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mereiai interests” over the people at for Abraham Lincoln. For years he capacity, I have been trying to do of the people, fier choice ought When the meeting adjourned,! to do her honor. President Newell, of Washington' has been prominently oonnected with for the interests of us aH. large. The problem to be solved ia to County; Commissioner Judd Geer J “ In the larger field of National public work in Oregon and nothing ELECT CLEAN MEN. can be found to besmirch his record. politics I am in accord with the find the best man for Oregon. He of Union County, and Commis- He has labored diligently for the wel purposes of our great Republican ought to have a wide and intimate aioner A. H. Carson and many Mad raj (Crook Co.) Pioneer fare of the state. In no way can he President. He is fcut putting in knowledge of the people, of their other« assured their retiring pres- K PortUn., i, , W ti." practice, effectively, the fundamen business, of their industries, and Went that the counties they were the niai 1 £ p r - n t- d a y ■ “ po H tW « .” , h « a tal principles of the party to which of their needs. He should be able from would not forget the work he “ • . . . . . . everv effort enas in subservience to 1 have devoted my whole life. There to reflect in his own person and had done for the1 fruitgrowers and . The Old Story.— “But, papa, ha says Senate, and there is doubtless not a bbssisni and in disregard to the wel may be dispute about details, but character the influence and aspira farmers when primary day rolled he can’t live w ithout me." “Give ua s' new one; I told that same story te voter in the state who has not re fare of the country as a whole. He there, never can be a controversy tions of the atatfit) As the United around. ycur mother!" ceived one or more of these commu about the fact that our party is de States senate is supposed to W and is not afraid of responsibility and The Automobile F rig h t— Sidney— nications. His “ barrel” is said to be would not shirk his duty. IH b long voted to the doctrine of justice to ought to be the noblest delibera- E. L. SMITH FOR SENATOR. wide open, and most of the papers and successful career in public af all and special . privileges to . none. tive body 6n pawn. Pregon ought Shaniko (Wasco Co.) Republican. Why don’t you talk as we ride? lto<|* ncy— W e ill I can’t think w ith my in the state arc carrying cuts of him fairs, his acquaintance with present- Theodore Rooee ooeevelt is ^committed to to give to that body Vie very beat Hon. E. L. Smith, of Hood River, hair standing on eud. and numerous reading notices at #o day men and events, and his upright that principle, and as I support him that she has. has entered the race for United No Escape.— Bell Boy (outside o f much per inch. Jn striking-contrast in that course in my humble capac Without! depreciating any can is the dignified attitude of Hon. E. character unite, in making him a man ity as a citizen, I should be proud didate to 0i is office it seems t^at States senator on the republican room 65)— Say, the gaa ia escaping la of whose class we have too few in ticket. With Smith, Cake, Ixiwell there. Countryman (Inside of room L . Smith, of Hood River, who is also of credentials from Oregon to speak Hon. E. Lj Smith, of Hood River, and Bourne out for the senate hon 66,— No, It ain’t; I locked the door. a candidate for the Republican nom public life. We need many more of her officially in support of his fills these requirements. No mao ors, it has mixed things to a point A Vacuum.— A pupil In' a Lyn» ination for the United States Senate. such.men at Washington. great policies. « knows the people of Oregon bet where you can look upon the sit (Mass.)school was asked by hla teaches Mr. Smith’s candidacy fnr the sup Immediately upon announcing his people ’ s first free choice . ter. No man ia better acquainted uation as a free for all. E. L. to give the deflultltyu of a vacuum— candidacy, Mr. Smith forwnrded his port of the people at the coming “ Ifor the first time in our history with their industries. No man Smith is a Wasco County man, “1 ciyj’t Just describe it," said ba, "but resignation as president of the State primaries should receive favorable the people arc to express their knows better what the people want and perhaps is the best known I have It In my bead.** Board of Horticulture and of the consideration. choice for Senator. I shall loyally and ought to have in respect to public man in the state today. He Wanted a Circus.— The Child— ^ re Oregon Development League in or accept their verdict. I think that federal legislation. you the trulne^l nurse mamma said From the Oregonian. is well qualified, and would un der that these organizations might wua coming? The Nurse— Yea, doarj verdict ought to be expressed with No man stands higher in the es doubtedly make Oregon an able Tio the trained nurae. The Child— Let’s • be kept free from polities. His the (Oregonian Coast Special.) out undue solicitation and only teem of the people than he. His representative in the halls of con- Hood River, Or., March 7.—A after a free and fair discussion. J see some of your tricks. ory of the direct primary law is that commanding ability, the power o fig r‘ e 88. it is for the purpose of securing a committee of representative business want you to hear in mind that it is Those Foreigners-— Doctor (after tureful examination}— Some foreign froe. and uninfluenced expression of men and local political leaders last not my claiih/or my interests or my expressing his ideas with force and clearness, his charm and dig substance la lodged. In your eye. Deu- the'people’s choice. The use of hoo night tendered a reception to Hon. arpbition, or those of any other nity of manner, are such*.as be nla— Oi knowed utl Tbot’» what Ol die to corrupt public opinion and in E. L. Smith, candidate for the nom candidate that are at stake, but your come the senator from Oregon. git f*r w urruklu’ Dugoetl fluence the primary election is in ination for the United States Sen direct opposition to the evident in tent of the law, and is but a return to the old machine methods. • But the difference is not in meth od only. It goes further than that, to the type of the men who are as piring to be the Republican party’s choice for United States Senator. The Portland candidate’s record for corrupting and debauching legislators, his open and shame less attempt to “ buy up” the legislature during two senatorial campaigns, is too recent history to need rehearsing. Standing out in bold contrast is the untarnished po litical record, the clean priv&te life, the long years of unsfclfish and high- minded effort for the .best interests of party and state, of Hon. E. L. Smith. In this crisis in our coun try ’s development, when the people’ll beat interests are at stake in the fight against corrupt capital, the people of Oregon should take the lessons of the past' home to themselves,, and aend clean, honest men to represent them in the United States Senate. ' own interests and your owfi welfare. The reception was held in the Whatever has been in the past it is parlors of Mount Hood Hotel. The now the ________ Senator of the people to affair was in the n a fftre o f a love j,e named, and Kb should be named feast, and those present took occa by the people, and for the people. sion to opngratulaté Mr. Smith upon If it is not to be^so, this primary his candidacy and to indorse him. law will have failed of its purpose. ‘ Mr. Smith had been ill for sev And now, my frcinds, I want to as eral days, and although somewhat sure you that I shall always be weak, his response (o the address of happy to retain, as I hope always to welcome and indorsement was de deserve, the good friendship of «my livered in happy vein. The open neighbors, and I bid you good ing address was delivered by M. P. night.’’ •••' •" I sen berg, who was followed by Hon. A. A. Jayne. Both speakers con E. Lr SMITH FOR SENATOR. gratulated the guest of honor and Condon (Gilliam Co.) Times. spoke of his eminent (jtness for the E. L. Smith, of Hood River, for high office of United States Senator. Mr. Smith was visibly affected by United States Senator is by far the remarks of Messrs. Isenberg and strongest and best man in the race for senatorial honors. - He has Jayne, and said : ’ “ I t is difficult for me te thank never been associated with any of you in fitting terms for this gracious the various factions in the past, ate. reception. T ik'toe°yiir“lovdty and ¡ft?d his character and record are esteem more particularly because above reproach. He has shown by ■ 1 his work in the past that he has you are my neighbors and friends, and because, your welcome, I am the best interest of the state at sure, is nót in tlie-least prompted or heart. ’He Jias never baited* a qualified by political or other con ticket, he has never used subter- fuge or gaaft in any manner to siderations than your good wilL “ But I am not permitted to for further his political ambitions. get that tlie occasion of your kind Clean, faithful; straightforward reception is my candidacy for the and capable, he ought to get the Uniteli States Senate. That makes largest vote of any man in the ____________ _ it most appropriate for me to 'say race. first to you, niv most intimate as SMITH THE PEOPLE’S sociates, and through you to my, CHOICE. wider constituency, what, principles would be my guide in the great of Irrigon (Morrow Co.) Irrigator. fice to which, with some reluctance, There are five candidates in our I have consented to stand. —-s, state for United States senator; “ J fully appreciate the tremen four of whom are what might be dous. scope of the office. I t has re called office seekers, and one, Hon. lation, not only to the interests of E. L. Smith, of Hood River, whom Oregon, hut to the interests * / our the office is seeking. great Nation, for the Senate of the In other words, Mr. Smith is the I’nited States is not a tribunal only one of the candidates who merely for the aggrandizement of was not a candidate until the peo- the states there arc there repre pie—the voters—from every coutt- sented, but is a , . bo<ly , , . having , - in ,ty an d al most every city, town and cliarg... in the h,ghert degree, U » |haBl|et the .tnte dertTuded thnt weighty matters of our duties and he emerge from his Hood River Ve n T|«.ii,ilnlitie. of one of the '»How“ hi«' name to be She Whistles.— An Irishman asked E. L. SMITH. a Scotchman one day why a railw ay efigtae was called "she.** Sandy re Corvallis (Benton Co.) Times. plied: "Perhaps It's on account of the That the republican voters are l’.orrlb'o noise It tnakea when It tries ready to go in a body to some man to « bistle." and that they will go to some lead "There She Blows!"— On the voyage er if he can be found, is likely. W h at Is the corollary of "honest a school of whales.-Was sighted, and Their friends claim that Lowell of graft?’’ Why, an honorable term in the the millionaire plumber rubbed hla Pendleton, or Smith of Hood f penitentiary.— New York Evening Mat). bands In' ecstasy., "»»ay la be so River, furnish the best avenu# of M arshall Field was not the richest happy?” asked a passenger. “ Because," escape. Both are able and both man In the United States.* He wits whispered the captain, "btf Imagines are pure, and each has the advant merely the heaviest taxpayer.—Chicago each spout la a hursted water-pipe, to be repaired al^regular rates." . age of being outside the pale of the Tribune. Poultney Bigelow forgets thnt only W h at H e H a rt.— A well-known Portland strife. Smith in particular is a farmer, Standard O il magnates are privileged Judge fell dowu a flight of stairs, re big enough for the position, and, to handle legal questions flippantly.— c e d in g bis passage by a bump on t cry step until he reached the hot- what is best of all, with a mental Birmingham Herald. A servant ran to hla assistance^ Now they aay the Chinese want a rn- tom habit and environment that has public. And yet It I* doubtful I f the sn<l, raising him up, aaldr "1 hope kept him in perfect touch with the aveagge Qhlnaman could pronounce the your honor Is not hurt?” "No," said great masses of the people word.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. * | the Judge, sternly, “ my honor is not throughout his life. » I t Is rumored that Grover Cleveland. b urt hot my bead la. Isn’t enjoying the »12.000 salary he la| Not wonderful!— lie pointed out to a PRESIDENT SMITH RETIRES drawing from one of the big Insurance r.ewly arrived Paddy the grandeur of FROM BOARD OF HOR companies.— Memphis Commercial-Ap- tLo Niagara, w ith the words, “There, peal „ I nowl Isn’t It wonderful?" “ Wonthcr- TICULTURE. k m m m U. u m *¡¡7 — ■‘»«■f tr* ' W. K*. Newell Buecessbc. to combine . „ I n . t Vcntoucl. It M be- ""J oocr.dh«». " x *« !" . OJ Portland Oregonian, April 10th. ItoTbi that th e , could o re n S u lV « h ip ' 'c a n ’t eee anything wontberful In that E. L. Smith, who.for six years the South American nation.— Indlanap; — w hat la there to binder it from com- A BUSINESS PROPOSITION. past has been at »the head of th e.0,,a 8taT- big over?” board, tendered his resignation as| The world lost one of Its bravest, Coals to Newcastle.«—W ife —W hat Is Madras (Crook Co.) Pioneer. president of the State Board of knight Best souls and the United States meant, John, by the phrase, ‘Carrying ' Hon. E. L. Smith', of Hood River, Horticulture, at the semi-annual one of ltsSmoet patriotic citizens when coals to Newcastle?* Husband— I t IS vrhese friends throughout the state meeting held yesterday morning in “Fighting Joe” Wheeler went o u t— a metaphor, my dear, showing the do* urged him to run for the gulx’rua- Ing of something that Is unnecessary. the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Chicago Tribune. torial nomination because they be Smith retires from the active head Form er President Cleveland Is weary W ife — I don’t exactly understand. Give lieved thdt he was pre-eminently the hla Job aa rebate referee for the big ms an Illustration— a fam iliar one. of the organization in order to of man to lead the. Republican forces Insurance companies. The question of Husband— W ell, If I Were to bring you give his entire attention to his what to do w ith our ex Presidents h as' home , to victory, is going to prove an equal entitled. ’H ow to Talk,* campaign for nomination for not 5 r t been solved.— 8 t Louis Olobo- that woald ly strung candidate for the United carrying coals to New* United States senator. The meet States Senatorship, for which office Dem ocrat craHe. ing was Jargely attended by those M r. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Is s he has announced,himself. - No man The W ay out of I t — When preaching interested in horticulture in Ore great adm irer of the friend of Pott- ferfa in the state has Iwxm more closely public charity, a note waa hand- gon. Genuiire regret was ex phar's wife. W hy not dedicate the ed up to the clergyman, asking if Ik identified with the state’s develop pressed at Mr. Smith’s retire Sunday School to " S t Joseph of the would be right for a bankrupt to con- ment during the past 30 years, and ment. " Egyptian corn corner?”— New York tribute. H aving answered that such none knows better than he her pres Mr. Smith sent in his resignation Evening Sun. . contribution would be robbery, the ent needs. In his capacity as presi to the society some time ago, but Marshall Field achieved distinction speaker added: "And, my brethren, 1 dent of the Oregon' Development action was delayed until yester not by being the richest merchant In would most strongly advise you, w ho League, Mr. Smith has been closely day. . President Smith presided the world, but by being Its greatest are not Insolvent, to contribute this ip touch with the forces now directed over the meeting until after he taxpayer. A more substantial concep- ’ rxornlng, since. If you are seen to past toward the exploitation and devel had read his report; then he sur tlon of probity Is not possible.— Cum- the plate, your neighbors w ill be sure opment of the country “ where rolls j to say. “That's be! T h a t’s the bank- rendered the' chair to Commis berlsnd News. the Oregon.” His election to the,eat nations of the civilized world. used for th a t high office ” sioner Wilbur-K. Newell, of Wash Young M r. Rockefeller tells bis BI- Senate would not only be a just re- i To you, my neighbors in our beau- ble class that a He Is never Justifiable. | l i e W aited.— "Supposing you wait And why this demand! Be ington County- Ex-Commission- ward to a man who has given a good tiful little valley, I may-express my When his turn comes In the Standard here in this comfortable seat by the cause the peopl^—the voters—be inapy of the licst efforts of his life hesitation in assuming so stupen- lieve that the state at large owes a er James H. Reid, of Multnomah O il Investigation the public may look elevator while I match these two sam- County, when Mr. Newell was for some Interesting testimony.— P h lla-Ip les ot ribbon,” said Mrs. M a y fa ir to the advamvmcnt of his state’s in- xlous a task. k debt to Mr. Smith that can be par made president, became commis delphla Inquirer. - I sweetly to her husband, who had been te r > t^ hut it would place him in a will leave xo task ixdoxe . tially repaid by sending him to the Senator Depew’s colleagues gave him trapped Into going shopping with posit!.«/ where he «mid continue ¿ But j hope the fact that j ap_ United States senate, and they fur sioner for the First District, whieh those efforts to tlie greatest advant- pr<vjate the magnitude of the trust ther believe that he of all men in had been held by Mr. Newell. Mr. a hearty hand-shaking “vindication" t h* r- W h«n “he came back ■h® age Of ns state. I here would I*® will lx* some assurance to vx>u and to the state is best equipped to rep Smith has devoted a greater part when he appeared In hla seat the o th e r, c o n “Have I kept you w aiting of his long residence in Oregon to day. This may encourage Senator if u r - ' an ««Pardonably long time, you poor less polities and more good biwi- the |M.opie of this atate that j wiH resent us in that great body. ®*«<te<I 1L horticulture; Mr. Smith’s report ton to venture Inside the chamber.— 9 *a r r ’ *.Oh’ * , ness sense in the election of E. L. omit nothing that my capabilities Augusta Chronicle. I h? aa,<S- <’h* e rf« ” y- 1 Juat Jumped on And the campaign is demon Smith to the 1 m W States Senate or rcw)uiw s can eommanff to per- strating the power of the people was listened to with interest and .. . 1 a car and ran out to the league grounds I f Commissioner O .rfle ld wasn t got-' , nd M W mo, t of the ba„ Jr#m# gn(1 tlian an\ <>» icr candidate who has form the task to your credit and to and is putting to rout the theory it w’as plainly apparent that the speaker when he neared the end ting Information from the packers for then , took „ ,, tt|e gp|n ,n (h# park yet lieen named. mine. that the patent medicine method of his report waa visibly touched. prosecution purposes, why then get It w lth p ^ o n in hla new auto. Did “ Of course, a Senator from Ore of advertising and cheap dema After Mr. Smith’s report was at all? Was It to satisfy his curiosity you matçh the R a ih p le -r ..One of E. L. SMITH FOR SENATOR. gon must care for the interests of gogue promises can win against read, Commissioner A. II. Carson, or to supply m aterial to magazine w rit them. I t ’s so proioklng. I ’ll have to - Bend (( ’rook Co.) Bulletin. Oregon. I think I know what such a man as Mr. Smith, for now Charles A. Park and Secretary ers?— Dallas News. come In again to-morrow, for they are The reform wave thnt ¡¡^.passing those interests are. At least where with the primaries but a few days Lamberson were appointed a com The victims of the “get-rlch-qulck” closing the store now." ovey the country, with its at’tendant I may lack knowledge, I know ahead of us the triumphant elec mittee by President .Newell to systems are not all poor, superstitious Hard on Norah. expotsiireH of graft and «irruption in where and how~lo inform myself. tion o f Hon. E. L. Smith is prac draw up farewell resolutions to and Ignorant men away from our cities. Scene: The Wilsons* dining room. Take the frenzied financiers and see some of our heretofore most trusted 1 am not, I never shall he the can tically assured. Mr. Smith. The appreciation of bow they, too, are swept away In the Norab, the slovenly cook, puts her public men, has set the jx*ople to didate of special interests. The Mr. Smith’s services to the State whirlpool.— Louisville Post head In at the door. state, the whole state, and all CHANCE FOR THE PEOPLE. thinking seriously and is impressing Board of Horticulture and as Summing up the press diepatches, we N o rth — Plsze, ma’am, win ye be Ih a t tends to make it great, indus them with the great need of electing Catholic Sentinel, PortlanjI. president follow: might say that I f he Is not killed In afth er tellln* me whin I ’m to know men of high character to pubhc of trially, socially and commercially, The election of a United States Whereas, The Hoh. E. L. Smith, the hazing process, the modern fighting whether th ’ puddln’s baked or not? fice. Good government 4ias always morally and materially, that will be Senator has hitherto been the far of Ilood River, Or., commissioner man In either arm of the service stands Mrs. Wilson— s t ic k a knife in to the demand«] thia, hut the recent ex my great constituent. middle of IL and If the knife comes out “ Ijabor and capital, the country thest removed from the influence at large and president of the a reasonably good chance of dying from clean the pudding is ready to send to posures are showing the people that of public opinion. The results o ld ‘age.— Portland Oregonian. State Board of Horticulture of the <-areleHsnet>ji and negligence in choos and the city, agriculture and com the table. , t Senator C lark’s feat of bnlldlng a M r. Wilson, And, Norah, i f it does ing their, repnwentatives, coupled merce, everything that constitutes have been widely unsatisfactory. State o f ‘ Oregon, has voluntarily railroad without bonds m a fia the n For the first time in American his tendered his resignation as such come out clean stick all the rest of the with individual selfishness and dis the interests of the people, and all the tory the people of the state have official, and his labors on behalf of t^eme of simple as opposed to frensled knives In the house Into the pudding.— horn-riv, jfcill never procure honest people, of the high and the low, the and also discloses an Idea Woman’s Home Companion. governmen). ( ’onseiiuently, ns the rich and the poor, these are, in my provided by law’ for an authorita the state have thia day officially finance, which should make R easy for the Sen jM-ople sex* how largely our national judgment, the objects of the trust tive expression of the popular will ended; be it ator to dispose of the »40,000,000 stock Oldeaa o f A ll H u las . in thO election of a senator to the Resolved, That we, members of advantageously. government h controlled by the big repos«! in a Senator of the great The oldest architectural ruins in tha There are more ways United States senate. A the State* Board of Horticulture, state of Oregon. I would not be trusts and combines, they are begin one of kIHIng that amiable dog, world are believed to be the rock-cut This law, epgcted by the people express our sincere regret in los than the Investing public— SL Louis Repub temples at Ipsambool, on the le ft bank ning to look nlw»iit lor honest as well witling to undertake the office with themselves, inqioses on them a ing a presiding officer so valuable, lic o f tha Nile in Nubia. Tha largest o t us «nnpetent men to represent them a lower idea of its responsibilities. at Washington—nien who are above You ought not to accept a baser new duty. The individual elector whose advice and counsel have al Forty years ago Robert » . Lee was these ancient tem plet contains eleven has all the responsibility. .H e ways aided ua in our endeavor to standard for your standard. apartments hewn out of solid stone. even the suspicion of corruption. offered the presidency of a Northern makes his own investigation $nd Tha largest single stone need in thia “ I could, perhaps; if I had time, build qp the fruit industry of the As the Bulletin has previously Insurance company at a salary large w ork is one which forma a veranda stahxl, E. L. Smith, of Hood River, Jell you of some things Ixmeficial ekefeises his own choice. He is state; that while his labors offi eueugfc for those days. H a Wrote that like projection along one aids of the is such a man. His recent announ«> to Oregon that I am in favor of. under no dictation but that of his cially are ended, we feel that his he hadn’t the ability or the experience main temple. I t la flfty-aeven fast »rent to seek el««tion to the United But 1 think I can, without immod own conscience and the sense of zeal, energy and personality as a to command such a salary. H a waa long, fifty-tw o feet broad and aeran* States Senate withdraws him from esty, refer you to my record regard his public duty. The people of citizen of thia state will continue told that hla name waa worth IL teen— one account saya nine—feel that relate to the gubernatorial race. While the ing many . . . things * , the • Oregon have set themselves a to aid the horticultural develop “W hat lnfiuence I have w ith the thick. belier. th.l Mr. ¡,„¡,^••<■■■'»1 «>«' P « ^ - I splendid task. That task involve« ment of the state in the future as Southern people Is not for sale,** said Lea. T h a t ended the negotlatlons.-r coal.) hivi-M-rvcd the public Mtor .» I '» " “ v™ know- w‘ ""1 ,or only, their own interests and the it has officially in the past ■od uet thrust hla hand lute a New Orleans States. times to promulgate my welfare of thrir own atate. Thia A. H. Carson, present at governor, yet there ia 119 election —■ .... > ragtag furnace evsu though be kuowa ideas of those interests. They are law was not passed to enable Charles A. Park, 1 C w U i t s«« 1«. doubt that he |>«ra<*sses those quali recorded in mV actions for manv that a pradeus Jewel Has therein. H e George H. Lamberson. Poe—There le th a t exquisite ereatnre. may be patient until the fiames are ties of character and statesmanship vears, and if yrtu and the people of the people to- make a gift of a » splendid honor, but was enacted to . President Newell made his re Miss Peerline, over thdre. Unlock for spenL— From “The Bishop’s Niece," hg, tjiat will make him a valuable mem this s|ate accredit me to the Senate ber of the Senate if elected to thnt you will but afford me a wider field enable them to choose a senator port as commissioner for the me the deer of hope by Introducing ssa George H . Picard. that sslxtura o f woman and office. He has l>e<n a lufe-long Re and endow me with a more potent for their own 'interest. Oregon First District, and he dwelt at to Practical ■ vary Baldheaded maa secretly am Friend—Can’t de IL has the first chance to accredit to some length upon the excellent publican, liaving egat bia first vote influence to do what, in my private the United States senate a senator v le e a peedlot boy; don’t knew the work done by the fruit inspector«. Omore j * >1