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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
Is ROOSEVELT A "BoSs?r

The bosses of both parties, and
their newspaper organs, have raised
the deafening cry that Mr.. Roosevelt
has become boss and is planning
TO be an American king or emperor.
Nobody who is at once honest and in
telligent would call Mr.. Roosevelt a
boss, because the word "boss" has
come to mean exactly the opposite
thing in our American politics. Gov
ernOr Hughes has won great triumphs
in the state by sheer force of char
acter, and by the influence to which
he was entitled through his public
services. But it would be ridiculous
to say that Governor Hughes was a
boss. Mr. Roosevelt is no more a boss
in New York than Woodrow Wilson
s a boss in New Jersey. Charles F.
Murphy of Tammany Hall. is a boss
who now dominates the democratic
machinery not only of the great city
but also of the state. Mayor Gaynor
of New York City. who is today the
most influential and popular demo-
crat in the state, is on the other hand
not a boss but exactly the opposite,
He is influential and popular for quite
the same reasons that give Mr.. Roose-
welt his hold Those reasons are cas-
lily summed up. Mayor Gaynor shows
great gifts and talents for public life.
and thus far shows a disposition to
use his talents for the public welfare
so that he gains the confidence of his
fellow citizens and has a great fol-
lowing. The late Mr. Brayton of
Rhode Island was boss of the typi-
cal sort. The victory at Saratoga
over the bosses was not Roosevelt's
victory by any means but the victory
of the intelligent masses of republi-
can voters in the state who sent to
Saratoga a body of nearly six hun
dred delegates freed from the shack
| les of local bosses. The convention
was controlled, not by Roosevelt, but
| by the Embossed majority of the dele
gates. The position of the minority,
held obediently in line by a group of
| disappointed bosses, was not a pleas
ant spectacle. Even Vice President
Sherman must have been Inundated
| by the intellectual feebleness of the
| fight made by his supporters. From
THE Progress of the World" in the
American Review of Reviews for No
vember.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
WALTER WINANS.

Turn about is fair play. Since MI
Alfred Vanderbilt elects to take many
American horses to England every
year to compete in the London Horse
Show and draw his Brighton busses,
Mr.. Walter Winans, whose horses are
world famous, thinks it is a fair re-
turn for him to bring his string to
America to capture a few blue rib
bons at the Madison Square Garden
exhibition which opens within the
next few days. Winans has been
capturing prizes and championships
in England and on the continent for
vars AS a rule he enters his horses
ic nearly every one of the many clas-
ses they make up the exhibition at
great shows. No one abroad has been
able successfully to dispute his su-
premacy in that field thus far, so he
believes that he will be able to pluck
a few honors from the stables of the
Vanderbilts, the Bordens, the Moro
SIMS and other famous owners of
horse flesh in America. Winans has
more than a hundred horses in his
stables at Surrender Park, Kent,
which is called the garden spot of
England and all of them are prize
winners. Their combined value is far
about the half million mark.
No man in English society or sport
ing life possesses more diversified tall
ents than does Walter Winans. He
is a mighty hunter and the best pis-
tol. shot in Europe, if not in the
world. AS a sculptor and painter he
has achieved fame, having exhibited
his work at the Royal academy, the
French salon and elsewhere. He was
born in st. Petersburg. His father,
William Louis Winans and his uncle,
Thomas Winans, who were rich rail.
way contractors made a huge for
tune building railways for the Rus
sian government. They constructed
the only great railway in the world
which runs in an absoluteluy straight
| line, that from Moscow to st. Peters
burg The Gar could get no Euro
pean engineer to attempt the task, so
the two Winans took it and made
good. Thomas returned to America,
but william settled in England, be-
cause he hated to cross the Atlantic.
Walter was then eighteen years old
and had been educated in st. Peters
burg The father died in 1897, leav-
ing a fortune of over $12,000,00
which the English government de-
cided to levy a tax upon, claiming
! Winans to be a British subject. The
Winans estate in Kent is occupied on
ly on a long lease, but Walter has
beautified it at the cost of a for
tune and it's stables are the most IA
nous in the world. The contest be-
tween Mr.. Winans and Alfred Wander
bilt at the horse show this year is
likely to be the most spirited one in
the history of the horse show
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
SHORT WORDS.

One of the most convincing lee
lures against the use of big words by
amateur writer's is contained in a re-
cent issue of Life and the average
reader after laborously perusing the
article. whether or not he is intelH-
sent enough to understand the dis
s,ltation, will without doubt be i'm
pressed with the advantage in using
short words. The sermonette fol-
lows:
Literary aspirants should religi-
ously eschew polysyllabic arthography.
The philosophical and pathological
sub-structure of this principle is in
eluctable. Excessively attenuated
verbal symbols inevitably induce un-
necessary complexity and consequent
ly exaggerate the obfuscation of the
mentality of the peruser. Conversely
expressions which are reduced to the
farthermost minimum of simplifi-
cation and compactness, besides con-
tributing realistic verisimilitude, con-
stitute a much less onerous handicap
to the readers perspicacity.
Observe, for instance, the unmis-
taxable and inescapable expressive
ness of onomatopoetic, interjectional,
monosyllabic utterances, especially
when motivated under strenuous en-
otional circumstances. How much
more appealing is their euphonious
pulchritude than the preposterous
and pretentious pomposity of elong-
ated verbiage."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
A LEAvENING SPIRIT.

Washington's farewell to the Am
erican people solemnly warned them
against the bane of partisanship, and
the people, ia years after his warn
ing. are bidding farewell to the spirit
of party.
Political parties are necessary and
inevitable in every government by the
people, but the spirit of party, in the
sense of partisanship or faction, is
an evil. Its general effects are bale
full and demoralizing. 1t helps to dis
turb public consideration of affairs of
state. II serves to enfeeble the ad-
ministration of the government. In
American history it originated the
Mexican war. and lends iself today
to the political power of corrupt cor
porations.
The idea of good citizenship has
come to the front, and is thrusting
that OF loyalty to party off the field
The good citizen is the ideal now, not
the republican nor the democrat who
is loyal to his party first and his
country afterward. For the first time
since 1920 names of parties have
ceased to square with real differences
between them Between Roosevelt
as a republican and Woodrow Will
son as a democrat there is no real
difference as to the power of the peo-
pie and the duty Of the government
concerning the regulation of corpor-
ations. Between Mayor Gaynor and
Roger Sullivan, the democrats, there
is less political sympathy than be-
tween Gore of oklahoma and La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin, though the first
is a democrat, and the second re-
publican.
The new moral idea called progress
siveness, the determination that cor
rupt business shall be driven out of
politics and the people resume con-
troll of their parties and of govern
ment, has honeycombed all parties.
II has real leaders and multitudes of
followers among the republicans and
democrats alike. 1t means the elec-
ton in November of progressive dem
ocrats and of progressive republicans.
II has leavened both parties with the
idea that good citizenship is the ma
TONS need. If either ignores the
warning it will be cast away. If both
are regenerated they will survive, and
the convictions of their voters will
become clearer and stronger.-Spokes-
man. Review.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
\ LARGE PRESIDENT.

President Taft attended the recent
aero meet, at which Mayor Fitzgerald
of Boston made trip with Grahame-
White. After the flight the plane was
landed near the automobile occupied
by the president who congratulated
Mr.. Fitzgerald on his GOODNESS and
nerve. and asked:
Are you not afraid to go up in
such a flghty machine?"
"There is only one machine that 1
am at all afraid Of" was the smiling
reply of Honey Fritz "and that is
the republican machine"
The president, composing himself
with an effort. inquired: "And could
you see people on earth very plainly
while you were away up in the air?"
"Well," replied Honey Fritz" a
droll twinkle in his eye, IT could see
you without any difficulty"-From
Success Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
ALL THINGS COME.

The magnate looked up impatiently
from his work.
"Well. my good man." he snapped
at the diffident rural person who
stood twirling his rusty hat, "what
can I do for you?"
"I guess ye don't remember me,
Hank" faltered the caller. But you
an me use ter go swimmin' together
in tn OF town. Then you got a job
in tn grocery store
This is all very interesting and I
seem to remember your face. But
come TO the po,nt-my time is valu-
able"
Yes, Hank. You got a better Of
fer and lef' the old village. I stayed
pluggin' along in tn grocery store"
"Well, well?"
"Well, Hank, when you left you
owed S73 90 on a grocery bill. Here's
where you pay up!"-Cleveland lead
er
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
THE CHEERFUL WAY.

Kansas City Star: Turn, If you
please, from considering the objec-
tive problems of life and contem-
plate for the moment the cultivation
of your own personality. Mr.. Green
willie Kleiser tells how, in his recently
published volume, "How to Develop
Self Confidence in Speech and Man
ner." 1t is easy If you follow in
structions. They are furnished for
every day in the year and an extra
for leap year, which will come in
handy in 1912. For instance, here
are the rules for the twenty-seventh
day:
Enthusiasm Put inspiration to
work. Be capable of great things.
Enter with the whole heart upon ev-
cry undertaking. Know no limita-
tions. Scale great heights. Earnest
ness conquers in the face of every
difficulty. Be doing great things
now.
Exercise-Repeat these enthuslas-
tically:
l. 1 have high ideas.
.. My enthusiasm is infectious.
8. l am in earnest,
4. My blood tingles for achieve
ment.
8. I will achieve.
The passions are the only orators
that always persuade; they are, as it
We're, a natural art, the rules of
which are nfallble, and the simplest
man with passion is more persuasive
than the most eloquent without it.
La Rochefoucauld.
Simple, isn't it? A little 10-min-
ute exercise before the looking glass
morning and evening, and there you
are, all cheered up and ready to
achieve. On the three hundred and
sxty-sixth day you ought to be at the
stage where you could say:
l. l have a motor car.
2. All my friends want to ride
with me, they like it so.
3. Sure
4. And a thousand dollars in the
/ bank.
3. Hurrah!
After which you can give the book
| to a friend.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
The poultry show is next.
PORTUGUESE DEGENERACY.

Education has generally been at
low ebb in Portugal. Reliable sta
tistics indicate that less than one
fifth of the population can read and
write. The country, which has an
area somewhat less than that of the
state of Indiana, and a population ap-
proximately equal to that of Illinois
has always been engaged in agricul-
ture. The people, who once were the
worlds greatest navigators, have lost,
during the past two centuries, the en-
ergy which formerly characterized
them. Their agricultural and COM
mercial methods are very antiquated
This state of affairs, together with
the political corruption and lack OF
education already alluded to, has re-
suited in appalling governmental mis-
management and a chronic deficit
Not even the riches of Portugars CO.
lonial possessions which cover more
than three-quarters Of million
square miles and have a population
Of more than nine millions, could OFF,
set the corruption at home.-From
"The Progress Of the World" in the
American Review of Reviews for No
yember
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
MANS INFERIORTTY.

Man marvels much at himself. He
contemplates with awe the wonders of
his works. He is amazed with his
own greatness, and can scarcely un-
derstand it. He looks back upon the
savage barbarian he once was and
admits that civilization has evolved
a superior creature indeed. 1t would
be useless to dispute his grounds for
this self admiration. He is Won
derful being. He has achieved much
during his development, and his su-
periority over all other living Gre
lures has given him undisputed lord
ship and dominion on this earth.
But in the midst of his adulation of
self it might be we'll for him to re-
fleet upon his own deficiencies as
well as upon his abilities, upon what
he has lost by civilization as well as
upon what he has gained by it, on lis
inferiority as we'll as upon his superb
ority.
The Portland Oregonian while re-
futing the contention that some
horses have been known to have
reasoning powers, at the same time
Eoo on to show wherein the lower
animals are superior to man.
there u reason to believe" it says
that most animals surpass mankind
in the precision and delicacy of their
senses, as well as in swiftness Of
muscular response to stimuli. 1t IS
known by stockmen that mare can
convey a whole volume of informa-
ton to her foal by the slightest touch
Of her nose. The foal is asleep on the
ground. The dam scents danger. No
sooner has she touched the flank of
her slumbering charge than it Is
awake, on it's feet and ready to run
al full speed. The muscular response
OF a sleeping cat to a stimulus of any
kind Ii 50 swift that human eyes can
not follow it. Much more is this true
OF WIG dullndlS. IL 40 NuiAooS
question whether mankind once pos
sessed the same delicacy of sense and
has now lost it, or whether we have
always been dull compared with the
beasts. The acute sight and hearing
OF savages seem to argue that the
senses of the human race are not nat
urally inferior. Saint Bernard virtu-
ally destroyed his sight, taste and
smell by the seventies of his ascetic
life. Civilization has wrought some
thing of the same effect upon US ALL
Perhaps by an improved education
We may sometime regain what we
have lost, IL it is worth while. AS
the world goes there is some doubt
whether acuter ears would make us
happier 1t might depend a good deal
a he sort Of sounds the new ca
pacity would reveal to U.S."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
MOVING PICTURE PROGRESS.

No doubt motion pictures will al
ways be exhibited to a great extent
for entertainment purposes, but re-
cent developments along more Sc
rious lines are interesting says writ
er in Success Magazine.
One film recently exhibited under
the auspices of the American Civic
association was entitled THE Filthy
Fly" and showed graphically the un-
sanitary habits of that insect. a
wonderful new machine, by the way,
taking two thousand pictures a Sec
ond has greatly facilitated the pho
tographing of insects on the wing. 1t
is hoped that there will be new light
on the problem of flight as a result of
the new device
Moving pictures as means of
propaganga are suggested in the fact
that films are being prepared show
ing the dangers Of unhygienic dairy
farms and teaching the value of clean
milk. Pathe Freres, the well known
French film manufacturers, are now
producing a sort of picture newspa-
per, setting forth current events in
pictorial form. Thus far, 1t Is said,
these moving picture papers carry no
advertising.
OF very great Importance is the
successful series of experiments in
Munich, in which X-ray motion pic
lures of the internal organs of the
human body were obtained. By the
new device, digestion, for example,
can be studied actually in progress.
The discovery promises to add great
" to the sum of our knowledge of
physiology and disease.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
IT DID COME OFF.

Irving Bacheller, the author of
"Eben Holden" was introduced one
day by mutual friend to a western
mountaineer.
Mr.. Bachelor" exclaimed the
friend to the mountaineer, sis an au-
thor of great repute in the east"
"Oh yes" drawled the mountain
eer II know of him. l was locked
up in my cabin here by the snow two
winters ago and I only had two books
to read the whole five months; your
book, sir" he said, turning to Mr..
Bachelor, land the Bible, and l read
them through several times"
Indeed" said the author, a smile
of satisfaction wreathing his face.
"Yes, SIR" continued the old noun
taineer, "and I never knew before
how interesting the Bible was"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
True Gift for Fiction.

In a New Brunswick village town
character who preferred emphasis to
the verities was a witness in a petty
trial involving an auger He posi-
lively identified it as the property Of
the parties to the suit.
But" asked the attorney for the
other side, "do you swear that you
know this auger?"
Yes, SIR"
How long have you known it?"
he continued.
II have known that auger," said
the witness, impressively, lever since
it was a gimlet. Maga-
zine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
piano-Tuner VS.. Earthquake.

Once, in the company Of President
Diaz. I spent a few night in the Mex
lean earthquake zone as the guest OF
the governor of the state. AS mea-
sure of precaution, the plaster CELL
ings of our sleeping rooms had been
replaced with strips Of matched
boarding. "If a temblor should
come in the night, senor." remarked
my host, as he was bidding me good
night, wait for nothing, but make
straight for the patio. I think these
boards will hold until you get from
under cover" And that evening
when I took the governors wife out
to dinner, she had remarked sadly:
I'VE are so benighted here in the hot
lands; it Is impossible even to have
music, for no sooner do I have my
grand piano tuned than an earth
quake comes along and tips 1t over
e. Alexander Powell, F. r. @. s.,
in the November Everybody's.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14

If every man would regard every
woman as a lady until she proved
herself otherwise and If every wo-
man would regard every man other
wise until he had proved himself
gentleman, there would be many less
lost souls in the ranks of the woman
hood of the world
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14

The regular umpire was sick and
kind old gentleman from the country
agreed to do the best he knew how.
All went we'll until the fifth inning
when, with the bases full, the pitch
er got wabbly and put over four wide
ones and the batter started to take his
base. What will we do with the
young feller," asked the old man Of
the pitcher. I'VE amt got no place
to put him."-Success Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
It SHOULD NOT BE-

Home grown apples 60 begging
iu the local markets at rs cents per
box while apples of no better quail
ity from Hood River. Milton. Free
vanse. o. como other outsids point
sell readily at $3.50" This wSs the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
HER CHANCE.

. She had it in her power to
. make him strong,
. To lead him to a seat among
. the great; Z
y To make him see the right and
. shun the wrong,
. To awake within his soul a vi
= brant song, 4
To soothe the wounds that
= filled his heart with hate. 4
. She might have led him from
. temptations snare
. And fed the fire of hope with 4
. in his heart;
. She might have claimed the
. splendid right to share
. With him renown, unlimited
, and fair,
. And won unstinted credit for
D her part. 4
. But, longing for a glib fools 4
. empty praise,
, And caring less for honor 4
D than for dress,
D She crushed him when she had 4
, the chance to raise.
. And, thinking herself wronged, I
D dragged out her days
. In wretched and unpitied 4
> loneliness.
B $ E. Kiser. 4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
STILL PURSUED HER.

Charming Pollock cites a certain
melodrama, produced few years ago
on Fourteenth street as containing
the busiest and most inconsistent viii
Ian ever created
In the first act, he tied the beauti-
full heroine to a railroad track just
as the limited was due. In the Sec
ond, he lured her into an old house,
locked her in an upper room and set
the place on fire. In the third, he
strapped her under a buzz saw and
set the machinery in motion. In the
fourth, he tore the planking out of
the Brooklyn bridge so that her au-
tomobile plunged through to the rag
ing flood below.
In the fifth act he started to make
love to her. She shrank from him.
why do you fear me, Nellie?"
he asked.-Success Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14

The silence of the Strenuous one Is
by many. He Is not
dead, he only sleeps.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14

The Oregonian only affirmed six
measures, of which five were defeat
ed. It is a poor guide and worse
Cuesser-Portland Labor Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14

He has tricked me for the last
time"
What is his last roguery?"
He borrowed my revolver, osten-
sibly to commit suicide and then went
and pawned it,"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14
A Little Advice
WORTHY OF NOTICE.

WORTHY OF NOTICE.
When your stomach has gone
back" on you and the appetitite Is
poor or when the bowels are clogged
and the liver inactive. get bottle Of
the famous
Hostetter's Stomach BitterS
without delay. 1t is the best remedy
for Stomach Ills and its results are
certain. as proven by Its wonderful
record during the past 81 years. But
remember you want Hostetter's,
nothing else will do. 1t is also ex-
esllent for Colds and Grippe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-14

Electric ore hoists are being in
stalled in some OF the largest mines
at Goldfield.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-09-30
A Curious Trap.

A curious labyrinth in which eie-
plants are captured alive is to be seen
near Ayuthia, formerly the capital of
Siam. The labyrinth is formed of
double row Of immense tree trunks
set firmly in the ground. the space be-
tween them gradually narrowing.
Where 1t begins, at the edge Of the
forest, the opening Of the labyrinth is
more than a mile wide, but as it ap-
proaches Ayuthia 1t becomes so mar
now that the elephants cannot turn
around. Suspecting no danger, the
wild elephant enters the broad open
ing at the forest end, lured on by a
tame elephant The gradual narrow
ing Of the boundaries is not observed
until the elephant finds himself in
close quarters. Having reached the
end Of the labyrinth, the tame elephant
is allowed to pass through a gate,
while men lying in wait slip shackles
over the feet Of the captives. The
sport is a dangerous one. for the en-
ragged elephants sometimes crush the
hunters under their feet.