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Vol. XIX.-No. 2
CORVAIiLIS OREGON. EEID AY EVJENING, MARCH 16. 190(5.
B.T. ZBTim Bdltor
and Proprieta.'
For the Early Spring
JUany Receiptsrr,.
AN ARGUMENT FOR ; "STATE
MENT NO. 1" BY COL HO- v
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. M, M. LONG'S
PRIMARY LAW
Nomination
He la a Candidate for
on Rtjtablican Ticket or Leg;
- idatuTre, and Ably Defends -
. , His .Position? Other
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Salem March il 5. Colonel -EH
Hofer; editor of the Capiral Journal
has anndunced hi3 candidacy lot
me repaDtican noauutwn lot ' wv.
lower house in The legislature. . ijw
was, in its time, the chief advocate
ind foretnoafpromorer of the flat
salary law. and is now. a champion
of, (be primary-law, devoting moxh
time i his. newspaper to -advocacy
oi VSta0Mn: lf-Oil'," anfL,;of- the
adherence to . it by air legislative
candidates;;, la b " coarse bf . i an
extended. argoment in favor of the
F0RTY-J)AYS SEBBIOHf TOQ 8B0RT.
."i; Wish' the- -entire Jgielatare
migbt be relieved of the -'duty ft.f
cbooeing Hf cenator and tbna oe
more free to pay attention to im
portant and necessary reforms, with
-whichjithey ould occupy their
whole time to good ad vantage. For
ty days is too short- a. time . to ; at-'
attend properly to the public busi
ness that:. . accumulates in , two
years.:.,' When .qpfpre :,than half of
that time la taken .over electing ,V
senator, with all the attendant, job
bery in fed rat positions, appropria
tions and efforts, to . buy votes in
other ways with promises of ofhcee
and sometimes cash, that f destroys
party organizations and debauches
public sentiment,, -. ., : -
' "TPLEDGE TWO AN .'EVASION.' v ' "'
- "I-dd not onestion the honesty or
sincerity or well-meaning of those
who argue for ' a qualification of
pledge No. 1. The law t provides a
quail Sed pledge tor those who do
not watit to take pledge No. 1, aod
it" also permite a candidate to run
without any pledge whatever, upon
his own 'general reputationof doiDg
riglit: 'Exact compliance "with the
law on ibis matter, as the people
understood it when 11 was adopted,
requires a man to take pledge No.,
1; or to take no pledge whatever, as
pledge No. 2 is plainly a legalized
evasion; whipping the devil around
the etcmp, saying, 'I want to vote
for. the choice of the people unless
I set a chance to : sell my vote to
some other candidate To thehon
or of the cause ot -pure politics, . so
far no candidate has had thetemer
ity to take pledge No. 2 .
" POI.ITICAI. JOKES. ' :
"It is a political joke and the
candidate, better put Vanderbilt's
celebrated expression into his dec
laration. The people adopted this
law in good faith with the evident
intention of putting it out - of the
power of the legislature to elect the
senators and to put the members of
the general assembly in the posi
tion of not being compelled to sub
mit to dictation from a minority or
being, compelled to resist improper
influences of any class or charac
ter. ,:.r..:,!S . ;
"When the voter casts his ballot
for a man to represent him in tbe
legislature he at the same time ex
presses by making a cross his choice
of a man for the United States sen
ate".' That choice should'; be final,
and If fairly and fuljy expressed for
men who have the nerve and char
acter to go before the people for this
high office, it will be final and con
clusive upon, the next general as
sembly. It would be hard to draw
the line where the.' representative
cea sea to be a represen tati ve and 1
goes into business on his own hook,
unless it be when he begins to un
fastens the clasps of his pocketbook.
If men are chosen to the legislature
wno carry out the spirit and the
letter of the primary la w;; and I be
lieve men are running for represen
tatives who at present intend to ful
fill it because they honestly believe
it is right,lbe senatorship will be
disposed of on the first ballot in the
legislature because the' senators will
have baen choeen by the direct vote
of J the . people in . Jane, ' as they
should be, according ' to the direct
primary law.-; ui . , ;.,,..:
; "The argument is advanced ; that
nnder .the Oregon direct primary
law;and theMaya act and the Au8
tralian ballot ict direct nomination
and election of United States Sena
tors would be illegal because the
constitution of the , United States
has not yet been amended 7 in - that
respect. The - Oregonian" : says if
you. wilt only wait until the feder
al constitution is amended you may
proceed to fleet by the direct" vote
of the people; the ' legislature alone
can elect senators until' that has
been accomplished;; Did Lincoln
wait; for the constitution to; be
amended before he issued the eman
cipation : proclamation? ; Did J- the
Northern states and some ' of the
border states 'wait for ' that before
theyenacted laws freeing the slaves?
No, the' federal constitution was
amended long afterwards. :
fir, people pit igina te Reforms . '
"Reforms are originated .by , the
jspyereigh ppwer of tn people ; act.
ing'thro gh the state's and the states
make and amend the 'constitution
pf. the-United', States. TJie,', consti
tution is about the, last Jhing ' to
be L brought ; Into harmony ., with
the public , sentiment. ';. If Oregon
establishes direct election of senators
other ;. .states , will;, follow,., and
when, most of the states have acted
the constitution will fall -in line
with popular will. " If the, people
had been compelled, to wait lor the
conatitution to be .amended by the
aotion of two-thirdB of the states of
the . Union, , slavery . might, never
have been abolished." . As .it,', was
Nevada had to be admitted to rati
fy the fifteenth amendments If the
people have to wait for the consent
of two-thirds of the states . in the
Uniou before they get . direct; elec
tion of senators, they may .have to
wait until several states are admit
ted, and the senate of the United
States as it is now constituted .will
neyer admit them. for that purpose.
Except for the purpose of limiting
the states in certain ways the ! peo
ple are above the constitution in
Oregon the people are the constitu
tion. Let Oregon drive this nail in
the coma 01 : special privileges as
represented in the .United, f. States
senate and send the first man to
brealt into th&charaalhouse of all
reform legislation,- and other' states
will follow our example and create"
a new senate that is of the people,
by the people ana for tbe people
IS DENIED PRISONERS AR
RESTED FOR THE MUR.
. DER OP EXtGOVERNOR !
STEUNENBERG. '
A bany, Or., March 12. When
the March term of department No
1 of the circuit court was ' convened
this morning, Judge George ET.
Burnett disposed of a number of
criminal maitersamoue them be
ing one of considerable importance
This was the case of the State of
Oregon vs. G. B. Hansard, charged
with selline liquor in violation cf
the local option liquor law I- in tbe
'd ry" precinct of L' banon." ' ' -
: At tbe last term of court the facts
in.tbiscaBe were stipulated, it being
agreed that the defendant did sell
whisky, as alleged J but the defense
contended that no law was violated
alleging the local-option law did not
apply to incorporated towns the
charters of which give the municip
ality control of the. liquor business,
A. number or other lacts were con
tended by the defense, but the one
above stated is the only ; one ' that
raises a question of general import
ance as affecting the entire . opera
tion of the local-option law. " ;
Judge Burnett has had the mat
ter under advisement D for several
wetka, and today rendered in writ
ing a long and well considered opin
ion, upholding the contention of the
state that wherever the people of
prfcinct in due form voted in favor
61 prohibition under the local-option
law, then the local-option law be
cornea operative in that precinct in
place ofthe general law; giving con
trol oi liquor traffic to municipali
tief, A special verdict was render
ed, and the iudement of - the Court
was that the defendant is guilty. :
' A fine of $50 and costs of - the ac
tion was assessed, with the warning
that further violations will be met
with severer penaltv. ; - This c se
will probably be appealed to thesu
prsme oourt.
Common Colds are tbe Cause of Many
Serious . Diseases,
Physicians wlid have eained a national
reputation as analysts of the cause of various
diseases, claim that if catching cola could b
avoided a long list of -dangerous ailment
would never be heard of. ' Everyone know,-
that pneumonia and consumption originate
irom a cold, and chronic catarrh, bronchitis,
and all throat and lung trouble are aggra
vated and rendered more serious by each
fresh attack. -Do not risk your life or take
chances when you have a cold. Chamber
lain's Coueh ' Remedy will cure ' it before
these diseases.' develop. This remedy con-
HABEAS CORPUS
Prisoners Will Be Taken to , the
Caldwell Jail from Qaarters
in Penitentiary Other ;
.Other, News.
Boise, Idaho, March 13. Attor
neys James H. Hawley and W. E,
Boralf won the first, big legal battle
today when the state supreme court
denied the writs of habeas corpus
applied for in behalf of Charles Hi
Ioyer, William Hay wood and Geo,
Pettibone, the three officials of 'the
Waaiefn Federatiottof liriners.r)4
' In this defeat however, there was
avictory for; the" inlhere, for ; no
sooner had Chief Justice Stafckslger
announoed the decision of the court
than ' Attorney F. Fi ' Richardson,
chief Joounsel for the " defense, rose
and once more' entered a protest
against what he characterized as
the inhuman treatment of his cli
ents at the penitentiary.
Mr. Richardson s remarks drew
from Attorney Ha wUy a wrathy de
nial and he stated that it was im
material to the prosecution whether
the defendents were' detained at the
penitentiaryror, at .Caldwell. The
colloquy ended by Attorney Rich
ardson stating that hi" clients elect
ed to be confined In the county jail
at Caldwell, and they will be taken
there tomorrow. : r .
Vincent St. John will have to
wait another day before a decision
is reached in his ca?e. : ' ?
Owing to the blizzard which has
been raging here for two days, Mr.
Hawley stated that it was impossi
ble to : commjjnicate with ?County
Attorneyyan Dnyn and he waBnot
entirely familiar with the allega
tions la the section objected to.
Judge Stewart gave the attorneys
until 3 o'clock tomorrow' afternoon
in which to prepare and correct all
of the papers in the case."
The heavy enow storm which pre
vailed here did n it keep the curi
ous folk from the" supreme court
room this mornicer. By the time
the three men arrived irouo tbe pen
itentiary, every, seat iu tte court
room was fiHed, and there were" ev
en more women 00 band than were
present on Saturday.
Boston, March 14. Suffering,
mental and physical, and numerous
acts of heroism in saving life rarely
equaled in the ' record of tragedies
of the sea, attended the loss of the
Phoenix line steamer British King,
which, on Sunday last, in a raging
Atlantio storm, foundered about 150
miles south of Sable Island and car
ried to death 27 members of the
crewr' ' ' .- - ; :;-
Thirteen members were rescued
from the sinking vessel by the Ley
land liner, Bostonian,' bound , from
Manchester to Boston, and ; I t by
the tank' : etesmer Mannheim,' Rot
terdam', for New York; . Five others
who had been drawn; down . in the
vortex in which the British King
was engulfed, were picked up by the
Bostonian from a' frail nit of wreck
age wbichf hey had grasped after a
desperate struggle for i life in the
. whirlpool. . ! The Bostonian arrived
here this afternoon, and the details
of the disaster beoam known.
Captain' James 0"Hagab,f of the
British King, died" on board the
Bostonian from the effects of the
terrble Injuries, sustained in tryiog
to save bis ship. ; ; ,".'"
' The lifeboats from the Bostonian
were crushed to fragments, ' and the
vdlunteer - orews which' "manned
them' were throWd : - into- the" high,
running seas, while engaged in tbe
work of rescue, but all were safely
landed on board the steamer.' '
" When the first lifeboat was !lo w
e'red from the Bostonian,' the email
eraft was swept against the stern of
the big ship and . destroyed, , and
several of .the seamen were bruised
and 'maimed. Yet, despite the Bois
terous conditions of the sea, the vol
unteers were rescued by lines thrown
out by their own steamer.
ShamokiD, Pa., March 7. After
quarreling with his wife, Alfred De
Long picked up a bottle he believed
contained prison and drank it to
commit suicide. The bottle did not
cohtaio "poison but liquid mucilage,
which fastened his jiws together so
tightly the doctors had a hard time
in saving him. from smothering 10
death.
When his wife discovered what
was wrong with him and that be
would not die, she laughed heartily
over his predicament. This added
to tbe man's anger. He was upable
to reply as feis tongue clung tena
ciously to the roof r f his - mouth.
The couple. later become reconciled
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