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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.
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