The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 7, 1912, Page 4

THE STAR—THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1912. A GLORIOUS OPPORTUNITY AND A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY resent, or claim to represent, this idea and aspiration. which came to Woodrow Wilson and the democratic party with the overwhelming ae ; uesday is probably the greatest that has come to any man or political party in 4 It : hy = je of the situation to say that the future character of our government will be determined by the manner in which the new president and the party to which the American people have intrusted every branch of the national government meet their tremendous responsi it Tuesday's election was the culmination of a long list of indications, covering the past several years, that the common people of the United States have irrevocably determined to forever emancipate them- selves from the slavery of political bosses and the overlords of industrial privilege. ’ ; Whether or not, in giving to pg and the Sor party, the commission to strike off their ckles, people have acted wisely, remains to be seen. : ~ _ shag! be no possible doubt about the character of the commission. There can be no ible doubt that at the first sign of faltering by those to whom the commission has been given, at ‘ first sign that again, as so often in the past, the chosen leaders are unworthy of the great trust imposed, the people will be merciless, and both Wilson and the democratic party will be execrated and cast out, as have Taft and the republican party, : ‘ j ae There are certain definite things which = great berg 4 of oe — naa decent-living f this country have made up their minds to accomplis! rough their government. FiRst AND FOREMOST Is if MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ENORMOUS WEALTH PRODUCTION OF THE NATION, TO THE END THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN WITH- OUT WHOSE BRAIN AND BRAWN, IN FIELD, FACTORY AND MINE, THERE WOULD BE NO WEALTH PRODUCED, WILL BE RAISED ABOVE THE LEVEL OF MACHINERY AND WORK ANI. A great number of people voted for the Wilson democratic method in preference to the ‘ogressive party method, but they all voted for the same result. h ‘whether we are to have protection, free trade or tariff for revenue; regulation of trusts of competition; a currency system controlled by one set of men or another; more power Rooserat The method is of no importance_, Centered iq th tional government or more lodged with the several states. All of these things are mere ef pommel and are of interest chiefly to theorists and academicians. machinery WHAT IS IMPORTANT, VITALLY IMPORTANT, IS THAT WHATEVER GO MACHINERY IS DEVISED BY THOSE TO WHOM THE POWERS OF BUILDING CHINERY ARE DELEGATED, WILL CREATE IN THIS LAND, FLOWING AS IT Is AND HONEY, BETTER LIVING AND DYING CONDITIONS FOR THE GREAT MASS OF COMMON PEOPLE THAN THEY HAVE EVER four years beginning March 4 next. our institutions and laws. YET ENJOYED. THE FIGHT OF THE BULL MOOSERS HAS DONE MUCH TOWARD THE BIPARTISAN CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE INTEREST Their party ran second in nearly every state in the Union where it did not i SUCH This is the acid test to which Woodrow Wilson and the democratic party will be subjected Every right thinking American, irrespective of politics, can best serve his country, his brother himself, by loyally supporting the new leaders, who have been chosen, so long as these their works, prove that they are honestly and earnestly and unselfishly trying to solve the and complex problems which a century of exploitation by privilege has woven into the very leaders, by fabric ri BREAKING OF PRIVILEGE, MALS, AND BE ENABLED TO USE FOR THEIR OWN COMFORT AND PLEASURE A JUST SHARE OF THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABORS. Back of an overwhelming majority of the votes which were cast Tuesday for both Wilson and Roosevelt was this unalterable purpose. At bottom both Wilson and Roosevelt and the the Solid South they have laid firmly the foundations of a new white man’s party. 2 AS A PARTY IT HAS BEEN RELEGATED TO THE SCRAP HEAP, AND IT SEEMS forces which brought about their candidacies rep- THE SEATTLE STAR “Phone ie Kxchange Main vive nH OF THR Se s NONTH West Seattlc paper having fell leased wire ssociations. Press ~~ Butered at Seatt x Tail, out of cl ished Delly b: ———_— There are three supreme agonies in life; the agony ff} of jealousy, the agony of fearing you have mistaken your talents and the agony of ennui.—B. R. Haydon. i. $1.00; your 68 95. | e Main b 100 woe | People’s Rule Assured All other election returns dwindle into insignificance com- pared with the great people’s victory on the initiative, ref- erendum and recall amendments to the state constitution. | Whatever may be the result as to the candidates elected | the people have won their greatest battle just the same. They have voted to themselves the right to control their own government. “ “ Special privilege, all the big powerful corporations and the reactionary press of the state had united and put up overwhelming opposition to the initiative, referendum and fecall. But the issue was clear. There was not the oppor- tunity to becloud it as on the election of candidates. On one hand, people’s rule stood out clearly. On the other! , misrepresentative government stood out just as clearly. And the people voted for the people's rule. Mrs. Cleveland’s Second Marriage Frances Folsom Cleveland should excuse the American | if they are interested in the unofficial announcement Colle; she is to be married to Professor Preston of Wells She may not know how much she is loved, and how highly she is respected by the people of this nation. | In a sense she is the most intimately loved Daughter of} the Republic. Her marriage to President Cleveland was a sentimental Sensation to us all, unrivalled in interest in White House affairs since the double wedding of Nellie Grant and the daughter of General Sherman. ere must have been much of unhappiness and sorrow in her White House life. It covered a period when slander, * calumniation and gossip ran riot. But through it all, she was never aught but a splendid figure of womanhood and wifehood. Since she retired from the White House she has made of her place a strictly private one. She has engaged in no crusades. She has avoided the limelight. She has devoted herself to her family. But all the time she has been the same fine figure in the subconscious- ness of the American people. We shall all give her our blessings when she marries A INTO HIS OWN TRAP. In a sult lately tried the platatiff testified that his financial post tion had always been a good oi ‘The opposing counsel took him in hand for cross-examination and undertook to break down his testimony upon this point, “Have you ever been bankrupt?” “IL have not,” “Now, be careful,” admonished the lawyer with ralsed finger. “Did you ever stop payment!” “Yes,” “Ah! with an unpleasant smile. occur?” “When I paid all I owed.”—Philadelphia Telegraph, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? He entered the office with an apologetic aidle and tiptoed over to the desk of the pale hireling with the bandaged fountain pen asked the counsel. I thought we should get at the truth, “When did this » served the counsel enelon “I beg your pardon,” he murmurred, “bat a little idea has occu) to me which possibly you can work up into something. tempted to write anything tn that line myself, b*t——" “What te the ideat” asked the pale hireling, bitiog off come ffoat chewing gum. - “Tt le simply a little sort of a conundrum. It is this: What is the difference between a man buying a plece of cut glass for his rich aunt who is about to celebrate her ninetieth birth. and a man who is having erected « partition in bis cellar to store winter's Melt “One is getting a bow! for his kim, the other is getting a bin for his coal,” snaps the pale hireling, turning to his labors with renewed. energy and « grim amile. 1 neverpat t And from the shuddering depths of the night came the lonely lay of « lost loon, while far above in the echoless sky the pitying stars: looked down upon the shadowloas desert.—ChMeago Evening Post. OR A TAILOR WITH FITS First Doctor—Had a couple of odd patients this morning. Second Doctor—tndeed! Who were they? First Doctor—One was a beekeeper with the hives and the other was a grass widow with the hay fever.—-Boston Transcript. eng _—— OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE | THE POSSIBILITIES 0. P>. 4 NA of pay era | run first, and even ig The republican party received well merited punishment for the deliberate betrayal of the trust posed in it when Taft was given same commission four years ago that has now been given Bom THAT IT CAN EVER REHABILITATE ITSELF OR BE REHABILITATED, The Editor’s Mail ELIMINATING MIDDLEMEN Editor The Star: I noticed that the big pack nounced their # ing the OUTSIDE THE FLAG | BOD honest rights. I am @ young man ter business for my ide | MY possibilities, however, shattered, | guess I'll penis. beet for Frye. Yours | who made the p lly rich, and you yourself will ad. jmit that the middiemen are no A\others than the smail retail bateh- jers striving for a living, In Mr. Nov, |Frye's statement he openly an- Editor The Star: 1 nounced that his intention was to|of last week's Stare that | |place his own retail markets | Seattle's detectives shot |throughout the city for the sole|cent boy through the jaw, |purpose of driving out the retail-| provocation, after jer. Is this just? |the bey’s room What Since your paper has always been |is 4 stranger going to get with the people in fighting down jattle? an unjust cause, | should like you ‘© give word to the people on this subject. We do not hold any grudge against Mr. Frye, but we do believe in standing for our own ee HER EXCUSE The families of two nelghboring fats were playing 10-cent poker together. After the busting of a pot the opener drew | and the mistress of the flat where the game was played She held to start with the deuce, tray, four and five of 3 nequired the six of the same suit The opener bet a dime, and the woman merely called. Wheat cards were spread ber husband went up in the air. “Why didn’t you raise with that hand?” he exclaimed; “didat y= know it was worth it?” “Yes,” answered the wife, “but I didn't want to break a quarte"= Chicago Evening Post. SEATTLE’S i Friday Harbor, you thick Miss Yellow-/ leaf i# rather slow?” “She must be. It has taken her 40 years to reach 25." Sillicus—Do you belteve in engagements? Cynicus-Sure. The longer you're engaged, the shorter time you have SCIENTIFIC long A native of Germany, resident im this city, has learned American language to make his meaning plain, though | ome of his sentences are odd. But he ts willing to learn and, twisting of the words as much as his hearers when his | NEVER TOUCHED HIM Harrower—Some men are more sensitive to the touch than others, Horrower--8o I have discovered plained to him. He has & friend with whom he often dines. The other man from the fatherland surprised his host by asking for a dish which his host knew he did not used to care for. “Why, Herr Blank,” exclaimed the host, “I did not know eat that.” 2 “I used to couldn't, but I am learning to can,” sald the g dianapolis News. The Wild and Woolly. / “Why are you #0 crazy about cowboy pictures in the moving pic ture shows?” asked Mack “I was raised on Long Teland, and I like to see the old familiar ph " replied Jack.—Ciucinnati Enqutrer. Mra, Fusser—I think the cook should sterilize her hands before peeling the potatoes. Mr. Fusser--Certainly, but doa't let her use any polsonous antl- septics; make her boil her hands, Legal At Any Rate “I plainly see,” said the Rillville Justices to the prisoner, “that you are guilty of mendacity.” “Whats that?” whispered a speo tator to @ nearby bailiff. “I dunno,” replied the bailiff. “I PRIMARY GRADE. Treckon it's some kin to ‘equilib Two or three young men were ex rium,’ or ‘pendicitis,’ but whatever |niniting with great satisfaction the it fs, you kin jes’ bet it's ‘cordia’ | rosuits of a day's fishing, where- to law! —Atlanta Constitution. upon the young woman remarked very demurely: f It's Correct, Cheasty Has It SWEATER again. The status of the widow of an ex-president has its penalties, no doubt, as well as its rewards. One of these pen- alties, we may be excused for surmising, has been an imposed reluctance to break the quiet of dignified retirement by any of marital condition. And yet, Mrs. Cleveland, as a Inherited Talent. Knicker Very talkative, isn't she? Bocker—Yes; her father was a barber and her mother was a wom. an—-New York Sun. It Sometimes Works. Mra, Fatmore—Do you think I could reduce my weight by rolling? Mr. Fatmore--You might. I know “Fish go in schools, notr” “L believe they do. you ask?” “Ob, nothing; only I was just thinking (nat you must have broken up an infants’ class.” do they But why do REAL MODERN PROGRESS A noted English parliamentarian We are featuring an especially pleasing al line of Sweaters, Mackinaws and Angoras for ff outing wear. Greatest Con Finest Quali mature matron, may be sure that the American people avill understand and sympathize with her desire for the larger , and the greater happiness of a marriage of love. She may not recognize the right of the people to have a, feeling in so purely personal a matter, but she cannot it. As a daughter of whom the republic is very fond very proud, Frances Folsom Cleveland must not resent it if the people lay on her head its clumsy hand in benediction. THEY like the colonel at home. Bay precinct by a landslide. He carried Oyster THE Mormons stuck to the sinking ship, and again de- livered Utah to the G. O. P. THE progressive party is now second in importance. Will the socialist or republican be third? THE nation will be able to worry along somehow with- out “Uncle Joe” in the halls of congress. So long, Uncle. SEATTLE leads other cities in rendering justice to the men of the fire department by adopting the two-platoon system. THE whole nation will regret the man Victor L. Berger, socialist. great party in congress. defeat of Congress- He ably represented his He was needed there. BY the way, has it occurred to anyone that Princeton was also the favorite home of Grover Cleveland? The old college town will now be remembered as the favorite of two democratic presidents. BILL TAFT now says he’s planning to “rehabilitate” the G. O. P. He should have put over a “speed ball” some four or five months ago by eliminating himself in favor of some fairly popular republican candidate. —— Sn oe NEEDED BY HIS FAMILY When the late Senator Taylor was governor of Tennesaeo, he {4- sued a great many pardons to men and women confined in peniten- Uaries or jails in that state. His reputation as a “pardoning governor’ resulted in his being besieged by everybody who had a relative incar. cerated. One morning an old negro woman made her way into the ex ecutive offices and asked Taylor to pardon ber husband, who was in “What's he in for?” asked the governor. “For nothin’ but stealin’ a ham!” explained the wife. “You don't want me to pardon him,” argued the governor, got out he would only make trouble for you again.” “Deed I does what him out of dat place,” she objected, Gat man.” “Why do you need hi “Me an’ de chillun,” Philadelphia Record “If he “T needs im?" inquired Taylor, patiently, she said, seriously, “needs another ham,” Clears Stuffed-Up Head and Catarrh Disappears Breathe the Healing Air of the Eucalyptus Forests of Australia and Quickly Get Rid of Catarrh Hyomet will banish eatarrh if you will breathe it a few times a day. 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Complete outfit which includes inhaler, can be ob- tained for $1.00 at druggists every- | where, To break up a cold tn head or chest in a few minutes, pour a Scant teaspoonful of HYOMEI into a bowl! of boiling water, cover head and bowl with towel and breathe 4 man who got thin rolling cigar-| tossed back his thick white mane ettes. of hair, stroked his white beard and said in broad Scotch accent to a New York reporter: “The rise in world wages has been great, but the rise in world prices has been greater. We have had progress, but it has progress in the wrong direction. “A tourist was traveling in your Far Weat. As he inspected an In- dian encampment he said to his cowboy guide. “And are these Indians progress Best Appear. Ruff Neck and “V" Sweaters in w worsteds. Norfolk Sweaters ; Mackinaws great assortment; the Angoras that are proving, popular; Woolly Vestsi8 wide range of patterns" aid styles. oan Note window + Gloves. Prices $5.00 and Upwards All the Leading American and Foreign Lines of Ure : derwear. forthcomin’ per to be read by Prof. Bige Noo ing? ““Betcher life, the cowboy an- swered, taking a fresh chew of to- baceo, ‘Beteher life they're pro- &reasing. All their medicine men are patent medicine men now.’ "— Washington Star. LUCKY FOR ONCE In one of the mines of Pennsylvania there was a cave. in, which im. prisoned a miner named Jack Thornton, The accident happened on Fri- day afternoon, and the fellow laborers of the niombed man set to work at once to dig him out. It was not until Sunday morning, however, that|| they reached his prison chamber and by this time they were wondering whether he had been suffocated or starved to death, One of them stuck his head through the aperture made by the picks of his rescuers and called out: k, are you all right” i right,” came the reply, and then, after a pause: Among them: “What day is swered the friend. exclaimed Jack, “I'm glad of that. That night when those saloon-keepers didn't get my wages! zine, an dns taterdis Dr. Deimel’s Celebrated Linen Mesh, "—-Poptlar Maga- pe ; Dr, Jaeger’s Sanitary Woolens. MUTUAL REVELATIONS. Cartwright & Warner’s English Woolens. The din of thelr wedding bells still rang in their ears, for it was only the second day of their married bliss. Supremely happy, they were well satisfied with one another, and no cloud had obscured the vista of their little earthly paradise, tubby,” she remarked tremulously, you?” “More than life itself,” he declared passionately, “And no personal defect in me would ever eauso your love to lessen, would it, dearest?" He agreed that such was the case, “Oh, sweet one,” she exied demurely, “I have just one confession I--I-—nly teeth—my teeth are—false!” “Thank goodness!” he responded fervently, burning brow,” And, with that remark, he doffed his wig.—Answers, London. Duofold (prevents skin irritation). Superior, Lewis, Celebrated Union Suits. “you love me dearly, don't * yr 5 Medlicott, Vassar, ete. “Now I can cool my Cheasty’s Haberdashery Second Av. at Spring St. COURT OF LAST RESORT “Going to that stag dinner tonight?" “Don't Know as yet. My wife sald [ couldn't, 1 took an appeal to the vapor until blessed relief comes in a few minutes, 3 Seattle Home of Famous Cross (London) Goods for Men and her mother, who has the matter unde r consideration now.”—Kan City Journal, ge