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The Irish standard., 1908-06-20
Gave Thorn Riaht Start.

Patrick Kenney. Mankato. A. o. H
state President. T.. J. Doyle. st. Paul
Insurance President; W. H. Kennedy
ST. Paul. w. ]. Lee. ST. Paul. John Ma
honey, and Jerry Callahan. Minneapo.
u.s. stephen Murphy and ]. P. Gala.
nan. st. Cloud. together with State Or.
GAMER Cunningham. were at Foley
Mimi, last Sunday. whore they con.
ferred the degrees on the newly or.
ganized A. O. H. Division. The worl
was we'll done and all the members
were greatly pleased with the ceremo.
MES. Mr.. Cunningham expects to or.
sanlze Divisions at Pine City. Hib.
oins and Virginia. during the next few
weeks. - sA,-E = e..s-
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20
Closing Event. at via Maria.

Frontenac. June 17.-villa Maria
finals will begin with the annual pic
mic, June IS. The steamer verana will
take the young ladies for a trip on the
lake and river.
Friday and Saturday, June 18th and
goth. Piano recitals will be given by
the celebrated Waugh Lander Of Chi
cago. assisted by his wife and daugh-
ter in dramatic and vocal numbers.
Sunday. June 81, at p. M. Rev H.
]. McAvay. the chaplain. will preach
the baccalaureate, followed by the re-
ception Of the Children Of Mary and
Benediction Of the Blessed Sacrament.
Monday, June %. the seniors will
entertain the juniors at dinner at
Frontenac Inn. At p. M, occurs the
violin recital by Miss Nellie cailen-
der
Tuesday, June 20, at $3.50 ,. M. the
graduating exercises and distribution
of medals take place. The address
will be given by Rev. p. r. o'Brien.
NJ. A. Of st. Thomas College. st. Paul.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20

BY no stretch of courtesy. says TIVE
Evening Post. can the speech of Ser
ator Burrows. as temporary chairman
at Chicago, be called anything but dull
and depressing. OF the keynote"
character. it has nothing except the
metallic suggestion. Dreary statistics,
long extracts, from official documents,
all put together in mechanical way,
display senatorial oratory at its worst.
The keys are all iron. and clark
dismally. 1t was expected that Sen
ator Burrows would pretend to no
great enthusiasm over his task. but
was 1t necessary for him to begin the
proceedings with such very large and
very wet blanket?
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20

Democratic party He forced himself
what was left Of the party in 1900. ana
now in 1908 he calls himself the Demo-
cratic party and says. I have kept the
faith"
This is hardly a correct review Of
history. When was Nebraska ever
Democratic except in 1896. when Bry-
an carried it by receiving the electoral
votes? Did any Democratic candidate
before Mr.. Bryan ever receive an cleo
toral vote from Nebraska? And if Ne
braska is Republican to its political
core at the present time, is it any dif-
ferent from what it was when Mr..
Hill tried to get the Democratic norai-
nation for the presidency by declaring.
I am a Democrat He (Bryan)
forced himself on the party in 1885,
How could Mr.. Bryan force himself
on the party? He was poor. strug-
Cling lawyer in Nebraska, sent but a
few weeks before to the Republican
convention to report the PROCEEDINGS
for newspaper. Just how did Mr..
Bryan force himself on the party in
1896? Cleveland. Hill, Pattison. Bryce,
German, Carlisle, and every other pow
erful Democratic leader was opposed to
Mr.. Bryan. All the wealth of the
Democratic party was opposed to him.
He had conducted no campaign for the
Democratic nomination and was un-
spoken of before the convention. What
does Mr. Hill mean when he says that
Bryan forced himself on the party?
Never was a nomination made by any
party with more spontaniety and less
planning than the nomination of Bryan
in 1896.
If Mr.. Bryans Il have kept the
faith" causes Hill to smile. what does
Mr.. Hill think the people do when
they remember Hills II am a Demo-
crat." If the masses of the Democratic
party do not want Mr.. Bryan, why
do they continue to shout for him and
instruct for him? The politicians are
not for Bryan. They are against him.
1t is the people-the plain, everyday
Democratic people of this country who
will nominate Bryan at Denver. If the
politicians dared to deny the people
their choice they would do It,
Mr.. Hill has removed himself from
the political stage because, with all his
learning and shrewdness, he does not
possess the broadness to see that a
change has come over the political
sentiment Of this country Mr. Hill
was wonderful organizer: he is a
great lawyer, and was. a quarter of a
century ago, an able political leader.
He was unable, however, to keep ZIP
with the procession. He has fallen out
of the ranks.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20
ANCIENT HISTORY.

The Republican party finds it neces-
sary in this year 1908 to return to the
waving Of the bloody shirt" The plat
form Of the party purports to contrast
the Republican and the Democratic
parties. Senator Lodge. in his speech
on assuming the permanent chairman
ship Of the convention, entered into
the same method of contrast. The Re-
publican party this year finds it nee
essary to go back to the beginning OF
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20

The following is plank from the Pc
publican national platform of 1896:
itated panic, blighted industry and
trade by the prolonged depression
closed factories, reduced work and
wages, halted enterprises, and crippled
American production" What's the mat
ter with the Democrats at Denver
copying this plank. the only change
being necessary is that the pronoun
cit" should refer to the Republican
party.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20

Colorado, Tennessee and Mississippi
with 81 delegates. have instructed their
delegations to vote as a unit for Will
liam j. Bryan. Where is the anti
Bryan territory? 1t looks as though
Bryan will be nominated at Denver By
exclamation. He Is certain to have ap'
1Iroximately $50 votes on the first bal
lot. even If his opponents do their ut.
most.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20

Roosevelt not only made the Repub-
lican party walk the plank. but he made
1t walk the whole platform. but 1t is q
question whether the big. numbering
ing through.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20
HILL MAKES A FEW REMARKS

David B. HILL who once was a potent
factor in naming Democratic candi-
dates and making Democratic plat
forms, in premeditated and author
ICED expression Of opinion. proves that
he is no longer political observer
Hill once tried to make political capt.
tai for himself, in opposition to Gro
yer Cleveland by the now famous
statement, II am a Democrat" b.
this he meant to convey the impress
sion that under all circumstances he
was loyal supporter of candidates
and platforms nominated and adopted
by duly accredited delegates of the
Democratic party Recent years have
shown that Mr.. Hill is just the opro-
site. One of his last sentences when
leaving this country on the eve Of a
political campaign was the statement
that there was no Democratic party.
When l met he said, "the lato
Governor Altgeld in little room, I'D
back sairs. in small Chicago hotel,
shortly before the first so-called Bry-
an convention, told him that the pol
icies which he represented would drive
the Democratic party to hell, and when
he begged for another trial four years
later, l said. You must stop before
you have absolutely ruined the party
But Bryan was nominated and l saw
the futility Of a minority report with
only ten votes to back me-
| Altgeld has been dead for several
years Hill still lives. But the princi-
Piles for which Altgeld fought at the
Democratic convention in Chicago in
1896 are now being adopted by the
cago. while the policies for which Day.
Id B. Hill stood up and fought for in
1895 are now opposed by I'll except the
reactionaries in both parties. Altgeld
made mistakes. but he was an able
conscientious man. He had too much
Of the principles Of German Socialism
! In his makeup to suit the American
people. but he was a great thinker and
earnestly and sincerely worked fol-
what he thought was the best interests
of the lower classes. Perhaps Mr.. Hill
intended to throw discredit upon the
dead leader by speaking of "a small
Chicago hotel"
Mr.. Hill admits that the Republican
party is badly disorganized. He calls
Taft the candidate Of political patron.
age. If this is so, why does not Mr.
Hill stay and fight? What has become
Of that old boast, Il am a Democrat q
The truth Of the matter is that Davic
B. Hill, like some other formerly dis
tinguished Democratic leaders. are s.
unreasoining in their prejudices agains
Mr.. Bryan that they are unable to sc,
things as they are. Bryan is Hill!
DOGGY man. Every time organs nam,
Is mentioned. Hill throws up his hands
in despair. Hill. like certain formerl,
influential newspapers. have utterl.
exhausted themselves trying to destro,
Bryan. Note the ex-Governor's dis
couragement:
Every time Mr.. Bryan says. I KEEP
the faith 1t makes me smile He ha
kept the faith indeed. He kept it GU
In Nebraska. his own state. which il
now Republican to its political corr
The Democratic party never wantet
Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan wanted tn,
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20

William H. Taft was nominated for
President at Chicago yesterday
Thursday on the first ballot. At
this writing it looks like Cummins Of
Iowa, for vice president. though the
honor may go to another. No great
amount Of enthusiasm was manifested
at the nomination of Taft. The Texas
delegates led the demonstration. but
states like Texas hardly cast enough
Republican votes to All the various
Offices. AS the Irish Standard goes to
press announcement is made OF the
nomination of Congressman Sherman
Of New York for vice president.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20

Our own Governor has refused the
vice presidency Governor Hughes is
not the only one The East will sool
know that Minnesota never plays sec
ond fiddle.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20

Queen Wilhelmina has decorated F.
Cunliffe Owen with the order II
Orange Nassau, says the Courier
Journal Under the nom de plume The
Marquis De Fontenoy." Mr.. Owen
writes pleasantly yellowed accounts Of
the doings of polite society in Europe.
The decoration is appropriate.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20

The Chicago convention places be-
fore the country it's candidate and its
platform, with the full understanding
that powerful faction of the Repub-
lican party is opposed to both candi-
date and platform. The Denver con-
vention will place before the country
its candidate and its platform, with
the full understanding that those who
participate In the convention will
heartily and unanimously support both
candidate and platform. In other
words, the Democratic party has al
ready eliminated those who are OPP
posed to Democratic policies: the Re-
publican party has just commenced
the fight which will determine wheth-
err the progressives or the reaction
aries are to finally control.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-20

William E. Curtis is now in Ireland
and we may expect learned reports
upon facts and conditions which do
not exist.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-02

for me to express it here, is that it
should remain, as the constitution de-
cIarcd it should be, distinctly an ex.
ecutive office.
Let congress make the laws with
out being influenced or cOerced by
any sort Of executive interference,
other than the recommendations and
suggestions in his message which are
provided for in the constitution.
Let the courts construe those laws
with reference to their constitutional
ity. Then let the president, the chief
executive of the nation, administer
and enforce those laws, whether they
appeal to his own personal prejudices
or otherwise, but without effort to
criticize either the congress Of the
United States or the courts Of the
United States.
The conception of the duties and
obligations of the presidency which
any man. whether candidate for
federal office or otherwise, can read
lily form for himself is to be found in
the constitution of the United States,
which is at no point more explicit
than In its definition of the duties
OF both president and vice-president.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-02

breaking accumulation of gold in the
American and European banks more
than the enormous production of the
Rand district.
What is the effect of such an ac-
cumulation of idle funds? The own
ers must inevitably seek better en-
ployment than afforded by current
low rates on call and time money.
Since confidence, though rising, is not
fully restored and caution is neces-
sary in making investments, credit
expands slowly.
Only the best borrowers and the
best proposals are welcomed at the
bank. Discrimination is still neces-
sary: the result being that large hold
ers of idle money are obliged to in
vest in the better class Of securities.
Money can be much more profitab-
ly employed in these lines than in or
binary lending; good investments
thus become scarce, and the big
speculator with an abundance Of
cheap money at his command is at-
forded an unusual opportunity.
This explains the present stubborn
ness of the market to yield to artlfi'
cial pressure, also the strong under
tone shown in the face of unfavora-
BILE news. Cheap money is not only
Il powerful but under the circumstan-
ces, 1t is the most natural stimulant
to business that could be expected.
With the prospect of low rates Of
interest for several months to come
there is little chance for any import
ant reaction in either financial or
mercantile circles. certainly not untn
money rates advance or reaction Is
produced from causes not yet appar-
ont
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-02
KERN'S VIEW Of THE PRESIDENCY

into any detail concerning the posi-
Lilities Of a vice-president ultimately
becoming president, either through
the death of his leader or by subse>
quent election But l do believe that
the possibilities are such that one who
offers himself as a candidate for the
v!ce-presldency should be frankly
willing to express his views concern
ing the duties and obligations of the
presidency.
This nation has known many vice,
presidents who ultimately succeeded
to the first office. I think it may be
said that nearly all of them attained
that high seat Of responsibility which
the presidency should entail. The
vice. presidency itself, unless there
shall be close and friendly relations
with the occupant of the White
House, furnishes little opportunity
for the development of wide knowl-
edge Of public men and of public af-
fairs. If there is this cooperation,
the long stretch of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. from Capitol Hill to the White
House will be politically and intellec-
tually very much abridged.
But just exactly as the vlce-presl-
dent is really the servant and not the
master of the senate, SO do 1 believe
that the president himself is not to
be, nor to attempt to be, the master
Of congress This government Of ours
Is a representative government.
It is not to be dominated in one
legislative department by the hard
hand Of the presiding officer, nor in
both legislative departments by the
determined use by the president Of
the power Of patronage. My concep-
tion of the presidency, II It be proper
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-02

Seven firms submitted bids to Ma
ior McIndoe, corps of United States
engineers. at II o'clock this morning
for the building of section of the
Cello canal, says a Portland paper,
The company agreeing to do the
work at the least cost will not be
known until late this afternoon, on
account of the many provisos con-
tanned in them. 1t looks, however, as
though the Caughreff, Winters &
smith company hade the lowest Of
fer.
The firms competing for the con-
tract are as follows: North American
Dredge company Puget Sound Bridge
& Dredge company Johnston Porter
Cello Construction company, Robert
Wakefield & Co.. Caughreff, Winters
& Smith company and Wise Bros. Ac-
cording to the specifications the work
has to be started within 80 days from
the letting of the contract.
The total amount available for this
work is about 7O,OOO-$2OO,OOO in
hand, sSS6.OOO appropriated in the
sundry civil act approved May q,
1908. and $4,000 to be appropriate
ed hereafter, 1t is probable that this
last sum will be appropriated at the
next session of congress.
Should congress fail to provide the
unapproprlated balance Of S164,OOO
before all other available funds have
been exhausted, the contractor will be
notified to that effect and be given
the option of continuing work or sus-
pending operatios until more funds
are available.
The work to be done is the con-
struction of a part of the navigable
canal between Cello, Ore, and Big
Eddy. The canal closely parallels
the o. r. & n. and the state portage
railways, and is approximately SO
miles long.
The portion of the canal to be con-
structed under these specifications
| Lii bo.,ir ,,ao. rr,r,,rot tor u.hara thn
contract of Smyth & Jones ends and
extend as far as available funds will
build it. 1t is estimated that at least
14,40O feet of the canal can be built
complete in every particular except
as to the reinforced concrete lining
of the bottom and sides in sand and
gravel sections.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-02
STOCK PLUNGING
STIRS THE MARKET

Henry Clews says of the present
financial condition Of the country:
Last weeks excessive plunging op-
erations fortunately created only a
temporary disturbance. incidentally
they proved the hazardous position of
the short side of the market.
There are comparatively few stocks
for sale; partly because investors and
the public recognize that recupera-
ton is the order of the day, and part
" because the big operators are OPP
posing any important reaction at this
time. As long as improvement in in
dustrial and mercantile affairs con-
tinues it will be difficult to check the
present hopeful temper which pre-
walls in financial circles.
Wall street always looks far ahead
and Is now actively discounting all
the improvements that is likely to
take place before next January. 1t
may be overdiscounting that prob
ability; but if so, it is only moving in
accordance with precedent.
BY far the most important element
in the stock market just now is the
uorIdwide aose In money This ease
is not so much a consequence of in
crease in the gold supply as some
would have us believe. although that
factor cannot be ignored.
The present glutted condition Of
the money market is chiefly attribut-
able to the accumulation of funds
which always follows panic, regard
less of the production Of gold. Busi-
ness activity has been at minimum,
and funds came out of boarding as
confidence revived.
These two movements caused a pill
ing up Of idle funds in the banks,
which now hold extraordinary re-
serves in spite of the fact that the
crop movement has begun, and that
usually currency Is flowing freely to
the west and south at this season.
They also account for the record
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-02

John W. Kern, democratic candi-
date for vice president, writes his
views Of the office of vlce-president
for Golfers Weekly as follows:
1t has been a rather flippant jest
for many decades that the vlce-pres-
idency has ceased to be a position Of
influence and high honor.
Mr.. Bryan has answered this in his
speeches and in his written addresses
to the American people by declaring
that in mis- judgment the vice-presi-
dent should be a member Of the pres
idents official family and have a
seat at the cabinet table. Vice-pres-
idents in the past have influenced leg
islation largely, but usually by in
direction.
My own conception of the duties
OF any public official is that the in
fluence he exerts should be direct,
open, obvious and known to all men.
L. the president is TO be simply
the presiding officer Of the senate,
with Of course, the opportunity to
invite senators into his room and sug,
gest to them the views he may have
upon pending legislation, he becomes
very close to a mere lobbyist.
II by the friendship or by the po-
litical convictions Of the president he
is able to come out into the open
speak as frankly as his chief speaks,
and exert upon legislation openly and
avowedly as much influence as any
member Of the cabinet may, his Of
flee is raised to the dignity which was
the original understanding OF the
trainers Of the constitution that It
should possess.
am Of course estopped by the pro-
prieties Of the occasion from going
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-02
Ihnhn PrOhlhs Meet.

Boise, Ida, Sept. 2.-That the pro-
hlbition wave has struck Idaho and
is spreading rapidly over the state
was evidenced today by the enthu-
siasm of the hundreds of delegates
who gathered in the state convention
of the "dry" party. a complete state
ticket will be put in the field. A
rally of the temperance forces of the
state is being held in connection with
the convention
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-02
TESTED AND PROVEN.
There Is n Heap OF Solacc In Being
Able to Depend Upon well-Earu-
ed Reputation.


For months Pendleton readers have
seen the constant expression OF praise
for Doan's Kidney Pills. and read
about the good work they have done
in this locality. Not another remedy
ever produced such convincing proof
OF merit.
Mrs. II. Swaggert. living at 8lS
Garden street, Pendleton. Ore, says:
Both my husband and myself have
used Doan's Kidney Pills with the
most gratifying results. Mr.. Swag-
CERT was troubled severely with his
back and kidneys for long time and
never received any relief until Doans
Kidney Pills were brought to his at
tention and he procured box at the
Pendleton Drug Co. They gave him
great relief and he thinks very high
Is OF them. | also used Doan's Kid
ney Pills and found that II anly re-
qulred a few doses to remove the
lameness and pain caused from dis
ordered kidneys. | really believe that
kidney trouble would be less prev
alent II more sufferers knew OF
Doan's Kidney Pills" (From state
ment given in l905.)
Tested and Proven.
Mrs. Swaggert was again interview
ed on November 16, 1907. and said:
I'VE still continue to use Doan's Kid
ney Pills and find them Just as eff
fective as when they first came to
our notice. We keep them in the
house at all times and really think
we could not get along without
them"
For sale by all dealers Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-02
Taft to Meet. Negroes.

Lexington, KY, Sept. 2.-It Is stat
ed that a delegation from the Nation
al Negro Baptist association, which
will hold its convention here the mid
die Of the month, will go to Cincin-
natl on September % to confer with
william II. Taft on political issues af-
fecting the colored people of the
country. The candidate has agreed to
meet the delegation on the date mem
toned. Every state and territory
will be represented in the delegation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-02

For Rent-Store room on Main
street In the East Oregonian building.
Apply at this office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-02
SEVEN BIDS FOR
WORK At CELLO.
CONTRACTORS ANXIOUS
FOR GOVERNMENT JOB

OnIy $500. 900 Available for the Work
of Constructing Cello Canal-Ca-
nal Is Approximately So Miles
Long and VIII Connect Upper and
Lower Columbia.