The Oregon mist., October 28, 1910, Image 5

LOCAL
Mrs. Nellie Price of fielolt, WIconnln,
Is visiting Iter ulster, Mr. Partridge.
Mr. Al Harrison has mid hit place In
tlill city to Fred Aliliott.
Mr. J. W. Day has sold Ms ,me in
In Ihli city to Clias. Muckle ant pur
chased a' lot adjoining tha property of
O.H.John from W. II. Dlllar.l, on
which ha will erect a residence.
The Deer Island Artisans will give
dance In their new hall on the nineteenth
of Novemlwr.
Tuts ok Sai.k Ten weeks old; fVOO.
Call oa or address K. C. King, Deer
Island. 10 21 2'.
Bedroom fur rent at reasonable price.
Inquire at the Mint office
Ir. O. Pratt, of Portland, will speak
on the subject of temperance st'the M.
K. Church In I Inullon this tKrldsy eve
oln,c at 7:30 o'clock.
Gorge IMawnville, a? man 'bnrder
Ingon seventy years' ot ag, was com
mltted to ailCy Justice lllackford of
Clalnkanle Wednesday, charged with a
statutory crime against his M-yearold
granddaughter.
Pomona at'St. HkI.knh Owlng'to the
fact that Warrrn i range was nnalils to
socnre a hall for the Hay appointed, Po
mona Orange for (Vilnmbia Count? will
lie held at (Kid Fi-Uows Hull In ft.
Helens on Ratnaday, November 6th.
The Master of the State Grange is ex
isted to I present and' the annusl
lec-loi. of nffi era will take) place. TI'U
should result' In a large attendance.
CiacriT Cot T Isherwond vs. Halene,
to enoin Mrs. Palene from toeing a
ditch to drain a lake nsrd for bunting
ptirpnaes: Tried and taken under ad-
vlwtnent. Ktiller vs. Muckle, to fore
..I I: . ...
"""" urn; riwiixmeii, Masters vs,
Masters: Divorce granted. fctate ys,
MrKny and I.vons, charged with steal
Ing log from the Jennintrs-McKae boom
at Msmhlaml, Oregon: On trial Thurs-
duy. ,
Dkk Ihi.ano IUllv There"will be
a Republican rally and free dance at
leer Island on heltirduv evening.Novem
ber 5. Local speakers ami the can li
naive on uie county ticket will occupy
alwiit two hours of Hie time, alter which
an wno oire olll ilgnce to the muic
of a Portland orchestra. All are invitid
RnWKRXAN AT HaMIKH Hon. JhV
Rowerman and Grant It. Diruick spoke
to a crowded house at the K. P H ill in
K.lnierlast Wednesday nUlit ami were
eniiiiiiall 'ally applauded fur the many
telling points nude. Aft. r the sjieekiiig
a good anpper was served by the I.adi
of the Maccabees. Excellent mindo was
ftirnUtiAd by the Clatskanle band.
Mr. Prank Smith, of Redmond, was a
viiir to the county seat on Tuesday last.
Redmond Is to be the county sest of the
proposed new county ol Iecliutea, and
Mr. Smith was looking around la the
!..tcrnti of the mriMire t create the new
county, hich tbey desire to form Irom
tlie northwest corner of Crook. Crook
county is so large that it lakes a resident
three days to u.ske a trip to the county
est from the more remote parts of the
connty. and the nart that the proposed
. eure is to cut ofT is only ah nit one
jurthof'h- total area. The way thai
Mr Smith presents it there does not seem
t ) be any doubt bat thtt the couniy
hotild be created . Mr. Smith wits once
"Ktfcd in the togxi 'g business si Caih-
IaiucI and in very well known along both
side of the river.
Grant Johnson of Rainier, is the lat
est viitim of his own foollrht e. It
seems be had been on a prolonged spree
mid on lsst Friday night alter the sa
loons closed, ha went over to the Kain
ler station, and though there is no way
of absolutely knowing it is presumed
t lint lie era led into one of the box cars
standing on the siding. There was
frrlghl a itching at two and another at
thiee, and be probably fell out of the
ear At 4:;U the marshal found hun
Bkleip in front of the drug store, w.th
one loot badly riusiied. There was a
rail of blood from the truck to the
freight depot and from there to where
the man was found, r veu when fonmi
I e w not aware that he had been run
i.ver. but to it the nmrshal that his foot
whs badly sprained. He was given med
tl ne.itment Btonce and taken to the
n .pit tl at Portland on the morning
'hi, but he .lied In the alternoon ol tne
t line liny.
The ci y council mot last Monday
itKhi ami transacted considerable busi.
' V repie-enlntive "of the firm of
'. lx)ngCimpany, dealers in lire
;'iiin e.p -araMH was present and I he
. i, i. or.hred cmiideruhle new hose
"i .I'iier Hpimtns from them. It is
. .en i me tha ihifire department as
' ivt i sn l the merchants aud other
lm illen uii u of .lie town should 4ft
,. nd tike n active interct in the
,r It i m-ithim t'tut nhoiild not
n .ho -and of a few or si giit 'd
'i vay, f r iliereia lot at stake,
H e property owners ill do vell o
i I it lajfore th-y -ee their homes or
i I iv of btMinei- g ing up In smoke be-
e of the InelTicd-ncy of an untrained
..t dcprimrot At the nest m-eling,
'vhicn will be nest Monday niK'l. n
ordinance declaring the bulldi.i&s that
t on the S-rrtnd nnd the adJolulnB tide
I nlofo ill irle'ing t!" "
aiv u ,..U U .tad first tiiue.
vmm HARES
BEPLU0 BOURNE
Nominee Says Senator Urged
Harmony When Seeking
Votes Four Years Ago.
To Jonathan Uouino. Jr.: In tha
Portland evening papers of September
0 tliere appeared an Interview, cred
Ited to you, in which you Indulged In
great many generalities and mean
InKJesa platitude,. thu phraseol
oy you presume to Issue a command
i. . ......
peopie ot Oregon to vote
sgHlnst many candlaates In the com
Ing election nominated by tha recent
primary.
niiice your electa to the United
Btutos senate you havo not taken suf
ficient interest In tlis State vf Oregon
to spend any considerable part of your
time here. You have devoted your
time and such enterprise and energy
as you possess to pastimes and asso
ciations more agreeable to you while
you were Ohio to find In other parts of
this and foreign countries. You have
visited this stale but twlee during the
last four years, and (hen devoted very
little time to ascertaining tha wishes
of the people of Oregoa, or tuetr needs
or requirements; but you have de
voted your time to Issuing mandates
to the people of this state directing
them how they should vote. You
olulin to ts a friend of the people of
Oregon. I presume you Imagine that
by repeatedly telling the people you
are their friend, someone will believe
you. Fortunately, however, some of
your sins of commission and omission
are matters of public record, which
yuu aro obliged to face and cannot
avojd, excuse or deny.
Bourns Works With Aldrlch.
It Is a matter of public record tha
you, at Uie special session ot con
gres In 19u9, In a barrangue, by
oourtesy called a speech, delivered by
you, when the turlf bill was under
consideration, referred to that other
"friend" of the people, Senator Aid'
rich, as an authority upon tariff leg
Islatlon. It Is a well known fact that
during your term In tho senate you
have labored In complete harmony
with Senator Aldrlch. In this so-
called speech you stated that you
knew noiblng of the tariff, but that
your particular friend, familiar and
boon companion, Senator Aldrlch, was
a niaxter of rates and that you would
b content to abide by his decisions.
You voted Bi;uinst Scnater Drlstow'g
proosod amendment, which would
have taken the "joker" out of tho
augur schedule. liy this vote $?o,000,
000 a jrenr Is wrunc from the people
of this country ami given to the sugar
trust. You further outraged the pco
pie of Oregon and of this country on
this occasion by assisting in placing
a duty of 15 per cent ad valorem on
Iron ore. Of course you knew the
tiled truct owned the Iron ore In the
t'ulted States and that by your vate
you were taking this money from the
I . epic of this country and from your
own cell? tltuonta and giving it to tile
many millionaires who control this,
the greatest trust in the world. No
doubt you expect the householder,
when he purchases a cook stove and
pays this unnecessary tribute to your
colleagues to be blinded to your nog
bet of duty by the platitudes you
indulge In concerning myxelf and the
other candldntos who are not favored
with your support, or with the ao
qualntances and associations of your
millionaire chums and friends who are
the beneficiaries of your misrepre
sentation of this state in tha senate.
Duty on Woolens; Bilk rrse.
You voted to admit to ihls country
raw silk Ireo and to place a duty of
r.3 per rent upon tho manufactured
article. At tho same time you votea
to place a duty of 135 per cent (av
erage) on woolen and worsted cloth,
valued at not more than 40 cents per
pound. Was this act on your part In-
fiiiced by your friendship for the peo
ple? Was it In the Interest of the
common people? tii you vote to
place this exorbitant duty upon goods
used by "iih, of common people," for
i ie benefit of anyone except your cou
pon clipping chums and associates?
Your chief legitimate Income Is said
a be from a largo cotton print mill,
owned by yourself and relatives. In
New England. You voted to place
duty ot 12 tt cents a square yard (see
narauraph ai8, schedule I) on tne
class of foods manufactured by your
,111 When the mechanic, farmer or
thcr cltlxcn Is compolled to purchase
thin elasa or goous anu pit
you and your plutocratic Intimates
nd associates, on account ot me oi-
flclal position given to you by the peo-
. .. - -A.lesM Alt at lea
nle M Oregon, way. aw .
by the happy
thought that you
ii ed this position
and opportunity ti. i hinder them and
hope to continue la your present of
fice by tha use oi resounding plati
tudes and windy commonplaces and
tha assertion that ; ju nre a friend of
the. people. How Cues 12a cents a
quare yard tariff tn gouds manufac
tured In your cotton print mill, whleh
re used chiefly by poor people, cuv
para with a duty of 25 per cent to SO
par cent on champagne? Did you
make tbta great difference In order
to enoourage the use of champagne by
your constituents and to Induce them
to dispense with the clothing custom
arily worn In this country? Probably
you assume they will believe In your ;
pretended friendship; pay you this ex
orbitant duty and then sing a sweet
refrain In honor ot their alleged
friend.
Aristocratic Friends Favored.
Instances almost without end can
be cited In which you voted to place
low duty on articles which are worn
by men of your aristocratic class or
placed upon your tables, and In which
you voted to place a high duty on
similar articles used by people In mod
erate or straightened circumstances.
It would be a matter of more practical
Interest to the people of the state to
receive from you a communication
stating bow much money this tariff
bill places ln your pocket each year
and In what other way you have been
benefited by yeur term In the senate
of the United States than to receive
your dictatorial Instructions as to
whom they should cast their vote for.
Uow many citizens of Oregon who
"earn their bread by the sweat ot
their brow" honor you with their c
qualatance? What effort have you
ever made to acquaint yourself with
the desires, hopes or requirements of
the people who make Oregon great,
namely, the producers?
During the four years since you
were elected Portland and the state
of Oregon have suffered Immense
loss ln commercial ways on account of
your neglect of official duties. With
in the last few months you stood by
and without protest permitted the re
clamation acts to be so amended that
this state lost over $5,000,000 which
was due It, and should have been In
vested In irrigation projects In Ore
gon. This loss Is only a small per
cent of the actual damage we have in
curred by reason of your dereliction
ln duty. Ry reason of your careless
ness In this particular our desert
lands will continue to be Inhabited by
the coyotes, Jackrabblts and other
creatures ot the desert, when by the
exercise of any reasonable diligence
on your part these deserts would have
been reclaimed and happy families
would be Inhabiting these lands, pro
ducing large crops which would have
supplied the needs Ot other portions
of the state. Even 'when the Board
of Army Engineers was here last
month to examine the Umatilla pro
ject with a view of correcting some
of your errors and omissions, you did
not have sufficient interest In the wel
fare end development of this state to
accompany the party or to urge upon
the members the merits of our only
eligible reclamation project. You
have devoted your time to tennis,
golf and other pastimes, while bur
merchants have been denied their rea
sonable portion of contracts for gov
ernment supplies. Yet you presume
to dictate to the people of Oregon as
to whether or not they shall support
me.
Man of Many Parties.
In this Iritervlew you say; "All ad
mire the courage of the man who goes
down to defeat fighting for the princi
ples in which he believes, but spurn
with eontempt the man who changes
political creeds for the sake of vic
tory," and "Chameleons and trucklers
Change their colors, hut men of con
viction fight for their principles to
the death." Concerning some of these
statements, there Is no better author
ity ln the' state than yourself, for
wlthtn the memory of young men you
have been a Democrat, a Republican,
Populist, a non-partisan and all the
time, a demagogue. .,
It is manifestly apparent to all that
you are no more a republican today
than you were ln 1896, when you un-
ertook by treachery to use the office
of secretary of the Republican State
Central Committee to assist In elect
ing Mr. Dryan president of the United
States. It Is also manifestly true
that you are In league, and for aome
time have been working ln complete
harmony, politically and otherwise,
with your Democratic colleague, Sen
ator Chamberlain, and his protege
nd legatee, the Democratic nominee
tor governor of this state. While you
prate about reform and the good of
the people, you expect to use the ef
flee ot governor of this state, If it
can be placed ln the hands of Mr.
West, for the purpose of returning
you to the senate ot the United States
and to perpetrate a further outrage
upon the people of the country, ajtd
outraged freHngn
of course tha other pa ner In this'
political compact expect i nt the end
j of hls torul tu be rewjrd d by re-elec-
tlon. You desire to cotiv- y to the peo
ple or this state the fa!.. a impression
that I have sought ti return to the
old system of electing United States
Senators, and by the old system I
refer to that method made damnablo
by your own practices, which are well
mw" m iu our cuizens; wnicn practices
were Instigated and contributed to by
yourself, and your associates, and yet
you know, and the record of this state
win prove conclusively, that I have
never at any time favored or under
taken such a course. You Know that I
voted for you ln 1907, because the
l"K'l',e ot the district I represented
gave you their votes, and that I did
thla notwithstanding the fact that I
held you in the utmost contempt, both
as a man and as a public official. I
told you when you asked me whether
I would support you, that I expected
to do so solely upon the ground that
my constituents had expressed a de
sire to have you represent them, and
when I cast the vote fir you I wanted
you distinctly to understand it was
tha vote of tha people- of Gilliam,
Wheeler and Sherman counties, and
not my personal choice. In 1904, when
I was first a candidate for the office
of State Senator, I promised the peo
ple of my district tnat I would vote
for that man for United States Sena
tor whom I believed they would wish
me to. This was before the direct
primary law . was adopted or even
drawn. Statement No. 1 was at that
time unheard of, and your own un
savory reputation was so apparent
and notorious that I did not expect
that I would be compelled to vole for
you; nevertheless, when by the use
of money and artifice you did carry
the district I represented, I cast the
vote intrusted to me for you. In 1908
I was again a candidate for the office
of senator, and I again promised the
people ot those counties that I would
cast their vote for United States Sen
ator for the man chosen by them. Mr,
Cake carried each of the three coun
ties I represent, and in fulfillment of
that promise, in 1909, I voted for Mr,
H. M. Cake.
I wish to call your attention to the
further fact that ln the recent prl
mary i did not only receive more
votes than you did when you were a
candidate for United States Senator,
but that the plurality given to me was
nearly four times as large as yours,
As soon as you were nominated ln
1906 you cried for party harmony and
the support of the united party. I not
only gave you my vote ln 1907, but
bowed to the will of the people as to
your election and successfully sup
ported the man for president of, the
senate whom you desired; you claim
ed that unless your candidate for
president of the senate was elected,
the will of the people would be
thwarted and you would be' defeated.
Since your election I have asked you
for nothing and do not ever expect to
ask or receive at your hand any favor
or courtesy, official or otherwise. Even
the courtesy of a letter thanking me
tor the assistance rendered in bring
ing about your election was not forth
coming. I entered the contest under the pri
mary law in good faith. I publicly an
nounced that I would support the suc
cessful candidate and expected my
friends and supporters to do likewise.
In the primary campaign you used all
of your Influence, official and per
sonal, to defeat me. After a fair,
open contest in which no improper
methods were resorted to by any can
didate, to my knowledge, I was suc
cessful, and I submit that any man
who has any element of fairness In
his makeup, or any desire to do that
which la right, will, if he has been
defeated In an open political contest,
support the successful candidate. A
man who has no regard for the obliga
tions he owes his party, who Is not
acquainted with the rudiments of fair
play and transgresses all the elements
known as manliness by bolting a tick
et solely for selfish reasons, is a trai
tor to the Interests of the people, an
enemy of the direct primary law and
Us devoid of eny characteristics of
real leadership. The difference be
tween the venality of yourself and
the conduct of the honorable gentle
men who opposed me in the primary
election. Is most marked. This con
test between myself and the other op
ponents was devoid of acrimony, per
sonalities or other unpleasant fea
tures, and these gentlemen are to
day loyally supporting the entire
ticket.
I believe you are not sincere in
your alleged devotion to the primary
law. If you are I ask you to an
nounce publicly whether or not you
will by every means within your
power oppose the amendment, change
or repeal ot the primary law and
other laws that have been heretofore
or at any time hereafter may be writ
ten on the statute books by the people.
Yours truly,
JAY BOWERMAN.
Portland Oregon, OeU I, 1910.
DAN MALARKEY i
SUPPORT BOWERY
Declares Attack on Ticket Is a
Blow at Direct Primary
Law.
(The Oregonlan.)
Dan J. Malarkev. Henuhllean randl-
-mU for JoJnt genator and ..progrea.
,iTe ,eader ln the anu-prlmary cam-
palgn baa announced bis firm Inten
tion to stand by and work for the
election of Mr. Bowerman as Republi
can nominee for governor.
"I certainly am going to support Mr.
Bowerman," said Mr. Malarkey ln dis
cussing the present political situation.
"I did not participate in the late pri
mary election, either as a voter or a
candidate, with my fingers crossed.
Nor did I regard it as a game of
'heads I win, tails you lose." Unless
those who participate therein abide
by the result, a primary election ot
and within a political party under the
direct primary law, serves no good
purpose and la a mere waste of time
and effort
"One ot the main objections to the
old convention plan of nominating
candidates was that through 'frame
ups' and slates and manipulation of
delegates by - unscrupulous and self
seeking political bosses, the candi
dates named by the convention were
rarely the real choice of the rank and
file of the party; and that such meth
ods occasioned and frequently Justi
fied the opposition to such nominees
of many members of the party.
Safeguards Are Ample.
"To overcome those objections the
direct primary law was enacted. Un
der It any member ot a party can
with little trouble, become a candi
date for nomination, and the candi
date who receives the most votes in
the big convention held on primary
election day in which all the members
of the party participate wifh equal
voice and equal influence under the
safeguards of the Australian ballot
system and the registration law be
comes the nominee ot the party. Un
der the system no loyal Republican
can consistently oppose one who has
been so chosen as the nominee of his
party.
"Mr. Bowerman complied with the
direct primary law in becoming a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for governor ln that he filed a suffic
iently signed petition in regular form
with the proper official and otherwise
did everything required by that law.
The primary election was regularly
held and fairly conducted. No one
contends that It was tainted by fraud
or corruption. Notwithstanding the
handicap of An assembly endorsement,
Mr. Bowerman received the most votea
for governor in that election and be
came the lawful nominee. I opposed
his nomination. I voted against him
ln the primary election. But I bow to
the will of the rank and file ot the
Republican party as expressed by tht
verdict of the ballot box. The Repub
licans have expressed their will. They
have selected a republican ticket of
which Mr. Bowerman is the head. He
is just as surely and legally and right
fully the nominee ot the party as 1
am or any other Republican who at
the primary election received a plu
rality of votes cast tor the nomination
sought.
Party Will Expressed.
"It is said by those who would now
have anti-assembly Republicans op
pose Mr. Bowerman, that he was not
the choice of a majority of the mem
bers of the party. Neither was Mr.
Lafferty, who was nominated for con
gress ln this district, nor Mr. Wein
berger, who was nominated for con
stable in this city, the choice of a ma
jority of the republicans who voted
for candidates for those nominations.
Baring the Fast at Worship.
In Iudi.t Hindoos and Mussulmans
alike wear both sanduls and shoes (slip
pers) and the latter boots also, but the
Invariable rule is to remove tbera after
entering a prlvuto house just when
stepping on to the mat or carpet on
wnicn tne visitor takes bis sent. Thev
must be cast off. the right boot or shoe
first, before the worshiper enters a
temple or mosque, and It Is still re
git (Med as an absolute profunntlou to
attempt to enter either fully shod. P.ut
the domestic hnblt arose out of its ob
vious propriety, and the religious rit
ual of "the shoes of the faithful,"
now and for centuries past observed
throughout Islam, can be demonstrat
ed to have been dictated by. If indeed
It be not derived directly from, the unl
Versal social etiquette of the enst.
Facetious Nomenclature.
"The people of Wales escaped much
when It was 'decided to call them
Welshmen Instead of Whalers."
"Yes, but It would have been still
worse If tbey bad called them Welsh
era." Baltimore American.
tie who brings ridicule to bear
against truth find ln hi baud blade
without a hilt Landor.
b
ublleaa "enator.
bee.. uiual pimciple of my
political creed la that the will of the
people when deliberately expressed 1
supreme and that applies to contest
within the party tor nomination
much as to contests in the general
election between candidates of rival
parties I voted for Mr. Bourne tor
i United States senator when I was a
member of the state senate in 190T.
' I so accepted the verdict of the YOU
, ers, notwithstanding the fact that I
was elected to the state senate before
our direct primary law, with Its State
ment No. 1 feature, was adopted, and
was under no ante-election obligation
so to do, and notwithstanding the fur
ther fact that I opposed Mr. Bourne'
nomination and would certainly never
have voted for him tor United State
senator It I had not felt It my duty to
obey the popular mandate. Though I
opposed Mr. Bowerman' nomination,
I can certainly obey the popular man
date in this Instance, by supporting
him for governor more cheerfully and
with more confidence that be will
prove a good and worthy official than
I did when I so voted for Mr. Bourne.
BOWERMAN STATES
POLITICAL POLICIES
Will Support the People's Laws,
Including the Direct
Primary.
Portland, Ore. (To the Editor.)
ln the Portland evening papers ot
September 30 there appeared an in
terview credited to Senator Bourne,
in which he endeavors to deceive the
people Into the belief that i am- a re
actionary and am not In favor of pro
gressive legislation and favor return
ing to the old system of electing Unit
ed States senators.
In answer to this communication
and other false and misleading arti
cles recently published, I wish to say:
Statement No. 1 is a part pf the direct
primary law and I have heretofore
publicly stated, and now state again,
that I will oppose by every means
within my power any effort to amend,
modify or repeal, or in nay other
manner render less useful or less sat-
la factory, any part of the direct pri
mary law, including Statement No. 1,
or any other law written on the stat
ute books by the people ot this state
under the initiative and referendum.
If I am elected governor I will veto
any and every measure which at
tempts or undertakes to amend,
change or repeal the direct primary
law. Statement No. 1, or any other
law adopted by the people, or any
part of any of them. As a member of
the senate and president of that body, 't
1 have never endeavored ln any way,
manner or form to induce any other '
member to violate his obligation or i
pledge under Statement No. 1, and II
I am elected governor I shall pursue
the same course and shall not in any
manner or by any means interfere or
attempt to Interfere with the conduct
of any member in this particular, or
Induce him to violate his pledge.
It is Impossible for the governor to
prevent the passage of any law tor
the legislature has It within its power
to pass a bill over the veto of the
governor. In order to prevent the
possibility of any attempt being made
to amend, modify or repeal any ot
these statutes, I would suggest that
the candidates for the legislature be
invited to subscribe to the same obli
gation I have heretofore taken and
now tatte, namely, that they will op
pose in every way any attempt to
amend, modity or repeal any law
made by the people. This will be an
effectual guaranty to the people that
these men, when elected, will not un
dertake to tamper with these laws,
and I respectfully call upon the nom
inees to define their position upon
this question.
I do not anticipate that Senator
Bourne has any fear whatever that
Statement No. 1 will be repealed or
changed, or that I will violate any ot
the moral or legal obligations I would
owe to the people as governor ot this
stato, but I do believe he Is simply
Indulging ln a few cheap heroics for
the two-fold purpose: first, of endeav
oring to induce the people to forget
his own shortcomings ln the recent
past as a senator, and second, in the
further hope that he may create a
false Issue under which he might be
returned to his high office. II evW
dently feels that he will need th of
fice ot governor to assist him ln his
primary campaign two year hsnc, .
and perhaps has many doubt as to
ll ability to coerce, or otherwise In-"
duce me to favor him over other aan
dldatss In that primary nomination.
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