Morning Oregonian., June 15, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

NEED 40 PER CENT
OF PRIMARY- VOTE
Both McBride arid Mead De
pend Little on the Count of
"Second-Choice" Ballots.
COSGROVE HAS STRENGTH
"Second Choice" of Voters May
Allow Him to Win Many
Candidates for lieuten
ant - Governor.
SEATTLE, Wash.. June 14. (Special.)
Henry UrBrlde and Governor A. E. Mead
have one thing in common in the coming
Gubernatorial' fight; to .win either must
Bet 40 per cent or more of the total pri
mary vote and must have a clear plural
ity over the next highest candidate. There
Is little or no hope lor either if a. count
of "second choice" ballots must be made.
The Washington direct primary law Is,
unique in that it provides where three or
more state or Congressional candidates
are entered, voters must express both
their first and second choices for the of
fice. So far as direct primary enthusi
asts know, no other state has attempted
this arrangement. If no candidate, hav
ing a . plurality, receives 40 per cent or
more of the total lirst choice vote cast for
his office, then a count of second choice
ballots shall be made and the man with
the highest total is to be declared the
winner.
' While shrewd politicians who have stud
led the Gubernatorial situation concede
both McBride and Mead will Ret a scat
tered second choice support they are all
agreed that neither candidate can get
enough first and second choice ballots to
win if the fight goes to a second choice
candidate.
Need More Than 4 0 Per Cent.
Politicians high in the management of
both fights admit their only hope is that
their candidate receives a plurality over
all other candidates and gets better than
40 per cent of the total first choice vote.
A few months ago the managers of both
campaigns were willing to accept any
kind of support, but now they are seeking
only the first choice votes and insist that
the fight shall be waged on this line.
The situation is logical and not the least
surprising. Take McBride: He was
brought into the present tight because he
is a forceful character and his opinions
are of the most positive kind. While Mc
Bride is willing always to listen to rea-
son, he is not ewayed by a temporary
wave of some new "ism," nor is he apt
to grow alarmed over threats of ven
geance .if he adheres to a stand he has
assumed. He is not very good at com
promising.
There are few voters in the state who do
not- know the McBride characteristics,
and those who will have to do with him
In the coming campaign will either be
strongly enough committed to his fight
to vote for him as a first choice candidate
or they cannot be counted upon safely at
any stage. It will be a peculiar sort of
voter who picks up McBride as an after
thought to give him a second choice.
AiitirMcad jf action- -Growing.
For three and a half years there has
been growing up in the state an anti-Mead
faction that is looking for someone to de
feat the present Governor. There are
many reasons for this sentiment, the
range going from disappointments over
appointments to dissatisfaction over poli
cies. With the anti-Mead faction the
principal feeling is to find a man who
can defeat the Governor.
Even Mead's closest friends appreciate
the fact that there are no half-way meas
ures to be anticipated from the opposition.
They figure ,that the anti-Mead vote is
going to line up solidly for other candi
dates, and Mead cannot even get a stray
Becond-choice expression from such Re
publicans. The anti-Mead men would not
take a chance on their second choice votes
helping the Governor in any manner.
Regarding the fight in such a light, the
Mead managers bei.eve they must depend
wholly upon the chance of getting more
than 40 per cent of first choice votes and a
clear plurality over other candidates. If
someone could convince the Mead man
agers that such ft condition Is impossible,
they would be willing to quit.
S. G. Cosgrove and John D. Atkinson
will be the residuary legatees of the Mead
and JlcBride strength to a large extent.
It is impossible to tell where all the men
voting McBride or Mead for first choice
will throw their second choice vq,tes, but
as a general rule it can be set down that
Cosgrove will get most of 'Mead's second
choice votes and that the majority of the
McBride followers will give Atkinson
their second choice votes. There is no
hard and fast alignment on these lines
and none can be made. So there may be
considerable of a mix-up and some indis
criminate bestowal of odd-choice ballots.
Colonel W. M. Ridpath. too. may draw
from either of the two candidates.
Both Cosgrove and Atkinson will get
thousands of first choice votes. Since both
men are confident they will be nominated,
it may be assumed their first choice votes
will reach a large proportion of the total.
Just where such voters would throw their
second choice votes is hard to foretell.
Cosgrove Strong on East Side.
Of course Cosgrove's principal first
choice strength lies in Eastern Washing
ton and among tne Grand Army men. If
the old anti-railroad feeling is strong
this Fall on the Bast Side the first choice
Cosgrove men will be torn between a dis
position to recognize McBride, who made
a Railroad Commission possible, and
Mead, who had the onnortunlty of ap
pointing the first regulative board for this
state. If factional pontics intervene -ua-crove.
mav be able to swing most of his
second choice vote to one candidate, and
noliticians believe in such event Mead
would ret the better of the distribution
Atkinson might fall heir to some of this
strength and so would Ridpath.
As an illustration of the way reports of
Atkinson's first choice strength come In.
Chelan, Jefferson and Pacific counties
are reported as Atkinson strongholds. On
the supposition that the Attorney-General
has a strong following in these counties
it is Interesting in figuring upon a dis
posal of his second choice strength that
Chelan and Pacific are two former Mc
Bride strongholds. In Jefferson County
the sentiment has been strongly anti
Mead for three years.
Leaders AVant First Choice.
But -neither the McBride nor the Mead
managers believe any reliance can be
placed upon the second choice vote. Both
insist that their tight is for the first
choice support of the voters and that
thev must have this to win. In sharp
contrast, Cosgrove has been bidding for
a year to get second choice support from
anv source and unquestionably he will
get an unusually large proportion of it.
Particularly is this true as the McBride
and Mead managers will throw overboard
the second choice bid and make
straight-out appeal for first choice
strength.
The question of the legality of the sec
ond choice provision in the direct pri
mary bill has not been tested, and as it
Is a new feature there are no precedents
upon which to base an opinion. It may
be the question will be tested before the
primary. It is a fact, despite a general
denial made at Bellingham, that one of
the Mead managers appealed to the At
torney-General to get through a test case
to settle the legality of the second choice
provision and it is probably true a num
ber of the prospective candidates for
other state oftlces would like to have that
matter settled. It might simplify the
fights for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor,
at least.
Coon for Lieutenant-Governor.
If they keep 'crowding in candidates
for Lieutenant-Governor C. B. Coon will
have a vastly improved chance of suc
ceeding himself. There is no decided op
position to Coon- and while he lacks an
aggressive affirmative following it
easily possible to fill up the field with
candidates and give the present Lieutenant-Governor
an excellent chance for
a plurality. ,
Apart from Coon, the list of candi
dates now in the fight: A. V. Fawcett,
ex-Mayor of Tacoma; M. E. Hay, one
of the besti-known Big Bend grain-buyers
and merchants: Ellis Morrison, ex
Speakr of the House, and C. G. Austin,
a former Seattle Police Judge, now in
terested in mining ventures in Snohomish
County and timber speculations in the
Northwest. There have been others dis
cussed for the place, but this is the list
of avowed candidates.
PLAGE NAMES M
BAILOT BY LOT
Washington Attorney-General
Has Plan for Arrang
ing List.
ALL TO HAVE EQUAL SHOW
Tooth of Prehistoric Animal.
GARFIELD, Wash.. June 14. (Special.)
J. C. Gill, a farmer, while digging a
well on his ranch near town yesterday,
found 33 feet down In the ground the
tooth of an animal which somewhat
resembles the tooth of a horse. It was
more than an inch in length and when
brought to the surface and exposed to the
air and sun cracked open. Mr. Gill is
at a loss to know how it got so far down
in the earth but is of the opinion that it
has been there several thousand years.
"Lefferts," the Jewelers, are offer
ing special discounts the coming week
on diamonds and watches. 272 Wash
ington St., near Fourth.
Rejuvin aids digestion. At all saloons.
Effort to Do Away With Idning-Up
of Candidates Who Wish to
Obtain Positions at Top
of Divisions.
OLTMPIA, Wash., June 14. (Special.)
The drawing by lot of the names of can
didates for first place on the county offi
cial nrimarv. election ballots is recom
mended in an opinion given by Attorney-
General Atkinson to the Auditor oi w mi
man County today.
Tn hrlef. it is the suggestion of the At
nroir-fjonorai that all declarations of
candidacy which are at hand at the open
ing moment of the Auditors oiuce,
whether received by mail or delivered by
messenger or the candidate in person
shall be considered as filed simultane-
eously. Their places on the primary elec
tion ticket should then be chosen by lot.
Declarations received thereafter should
be given places on the ticket in the order
filed, unless two or more are received
simultaneously, and in the latter event
the casting of lots should again be re
sorted to.
The plan is offered merely as a sug
gestion, and to do away with many com
plications feared by the County Auditors.
The same suggestion; might properly ap
ply to the Secretary of State lor tne ni
ine of declarations for state offices. .
A a the Attornev-General informs the
Auditors that it is discretionary with
them whether or not they follow the lot
Dlan. it is uncertain what Secretary of
State Nichols will do. Mr. Nichols doe
not wholly approve the plan suggested
and may require the candidates or thetr
representatives to stand in line and fie
the declarations in the order in which the
holders are admitted to the office.
The law requires the Auditors and Sec
retary of State to place the names of
candidates on the ballots under their re
spective titles "in the order filed." In
the last municipal election in Seattle, the
candidate who stood in line and was the
first to enter the door of the City Clerk
had his name placed at the head of the
column designated for the office he sought.
One candidate employed a representative
to stand at the door of the City Clerk's
office for several days, so as to be there
first and get his principal's name at the
head of the ticket.
The principal objection to this plan, so
far as county and state offices are con
cerned, is that some candidates may elect
to send in their declarations by mail. The
Attorney-General some months ago ren
dered an opinion to the effect that the
Secretary of State should not hold let
ters containing declarations when re
ceived prior to the filing day and file them
in the order received.
The Attorney-General has computed for
the Secretary of State the 60 days' period
preceding the primary election prior to
which declarations cannot be filed, and
holds that the first Bay is July 10. The
opening hour of the Secretary of State's
office is 9 A. M.
BARLEY AND HOPS a food and a tonic. A trifle
of alcohol an aid to digestion. That's beer. If you
beer well aged nothing is better for you.
get a
It
There
pure
is
The healthiest peoples of
it.
to say,
causes
not good . advice to say "Don't drink beer.
are many who need it.
Your doctor advises beer.
the world drink the most of
But it is good advice
wrono- beer." Some beer
. . c
does not.
Schlitz beer is both good and good for
Nine people in ten would be better for
Schlitz is the home beer, because of
purity. It is aged for months, then filtered, then sterilized.
There are no after effects.
"Don't drink the
biliousness. Schlitz
you.
drinking it.
its absolute
No Work 'on Pass Road This Year.
. OLYMPIA, Wash., June 14. (Special.)
No convict labor will be employed on
the state road through Snoqualmie Pass
this year, according to a decision just
reached by the State Highway Commis
sion, this year will be devoted to get
ting the convict stockade in readiness.
Next season the Milwaukee grade will be
in such shape as to be available for get
ting supplies at slight expense.
Harvard Man to Address Students.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
June 14. (Special.) The annual ad
dress before the graduating class of the
Unversity of Oregon will be delivered
by Dr. Albert Bushnoll Hart, or Har
vard University. Dr. Hart is a special
ist in American history, and is one of
the best-known historians in the
United States. He is a fluent and
pleasing speaker.
Ask for the Brewery Bottling.
Common beer is sometimes substituted for Schlitz.
To avoid being imposed upon, see that the cork or crown is branded Schlitz.
?o'ne Main 2779
Sherwood & Sherwood
8 Front St., S. E. cor. Ankeny St.
Portland
eerThat Made Milwaukee famous
LEG SMASHED IN TUNNEL
Speeder Coasts Into Ore Train In
Darkness Two Hurt.
GARFIELD, Wash., June 14. (Spe
cial.) William Laird, local agent for
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
at Garfield, arrived home from British
Columbia last evening in a somewhat
battered-up condition. Mr. Laird, in
company with William and Perry Law
rence, Dr. McPhee and others, was on
a tour of the Rambler Caribou mine at
Kaslo, B. C, in which they are inter
ested. They had about completed in
spection of a tunnel, and were return
ing from the rear end when, about
middle-way the speeder on which they
were coming out suddenly- ran into an
ore train that was being hauled out by
horses. The train was stuck fast and
WESTON NORMAL SENDS OUT TWENTY-TWO GRADUATES ;:
, JlSfflpJWWgtWSWS
. V " VV ' V,y' -. ffrf s '-y - L .h, , A h -
r Yi i , ff ii , j s . x !
LARGEST CLASS' EVER GRADUATED FROM THE INSTITUTION.
"WESTON Or., June 14. (Special.) Twenty-two graduates went out into the world from the Eastern Oreg-on State Normal School last Tues
day. the list being. as follows:
Bertha Mildred Booth,
Pendleton. Or.
... .... - . . .-- . sari a n.t,ivn K a r minm. ur nsrrv .r.miits dicv aa. uvc.
-...VJ?,-Al?-nL Daniel Ira Hopkin. Weston Mountain. Or. ; AuRusta Hutchinson.-
ana i "" ''"";.1" t-.. nu ti.bii. r.ntnnri. nr.: Kate Elena Ptxton. Cove. Or.: Elvina Mae Rieden,
i0.5?.1?: ifh.J. 'n' Rm Mtle Malakwa B. C.: Edra Nevada SmltH. Allcel, Or. ; Edith I-uella S till, Milton. Or.;
ni from an educational standpoint, the commencement exercises were tne most in-
Maude
Ethel Florence Todd,
Tillamook, Or.; Daisy Minnie Wadding ham, Vt eston,
This is the largest class ever graduated from th
terestlne and valuable ever held at the Institution. The programme throughout was planned with special reference to showing the recent develop
ment in ed5catlon.fi work and the Ideals that will dominate the schools of the future. Regent E. Hofer, in presenting the diplomas took occasion
To remark that he had attended many commencement exercises in his newspaper capacity, but was never more 1 m p r e s s e d w.th the practical
th"?nl salutatory wa,' delivered Daniel I. Hopkins, who spoke on "Agriculture In Public-School Education." Mies Mary Zurcher spoke on "The
Home I Product 'of Bducitlolr Cheater E. Bomerrill. on "The Sphere of a Teacher's Influence," Edith Still on "A Great Life," referring to Pesta
& whiT the valedictory was delivered by Augusta Hutchinson, who spoke on "The School of the Future." After Colonel Hofer s address to
the class, Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton, addressed the graduates, giving them -words of wisdom and of good advice.
the speeder ran into it before the men
realized the situation.
Although it was pitch dark Mr. Laird,
who, with Dr. McPhee, was sitting on
the front of the speeder with his legs
dangling over the end, suddenly scent
ed danger. In an instant ne jumpea
from the car, striking his head and
hands against the ragged sides of the
tunnel wall and lacerating himself ter
ribly, but breaking no bones. His com
panion was not so fortunate, and his
leg was caught between the peeder
and the ore car and crushed to a jelly.
The unfortunate man was carried by
his companions three miles on a
stretcher to where a special was wait
ing for them, and he was then taken
to the hospital at Kaslo. Yesterday
morning it was found necessary to am
putate the leg. He is now In the hos
pital in a very critical condition, and
there are but small hopes of his recov
ery. Mrs. McPhee was notified at Spo
kane and immediately' went to Kaslo
to be at the side of her husband.
Heavy Crop at Montesano.
MONTESANO, Wash.. June 14. (Spe
cial.) Homegrown strawberries are
now on the market, and are of excel
lent quality. Growers say there will
be an enormous crop. Other small
fruits, such as blackberries, raspber
ries, currants and gooseberries! will
also yield a good crop. Of the larger
fruits, the outlook is not so good, as
much of it is falling.
VETERANS ARE ENCAMPED
Association, 100 Strong, at Pullman,
After Yearly Custom.
STATE COLLEGE. Pullman, Wash.,
June 14. tSpeclaU-Nearly 100 strong,
the members of the Veterans' Associa
tion are encamped In Reaney's Park, this
city, the occasion being the annual G.
A. R. encampment, which every year
occurs in Pullman. At the closing busi
ness meeting officers for next year were
elected as follows: A. M. Inman, Col
fax, president; J. J. Owens. Genesee,
first vice-president; K. P. Allen. Pull
man, second vice-president; William
Priest, Pullman, secretary; T. D. Savage,
Pullman, treasurer.
A committee on resolutions, consisting
of J. B. Blickenderfer, J. H. Letter and
J. J. Owen, presented the following reso
lution, which was indorsed by the Asso
ciation of Veterans:
"Be it resolved. That we. as old sol
diers, impress upon the members of the
Legislature the necessity of granting to
the Soldiers" Home, at Port Orchard, a
sufficient appropriation to make possible
its speedy completion."
The veterans paraded down the main
street of the city and gathered in the
large implement concern of the A. B.
Baker Company, where refreshments
were served, and a short, informal re
ception van held. Among the speakers
were H. C. Todd, who has announced
his candidacy for the State Legislature
of Washington, and William Goodyear,
who is a candidate for Congress.
ADDRESS ON CHARACTER
President Ferrin Preaches Baccalau
reate Sermon at Forest Grove.
PACIFIC L'N'IVERSITY, Forest Grove,
Or.. Juno 14. (Special.) Before a large
congregation of students, alumni and the
graduating class. President W. N. Fer
rin delivered the baccalaureate address
this morning. Invocation was offered by
Rev. Gould. Twenty ladies' voices, under
the direction of Professor F. T. Chap
man, rendered "Our God, Our Help In
Ages Past." In a beautiful manner. The,
subject of President Ferrin's baccalaure
ate address was "Character Building."
He likened character to the erection of a'
building. If it is a worthy structure
there must be provided first, .worthy and
sufficient foundation.
The Star Brewery's famous Hop Gold
beer is unexcelled in all respects and is
highly recommended for its strength and
health-giving qualities. Orders for bot
tled beer receive prompt attention.
Phone East 46. Home phone B 1146.
Spring styles Hanan shoes at Rosenthal's.
$500
REWARD
For the Best Short
Story in our prize
competition. Four
teen other cash prizes
FOR DETAILS SEE
Sunset Magazine for june
103 P