The Santiam news., May 22, 1908, Image 5

SCIO. OREGON. MAY 22. l’.'iis.
Chamberlain or Cake,
Which?
la less than two week*, the voter* of
Oregon will cleet one of the two candl
dates for the United State* Senate,
which were elected the nominees of
their respective parties, at our late
primaries. If voters would lianish from
their thought*, all partisan influence or
personal bias, and vote for the candi­
date who can best serve Oregon's in­
terests. it would lie an ad of wisdom.
Possibly this may be done; though such
a result is hardly probable. However,
voterswill do well to size up the two
men in point of ability and fitness; re­
membering that interests of ths entire
state are in the balance, and that Ore­
gon is entitled to the very best ability
obtainable for the jswition.
The N ews attempts to give a brief
history of the public career of each of
the can*!'-!;i’<■■*; not that it will b< of
service to old residents, for it will not,
but for the Iwnefit of the young voter
or those who have recently chosen a
home in Oregon.
Mr. Cake’s public career can be
given in a brief [«»ragrsph. Two years
ago he was a candidate liefore the pri
marie* for the IJ, S. senate, when
Jonathan Bourne was nominated and
elected. He, at that time, ns during
the primary canqiaign of this year,
was a strong supporter of Statement
No. 1. Senator Bourn.* was a support­
er of Statement One as well. This
time Mr. Cake had no op;s»ait:on in the
Statement One camp and won out over
his competitor, Senator Fulton, hand­
somely. After his success nt the pri­
mary jsills, Mr. Cake has seen oroper
to change front, to some extent, on
Statement No. I. He has found it ex­
pedient to placate the Fulton faction;
because he wanted their votes, and
now he has assumed the identical txvsi-
tion helil by Senator Fulton before th«*
primary election. He is now attempt­
ing to effect a go»xl sued stradd'e, by
placing one fool in the Fulton camp
while he attempt* to retain the other
in the Statement One or Bourne follow­
ing.
By assuming this equivocabke
position, he has t>ecn able to have his
brother »elected as chairman of the Re­
publican state central committee,
t'lose political observers believe he has
made a grave tactical blunder, in so-
doing. which may result in his defeat.
Further than the above. Mr. Cake has
no record as a public man. Prvately
he is an honorable, genial gentleman
and worthy the friendship of any man.
Governor Chamberlain has long been
tMiforc the public eye. He has held
numerous public noaitkms and the man­
ner in which h«* ha* acquitted himself
in all of these positions, is a matter of
re >rd.
Th<* pub!i«* has much from
which to make up its opinion as to
what manner of man he is. and
w hether he has been true to the va­
rious trusts impose«! ujwn him.
Some time about IH75, George E.
Chamberlain landed in Albany, a young
man without money or friends. Hui
only asset was a willing dispu*ition to
undertake any honorable employment
that might be offered. The N ews man
way one of his first acquaintance*, and
assisted somewhat in his securing the
position of teacher in a country school
which position, we believe, he tilled
with satisfaction to his employer«.
His first pot i tic al noaition was as
deputy clerk of Linn county.
Hi«
clencle ability is of high order ami
coupled with a genial friendly nature
gave him a general acquaintance with
the jieople of Linn county, which has
ever been flattering to himself and an
bon. i to hr- n | i;u»ita*ic« ■
At t».
etai of two years, he entered one of the
Albany law offices ami. a few months
thereafter, was admitted to practice in
the courts of Oregon.
Mt i I . . • '
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that it is ami was impossible for him to
keep out of the political game. Ills
first elective position was as a member
of the lower house of the Oregon legis­
lature. He next appears as the < :»ndi-
date of the Democrats of the third
judicial district, for the |iusit>on of
prosecuting attorney
Hi* opnonant
was Judge
E. Wolverton, now of
the II. S. district court, of Portland
The district then iu> now. was heavily
Republican in nolities. Ibis did not
deter Mr. Chaodierlain in the le.ul. He
prosecuted such a vigorous campaign
that he won out handsomely. Some
time about the year llftW) he engaged in
banking, being cashier of the l«*nn
county* National bank. Ba-,«mg not
prov mg congenial, he retired in t year
or two to the practice of law, st,11 re­
taining his moneyed interest in the
bank. His association with the Linn
county National eventually caused his
financial ruin. In the financial crash
of the early V**i the Linn county
National was among the first of the
thousands of financial inst.tutions to go
to the wall. The crash involved the
I um of, not only the stock Mr. Cham­
berlain helil in the bank. but his entire
private property as well. Being I roken
financially, Mr Chamberlain thought
Portland offered a tetter field of on­
deavur. So, with nothing but his law
library as captto), he and family re­
moved to th« metrofxdi* and he com­
menced rebuilding hi« finances.
When th«* o(Tir«* of attorney general
was eatablishe»!. Governor I’ennoycr
•elected Mr. Chamberlain for the of­
fice. He was elected to succeed him­
self for a full term; retiring to his law
office in Portland at the cluse of his
elective term. A few years later he
was nominated and elected prosecuting
attorney in the Portland district, to
which office he was re-elected. During
his second term as prosecuting at­
torney, Mr Chamberlain was nominal-
cd and elected to the office he now
hol<Is, and in which he is now serving
hi* second term, it should lie bourn in
mind that in every public position Guv.
Chamberlain has hold. he has secured
his election, by overcoming very heavy
adverse majorities This fact is a high
compliment to his integrity as a man.
and hi* devotion to duty as an official.
He has mail«* gissi in every public |««i-
tion he has held. He has proven faith­
ful to every trust imposed upon him
and at the command of the ¡>eoph* he
has ever moved up a step higher.
In his position as governor of a great
state, he ha* shown to the ¡a-opls th t
he i* far above ordinary men in point
of ability, ami that he i* ever alert in
taking care of the interest* entrusted
to him. One of his first official ads as
governor, was to call a halt in th«*
method in which the school lamia of the
state were being frittered away, lie
believe«! that, even at the low price of
»l.il per acre, the state was being de­
frauded.
Investigation proved his
suspicions to lie true
He caused the
selling price of school Iambi to lw in
creased to («> per acre, and he recover­
ed L> the slate thousands of acres
which wore I wing secured fraudulently.
Governor Chamberlain dug up an old
law from whence It had I ven quietly
sleeping for 2 • years or more. He
found, that when the locks were built
at Oregon City. th<* «»ate granted the
locks company aid, and tn return for
this aid, th«* state was to receive ten
per cvnt. of the gross earning» of the
ticks company. This ten per cent was
paid only for n year or two. The locks
comjuuiy then quit pay'inr, and th«*
state otli er* were so derelict in duty
that they neglect»-1 to ea ;«»• in«» com
party to liv«* up to his contract.
But Governor Chamberlain !>«*liev «si
that the statute of limitation dd not
maintain on a continuous contract, lie
saw that the locks eompnnv was I •
faulting in payment. H *. therefore,
caused «nt t.» le brought in the Mult­
nomah courts to enforce c > nplvanc *.
Th«* court deeide l against the state and
the Governor then can-*«d the « ut to !**■
appealed tn the supreme court. Thst
court, a few days ago, der l»*d in favor
of the state, ani the »tut» will now Is*
able to recover several hundred th«»u
and dollars from the locks co ; .i*iv
In «*.lea having th«* right to b I the
lucks at :i reasonable vHluatto*
Something near two yen s a *•>,
Governor Chamberlain leea n«» so n»-
what s i'p.i <uis an tn the r .anner i
wh'ch State Treasurer Steel was hard-
ling the state and school funds. II*
caused Treasurer Steel (wh'ch war
much agniiint Steel's will! to double th«*
»’count of hi* ¡Minis to the state H*>w
wise the governor was, w a* <*j»tat>lu»h<d
a few month* taler. When thè
the T th*
Guarantee and Trust Inni, of Puri-
land, fa:)«*<) last fall, it waa fmd thul
nearly 1400,000 of thè stai '» money
were involved in ih«* crash, nearly
(300,000 being state school fund.«, The
bonding company was forced to cc o*i. e
forward an I make good, to the state,
the full amount. il ad noi Guvwriior
Chamberlain been a’ert and watchful
of th«- people* inter« -I.«, a larg»* ¡art,
if not all of the furai« involved in the
colapsed t ank, would havo le»*n loet to
th«* state.
Governor < ha’nberlain, as ¡^W-i.-r
of the state has made good in a;; cmi-
nant degree
Any of the governor*,
during the past 2» years. had th«* op-
purtunity of bringing the locks company
to time. They faileil to do so. Govern-
rr Chamberlain has succeeded, and to
him full credit must be given.
This brief history of both can Mates
for senator is given, for the purpose,
as before slated, of enabling voters
who are not familiar with th«*ir public
respective careers, to select the better
man for that high position. Governor
Chamlierlain has been tried So long and
so thoroughly and in so rr.anv public
positions that wo know he woul.1 Is*
true to the peoples interests in every
Instance, We know we can safely
trust him. and that he will rr akf good, I
a< he ever has in every |Hiblic position.
Mr. Cak«* is largely an unknown
quantity. His only public act, that of
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he will sacrifice principle in order to
»*• nr«* an election to office, we ar«* con­
strained to believe h«* doe* not |»wi«'i>s
that firm flxetinesa of |iurpoeo which
v»c deem essential in an United Stat» *
senator. Mr. Cake might prove >ufll-
rient to withstaial the many influence*
which are brought to laiar on the
average U. 8. senator we say he
might, but we don't know. On the
o!herhan»l weknow George E. Chaml er-
latn would prove tru-- to hl* trust. The
matter u» up to the voter to decide.
Will you I»* governed in your »» lection
by rvuson ata! judgement, or will yui
be guverneti by the |*aitv l»i*n?
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