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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
United States Celebrates the
Centenary of Abraham Lincoln

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 12.IThou-
sands arrived here early today to par
ticipate in the exercises throughout
the day and evening in honor of the
memory of Lincoln. The city is gaily
bedecked with bunting and flags.
Among the arrivals are. Ambassador
Jusserand, of France; Senator Dolli-
yer, of Iowa; a party of Washington
officials; William Jennings Bryan and
Ambassador Bryce of England. The
meeting was presided over by Cover
nor Deneen.
Bryan, Jausserand and DOlliver were
on the schedule to speak. The daugh-
ters of the American Revolution will
receive the distinguished visitors to-
night in the Lincoln home. A
banquet was served the visitors
later al the state arsenal where Bry-
an and Jusserand spoke.
Mr.. Bryan's Speech.
Thousands heard the address of
William Jennings Bryan this after
noon, the subject of which was Lin
coin as an Orator" In part of his
speech follows:
'LincOln's fame as statesman ana
as the nations chief executive in its
most crucial period has so overshad-
owed his fame as an orator that his
merits as a public speaker have not
been sufficiently emphasized. When it
is remembered that his nomination was
directly due to the prominence which
he won upon the stump; that in the
most remarkable series of debates
known to history he held his own
against one of the most brilliant ora
tors America has produced; and that
to his speeches, more than to the arg
uments of any other one man, or In
fact. of all other public men combined,
was due the success of his party-When
all these facts are borne in mind, 1t
will appear plain, even to the casual
observer, that too little attention has
been given to the extraordinary pow
er which he exercised as speaker
That his nomination was due to the ef-
feet that his speeches produced, can not
be disputed. When he began his fight
against slavery in 1858 he was but mt
tie known outside Of the counties In
which he attended court. 1t is true
that he had been member Of congress
some years before, but at that time ne
was not stirred by any great emotion
or connected with the discussion o1
any important theme, and he made but
little impression upon national poll
tics The threatened extension Of sla'-
very, however, aroused him, and with
cause which justified his best efforts
he threw his whole soul into the fight
The debates with Douglas have never
had a parallel in this, or, so far as his
tory shows, in any o'her country.
'In analyzing Lincoln's Characters
tics as a speaker, one is impressed with
the completeness of his equipment. He
possessed the two things that are alb
solutely essential to effective speaking
namely, information and earnest
ness II one can be called eloquent
who knows what he is talking aboua
and means what he says-and l know
Of no better definitiOn-Lincoin's
speeches were eloquent. He was
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
Warden Reed will Hold Job as
Long dSHdY is Acting Governor

OLYMPIA, Feb. 12.-(Special Corre-
spondence)-It is believed that so long
as Lieutenant Governor Hay remains
at the head of the state government,
there is no danger of any change in
the management of the penitentiary
and that Warden Reed will be permit
ted to remain as long as he desires.
Mr.. Reed appeared before the joint
appropriations committees of the house
and senate Wednesday night and out
lined the purposes for which appropri-
ations are asked for the next two
years. His talk was listened to with
interest by the members Of the COM
mites, upon whom he created a most
favorable impression, the, apparent
sentiment being that the penitentfary
would be one Of the state institutions
which would be treated literally in
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thoroughly informed upon the subject:
ne was prepared to meet his opponent
upon the general proposition discussed,
or upon any deductions which could be
drawn from it. There was no unex-
plOred field into which his adversary
could lead him. he had carefully exam
ined every foot of the ground and was
not afraid of pitfall or ambush, and,
what was equally important, he spoke
from his own heart to the hearts of
those who listened. While the printed
page can not fully reproduce the i'm
pressions made by a voice trembling
with emotion or tender with pa hos
one can not read the reports of the de-
bates without feeling that Lincoln re-
garded the subject as far transcend
ing the ambitions or the personal in
erests of the debaters. 1t was of lit
lie moment, he said, whether they
voted him Or Judge Douglas up or
down, but it was tremendously i'm
portant that the question should be de-
cided rightly His reputa ion may
have suffered in the opinion of some
because he made Them think SO deeply
upon what he said that they, for the
moment, forgot him altogether, and
vet is this not the very perfection Of
speech? 1t is the purpose of the orator
to persuade and. to do this, he pre-
sents, not himself but his subject.
Some one in escribing the difference
between Demosthenes and Cicero said
that when Cicero spoke people SAID
how we'll Cicero speaks, but when De-
mosthenes spoke. they said, let US go
against Philip In proportion as one
can forget himself and become Who'll
ly absorbed in the cause which ne
is presenting does he measure up TO
the requirements of Oratory.
TN addition to the two essentials,
Lincoln possessed what may be calieo
the secondary aids to oratory. He was
master of statement Few nave
equalled him in the ability to strip
truth of surplus verbiage and present
it in its naked strength. In the decla-
ration Of independence We read that
there are certain self-evident truths,
which are therein enumera' led. III 1
were going to amend the proposltlon'
would say that all truth is self-evl-
dent. Not that any truth will be uni
versally accepted, for not all are IN
a position or in an attitude to accept
any given truth. In the Interpretation
Of the parable of the sower, we are
told that the cares Of this world ana
the deceitfulness Of riches choke the
ruth and it must be acknowledged
that every truth has these or otner
difficulties to contend with. But trutn IN
may be so clearly stated that IT VIII
commend itself to anyone VINO mas
not some special reason for rejec'-
ing it.
Objections to Slavery.
"No one has more clearly stated tne
fundamental objections to slavery
than Lincoln stated them. and ne nao
a great advantage over his opponent
in being able to state those ob1ections
frankly for Judge Douglas neither de-
nounced nor defended slavery as an
institution-his plan embodied com
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
Los Angeles Takes
Game from Y.M.C.A

Faster basketball than that played
last night in the Y. M. c. A. gymna-
SUM has never been seen in this city,
The Los Angeles team and the five
representing the Y. NJ c. A. played
two 25-minute halves in which there
was something doing all the time, the
game ending in victory for the visi
tors, 25 to Is.
AT first it seemed close contest
and neither side scored for few min
utes. Then Los Angeles sneaked up a
comfortable lead, which she maintained
until the second half Then by
whirlwind playing on the part of Steele.
Eel house and Crecelius, the lead was
overcome and the "Y'' was put three
points to the good, the score at 16 TO
13. But before the rest of the half
could be played, Stevens and Star
buck lost their men a time or two and
the score was put up to 25, while the
home team could not get more than one
more basket.
Los Angeles played a cltan IaE''
from start to finish. 7 hey are gentle
manly players and there was ve-y lit
tie rough work during the game. The
"beefing' on the part of the crowd at
a decision Of Refs 'ea Dutton was tne
of the unexplainahle features of the
game
The local team played fine ball. but
the boys had hard 'ncs in shO"tirg
baskets. It was on this account, in a
great measure that the game was lost.
Felthouse often found no trouble in
losing his man and the hall came lack
to him nicely: bat he .vas "ft color 1t
seemed in sh D ing Steele did lot
shoot with his uSull accuracy. al
though he hande "a some nice baskets.
Thorn and Allen played pretty guard
ing game and followed their men
closely Creceuus as usual. was the
star at handling the bal! and probably
had it in his pos session twice as nLeh
as any other DIavar Glafke and Lhser
went in in tie 1G It fcw nlinu:as CT
play. Glafke at forward and Unser al
guard. Glafke lid nice work ;.pd
should have tiad" severa! baskets Cn-
ser was out Of his position at g:t1d
and his man sl,on"1 several on him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
Movement for Lincoln Farm
Fund Started i'm WaIId WdIld

should be to secure the necessary funds
to develop the park, erect memorial
building to shelter the cabin, and to
provide for their future care as
priceless heritage of the American
people. To this association the citi-
zens in question presented the farm
and later, the OLD cabin, which he also
rescued from speculator VINO had the
logs stored in a cellar holding them
for ransom.
This work has no: been subsidized
by great private fortunes. AS Lincoln
was raised up from the people to per-
form his mighty work. the men form
ing the association felt that this me-
mortal to him should be the work of
the people. They invited subscrip-
tions Of small amounts from twenty
five cents upward, giving each contri-
butor a certificate of honorary men,
Oership in the association and enroll
|, ing the name and address in the
manent record to be kept forever in a
place of honor at the farm. Already
more than $1,000 men. women and chill
,dren have contributed and received
their certificates, the total available
fund now on hand amounting to about
$10e 900.
"At least $50, 900 more will be needed
and to secure this we sincerely believe
that it is only necessary that the mat
ter should be placed before the people.
SO that they may have the opportunity
to enroll
"The G. A. r. and other military and
patriotic organizations of the city are
taking hold of the work and hope we
can get the matter going quickly. Co
operation on the part of all is badly
needed. Contributions OF any size are
asked, but we will be glad to get do
nations just as large as anyone feels
he can give"
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At all the meetings being held in the
city today in honor of Abraham Lin
coins birthday, requests for donations
for the Lincoln's farm fund are being
made. Frances A Garrecht, who is
the the work i'm charge here, is get
ting the matter before the people of
the city as forcibly as possible and 1t
lis hoped that a sum can be secured
here that will be a credit to the town.
There are many who do not under
stand the purpose of the Lincoln farm
association. Speaking today of its
history and purposes Mr.. Garrecht
said:
TN August. 1905. the birthplace farm
of Abraham Lincoln, consisting OF ITO
acres located about so miles from
Louisville, Kentucky, was put up at
p,1blic auction to be sold for unpaid
taxes 1t is fact that all but one of
the bidders who appeared represented
some business concern or speculator,
endeavoring to get possession OF the
historic place to exploit 1T for pr1-
vate gain. Their shameful purpose
was defeated by one bidder who rep
resented a private citizen acting
through motives of simple patriotism.
He conceived the idea Of developing
the farm into a Lincoln national park
which should stand forever as fit
ting memorial to Lincoln's high SER
vice-a memorial worthy Of the man
and worthy of the American people.
The views Of the president, members
of the cabinet, congressman, governors
Of states, and men prominent in every
walk of life. were secured, and acting
on the general suggestion an associa-
tion was quickly formed and in June,
1aos Incorporated as The Lincoln
Farm association, the purpose OF when
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
Consider New Plans for
COIlImbia-WdIId Wd!ld Line

entire holdings of the company to re-
vert to the original promoters.
Miles c. Moore and ]. H. Morrow.
MAY Use the Northern Pacific.
Now that the hope of constructing
the new line has been practically
abandoned by the new board OF dlrec-
tors. it is intimated that attention is
being directed toward the Northern
Pacific road from this city to Pasco
and from here to Dayton. DR.. Blalock'
it is understood, had a conference with
President Howard Elliott of the North
ern Pacific, during his recent VISIT IN
Seattle, and on his return dropped
remark that led to the supposltlon
that satisfactory arrangements mad
been completed for the transfer of the
company's branch line holdings to the
farmers with the ultimate intention OIL
electrifying and operating an lnterur-
han schedule. Secrecy is being main
tanned as to the future ac ion or the
hoard of directors, but the general De
lief is that steam motive power Will
he utilized until arrangements for the
"iuice" can be made. For the present
there NAV be no change whatever IN
the operation of trains but 1t is eVl-
IDENTIFY the object of the officials or the
new columbia & Walla Walla company
to place electric cars in operation.
The report, circulated some time
ago. to the effect that the Walla wal
Ia Valley Traction company nao an
ortion on the line of the Northern ra-
cific from Walla Wafla to Dayton ean-
not ha verified. and all DR.. BlalocK
would say this morning was: Il do not
believe they have any such arrange
nent with the company as 1 have Sc
cured"
What the conditions Of the TRANSFER
,,,;I, ha in case the deal materiailzes
as has been intima:ed, cannon oe
learned. as President Blaiock WIN hu,
receive definite Instructions ~, -
.sondav and consequently is not al
,ihertv to divulge information which IS
at at this time, somewhat susceptible 10
CON lecture.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12

That's the way the publicity COM
mittee appointed from the Commercial
club last week had the publicity fund
question figured out, and after the
chairman had showed members pre-
sent last night how comparatively
easy it would be to raise $1,000 a
month, the motion was made and car
ried that the reports of the committee,
containing recommendations that the
club at once proceed to secure the
services of competent publicity man.
ager, be adopted. That practically
closed the publicity talk, which, for
the past month, has been the para
mount issue in Commercial club cir
cles. The committee was extended a
vote of thanks for the prompt and
efficient work accomplished, and the
spirit of success permeated the small
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
M;ehioan Republicans

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, FEB. Il
with 1a1a delegates present, and with
wil1iam NJ Smith of st. John as tenn
norarv chairman and ]. Frank Knox OF
Saulte Ste. Marie as temporary secre-
tarv the Republican State conVentioi'
TO nominate judicial and otner cahui-
dates convened today in the MaJesuc
theatre Following the convention,
the delegates will attend tne ahiua'
sano,et of the Lincoln club. The con-
,,ant;on will nominate two candidates
for Justice of the supreme court, two
candidates for regent of the university,
one candidate for superintendent OF
nub,ic instruction and six candidates
for members of the state board OF agri-
culture.
Present New Symphony.
BOSTON. Feb. 12.-Paderewski 5
n.,w symphony, which was inspired Dy
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
Tennis Magnates Meet.

NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-Names OF
tennis players from all over the land
are written on the registers of the
Waldorf Astoria hotel today, and that
hostelry will be the scene of the dellb-
erations of the twenty-eighth annual
session of the United States National
Lawn Tennis association. A foot fault
rule. similar to that adopted by the
English Lawn Tennis association, Will
be one of the impor4 ant matters con-
sidered. It is announced that the final
match for the Dwight F. Davis inter-
national challenge cup VIII be played
at Wimbledon. London.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
M.reaith,x Birthday.

LONDON. Feb. 12.-Congratulatory
messages from friends and admirers
in all parts of the world are pouring
in upon George Meredith, the famous
English author and poet, who is to-
day celebrating his S1st birthday an
niversary. Mr.. Meredith retains ms
men. al and physical vigor to remark
able extent, considering his extreme
age, and his picturesque figure, with
his pointed white beard, flowing na.r
and delicate features, shows Ittfe
change from his portraits Of decade
ago.
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Taft Wants to
Keep Mr.. knOx

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator
Hale today received the following tele-
gram from President-elect Taft:
Il sincerely hope congress will pass
tbe bill to remove any doubt of Knox S
eligibility. NO doubt the bill to repeal
the bill increasing the salary of the
secretary of state will effect the pur-
pose. I sincerely hope it will pass.
should regard the loss of Senator
Knox from the first place in my cabi-
net as a public misfortune"
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ess by Rev. M. L. Sanders.
The Labor Unions.

The Labor Unions.
This evening at 1880 the labor
unions will celebrate the day in the
labor temple on South Third street.
Francis A. Garrecht will be the
speaker of the occasion.
In the Congregational church SER
vices will be held again at 7:45 and
Clerk P. Bissitt, of Seattle, will ad-
dress the audience. These services
will be under the auspices of the
mems clubs of the city and will be
open to all.
AT the Y. M. c. A. the young peo-
pie of the Wilbur Memorial church will
entertain the young men of the asso-
citation at a social which is to be of q
patriotic nature. All members of the
association are invited to the func-
ton.
Military Organizations.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 the
military organizations of the city will
hold a celebration in honor of the day,
at which Rev. M. L. Sanders will be
the speaker. The G.. A. r., the ladies
of the G. A. R., the Spanish American
war veterans, the Sons of the Revo-
luton, the Sons of Veterans and the
Union Veterans union will all parti
cipate.
Sunday morning the churches of the
ci v will observe the OCCASION very
generally and special sermons are to
be preached at nearly every church.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
kniqhts of Columbus.

CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, Pa, Feb.
of Columbus from Penn
syivania, New York, New Jersey and
Ohio are in attendance at the annual
mld-winter outing of the order which
was opened here today and will last
ten days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
Wrestling Matches.

PHILADELPHLA, Feb. 12.-WrestI-
ing gladiators of Columbia university
are here today to test conclusions with
the Pennsylvania wrestlers in TIE first
important Intercollegiate match of the
season.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
Moran may Build
Submarine BOdiS

SEATTLE, Feb. 1.-TWO of the
eight submarine torpedo boats for the
United States navy may be built at
the yards Of the Moran corr nany. of
Seattle. The other two may t'e con-
structed on the coast and be assigned
T., the Union Iron works at San Fran
cisco,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-12
Nebraska Speed Circuit.

OMAHA, Neb. Feb. ia number Of
new towns will be added to the circuit
of the Nebraska Speed association this
season and will be included in the
schedule TO be formulated at todays
meeting
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tns way of appropriations The es-
Inmates made by the board of control
for this Institution are as follows:
Maintenance, 1900 convicts at
35c each per day. .......... $306,600
Furniture and carpets, ,....... $500
Repairs and improvements. 10000
Library. .............. 500
Material for new jute mill,.. $4,000
Material for stockade. ...... 1900
New warehouse ............. $4,000
Material for shop row.. ....... 24,480
Material for chapel building. 23,0S0
Operation of jute mill and
brick yard, ............... 275,ooo
IOtaf, ................. 71S,16O
In addition to this Mr. Reed asks
for an appropriation Of $4,000 for the
purpose Of boring an artesion we'll
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the stirring events of the Polish revo-
luton, was performed for the first
time in America this afternoon.
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ITHACA. N. Y, Feb. 12.-Cornell VIII
open it's wrestling season with a con-
test tonigh- with the g.aopling squad
from Princeton.
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Concluded On Page Threeo
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entire holdings of the company to re-
vert to the original promoters.
Miles G.. Moore and J. H. Morrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-23
CYNTHIA GREYS


Many walls come to me from
women and girls who are too fat
an6 a few from those who are too
thin. Some of the letters were
answered long ago, but / will re-
peat directions once more for the
benefit of Anxious" "a reader
IS. k" sc. p. r." young
Lady" and Stout" who are all
too fat and want to reduce.
Take plenty of outdoor exer-
else. such as swimming, walking
and athletic games. Massage the
parts which need reducing. Re-
striction in starches, fats and
sugars in the diet is the surest
and most permanent aid. Don't
sit around and crochet-scruh
floors, sweep, do all the house
work you can possibly manage
Never ride when you might just
as we'll walk.
"a Rural Subscriber" and
"Jane S." wish to develop the
bust. There are many so-called
"flesh foods" which are benefit
cial only because of the rubbing
by which they are applied. This
| Hight massage stimulates the cir
culation and nourishment of the
parts rubbed. Eat more of the
fat, sugar and starchy foods
which produce flesh.
\
"A Rural Subscriber" also asks
how to use finger bowls. Dip the
tips of the fingers in the bow
given you and dry on the napkin
Dear Miss Grey: Please give
me a god recipe for washing whit,
clothes. w. A. M.
| A.-Cut in fine pieces one bal
of laundry soap. Put into a larg,
kettle, add two quarts of wateI
and boil until all of it is dis
: solved. Take this mixture out o
, doris and add one pint of gasolin,
! while the soap is still warm. LIE
Island until cool. Soak you
, lclothes in warm water for a cou
pie of hours, or over night If yo'
Swish an early start in the morn
Ting then put into suds made o
, this mixture and hot water, ant
I1proceed as usual. Be sure to TAX
9 precautions about mixing thi
linear the fire.