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Vote Foir Julius L. M eier For G ov et•nor
DE. CLARENCE TRUE WIL
SON BELIEVES JULIUS
L MEIER WILL EN
FORCE BRV LAW
Hut m f interest comes in here: who
wdl best enforce and preserve the
prohibition law? Mr. Bailey has giv-
I an no aggressive leadership to our
cause, a dripping wet standard bearer
at tha last elaction had his support
tnd he would line up with a wet na-
< 1 0 . 1 .1 leader nest tin,«. Mr. M . t s c h . n
Ur. Clarence Truce Wili>on, who ha* o|>|Kitrd th«*»« principl«» through
hin iiiumtiiin <1 Ins On-gon i .i•!< net- lit*. Hi* political influent'« in »ccur-
i»t 3 th* removal of W. K. Newell, able
tor 2<i year* thuuKh 111 » office« are
and con»i»t«n t dry officer, and replace
hi Washington, U. C., wlmri' hi- nerve*
ment with hi» hrother-.n-law, a known
« » general secretary of the board of
temperance, prohibition und public wet, rai»e» the que»tion what kind o f
rnoruU of tb<- Mt thodlst Episcopal men would be »elected to enforce the
rhuich, while in Portlund, on October prohibition law».
Hut one of the three is going to
H*, for the purpose of n public debate
with Clarence Harrow, famous crim- be elected. Some o f the drys ure
innl lawyer, on the subject of prohibit j openly .>-upportmg Mr. Phil Metschan
tion, ib’ llvert il a railio u<biri »» of ¡¿0 and they have as much right to their
minute* leng h on KEX on "The Po- I opinions as I have to mine, hut no
liticul Situation m Oregon uml thi I more.
Kate of Prohibition."
If 1 must choose between the three
Wiliion foutnl that Juliu» I. .Meier, candidates, having known Julius 1,.
mill penitent candidate for governor, Meier for 2<i ><-urs us one o f the
was mo t to lie trusted to enforce the abjest and aqua rest business man I
ilry law o f the rumliilutes in the po have ever met, representing a firm
litical arena. Hi» address was u« fol that knows thut the closing of the
saloons has meant millions to them,
lows:
and the only firm thut I know o f that
My Fellow Oregonians:
I am not in Portland for the pur- offer.-d to contribute to the dry cause
poMi of participating in any political when we were voting the »Lite dry,
»'(nubble, I have very little interest I would favor him if he said he was
In it. Apart from tb< cause to which for the Constitution und the Luw,
I have ib ilicated niy We, 1 take Very would observe it personally and en
l-itie iiiteiost hi who shall I k governor force it to tlw letter
I would not support anyone at this
of my state, although I think the state
o f Oregon ought to have a successful critical time who was not willing to
business man, a capable organizer, n state what he was going to do with
man who knows how to employ the reference to the greatest moral re
i ght men to fulfill certain functions, form o f the twentieth century if he
a man o f executive ability, a man of should be elected to office. Especially
»Uffi. ent culture to-meet the best of Mr. Meier, who was trained different
all the tale, and to h-ud the best o f ly from me and has not just the same
personal hnbits that we total abstain
our own state.
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ers
have, needed to declare what he
That far I have certain pride us an
Oregonian, but my major interest just would do about the 18th amendment
now is what i* to become o f prohibi and the Oregon prohibition law. He
tion if we continue to put w-ets in incorporated his view, his purpose
charge of its enforcement. It is an und his promise in a letter which I
unmitigated iniquity for sensible peo hold in my hand addressed to Mrs.
ple or governments to put such a Nathan Harris, chairman o f the Inter-
moral reform as prohibition enforce
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ment in the hands o f the pi ople W'llO
do not want it uml would be in the
liquor hu nest today if they could be.
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As a personal friend o f the late
feSaL»-'
Senator George W. Joseph for 2fi
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years, 1 was delighted when he won
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out in th ’ primary and was headed
for the governor’s seat. 1 was deeply
gri* veil a. a citizen when the inscrut
able Proviibnce removed him at u
critical time of need. I next hoped
thut some friend of his with his ideals
and purposi s would be selected by the
state central committee o f the Ropub-
lioun party to take his place. I was
deeply disappointed when the com
mittee, with the responsibility o f
searching the .late o f Oregon for a
suitable man to carry out the prin
ciples and policies thm had won in
the primary election by the vote of
the people, looked the state over und
found themselves.
The chairman o f that committee
should have sought the ablest, finest,
best exemplar of the principles in
volved, but be, an open enemy of
those principl <, invited his commit
tee to he his guests, furnished them
richly with his kind o f refreshments,
il
had appointed, I am told, about thir
teen o f the men who were to select
the coming gubernatorial nominee,
and hy such methods made it a sure
tiling for himself, eliminated even
from consideration Geo. W. Joseph’s
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old friend, former Inw partner and
business associate, Julius I.. Meier.
That left the principles that had
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won in the primary absolutely with
I ir
out a representative. Mr. Bailey is
the Democratic nominee nnd makes
no pretense of representing the Jo
seph platform. Mr. Phil Metschan is
not friendly to the Joseph principles.
And yet, the p. ople o f the state were
under moral obligation to see that
those principl« vv r<- preserved. The
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1 in accord with Roger Bab.on, nation- I
ally known statistician who, after j
.careful survey, pronounced prohibí-j
1 tion economically sound and o f course
it is also morally sound. So long as
tin national prohibition amendment
an I supplementary legislation is the
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law o f the land, it is the duty of all
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good citizens to observe it and par
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The cl. ckeri dinner at the Chris- ticularly public officials who are
orn to enforce it. I might add fur-
Julius L. Meier has the cordial
tinn church Wcdne.day evening was
I quite well attend d, $23.30 was
ad d -it).-r that I am fully in accord with 8UPPor* o f organize«! labor in his earn
ed t„ the fu n d * Which W ill be u*ed • 1.
but Hoov. r\- law enforc. in. nt pa‘Kn i 0r » overn o r« f ° r , « on- 1
for repairs and to pay the janitor. I program and if elected governor will i ai|e noany reason«.
e has dealt fairly
George Brower was the chef in cooperate with him in the carrying I w,th the worker throughout hi* busi-
charge, a».iirt)’d by Howard Baker out o f this program and will appoint ncM career' As president and general
uml Jay Cook, (.’iiliord Ensley, Max to office only officials who are in sym- | « “ »»ager o f the great merchandise
well McKay and Carl Owsley were pathy with the enforcement o f the f,rm, ° Mt,er & Frank company, he
prohibition and the criminal laws of \ employed union labor in the construc-
the very efficient serving boys.
t|on ofL al1 the rtore bui,dl" * » at a
Rev. Gdidrup was chairman o f cere the state and nation.
"Sincerely yours.
t,me when the maJorit>’ o f Portland’s
monies. Ur. Kpley led in the singing
“ JULIUS L M E IE R ”
j b:g construction jobs were being fab-
o f “ Am rica,” and followed with a
1 ricated by non-union workers, labor-
humorous reading on California. Mr.
That statement not only satisfies
j ing ten hours a day for the same wage
Brown recited a poem on tobacco me, but goes beyond anything that I
paid for eight hours’ work on the
which also pleased those present, have heard from a candidate for an
Meier & Frank job.
especially the ladies. A mock trial, executive office for a great many
Never has Mr. Meier opposed the
presided over by George Brower, moon». A nalyzed, it meant more than
; desire o f any o f his employes to or-
judge, with R' V. Giistrap as attorney any formal statement of loyalty to
| ganize or join a labor union. The
for the deleodcnt». Mr« Mel , Mrs oath of office or constitution of go v
stationary engineers, teamsters an 1
Brower and Mrs. Gilstrr.p and Ken- ernment. Hi a y . that prohibition is truck drjverS( barbeR5( carpenteri>
neth Hickok handling the prosecution ■ economically ' orr* ' t “ n
moi-* y pajnters> electricians, and printers
which involved the theft o f two sound, that .f elected governor he wdi em p,oyed by M eier & F ra n k company
pumpkin- or squash, created a great personally observe it and officially en-
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d<-al of merrim' nt. As a penalty the force it; that he will make no ap-
Public ownership o f power and
ladies will make pi - o f said squash pointments f o r the enforcement of
abolishment o f the public service com.
or pumpkin* for the church bazaar in prohibition of persons out of
,ym ' mission, two o f the principal plank
He has .am
said ...
II . that
the r. ,i future.
p.thy with it. r.e
. . . . 1 , o f Mr Meier>g platforn,f were in-
; only vvuy that could be done was
. through the nomination o f Julius I,.
Meier as independent candidate for ]
i governor.
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“ P ro h ib itio n is t, any
candidate for office to say. There is
no one who can make a d e a r e r o r
firmer statement, and there is no o n :
running for office who will be surer to
j dorged by the convention o f the 0 re-
gan State F -d«.ration o f Labor recent
ly concluded at Medford.
The Railroad Brotherhood’s Co
op-rative Political League, represent
ing six standard railway brother
hoods, has indorsed Mr. Meier and
¡s actjvely supporting him throuhgout
the state.
Minor pianks in Mr. Meier’s plat
form are measures which have the
indorsement o f labor, such as old age
pensions, free textbooks, ratification
o f the child labor amendment to the
federal constitution, restriction o f in
junctions in labor disputes, increase
o f compensation for workers injured
in industry and the inclusion o f oc
cupational diseases as injuries subject
to compensation.
7 the silver tea
Iotdlcs Aid of
the Methodist church will be held at
the home o f Mrs. R. Lee Thiesaen. A
general invitation is extended to all
cooperate with Presidtnt Hoover's en
to attend.
nutional Relations committee o f the
Multnomah County W. C. T. U., as
follows:
“ To Mrs. Nuthnn Harris, 729 Glisun
St., Portland, Oregon.
"In reply to your request for a
statement from me in regard to iny
attitude With respect to the national
prohibition amendment, 1 wish to
state that if elected governor 1 will
strictly enforce it and all legislation
enacted in connection therewith. I am
forcement
program ,
'etun*
Constitution
will compel
paper,
he
and
instead
of
b? a acrap o f
respect
and
1 loyal support.
I have no apology to make to any-
i body. I have the same right to my
: choice that every sovereign citizen
1 has to his or hers, the same right to
; m>' judgment, and my judgment is
' that the inauguration o f Julius L.
Meier governor o f my state would
mark a new epoch in prohibition prog
ress.
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The Hayes statement charges that
Mr. Meier “ is still paying his em
ployes notoriously low wages.” In the
signed statement o f Mr. Von Schriltz
today, this labor leader says: “ This
| charge is false and can be so proven
i by anyone who desires to investigate
the wages now bi-ing paid b. the
Meier & Frank company and com-
I paring the same with wages paid br
other firms engaged in the same line
o f business.”
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Widespread circulation in Oregon
■’ has been given to a campaign canard
>t in the form o f an undated letter pur-
V porting to have been issued by C. J.
Hayes, but instigated and signed orig-
J | inally by the Republican State Cen-
5 tral committee as an official campaign
J document. It was entitled “ Meier &
¿ Frank Unfair” and reproduces a let-
1 ter issued in December, 1922, and
% signed by G. A. Von Schriltz. presi-
i dent o f the Central Labor Council o f
Portland and vicinity.
Mr. Von Schriltz in an open com
munication has branded this docu
ment as “ unfair, unjust and untruth
ful.” The pamphlet contains the bald
statements that conditions o f which
the retail clerks complained in 1922
i have not been changed materially,
whereas, says Mr. Von Schriltz, “ in
fact, every labor leader in Portland
knows that such conditions were
changed years ago.”
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In conclusion. Mr. Von Schriltz
asserts that the misleading and un
true document describes Julius L.
Meier as an enemy of union labor,
while “ on the contrary, Mr. Meier is
labor’s friend.”
Hayes today faces investigation by
a committee o f the Central Labor
Council for using the council letter
head in an improper manner and
! without permission.
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