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Who Could Do More 7 SOHtiiNHid fmtt Ami Ihwnto Whs torn k nwklvni of Qrafafc tot frl ywtr. In privntv lira no )im spent n hwifr aunt of kfg own money in (tewtopintr th minor I rwmurcm or IhcsUu, and Immrht into Urtwun 190, 000,000 or Kjurtern money for the mum immhh. IlPhiM traveled kII ovor Orwron and know Ut BtftU liHUT than the ftveraffv cit- hwnsiil thv nrvaent time hai tomr minimi ii.ten.ali in Orwron ikT in other wet ion of the Northwest, nnd my txe di- reetlv or inlirll.v thrmigh rem eerni in which he in interentori in Multnomah. Clackamaa, lien ton. Hakor ami ('oo Conn tie. to thu amount of atvvral liuntl- rwl dollars. Fow nuvvAimjHjm in tin state iHiblinh nnythinir favorahli? to Senator Hournc Many willfully and maliciously ininroireHunt him. His irroat nchiovemont in riuuiirimr the Oruuon City Locka nnnrotirintion excited little nuwx paper comment, and .some pa purs even duniud him credit for this great public Herviee, in Hpite of the record, ror this reason many of the people of Oregon do not know that the Parcels Post Law, for which the people of this nation have been clamoring for forty years, was framed ami adopted through the elforLs of Senator Bourne. Bourne assisted largely in the passage of the Postal Savings Bank Bill. Bourne was the originator, nnd for a time the only advocate of the Corporation Net Karnitms tax, whicli brouuhl into the treasury in its lirst year a stun in excess of $25,000,000. Ho believes that the publicity feat ures of this law are worth more to the people than the income derived. Bourne was the llrat advocate of the Business Methods Com mission. He spent a whole vaca tion period looking into the nrob- lem. President Taft is usitiff much of the information Kuinou by til is sub-committee in his ISconomy Commission. The kov- ernment could save SMO.OOO.OOO annually by the adoption of in- tclliircnt business methods. Senator Bourne secured appro val for the construction of the Broadway bridge, in spite of powerful opposition in Portland. Bourne induced the War De partment to retain army head- (inartera at Vancouver Barracks inHtead of removing to Seattle; and secured recognition of Port land merchants in bidding for army supplies on an eipiality with Seattle and San Krancisco. Bourne is the originator of the Presidential Primary idea, the most important piece of legisla tion proposed by any public man in years. Are you for popular govern ment? As an American vou should be. Then remember that from the Australian Ballot, the Initiative and Referendum, Di rect Nominations.Stateinent No. 1, and on to the Presidential Preference Primary law, not one of these mighty weapons against bossism and corruption was forged without the active help of Jonathan Bourne, Jr. Those who know the inside history of his light for Statement fto.l in 1000, know that it was with little hope of his own election to the United States Senate, but with the de termination to save the princi ples of direct election of united States Senators that he spent his own money legitimately, but with a prodigal hand, to waken the people of Oregon to their opportunity, and so forever stop ped the corruption of our legisla ture. Senator Bourne's great speech in the United State Senate on Popular vs. Delegated Covern ment has had greater circulation than any other speech over de livered in Congress. Two mil lion, seven hundred thousand copies of this speech were mail ed by request, thus advertising Oregon more than all other forms of publicity combined, and load- directly to tno rnimtiy tonotJ4 with hi tKtUtion, Huj mil m oftiHimfgn awtanpur, no) W1H boo tor, no card, nollth-l uraims ooMMyintr strictly with the proriwoH of the Cor-1 rant Practice Act, h prouruwdvol ww in wnfen he miweroly be- lievos. Tho I ton me Palatial' Govern. I monl Club m tlw rwult of a inns muetiitir culled Nmi held by vol- mii teem on Setiteinlmr Stil, at the UnntSidf Mbrary in Portland, j Ornron. It wm an uwthufliantle meeting of men of all partios. winch tunned an Hdvwory com mittee of rino men. who in turn named h Bourne Commltluo of 1K) men from all tmrti of Ore-1 on. Men of Mil ntirtiua have joined in thin movement wiloly for the KkhI of Oregon. Who for President Majority Rule Amendment Proponed by Initiative Petition. ror the amending of Section 1. Article IV. of the Constitution of the State of Oregon so as to require a majority of all electors voting at any election to adopt constitutional amendment and pass initiative measures nnd a majority vote only of electors voting thereon to reject meas ures referred to tho people. VOTK YES OH NO. That Ought to be Plain Enough The Japs' Friend Vote m X Yes No. m llv ilttlJWI IVj tVtllV MlllWIIUIIIUIIb) as shown above, is just as it will appear on the ballot. This is one of the most important meas ures the voters of Oregon will bo called upon to decide at the coni ng election. It will take from the minority the much abused power to uitti- ate and pass laws that only a small percentage of the people understand, and confirms the majority in its rights to rule. Has it not been the purpose of the initiative to give the people the majority tho right to rule? Surely. How can tho majority i-iilii IT 'JT fie .111 iwn- (mil. nf tint voters are allowed to enact Jlncso wno Do you want Japs to vote. Japs to sit on juries, Japs for policemen and sheriffs, Japs to take up homesteads. Jans made citizens, so that they can come and go by thousands from Japan, Grownup Jap men to sit beside your little girl in school; Do you know, Mr. Workingman, that Teddy Roosevelt, who pretends to be your friend, is in favor of all these things? Jans cannot do these things now because the law prevents them from being naturalized like a white man can be and being made citizens. Roosevelt thinkB they should be made citizens the same as n white man. Here is tho proof: When ho was President before, on Decem ber '1th, 1000, Teddy Roosevelt sent a message to Congress of the United States. In it were these words: "I recommend to the Congress that an act be passed specifically providing lor tno naturalization come here in laws? Look at it this way and you will see the danger in the law which the proposed amendment will remedy! A certain clique, or certain interests desire a law or laws passed; they send out an army ot paid canvassers to solic it names for the petitions at so much per name, the petition is filed and the measure goes on the ballot: those who have initi ated the measure and those who signed tho petitions a small per tending to become citizens." When a man is naturalized, as you know, ho has as many rights as any man born in this country. A naturalized Jap could go back to Japan and come over here as often as ho pleased. Mr. Work ingman, do you want b.OUO.OUO Japs over here in tho united States taking your jobs, getting your best homesteads, sitting by your side in tho jury box, and voting against you at the ballot box? Tho next thing would bo cent of tho electorate vote for Jap po icemen nnd Hlienl s. it, a few people who know that the proposed law is aimed at tho rights of tho people vote against it; but tlu majority who read in one paper that the law Is a good one and who read In an other paper that it is a bad law. frankly admit that they do not understand it, and refrain from voting. What is tho result The neonle who have initiated and who aro deeply interested in the measure a small minority.about 2T or HO per cent of tho elector ate are counted for it, as aro those who did not vote on it at all, and it is declared passed. That is what has happened in hit this is not all that Roose velt does for tho Japs to tho in jury of tho white workingman. He seems to have a peculiar fondness for Japs. How about this? In the schools of California grownup Japanese men sat next to little white girls in tho pub lie schools of California when they studied their A B Cs. Tho fathers and mothers of Califor nia thought this was very bad for the morals of their little girls so in fJUo tne sciiool board passed a regulation that tho grown up Japs must use differ out rooms from tho littlo white the past nnd what will happen nt K'rls. This was the business of n... ....... t.... ..i. ...it.... 'i'i..,t i., I Mm iwHinln nf flidlforniii. hut. Teddy Roosevelt, who pretends to bo a menu ot the worKing- man, meddled in. tho affairs of That is Majority tho coming election. Minority Rule, not Rule. The proposed amendment will safeguard tho rights of tho peo ple and make the rule or tho majority, majority rulo indeed, and not minority rule as at nreuent. Is it right that our state constitution should work so that conditions could possibly arise wnon less man n majority of the votes cast at an election could amend the Constitution? Is it not evident that this law is tho weak spot in our initiative law? Is it not true that all aro affected by tho passage of bad laws as well as good laws is it not true that all must pay tho cost of such legislation? Is it right the working people of California and ho waved his big stick nnd told them they must take back this regulation and lot the Japs back into tho school rooms, Ho did more than this, ho threaten ed the people of California that if lliov did unt ia this hn would semi United States soldiers to make them. Here are tho words Theodore Roosevelt used on Dec ember -I. 1900: To shut them (the Japanese) from tho public schools is n wicked absurdity in tho matter now before mo affecting tho Japanese, everything that it LC LiiS, of fh. 'JOr f to say that the approval of a mi- is Vi,yVw5r to dowI,1,Abo don? frKlS norityof the total number of niu all I tho forces military and K Ti ! ,in ir , ltr votes cast at the election should civil of the United States, which J ' 8 nf )S ,Z. , employed.'' Somditil 1 It' a ma tor of " of the l,eol)l0 of tho 8tate nre ,T d y," Urlnk f thil8iiMr' SSnoS iml of i id Ml hitv in tt,rctwI 8Ueh islntlon? Is Workingman? Do you believe business, and OI PUOIIC IUU, ill -. ... i. ..., i. ....... Unnsnvnlt mina wiint. n ftnvs? which every good and patriotic citizen of Oregon is vitally in terested. Those who put tho good of the state the good of tho whole people above private or political prejudices, will vote for Senator Bourne, who has yielded to the demand of thoso who signed tho petitions and is a candidate for reflection to tho United States Senate. Oregon cannot afford to lose tho service of this efficient pub lic servant. Senator Bourne did abido by tho result of tho primaries. Not ono finger has ho lifted to secure tho nomination as an independ npprov al, of a majority of tho total number of votes cast at any election than to pass any law without it? If you will carefully consider the merits of the Ma jority Rule amendment you will vote so Stunt in tho tuturo the voters of Oregon will tnko more interest in legislation for it will have a tendency to restrain ex perimenters, causing less un tried and experimental measures being proposed, thus giving the voter more timo for tho consid eration of important measures. By voting for tho Majority Rule amendmontyou will correct the abusive use ot the initiative say If you do where do you think the foxy littlo Japs wpuld be be fore he has been president an other four years? If you want to protect yourselves vote against Roosevelt on November 5th. The Worklngman's Friend Achievements of President Tnft and our friends in Congress: First The extension of the eight-hour day to workmen em ployed by contractors upon Gov ernment work. Second - Defeat of the Demo cratic measure limiting civil em ent candidate which wo have r years, then cast forced upon him through the " , tn0 " m !ng 'them aside as derelicts. Tlu overwhelming expression ol public sentiment from nil ovor the state. Bourne mndo no campaign for renomination beyond taking four pages in tho publicity pamphlet unu or incidental expenses in the State Constitution. You, Mr. Voter, are to decide this very important question, And In order to decide it right vou should vote lVi Yes on November 5. MAJORITY UUIylv USAGUK nuAdutUKBitut ing tnem aside as derelicts, i ne President stands for tho reten tion of all competent and effi cient employes m the service of tho Government and proposes a pension for the superannuated. Third--The pussagoof an in terstate boiler inspection law, Senator Bourne's work on the Committee of Postofiices and Post Roads will bo a lasting monument to him and a positive blessing to tho country. I am a Democrat and he is a progress ive Republican. . yet 1 feel that his absence from the U, S. Sen ate would boa positlvo loss to the country. James E. Martine. (Wood row Senator.) Wilson's choico for NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. In order to lnur a chang of ad-1 vtrtlsement tha espy for uch chang ihould reach thU ! not lator than Wednesday, at 3 o'clock p. m. Pleato rmmbr this and uvi tha prlntorl 111 DALY KELLAHER PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL GUARANTEES FAT JOBS FOR THRIFTY JOB-HUNTER TAKES LID OFF CITY TREASURY II II v., mm VOTE 135 m JS2Z NO! Jm YES! I til mAM imiI 1 1 1 FlLvlw I I SPECIALCITY ELECTION NOVEMBER a.W BMK HcmmH'5eirZ ))iii)iii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiwaii8i ' i i (Members or union labor were appointed by the President as Inspectors.) I'ourtn- Provision mndo lor a parcels post to take effect Jan uary 1.15)13. Fifth The movement initiat ed by the President and support ed by Congress for the creation of an industrial commission for investigation of differences be tween employer and employe. Sixth The appointment of I non-partisan tarift board for the roviBion of tho tariff board upon a protective basis of labor. Postals savings banks arc be ing established in all the princi pal cities of the country. This Is for the especial benefit of I workers. Eighth Postoffice is self sus taining for tho first time. Ninth Introduction of a bill approved by tho President, pro viding workmen's compensation for injuries on railroads in ac cordance with the report of a commission anointed by tho Pres ident. This bill passed tho Sen ate and was sent to tho House, where a Democratic organization against the measure ties it up in the judiciary committee, where it still rests. Tenth- There lias not been a strike upon an interstate rail way during tho past four years of any consequence, though sev eral critical situations requiring! much tact to adjust arose. These were satisfactorily adjusted through the good olliccs of tho President's appointees that is. where employer and employee were willing to arbitrate. Tho Workmen's Compensation Act -President Tnft introduced the system of workmen's com pensation at Panama, proposed a general law to Congress nnd got tho same passed by tho Re publican Senate. It was put to sleep by tho Democrats in tho House. Here aro tho opinions of great leaders on this act, according to Mr. Mooro: Samuel Compere: It Is not perfect by any means, but it is tho best bill; it is an improve ment upon any workingmen's compensation act in any of our states in tho union and better than exists in any other country on tne fnco of the c obo." Warren S. Stone, Grand Chief Engineer Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers: "The most important legislation that has come up in years for tho benefit of tho members. H. E. Wills. Representative of four Railroail Men'a organiza tions: "I am most heartily in favor of it. I beliovo it to bo ono of tho greatest pieces of legisla tion in the interests of our work- ingmen that has been introduced for years." Hero is Mr. Mooro's advice to workingmon regarding the 'Bull Moose" Roosovelt ticket: "If you wish to maintain tho present nigh standard the workiugmen of this country enjoy, vote the Republican ticket straight. Don't go half way. Don't waste your vote, as would bo the caso it it was cast for the "Bull Moose." A vote for tho "BullMooso" is a vote for Wilson and Free Trade. If you want Workingmnn's Compensation to become a law put Mr. Tnft back on the job he has so well begun. VOTE for TAFT and PROSPERITY. Information furnished by De- witt P. Gillam. 71 N. 18th St. Portland, Ore, l'IJ kJmtlKmcnt MALAfiKEY STATEMAIDE PUBLICUTIL1TIES BILL GUARANTEES LOWER RATES AMD BETTER SERVICE EFFI CIENCYX ECONOMY VOTE 3H GENERAL ELECTION -Orcgoiiiitn. For the Best of Job Printing, the ST. JOHNS REVIEW Phone Columbia 321 117 W. Burlington FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR If elected, I will give personal attention to the duties of the office. You will find me on the job all the time. Under my administration the County Assessor's office will be. an open book to the taxpayers. It is your office and you have the right to know how it is conducted. I believe in tax laws that will give the little man a square deal. My slogan, which was printed af ter my name on the ballot in the Spring Pri maries, is "LIFT THE TAX BURDEN PROM THE WAGE EARNER AND HOME OWNER." I believe in economy in public expense, but not in parsimony. We cannot tax ourselves rich, but we can tax ourselves poor. I believe that public officials owe the people a dollar's worth of service for each dqllar of pay they re ceive. Such will be my policy in the County Assessor's office if I am elected on November 5. I am a taxpayer, and pay taxes on real aid personal property. I am opposed to single tax. It means confiscation of homes and farms. HENRY E. REED REPUBLICAN NOMINEE No. 161 on the Official Ballot Pu& Adv.
