.WS
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
No More Partie* Seeded.
At a railway bamjuet in Chicago the
counsel for one of the big roads, urged
the formation of a new party, to be
■ levotrd
«« ti 11 r«« I v
to t In- d«-fi n.»«- <4 r.i
i class of clean decent Republicans have
‘ rejected their proposition.
They arc rallying for the Statement
No. 1 candidates, who are not the ma
chine candidates in thia tight
The machine candidates want no ills*
> euaaiun before th«' fwuple ami want an
evasive pledge that will enable them to
Imrtcr for a M-nator.
The situation in t Irvgon is up to the
Republican voters whom- intelligence,
I character ami Americanism are on
trial.
s
■ \
law lieeause ti«ey claimed to twlievc in
the vlecilon ol I tilted States senator*
by direct vote of Hie people.
To now Muller a few selfish machine
txauies to nim ilam It out of the law
would be an impeachment of both their
character and intelligence, which we no
not believe they w ill stand lor, and Uw
result in April and in June will demon
ftrate that the Republican |>arty is still
the |>arty of the |**ople and not tne
|M»rty of the ts»SM ami the machine.
The people me to decide whether
they want to go bace to the old way
when a few booses named the senator.
Shall your pencil mar« in the ballot
booth count, or shall the barrel count
in electmg the » nator?
Shall the t.epublican |>arty travel
bac«wards into the hai»U ol the <na
chines or shall it go forward for clean
progress. .«■ reform«?
The ga .«• is too open and too easily
understood w lien tne machine w»ll let
the people name ail but the legislative
ticket.
The machine »ays we will name th»
legislative tic ,et for you. We want
to attend to the biunm-sc of inn .u g
senators.
Tin- Oregonian has never yet »tatev,
in an uneipjtvocal manner wbetter 4
favors electing senators by the direct
vote of liie people or nut.
The machine manager* at heart arc
op|mM*d to election of senators I
tne
direct vote ol the |wople ami are tryii.j.
to Itim-tla n them out of It.
If the people will Just lie th« c i
chine off the face of th«- earth t. - <
selfsame leaden» will walk up and sigh
Statement No. I like g.*»l d--n*. tv..
years from now. They hate no con
victions on the subject. Cap.tai Journ
al.
• 'll-
easy to organize the 1,600J *00 railway
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pose such harmful legislation against
the roads as has been enacted in many
states in the past two years. "Only
one man." he says, "can stop the anti
railroad legislation which prevaiis. and
he is the voter.
We should u-rganize
railway men into a compact |«>litn-al
{«arty, and I believe a competent leader
will arise if we sound this call now."
This sort of folly would be mischiev
ous if it were to tie heede«! by any con
aiderable numtier of persona.
But it
will receive very little attention. We
now have about as many |iarties its the
fieople will supfiort, and several new
ones are proposed.
On April 2 the
Populists w ill meet in St Louis and pul
up a presidential ticket. At Rock Is
land on May 1 the representatives of a
so-called Christian party w ill nominate
a ticket to stand on a platform which
will say that everybody not of the Pro
testant faith should I*- ttacluded from
office. The Republicans will meet in
Chicago on June 15, the Democrats in
Denver on July 7 an«i the Prohibition
ists in Columbus, Ohio, on July I...
while Hearst’s National |>arty proposes
to meet alxmt July 20 and name candi
dates for president and vice president.
One or two Socialist parties are still to
hear from, but they will hold their con
ventions in due time.
It would seem that the |>arty field is
pretty well occupied without getting
the railway workers to enter it us a
distinctive organization. The Republi
can party can look after the interests
of the railways and of all other active
ties much more intelligently and effect
ively than sejiarate organizations for
any of them could «io.
The United
States Supreme Court has just set
aside some laws which hampered the
railways, ami which were also against
the public interest, ami the court w ill
continue its work along the same line.
There u» no urgent need either for the
establishment of a new |>arty or the
town cm wi
creation of any new governmental ma
chinery. The Republicans will carry
The members of the court visited t >
the country in November, pr««M|x-rity Sanderson bridge, last Thursday, a
will soon return and some of the |«artics decided that the two s|«ans built in 1 "83
already with us will drop out of busi will have to be rebuilt this somme».
neM. —Globe Democrat, St l»uis, Mo.
COUNTY OrrtCKlUL
41IX* 141
C. II. Stewart, juilge ....
SHALL I HF. BOSSES FUM-kLAM J. w. Miller, clerk ...........
IM fiO
I til Pl OPI t ?
16t> Ml
• D. s. Smith, sheriff
(■rant Froman, reconier
160 00
A few Republican boas»-* at Portland Jas Elkina, treasurer
Kt 56
and Salem »tarter! in to hold county W. L. Jackson, aupt .............. Kt 66
convention* and put up ticket« in the F. C. Stelmacher, deputy sheriff GO IN*
old way.
W. L. Marks, deputy clerk
SO uo
The more keen and intelligent among D. It McKnight, assessor
210 00
them got cold feet as they saw it waa Mart Itilyen ............................... 40 IM*
not good "Politics.”
H Williams, ferryman
40 00
The country delegatee in Marion C. F. Clayton, ferryman ....... 4<* 00
county sat down on the proposition and
ACCOUNT KXlH.
refused to put up a ticket.
; County Charges ....................... V» 26
But the l«ossu-» did not give up. They J. I). Bennett ............................
4 75
have marie a ticket just the same and Everett Kyle A Co ..............
25 00
put the machine back of it.
fi 26
Aug. Kraschneuaki ....... .
In Portland and at Salem the better Indigent soldiers
■K-
Dr. Pnll
R. Hoflich
A lan;» A I «■ • •.<
I hr filibuster
Legislation by "unanimous rnnwn* "
»ml the edieta of th«, committee < r,
C. G Raw ling-
rules has l>een rudely interrupted in
l !t . Printing < o
the National House of Representatives
C. II . Stewart
Mr. Sereno E. Payne, whois Mr Cai
The Herali!
Ron's right-hand man in the standi. t
F. K . Churchill
policy of doing nothing. calls the mt.
J. W Miller
ruption a filibuster. Mr. John Sharp
Williams, leatlcr of the revolt, says t
UOAIIM AS i>
is nothing of the kirn! With a cert, >
j w WTi»on
acuteness he remarks that a filil.ust. r
B 1.
is an effort to prevent business bei* '
Il 1. l.a*«< lie
■lone while the sole pur|xwc of his r<
i has < rrt-l ....
bsllion is to force the Republican p
1. Butler
jority to do buaimwa. ||e declares U. t
Jake Bilyeu
Mr. Cannon ami his satellites qua o
T J. Butler
with
fear lesit some member should t-
I. W. Po nero«
to
carry
out those Presidential policies
J P Willban <
wmeh
they
all profess to admire Th. r
Hibler « Gill Co
plan of campaign is to apout innu« er
t hevler S«-r- mg
able.speeches in prnfoe of Mr |(,4,..
Fred Sommer
veil's recommemlationa. but careful)«
W n. uu.r
1« refrain from enacting any of tlo
W J. Tur ri g
into laws.
F. K Du..c..n
Mr. Williama beHeveo that the coui
1) M
try
« eager to see several law « , M .
F. M
which would transform the Presi«let.C*
tihllng
rocommemiatiom» from theorv ir.tof, ,
R. h
ami Iw haa announced that the Den1,
P. W. I
rrats will prevent the transaction of »’I
W. I.
routine business, or delay it they cm
F. L !
not
prevent it. until their oj jxm« .
W J
ronaent to do what the p-oj '. « ,
It (■« to be hoped that they
,,. ,
vere in their plan. Republican leader
in the House have adopted a po cy „
inaction which is bod for ti e . ..ui tn
and bad for the party. With a doubt
ful campaign just ahead it io«.' « III,.
folly to go before the voters with a
recon! of waste»! time am! cow ardl/
loitering with great measure«
Of course Mr. Williams ho « . to o’ •
tain for his party th.- cr.-dit . > f,
- (
their opponents to act If be ai. . . ed.
his party ought to have the credit.
Th.- long domination of the |(. p.d.l cans
in the National House has red.
that
I sb. r
body to abject submission before half a
buith Fran ia
doaen politicians wh.ewabiliti. -au-
St t nai .«-*
diocre ami whose purposes ar eq u< t-,w.
k. t . Stell i acher
able. Hartlly any free«Jom of a, r. . h
1*. S. s «.tin
remains to the memlwrs. Delate hi«»
l. H «V iu .er
become a lost «rt, deliberation ir f„r
Peat I Jewed
buklen ami what might 1« the most im
<,. M. Krmlall
portant legislative body in th.- world
C. G. i.aw imas
«loes nothing but obey the mandat,» of
it« IxHUHW.
G. G. T. r .er
R. E. Hulbert
It has Iwcome impossible for a new
A« J -
member to rise to prominence in the
Mi.». M G. S
House except by servHe adulation of
iia Bil, eu
Mr. ( annon ami his three or four do».-
E. C. i.uberts
allies. The ambitious representative
Di. J. I*. Wallace
of the people must lay asi,|v , ,.,y
J. G. Bryaut
wish that is not in harmony with the
W. A, Ki.i«aey
|Hir|M*es of this clique. He must ol ey
W m. k «-rtm.lier
their commamls. t«.a«iy to their vamty.
Glass
Prutiho nmc
submit to their regulations,
If l.e
6 OU shows any baiependent sjrint
S. P. Butger ....
he is
f> 00 ¡doomed to political ruin.
He is not
Dr. W. H. Davis
12 M permilted to apeak on th«« floor, he la
L. E. Miller
M 10 exclmlcl from important commit.... a.
Willamette Valley Co
Besides th«- above, tiills were the al-1 he is snubb»M and humiliated. Thi.s
lowances for witi < .< lees in the recent the Hous.« has lost its representative
circuit court and belore the grand jury. ! character m large part and degenerat
including th<«««e of the now notorious I ed into a mere mouthpiece for a hi th«
It i. time that
W. L. Pason, which have been called cabal of politicians.
for by lh»«««e whom P.. ■ >n owed on |mw- i this state of things came to an end. If
er of attorney ami wa< rants transfer Mr Williams can reform it by filibust
red, the road su|«r isors for attend ering or by any other method, h.- will
ance at the annual con ention ami the deserve the gratitmlr of the countr
directors for attrndai.ee at the school Ifcith the Speaker of the House ami the
convention.
l< on tin <1*1 on «rther ■sir |
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