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THE MAIN ISSUE.
Petitions have been filed, and
now candidates for each office
in the state, from precinct con
stable to governor, also for con
gressmen and for United States
'senators are before the people.
Never before in the history of
the state has so many candidates,
good, bad or indifferent, pre
sented themselves for the suf
frages of the electors. Further
more, never have so many so
called issues been placed before
the people and so many and so
profuse pledges given that such
issues shall be decided solely in
the interests of the dear peo
ple. Further than saying we regret
a greater number of candidates
has not been enrolled for some
of these offices We shall not dis
cuss candidates at present. .
When the issues real and
feigned thrust before the people
are examined it is quite apparent
that greater attention has been
given to some things not at al
In issue than to others by far
more weighty which are in issue
-An examination of the public
pledges given by candidates
renders this more apparent. For
instance, a candidate for U. S.
senator makes not fewer than
sixteen pledges. Of these no
iceeding three relate to ques
tions really at issue before the
people. The remaining pledges
relate to things accomplished
which might have been covered
by a single pledge to suppor
party measures or policies. Read
insr through his statements it is
not difficult to see that he mus
Teeard Statement JNo. 1 ot our
Primary Elections Law a nation
al question and at issue, for the
thought, is not to be entertained
that a candidate for popular
election to the U. S. senate
-would not mislead the people on
o grave a question But it is
misleading. The primary law is
not an issue.
Statement No. 1 is not an issue
except as to candidates for the
state legislature, and since such
a statement is not a mandatory,
but merely a permissive provis
ion of the law, it is not much o
an issue except to tlie candidate
himself.
The fact is that the issue
which most concerns the people
of the state is that of the just
control, in the interest of all the
people, of corporat;ons and or
-cranizations having or seeking
franchises of public utilities.
This is the vital question to be
decided, and it is that issue which
corporate influence will belittle
by substitution of something
else.
It is not beyond grave suspic
ion that the election of an U. S.
senator is being used to draw
the minds of voters away from
-the real issue.
The corruption and venality ot
the U- S. senate is drawn by
press and candidates as unpre
ceiented and imperiling our lib-
erities. The greater part of this
is mere clap-trap. Thera is not
a state in the union which does
not suffer more from the cor
ruption and venality of its own
legislature that the United States
senate could possibly impose
uoon it though the senators
should attempt nothing more.
Oregon's well being is largely
in the hands of the men who
frame and enact her laws. If
these be honest, intelligent and
patriotic in short if they are
properly qualified -nen. it is of
little consequence i." they refuse
to give Pledge No. 1, or fail to
.stand for a sea-level canal, or to
prate airilyusing "hot air," of
course, about things which never
come before them as legislators. ?
EE IS THE MAN.
On entering the contest for
the republican nomination for
governor, Dr. Withycombe un
doubtedly had the largest per
sonal acquaintance of any man
in Oregon. Practically every ac
quaintance was a friend who re
cognized in Mr. Withycombe a
man who possessed in a very large
degree all of the sterling quali
ties needful to fit him for the
exalted position to which he as
pires. A great many of the poli
ticians said he wouldn't do, , that
he didn't know how to play the
"game," and that no man was
eligible to the position of govern
or who was not a practical politi
cian. From the first, however, his
campaign met with favor in the
rural communities. Gradually
his strength increased until he
began capturing the towns and
the cities. He now has active
workers in every community in
the state and the reports from
each county concerning his can
didacy are most flattering. That
he will be nominated seems cer
tain. Few men possess such a pleas
ing personality, such an accom
modating, genial disposition and
withal so much honesty, sincerity
and strength of character. To
their possession may be accredit
ed much of his success in the
present contest. -
His neighbors and friends in
Benton county regardless of poli
tics are taking a deep interest in
his campaign. He will receive
practically every republican vote
in the county at the primaries
and election day will be a sort of
Withycombe jubilee. It is doubt
ful if any man in Oregon ever
sought a nomination who possess
ed the good will, confidence and
esteem of his fellow citizens in so
marked a degree as does Dr
Withycombe. His local standing
as a man and as a citizen should
commend him to the favorable
consideration of every republican
voter in Oregon.
Abraham Lincoln.
A true history of the Youth
and Early Manhood of Abraham
Lincoln, our martyred president,
written by his old partner and
lifelong friend, Ward Hill Lamon,
will be published in the Corvallis
Gazette, beginning soon, All
friends of the Gazette will please
call the attention of their neigh
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them to subscribe for the Gazette
at $2.00 per annum, 25 per cent
discount, or $1.50 if cash is paid
in advance. This history if sold
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more than the subscription price
of the paper.
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May be real or the snake may be a' harm
less one. but there is danger that menaces
every ehiid's life if the mother is defi
cient in womanly health and functional
vitality.
Thousands of women have borne their
sufferings and kept their troubles to
themselves from motives of delicacy and
feeble childhood has paid for it.
Dr. Pierce, forty vears ago, consulted
Future, and found that she had provided
remedies in abundance for the cure of
woman's peculiar ailments and weak
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combined in just the right proportions,
gave such surprising results that this
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cases. In a IU:le time the demand for it
became so great that he determined tc
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so that the multitudes needing it could
readily supply themselves.
This is now known all over the civil
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scription, and its unparalleled record of
hundreds of thousands of cures, in the
last forty vears. justifies all that can be
said of it.
It is non-alcoholic non-narcotic. It is
safe ami reliable for any woman, of any
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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets onlv one
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Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser will be sent free, paDer-bound. for
21 one-cent stamps, or cloth-bound for 31
stamps. Oyer 1000 pages and illustrated.
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
limiIF(W(djw(samm
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Republican Candidate for United States Senator.
CHAMPION OF STATEMENT ONE.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., candidate before the Republican primaries for the nomi- ,
nation of United States Senator in Congress, for the long term commencing March
4, 1907, was born in New Bedford, Mass., February 23, 1855; was a member of the i
class of 1877 at Harvard University; came to Portland May 16, 1878; was a Republi
can member of the Oregon Legislature in the session -of 18S5 and the extra session
of 1886; was one of Oregon '8 delegates to the Republican National Convention of
mno i s v. . u i .. . l i : v ; t r...n.-n loco i tono
and a delegate to tlie Republican National Convention of 1892; and was elected as
a Mitchell Republican to the Oregon Legislature in 1898.
Mr. Bourne has been more prominently identified with the development of the
mineral resources of Oregon than any other man in the state, having expended in
the last 20 years over $1,000,000 of his own money in the acquisition and develop-
ment of Oregon mines.
While Mr. Bourne has had his residence and main office at Portland since
1878, he has had another office at New Bedford, Maes., and has carried on the busi- ,
ness of his father's estate since 1889, which makes him familiar with many of the .
large interests and leading men in the East. These qualifications, in conjunction
with his tremendous energy, originality, executive ability and experience in busi- '
ness and political affairs pre-eminently qualify him for mailing an aDle and infln-,
ential Senator for the state of Oregon.
Mr. Bourne has always favored extending the direct power of the people over
their trovernmeat as lar as nossible. He was one of the leading spirits in the
Initiative and Referendum movement from 1896 until it was approved by the ,
voters at the June election in 1902. In 1904 he was a member of the executive
committee of the Direct Primary Nominations League, and holds the same position s
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one of the few to guarantee the necessary expenses of preparing and proposing
their measures to the people.
He eays that the choice of United States Senator should be by direct vote of
the people, and that the Legislature should be compelled to elect the man the
people select. To accomplish this result, he is championing Statement No. 1 of the
primary election law as -the only method by which public opinion may be crystal
lized and made effective upon the Legislature.
In his petition for nomination he says : ,
'If I am nominated and elected I will, daring my term of
office, favor:
Republican Politics.
Amending National Constitution for People's Election of
United States Senators.
Publicity Political Campaign Expenses.
National Control of Corporations in Interstate Commerce, .
Rieid Exclnsion of Asiatic Coolie Labor: Good Wanes Make
(iood Citizens.
Legal Limitation Labor Hours for Safety on Railroads.
Parcels Post, Including Rural Delivery.
Pure Food Laws.
Liberal Appropriations for Panama Canal, Coast Defenses,
THiro-p nTirl Hnrhm l,mTvrviriTin'ntc iTilniiino' Pnlnmhin
AJLL J UlXASX f I 11 , IIIVIUUHI XU1UU1V1U
and Willamette Rivers, Coos, Yaquina and Other Oregon;
HarDors, ueiilo canal, Uovernment canal at Oregon city.
Fair Share of Irrigation Fund for Oregon.
T Airn 1 CnnTAti' s P C!i- Ainnrt-fnl f c i A 4 rl n
Rigid Enforcement of Statement One.
Roosevelt for Second Elective Term.
1 desire the following statement be printed after my
name on the nominating ballot:
WILL SUPPORT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S DETERMI
NATION THAT JUSTICE BE DONE ALL MEN."
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IMPORTED BLACK PERCHER0M
STALLION
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Will make the season of 1906 at Abbot's
barn, Corvallis, Oregon.
' Fotache ws winner ot 1st prize at the
St. Louis fair, 1st at American Royal
Livestock Show, at Kansas Ctty; In
ternational Live Stock Show, Kaniae,
and at the Government Show in France,
1904. Terms, $25 to insdre. Mares from
a distance will be furnithed first.clasa
pasture.
T. K. FAWCETT, Owner
CORVALLIS, - OREGON.
28-53
Devil's Island Torture.
Call for City Warants,
Notice is hereby given that there is
money in the Treasury to pay all war
rants drawn on the general fund and in
dorsed prior to October 15, 1902.
There is also money in the Treasury to
pay all indorsed Street fnnd warrants. '
Interest on same- win stop lrom tcis
date.
Dated at Coi vail: s, Oregon, March 20,
1906.
- ' - William McLagan, '
25-3D Cirv Treas.j
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