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The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04
A PROTEST REGISTERED.

We wish to enter a protest against
the frequent allasions by The Indus
trial News to The News and Observer
as the official mouttpiece of the dom
inant party in this state" We believe
Brother Hilderbrand wants to tote
fair and that is why we call his at
tention to his oft repeated error in this
respect If he would use some quail
flying adjective phrase before the
words official modthpiece' such as
"seIf-constituted' or "self-assumed"
we would have no kick coming, but
We do object to The News and OBJ
server being heralded broadcast over
the land as the recognized Official
mouthpiece' of the state democratic
patty. The Industrial News editor has
had his attention called time and again
by democratic papers to the VIDE diff
erence to the two phrases, but, Ike
Pontius Plate, of old. he seems to de-
clare: What | have WI itten l have
written" and he insists on the per
scription as first prepared, notwith-
standing the protests against the posi-
tive assertion and The demand that
there should be inserted the qualifying
words of self assertion OF the position
designated.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04
A CAUTION TO POLITICIANS.

What a God-send prohibition and
the railroad rate question have been
to the politicians Just suppose these
two questions had not been raised, on
what issues could the senatorial and
other political questions haze been
waged for the balance of this year?
Some politicians would have been
without any ammunition whatever. AS
1t is, it looks like the powder some
of them are using is too strong for
the weight Of their guns and there is
danger of the breech block blowing
out if they undertake to fire their
guns too rapidly. Unless the gun is
properly constructed and the ammuni-
tion carefully regulated there is often
as much danger to the man behind
the gun" as to the one 1t is pointed at
when the trigger is pulled. There
should be discretion in the kind Of
gun used and in the manner of load
ing, as we'll There is tradition that
when the discoverers of gun powder
the Chinese-first began using it for
the destruction of their enemies that
! the results were as destructive to the
users as to the persons against whom
| it was used. History. you know re-
peats itself.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04
A TWENTIETH CENTURY PATRICK
HENRY.

Mr.. Manning, the Patrick Henry of
the house, declared In his speech on
the railroad rate bill when under dis
cussion last Wednesday that he woull
vote millions for principle before he
would vote a cent for tribute That
sentiment sounded all right q hum
derd or more years ago when
dramatically declared by the s eat
Virginia patriot, but We imagine it
fell rather fiat ON the ears of a set
of twentieth century state legis' ators
who knew tt2t their constituents would
begin to ask hem as soon as they re-
turned home from the capitol how they
proposed to raise those millions for
principle" The people, those legisla-
tors knew, would understand that the
paltry sum Of $17,5OO the COVE nor
proposed the railroads should pay for
the better terms offered them would
go very little way in inducing the
extra tax necessary to raise the mil
lions for principle" of the peoples
money Mr.. Manning proposed to spend
before budging one inch from the po-
sition he had taken on the railway
question a year ago. We fear the
Twentieth Centpry Patrick Henry's i'm
passioned declaration Of the deter mi
nation to resist oppression by the cor-
porations of the country will not find
the same feeling of patriotic fervor as
did the words Of his prototype in his
famous onslaught upon the tyranny Of
the British government in tie past,
especially when the people remem Der
that the millions proposed to be appro-
prlated by our jealous legislators
III the maintenance of what they call
principles must be raised by an addi-
tlonal heavy burden of taxation on he
people. Principle is a mighty good
thing for legislators to talk about. in
the abstract, but it is something diff,
ferent when it means that the peop e
must dive down into their jeans to pay
tor what the legislators SO grandilo-
Quently declare to be the principles of
liberty and self-govarnment.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04
LOCAI. SELF GOVERNMENT

The principle Of local self-govern-
ment is all right. but there is no es-
Sential difference between putting
prohibition on Wilmington or Reids-
vile by the vote Of the whole state
and putting it on by legislative enact
ment.-Wehster's Weekly.
Brother Webster, of Websrer's Week
Iy, has struck the keynote of the sit
u&tion. If the democratic party as
represented by its legislators thought
it undemocratic for the legislature to
force prohibition on Wilmington and
Reidsville why could it not see that
it was equally as undemocratic for the
voters of the whole state to do the
same thing? The legislature refuses to
pass a bill providing for prohibition
in certain towns of the state because
it claims that would be undemocratic,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04

but IL delegates that power TO the vet
ers of all the counties in the state. 1t
is as undemocratic and as much vio-
lation of the platform of tn, party for
the voters of the other ninety-seven
counties in the state to declare what
shall be the rule In the other one couD-
ty as it is for the legislature TO pass
a law ON the subject without leaving
the question to vots Of the people of
the state
The terms of the pending bill are as
undemocratic and as absurd pretense
of carrying out the principles Of the
party as set forth in the state party's
platform as would have been action
by the legislature in accordance with
the precedents established by the g
islature of the state of Georgia, which
action we have been told Governor
Glenn, soon after tho passage of the
bill by the legislature Of that state, de
nounced as undemocratIc and which
he said should never have been done,
claiming that the Legislature OF that
state should have left the question to
the voters Of the state. Still a short
while thereafter he sends a message to
the legislature Of his own state urging
that it do the very thing done by the
legislature of Georgia CONSISTENCY,
thou art a jewel"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04
THEN AND NOW.

1t is not exactly right to bring a
mans record on prohibition uD
! against him A few years ago there
was no inducement to become II pro-
hlblIonist unless you happened to be
a ibiionist.-Durham Herald
We reckon the Durham Herald is
right. 1t would be cruel to publish tn,
names Of the leading politicians of tc-
Gay in the democratic party who were
the champions Of anti-prch;bition in
the campaign and election on that
subject in 1881 VINO now occnpy the
front seats on the prohibition band
wagon in this year of grace 1908. Then
there was no great politics in the gu s.
tion-what there was was lined up on
the anti-prohibition side There was
no question then of a mans political
aspirations being snuffed out oecau e
he was on the one side or the other
Of the question. AS TIE Herald says,
there was no inducement then to be-
come prohibitionists.'
But the times have changed since
then and men-some OF them the same
men-haye changed with them. A
list Of the leading men WHO were anti
prohibitionists then and who are | ad-
ing the cohorts Of proh b tim NV
would make interesting Ieading. Such
list may be published be ere the day OF
the election. Some people waud be
surprised at he names they would find
in both columns. Men who were O.
hibitionists then had NO political axes
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04
THE POLITICAL. OTTER SLIDE.
designated.

The Durham Herald thinks Senator
Simmons made a powerful jump for
the band wagon-and missed it." He
seems to have climbed on about the
time, according to The Charlotte CORE
spondent, described a few days ago
in reference to Mr.. Glenn getting on
the front seat and gathering up the
reins just as the band stopped playing
and the procession disbanded That
was one time in his political career
that Mr. Simmons made leap in the
dark and failed TO lano. He seems to
Rave learned to be more cautious. for
ii is said his senatorial private sec
retary now spends the most of his time
in Raleigh watching the legislative
proceedings and keeping his chief post
ed on happenings and the outlook frcm
day to day. Somebody fooled Mr.. Sim
mons badly as to the sentiments of the
legislature on the prohl bition que ton.
We reckon he has changed BIS mind
about the time being Iipe for the dem
ocratic legislature 10 pass a prohibi-
tion bill over the heads IF the people.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04

Greensboro is to have another i'm
pcrtant manufacturing enterprise be-
fore long An Indiana man will build
match factory there He has settled
all his plans and the factory will be
in operation in a short while. nav
match making machine, the invention
OF the proprietor, will be used which
takes the wood at one end and turns
out the matches, finished and boxed
at the other end. Mr. SWEET, the head
OF the concern, is satisfied with the
outlook and seems saneuine Of suc-
cess. North Carolina welcomes ALI
such men to her borders. They are the
kind who build up state.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04
A LAME EXCUSE.
ulatiOns,

That is lame excuse of those leg
isJators who oppose making the man
who buys liquor from one selling it
illegally as guilty as the one who
makes the illegal sale According to
Chief Justice Clarks reasoning in his
dissenting opinion in the Southern rail-
way indictment in Wake county the
buyer is as guilty at common law as is
the seller and it does not take an act
of the legislature to make HIM So He
is aiding land abetting the man who
commits the misdemeanor and is
therefore, equally as guilty at COM
mon law. In the railway case the
statute declared that the railroad
should be liable only to a penalty to be
sued for; still it was gravely contend
eG that Notwithstanding such statute
the railroad was party to the Grim
inal act Of the other person and was
therefore liable to Indictment at COM
mon law. Aren't the two cases anal
ogous? In the case of illegal sale Of
liquor can't the solicitor indict either
party he chooses and make a witness
or the other and save the latter from
harm by granting him immunity from
This is often done in 9th
er cases of crime when the testimony
OF a party to the criminal act is need
ed to convict others
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04

The legislature is getting down TO
hard work Good progress has been
made during the first week-most OF ii
il committee, OF course IL present
progress is kept up there is no reason
why adjournment should not be reach
ed early next week unless a great deal
Of general legislation Ia gone into, and
We see no reason why this should be
allowed. There should have been
but one subject brought before the
body-that for whica tie governor os-
tensibly called the extra session; but
as he, at the last moment sprang the
prohibition question on the people 1t is
perhaps well enough that 1t should take
up that matter also; for 1t is an issue
that was bound to come and now it is
squarely laid before the people at the
coming election. This question and
the railway rate matter the legisla-
ture should be able to settle and fin
ally pass on in the next seven or eight
days. There is one more question
Of general interest that it would bs
well for the legislature to take up
and settle, and that is relief to the
people in the matter OF better court
facilities. We hope it will see fit to
act promptly and favorably on the
proposed bill making New Hanover
county a judicial district. That would
relieve the court docket here and would
put at the disposal Of the governor a
Judge who could hold many special
terms in other counties during each
year. This is an important measure.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04

If the state needs millions of dollars
for defense against railroad aggression
the 1880 the governor agreed to ac-
cept from the Southern would not be
drop in the bucket, so she had as
we'll, on principle, refuse that and set
about taxing the people to raise the
millions, and in doing SO she should
devise some means to make the rail-
roads pay their proportionate part of
the sum to protect herself against
these bankrupt octopuses.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04

If the state needs millions of dollars
for defense against railroad oppression
the SIT, 500 the governor agrees to ac-
cept from the Southern would not be
a drop in the bucket; so she had as
well, on principle, refund that and set
about taxing the people to raise the
millions, and in doing so she should
devise some means to make the rail-
roads pay their proportionate part Of
the sum to protect herself against these
bankrupt octopuses.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04
Some one has defined the difference

between an advocate OF temperance
and one Of prohibition to be that
he former applies the principle to him
self as we'll as to all others and the
latter advocates it only for the bene-
fit of the other fellow. But of course
there are exceptions to the latter
clause Of the rule, as there are some
prohibitionists who are true temper
ance people, but with many prohibi-
tionists the theory IS to keep the 9TH
er poor devil from running himself
with drink while the advocate of the
principle caR take his toddy comfort
able at his sideboard behind drawn
blinds, and of an riginal package ship
ped across the state line, which can
not be touched by state antisaloon reg
ulations.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04

There was a big mistake made in
counting noses, else Mr.. Simn~ ns
would not have come on, before nand
with the extra declaration. 1t is funny
how old-stager politicians viii slip mp
sometimes, but they generally are
successful in getting the otter side
into working order or short notice.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04
WILMINGTON N. c.
TUESDAY, FEBR UARY A, 1905.
THE M;.SGENGER'S PROTEST

Our contemporary by the sea. The
Wilmington Messenger, lodges an
earnest protest against what II terms
our custom Of alluding to Inc Ra-
leigh News and Observer as the ON
cial mouthpiece Of the dominant
marty in this state. 1t THINKS we
should employ some qualifying terms
such as, for example, the seI-col-
stituted mouthDiece.
The above is the first paragraph in
an editorial in The Industrial News Of
Yesterday. That paper, after acknowl-
sdging that The Messenger has good
reason for registering it's protest, says
that it confesses Ito a measure OF sur
prise that the organs dominant voice
should seriously be questioned and
then it goes on to twit the democrats
with the doD+nance of what 1t calls
the organ" AID it says it was under
the impression that legislators during
the last session were rather proud OF
the organs czarinity,'' and it says
LnaC Is why the icSloie1tulo = 40 ~ S0S
sion today and why business has in
large measure been blocked in this
state"
There may be some Legislators who
hasten to do the bidding Of the partys
accredited ("supposed' would have
been better world moulhpiece."
We want the republican organ OF
it's party in this state to understand
that all democrats-especially those
who are not seeking office-do not
Crook the pregnant hinges OF the knee,
Where thrift may follow faWning:
but that there are some of the party
yet who stand by it's principles for
principles sake.
And as to the supposed all-powerful
influence in the party Of the alleged
organ" we wish to call the attention
of the Industrial News to the fact that
the editor of The News and Observer,
cutive committee and the state COM
mitteeman of the democratic national
was one of the signers OF the demand
on the democratic majority in the leg
islature, now in session, that it pass
a bill, in accordance with Governor
Glenn's urgent request, establishing
lohibition in this state, which de-
nland the legislature promptly turned
down, and also that the editor of that
paper is silent IN sevcl Languages
as to what it thinks the Cemocratic
legislature should do with the five
railroad bills now pending before the
house 1t does not dare to advocate
the passage of any one of them, for
fear it will make a mistake. 1t is
waiting for the cat to jump when it
will come out with flaming headlines
probably in red ink-declaring the ac-
ton of the legislature to be what it
had advocated all the time and that
was the way it had, for several months
been training the democratic cat,
which made it's mighty headquarters
in it's Office, to jump.
That's the kind of party organ it is,
and, with all courtesy and respect to
The Industrial News, we do not like !
to be elassed, as democrat, as being
tackled, onto the tail of any such politi- |
cal kite
Il =. |
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04

ID grind. Nearly every petty politi-
clan now Is the owner OF dull axe
and most of them seem to have found
out that the prohibition question is
composed OF the finest grit
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04

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N4a er IzZZezkzIx
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

IChSnC ON 5UboOIhI1 AAON
THE DAILY MESSENG Err by mail
one year. $500; six Eaonths. $500;
three months, $3.50; one month. SO
cents.
THE SENI-WEEKLY NESSEN-
GER <two S-page papere), oy mail
one year, 51.0e; six months, 90 centa
In advance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
MORE RECLAMATION
IN SOUTHERN IDAHO
Water from Portneuf River 10 IrTi-
gate 10000 OF Fertile Acres Near
POcatcllO.

Water from POrtneuf River TO Irrl-
gate 10000 OF Fertile Acres Near
PocatellO.
The reclamation of 10000 acres in
Bannock county recently released
from a tract of 10000 acres which
the reclamation service propose to ir-
rigate on account of the fact that this
portion Of the tract was too high, has
been undertaken by the Portneuf
Marsh Valley Irrigation company, a
contract having been signed up with
the state land board, says the Capt.
! tai News.
Application for the segregation of
the tract has been made by the state
land board to the department of the
interior upon the petition of the of
ficials Of the company. 1t is expect
ed that an opening Of the new tract
will be held some time in September
or possibly August, when it IL stated
that a stipulation will be made that
on more than so acres. If this stipu-
lation is made and enforced it will
be the first time such a restriction
has been made in this state.
The tract which will be irrigated
lies in the valley through which the
Oregon Short Line right Of way pass
es, about 40 miles of Pocatello, the
tract paralleling the railroad right of
way for about 12 miles. Three towns
will be located in the tract on the
railroad the principal one of these
IS Downey, near McCammon. The
town is being plated and It is plan
ned to hold a sale of town lots this
fall The main body of the tract to be
reclaimed Is located about 40 miles
from Pocatello and only a few miles
to the south and west of McCammon.
The other towns which will be estab-
lished in the tract are Virginia and
Marsh Valley.
The sourcce of water supply for
the tract Is the Portneuf river. A
reservoir is to be constructed near
Chesterfield to cover 1890 acres and
to have an average depth of 25 feet.
The water of the river will be con-
served at this point and conducted
down the river to a point about four
miles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
Circulation of the Blood.

The idea Of some sort of movement
Of the blood in man and the lower an
imals was possessed by Aristotle and
other Greeks and by the physicians of
the Alexandrian school as well us by
the doctors and surgeons of the middle
ages. In fact, even the village BARRIERS
knew of such movement. But no one,
not even the wisest of men, had any
conception Of continuous stream re.
turning to its source-a circulation in
the true sense of the word-or of the
functions Of the heart as the motor
power of the movement of the blood
until it was demonstrated by Harvey
In 1928.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
The Letters of Junius."

The veXed question Of the real au-
thorship of the Letters of Junius" has
never been positively settled. Mr.. Cha
bots learned work to show that Sir
Philip Francis was the author of the
famous letters, while strong produc-
ton, fails Of absolute proof. The at
tempt was made to prove that Thomas
Paine wrote the letters, but that, too
failed to convince. The question is
still mystery, though the balance Of
the evidence is in favor of Sir Philip
Francis.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
SOME REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
POSSIBILITIES S---R. NJ. IA TOILETTE

of a conspiracy fostered by the "Old
Guard" the object of which was to
"segregate" him. The leaders of the
senate apparently agreed to speak to
him once during the day but other
wise to ignore his presence as a mem
ber of that body. This has, however,
made no difference to the Wisconsin
senator, who has gone on with his
self-appointed task Of being a thorn
in the side Of those who he believes
represent the vested interests.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
Dad Gets Sarcastic,

physical culture, father, is perfect
ly lovely. To develop the arms
grasp this rod by one end and move
1t slowly from right to left"
"Well, well!" exclaimed her father.
what won't science discover? II that
rod had straw at the other end you'd
be sweeping. louisville Courier-Jour-
nal
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12

A sure cure, one you can depend
upon. Hickory Bark Cough Remery.
A sure cure. nd It's pure! Use It for
all lung trouble, coughs. colds. hoarse-
ness and sore throat For sale by
any druggist and first class dealers
everywhere. Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
State of Ohio, city of Toledo, Lucas coun.

state OF ONO, CITY or Toledo, Lucas Coun'
ty, SIS.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner Of the firm OF f. j. Che
ney 4 Co, doing business In the City Of
Toledo. County and State aforesaid. and
that said firm will pay the sum OF ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. D..
1856
(Seal) A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
aud acts directly on the blood and mu.
cous surfaces of the system. Send for tes.
tlmonias free.
r. ]. CHENEY & co, Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constlpa.
tlon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
Thanks For His Money.

Weekle-So Slippsy is a defaulter,
eh? Deekle-So they say. Weekle-
By George! l always wondered why
he said THANK you" 30 pleasantly
every time l made a dfposit-Bohe-
mian Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
.PENDLETOA-UK|AH STAGE

Daily trips between PendletOn and
Ukiah. except Sunday. Stage leaves
Pendieton at q. M, arrives at Ukiah
at 6 o. m. Return stage. leaves Ukiah
at 8 D. M, arrives at Pendleton at s
p. m.
pendleton to Ukiah. $500; Pen
dleton to Alba. s9.7S; Pendleton to
Ridge, 81; Pendleton to Nye. t1.So:
Pendleton to Pilot Rock, 81.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12

Fine store and office room for rent
East oregonian building. Enquire
this Office.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-11-06

An event that means much to
Portland and St. Johns is the form
al opening of the North Bank road
today. This road taps one of the
richest agricultural regions in the
world and will bring millions of
dollars worth of cereals and live
stock to our docks. Everything
that can be done should be by our
people to induce the North Bank
road to put a track into Our new
dock. Already exporters are max
ing inquiries after our dock with a
view to leasing aud the track should
be in by the time the dock is fin
ished. That the Hill road would
be the more desirable of the two
is conceded from the fac. that 1t
bleeds a richer and more extensive
territory and would consequently
bring a heavier shipment to our
dock. Our facilities for handling
this export will be of the best and
if the volume of business should
become too great for the present
dockage facilities, there are miles
of St. Johns water front just about
as good that can be utilized for tha
purpose.