THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1910.
SAYSASSEMBLY
D
FRAUD
TO
ELECTCANDIDATES
Silvestone in' Open Letter Ex
poses Ballot Stuffing Inci
dent , of "Representative"
. .Republican Assembly. ,:
i Open- letter : to M. C.- George,'- chair
man Republican State Central commlt-
tee.( ' . 'Vw;;;!-v;':., ,A,Y, w
Portland, Or.. Sept. 19 1 charge, In
reply tq your advertisement in the Ore
gonlan,of Beptember 18, 1910,. a Re
publican state-chairman, that the so
called Republican, state assembly held
on July 21. 1910. did not "come from
the Republican voters of Oregon," nor
was it -intended by Ita manipulations
that It should; .that at the so-called
meeung or tne Republican" State Cen
tral committer on February 12, 1910,
a resolution was shrewdly adopted,
giving a select few of the countv cen
tral committee of every county, the
authority without going to the voters
at all, of naming all their delegates to
mis. alleged state assembly; that In
pursuance of this shrewd resolution, a
select few in three quarters of the
counties of the' state; picked all their
delegates to. this alleged state assembly
without the least notification to the
republican voters: v
All Totes Hot Included.
I further charge that the above' was
In direct opposition to the unanimous
resolution of your Portland Renublican
club, of December 7, 1909, to the effect
that all Republican voters should be
requested and permitted to participate
in the selection of your alleged state
t assembly t ; ,
I charge further that not 4 per cent
of the Republican voters of the state
participated in the selection of S1
gates to your state, assembly which you
loudly bpasted "came direct from the
. people." - : - , . -
No one has ever questioned the right
of citizens to assemble; but I claim
that under our "direct primary law.
neither party, can or should use the
party machinery-before the primaries
for the special benefit of any one or
more candidates. .
I charge further that the manner of
the use of the Republican party ma
chlnery by the state central committee
for this alleged state-assembly,' was a
fraud upon many honorable men favor
ing the principle of an assembly, and
that Its use in any manner Is especially
destructive of the equal opportunities
wnich the direct primary law guaran
tees to all candidates competing in the
same party for the same office.
The "Honorable" Meeting.
I charge further, as a spectator at
your so-called state assembly, and in
reply to your 7 published statement of
its honorable character, that the fol
lowing Incident, honorable, or otherwise
took place there -on the night of July
21. 1910. : ' ,. ; ,-. , t..
There were three ballots and an extra
for attorney- general V r
first Fallot Hart received 495
Hough 341; Hammond 242.. Total 1078.
Second ' ballot Hart . received ' , 504;,
Hough 447; Hammond 146. Totat 1097.
Showing a gain for Hough of . 106,
while Hart gained only 9, and it ap
parently looked bad for Hart for tlia
third ballot I charge that at this time,
li p. m., Multnomah county , did - not
have 200 of Its 854 delegates present;
that the honorable Jimmy ' Kertchem
then arose and announced that Mult
nomah claimed the privilege of casting
the votes of Its ' absentees; whereupon
W. D. Fenton (arose and stated to the
chair that Multnomah could not afford
to take any such technical advantage.
Did Mr. Fenton mean what he said?
If he did, his silence thereafter was, to
say the least, inconsistent, . J r
' Multnomah'! Tots.
Now mark - what followed. On the
third ballot,, Multnomah county de
layed announclnglts result, and waited
until all the other counties had loudly
shouted their, results to the tabulators.
Then I saw our honorable United States
census ; enumerator, S. ,C. Beach, get J
busy with the tabulators and the Mult
nomah tellers to the left of the plat
form and away from the Multnomah
delegation. . Prominent ; and active
among the tellers was our City Attor
ney Frank, Grant After a close con?
olave between the tellers, Attorney
Kollock announced' that Multnomah
had cast 868 ballots, 14 more than It
was entitled to, even if the full dele
gation had been" present. I charge that
some honorable Multnomah delegates
had stuffed, the honorable ballot box.
Was there a riot , over this honorable
conduct? . Did W. D. V Fenton or the
Honorable Judge George., or the vlrtU'
ous and right honorable C. B. Moorea
rise and protest or apologize?
Saatroyad BaHota. ,
In ' the ; recent Connecticut ' (legal)
convention there was a riot over two
measly extra ballots; but here In Ore
gon, what a 14 honorable stuffed bal
lots to honorable gentlemen coming
direct from the people? " . -
I then saw our honorable City Attor
ney Grant' Immediately upon Kollock'i
announcement of Multnomah's honor
able, 868 stuffed ballots, quickly shoot
those ballots into a lot of rubbish un
der the platform, .and poor Hough will
never, know how many he got out of
those 868. "-Then Multnomah took her
extra whack, and Hart, apparently the
slated candidate, seoured the honorable
prize, the total ballot being 1225.
After these honorable and strenuous
labors . in the Interests of the people,
this noble assembly adjourned to Its
honorable and well deserved rest for
the night; for they came "direct from
the people, and don't you forget it"
JULIUS SILVESTONE,
An open, notorlous and continuous ao-
umiea insurgent tepuDiican. '
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WRIGHTS MAY BUILD
AIRSHIPS AT PASADENA
- (rnlted Press Leased Wlri.Y M
Pasadena, CaU Sept 21. The Wright
brothers may transfer their aeronau
tical experiments to Pasadena this win
ter. Membera of the Pasadena Realty
Board have answered a query from
Roy Knabenshue, - a pupil of the
Wrights, concerning the construction
of an aerodrome here, and if the flnan
clal assistance the Pasadena board Is
willing to offer is satisfactory a deal
with the aviators will probably be con
eluded. '
Knabenshue suggested that the board
make a formal offer to the Wrights,
The Suggestion was followed, but the
nature of the proposition Is withheld
It is believed, however, that the use of
a tract of level land and the construe
tlon of u sheds to house tha "Wright
airsnips jias been proposed.
Says Convention Represented
Only the Interests; Rank and
' File of Republican ' Party
Want None of It.
OI L MAKES
APPEAL 10 UNITE
n
SCHEME
Pendleton, Or., Sept 19, 1910. To the
Editor of The Journal In the voters'
pamphlet Just issued the chairman and
secretary of the Republican state com
mittee present a labored argument urg
ing acceptance by the people of the can
didates nominated by the late assembly,
and -therein these v gentlemen aseume
surprise that It is proposed to defeat
their proteges because of the manner of
their presentation.
If, as a private citizen, and from the
ranks of the Republican party. I am
permitted to reply, it May be suggested
to the aforesaid gentlemen that their
appearanceAnJthe scene as representing
the state organization Indicates the
principal reason why the mass of the
Republican electorate oppose the Bow-
erman ticket The fact that all the
power of the party machine is being op
erated to aid the assembly nominees in
primary campaign, demonstrates be
yond controversy that the assembly was
notning nut a veuea actempi xo restore
in Oregon the abominable convention
system, from which -most other states
are striving to escape. ,
Another reason for the strength of
the anti-assembly sentiment is found in
tha fact that the so-called assembly was
In fact a convention organised and con
ducted In accordance with the old rules
of the political game. It waa not only
contrary to both the spirit and letter of
the direct primary law, but many of, its
friends have persistently misrepresented
both the personnel of its membership
and the number of. delegates in attend
ance. The truth is now patent to every
thinking person that the men there
gathered from most of the counties rep
resented nobody but themselves, the
remnants of the old political machines,
or factions of the local .committees who
appointed them; and that Instead of
there having been present 1247 dele
gates, as frequently, claimed, the en
tire convocation probably did not ex
ceed 800, while the remainder were
straw votes cast by the several delega
tions for their absent apportionment
It seems to have been a sort of "I am
holler' than thou" love-feast
A third argument against the nomi
nation of the assembly political selec
tions is the very potent one that this is
a contest of principles, hot of men; the
people believe, and have arTisht to be
lieve, that the assembly candidates, be
cause they are voluntarily the- bene
ficiaries of a discredited ' political sys
tem, are representatives of the reac
tionary element of the party, and there
fore out of: touch with the forces of
progress which rpropose .to restore Re
publicanism to ita true atatua aa repre
sentatlve of the thought and hope of the
plain people. ;'1
If the ticket nominated by the assem
bly shall be auocessful on the 24th of
this month, rest, assured the message
will flash to every namlet in the land
that Oregon has repudiated the direct
primary, and turned her face again
toward , the flesh-peta of Egypt it
will b a message of cheer to the forces
of privilege, but. of gloom to the men
in our sister states who are forcing the
eternal fight of manhood against money.
The great mass of the Republican vot
ers of the state have had no part in, or
sympathy with, the assembly movement
They believe it to be wrong In principle,
dangerous in effect and a menace to
the Drogresslve Ideas of government
for the triumph of which the political
battles of the age are being waged. The
portrait of the assembly present all the
lineaments of jthe discredited convention
of the past with all ita subterranean
operations, sharp politics, devious meth
ods and dubloua coloring. The rank
and file of the party want none of H.
They have aeen the stripes and scars Of
two political machines impressed upon
the court records and legislation of tne
state, and desire no repetition of the
disgrace. ; Bitter experience has taught
them that Governor Hughea Bpoke truly
when he aaid:
, The convention as a meana of chooa
lng candidates baa come to. be In moat
cases a mere farce. , It cloaks the re
sponsibility of the real nominators. In
stead of being a representative assent
bly it la: In the main a mockery of rep
resentative institutions. Delegates are
chosen, but leaders decide. . ' -
It is not those who seek to control
party machinery for the benefit of
themselves and their friends who give
wholesomeness to party life and afford
assurances to party, success. The party
life will be vigorous and ita representa
tion faithful to the extent that the rank
and file of its membership, representing
broadly its intelligence and spirit, have
opportunity to make their wishes de
clslve in party action. This la not' hos
tile to leadership that is worthy of the
name; that will be encouraged. It is
hostile to that spurious leadership
which seeks through the use of public
offices Jo construct a virtual despotism,
whether It be to gratify an ambition for
power or to fill the pocketbook, "or
both." , : '. '
The contest upon next Saturday will
be vital and far reaching. , It is within
the. Republican party, and the defeated
will be In honor bound to support the
victors at the election to follow. Let
there be no mlatake, no misunderstand
ing aa to the issue or the time. It is
popular government . against political
oligarchy, and the battle cannot be de
ferred until November, The Bowerman
ticket espoused by the state committee,
so far as It touches politics, looks to
ward the Bourbon past . The anti-as
sembly candidates face a progressive
future. It Is a time when men who
think alike must Vote together. The
hope of the assembly, forcea la in divid
ed opposition In the gubernatorial race
and in the congressional contest of the
Second district and these, with the
First congressional district are strat
egic polnta on the field of battle. In
the eyea of the nation success or failure
will be measured by the result of the
vote upon these three places. Let me
make a final appeal, therefore, upon
every rule of common sense, and urge
Republicans who believe In a direct
primary' free and untrammeled, to meet
the concentrated vote of the state ma
chine with a united front We have the
votes to sweep the state, if we do not
divide our strength. The espousal of
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STEPHEN A. LOWELL.
BOWERMAN APPOINTS
MANY MORE DELEGATES
(Salem Bima of Tbe Journal.)
Balem, Or., Sept 2LAcUng Gov
ernorjBowerman yesterday gave out
the following list of delegates named
by him for the various congresses that
meet during the fall and early winter:
Delegates to the National Farm Land
congress to be held at Chicago, 111.,
November 28 to December 8: I. A. Han
sen, Gravel Ford; George Bellonl, Co
qullle; Charles Watson, Coqullle, and
W. D. Roberts, Lampa.
Delegates to the Farmers' ; National
Irrigation congress to be held at Lin
coln, Neb., commencing' October ;
Price Roblson, Norway; 1 SinrK.
Myrtle Point; Fred aiosler. II. L. Sieil
ens and J. H. Radahaugh. Ov(-iiH; C,
A. Peterson, Rlverton; M. Rxu.lleman,
Lampa; Thomaa Devereux, BarKersburg;
F. F. Eddy, Bullards; B. L. Ilurst Ban
don, and F. P. .McMullon, Denmark.
, Delegates to the American Mining
congress to be held at Loa Angnlea,
Cat. September 26 to October 1'. F. S.
Bailey, Frank E. Pearce, -Emil Melzer,
WV A. King, II. L. Rosa, Sydney C Lov
and J. K. Romlg. Baker City, and N, E.
Inhaua, George II. Foster, C. A. Northey
and F. R. Mellla, Huntington. ;
Delegates to the, Inter-Mountain Good
Roads association, to be held at Ogden.
Utah, Septembr 2J-2S: B. C Shull,
Myrtle Point; W. L. Klatner and C. R.
Gabeler, Coqullle; J. L. Bean, Lampa;
A, Snead, Parkeraburg, and El B. Thrift,
Langlols.
Delegate to the Dry Farming congresa
to be held at Spokane, Wash., October
L3-e; Walter S. Thayer, Newberg, waa
appointed. . , ..
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