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Saturday, May 7, 1910.
Politics
"Let’s have a clean election.” To this
annual crusade the Emerald would like
to add its endorsement and make a few
suggestions as to how it may best be
accomplished.
Ill the first place personalities should
he left out of an election. It makes no
difference how much a candidate has
done for his University. Such trillcs
may Ik- all right in a small body where
tlie members are intimately associated
and acquainted, but the A. S. U. O. is
past that stage, and it is time we were
getting away from its pernicious effects.
We would advise therefore that every
student make a special effort to find out
just what frat, club or faction a candi
date belongs to and vote accordingly.
When possible everyone should vote for
the candidate in his own house. If none
is available, then the house most closely
associated in politics should be chosen.
I he essential thing we are getting at
is that personal merit should be dis
regarded.
Hardly second in importance is the
element of personal friendship. How
ungrateful it is to turn down a friend
just because his opponent happens to
have more ability. Such a man was
llrutus when he sacrificed his benefac
tor for the common good.
As a better illustration, take the ex
ample of an editor a few years ago.
I his editor had a very close friend, be
longing to the same fraternity, a popu
lar man. Hut there was another candi
date who had more ability, and the un
grateful editor turned down his friend
to support tin- second candidate. We
don't think that this will ever happen
again, but lest it might we mention the
< ircumstances. think of it. Just for
tin good of the publication and partly,
tun. of course, for the- University, this
man sacrificed his friend.
\ 11 element of growing importance to
the candidate himself is the matter of
trading votes. the successful office
seeker cannot ignore it. lie should have
a definite understanding with the cat
ions houses as to just how they stand.
If lie can get their vote by supporting
and calling upon bis friends and fra
ternity brothers to support certain can
didates he is unwise at least not to
do so. Many a candidate has won Ins
election by being thoroughly up to date
in these matters of practical politics.
\nd the student who is not running
also has a chance to win friends and
supporters lor other years when he may !
be in the race himself, lie should at
tempt to support only those who will
agree to support him when he runs. It's
a good idea, too, to tell both candidates
that he will support them. 1 hey won't
know the difference.
Next week the University of Wash
ington Daily will be edited by the jun
iors and seniors of the Department of
Journalism. It is their intention to put
out an ideal paper.
LITTLE WORDS BOB UP
AGAIN IN INTERSTATE
Washington and Montana Have
Trouble With Orations for
Big Contest
Orators of the Northwest arc finding
out that little words amount to some
thing this year.
It will he remembered that Harold
Rounds, who represented Oregon in the
intercollegiate contest, exceeded the
word limit by failing to count small
words. Washington’s representative in
the interstate oratorical contest has run
over the two thousand word limit in the
same way by failing to count eighty-one
little words.
In this case the mistake will cause
no serious trouble, for as soon an Man
ager Steele discovered it. he notified
them and allowed them to revise the pa
per.
A change has been made in Montana’s
representative. Instead of A. Leech,
who was first chosen, Bullerdick, who
took second place, will represent Mon
tana.
This contest will be held at Villard
I fall May 27. The subjects are:
Washington, “America’s Opportunity.”
Montana,
Oregon, “A Call to Public Service.”
Only two judges of composition and
two of delivery have as yet been decided
upon. They are, for composition. Pro
fessor Lyman, of the University of Wis
consin and Professor Alden, of Stan
ford. For delivery, Professor Matthews,
of O. A. C., and Attorney Fisher, of
Portland.
PROF. DEGOU INTERESTS
THE ENGINEERING CLUB
Discusses Recommendations of
Waterway Commission In
Talk on “Inland Waterways
Professor DeCou talked to the en
gineering Club last night on "Inland
Waterways," his purpose being to awak
en student interest in the development
of our country by river and canal sys
tems.
lie showed how Canada, through her
legislation in behalf of canals and water
ways, is to make Montreal, instead of
New York, the greatest grain center in
America. lie told how the railroads,
through skillfully arranged schedules,
drive competition from the rivers. lo
remedy these conditions, the Waterways
Commission was appointed during Pres
ideut Roosevelt's administration.
I his commission recommended the ex
peuditure of $5(X),IXX).(XX) for the
improvement of waterways and con
struction of canals. \mong other
things, the commission advised improve
ment ol the Columbia, W illamette and
Snake rivers; and the const ruction of
a canal system which will connect the
inland waters between Poston, Mass.,
and C harleston, S. C. These canals are
to be thirty feet deep and will make
commerce on our Atlantic coast prac
tically sate, besides giving greater pro
tcction to our nav y than any other m an
which could be devised.
I he improvement of the Columbia and
Willamette rivers be showed to be id'
special interest to the people of the
\\ illamette valley as a means of lower
ing excessive freight rates. I hc pres
ent activity in securing the opening of
the Willamette river through the gov
eminent purchase or construction of the
locks at Oregon City, thus forcing com
mcrce to Kugene. Professor DeCou
showed to be of special benefit to the
future of Western Oregon.
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