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THE MOBNEKG, OBEGONIAN, THUBSDaV, MAECH 13, 1902.
ISSUE IS GLEAN CUT
"Bogus" Independent Tick
ets Pulled Down.
HOT ON THE PRIMARY TICKET
Regular (Simon) Republican and In
dependent (Real) Only Arc to.
Re Voted for ConfHKlon Is
Thus Avoided.
Tiovr at last vre shall have a
straight idsne. The political
jBjctclerii have been forced to
pall down their falsely called
Independent tickets. Xovr It Is
stralsht iisne, for and
against 31 r. Joseph Simon.
IVott, Anally, Mr. Simon is "ap
agralnst it."
On the Republican ballots which will
be voted at the primary election Saturday
there will be but two tickets, the regular
and the Independent. Moved thereto by
reputable citizens on the regular ticket,
who declined to steal an election by trick
ery, the County Central Committee has
decided not to prees 'Its pet scheme to put
vp so-called "Independent" tickets, by
which It was proposed to hoodwink the
voters and, if possible, so scatter the vote
against the machine that It would be in
effective and innocuous. The decision to
make the issue plain was reached yester
day by the County Central Committee. It
was not reached without a struggle, for
in the method proposed lay the chief hope
of the machine forces to defeat the wishes
of a known majority against them. But
the protests of the men of standing they
made the mistake of placing on their own
(the Simon) ticket have made themselves
heard and felt. These men declined to be
used as decoys, refused to participate in a.
deliberate scheme to mislead voters, and
insisted that only one Independent ticket
be named, threatening to withdraw from
the ticket altogether If the machine did
not choose to be represented thereon by
one, and one only, set of delegates.
County Clerk Swetland, whoee voice has
been for fairness throughout the cam
paign, seconding their action, stood out
for a straight Issue. As Mr. Swetland Is
the man who prepares the ballots, his
protest counted heavily, and the machine
leaders, not daring to face too much op
position from the honest element in their
own ranks. Anally yielded, gave up their
best-loved and longest-cherished plan ot
campaign, abandoned their brightest hope
Of victory, and consented to go Into the
fight without unfair advantage on their
side. ,
The shafts and tunnels of the subter
ranean system of politics patented and
employed by Senator Simon are being ex
tended beyond the city boundaries. Emis
saries of the machine have been busily en
gaged the last three or four days in gath
ering together trusted henchmen of the
Senator throughout the eastern part of
the county and placing them upon "inde
pendent" primary tickets independent of
the regular organization, Independent of
any set of candidates, independent of
everything, in fact, saving and excepting
Joseph Simon, to whom their allegiance is
firm and unwavering. There is and al
ways has been an energetic and enterpris
ing opposition to Mr. Simon outelde the
city, as within it. The men who come in
to the county convention from Troutdale,
Gresham, Falrview, Latourell, Bridal
"Veil and other outlying precincts have in
terests which they want well served, and
are quick to discern the difference be
tween efficient administration and office
holding for the benefit of the office-holder.
They prefer good roads to high salaries
and equitable assessments to Commission
ers at $3 a day, including Sundays and
holidays. Naturally they are not disposed
to continue the present machine in office,
and its manipulators, fearing lest they
become too aggressive in their determina
tion to overthrow it, have hit upon this
plan of making them believe they are vot
ing against it, when they really are cast
ing their ballots for men who will out
Eimon Simon in the convention.
Through the agency of Road Supervisors
and other officials who revolve at the
turning of the wheels of the machine,
large promises have been made of what
-will be done for the country after the
election. Nearly every locality in Eastern
Multnomah County has been, promised a
rockcrusher, which will employ from 10 to
20 men. Rockcrushers are ordinarily op
erated with far more economy of labor,
however, and the farmers know it. Other
bait has been thrown out by the machine,
ani office-holders whose salaries outside
residents help to pay go forth to distrib
ute it, issuing all manner of promises,
which, as those to whom they are made
-well know, will die a violent and sudden
death, once the election is over. The only
result of these methods will be to cause a
more close scanning of tickets, and it is
not likely that the money spent by the
machine in traveling expenses of their
country representatives will be Justified
by the returns.
The uneasiness of the office-holders
whose comfort and peace of mind
depends upon the success of the machine
is becoming every day more apparent in
the city. Rumors have been set adrift
that the downfall of Senator Simon means
disaster to the interests of Portland, the
closing up of the Columbia River, the
abandonment of all Government work in
the state, and, in fact, the withdrawal of
all the blessings -which the benign hand
of toe Senator has showered broadcast
upon the devoted heads of the people of
Oregon since he slid Into his seat. Inci
dentally, the office-holding orators of the
day take their friends Into a dark cor
ner, clamp them firmly by the buttonhole,
and whisper hoarsely:
"And it means I will get it in the neck.
Just remember that!"
A casual cruise through the city and
county offices will reveal the significant
absence of most of the incumbents there
of. Nearly all, of the men who owe their
salaries to their friendship for the ma
chine called at the office of George A.
Steel, in the Chamber of Commerce build
ing, yesterday, and there received instruc
tions In the art of vote-getting from the
lips of W. McCamant, who had them
where they couldn't move to adjourn.
Various candidates who would not be
unwilling to feel official honors settling
down around their brows were also among
Mr. McCamant's guests, and hungry-16ok-ing
denizens of the North End hovered
around the door, looking for an opportu
nity to report progress. Mr. McCamant
received all smilingly, and each visitor
came away with a look of renewed hope
and determination, as the result of his
burning words of encouragement and
cheer.
Beer is beginning to flow In the North
End. The saloons all report that business
has been better than It has. been since the
candidacy of a well-known ex-Councllmnn
for the Mayoralty, and that it Is getting
better right along. The abandonment of
the rock pile has given the gentlemen
formerly employed in that Industry ample
opportunity to go forth and work, and.
Judging from their activity In the "White
chapel district, they are making the most
of It. All these things show that the Sen
ator has not returned to stand all the day
idle, and that the floating voters cannot
with truth use the rest of the quotation.
But even Mr. McCamant's eloquence.
Mr. "Pike" Davis' neglect of his duties oi
Assistant City Attorney for the more im
portant work of "seeing the boys," ano"
the endeavors of the office-holders to per
suade their friends that they are entitled
to Just one more term, have not enabled
the machine to keep a tight grasp on
what It might with reason consider lta
own. In spite of all efforts to line them
CHAIRMAN PLUMMER
DEFINES THE ISSUE.
Of course, everybody knows
that the ticket named by the
Republican County Central
Committee Is the Simon ticket.
There can be no mletake about
It, :bough the friends of Sena
tor Simon have taken pains to
assure many people that Si
mon is not the issue. Chair
man Plummer, of the Central
Committee, however, does not
believe In that style of poli
tics. He understands the Is
sue, and has the courage and
frankness to meet It Here Is
what he says, and hl9 state
ment is authoritative:
"As the faction of the
party that Is inimical to
Senator "Simon does not care
to support the rcKalnr can
didates, it is Quite likely
that the candidates irill be
Simon men."
up, a large number of the policemen look
upon the cause whose uniform they wear
as shaky, and decline to go forth and do
as they are told. Patrolman after patrol
man has balked when given instructions
to do nothing but get votes, and has been
willing to take the chance of losing his
Job and a promised raise in salary rather
than go down with a sinking ship. Dis
trict Engineer J. El Young is working
tooth and toenail to keep the firemen up
to the rack, but the results he has
achieved have not been such as to In
spire the machine leaders with confidence
that they will get the solid support of the
Fire Department. Even many of the dep
uty office-holders have behaved In such a
way as to worry their chiefs, and to pro
voke threats of dire things unless they
get out and work. All of which goes to
show that the machine cannot control its
own parts, and that it Is likely to get out
of gear in more places than one before the
time comes for the test run.
Senator Simon himself Is keeping very
quiet. He Is seen on the streets but little,
and only his most trusted friends, like
Mr. McCamant, enjoy his confidence. Mr.
Simon Is a politician of experience, and
his quick eye has shown him that no
whipping in can hold the men who are
afraid to stand in an uphill fight. This
wavering support has "visibly discouraged
the henchmen. One of them said yester
day: "The police is all right, the firemen is
all right, the North End is all right, ex
cept that all of them Is a little scared ot
the undercurrent. That's what's worry
ing all of us, is the undercurrent,"
Now at last vre shall hfevc a
straight Issue. The political jngfclcrs
have been forced to pall down their
falsely called Independent tickets.
Now It is a straight lsnne, for and
against 31 r. Joseph Simon. Sow, fin
ally, Mr. Simon is "up agralnst it."
LETTERS FROM WASHINGTON
Assurances and Explanations Re
ceived From "War Department,
Senator Mitchell and Representatives
Tongue and Moody have sent to the Cham
ber of Commerce letters from Acting Ar-Jutant-General
Thomas "Ward. The let
ters say that removal of the headquar
ters of the Department of the Columbia
from Vancouver is not contemplated by
the "War Department.
Senator Mitchell has sent a letter di
rected to him by the "War Department
concerning the transport Seward. The let
ter was written by Quartermaster-General
Ijudlngton, March 3. It says that on re
ceipt of the telegram from S. M. Mears,
president of the chamber, asking to have
repairs made at Portland, General Ran
dall, at Vancouver, was directed to ascer
tain if the vessel could be drydocked
at this city. General Randall responded:
"The Seward should be placed In dry
dock in order that the work can be prop
erly done. The facilities of shipyards at
Portland would cause more or less injury
to the vessel. She draws 14 feet 9 inches
aft"
"Well Brought U.
ThB increase of Moet & Chandon Champagne
for 1001 over 1000 Istqual to more than 100 per
cent of the combined Increase of all the other
Champagne houses. Moet & Chandon White
Seal, Epernay, France, It of the celebrated
Vintage of 1803, popular throughout the world.
Adv.
the Portland Trust Company
OF OREGON
Conducts a general banking business.
It offers to depositors every courtesy and accommodation
consistent with sound principles.
In addition, it affords all the facilities of a Trust Company.
It cares for estates, collects rents, dividends and incomes.
It offers to investors first-class mortgages, stocks, bonds and
investment securities of approved value.
PORTUND TRUST COMPANY OF OREGON
109 Third Street
BBNJ. I. COHEN, President.
B. IjEE PAGET, Secretary.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
A .S. NICHOLS. H. I. PJTTOCK,
D. SOL.1S COHEN. W. H. DUNCKLET.
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