Oregon City enterprise., April 17, 1908, Image 1

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OKEGON
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FORTY SECOND YEAR NO. 15. . OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1908. ESTABLISHED 1811.
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Reasons Why
WILCOX IS
FOR FULTON
PRESIDENT OF PORTLAND FLOUR
MILLS SAYS SENATOR 8HOULD
BE RE ELECTED.
ABLE MAN IN CONGRESS
Replacement of Fulton by a New Man
Would be a Cattly Mlttake
For the Peoplo of Oregon
to Make.
Theodore II. Wilcox has sent to W.
1). Wheelrlght, cliiilrmun of the Kulton
campaign commliteo, a letter Indors
ing Mr. Kultun'i reelection to tho
United tautitn Senate. Mr. Wilcox
hud been Invited by tho committee to
preside nl tho Kulton meeting In Iurt
laud, April JO. In declining tho Invi
tation In bin letter to Mr. Wheel
wrlKht. because of his necessary ab
sence ho takes occasion to make a ploa
for Mr. Fulion'it re-election declaring
at tho Nuino time that bo himself la In
no itoitMo a candidate. Tho letter la
given out for publication by tho Kul
ton cainpalKn commltteo, and la a
follow i :
Dear Mr. Wheelwright:
I beg to acknowledge your Invita
tion to preside at tho Kulton mectng
on April 10. and It l a mailer of deep
regret that a moat pressing engage
tnont In tho Kant will prevent my pres
ence at your demonstration of I'ort
Inner a lutereat In tho present cam
paign. Involved In this campaign am Hnuea
which aro Of vital Interest to Portland
and to OreKon. Partly tbrouKh a mis
understanding of tho gravity of the
Hlluatlon. and partly throiiKh a deKlre
on tho part of a few to give politics
nrerodencfl or our business Inter
ests, the tremendous Import of theso
Isms seems not to be fully appreciat
ed. I am sending you this lettec to con
vey my heartiest and uinjtu)itt-il In
dorsement of the rnndldaey of Charles
W. Kulton for reelection to the Unit
ed States Senate. In order that my
position In the matter, nnd my reasons
for this Indorsement may not be mis
understood. I desire nl this time to
make U plain, that although besought
by many friends to become a candi
date, I have not been a eandldnte for
the portion now so ably filled by Sen
ator Kulton, I am not now a candidate,
and I do not Intend to be a candidate,
but I most earnestly beseech my
friends who have urged mo to enter
the nice to do everything In their pow
er to assure the return of Senator pavement of tho river from Portland
Kulton to tho United State Senate l() Astoria have necessarily been do
I disclaim any sentimental or poll-1 jayed. Later on it will undoubtedly
tlcal Interest In this Senatorial cam- )m.0,e necessary to secure approprl
palgn. viewing tho candidacy of Sena- llt(mH for B jotty on tho north side
tor Kulton solely from a ImslneHS i
Htandpolnt. and solely In the Interests
of the City of Portland aud tho Stnto
or uregon. u is "'" ": ages or mo port ana ine reuei oi om
undertaking to swap horses while community a the Improvement of the
crossing a stream, and Portland nnd;tV(,r between Portland and Astoria
Oregon hnve reached n point In the y tn0 pejorai Government,
stream of progress whero we would i j tlitnK Senator Kulton has fully
all be better pleased If tho footing was demonstrated his ability to secure this
more secure, and where wo ccrlftinly npproprlntlon and I also think that,
can take no chances of lessening the I (f w0 g0I)( a nw and untried man to
prestige Senator Kulton has given "H succeed him, t will, under the most
In the United States Senate. I 'ara-1 faVorablo condttlons, roqulre at least
mount to all other Issues before thogeverui y,,arB for him to reach the
nnonlo of Portland and Oregon, and
of tho great Columbia Ulver inrsin,
Is tho Improvement of tho Columbia
Itlver. Commercial history has been
making rapidly In tho Pacific North
wnHt Murine the last fow years, but
tho pace has been slow, compared with
that which the coming flvo years will
show. An It should not bo forgotten
that tho channels Into which trado is
now failing will have a degree of
pormanence that has been missing
from the hastily constructed and un
stable avenues In which It has drift
ed In tho past.
Tho completion of the North Bank
road will bring down tho Columbia
Itlver a very Inrgo percentage oi all
tho grain produced In Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho; but wo must not
for a moment forget that this can all
bo hauled past Portlanl to- Pugot
Sound, at a less cost to the railroads
than they have ever before been able
to deliver It on Puget Sound. There
are laYge" Irftoroars ttiore 'which1; .will1
unite In an effort to retain traffic as'
they have heretofore enjoyed, and to
divert more. ,An(J,.tp prevent then)
from attaining' success,- the Columbia
River must bo Improved to a point
where we ;can Jianil the ehipping as.
expeditiously and as economically as
it Is handled on Puget Sound. Theter
minal Biatft for tho products of the
country is also a.,sourca of supply. for
merchandise and otTiCr e'ohimoditles,
and where the grain of tho Columbia
nasln ,t9 marketed, there will the sup-
niini nt iua Pnliimlitii River Jlasln. bo.,
of the ,gralauneir.birl, the'Jobbing-r
miBinoHH ha won. wun winuii we mci
e- Re-elected! . United States
conrernnd.
Wo luivo too much at stake In this
matter to admit of any chango which i
mlKht Jeopardize our chances of se
curing tho further, much needed ap
propriations In tho curly yeaia of
IiIh term, tho handicap which a new
man always suffers was Intenallled by
the enforced retirement from tho Hen
ute and IIouho of the threo other mem
horn of Oregon'a delegation. Hut In
Hplte of theHo Hoemlngly insurmount-
able obstacles, ho secured lor Oregon
rivers and harbora the largest appro
priation ever secured by tho Hlato,
and even more noticeable evidence of
his ability and Influence to procure
what la needed, wax shown In l'JOC
when be aecured an emergency ap
propriation of 1100,000, for contlnu
anco of work on tho Columbia Itlver
bar, that being tho only appropriation
for river and harbor work made at that
HCHHlon of Congress. With IiIh other
work in tho Hunate, Mich an the uu
IhorMhlp of the celebrated "AlllHon
Amendment" to tho railroad-rate bill,
for which ho wuh perHonally thanked
by PrcHldent Hooaevelt, IiIh amend
ment to tho lnleratato commerco law
grunting a hearing before a rate can
he InerettHed with tho Kulton resolu
tlon which opetia tho way for tho At-torney-deneral
to proceed BKalnst tho
Southern Pacific for violation of the
OreKon and California land grant, and
with other work that has given him
nation prominence you aro familiar.
Theno are mattera of National Import,
and I mention them at thla time only
berauae they, In a degree, explain tho
Influonco which ho commands In hlj
cITor for Oregon rivers and harbor
approprlatlona. An It la by rouaon of
hi signal ability and success In so
curing what Oregon needs, that I most
earnestly indorso his candidacy, and
protest agnlnst taking him away from
a position where ho Is so admirably
fortified to carry on tho work of which
wo are in such need.
The Port of Portland Is spending be
tween $250,000 and 300,000 per year
to maintain a channel between this
city and Astoria. Tho expenditure
brings Hie results, but It Is a work
wnicn every iniriiiiiiuru man in um
Northwest will admit Is beneficial to
tho Northwest aa a whole, and that It:
should be carried on at tho expense
which every fair-minded man In tho
of the Kederal (lovernment, Instead
, (lf )t,g taxed upon a small commun
Ity like the City of Portland. Major
IjuiKtltt. who was with us a number
of years, surveyed and mapped out on
excellent plan for permanent and con
ttolllng works between Portland and
Astoria, will undoubtedly bo station
ed at Portland again this Spring. The
survey and plan presented by him have
already been adopted, and It only re
mains for our people to secure an ap
propriation from tho Kederal Govern
ment to have this work carried on ut
public expense, InHtead of taxing tho
peoplo of Portland 1250,000 to 1300,-
looo a year to continue a work that Is
of benefit to tho entire Northwest.
Tho appropriations obtainable up
to tho present tlmo have been directed
to the completion of tho aoftth Jetty,
and continuing the work at Celllo, and
for this reason efforts toward the lm
() tnu f0lnmblR rVer at Its mouth,
, )t tll0 ull lmnortant matter in tho
l(,ftr fUtliro for the permanent advant-ifo
commanding position now held by
Senator Kulton, indeed, If he ever does.
Monnwhllo tho peoplo of Portland,
worklnar through the Port of Portland,
will be forced to carry the burden of
theso river ImprovemontB, alono and
unaided, until such Kederal assistance
can bo had.
The North Bank Road Is practically
completod; tho grnln will flow down
tho Columbia River, and If an ade
quate and economical outlet is not pro
vided. It can only overflow to Puget
Sound and, once, diverted to that chan
nel, It will be difficult to recover it.
It is simply a business proposition.
When In the course of- our regular
business It becomes necessary to em
ploy a man for a mission of import-'
ance, we do not select an inexper
lonced man, If it Is possible to got one
who has learned the ways and Is well
acquainted with the pooplo with
whom .we .would deal. Tho case, of
our United States Senator Is not (lis
similar,'". Wo uavcln Senator 'Fulton
anah who, after five years tot diligent
effort, has reached a commanding po
9ltloove position, of .Importance' and
influence.4- fie hns made good, and to
replace hlnj at, thla time with an mi
tried f man, however good,' .would be.
I teac, a costly mistake for Portland,
ahd lor Orogon. -And I hclievo Jt the
duty of every taxpayer and every
citizen.' who has. Xhe. welfare of the
fclty and' state at' heart, ' tb support
Sonator Kulton in thla contest and
see that he la retained where "he can
continue -,the work on which he has
Voura truly,1', -A.,
u. .i,uvu.
Chaffles
HE HiiS OBTAINED LARGE
STATE APPROPRIATIONS
No New Man In Congress Could Be
of Equal Service to the People
of Oregon What Fulton
Has accomplished.
It in n long road from the farm
to the United States Senate, and
tho man who travels it must have in
him some of the stuff of which great
men arc made. Rut while (it ia
long, the road is open and free, and
feet shod with integrity, industry,
and ability make the journey. Tho
nation is prowl of the oportunities
she has to offer her young men; but
prouder of tho man who can make
use of the opportunities. Her scroll
of fame is bright with the names of
thoe who have come from humble
beginnings and who have won place
and position by native ability and
energy. There is no hereditary of
fice in this country, nor are there
any hereditary oflice holders; posi
tion is for the man who is able to
win it; continuance in place is guar
anteed only to those who are quali
fied to fill it.
Among the men who have achiev
ed greatness through sheer ability
anil force of character is Charles
,,. ,, tt -i l cui..
- ulton, senior United States
Senator from Oregon. He traveled
,10 royal road from the field and
teacher's desk to a seat in the, upper
house of Congress. His equipment
in the struggle for life was good
health, a great capacity for hard
work, a fine sense of honor, a de
termination to succeed, fealty to
his friends, and a desire to be a per
former rather than a promisor.
About five years ajro, he made a
promise to the people ot Oregon j sient n portion of j S73 and 1874
through their representatives in the j in teaching school. For a time he
Legislature; he had just been elected attended an academy, where he fin
to the high oflice which he now i i.slied the education which his means
holds, and for a renomination to; enabled him to secure. In the lat-
wliieh he is now before the voters,
He said:
"I shall accept the ollice and go
to Washington, not as the repre
sentative of any portion or locality
of Oregon, but as a representative
of the entire state. My earnest ef
forts shall lie put forth to the ad
vancement and upbuilding of every
section of the state and I shall trv
prove to tho people of all Orejron
that they never had a better friend
in Congress than I shall be."
Senator Fulton, in the time he
has been in Washington has re
ilemed his promise, not alone to the
people of Portland, but to the peo
ple of the entire state. For some
time, because of some things with
which the public is familiar, Sena
tor Fulton was Oregon's sole repre
sentative in Congress; and yet the
interests of the state wore not al
lowed to suffer, nor did Oregon lose
aught that was hers. Neither faction
nor party nor section has been recog
nized by him in his work for Ore
gon; he has been the champion of
tho peoplo of Oregon in those
things which lie close against the
heart of the state and its advance
ment. Congress is now fighting over the
question of allowing the Attorney
General of the United States to be
gin suit to force the Oregon and
California Railroad Company to
abide by the terms of the grant by
which the corporation gained provi
sional title to ' hundreds of thou
sands of acres of the best land in
tho state. . The resolution which
brought this question before Con-
gresa, and which roused the great
corporation forces of the Senate in
to bitter action, was introduced by
Senator Fulton, who had promised
to he the Senator of the people of
the entire state of Oregon.
When the Columbia River appro
priation was in danger it was Sen
ator Fulton who came to its rescue.
It' was he who fought side by side
with Senator Mitchell for the splen-
W. Ft4to zzlmM
did appropriation for the Lewis &
Clark Exposition. It was he who
protested against the diversion of
Oregon money to other states to
build foreign irrigation projects
while the semi-arid portions of his
own state were stretching dry and
barren, untenanted save by the coy
ote and jackrabbit, and waiting for
tho water to make its sagebrush to
yield green and waving fields.
It is worth while, just at this
time when Senator Fulton is before
the people for re-election, to review
in a cursory way his life and achieve
ments, touching here and there upon
a few of those points which stand
out plain against the horizon of the
past, and hinting at what he has
yet to accomplish before his work
in Congress will be done.
Every story in its telling has a
point of logical beginning. The
story of a life, perforce, begins
with the cradle. Charles, W. Ful
ton's cradle was located in Lima,
Ol io, and he occupied it for the
first 'time on the 24th day of Au
gust, 1853. He outgrew his cradle
in this same place, and when two
years of age was taken by his par
ents to Magnolia, Iowa, where he
spent his boyhood. Here he attend
ed the common school, and in 1871
moved to Pawnee Citv, Nebraska,
where he began to study law. Part
or the time he delved into the law
and in order that he might do it.
iter part of S74 he was admitted
to the bar of Nebraska, nnd soon af
terward started for Oregon, arriv
ing in Portland in April, 1875, pos
sessed of a' certificate of admission
to the bar and the fortune of $10.25.
Oregon's future Senator did not
charm the bench and bar of the
state at once upon landing amid the
fir forests of the little village strag
gling along the ' Willamette. In
stead, he went up the valley to Wa
terloo, Linn County, where he
taught school, receiving in exchange
for his application of the principles
of the "three R's" and the sprout of
the friendly hazel the munificent
monthly sum of $10 and the privi
lege of "boarding round."
In July, 1875, lit. Fulton form
ed a law partnership with J. W.
Ivobb, then one of the leading Re
publican politicians and attorneys
of Clatsop county, and from that
time on his rise in the professional
and political ranks of the state has
been steady and marked with many
triumphs. In 1878 he was elected
Joint Senator from Clatsop, Colum
bia ' and Tillamook Counties; in
1880 he was elected City attorney
of Astoria. .
Senator Fulton carried the elec
toral vote of Oregon to Benjamin
Harrison for President inlSSS, hav
ing been elected presidential elector
at the November election. Two
yeara later the jiooplc of Clatsop
county sent Mr. Fulton back to the
State Senate, and in the session of
1893 he? was elected president of
tne upper house, in wlngh position
lie distinguished himself as -anions
the best parliamentarians and ablest
directors of Senate business ever in
the chair of the presiding officer. He
was sent to the Senate again in 1898,
and was onco more president of the
Senate at the session of 1901.
In 1903 Senator. Fulton .was elect
ed to tho United States Senate af-.
ter a battle which lasted through
out the session, but which has pass
ed into the history of the state as
one of the cleanest and most honor
able fights ever fought before the
legislature at Salem. From that,
eager political contest there has yet
to come the imputation of dishon
esty, chicanery or fraud.
The five years spent, by Senator
Fulton in the service of the state
at Washington have been eventful!
ones and full of hard work.
j Through all the disadvantages
and drawbacks he has fought his
way until he stands with great in-
liuencc ana prestige, tne possessor
of important chairmanships and
committee assignments, favored with
the friendship and confidence of
his colleagues, and in line to become
one of the country-wide acknow
ledged leaders of the upper house.
During the first session in 1903
and 1904 he had made himself
known by his championship of the
Lewis and Clark Exposition aonro
priation and by his pronounced at
titude in favor of the Tanma Ca
nal. In his speeches before the Sen
ate on these subjects he attracted fa
vorable attention, though in his free
discussion of the measures coming
before the body he transgressed the
custom of the Senate, which has for
i liii , i
so long muzzled the new members
for the benefit of the old
The record of Senator Fulton
during the trying time when alono
and single handed he fought the
battles of the state, securing for it
a large share of its dues and forc
ing reluctant recognition of its
claims from both houses of Congress
stamp mm as a man oi auuiiy, lurcu
and effectiveness.
During the congressional session
of 190G it was decided by the lead
ers that there would be no river and
harbor appropriation bill. At that
time the storms had swept away a
portion of the work done on the
Columbia River bar, and the work
at Celilo was lagging for lack o
funds. A delav in anDroDriation
meant the long postponement of the
jetty work and the expenditure of a
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j ranu ine Fnuuure oi
Vast BUm f "nfy money It
was a crisis in the history of the
river's improvement ; by untiring J
eltort Senator Fulton wrested
"Q
appropriation of $400,000 from the
law makers in the face of a long
existent precedent that no rive'r im
provement appropriation should be
given unle included in the general
river and harbor appropriation bill.
At the next session, ia 1907, he in
duced Congress to grant an annro
priation of $4,000,000 for the im
provement of the rivers and harbors
of the state; this is the largest ap-
propriation ever given to Oregon fori
river and harbor work.
In the session of 1905 and 190G
Senator Fulton took a pronounced
... ' . .
stand on railroad rate regulation.
and during tall the great controver
sy raging around the rate regulation
bill stood firm behind the policy of
President Roosevelt, battling for
the regulation of the railroads of
the country. He was the author of
the now famous "Allison amend
ment" to the rate bill, which result
ed in bringing the warring factions
in the Senate together in the pas
sage of the measure. President
Roosevelt heartily approved ,of the
terms of the Allison amendment,
and personally thanked Senator Ful
ton for his work in drafting the
measure and assisting in fighting it
through to final passage. It was dur
ing this debate that Senator Fulton
came to be recognized as one of the .
leading debaters and parliamentary i
fighters of the Senate. .. ...
In the present session of Congress
Senator iulton has come still more
prominently before the people by
reason of the tight made by him
for the "Fulton Resolution," which
is strongly supported by President
Roosevelt, and his amendment to
the interstate commerce law by
which shippers are given the power
to secure a hearing before the Inter
state Commerce Commission before
an increased rate-can be put in ef
fect by a railroad.
The Fulton Resolution, as it has
conie to be known throughout the
country, is a measure giving. to the
Attorney General the .'power to prd
coed against the Southern Pacific
to' enforce compliance witlvthe terms
of the land grant by which the old
Oregon & California Company be
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PRIMARY DAY
NEXT FRIDAY
WNUIUAIES FOR NOMINATION
TO OFFICE WILL KNOW THEIR
i FATE 800N.
POLLS OPEN AT NOON
Fight For Representatives, Commit
loner, Assessor and Coroner la
Hot and the Result May
Be Very Close.
The days are few that remain un
til the primaries and the candidates
are out in the country a greater por
tion of the time. The polls at the
primaries will be opened Friday at
12 o'clock noon and will be closed at
7 o'clock when all of the candidatea
will know their fate.
In Clackamas, where the Republi
cans have a registered strength of
more than 3000, against a Democratic
i region miuii ui a lime mure luuu iuuvf
!the flht l8 uni to be the Dr1mar.
ies, for nomination on the Republl-
can ticket is equivalent to election in
June. In the old convention days It
was easy to make one fight, which
consisted of the candidates going out
together and making a few speeches,
but under the new system it is Alt
ferent, and in order to win a nomina
tion every candidate must put forth
Pflrnpcit ffnr on) null ovorv nottflohlA
, Wre. Fortunate men this year are F.
W. Greenman, Chauncey E. Ramsby,
J. C. Paddock, R. L. Greaves and S.
A. D. Hungate, candidates for county
clerk, recorder of conveyances, treas
urer, sheriff and surveyor, respective
ly, for they have no opposition for
nomination. It is not so with the of
fices of Representative, assessor, com
missioner and coroner. ' '
James U.' Campbell, Linn E. Jones
i and Charles H. Dye, who served the
I people of Clackamas at the last ses
I.I U I 1-1. J,J
biuu ui luc legislature, are candidates
for renomination and re-election. Mr.
Campbell was Join Representative
from Clackamas and Multnomah coun
ties, but is running direct from Clack
amas this year.. These three men are
i "'6i"S lueir own i e-eiecuun on uie
Strength . of thplr rornrils at' Salem
Clackamas County will elect three
Representatives and the tour new
men have appeared in the arena are
W. A. Dimick, G. W. Dixon, F. M. Gill
and E. D. Olds, making a total of sev-.
en candidates, against 13 two years
ago, when the nominees were Mr. Dye,
Mr. Jones and C. G. Huntley, who has
served three terms and is not a can
didate. The fight for assessor is strong,
with James F. Nelson, the incumbent,
a candidate for re-election. Mr. Nel
son is basing his contest on his record
in raising the valuation of the prop
erty of timber barons and corpora
tions. Opposed to him are Harry S.
I Moody, of Oregon City; George F.
1 Unvfnn ITT-- f r,!,.. 1 TIT
Horton, of West Oregon City, and W.
H. Holder, of Estacada.
Roswell L. Holman and Dr. C. A.
Stuart are candidates for coroner, the
former affirming that he has conduct
ed the office at a minimum of cost to
the taxpayers, and the latter declar
ing that the coroner should be a phy
sician.. There are four aspirants for the
Republican nomination for commis
sioner, and the situation is rather
complex, as it is not apparent that
any one of the candidates has a bet
ter chance than the others. Enos
Cahill, former county treasurer, E. E.
Judd, of Molalla, W. H. Mattoon, of
Viola, aad R. S. Coe, of Canby, are
the contestants for nomination to this
office. r
The feature of the last week of the
campaign were rallies in Oregon City.
United States Senator Charles W.
Fulton delivered an address Wednes-
day evening in Shively's operahouse,
and on the followlns nlett Ex-State
Senator George C. Brownell, discuss
ed the Issues of the nominating cam
paign. i . . , - ,
8TATE CONVENTION MAY 14.
Congressional Convention Called For
Same Date at Portland.
Clackamas County Republicans will
hold precinct primaries Saturday,
April 25, to choose delegates to the
County Convention which will meet In
this city on a date yet to be determin
ed for Mhe , purpose ot electing dele-;
gates to the State and Congressional "
conventions which will be held in !
Portland May 14.
The state convention will choose
four delegates-at-large to the Chicago
National convention, June 16, and the :v
district conventions will .choose two
delegates each.' Oregon .will- have
eight' delegates In the National con
vention. Each county will have one delegate- .
at-large in the state convention and, li .
addition, one for every E50 votes or y..
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