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JUDGE i A. LOVi
ELL REPLIES
10 M (HMIEIm
The Pendleton East Oregonian has I still believe that It Is the law of the
published the reply of Judge Stephen people and the only method of avold-
A. Lowell to Mr. U'Ren's challenge ing the corruption and political Job
for an open debate. It Is as follows: bery which attach to the old primary
Pendleton, February 17. (To the system, but permit me to say to you
Editor.) In view of .your vigorous that I am thoroughly convinced that
espousal of the cause of that Dolltlcal the people who are so strenuously
nondescript known as statement No. Insisting upon statement No. 1 may
1, the recent publications In your col- possibly be poisoning this safeguard
umns of Mr. U'Ren's letter directed to of the people to Its death.
me through tho Portland .Telegram,
We have on hand a quantity of empty
coffee cansJust the thing for bread
or flour 25c each
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IN THE i
Masonic Bid'!. :
The great mass of men, both dem
ocrats and republicans, are party
men, and they adopted this measure
and desired it to be enforced solely
as a matter of party regulation, and
If it shall ever happen that state
ment No. 1, which Is no essential
part of the primary law, shall compel
repubticttu ii'fe..u
;ure fn elrt a
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aud Dye Work
Laos Curtains, Draperies, ' X
KidQIovee, EveningGowns X
nd Party Dresses Cleaned
s on short notice. We call
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Danger in a Cold
IlKcsuae you lmve com rm-ted ordinary eolth
and recovered from thnm without tr'nt?itii
of any kind, do not for a moment Imagine
tlmt colds are not dangerous. Not only ymu
monls. but alio the lufpctlous dlstviw
udlphtherls sud scarlet ferer Hurt rlt)i a
cold. The cold prepare the sytm for the
reception and dorelnpment of the ri'rni 01
,tlies disease. Take our advice ciirayoui
cold while you ran.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
by Its remarkable cnm of lds has boeomi
a staple article of tmdo and comtn.'rce. I,
Btooipli ttlseffvoluul; It In rvllublo. Tr It
NE-iN DHCQ CO.
and the edltoriHl comment thereon
with which you honored me, I assume
that my answer to him may be of In
terest. Here It is:
February 15, 1908.
Mr. W. S. triten,
rti-oCTnn City. Oreron. ..
Daer Sir: My attention Is called to
yiur open letter recently published in democratic United States senator, or
the rtland Telegram, containing a a democratic legislature to elect a re
chullenge to discuss publicly with you publican United States senator, there
the now famous supplement to the will be such a revulsion of sentiment
direct primary law, known as state- that the whole law will lose popular
ment No. 1. ; support and will be stricken from the
Tou and I went over this matter statute books,
thoroughly two years ago, you will j Putty Is Superior,
recall, at the. rooms of the Commer-' 11 seems to me, and I say it with
clal club In Portland, and later In due regard for your opinion, to which
conference with Mr. Bourne at Kruse's, you are Justly entitled as I to mine,
restaurant We were not then able
to agree even upon the premises, and
we are certainly Just as wide apart
now. Hence, a debate could avail
nothing, as a debate Is' impossible un
less an agreement can b reached as
to the basis of the discussion.
The difference between you and
me upon this question Is fundamental.
I believe that the government was es
tablished and must continue as a rep
resentative government, and that It
has always been and always will be a
government of parties. Tou, on the
other hand, regard Ideal popular gov.
ernment as essentially a pure dem
ocracy and would eliminate all par
ties. A public discussion, therefore,
would be as fruitless as the private
discussion which we have already had
upon the same subject. Neither you
nor I nor the few people who might
gather to hear us would be In any
manner enlightened by a debate such
as you suggest. Those who ainni
the historic, Idea of party government
would probably agree with me at the
beginning, and at the end, and those
who entertain your views of party
elimination would agree with you at
the beginning and at the end.
Primary ImW Inviolate.
We are In accord upon one thing,
I trust, and that la the necessity of
sustaining the Integrity of the direct
primary law. We labored together
many years for Its establishment, and
that political decency and party clean
liness are ofvastly greater Importance
than statement No. 1, and that you
can 111 afford to assist the enemies of
that law in accomplishing its destruc
tion by insisting upon a theory which
Is non-essential.
What the people desire, and I be
lieve the only thing the great major
ity asks, is that the abuses of the old
legislative caucus system shall be
eliminated. This can be accomplished
within the party lines by each legisla
tive candidate taking the following
pledge: "I am a republican (or dem-
o crat, as the case may be) and If
elected to the legislative assembly, I
promise as a member thereof to sup
port for United States senator whoso
ever shall be the candidate of my par
ty at the general election, thus consti
tuting the entire party electorate the
legislative caucus."
This declaration I favor as reflect
ing the spirit and purpose of the di
rect primary.
"IrK-onstltnUonal."
A United States senator is a federal
official, and the manner of his election
is fixed by section 3 of the constitu
tion of the United States, which de
clares that the senate of the United
States shall be composed of two sen
ators from each state, chosen by the
legislature thereof, for six years; and
each senator shall have one vote.
We shall all welcome an amend-
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