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FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1906.
AN ATTEMPT THAT FAILED.
Last Friday night L. L. Porter and
Q. H. Dye held a meeting at Eagle
reek. That this meeting was held,
however, was no fault of Senator
Senator Brownell, who with his strik
ers, including Dr C. B. Smith, of Eagle
Creek, - and backed up by the Sena
tor's faithful ally, the Oregon Water
Power & Railway Company, all com
bined in an effort not only to break up
the Porter-Dye meeting, bat to take
the crowd from Eagle Creek to attend
another meeting that was held the
same evening by Senator Brownell at
Barton, only a few miles distant But
the attempt was a dismal failure. Even
with a special car that was placed at
the disposal of Brownell and his boost
ers to run between Eagle Creek and
Barton during the evening, the an
nouncement having also been made
that there would be charged no fare
of those persons who desired to go
from Eagle Creek to attend the meet
ing at Barton, the would-be-disturbers
DID NOT SUCCEED IN GETTING
ONE SINGLE MAN TO LEAVE THE
EAGLE CREEK MEETING AND GO
OVER TO BARTON.
This proceeding, to say the least, is
unusual. It certainly was not expect
ed of Senator Brownell. But the in
cident serves to show the extent to
which the Senator will go in his des
perate attempt to bolster up his cause.
Not content with the opportunity to
still further delude the people by his
feats of oratory, and of this the Sena
tor is making the most, he resorts to
an attempt to break up a meeting that
is being held by the opposing candi
date.. And in doing so, he was sup
plied with a special car as an agency
to further his efforts. This car was
supplied by one of the corporations in
whose salaried employ he has for some
time been and now is, to the expense
and detriment of the people of Clack-'
amas county.
This sort of thing is an innovation
that does not have a place even in
Clackamas County politics. It is seri
ously resented by sober thinking peo
ple. Few converts to Brownell's cause
will be gained by such tactics while
the hardened stomachs of even some
of the most faithful are apt to turn
against this sort of generalship.
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BROWNELL'S NIGHTMARE. i
The cartoon of Senator Brownell
that is published on the first page of
this week's Enterprise is in no sense
an exaggeration of the situation that
is presented the voters of -Clackamas
county.
For once, the wily Clackamas Coun
ty Senator is up against it. True, he
has been charged with all manner of
things before, such as breaking pledg
es in matters of important legislation,
failing to make good in matter of
minor appointments, etc, but in such
instances he has always succeeded in
hoodwinking, the disappointed ones
whom he invariably managed to con
vince had been treated with all possi
ble consideration on his part and that
his failure to make good was by no
means his fault. But never before
has he been brought face to face with
an indictment charging a conspiracy
to defraud the government.
This indictment is proving a troub
lesome stumbling block to even Sen
ator Brownell, who is not easily dis
concerted. It is an obstruction that
cannot be surmounted. It is a charge
that he cannot explain away. It is
perhaps the only event in his political
life in Clackamas county that haunts
him throughout the day and disturbs
his slumbers "in the silent watches
of the night." The Senator's only de
fense is an attempted alibi that is
ridiculously weak. By it, his case is
weakened rather than strengthened.
Try though he may, the Senator
cannot get out of it. "Federal In
dictment" is always before him. It
is indelibly inscribed and cannot be
erased or explained. Along with
others who have been indicted in con
nection with the land frauds, Senator
Brownell must appear in court and
face a jury, having exhausted every
known means within his power to se
cure a dismissal of the indictment, and
then failed. His flimsy alibi will avail
him nothing when he goes into the
United States Court . and faces the
Government prosecutors.
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WORTHY OF SUPPORT.
seeking means of relief. , I SOCIALISTS HOLD CONVENTION.
If the prefien effort is unsuccessful I
further steps must be taken. The peo
ple are sovereign, nominally; let them Name Ticket, Denounce Mine Owners,
reign, practically. If present laws are Indorse Direct Primary,
in favor of capitalistic interests as I ..
against tne producer, repeal tnese i .. .. ... . , . i
laws and enact better. If the party or
parties in power will Sot grant need
ed relief, turn them down and elect
those who will listen to the demands
of the people.
If the present effort is unsuccessful
not serve the best interests of the
masses, substitute something better.
But, in the meantime, try every
thing that promises even partial re
lief; for it is better to "evolutionize"
than to revolutionize the government.
McMlnnville Telephone Register.
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THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE.
If any one of the aspirants for nom
ination to office on the Republican
ticket is peculiarly fitted for the of
fice and deserving of the nomination,
that candidate is Judge Thos. F.
Ryan, of Clackamas County, who seeks
the Republican nomination for State
Treasurer. Judge Ryan, in this con
test, is peculiarly the people's candi
date. He is not a banker, bank clerk,
or stock-holder in a .banking institu
tion connections that nearly all of
the opposing candidates have. In
nominating and electing Judge Ryan
to this important office, the people of
the entire state may be assured that
their every Interest will be zealously
guarded and a faithful and efficient
administration rendered of the office.
Salem Statesman.
E. L. SMITH FOR SENATOR
Among the candidates for the Re
publican nomination for United States
Senator is Hon. E. L. Smith, of Hood
River. Mr. Smith is known as the fa
ther of the fruit industry of the state
and in improving the quality of the
yield and Increasing the acreage he
has been an untiring advocate and
At a convention held at Knapp's hall
Saturday, the Socialists of Clackamas
county nominated a complete legisla
tive and county ticket. W. W. Meyers
and C. S. Howard were president and
secretary, respectively, of the conven
tion. The following ticket was named :
Wm. Beard, of Oregon City, State
Senator; . Robert Ginther, Shubel; M.
V. Thomas, Sandy; and F. J. Krax
berger, Macksburg, Representatives;
C. E. Spence, Carus, County Judge;
Frank Matthews, Macksburg, Sheriff;
Charles E. Reynolds, Oregon City,
Clerk ; J. , Y. Kauff man. Needy, Record
er; Elijah Coalman, Sandy, Commis
sioner; Chas Moran. Oregon City,
Treasurer; George Frye, Oregon City,
Surveyor; Geo. M. B. Jones, Parkplace,
Coroner.
A platform was adopted affirming
both the National and State platforms
of the party, declaring for the election
of road supervisors by the people re
gardless of politics, demanding that
money collected for road purposes be
expended lnthe district in which it is
raised, that the county establish a
county employment .office the same to
be maintained by the county, and the
publishing of a correct statement of
the county's finances every three
months.
A resolution was adopted denounc
ing the action of the mine owners in
causing the arrest and prosecution of
the officers of the Miners' Federation
on the charge of being implicated in
the assassination of ex-Governor Stu
enberg, of Idaho, as an act calculated
to break up the labor organization, in
an effort to bring these men to the
gallows. The resolution demanded
for the accused men a fair and impa
tial trial.
In another resolution the direct pri
mary law was indorsed and the belief
expressed that the advantages offered
thereby should be extended to all par-
For the
Children
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the children? Are they thin,
pale, delicate? Do not forget
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. You
know it makes the blood pure
and rich, and builds up the
general health in every way.
The children cannot possibly hsre rood health
nnless the bowels are in proper condition. Cor-
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reel kii i w.iu. - j r. - - .
doses of Ayu'i Pills. All vegetsule.sugsr-cos.ted.
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Irfnrefl. Jtsss.
msimfso Hirers of
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AGUE CURE.
CHERRY PECTORAL.'
We have no aeerets 1 We publish,
the formulas of a'.l our medicines.
RECEPTION TO REV. ANNA SHAW.
Noted Suffragist Worker
Large Audience.
Addresses
.In spite of a smart shower just at
the time of gathering, the commodious
parlors of Mrs. C. H. Caufield were
thronged Monday afternoon with from
one hundred and fifty to two hundred
women in honor of Rev. Anna Shaw,
Miss Mary Anthony and Miss Kate
Gordon, of New Orleans. Miss Gor
don spoke first in a very attractive
manner, and Miss Shaw completed the
afternoon ' with answers to questions
by the assembled fair ones, some of
BUT THE CROWD DIDN'T GO
Senator Brownell, The Oregon "Water .Power and
Railway Company, Dr. C. B. Smith, and others of the
Senator's boosters conspired last Friday evening to break up
a meeting that was held by L. L. Porter and C. H. Dye at
Eagle Creek. Butjthe game did not work. '
"On this same evening Porter and Dye addressed the
voters of .Eagle Creek, and Brownell held a meeting at Bar
ton, a few miles distant. . Before evening arrived the Ore
gon "Water Power and Railway Company sent a special car
to Barton and the same was placed at the disposal of Sena
tor Brownell and his boosters. Shortly before the time for
convening the'evening meeting, the car was sent up to Eagle
Creek. Arrived there, announcement was made that the
car had been provided for transporting such Eagle Creek
people as desired to go to the Brownell meeting at Barton,
it being explained at the same time that no fare would be
collected from-those who might desire to take the trip to
Barton. The would-be disturbers even went so far as to
send a man to the hall in which the Porter-Dye audience
was already beginning to assemble and there spread the
news that free transportation had been provided for those
who would go to the Barton meeting. But to the astonish
ment of the "advance agent" of the Brownell attraction, not
a single man left the Eagle Creek meeting.
The Eagle Creek people resented the proceeding on the
part of the boosters for the Brownell meeting and with in
creased interest and enthusiasm remained and listened to
the addresses of Messrs. Porter and Dye, who both de
livered perhaps the best talks they have made since the cam
paign opened. The action of Brownell and his sympathizers
in thus attempting to break up an opposition meeting was
criticized in severest terms by those forming the audience.
This incident was something new for Clackamas county
politics, still it indicates the extent to which Brownell will
go in his desperate efforts to win out in the pending
contest.
Importance of the Teeth
"When a pretty girl parts rosy lips and reveals de
cayed teeth, inflamed gums and a disagreeable
breath, how quickly the charm is dispelled, and
how painful and mortifying must it be to her to
be the victim of such a condition.
Many ladies whose faces are unattractive in re
pose, become positively charming when their
smiles reveal clean, white teeth, well cared for.
Though ladies may be dressed in the richest ap
parel, with eyes enchanting and features perfect,
if they have decayed and broken teeth, diseased
gums and foul breath, their friends cannot ap
proach them without a feeling of repugnance. .
In twenty-four hours we breath twenty-five thous
and times. "What must be the effect on the deli
cate structure of the lungs when for days,, months
and years the air we breathe is drawn through a
a depository of filth and poisoned by being mixed
with effluvia rising from decayed and ulcerated
teeth ?
"Why endanger your health and life . when a few
hours' work will make your mouth clean and
beautiful?
"We do painless work and guarantee it. .
An expert Eastern graduate dentist with us all the
time.
Seventeen years' practice in Oregon City.
Both Phones.'
L. L.
Weinhard Building',
PICKENS
Dentist
Opposite Court House
CANDIDATE FOR TREASURER
(Continued from page 1.)
and have always endeavored to perform every trust and duty in connection
with said office without prejudice or partiality and to your satisfaction; when
I was first elected the county was deeply in debt and I promised you that
I should labor unceasingly to relieve you of same, and proud am I to state
at this time, that after years of labor and discouragement, my word has
been made good and today, in the Treasury of our County is sufficient funds
to pay every outstanding obligation owing by Clackamas County, and I hope
that never again will our great county be compelled to pay the large inter
est charges which for the past '24 years have assisted in making out tax rate
so high; I am also proud to call your attention to the fact that your present
corps of county" officers have system ied and performed the work and duties
of the county so well and economically that the cost has been reduced the last
few years more than one half, and today the business of our county is conduct
ed at less expense by a large percent than any other county in tb6 state of its
size and inhabitants. While for the first time in over a quarter of a century
Clackamas County is practically out of debt, I am well aware that this very
satisfactory state of affairs has not been attained without some sacrifice and
denial and the refusal by your County Court at times to enter into every laud
able project or undertaking, has subjected us to criticism. Never, my friends,
have we refused to enter into any of these projects without regret on the
part of us all, but you as well as we knew, that we could not pay off our large
indebtedness,' and .at the same time spend our entire' income on other undertak
ings, however laudable they were laudable they were. As it is now, my
fellow citizen, I can congratulate you and also myself, that no County in all
our great State stands higher in the matter of financial credit,, and modefti
improvements and conditions than old Clackamas. I have endeavored to con
duct the business intrusted by you to me economically, wisely and well, and .
appreciate the fact that the loyal support and good will that I have received
from nearly all of you has enabled me to make the showing outlined above.
I am a candidate for the Republican nomination as State Treasurer and
with the united and loyal support of you men of Clackamas I can get it. As
boy and man for 25 years I have been with you, never for one instant forget
ting that the interests of Clackamas County and its inhabitants were mine.
I nor losing sight of the fact that I have always had the respect and support of
I so many of you. In this contest for nomination as State Treasurer I am op
posed by Bankers and interested Corporations who want the funds of the
State controlled by their employees, so that they may have the use of the
same; without giving the state any return. None of them stand on the platform
that I do, and which I believe is the one that the people have a right to de
mand, and which is simply this: "The moneys of the State belong to the
people of the State, and when used by Bank or Corporation should draw in
terest, which interest should be paid into the State Treasury, and not be di
vided between the State Treasurer and the officers and stockholders of Banks,
That the State Treeasurer should be prohibited from receiving anything more
for his services than the salary allowed him under the. law; that he should
not be interested either as officer, stockholder, agent or employee of any
bank or-institution, where the funds of the state are deposited or loaned."
None of the other candidates for this nomination, with the exception of
A. C. Jennings are in favor of either working for the salary fixed by law or
the payment of the interest received from the banks where state funds are
deposited, into the State-Treasury; with great pleasure would I meet them
or either of them upon the platform and defend the stand that I 'have taken
in this matter; T feel that yqu and every disinterested citizen of the State will
agree with me that the position I have taken is right. In conclusion I desire
to state, that if I am fortunate enough to be elected as your State Treasurer,
that I will perform every duty in connection with said office so faithfully and
well, that it will give satisfaction to every citizen of our county, and will make
the State at large admit that the men of Clackamas are all right.
Trusting that I may have your support at the primaries on the 20th day
of April, I remain as ever sincerely yours, THOMAS F. RYAN.
The initiative tax laws put forward
by the State Grange to be voted on
in June should -receive the support of
all citizens who desire a more equit
able adjustment of the burdens of tax
ation than now prevails in this state.
The proposed laws will not remedy
all the evils in our system of taxation,
but they are a step in the right direc
tion. It is true that indirect taxation
is ultimately borne by the people, and
that taxation of railway, express, tele
graph and telephone companies will
give an excuse for increased tariffs,
moreover, will probably not only pay
the taxes levied, but also yield a net
income to the companies.. Yet the
enactment of the proposed laws by
the people will indicate that the peo
ple are conscious of the injustice that
is being done them, and that they are
worker. For many years he served
the State board of horticulture faith
fully and well and only recently re
signed as president of the board to
give his entire attention to his can
didacy for Senator, an office for which
he became a candidate only after the
earnest solicitation of his many
friends. Mr. Smith believes and has
maintained that the office should seek
ties. This resolution also declared as
dishonorable and unlawful the prac
tice of voters registering as members
of any other party than that to which
they belong. This resolution was call
ed forth by the recent action of a
great number of Socialists in this
county who have registered-as Repub
licans, and although 'the oppor
tunity was given them to correct their
the man and not the -man the office, registration few of them did so. Their
and it was not until he satisfied him- purpose in registering as Republicans
self that there was a general demand ' as a great majority of the backsliders
for him that he decided to enter the did, was to enable them to participate
.in the primary election of that party.
race.
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Oregon City, and the traveling pub- '
lie as well, may rejoice at the decision j
of the Southern Pacific Railway Com- :
pany to build a passenger depot at j
that city that will be worthy of the
name. The old structure, like much
of the equipment of the road between
this city and Willamette Valley points,
has long been outgrown by the re
quirements of traffic,
IT IS DANGEROUS TO NEGLECT A
COLD. ,
How often do we hear the remark:
"It's only a cold," and a few days later
learn that the man is on his back with
pneumonia. This is of such common
I occurrence that a cold, however slight
: should not be disregarded. Chamber-
The hand and j iam's Coueh Remedy counteriiMR nv
tooth of time have been busy for years , tendency of a cold to result in pneumo
with the passenger depots, the passen- j nia, and has gained its great popular
ger coaches and the general equip- uy and extensive sale by its prompt
ment of this line, and repairs to the j cures of this most common ailment,
ravages made have long bee a over- it always cures and is pleasant to
due Oregonian. take. Howell & Jones.
whom were afraid they might have to
sit on juries. Miss Shaw explained
that women were not obliged to sit on
juries in any of the enfranchised
states, nor even do men have to if
they have a valid excuse. "But I.
were I a voter, would not wish to be
exempt from jury duty," said Miss
Shaw, "there are occasions when it is
most meet and fitting that women
should perform this duty, especially
when a woman is on trial. As it is
now very frequently women are tried
by men, sentenced by men, and only
men are in the courtroom, a shame
and a scandal where young girls ought
at least to have motherly sympathy."
The lecture in the evening at Shive
ly's opera house was also well attend
ed by leading citizens, including the
Mayor, and several hundred voters ac
companied by their wives and daugh
ters. From start to finish Miss Shaw
held the interest and sympathy of her
audience as was evinced by an almost
constant ripple of applause at her
plain commonsense view that women
born and bred under the flag had at
least as much interest in it as the alien
recently imported from foreign shores
and who in increasing ship loads was
being permitted to vote down the best
wishes of our wives and mothers. Mrs-, j
Kate Warde Pope sang two delightful
solos, accompanied by Miss Mattie
Draper, both ladies proving as always
prime favorites with an Oregon City
audience.
LABOR PLENTIFUL WAGES GOOD
It has been years since work of all
kinds was as plentiful at Oregon City
as it is now. Notwithstanding that the
paper mills maintain a satsfactory
wage schedule, $1.75 being the mini
mum wages paid for labor, these in
stitutions find it a difficult matter to
keep a full force of operatives. A
great majority of the men working
in the mills are transients, many of
whom do not remain long with any
sort of employment and are easily in
fluenced in making a change of. loca
tion. ,
The Southern Pacific Company has
not yet secured a force of section
hands at this place to replace those
who went on a strike a few weeks ago
because they were made to perform
the same character of work as was
being done by Italians although they
received but $1.50 per day as against
$2 for the foreigners. With plenty of
employment available, at better wages,
the railroad company is finding it im
possible to secure men for doing this
class of railroad work at the present
schedule' of $1.50 per day.
REDUCE STATE TAXES
VOTERS OF CLACKAMAS: " i "
DO NOT BE MISLED BY CLEVERLY WRITTEN LETTERS OR
STATEMENTS OF CANDIDATES IN PAPERS. AS THE ONLY CANDI
DATES FOR STATE TREASURER WHOSE PLATFORMS FILED WITH
THE SECRETARY OF STATE PLEDGES THEM TO PAY INTEREST
ON STATE'S MONEYS INTO THE STATE-TREASURY ARE OUR COUN
TY JUDGE, THOS. F. RYAN AND A. C. JEKNINGS, OF LANE COUNTY:
ALL OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THIS OFFICE ARE BANKERS OR IN
THE EMPLOY OF BANKERS, AND THEY MUST PAY THE INTEREST
ON STATE MONEYS TO THEIR REAL EMPLOYERS, . THE BANKS. IF
YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR STATE TAX REDUCED AND THE OFFICE
OF STATE TREASURER CONDUCTED " ON BUSINESS PRINCIPLES.
VOTE IN THE, PRIMARY ON APRIL 20th FOR JUDGE THOS. F. RYAN.