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STATE AND DISTRICT
\ ote i'>r One
Robert S. Bean, of Lane County
Republican-Democratic
)R UNITED STATES SENATOR
1 H. Amos, of Multnomah Countv
11. M. Cake, of Multnomah Countv
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Chamberlain, of Multnomah County
J. C. Cooper, of Yamhill Countv
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. I Bright. of Sherman Countv
’ C Brix. of Crook County
ocialist
for representative to congress .
Daily it is becoming apparent that there is
a dis|x>sition on tbe part of certain individuals
to overthrow the Primary elections law and
Statement No. 1 thereof. Tho>e who are lend­
ing themselves to this conspiracy are not very
numerous, but are noisy, and public attention
should therefore be called to the isuue their
noise involves.
Iti the palmy days of Oregon's p. .'ideal ma­
chine. of which they were integral parts and
benefactors, these conspirators were the polit­
ical usurpers in the politics and government of
the State. On their part it required no recog­
nition of right from wrong, no adherence to
civic decency, no devotion to ethics, no sense
of honesty, no regard for or knowledge of
the fundamental powers, rights and duties of
American citizenship to he political Itosses. All
they needed, all they had. was of their own cre­
ation— the party halter and the party lash, and
these sufficed for the domination and manipu­
lation of a half enfranchised electorate whose
responsibility was shifted bv the party from the
individual to the irresponsible party l»oss; the
partv assuming for itself and its boss the as­
sumption of the King. “ l'he King can do no
wrong.”
l'he names of Oregon's machine politicians,
living and dead, rise in tbe memory of the
people as witnesses to this truth. But those
now living and who would revitalize in order
to ornament and adorn Oregon's political past
putrescence have no conception of the power
of a completely enfranchised people, thorough­
ly awakened to their own place and their fun­
damental importance in the scheme of govern­
ment.
The pretext for justification upon which
this anti-Statement No. 1 conspiracy is based
is tbe assertion that the Primary Law destroys
party organization and, therefore, upon such
pretext, is predicated an apjieal to party preju­
dice as the means to the end of overthrowing
the law. If "machine" is meant by tbe term
"party organization,” and partv organization
has no other or higher meaning than the con­
cept of a mechanism of individual human
units unquestioningly obedient to a boss
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then yes, it not only destroys party organiza­
tion, but it ought to destroy it in tie interest of
free citizenship and common decency.
Let us try this issue out again lietween the
would-lx* party bosses, big and little, and the
electorate, to finally determine whether the
boss shall furnish us with our party faith, our
party platform and our party nominees for
office, or whether the rank and file of the Re­
publican electorate, holding in common among
themselves Republican beliefs and opinions,
shall do these things under the provisions of
the law they tbem^'lves enacted.
In res|K>nse to the frantic appeals to party
prejudice invoked against the Primary Law
and Statement No. 1, it is well to call atten­
tion to the fact that Lincoln said this nation
had been brought forth and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created .equal;
that the Civil War was fought to determine
whether it or any other nation so conceived
and so dedicated Ciould long endure, And in
the dedication of the battle field of Gettysburg
be said. “It is rather for us to be here dedicat­
ed to tbe great task remaining before ns, that
from these honored dead we take increased de­
votion to that cause for which they gave the
last full measure of devotion, that we have
highly resolved that these dead shall not have
died in vain; that this Nation, under God,
shall have a new birth of freedom, and that
government of the people, by the people, for
the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
He never said party once.
President Roosevelt has said: “A party is
of worth only in so far as it promotes the Nat­
ional interests, and every officer, high or low,
can serve the party best by rendering to the
people the best service of which lie is capable;"
properly recognizing the ¡>eople, and not the
party, as the sovereign |x>wer.
Washington, in his farewell address said,
“Let me warn von in the most solemn manner
Vote t >r One
Prohibition
Republican
Den1.1r.nic
Socialist
Vote for One
T^7;DN DAIRY AND FOOD
COMMISSIONER
\ ote for One
; \V BaileV. of Multnomah Countv
Republican
F \ Enterv, of Multnomah County
Democratic
23
Willis C. Hawley, of Marion County
24
W
25
Daniel Staver. of W ashington Countv
Prohibition
JO
J. J. Whitney, of Linn County
Democratic
S. Richards, of Linn County
Republican
Socialist
Prohibition
r f R. I Joskins, of \ a
[^COMMISSIONER OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR THE FOURTH
OF ORr.Gt )N. First Congressional District
Vote for One
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY DISTRICT Ob'
OREGON, BENTON, LANE AND LINCOLN
Thomas K. Campbell, of Lane County
Republican
COUNTIES
Vote for One
Edwin R. Brvson, of Benton Countv
27
Republican
COUNTY
Vote for Three FOR COUNTY TREASURER
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I. uh E. 'lean, of Eugene
Republican 45
Robert E. Eastland, of Eugene
Republican
Win-'ir W. Calkins, of Eugene
Republican 46
James Kitchen, of Irving
Democratic
Alien II. Eaton, of Eugene
Republican 47
11. M. Manville, of Eugene
Leon R. F.dmunson, of Eugene
Democratic
V. B. Mathews, of Goshen
Socialist FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR
P. L. Miller, of Eugene
Socialist 48
L. Kempf, of Cottage Grove
49
A. E. Whitaker, of Walton
Ge >rge O. Knowles, of Eugene
Benjamin F. Keeney, of Eugene
Welbv Stevens, of Springfield
Indejtendent Statement One SO
EOR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
Walter B. Dillard, of Eugene
51
Vote for One
C'.F.RK ’
r Eniest U. Lee. of Eugene
Republican
1 Henry W . Stewart, of.Springfield
Deniocratic
Vote for One
DR COUNTY SHERIFF
Republican
Socialist
Democratic
Vote f’ >r < Ine
Republican
Socialist
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR
53
Charles M. Collier, of Eugene
54
W. T. Cornelius, of Goshen
Vote for One
Republican
Socialist
Democratic
Harry L. Bown, of Eugene
Republican
l Drew Griffin, of Eugene
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Socialist 55
56
Joseph Muhr, Jr., of Blanton
Guard Huston, of Mound
Hugh M. Price, of Chesher
Vote for One
Democratic-Socialist
Republican
Vote for One
DR COUNTY JUDGE______________
John \V. Baker, of Cottage Grove
Democratic FOR COUNTY CORONER
Gabriel R. Chrisman, of Eugene
Republican
N’. N. Mathews, of Coburg
Vote for One
Socialist
i E. C. Cole, of Eugene
1
Jessie M. Myer, of Blanton
Socialist
*
Vote for One
William T. Gordon, of Eugene
Republican
L. C. Moffitt, of Junction City
Socialist
Socialist 5«’
PRECINCT
'RJUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Vote for One FOR CONSTABLE
Vote for One
REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
L“ *n'ppdment of Section 28 (evidently intended to be Section 2») of Ai amendment to Article VII of the Constitution by Increasing the number
of judges of the Supreme Court from three to five, until otherwise pro­
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Constitution, changing the compensation of member! of
vided by law, and authorizing the legislative Assembly to provide by ap­
' a’l,re
1400 for each regular session and 110 p*r day for each
propriate legislation for the exercise by the circuit courts, of the probate
5,‘s’t‘'n instead of |3 per day and mileage. I Section 28 provides
jurisdiction theretofore exercised by the county courts, and for the
L ni* when laws take effect, and the proposed amendment Is, there-
trannaztion of coun.y business by and before some appropriate body or
ps »rongly numbered.)
Vote TBS or NO.
tribunal.
Vote YES or NO
Yes.
304.
No.
Yto
Ne.
“ *m<>ndment of Section 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution, to per- For am< ndm<*nt of S.'ctlon 14 of Article II of the Constitution, changing the
time of holding the regular general biennial election» from the first Mon­
?ra,’nn
State Institutions elsewhere than at the seat of gov-
day in June to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
t by act df the legislature and vote of the people.
,____
Voti TES or NO
Vote YES or NO
Yes.
30«.
No.
807.
Yes.
No.
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REFERENDUM ORDERED BY PETITION OF THE PEOPLE.
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Palace
that *n all counties, the sheriff shall hive the custody of An act to appropriate twenty-five thousand dollars annually for four years,
to be nt*d In purchasing grounds and building armories for the use of
to or confined In the county jail and such prison-
the Oregon National Guard, the money to be expended under the super­
“ Wnrked at such places and for such time and a such manner
vision of the State Military IV ard at any time during the four years, the
'‘"nrt my Mlreet,
that la eouBttes
ov«
Mbs I red
txierd not being required to use each appropriation the year It Is ap­
Mg* . ’‘' ‘abltants, tbe salaries of guards and jailors 'ball set eveed
propriated
The Oregon National Guard is required to pay to the State
I-,, '”5 D1'|Sth and the price of meals furnished prisoner, shall be
Treasurer such rental, for the use of said armories, as may be fixed by I
Vote TSS or NO
the State Military Board
Vote YES or NO 1
K iba
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No.
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B*.-A*"
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Y*
No.
312.
Yes
313.
N«
ft
Sweets
r*Uroads and other common carrier* to gram* free
t on 112» )f Bollinger A Cotton'» Annotated Codes and
State officers and cou ntv judges and sheriff'. •• » 'on. An ac :n amend
of Or^jron by increiising the annual appropriation for the wup-
Htat
acquiring land for ■
te purposes bj
• ■ *•'
Vote YES or NO 1
>ort and malmena nee of th« Cnlverslty of Oregon.
I ’main, and to
t the payme.it of is •*t« '
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Yew.
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No.
ContinuedJOn Page Ten
against the baneful effects of the spirit of party
gene oily. 'This spirit, unfortunately, is in-ep-
;.rabie from our nature, having its roots in the
stronger passions of the human mind. It ex­
ists under different sbajies in all governments,
more or less stii'e<l. controlled or repressed,
but in those of tbe popular form it is seen in
its greatest rankness, and i.c truly their worst
enemy. ♦ ♦ * * * ,\|| obstructions to the
execution of laws xcm’ to organic faction, to
give it an artificial and extraordinary force;
to put in place of the delegated will of the iki -
/¡011 the will of a party, often a small but art­
ful and enterprising minority of the commun­
itv, and, according to tho alternate triumphs of
different parties, to make the public adminis­
tration the mirror of ill concerted and incon-
ginous projects of faction, rather than the or­
gan of consistent and wholesome plans digest­
ed bv common counsels and modified by mut­
ual interests."
1 have made these quotations for tbe pur­
pose of holding up the mirror to those "cal­
culating. Republicans" who are howling for
jiartv organization, by which they mean only
party machine, and who are vainly seeking to
rehabilitate it bv overthrowing the Primary
Elections Law ami Statement ,V<>. 1 as tbe
means bv which politics may be restored to
them as a business.
Neither Statement No. 1 nor the Primary
Elections Law is the perfect instrument of gov­
ernment that their advocates and defenders de­
sire: but they have proven as reasonably ef­
fective as their hampering environments will
permit. and have given life and potency in Ore­
gon at least to the public demand for the elim­
ination of the boss and his machine from party
control, and have pros ided in this State for the
exclusion of Oregon's United States Senator­
ships from the auction block at Salem.
As pointed out many times heretofore.
Statement No. 1 does not pretend to penalize
dis.ibendience to its mandates by the infliction
<>f corporate punishment in goods or person,
nor in any manner to contravene the Statutes
and the Constitution, but when it aims to db
and what it does, i> by legal methods to define
specifically the popular will in a given matter
and to keep constantly before the legislator the
essential fact that lie is nothing more than a
public servant, temporarily clothed with au­
thority to execute the popular will as it may
be manifested to him in an authoritative form.
Tbe men who were instrumental in engraft­
ing upon the political system of Oregon this
desideraVioi are in the very highest sense of
the term Republicans by nature, the character
of whose achievements demonstrates exactly
w here they belong and w here they would have
been in the days of Lincoln and the Civil War.
But Oregon's gain by this development of civil
government is not all her own. The example
it affords to other States in the wav it points
out as the wav of escape from intolerable
abuses, grown tip under the machine and boss
system of |x>litics, is not being lost on the great
sisterhood of American commonwealths, flfanv
<>f them are even now in Titanic struggle with
the potential powers that dominate their gov­
ernments, endeavoring to wrest themselves
from machine control preparatory to the next
step for the rescue of their Senatorial elections
from sale at auction.
/ advise my friends and constituents in Ore­
gon in their own interest, in the interest of
cleaner politics, in p'ç ¡nicest of true Repub­
licanism, in the interest of completely enfran­
chised and ideal American citizenship, Io votJ
for Statement No. I nominees only for the leg­
islature in the Republican primaries in April;
to vote only for Statement No. 1 nominees in
the June election. In Oregon the key to Con­
tinued triumph for Republican party principles,
in the rule of the vereign people, as exem­
plified in Lincoln and Roosevelt, is the per­
petuation of our Primary Elections Laic and
Statcineni No. 1.
Respectfully,
JONATHAN BOURNE, Jr.
February 15. I<jo8.
arwl lw convincevi that our Ire Crextiii
and ( *n<ljm arc the beat.
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