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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-12
BRYAN ACCEPTS
THE CHALLENGE.
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determined, as our platform unequlv-
ocally declares, to maintain them and
carry them out.
I'm the name of the democratic
party I accept the challenge and
charges that the republican party is
responsible for all the abuses which
now exist in the federal government,
and this is the most important to ac-
complish reforms which are COM
paratively needed
Furthermore. cannot concur in
the statement that the republican
platform unequivocally declares for
reforms more necessary; on the con-
trary, l affirm that it openly and no.
toriously disappoints the hopes and
expectations of reformers, whether
these reformers be republicans OF
democrats. So far did the republican
convention fall short of its duty that
the republican candidate felt 1t neces-
sary to add to his platform In several
important particulars, thus rebuking
the leaders OF the party, upon whose
cooperation he must rely for the en-
fereement Of remedial legislation.
As I shall. in separate speeches dis
cuss the leading question at issue, I
shall at this time confine myself to the
paramount question and to the far
reaching purpose of our party, as
that purpose is set forth in the plat
form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

are of evil propensities they will remain
potential enemies Of the social order.
whether rich or poor. II they are Of the
right sort they will be merely poorer in
opportunity to do good, and they would
not have been led by wealth into vicious
ways of life. II the Russian Croesus
actually destroyed his fortune he COM
mitted an economic crime. But maybe
he only pretended to destroy it. Perhaps
he INDUCED in bit OF spectacular NOR
alizing for the benefit of his heirs. Note
that the dispatch says that "Petroff sum-
moned his relatives and showed them the
ashes" The suggestion is that he showed
them the remains of the money But 1t
is possible that he fimfammed. so to
speak. and that there will be disclosure
some day that the ashes were from COM
mon paper. while the notes remain intact
in some secure hiding place. to be found
by the wisest or to be given to the most
virtuous of the heirs. The situation Of
fers endless possibilities for the writer o,
fiction
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PRESIDENT And CONGRESS.
m the indianapolis Star.

From the Indianapolis Star.
The President has kindly shown just
enough Of his hand to inspire doubts on
the part of congressman as to its being a
bob-tailed straight after all.
From the Cleveland Leader.
1t is not feared that the President will
get SO mad at Congress that he will re-
fuse to speak to 1t when they meet.
FROM the Detroit Journal.
The committee selected to take Con-
gress' rebuke to the White House will
surely take the precaution Of well padded
foot ball suits.
From the St Louis Globe Democrat.
There is nothing in the Constitution pro-
hibiting Congress from scolding the Presi-
dent when it feels like it. just as there
is nothing that prohibits the President
from scolding Congress when he feels
like 1t.
From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
1t now remains to be seen whether the
English language is sufficiently compre-
hensive In it's grasp and detail to cover
adequately the controversy which is now
on at Washington between the legislative
and executive departments of the govern
ment.
From the Council Bluffs NOnpareil.
No, Congress hasn't the President on
its hands Congress has the President on
ito back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

The following dispatch comes from Mos
COW. and must be credited as truthful UNI
til it is disproved:
Petroff had his whole fortune withdrawn
from the banks and the notes brought to
the sick room. They were then piled be-
fore him and set on fire. Petroff sum-
mOned his relatives and showed them the
ashes. congratulating them on having es-
capped from the evil OF wealth"
BY capitalizing a few words in the three
sentences 1t might easily pass muster as
q modern Aesop's fable, 1t has all the
quality of unreality that marks the true
fable. the suggestion Of impeccable Wis
dom with which the characters in Ae-
sop's little moral anecdotes always spoke
and acted. Surely there can be no ques-
ton that the Moscow millionaire prevent
ed a scramble for his money on the part
Of his relatives IL In fact he DESTROYED
his wealth. But whether he thereby
added to their ultimate happiness is not
so clear. AS philosopher he was not
entirely sound. Wealth Is not an evil
thing 1t may be evilly employed and 1t
may evoke the evil tendencies of its DOS
SCISSORS but in itself it is an agency for
good. Bad rich men are malevolent
forces In the world. but there are many
good rich men who Offset the evil that
others do. And there are bad poor men
who for sheer envy Of their more wealthy
brothers make endless trouble and even
rob and slay. 1t is by no means assured
that the flames that destroyed the mil
lions of the Moscow man purged the souls
of his kin Of all their baseness. II they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20
A DOUBTFUL Ma.

Most every year about this time pa gets to
lookln sad
He tells us all about the kind OF Christmas gifts
When he was little all ne got was just home.
made sled.
Or else pair Of new boots or some mittens that
red.
He never had a Noah's ark or any costly game;
I ruess that il was dismal round his house when
Christmas came:
II be would even get a bng Of peanuts he'd he
proud
out loud.
He talks about the foolishness OF people nova
days.
And SAYS he wishes we could have the good.
old fashioned ways,
And ma she sets and kind OF shifts, and every
now and then
Throws out a little hint abort the closeness a
can't help feelin' sad for pa; gee. but his %
mean:
No wonder pa left home to work when he ives
seventeen;
But ma. somehow. don't seem to more than
half believe it's
When pa begins TO tell how sad his fate We.
long ago.
$. r. Kiser in Chicago Record. Heroaa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

The police authorities of Paris. are try
ing to unravel the mystery of the Stein
he'll crime, which directly involved the
deaths of an. artist and his mother in
law and Is supposed indirectly to relate
TO the death of the late Felix Faure.
President of France. Nine Steinheil, the
wife of the slain artist. is in custody,
charged with completely, she having con-
fessed after months OF silence to suffi-
Gent knowledge Of the murder to war
rant her detention. Thus far she has
thrown but little light on the circum-
stances of the killing. and now the police
are planning to employ melodramatic
methods to persuade her to tell what she
knows. The following cablegram has
come from Paris:
Next week Nine. Steinheil probably
will have to face an ordeal which Will
cause her other tortures to pale into
harmless Investigations in comparison. It
will be what is known here as a recon
stitution of the crime Men will be
bound just as Nine. Jappy (Mme Stein
heils mother), NJ. Steinheil cher husband)
and Mime. Steinheil herself were bound, in
the very rooms where the murders were
committed. Other men. representing the
murdererss may be placed according to the
theories of the police. Then Nine Stein
he'll. the Woman of Mystery. will be
Ieu u tne scene IL she doesn't break
down after this ordeal it Will be because.
as the Paris papers say, she has almost
phenomenal command over herself
This sensational sort of crime ferreting
work is not confined to the French capi-
tai. There is a disposition in this coun-
try to utilize spectacular accessories both
IN the detective work and in the actual
trial Of accused persons. For example,
the other day in opening the trial of
liains at Flushing. l.. l., the district at
torney offered set of manikins and a
toy yacht to illustrate the positions of
the principal actors in the Annis tragedy.
The court promptly recognized the alb
surdity of the device and ruled that il be
discarded. This ruling. however. is ex-
ccptional. Prosecuting attorneys are per-
mitted almost without restraint to intro
duce gruesome relics of crime, weapons,
clothing and even bones and skulls, all
for the purpose of impressing witnesses
and shocking them out OF their calm
and poise: In short. to brighten them into
telling the truth. Public sentiment is gen.
orally adverse to such spectacular meth
DDS.
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INVESTIGATING WALL STREET.

From the Indianapolis News.
In it's conscious rectitude doubtless Wall
street courts the most rigid investigation
by Gov. Hughes commission. At least
that is the usual attitude during the pre-
liminary interval while memories are
evapOrating.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
Gov Hughes of New York has ap-
pointed a commission to investigate Wall
street methods. The commissioners should
be earnestly advised to leave their pocket
books and watches at home when they go
in to investigate.
From the Chicago News.
If Gov Hughes becomes active in in
yestigating Wall street James Hazen
HYDE probably will receive from New
York some anxious inquiries as to the
rental Of apartments in Paris this WIN
ter.
From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
When Gov. Hughes commission gets
through with 1t Wall street will know that
it has been investigated. An editor, sew
eral bankers. merchants and lawyers and
a college professor will participate in the
inquiry Most of them know a good deal
about the game already, but in order to
bring their report down to date it will
be necessary for them to make the ac-
quaintance Of some new forms Of specu-
lative and financial deviltry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20
The COMIC OPERA WAR.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
1t does look as II a cowboy with a
| lariat could walk along the Venezuelan
coast and capture the navy in about three
days.
From the Pittsburg Gazette-Times
For some reason crowds don't remain
down town of nights to hear the latest on
the war between Holland and Venezuela.
From the Jacksonville Times Union.
It is explained that the capture Of a
Venezuelan coast guard vessel by Dutch
cruiser was not an unfriendly act. 1t
was only love lick. SO to speak.
From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
AS for overtures toward a reconclia-
| ton, Hon. Cipriano Castro is learning how
the Dutch treat.
From the Detroit News
When the Dutch naval squadron makes
| pass at one of Castro's coast defense
forts the result will be of more interest
and consequence than the capture of the
toy pistol navy.
FroD the Buffalo Express.
The Venezuelans must be highly elated
to find that the Dutch think their ships
worth selling.
From the Providence Journal.
The Venezuelan navy is being escorted
by the Dutch navy. ship by ship. across
the way to the Dutch colony of Curacao.
Otherwise. the war down there suggests
the dreadful conflict described in the
classic epic of the bulldog on the bank
and the bullfrog in the pool.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20
Change the Date!

The Senate has gone on record in ap-
prevail Of the plan to change the date of
the inauguration day, but the House has
never voted on it, From session to ses-
sion It has remained In committee. with
an occasional revival Of interest on the
part of individual members. Yet 1t may
be confidently asserted that a ma jority
of the members approve of the PROPOSE
ton and would vote for 1t il it came be-
fore the House in form for final disposal
But the years pass without action. The
joint resolution remains one of the peren-
NAL items Of unfinished business because
nobody in the House feels sufficiently
concerned to move actively and persist
emily to get it out Of committee.
Nothing can be done by the states to-
ward change of date until Congress
acts. That body alone can initiate single
amendments of the Constitution. two
thirds vote being necessary to effect their
submission to the legislatures. Yet there
is strong sentiment in favor of the
change outside of Washington. Every
person who has been nfpped by the eager
air Of early March in this city at an in
auguration-and there are hundreds of
thousands of them still living-is per-
suaded that the date is mistake. Wash
ingtonians hoped few years ago, when
the governors of the states were formed
into a general committee to effect this
change. that the national sentiment in be-
half Of the amendment would have an
effect on Congress But that body has
continued to hesitate. because. of the
fact that the date problem is more or less
complicated with other considerations,
which no one at the Capitol is plucky
or enterprising enough to disentangle
from the simple proposition to inaugurate
the President at a season when there will
be no possible menace to life.
Though too late to affect the Inaugural
ton of 1909, this Congress might never
theless insure a clement date for that of
1918 by adopting the joint resolution
There could then be no further RESPONSE
bility upon the national legislature. Ac-
quiescence by three-fourths of the states
would be virtually assured. Inaction
means postponement to another Con-
gress, with its own problems. Action
means the final disposal of question
that will remain potential claim upon
congressional consideration until 1t is
finally settled. Delay stands inevitably
for the exposure Of thousands OF people
to the possibility Of disease and death.
Why wait longer to do that which is de-
manded by every consideration of human
ity and prudence?
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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.

When a woman Christmas shopping goes
It's very seldom that she knows
Just what she wants where Il will be found.
Hence this speech very maddening,
Disheartening and saddenlng;
Il don't know what ! want-Ill look around"
Into many q store we wandered
Wife and I. and gravely pondered
Over things that would have suited, III b
bound.
There were gifts in great profusion,
But she reached this sad conclusion:
Il don't see what l wsnt-Tu look around"
Here's a very lovely trinket.
But. my dear. l hardly think It
Really suitable for Katy" then she frowned.
NO. guess will not take IL,
For the dear childs apt TO break II:
1t isn't what want-l'll look around
Do you wonder ! am leary
OF these shopping tours. and weary?
Do you wonder that my teeth I've madly
ground?
When l thought she'd buy a present,
She remarked, in manner pleasant,
NO, it isn't what I want-Tll look around"
Detroit Free Press.
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The LINKS.

Oh. the links. the links. the health :ivin: links.
The greensw arded links for me!
Where friends may laugh at the shots you sclan
With devlish sort Of glee.
Where you take your stance with a nonehalance
AS the gallery gazes thee.
And then, in a trice, a boomerang slice
Provokes your most eloquent d.
Oh. the Inks the links, the calling links.
Where bunkers and sandtraps lie,
Where mashies are fubbed and niblicks are
dubbed,
And buffers swear and sigh.
Where out Of reach Of the brassies' screech
To fall in some cursed rut-
All know what you've saidyOu then lay ii dead
To miss 4 siX-lnch put.
Oh. the links. the links, the calling links:
They beckon and nod to me.
They make me shirk my bread winning work.
But they give me health. you sec.
SO what I for gilded dross?
As breathe the ozone free.
And swat the ball, I'm deaf to the call
OF a widow who waits for me.
American Golfer.
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The Ohio Senatorship.

The senatorial contest in Ohio is open
Ing Mr.. Foraker's successor will be
chosen early In January. Candidates for
the Office are arriving at Columbus. and
there will be hot time in the old town
for several weeks. And hot time in
Ohio means a sizzling temperature.
The occasion. for two reasons. possesses
q wide interest. A revival occurs OF the
Foraker episode Of the recent campaign.
and a brother of Judge Taft is among the
candidates.
The list Of aspirants shows men worthy
OF tho office. All are favorably known
in the state. and two. Mr.. Foraker and
Mr.. Burton. have national regulations for
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distinguished services rendered In ma

distinguished services rendered In ma
| tional life.
AS usual. the situation for outsiders is
confused by the various claims set forth
by and for the candidates. Everybody is
confident-for publication. The Burton
men have the place all but nailed down.
Mr.. Taft smiles when this is repeated to
him. Some Of Mr.. Foraker's friends say
his prospects are good, notwithstanding
his embarrassments Of last fall. while
those WHO see compromise man nee
essary pick Gov. Harris.
In circles where all these claims are
rejected. and the opinion is expressed that
I'VE shall see what we shall See George
B. Cox is accredited with holding the bal
ance of power. The Cincinnati boss. who
has retired from politics a score Of times.
is still In the ring. and as full Of ginger
as ever. 1t is expected that he will en-
deavor to name the man.
Would not such choice be discredited?
Mr.. Cox is the same man he was couple
Of years ago, when Judge Taft, speaking
in Ohio. scored him In the plainest terms.
He did not mince his words. and the
speech told against the Coxites in the
campaign. It was regarded as bold and
dered what the effect would be on the Taft
presidential boom. The only effect pro-
duced was to increase respect everywhere
for the courage of the man who had
played what politicians considered as dam
gerous politics. To the surprise of every
body, the Cincinnati boss turned up a Taft
man last spring. and attended the Chicago
convention as a Taft delegate.
But Cox is Cox. All that Judge Taft
then said of him is still true, and, being
true. it quite disqualifies him for naming
the new senator. He is not, to use the
everyday phrase. in politics for his
health. If permitted to name the sena-
tor, he will want to be advised with about
the distribution Of the Ohio patronage, and
that will bring him up to the White House
door.
Now, we may all be sure that Judge
Taft does not care to consult with Mr..
Cox about anything. He is a high-class
man, and will pitch his administration on
a high plane. The Ohio patronage par
ticularly should go to men above the in
fiuence Of the individual whom only so
short time ago he characterized in terms
Of the frankest condemnation. Mr.. Cox
in this senatorial matter Is out of place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20
In PRAISE OF TOLERATlON.

We're told Jack Sprat could eat no fat.
His wife on lean threw quite hate,
And 4 consequence of that
There were small leayings on the plate.
We see that they avoided waste
And led most contented life.
As each INDUCED a special taste.
What models were Jack Sprat and wifsi
Browns wife perpctualy grieves
Because from fat he turns away.
It's very wholesome. she believes:
He shows poor judgment, she will say.
1t makes him mad. her love of grease.
And he is with resentment rife.
So in their house there's little peace.
They are not like Jack Sprat and wife.
Tastes differ. VIC may plainly see,
What love well you may despse.
Why not agree to disagree!
A little toleration's wise.
Each to his fancy. that's but fair.
A fine way Of preventing strife.
They found it pay. that happy pair
We read about. Jack Sprat and wife.
Chicago News
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CONFLICTING EVIDENCE.

Adam was a loafer and Eve had to do the
hustling to keep little Cain and Abel clothed
and fed.-Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch Of
Evanston.
We hate to think OF Adam 90,
That he did not
Do all the things he should, you know.
. To boil the pot.
There's always doubt about events
So long Of yore.
And there's conflicting evidence
Upon that score.
II Adam, in those days long gone
Worked at no task.
Why. what then led old John Ball on
This one to ask:
'When Adam dolve. and Eve span.
Where was then the gentleman."
ALI Tennyson thought Adam bore
Works incubus,
Or he'd have not drawn on his lore
Poetic, thus:
1.-The gardener Adam and his wife
Smile at the claims OF long descent"
Nor would have Mr.. Milton risked
doubtful chance
or being by the critics frisked
For this romance:
adam the COOLEST Of men since born
His sous, the fairest Of her daughters, Eve"
The lady in this may be right,
The poets wrong
Facts hinder not the poets hight,
Nor clog his song;
Mans industry I'm former days
Is worth no row:
Whatever may have been his ways.
Indianapolis News.
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The Great Road Question.

Last spring a motoring party, after
blowing through the mud Of Maryland
roads and enjoying the comparative lux.
ury of Pennsylvania pike" encountered
stretch Of such awful going that
the end of all things seemed near al
hand. The car was jounced from ru
to rut. Great stones gave the chauffeur
the task Of his life to prevent disaster
He wrestled with wheel and brake an6
lever. and managed to make progress, 8
triumph of mind and machinery over
matter. Somebody in the car remarked
that it was a long way between toll
gates. whereon the chauffeur, a product
of the smoothly paved town, emitted ar
irrepressible sniff. Asked the cause OF
his derision. he said: TOLL gates! I'm
getting wise to this toll STUNT Whe1
the roads is good they charges for EN-
and when they's like this they amt got
the nerve to ask money Just then the
car gave a particularly vicious jolt over
well concealed "thankee-marm.'' and
the chauffeur's speech was choked. Wher
he had regained even keel he added, SEN
tentiously: IF they'd have spent on the
roads some of the graft money they put
into that capitol building it would have
been better for this state
Every word Of which was literally true
And it may be that an echo Of the re.
mark reached Harrisburg and caused the
production of the following paragraph In
the Telegraph Of that city:
1.-THE toll bridge should go. with the
toll road. Both are relics of back
number days Both are bars to progress
Speed the day when every one Of them
will be nothing but an unpleasant mem
ory."
The toll road is an anachronism, and
although it Is the best type Of highway
in most sections. 1t is usually an abomi.
nation. A cross-state journey by motor
should become part of the duty Of every
commonwealth legislator. When they
have been shaken to jelly or mired fol
hours or Slowed into deadly peril In con-
sequence Of the neglect of the roads by
past generations of lawmakers and tax
payers perhaps these men will recognize
the fact that the American roads are
q disgrace to our civilization. The farm
ers are approaching the need of better
highways, and the motorists are demon
strating effectively in the same interest
The federal government is working to
hasten the day Of emancipation from toll
gates and mud holes. What is needed is
a more Intelligent popular understanding
Of the economic truth that was enunci-
ated by the chauffeur commentator just
quoted.