DAILY EAST ORKOONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. TIU ltSD W, APMIi 9, 1908.
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Hon. Charles A. Barrett of Athena,
eandlldate for re-election as represen
tative from Umatilla county, sent the
following excellent communication on
statement No. 1 to the Portland Ore
gonian for publication. In answer to a
misleading letter on the same subject
trom W. C. Tweedale of Albany, but
the Oregonian declined to publish
Mr. Barrett's article.
The Oregonian evidently desires to
mislead the voters on the primary
law and so in order to give the voters
of Umatilla county the benefit of Mr.
Barrett's excellent Ideas, and to show
the narrowness and wanton deceit of
the Oregonian, the article Is publish
ed In full in the East Oregonian as
follows:
Athena. Ore., April 4, 1908.
(To the Editor of the Oregonian.)
It has never been my purpose to rush
Into newspaper correspondence, es
pecially to dissertate on political sub
jects. But when communications like
that of the learned and Intelligent W.
C. Tweedale of Albany. In your issue
of the second Instant, appear, I am
somewhat impelled to answer them,
but at the same time beg the pardon
of the reading public for so doing.
It has long been understood that
the Oregonian Is a newspaper of great
worth, great force, and It now has a
national reputation. In order for this
paper to maintain its prPsent and
past high standard It seems that it
should be at least necessary for It to
publish nothing misleading nothing
but the plain, unvarnished truth about
great political issues before the peo
ple, especially when such Issues are
based, upon law.
Of course there Is an ancient legal
maxim to the effect that "ignorance
of the law excuses no one;" however,
this may be, It Is universally under
stood that but few people know the
law. This writer does not profess to
know it by any means, and It Is not
the purpose of this communication
to endeavor to lead any one to believe
that he does know It.
But the point Is this: The learned
and scholarly Mr. Tweedale in his
communication has either wilfully
sought to mislead those who may read
bis article or has mistakenly placed
a construction upon the meaning, of
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the primary law and statement No.
1. which, at first glance, is likely to
mislead many voters.
This Is too plain for cavil, and the
Oregonian knows that the construc
tion in said communication is not only
false und unfounded, but likely to
mislead many voters; and, this being
so, is it doing right by its thousands
of readers to give space to such an
article?
The primary law Is plain, but the
great majority of the people In Oregon
have perhaps never read it and will
never read It, and they depend upon
great newspapers like the Oregonian
to give the said law a fair, honest,
truthful Interpretation.
But, here in this Instance, the learn,
ed and scholarly Mr. Tweedale tries
to make his readers believe that If
there are five republican candidates
for United States senator before the
primaries and four of them getting
1000 votes each and the other
1500. the one getting 1600 votes is not
the choice of the people; and that
since the democrats have only one
candidate and his vote is 2600, It
would entitle him to be elected
United States senator according to
statement No. 1.
Nothing could be farther from the
truth and it Is so palpable that we
are Inclined to say that the assertion
Is wilfully misleading. The fact, un
der such circumstances, would be
that the republican getting 1500 votes
would be the republican nominee at
the ensuing election In June and the
democrat getting 2500 votes would be
the nominee of his party.
Hence, If the republicans who are
true to party want to do so, 'they can
vote for their nominee and give him
the full 5500 votes and he would cer
tainly be the "people's choice," be
cause the democrat would get only
2500 votes.
In this Instance the result would be
that all statement No. 1 members of
the legislature would have to vote for
the republican candidate for United
States senator and If a majority of
the members of the legislature' were
statement No. 1 men, the "people's
choice" would be elected; If the leg
islature did not have a majority of
statement No. 1 men, then, and In that
event the "people's choice" might not
be elected, but instead, the legislature
might be tied up for "forty days and
nights" trying to elect a senator.
Therefore, statement No. 1, Is the
nearest expedient we have for electing
to the United States senate the "peo
ple's choice."
If at the coming primary election
Fulton should receive 20,000 votes and
Cake 21,000, or vice versa, and Cham
berlain 25,000, this would not follow
by any means that Chamberlain would
be elected at the June election as the
"people's choice," because at that
election Fulton or Cake, which ever
got the 21,000 votes, might get the
entire republican vote of 41,000 and
thereby be the people's choice because
Chamberlain would only get 26,000
votes.
Therefore, when the legislature
would meet to elect a senator, If It
had a majority of statement No. 1
members the election would be sim
ple and the said Cake or Fulton, as
the case might be. would be declared
elected without any "forty days" of
quibbling, bribing and rascality.
C. A. BARRETT.
BETTER STATE FAIR.
Hoard Decides on Many New Features
and Improvements.
The state board of agriculture, com
posed of W. F. Matlock, Pendleton,
president; F. A. Welch, secretary; M.
D. Wisdom, of Portland; Mark Hul
burt, of Albany; Frank Lee, of Port
land, and W. H. Downing, of Shaw,
was In session yesterday at the state
house, gays the Salem Statesman.
W. E. McElroy, the leader of Mc
Elroy's band of Salem, was chosen by
the board as musical director at the
fair. He will have charge of the
evening programs and all music of the
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Political Information.
Primary election April 17.
Registration reopens, April
21.
Close for election. May 16.
General election, June 1.
Registration reopens, Sep
tember 20.
Close for election, October
20.
Presidential election, Novem
ber 3.
fair.
In the afternoon they visited the
fair grounds, and decided to build an
addition to the grand stand 30 by 260
feet on the east side, extending the
stand to the track. A row of boxes
will be built along the front of the
stand. The improvement will add
7800 square feet to the sUnd's ca
pacity. Other Improvements were he or
dering of the construction of new
fencing for the track and thr recon
struction of thee outer fence In places.
The main entrance will also be enlarg
ed and Improved. Alterations will he
made In the base of the grand stand
In the matter of stands for conces
sions. Bids for doing this work will
be advertised.
OREGON'S INSURANCE INCOME.
Total of Over $:io.ofl Paid to the
State on UMI Year's Premiums.
Some Idea of the vast amount of In
surance In force In the state may be
gained from the report of Secretary
of State Benson, ex-officlo insurance
i commissioner, now In course of prep
aration, says the Salem Statesman.
The total value of the risks carried
by the stock fire Insurance companies,
for 1907, was $102,298,155.38.
The gross premiums received
reached to a total of J2, 960, 446. 05
Premiums returned $744,664.99
Losses paid, $758,082.42. This busi
ness netted the companies, exclusive
of the cost of operating expenses, $1,
457,700.64. The principal items of the fire and
marine Insurance business done dur
ing the past year In this state are as
follows: Total risks, $16,544,689:
gross premiums. $146,840.87; premi
ums returned, $3,684.78; losses paid,
$76,782.53; net premiums to company
exclusive of the cost of operating.
$77,344.05.
From the above business the state
derives a revenue of 2 per cent of the
net premiums, or $30,700 89. In addi
tion the companies pay a license fee
of $50 each per year, making the total
revenue to the state from this source
$33,700, 60 companies having operat
ed here In 1907.
NEW HOSPITAL OPENS.
a Grande's New BnlkUng Complete.
Patients Moved.
The last load of equipment and the
seven patients have been moved from
the old Grande Ronde hospital to the
splendid new structure at the head of
Adams avenue, known as tho new hos
pital, says the La Grande Observer.
The patients were moved up today
and with the exception of getting a
few details In shape, the new estab
lishment Is In full working order. The
furniture and furnishings are of the
best, in fact, so is every phase of the
entire Institution.
Those who have the distinction of
being the first patients In tho new
hospital are: Misses Ada West and
Jane Harrie, Iessrs. Schleld, Howard,
Raymond, McCoy and Conway, a
Japanese, and a lumberman from
Perry-
If you have an idea, spend a little
money on it.
COFFEE
Why do we drink so
much poor coffee?
Because ood coffee is
so good
Yo trocar returoi jour aoatr II roo don't
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NEW BANKING Iff
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STATE BANKS
OrAllANTER DEPOSITORS
New Law N niingfng Enormous
lliiMinc&s to Oklahoma Bank from
Adjoining Staled . Every State
Hank Mnt Subscribe o a Fund
Whii li Insures Depositor Against
Loan At First Many Criticized tlic
I AW.
quthrle, Okla., April 8. When the.
solons of the Oklahoma
legislature
passed a law requiring all state banks
to subscribe to a fund for the pro
tection of depositors against loss
through bank failures, the wise men
of the east' Indulged In some very
flippant and cynical criticisms of the
scheme and declared that it would be
a failure.
While the period of less thun two
months that has elapsed since the law
became effective may not have been
sufficient to provide a fair test, there
Is very probablly that the Oklaho
ma law has come to stay and that
other states will be forced to pass
similar laws In order to protect their
own banks.
Whatever may be said against the
law it has served to restore public
confidence in the banks and to bring
out much money from hiding. The
national banks have generally stood
aloof from the law. and have suffered
eomewhat from the competition of
the state-guaranteed banks. While
there hus been no remarkable rush
of money from other states, hundreds
of people have taken advantage of
protection afforded by Oklahoma
banks to send their savings here.
At first, these Importations of mon
ey were mainly small sums, but now
many large corporations In other
states are looking up the advantages
offered by the banks of the new state
and are making propositions to de
posit large sums. Most of the bank
ers are fighting shy of too. largo de
posits fearing that the returns would
not be adequate after paying the 1 per
cent protection assessment to ie
state.
The banks across the state boun
daries, in Kansas Texas and Arkan
sas are beginning to feel the effects
of the Oklahoma competition through
a shrinkage of deposits. The drain
nil not set In heavily as yet, but
with Increasing public confidence In
the practicability and desirability of
tne new act, there is no doubt that
these states will, In the course of a
few years, beforced to adopt a slm
lar measure.
as tnese commonwealths will, In
turn, act upon others, Oklahoma mav
have started a movement that will not
be completed until It has reached from
ocean to ocean and from the Canada
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"GRANDMA" PAttQBR'IB N.
-a Grand? Has tlu Oldest I .,... ..-
Woman of ITaimti Oregon.
With the extremely remarkable
honor of having shaken hands with
the patriot Lafayette while at the
age of 12 years, having rode on t In
first train to be operated In the Uni
ted States, and yet able to sew on
the day previous to her 4(h birth
day anniversary, the career of
"Grandma" Palmer, the most ven
erable character in La Grande, Wed
nesday, says the La Grande Observer.
Yesterday Mrs. Palmer passed the
94th milestone of her life, und though
so close to the century mark, was
able to sit up und receive 33 callers.
In view of the fact that she has been
critically 111 this winter, her friends
were delighted to find her so well.
On the day before, she did sewlna on
a quilt which she Is making.
"Grandma" has a history that
would make Interesting reading were
tne facts combined In novel form.
Since 1864 she has been a resident of
La Grande, and knows more histori
cal facts than the average pioneer.
wnat is more, ut her advanced nee
she can relate incidents and fnr.t.
that holds the attention of her listen
ers This birthday anniversary is an
event looked forward to annually by
the many friends of "Grandma" The
Observer extends concratulatlons to
the grand old lady and wishes her
many more happy birthdays
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For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, nas been the
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women who have been troubled with
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V. P. SELLS DRY LAND,
Wyoming Range Is In Demand Among
Stockmen and Fanners.
The L'nlon Pacific Railroad compa
ny has sold to the Sweetwater Range
company 70,000 acres of land In
Sweetwaterd county at $1 an acre.
The Sweetwater Range company
was organized some years ago for the
purpose of holding extensive winter
range for the benefit of the members,
most of whom are extensive sheep
owners of Rock Springs.
The land which It has Just purchas
ed was held under lease from the rail
road company for a number of year
and as soon as It was offered for sale
was bought up at the price mention
ed. In an Interview In a Denver paper,
C E. Wantland, the Union Pacific
land agent, says that the Wyoming
lands owned by the company ore com
ing Into more extensive demand and
says that It Indicates a rapid devel
opment of the state. The railroad re
cently sold another tract of alternate
sections in the Red desert, comprising
150.000 acres, to a sheep asoclatlon
to be used as winter range by the
members.
The London street merchants are
put nut Of business on foggy days and
their lost business amounts to $15,-
000.
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