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have a right to know about the matter before
election day.
Mr. Bowerman, the republican candidate for
governor, has announced that he would subscribe
to such pledge. This is hardly in harmony with
his very active assemblyiam. Yet, he may now
see the error of his ways and be willing to stand
by the interests of the people. But the change of
sentiment may be for the purpose of catching
votes. If so, the people are excusable if they do
not accept the statement in full. Especially,
when his opponent. .Mr. West, has ever been a
pronounced friend to all of our reform legislation.
Elsewhere in this issue will be found the state­
ment of F. J. bonny, candidate on the democratic
ticket for representative. There is no room to
d >ubt how Mr. Benny stands and every other
candidate for the legislature should be required to
pledge himself similarly.
There is an element in our state which is en­
deavoring to so cripple our reform laws, that busi-
near advantage will be served. This element
works secrctely and lias an abundance of money
at its command, to use for the accomplishment of
its designs. The element will work through the
legislature. This is why the people should use the
utmost caution in selecting members of that body.
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HENEVER THE PEOPLE OF OREGON
have had an opportunity to express their
sentiments concerning our direct primary
law. in any way or manner, they have pronounced
emphatically for the law. Of the total vote of
'.(■i.:;i"> in i.tni, th«* law was adopted i>. B
votes. The law then as now contained the State­
ment No. 1 provision. In tne election of 1!*W. a
law was propped. through the initiative, which
made the provisions of Statement One obligatory
on all legislators. That is to say, when the legis
later accept« election he becomes pledged to vote
for the people's choice for United States senator.
The measure wa* adopted by 69,668 for to 21.162
against. Thus it was demonstrated that the ¡»eople
were, not only in favor of the law as it now stands,
bit when given an opportunity to pass ujion State
ment One separate and apart from other features
of the law, they adopted it by a more than three
to one vote. This emphatic second vote ought to
lie sufficient evidence to show that the people are
overwhelmningly in favor of the direct election of
Unit .d States senators and. until the federal con­
stitution is changed permitting this, they favor the
Oregon plan. But there is a bunch of old time re­
publican political bosses and office holders who are
not willing to accept this evidence and have evolv­
ed the assembly as a means of evading the law.
As a result of the assembly, there were enough
assembly candidates for the legislature nominated,
providing they are all elect«!, to control the legis­
lature. And should .lay Bowerman be elected
governor, then assembly ism will be in the saddle
and tinkering with reform laws would be the in­
evitable result.
Should asaemblyism control the legislature and.
with a governor who would approve assembly
legi-Ution. the primary law including Statement
One will be destroyed in spite of all the |>eople can
do. By amending the law to suit their ideas and
by declaring that an emergency exists, the people
will lie helpless to prevent the accomplishment of
their purpose. There is but one plan by which
our reform legislation can be preserved for the
people, and that is to elect a legislature which is
friendly to such legislation. It would lie unsafe
to trust men too far, who have shown a disposition
to disregard the law as our assembly friends have
Mr. Bowerman is looked upon as one of
shown. Nor will it be safe to trust them because the chief instigators of the assembly. If the
of the honeyeti words the friends >f assembly ism assembly stands for anything, it is and was
are now using profusely. Only when a legislative opjiosed to the popular selection of candidates
candidate has provsn his fidelity to the primary and was and is especially bitter towards State­
law by signing Statement One and the further pur ment No. 1.
Mr. Bowerman now announces
p at»*, to rot attempt by legislative enactment, to that he is willing to subscribe to the statement
change the full purpose and intent of the reform and guarantees, if elected, to not countenance any
laws now upon our statute books. Unless a candi­ interference whatever of the primary law. If
date is willing to pledge himself in this manner, the people do not trust in the eleventh hour
no friend of the primary law and other laws, enact- conversions. Mr. Bowerman should not find
ed by the people, should vote for him. Every fault. Certain it is. had he published the state­
legislative candidate should lie ma le to show his ment he made public in last Monday’s Oregonion.
colors. He is either a friend or an enemy of these hi* assembly friends would never have given him
laws and we. the people whose votes are solicit«!. the nomination for governor.
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■■ WHOLESALE DEALEJt IS ============
T IS SOMEWHAT REMARKABLE to note the
change of political thought throughout our
nation. The Wrong of yesterday has become
and
the Right of t<slay. Of course, this change of
thought is due to a better understanding of the
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question at issue, a* least sometimes it is. When
the t ah s fall from our eyes, we see that we have
A. G. MAGERS, Prop.
Salem, Oregon
been wrong, mayha.
and a sense
right and justice forces us to attempt to be honest­
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ly right. It has been said that fools never change •...................................
their opinions, and that wise men sometimes de.
If a man has not intellectuality enough to grasp a
new truth, or an old truth stated in a new’ way,
of course he cannot nor will not change his
opinions. On the other hand, the w ise man, or
Carefully prepared by competent an I experienced
a man who has good ordinary horse sense, uses
employes thoroughly fai tiliar with the records of
his reasoning faculties.
He may have accepted
Linn County. Ai*'*ura<v, neutnes- and dispatch is
a certain view of a question as being the only
our motto. We an* now abstracting the instruments
correct solution; yet when he gets his think tank
file ! Ltilv and can -erve the public most efficiently.
into operation, he finds that he has been wrong.
\\ e u»c the most moder n and up to date system of ab­
If he is conscienciously honest, he is compelled
stracting • An unlimited amount of money to loan
to change his opinion to accord with his new vit ws
on • '« per cent, per annum on approved farm security
of the question.
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In political thought, prejudice and hideboui d
partisanism, has blocked the way to a correct and , Albany Abstract Co., L M. curl taaitr
honest view in many instances. Too many of ua,
like a band of sheep, follow our leaders in a sort
of blind manner, thinking that they must lx*
right, of course. We accept their views, because
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they are high up in the ¡»arty councils and are in
for every use.
a position to know about political matters better
Cut generous*
than we and, we accept their t.achings as being
ly full. Two
honust and true. At last, wo get to thinking
hip pocket*.
about these matters ourselves. Mayhap the leader
Felled seam*.
in w hom we have had the most confidence, has
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been proven to be wrong and dishonest; when we
areapt to conclude that his teachings were wrong
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as well. We then conclude that the only safe
course to pursue is to do our own thinking apd
when we reach this stage, a very great many of
us become politically intletwndenL
A great
many men an* now finding out that our leaders,
many of them at least, have been wrong on the THE ESMONB HOTEL
great political questions. They have been teach­
<'cntrally located, good
ing us political heresy instead of political truth.
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Now the people are taking matters into their
ate, courteous
own hands. They are distrusting the old leaders.
treatment
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They are cutting loose from partisan prejudice
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and adopting a spirit of political tolerance in
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lieu thereof. The (ample are examining political
and economic questions as never iiefore and
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from »he other fellows viewpoint, and strange to
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Our riga are fir»t clan and nur lume»
say. we find that the political cranks of a few
r»»l driver». Prim ri-am,natile.
years ago were teaching (jolitical truths and
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facte which the (ample are now assimilating.
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