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LA G HANDS CVCmiQ OlSSUVCg. . TPE3D3.Y. KOVEHBSB U 1W mmWmmmmmimllllia,,tmmatT -- - . I........ , , iip 1 1 i i iimi,,-,., - . lthe observer Bpt'ce Dennis, f Edltcr and Owner. Bitered at the postofflce at La Grande as second-class matter. PmfclUhed Daily Exeept Sunday. BUB3CKIPTION,RATE3. am ' S avtak AStTlV . ....Aaaa VV lU7, aiu uV 16C 1JUUT, Tally, per month. Thl paper win cot publish an ar ticle appearing over a nom de pVwve. .. a .irW. will be revised ub- fect to the discretion of tbe editor. Please sign your articles and save tlBappointmesi. . ' ff! OUTLOOK IS PBOMISIXO. Eastern Oregon will give Jay Bow , erman, Republican nominee for gov ' ernor, a substantial majority accord ing to reports brought to Salem yes terday by C N. Mc Arthur, who baa just returned from a brief campaign tour of Morrow county, says the, Sa lem Statesman. Mr. McArthur spoke at lone and Heppner, and also visited Gilliam, Wasco and Hood River coun ties. win -mwv- awnan. the Democratic press. In many places West spoke to slim crowds, nownu. tandin the reports of 'large at tendance and unbounded enthusiasm. At Heppner for instance, he address ed an Indifferent crowd of less than one hundred and fifty, but according . va Tiomocratlc organs It was an enthusiastic meeting' and the opera bouse was crowded wita more w three hundred citizens of Morrow county. ..rrx, m v visit to eastern Oregon I met and conversed with men of all political parties from ten or a dozen counties. I was surprised to learn of the prominent Democrats who will Kite for Bowerman. I met and con versed with a number of such Demo crats at Hepjmer. the Dalles ana otn . nionc. nrt heard of many more. In the counties which I visited, 4be Re publicans are practically united for Bowerman and the remainder of the ticket, and I received encouraging re port from a number of other coun ties. "A 'straw vote on governor was taken on the Baker City-Portland' lo cal train between Hood River and Cas cade Locks: the vote stood 39 for Bowerman and IT for West; on the southbound 'train of the Heppner branch, the vote was 13 to 5 In favor of the Republican nominee. These fig ures show pretty clearly the position of eastern Oregon on the governor ship."' ; ' . ' porate limits, but at the same time it f gives the people of tne municipal" the right to vote local option within 1 the municipality, at any time they please, and when the legal voters or the incorporation shall vote local p p- tion, then the power or tne cuy coun cil to grant licenses is suspended dur ing the time that prohibition Is in force within the city." ME. WILSON'S CHARGE. Wheeler and Morrow counties by a 8 to 1 vote ever West; bis majority in Gilliam' county will be even larger." said Mr. McArthur last evening, "and unless all signs falls, the Republican ' 'nominee will carry eastern Oregon by a majority of not less than 4,000. The people of tfie great territory east of the Cascades have not had a man from their section of the state In the governor's chair since Hon. Zenaa F. Moody of Wasco' county, was elected In 1882, and regardless ot party, they fc.ilev that unless Bowerman Is chos en, eastern Oregon will not have prop er recognition from tbe state admlnls fraMon. Heretofore pastern Oregon . been conceded the seat in con- nM from the second aistnci, uu. now that Portland is to have the con gressman, people of the eastern part of the state feel that their only hope for recoirtltlon and prestige lies in the election of Bowerman. bnouia we republican nominee be defeated by ' West, all members of the various boards that govern the state Institu tions, as well as the entire member ' ship of the state " and desert land '. boards and numerous other boards OT, which, umi , - ' state and state treasurer are members will reside west of the Cascade moun tAlnii. The neoDle of eastern Oregon Against do not wish to array them- selves against the rest of the state, or to array one section against anoth er, but they do feel that they are Just ly entitled to the governorship this time. .They contend that the Republi can nominee Is thoroughly equipped for the position to which he asplreB and that by reason of his long resi dence in eastern Oregon and his gen eral knowledge of irrigation and oth er subjects of vital importance to that section of the state, he is the best fitted to represent them and tnelr Interests and at the same time is big , enough and broad enough to do jus tice to the whole state and be a gov ernor for all the people. "Reports of the 'triumphant tour r nwald West through eastern Ore- . gon have been grossly exaggerated In HO CBIMIHAL LAWS A5NCLID. ' The charee made by opponents tt.; Home Rule bill Is that criminal laws of the state would be annuled by its passage. As a matter of ' the charge never had anytmng 10 oac it but Imagination, but nevertheless advocates of local option made many people believe It An a final and conclusive proor mat state laws will not be annuled should the Home Rule bill carry the attorney general of the state has been called upon for an opinion and the follow in renlv to a letter from H. C. McAl lister certainly should be sufficient to settle all controversy on that point: "ReDlyinjr to yours of the 24th Inst., .niMrtine onlnion of this office as vuw& - r to whether the proposed constitutional amendment of section 2 or arucie a of the constitution of the state of iWrnn. Rhould it become a law, would have the effect of ' exempting ciuea and towns from the operation of the constitution and criminal laws or me state of Oregon, 1 beg to say that sucn amendment would not have that ef fort -f '-'' . "It provides that the legal voters of every city and town are hereby grant ed power to enact and amend their municipal charters, subject to tbe constitution and criminal laws of the state of Oregon, and the exclusive power to license, regulate, control or to suppress, or prohibit the sale of in toxicating liquors therein is vested in such municipality, but buch munci pallty shall within Its limits be sub ject to the provisions of the local' op tion law of the state or Oregon. "That amendment vests the legal voters of every city or town with au thority to amend their charters in any manner which does not violate , the nwtinns of the constitution of the state or the criminal laws of the state. Then it vests in the city council, or in the people through the city council, the exclusive power to con trol and regulate, or prohibit, the sale ot Intoxicating liquors within the cor- When B. P. Wilson, a candidate for county Judge on the Democratic tick et, issued a small bulletin through the malls charging different officials with petty graft he offered an insult not only to the officials but to the general public. While his evident in tent was to attempt to fasten a black mark on the career of Judge Henry, yet in his article he has gone farther and attacked County Clerk Ed. Wright making it appear that Mr. WriKht and Mr. Henry were parties to a scheme to rob the county' of some sixty oaa aouar.. , What does the general public think of "Mr. Wilson who appears in such a light? Is-there a feeling of confi dence, a feeling that he is telling tne truth? No, the ' integrity of Judge Henry and Ed. Wright Is such In Union county that the public does not believe jany such thrust. It Is unfor tunate that the laws of free oermlt such contemptible work. iimiiM Till CJ" server will be found" a communlca- 'tion from Ed. Wright and .signed by him. which not only explains the charges made against the county court by Wilson, but proves the evident In tent of the latter to be unfair, 'v To any person who would like to go to the bottom of the Wilson charges It is earnestly requested that he visit the court house and go through every record pertaining to them. There, is nothing but straightforward transac tions to be found, and he who would claim otherwise is grossly Ignorant or la attempting: to practice deception in order to further a selfish motive. And no one can accuse Wilson of being lg norant. POLITICS WARM II cin PORTLAND LEADER C05FIDAST OF DEMOCRATIC YICTOKY, Local Democrat Returns from Metro ' polls, Reporting Moch Interest. ; "Politics are hot In Portland." af firms Judee T. H.; Crawford who returned from Portland this morning, where he Bnent several days combin ing football with business. While there he conversed with the Democrats wno are Yiosted on the Btate situation and he is confident the Democratic vote will be large. While In Portland he saw Turner Oliver, who is making a state-wide campaign for secretary of state and affirms that Mr. Oliver Is wearing a confident smile following his visit to Southern Oregon. Mr. mi, -or inthmla to snend the balance of campaign week In Portland and may not be home until later. CUBA HL 116 ITS FUTURE DESTINY (Continued from page one) Do You Know What Shoe Fits Your Foot 0 If you clo not, find out when you' make your next purchase we will gladly assist you in securing a per i 4 feet fit for your foot Nothing is more un comfortable than a poorly fitted shoe, and - nothing gives a customer more real satisfac tion than a perfect fitting shoe. Our shoe stock is so complete in sizes and range of styles that we can fit any foot. f . . . . . . . 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