
in your life. Your picture. and your
wife's. too, for that matter, or your
daughters, If you prefer. and photo
gravure Of your cottage, with an In
terror view or SO. and the write-up-bout
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stogies now. in fact, than these fool
things. Think what you could do, worth
while, with that two bits! Why. it's the
interest for year on five-dollar note
at per cent! You're bughouse, that's all.
You'll never have anything. You'll die a
bum. You hear me a-talkin'."
You tell him mildly that it's all right
that If you're destined to die bum, as
he says why. you'll be able to cast back
and reflect upon the fun you've had. But
he shorts at that. He snorts. in fact, at
virtually every reason you give as to why
you desire to blow in your own coin after
your own ideas of coin-blowing. He's one
of the busiest little snorters we have as
a simple matter of fact.
Or. maybe he'll get at you with refer
ence to the clothes you wear.
How much did that fool Willie-off-the-
pickle-boat suit of clothes that you're
sporting set you back?" he asks YOU
You mutter something about sixty-five
bucks.
"Sixty-five iron men for that mess Of
toys that makes you look like somebody
trying to make hit with himself. hey?"
chops that friend of yours who has
tucked away some savings. well. I'd
like to have peek at the inside of your
head under the violet rays, that's all I've
got to say! Sixty-five bones for that
suit Ell? Well, 1t IS to laugh! It's to
laugh to think that there's man on earth
SO pinheaded. Say, you see this suit that
I'm wearing now, don't your
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ment, walked up the front steps with no
great amount of steadiness.
Good morning. SIR" she eaid to the
cottager, with an attempt at an ingra-
tiating manner. Beautiful weather, isn't
it,"
Fine said the cottager. raft ing his
newspaper significantly. Whats the
Pm going to ask you to do something
for our angels" said the bedraggled and
puffy-faced woman, producing note
book with some names scrubbed in 1t.
THE darling little tenement tots of Phil
adelphia. you know. We have a home for
them here. you know, and we fetch 'em
grandest time, the precious darlings. that
never see anything but the baked and sor-
did streets at home. Now what shalr I
put your name down for? Pul-lease make
it generous for the preciouses. Do take
the money at once? Oh. yes-there is i'm
mediate need for 1t. you know"
You must have overworked yourself
yesterday, madam" said the washington
cottager. whose memory for faces is ex-
cellent. You looked overworked. or
something. anyway, last night. when you
were being pushed down the Boardwalk
in a roller chair. with your feet hanging
over the dashboard and your arm tossed
quite affectionately around the neck of
a young fellow who was bawling a rag
time song at the top Of his voice. Mem
Der that?'
The woman grinned greasily, but looked
in nowise chagrined.
"You see too much for an old papa"
she said, shaking a soiled foreflnger at
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him off of you.
Sometimes he takes another tack.
Say how old are you getting to be
nowadays, young fellow? he inquiries of
you.
You tell him.
"Uh. huh" says he. ''Well. you're not
exactly the kidlet that you used to be. are
you? Not the infant prodigy that you
were ten or fifteen years ago. huh? 1 can
see the gray boys beginning to peek out
of your hair at the sides, and there's a
crowsfoot or two beginning to show up at
the corners of your eyes. And I under
stand that you're living right up to every
cent you make. That's showing fine set
of brains for you. isn't It? Are you
aware of the fact that, in these days of
competition, a man has got to get togeth-
er at least the foundation of his little pile
before he's forty-five or so, or stand a
hundred-to-one chance Of never getting
anything at all after he's reached that
age? Hey? Don't you know very well
that a man gradually becomes less pro-
ductive, sort of loses out, after he reaches
the age of forty? That the demand now
adays in all lines of endeavor is for the
younger fellows? Well, them
You tell him that you're not feeling
decrepit at the age of thirty-seven; that
you expect to be swinging right along at
the old game for quite a spell yet. and so
on. But nix. He won't have it,
II say" he declares oracularly. that
If you're ever going to have a place to
lay your head by the time you're forty
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niture straight from the factory. new
and strong and smelly of varnish. than
a rickety and dilapidated period piece.
mended and remended and ready to be
remended again.
- Yet-and tits no exaggeration. either
that 8. the sort Of stun some folks must
possess in order to be truly happy. 1t
doesn't make any difference where the
furniture comes from or who owned 1t.
just so long as it is as old as the hills
and looks It, in a dignified. better-days
sort of way.
too violent mental effort. how delightful
1t must be to have In the family piece
or two of ancient household junk about
which to build dizzy romances Of an
cestral prosperity and refinement. The
time-scarred. grime-mellowed chair in
which Great-grandma Smith used to flop
after her day-long battle with the suds
becomes, in course of time and quite
without conscious effort. "a relic Of the
servants hall in the home OF Mistress
Smythe. our paternal great-grandmoth-
err
Time is mighty hard on facts. which.
In truth. become as mellow and refined
and interesting as antique furniture it
self under the caress of many obscuring
years.
Naturally there's a deal OF quite gen.
uine and beautiful antique furniture kick
ing around the world, some Of 1t treas
ured and some of 1t scorned. but. COM
pared to the junk manufactured to sell
to the antique furniture enthusiasts. with
attached histories and affidavits. It's as a
bundle Of kindling to q forest Of pine.
It's a careless practice to buy antique
furniture in the dark. as 1t were. Steam
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five, you've got to begin right now to
tuck a hunk of your earnings away. You
ought. as a matter of fact. to've begun
years ago. And you can't save by indulg-
ing yourself in every blamed caprice and
within that you happen to think Of. You
have got to make sacrifices IL you expect
to save. You've got to grind. You've got
to put your nose down to it. You've got
to be able to say No. no! You've got to
be able to stand by and see the other
pinheads blowing in their money without
experiencing any temptation to go and do
likewise yourself. You're listening to me.
aren't your"
OF course you are. You wouldn't dare
not to listen to him. But you tell him
that. really, you don't feel as IL you'd be
any happier if you did manage to accumu-
late a few thousands of dollars. You try
to sort of pass it of by being a bit hu-
morouS.
What 'ud be the good" you inquire OF
him. "of my scrimping and saving to get
hold Of a few thousand dollars, and then
to have a milk wagon zephyr along and
hit me on the wishbone and send me over
to Oak Hill, and all like that-what I'D
be the good of my saving II that kind OF
thing were to come OFF,"
This makes him positively furious. He
says that that observation proves that you
are an utter fathead. He has all of the
insurance figures on mans chances to
live ioped out and at his fingers ends.
and he tells you that at your age. thirty
seven, why, you've got such-and-such a