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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1906)
IF DESCIiiPTIOH Of SOME Of l CADIDATES AI4D THEIR! POLITICS. WHO ARE YOUR SUFFRAGE AT PRIMARY on ft L U lion it M. (a; BEFORE YOU EOS! IIOllAll ( APRIL ar, : p: h CHARLES Candidate for Nomination for Governor of Primaries. The following editorial written by Bush Livermore. who was then editor, apreared in the Baker City Herald of the date of January 24th. 1902 lionizing Charles A. Johns who was then mentioned as a candidate for Governor: "He might have looked for forty years and found no better man. He might have boiled all the other gubernatorial candi dates in a crucible, set them to simmer and taken off the scum; and the residuum wjuld not have appriached Charley Johns in paint of executive ability, adherence to principles, cleanness of purpose and personal popularity in the community wlisre he is best known. "Mr Johns wjuld make an A 1 gov ernor. If he secures the nomination he would pull such a vote in these bunch grass regions and in rmny sections of t. e feu w. miixtr Candidate for Republican Nomination for United States Senator For The Short Term Fred W. Mulkey was bom in Portland, Oregon, and is resident of his native city. He is a young man with every ac complishment which should qualify him ' for this high office. He is a graduate of the State University of Oregon, the New York Law School of New York City, and tit a lawyer of high standing, a man who !ls traveled extensively in our country as 'well as abroad. He has studied our in- m V 4 A. JOHNS the State of Oregon at the Rjpublica" Willamette Valley as wou'd simply over whelm his opponent. He is a good clean man. an able lawyer, a polished ganntla man, a brilliant orator, a true friend and lenient enemy. He is a typical eastern Oregonian, in nature suggesting the sturdiness of the pine, the broadness of the prairie, and tie tendarness and purity of the snow wnici robes thsss haavsn climbing eastern Oregon hills in c'inging garments of w.iite. "It would be an honor to any man to vote for C. A. Johns for Governor, and if the Hon. Claries is in eirnast in his can didacy and really disires to gi before the republican state convention and measure steel with other aspirants for Geer's job. the matter should receive tha earnest attention of every primary voter in every Eastern Oregon precinct." stitutions and compared them with foreign countries. He is a logical thinker, a forceful speaker and an adept parliamen tarian. He has many friends, both rich and poor, for he is a courteous gentleman at all times. He is a Republican always. He has supported all the nominees of the Re publican ticket at an times. He Is as loyal to his party as to his friends. He has confidence in the people and is will ing to abide by their decision at the pri mary election. Oregon needs such men as Fred W. Mulkey. The Republican party needs just such men, and the voters should that such men are nominated and elected. Republican Candidate for Nomination to Represent Oregon in the United States Senate ( No man in Oregon is bettsr qualified to represent the state in the United States Senate than Honorable H. M. Cake of Portland who had announced himself a candidate for the Republican nomination at the primaries. Mr. Cake stands for the progress and developement of Oregon. That has always been his theme. For several years past, he has been very active in working for a more progressive state, and it Is safe to say that to him. more perhaps than to any other one man, is due the credit for arousing the enthus iasm in state pride that resulted in the recent demonstration for a greater Ore gon at the organized movemont set in that direction. He has given up a great deal of time and energy to the interests of the state in this work. He did this wholly out of patriotic motives and with no thought of personal compensation. On the labor question, Mr. Cake is to be found on the side of the man who toils. He is a stanch defender of the rights of the American workingman. and incorporated in his platform a declaration on that point. He is unalterably opposed to Chinese Coolie immigration, and the filling of this country with the undesirable classes of Europe. "I believe absolutely in the necessity of preserving the dignity and freedom of the American workingman," says Mr. Cake. "It is upon our laboring people and their prosperity that we are dependent for our national stability and growth. The inde pendence of the laboring man must be maintained, and hence 1 am, and always have been, opposed to any policy looking to a repeal of the Chinese exclusion act, or any modification of it that will enable Chinese coolie labor to enter this country, competing with, destroying the earning power of. and undermining the intelligent workingmen. 'No man is more in favor of the election of United Sates Senators by direct vote of the people than I. and if I am elected to the Senate I shall work and vote for an amendment to the Federal Consti tution taking the election of United States Senators out of the hands of the Legisla tures and putting it in the hands of the people. This, I think, would be an effec- j tual cure for the vicious practices where in millionaires and politicians have de bauched legislatures and brought the law making power into almost deserved con tempt Besides this, it would serve to make United States Senator answerable to the people and take them off a pedes tal of imagined superiority. Mr. Cake has always been a strong friend to the interests of the great inland Empire, and has never failed to recognize the possibilities of that country. As a leading spirit in the movement recently inaugurated for the development and Ill in ii ii - i ii ii i iiiii - - ." .' I " t I : j upbuilding of Oregon, Mr. Cake has on more than one public occasion given ex pression to his convictions on the question of transportation affecting this section. He has for years consistently advocated the necessity of an open river to the sea as a means of regulating traffic rates and giving to tha interior country an opportun ity to move its products to market "If I am elected to the Senate," said Mr. Cake. "I shall make every endeavor to secure adequate Federal appropriations for the completion of the Oalles-Celilo canal. I believe when this has been ac complished and the freight-rate embargo removed from Eastern Oregon products, that the great interior section will exper ience an awakening along lines of com mercial and industrial development with out precedent in its previous history. Eastern Oregon has barely entered on her possibilities as a producing section pf our state. With an unobstructed water course to the Pacific ocean, acting as a freight regulator, an impetus would be given to tie development of her produc tive resources that would raise the value of every acre of land east of the Cascades and vastly increase her population. "In connection with the development of Eastern Oregon, the teclamation of arid lands is bound to be one of the greatest factors. I am now, and always have been, in accord with the policy of the Government in the reclamation of arid lands, and ! desire further in this connect ion to urge the necessity of a more vigor ous policy in the future with reference to work on reclamation projects in this state. "It will be my single endeavor, if 1 am elected, to represent the whole people of this state in the senate and to work for the interests of the entire state of Oregon. I am no more a believer in fact ionalism in the affairs of developing our state than I am in factionalism in politics, If the opportunity is afforded me. it shall be my earnest endeavor to crystaliz into material form some of the ideals of which I have conceived in my labors to bring about the organization of the people of Oregon for a united state and a progress- ive policy in exploiting and developing her resources. Mr. Cake is a man of ability and has a good record. He ie the kind of a man Oregon needs in the senate. He is young clean, energetic, is a succesful lawyer and ha never been in politics. He be bame a candidate at the earnest solicita tion of his friends, and his candidacy shows that it i (till possible for a poor man to go to the senate. Mr. Cake is self-made man, and ha been a hard worker all hie life. He Start ed out as a farmer boy, worked his way through college, and belongs to the com mon people of the country. L JAMES WITHKOMBt ' . ' . Candidate for nomination at the Republican Primaries for Governor of the Stat of Oregon. , That Oregon Republican voters lik; good, honest reliable state officers is Illus trated by the popularity of Dr. Jamer Withycombe's candidacy for Governor His aspirations at first were known to but few. His candidacy likewise was quietly announced but his strength grew from the first Through his long andable connection with the state agricultural college he secured a wide acquaintance J. R. WHITNEY Republican Candidate For Nomination For State Printer. Mr. J. R. Whitney, who is seeking re nomination for the office of state printer at the hande of the Republican voters of the State of Oregon, is following a prece dent which has prsvailed for many years. viz: That when one has preformei his duties acceptably and creditably he is invariably given a eecond term. Mr. Whitney has certainly performed the duties of his office in a careful, con scientious, and business-like manner, employing only union printers, and paying JOHN It AITK1H Candidate for Republican Nomination for State Treasurer Having announced my candidacy for the Republican nomination as State Trea surer, I desire to state my position on matter pertaining to the office. If nominated and elected I will give a straightforward, economical, businsss ad ministration of the office, in accordance with our laws. All persons will be given a "square deal" and the office will be conducted in throughout the state and wherever ha 1 va known he was admired for hi ster ling integrity and honest purposes. If .he) is nominated he will defeat George Cham-, barlain easily. He ie not a factional man. Has no enemies in either party and . is a friend of the people on whom they mar rely. Pendleton Tribune, March 16, 19)6. more than the scale, besides Voluntarily conceding eight hours as a day' work, . matter that is of vital importance to , organized labor. Mr. Whitney ie a life-long Republican and edited the Albany Herald for nearly . Ul. JVUI . I, I 1 miWT.ll VIII VWtlWMI the state for its unswerving allegiance to ' u D u ! ; .. - i ,u . i:j-,- viiv (apuv:iwii laib tiuu frit vliuiuab - . nominated at tne r conventions, ne is a ; native Oregonian, a graduate of the Uni varsity of Oregon, and .a practical union printer, ; - ', - " ' Mr. Whitney Is conducting a clean, - straightforward campaign, and one that . will not requ re any aoctoffies after Ita j conclusion. His friends are confident - that he will be re-ncminated without much oppositidn. the interest of the whole people of our State. I am in favor of a law creating a board consisting of the Governor, Secretary of State and State Treaeurer; said board to name and select depositories for Stat funds, the interest on said fund to be come the property of the State, and be . accounted for by the State Treasurer, I am in favor of a law regulating Stat and private banks, and the creation of Stat Bank Examiner. - - I am In favor of the direct Primary Law, and a strict compliance with it Huntington, Oregon. John H. Aitkin.