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11 POLITICAL PARTIES dependent statute which declares that it3 purpose Is to efford another meth od in addition to the one already pro vided for becoming a candidate for a party nomination," says Mr. Brown's opinion. "The elector is not obliged to follow both methods, but he has the option of choosing either one or the other. He has the privilege of filing a petition signed by a certain number of voters without the pay ment of any money, or, if he chooses, he may become a candidate by merely filing a declaration and paying the specified fee." I The opinion was sought by C. M. Crandall of Vale. State Laws to Safeguard Integrity Advocated. SALEM PLANS BUILDING PLATFORMS HAVE 'VALUE $2,000,000 WORTH OF JMPROVK MEXTS I.V SIGHT. Candidate or Congress in Opposi tion to McArthur, Airs Views at luncheon of Civic League. TODAY AND THIS WEEK! thanks to my Thor THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 4, 1920 "Yes, ' $E4'I mmmmmmm m i n i 'tmii.i n i . f I Jfi liii II HELD NECESSARY If 99 There should be state laws to safe guard . the integrity, of the political parties in Oregon and there should be platform conventions, held by elected delegates of these parties, "declared Kurene E. Smith, at the Civic league luncheon at the Benson yesterday. The present fashion of every candi date writing his own platform and the' gradual breaking down of party under the direct primary system have made it necessary that something be done to preserve the parties and to make candidates responsible to their party, Mr. Smith asserted. At the close of his speech Mr. Smith was asked several questions by W. L. Brewster, I... 1. Mahone and two women which precipitated a lively discussion. Mr. Smith, while explaining that he is not "partisanly small," held to his point that parties are necessary aud that voters should interest themselves in one or the other of the great organizations and etrive for results to their liking. Parties Held Desirable. Among other things, he said: I do not care what party you belong to, but belong to some party, tlet your neigh bors to belong" to eome party; have those with whom you are Immediately associated telon to some party. Play politics all tile year around, not in the sense that is commonly accepted that of the poli tician who merely plays politics to get himwlf elected to office but politics in the better sense in the sense in which the statesman plays politics who foresees things, or thinks he foresees things, and uses our resources and our initiative, combining all these for the welfare of the people. X think that the state of Oreiron would be much better off if first we had laws that would safeguard and make sure of the integrity of all our parties, whatever they might be, and then I think these parties should have .a platform convention where delegates elected by the voters of the various parties could lay down the principles of government that that par ticular party believes in. Then I think that during our primaries do not misunderstand me. now, I don't nant to monkey in any way with pur di rect primary system. I don't want any convention trying to further the inter ests of any Individual. I want, reserved to the voters themselves, the right and the opportunity to select those who will run for office on the various party , platforms. Hut I want those voters, divided up as they may be into the various party groups, to dictate likewise what principles of gov ernment and legislation shall guide those men once they are elected to office. Largest Single Item Is That of Oregon Iulp & Paper Company Which Is to Krect Plant. SALEM, Or., April 3. (Special.) Improvements aggregating a cost of more than $2,000,000 are contemplated for Salem during the year 1920, ac cording to figures compiled here today. These improvements include the erection .of the plant of the Oregon Pulp & Paper company, at a cost of J800.000; plant of the Valley Packing company, $175,000; Salem hospital, $120,000; additions to Hunt Brothers cannery, $75,000; Salem Deaconess hospital. $50,000; new building for Vick Brothers, $50,000; -uilding at institution for the feeble minded, $40, 000; improvements by Salem Water company, $32,000; building to be erected by F. N. Derby. $30,000; West Side Sand & Gra. company's plant, $30,000; improvements by Salem Sand & Gravel company, $25,000; proposed Salvation Army hall, $20,000; build ings and repairs at state fair grounds, $20,000; remodeling of Gross meat market, $15,000; additions to Oregon Packing company plant, $15,000; In crease facilities for Spaulding Sash & Door factory, $10,000; extension of Buren building, $8000; Oregon Elec tric railroad improvements in city, $10,000: home of G. G. Quackenbush, $7000: filling station for Union Oil company. $6000 and grill room in Marion hotel. $3000. . Labor conditions were never better in Salem and the city employment bu reau is meeting with difficulty in sup plying help in almost all lines of industry. Good Platform Needed. " I think that if in tho session of the legislature I attended the republican voters tn the state of Oregon had spoken through men a. platform on the problems that then and yet concern us of reconstruction by collecting up the odds and ends left after the war, that freR-islature would have done onicthinsr for the advancement and the progress of the state of Oregon away and beyond whet It did do. So- In my opinion the people will never ho in politics as they should be in politics until the integrity of our parties Is clearly Assured by law, and until the candidates for office on those party tickets are given m. party platform to run on. Now this ob jection will be found. A friend of mine Hood up In the Press club when I men tioned .lust briefly this same thing, and haid: "That's fine, tiene; but will these men after they are elected carry out their platform pledses-? They never have in the past." 1 said: "No." "Well, why?" Jje cau.ve tn the past the people have not built the platforms. They were built by men upon which to nominate other men to put them in office so that the first Sang could pet at the public sack." Pint forma Have Their Value. Having had nothing whatever to do With the nmkintr of the platform, the people havo had very little to do with rerullinp the platform pledges. But I hold that If yuu get this point by law you safeguard the integrity of your peo- Pie so that the individual voter can ex press himself through his party, and you can make t wo platfnrms or three, but v e'll tftkn two for illustration, buiit by direct representatives of the people in the various states, and you elect, we say, a republican legislature or a republican congress on that platform, built in that manner, and you have got two most pow erful forces to keep the fel low elected in line. In the first place, if he does not keep those pledges the people who elected h im will tear him down, and in the next place the opposition is always there ready to lend a helping hand in a matter of t hat ort. So I do not think that argu ment avails. I think t hat men elected to ofice in this day and age pay a great ial of at tent ion to their plat form if they come before the people on that sort f a piatform. Parties Far Apart. Mr. Brewster asked Air. Smith to define the difference between the democratic and republican party prin ciples and Mr. Smith detailed some of the cardinal differences which he atd seemed to him to prove that the two are "as far apart as possible." M r. Mahone brought up the North Dakota situation and asked Mr. Smith "how the farmers there could ever have gotten anywhere had they not organized as they did and gone out for their own reforms." Mr. Smith replied that, had the farmers taken as much interest in either of the big parties as they did In rgranizingr a so-called non-partisan new one, "they could have gotten any reforms they wanted." Mr. Mahone, however, said he could not see it that way. , "As a matter of fact." retorted Mr. Smith, "what the farmers of North Dakota have is not non-partisan, but is ai partisan as any thins you can set." A woman asked Mr. Smith about prohibition, as to why that "great reform" did not come through party action and Mr. Smith said it did, "just the minute the subject became an economic one, instead of a moral one." At the invitation of A. C. Newillf president of the league who presided, P. L.. Campbell, president of the Uni versity of Oregon, spoke briefly. He declared in favor of more active par ticipation by the people in the great political issues of the day and said that this is the only means by which they can gain any objective. NEW SHOE STORE OPENS Tieburg; Bros. Transforms Place in Two Days. The shoe service of Ticburg Bros., San Francisco and Oakland dealers, which had transformed the store at the northeast corner of Fourth and Alder streets from its former interior arrangement into a modern, w e 1 1 -lfghted large room in the space of two days and part of one night, was opened yesterday and had a heavy run in .spite of the downpour of rain. A five-year lease has been obtained and A. J. Hildebrandt installed as resident manager. Further improvements will be made to the interior and exterior of the store as soon as possible, Mr Hilde grandt announced yesterday, and every convenience will be installed as rapidly as circumstances will permit, with a heavy volume of business running. " Tieburg shoe service headquarters arc in San Francisco, two stores. It has three in Oakland, also, and its contemplating adding to its chain by opening at least another trio on the coast, exact locations not having been decided upon. " MILITARY POLICY DEFINED Senalc Clears 'Way for Considera tion of Proposed New Legislation. WASHINGTON, April 3. The sen ate cleared the way today for con sideration of legislation proposing establishment of a definite military policy. Debate on the army reorgan ization bill framed by the senate mili tary committee, is to begin Monday and its passage in about 10 days or two weeks is predicted by senate leaders. The bill differs radically from the house measure passed March 18, in that it provides for compulsory mill tary training, consolidation of the national guard, regular army and re serves, composed of trained men. into one citizens' army, and also for a general staff eligibility system simi lar to that in the French army. The house bill left the -compulsory mili tary training issue for sperate legislation. WHEN the unexpected invitation tempts you on a "washday morning," you'll think of the days before you owned a Thor, when washing was an all-day task, that left you fagged. 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Chorus "Father in Heaven" (Larro) (Handeli. , (a "To a Wild Roie" (MacDQwell): (b) "Sprinar Sons" (Mendelssohn). Chorus "Easter Is Here" (The Palms? (Kaure). EXPLOSION FATAL TO TWO clTrZr-- Sullivan ). Oxygen Tank. Bursts, Endangering Scores of Persons. PORTERVILLE,, Cal., April 3. Two men were killed, another lies in .a critical condition. Several others were injured and the lives of scores of citi zens endangered by the explosion of an oxygen tank today that demolished the" rear of the City garage. C. L. Hilliard, 21, battery man, who was working in the rear of the ga rage, was blown to pieces. Paul Holmes, 26, tarctor salesman, who had his automobile parked in the build ing, was standing more than 30 feet away when a large fragment of the bursting tank struck him on the head. He died on the way to a hospital. SPOKANE DEATH RATE LOW .Mortality Reported Least of 18 Representative Cities. SPOKANE, Wash., April 3. Spo kane's mortality rate for 1919 was the lowest of 18 representative cities in the United States, according to fig ures compiled by H. C. Bender, super intendent of the municipal department of public utilities and made public by him today. Spokane's rate was announced as 14.0 per 1000 of population, compared with 17 for Seattle, which was second. Others in order were Cleveland, Port land, Or., Salt Lake City, San Fran cisco, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Birmingham, Ala. Triumphal -march (L.emmens. Speeder's Excuse Disregarded. When Theo H. Swint, 921 East Gli san street, appeared in municipal MtiiiiainiHiHiiiiiuinimiiiintiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittiHiiiiiiiitiiiniiiiiiiHintinmiinii: I'IMNCi LAW IN FULL EFFECT Attorney-General Brown Gives Opin ion Asked by Resident of Vale. SALEM. Or.. April 3. (Special.) Chapter 124. Orepton laws of 1919. pre scribing an additional methed where by electors may become candidates for party nominations and for na tional committeemen, delegates and presidential electors, which act re quires filing fees, also provides for an additional declaration for all candi dates to the effect that "if I am nom inated I will not accept the nomina tion or indorsement of .any party other than the one in which I am reg istered," Is In full force and effect, according to a legal opinion given by Attorney-Goneral Brown today. "The act of 1315 is a complete in- Veterinarian Finds Glanders. SALEM, Or.. April 3. (Special.) jl W. H. Lytle. state veterinarian, has returned from Pendleton and other j eastern Oregon cities, where he passed 1 1 a few days investigating several cases of glanders among the horses of that section. Dr. Lytle says the disease has been checked and the results have not been serious. 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