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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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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
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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,
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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
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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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