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E. L. SMITH FOB SENATOR". | “politics” and more good business
generally taken a back seat For as all other laws concerning the fill­
Boseburp (Dtouglaa Co. Spokesman. 7 ® ^
J* h 8 ®ith
the first time they now have an op­ ing of offices, is designed for the peo­
portunity to express their choice for ple’s welfare and not for the satis­
The senatorial candidates are to the United States Senate than
the office, which affects the interest* faction of individual ambitions. The
p r y i n g t o chum, before t h . Re- any other candidate who has ye$ / l
of the state perhaps more than any question before the people o t th i*
publican primaries through the news
other. There are five, candidates for state, therefore, concerns the inter­
papers.
ese are to be duly con
A POPULAR CANDIDATE.
the office in the coming primaries, ests of the state and does not con­
aidered. They present the point of
four of whom are lawyers, and con cern, except in a subordinate way
Jewish Tribune, Portland.
▼iew of the candidate as to his own
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nected with other than agricultural perhaps, the particular claims of tho
interesta
Hon. E. L. Smith’s candidacy for
interests. One of them, Hon. E. L. candidates. The true question for
But after all the real question is the U. S. Senatorahip, although late
Smith, of Hood River, has been for every voter must necessarily be what
the people’s question. The candi-' in announcement, makes prompt ap-
years prominent in the affairs that man of those who are to be voted for
dates’ interests are only subordinate.! peal to the. voters of the state. He
affect the agricultural and horticul­ will be best for the State of Oregon.
The people will very likely examine has been so prominent, not only in
tural interests. He has served for The candidate who shall receive the
the question from their own point of the 00 unci Is of his party, but in
six years as the head of the Board nomination ought to be the one who
view. We do not mead to censure many public enterprises affecting the
of Horticulture, and has been not is superior in the qualities required. ’
lie at large,
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that he has small
any candidate for making his claims people
merely a nominal head, but has.been He should have a wide knowledge of
* before the public in the. newspapers need of introduction. From one end
active in promoting the. development his stab», its needs and its various
in any manner that he may see fit of the state to the other he is known
and improvement of that great in­ industries, of its commerce, and the
ty.*
to use. I t is his privilege and it is for his energy in what pertains to
dustry. He has also been active in waterways and transportation lines
entirely proper that he announce the the public welfare. In these matters,
promoting irrigation and other in­ on which that Commerce depends.
principles that seem to him most im­ b i r activity and prominence have
terests. He has an intimate knowl­
He should be a man whose expe­
portant. But for the high office of had no relation to political prefer­
edge of the interests of the people at rience has put him closely in touch
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United States Senator the best cri­ ment. He has long appreciated the
large. His activity in the interests with the people and their interests
terion is the man himself, his record importance of the Columbia water­
of the people has not been confined so that hpy being one of them, shall
and life, and not what he, himself way, hence his efforts and influence
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to election times. He does not need, know as well as they do what those
says, or his friends say for him. For have been urgent and potent in di­
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really, to make any declaration be­ interests are.
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that office, since he is to be named rection of that improvement. He .
cause his acts and life are his best
He should he a man of presence
by the people, a man known to the perceived the capabilities of Oregon
platform in this respect."
and commanding ability to make his
people, is the only man eligible. He as a producer of fruit and has con­
Since he has been of such service knowledge, effectual, strong and firm,
ought to know the state, and all of tributed greatly to the development
to the people in his private capacity, ajid of discreet and solid judgment.
its needs and industries, and the of. that great industry. . Irrigation
it may be presumed that the office Neither political shrewdness or ac­
people ought to know him. That of arid lands is another vast field to
would not afford him wider field for tivity, nor academic or legal learning 4
is the reason why we think that Mr. which he lias devoted his energies.
his efforts. We believe, that Oregon can fill the requirements of the Sen­
Smith, of llood River, is a good can­ These activities, im portant in them­
has had in its whole existence hut ator whom the people are to choose.
didate.
selves, are more important still in
one Senator who was not a lawyer.
It is not for us to guide the voters
Mr. Smith’s view has always been showing that innate and ^invincible
Some of them have doubtless been in their choice, but to advise them
a large viaw in political matters. His public spirit which ought to charac­
good, and no reflection is meant on sincerely that their paramount duty •
party has always been to him as the terize every aspirant to so important
them, but it seems to us that it is is to themselves and to the state, and
great instrument of public good, and a position as the Senatorship. The
time for the farmers of Oregon to use to support what we conceive to be tho
merely a machine for the satis- office would enlarge his field of oper­
this their first opportunity to go to essential qualitiesoLtheir choice.
of private ambition.* He has ations, and give scope to the energy
their own class for a Senator.
\ e t , looking the field over and
been faithful to it, and faith- and judgment that have signalized
In political matters, M t . Smith seeking to apply these principles wo
lat very Urge sense that his his private efforts. The people need
has always been very prominent, not cannot forbear to say from actual
influence ban been in the party coun­ the kind of man he is in the upper
as an office seeker or office holder, knowledge that Honorable E. L.
HOW. F . L . S M IT H , O f H o o d R l v t r
sels toward\the highest ideals. But house of Congress. He is wise in
but as a wise leader and adviser. His Smith, of Wasco County» in our
his in flu e n c e « not limited to his affairs, of solid judgment, and of
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influence in his party has been ex­ judgment, meets, the requirements.
party activity. From one end of the ability and address to reflect credit
erted on that higlj plane which h^s No man in the state has more in ti- ...
this state. We think the peo-
state to the
Mr. Smith has
Mr. Smith has been a staunch Re­ PLATFORM OF MR. SM ITH . less reference to factional contests mate knowledge of its needs, none
are to be congratulated that he
been foremost in matters « id things
and struggles for office than to the stands higher* in the esteem of* the
consented to accept the nomina­ publican since he cast his maiden
affecting the material interests of
NATIONAL MATTERS.
use of his party as an instrumont jMKiple, none can bring more of that
the state. He has, therefore, come tion, and will do themselves both vote in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Smith’s political platform is for the public good. His modesty actual experience to the duties of tho
in contact with every section of the credit and service, in nominating and He is one of the 16 surviving mem­
bers of the California legislature of the Republican platform. As a can­ kept him out of this field until late, office, none has more of that active
state, and is thus able to look upon electing him.
1864 and 1865. On the recommen­ didate before the people of the state but the demands for him to stand as force and effective address, which a
Oregon as a great state, and not a
dation of Hon. William II Seward
a candidate have been .too urgent for senator ought to have.
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mere arena for petty controversies;
he was appointed secretary Mf Wash­ he is content tff be bound by the his­ him longer to resist.
as a field of varied industries and
Hood River (Wasoo Co.) News-
ington territory in 1866, and took torical and fundamental principles
We make these remarks in the in­ HON. E. L. SM ITH FOR SEN­
enterprises, and not of special or
Letter.
ATOR.
part in the deliberations of the coun­ of his party.
terest/ of the. people who are our
narrow interests. Mr. Smith has a
The name of Hood River’s hon­ cil ot, the territory.
He
is
in
accord
with
our
great
Re­
patrons
and
not
in
the
interest
of
Ione (Morrow Co.) Proclaimer.'
knowledge wide enough and a char­ ored citizen stands well at the head
In 1876 Mr. Smith established publican president in his purposes: politics. Mr. Smith’s personal char­
acter broad enough to take in all in- of the many honorable and worthy
The Proclaimer is not in Any sense
residence
at
Hood
River,
where
he
To
regulate
by
appropriate
laws
acter and his public service in a pri­ of the word a political organ, believ­
tercets, all enterprises and all classes. names of Oregon’s best citizenship.
The commercial interests will not No man is better known within the still lives. His capaccity for busi­ corporations doing an interstate busi­ vate capacity-point to him as the ing that thé interests of our state can
suffer from him because he is a man borders of our great state, and wher­ ness organization soon made itself ness, as well as all others that are ideal man to represent the material best be subserved by the selection # f
interests of this state.
of affairs. The agricultural interests ever known his ability, his broad manifest in Eastern Oregon, and within proper federal control,
our beet citizens to fill our important
To regulate railroad rates by an
will be taken; care of, because he has experience, and his unquestioned in­ this, together with his devotion to
offices. And yet, all things being
ELECTION OF SENATOR
effective
law
which
shall
be
fair
to
the
interests
of
the
community
of
an intimate acquaintance with agri­ tegrity are fully recognized.
equal,
we stand for the principles or
which he was a member, led the Re­ the shipper and to the railroads.
Bend (Crook Co.) Bulletin.
culture and horticulture. He under­
the Republican party.
For thirty years Mr, Smith has publicans of Wasco county, in 1888,
To
regulate
ipjunctions
in
labor
stands the relation of transportation been a resident of Hood River, and
How then can we do otherwise
It may be true that the technically
to nominate him by unanimous vote disputes as well as in other disputes,
to commercé and of commerce to
during that time his interests have as representative to the state legislar 'so as to prevent an abuse of that legal election of United States Sen­ than heartily espouse the cause of
reduction, and so is able to see wise- been closely identified with the in­
ator will l>e by the legislature, but it Hon. E. L. Smith for U. S. Senator?
tirre, He became speaker of the great power by the courts.
r end decide justly in matters af­ terests of our city and valley, as well
will also be true that the legislature He. is cas ly the first citizen of Ore­
house
in
the
session
of
1889.
Dur­
To
regulate
the
national
revenue
fecting the whole body of the people,
as the state at large. And much of ing that session he secured, with the system, so as to make it as stable as ¡will elect the candidate who receives gon, a Republican to whom his party
and of each in d every part tnereof. the renown our beautiful valley has
owes an immense debt, an able and
assistance of his colleague, E. O. possible, while adjusting the tariff the heaviest popular vote.
The character and person of Mr. been so justly accorded, is attribut-j McCoy, the passage of a bill through
The people are coming into the clean man—and if our people do
with regard to the interests of all
Smith are such an to command at­
habit of asserting their powers these thyjr duty he will be elected.
able to the fact that wherever he has the house appropriating $60,000 for sections and industries.
tention in any deliberative, body
days. If old laws and old customs
gone in the state, on his numerous construct ion of a portage road
To allow unobstructed commerce
nO N . E. L. SM ITH FOR U. 8 ? “
whatever. His presence is forceful,
trips outside its borders, he has never around the. rapids at Cascade Locks between this country and the Phil­ stand in the way, disregard them.
.SENATE.
’Tlie formal phrases, the mere husks,
his judgment sound, and his integ- ceased speaking of its advantages an d ' “
Fifteen years ago, when the organ­ ippine islands, to the end that our of the law arc not to prevent the peo­
ritv beyond question.
Antelope
(Wasco Co.) Tlerald.—
Opportunities.
ization called the Columbia River own people as well as the inhabitants ple from exercising the power that
\Ve think he ought to be elected
E.
L.
Smith,
of Hood River, has
For a number of years Mr. Smith Waterway Association was founded, of the islahds may be benefited by
is rightly theirs. If members of the
by the people, in order that the state was president of the Oregon State
compos'd of delegates eppointed by the. exchange of trade 1 tween them. legislature undertake to carry into announced his candidacy for the
of Oregon, which is entitled to nu­ Horticultural Society, and during ¡mayors and county courts, Mr. Smith
nomination of U. S. Senator on the
He is in favor of the early com­
merical representation in the United these years he was indefatigable in ¡was elected as president of the body pletion of the Panama canal, as it effect their, “superior wisdom” non­ Republican ticket. Mr. Smith is ono
fitates Senate with the other states his efforts to raise the standard of 1 and eerved with eminent success for will be not only of great national sense bv choosing a senator in defi­ of the strongest men the party could
of the Union, shall also be equally horticulture. Mr. Smith was presi- three years. Meetings of this asso- importance, but of peculiar benefit ance of the popular selection, such put up, and would well repi
represent
represented in character, influence, dent also of the Oregon Development j nation were held at Portland, Asto- to the people of this coast/ shorten­ legislators will go to political graves. Oregon in Congress.
ability and power. We believe if League for the past two years, or (ria, Vancouver and other principal ing the route of our commerce by This certainly—not any ret statute
—is what gives force to statement
the people will consult their own in­ more, and to his efficient services in cities throughout the state. Mr. many thousands of miles.
A SENSATIONAL LETTER.
No. 1. The people will rule.
terest and th at of the state in gen­ that capacity
Ione (Morrow Co.) Proclaimer.
acitv is due much of tin' Smith has always taken a prominent
He favors such immigration laws
Therefore the popular vote for
eral, Mr. Smith would receive the proj
A letter was recently received by
maae by this organisation. part in national irrigation. He at­ as shall insure now and forever here­
senator
is important, and every voter one of Ione’s citizens in substance as
almost entire vote of the state. A
Mr. Smith served as representa­ tended the national irrigation con­ after the maintenance of the stand­
should consider seriously his vote for
good man, a clean man, free from tive from Wasco county for one term
ard of American labor, American this office. Our next senator should follows : “The commercial interests
factions, earnest and above reproach, and on account of his well-known gress,at Ogden, Utah, and El Paso,
Texas, and was chosen along with homes and American citizenship. A r be a clean man, a man of experience of Portland are desirous that * •
he deserves the nomination and the executive ability was elected speaker Governor Pardee, of California, Gov- he believes that the p e r m a n e n t p o p ­
of this city, be elected to the United
state needs him.
of that legislative body. In fact, aajernor Morrison, of Nevada, and Sen- ulation of this oountry ought always in affaire, a
Á BU SIN ESS PRO PO SITIO N . a presiding officer he stands without at or Newlands, of Nevada, to make to be composed of such native and well if he .h e l d not come from the
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ton. He
a pebr in the shite.
jone of the replies in the formal ad naturalized citizens as can appreci­
corporation-ridden city of Portland, with the movement for state devel­
Madras (Crook Co.) Pioneer.
support of Mr. Smith’s candi-¡dress of welcome. He was elected ate and preserve the original prin­
Hon. E. L. Smith, of Hood River, dacy for United States Senator the one of the vice-presidents at large ciples on which this government is HON. E. L. SM ITH , OF WASCO. opment and is thoroughly imbued
with the Greater Oregon spirit.
whose friends throughout the sta te News-Letter takes especial pride.'nnd as such was instrumental in se- founded, he believes that immigra-
Oregon Agriculturist and Rural
“ In addition to this Mr. • • is a
urged him to run for the guberna­ This paper stands unfalteringly f q r 1 curing the meeting of the national «oa
tiqp laws ought
to be
ougnt 10
oe strictly but
nut
Northwest, Portland.
staunch Republican, a man of tact,
torial nomination because they be­ Hood River, and in no way could I t irrigation congress recently held at fairly and justly enforced, neither
Under the primary law the people integrity and ability, and we ear­
lieved that he was pre-eminently the more worthily honor our city and Portland, where he was re-elected excluding those who should be ad-
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mitted, nor admitting those who^have a new duty, imposed by them­ nestly request that you render him
man to lead the Republican forces valley tfcan by thus ¡ending its sup- j vice-president.
selves, to indicate their preference all the assistance in your power at
to victory, is going to prove an equal­ port to one who reflects so great | For the past five yeafs Mr. Smith should be excluded.
ly strong candidate, for the United credit upon our community wherever has been commissioner at large and
He is in favor of keeping the pub­ for United States Senator in Con­ the primaries.
, “ Yours very truly,
States Senatorship, for which office he goes and under whatever circum­ chairman of the Oregon state board lic service pure, by a rigid inspection gress. The office is an extremely
“ Mark, Ijo.vy & Co.”
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he has announced himself. No man stances he may be placed.
of horticulture. He is also president of the conduct of all public officers important one for it not only in
This wholesale firm has a right to
Oregon holds Mr. Smith in high of the Oregon Development League and by the swift punishment of all|volves the representation of Oregon
in thè state has been more closely
identified with the state’s develop­ esteem, the Republican party recog- and the Northwest Fruitgrowers’ As- delinquents found g u iltyof grafting in that body where all the states art» support whomsoever they may de­
equal ly represented, but also com -¡sire'and to write any letters they
ment during the past 3Q years, and nizes fully his adherence, to its prin- aociation, and no one man in the or dishonesty.
prises the function of adviser to the with, but why is this? Back of it all
none, knows better than he her pres­ ciples, and the people believe in him State of Oregon has done more for
STATS MATTERS.
president concerning all affairs and is something covered up. What is it?
ent needs. In his capacity as preai- and his ability to serve them to the horticulture in this state than Mr.
nointive officers within the state. IWh
I Why are the “commercial interests”
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regard
to matters that affect appointive
best
possible
advantage,
not
in
,an
Smith.
He
belongs
to
the
staid
ele-
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it
may
assumed
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League, Mr. Smith has been closely abstract manner, but definitely and ment of the Republican party, is one especially the people of Oregon, Mr.
themselves enacted this law,
This state wants a man for sen
in touch with the forces flow direct­ upon a broad gauge of statesman of its most aggressive members and Smith’s platform is his own per- people ttM
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for years in the
number
gentlemen
seeking and fair enough
opmeftt of the country “where rolls H°N. B. U SMITH AND THK A
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public interests and enterprises of the nomination at the hands of the at the “commercial interests,” but
th e Oregon.” His election to the
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ward to a man who has given a good Northwest Pacific Farmer, Portland were especially noteworthy.
Mr. Smith was one of the McKin-
many of the best efforts of his life] The farmers are just as much in­
and larger field and in a public capacity <*y> bringing before the people their possesses this element in a superla-
to the advancement of his state’s in -. terested in the United States Sen- ley pres* dential electors in^l896, , ___
ten ets, but it would place him in a atorehip as any other class of poop I e. i in the campaign which followed he to use the same, knowledge •nd dis- merits and asserting their claims.' tive degree is Hon. E. L. Smith, of
have been But the. object of this article is to Hood River. He ie a farmer and
position where he could continue;While other interests have In the
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throughout the 1 exemplified heretofore in his private present to our readers another .view I fruit man, not a lawyer, nor “corn-
those efforts to the greatest
advent-1 past been
looking
out A for A themselves
ident Mcl
had public career.
,of the question. The law primarily, Jniercial man” to look after the “com-
age of his stain. There would be less in these
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matters, the farmen *have, state.
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