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GRRHHAM Progressive Party L ist o f ca n d id a te s fo r O regon on th e P ro g re ssiv e tick et. P re s id e n t— T h eo d o re R oosevelt. Vice P re s id e n t— Gov. H iram J o h n son. P re s id e n tia l E lecto rs — A. S. G eddes. L. H . M cM ahon, Levi W. M yers. W. K. N ew ell, A. K. W are. U nited S ta te s S e n a to r A lfred E C lark . C ongress, T h ird D istric t— A. W. L a ffe rty , (R e p .) S ecretary of S ta te — E. E lm er K ennedy. Pood and D airy C om m issioner Jo h n D. M ickle, (R ep , C ircu it Ju d g e , D ept. No. 2— R. G M orrow , (R e p .) C irc u it Ju d g e , D ept. No. 4 —Geo N. Davis. D istric t A tto rn ey — W a lte r 11 E v an s, (R e p .) J o in t R e p re se n ta tiv e — D avid E L ofgren, (D em ) GREAT LEADER IS RECOVERING S ta te S e n a to rs — C h arles W . Ac- k erso n , R o b ert S. F a rr e ll, (H e p .;) Dan K e lla h e r, (R e p .;) L. M. Lep- p er, T. L. P e rk in s. (R e p .) R ep resen tativ es- R o b ert A istro p C. A. A p p leg reu , (R e p .;) E d w in G. A m ine, J . H. N olta, (R e p .;) E. O B u rd e n , R o b ert W. H agood, (D e m .;) O liver M. H ick ey ; A rth u r 'W. L aw rence, ( R e p .;) M. J . M ur- n an e, (R e p .;) W. Irv in g S pencer, ( R e p .;) F . W. V alen tin e; A rth u r F . B aines. S h e riff— W. H. F itz g e ra ld , (R e p .) C o unty C lerk — Jo h n H C offey, (R e p .) A ssessor— H. D. W agnon, (D em .) T re a su re r-—Jo h n M L ew is, (R e p .) School S u p e rin te n d e n t —1 E dw in A nders. S u rv ey o r— P h ilo H o lb ro o k , (R e p .) C o ro n er— Dr. H. R. B iersd o rf. (P a id A dv.) T eleg rap h ic advices from n early every s ta te received th is m o rn in g show tre m e n d o u s m ovem ent e v ery w here to P ro g ressiv e P a rty . In all big in d u s tria l c en te rs it looks lik e a v erita b le la n d slid e one week from " L e t e ffic ie n t, e n th u s ia s tic serv T uesday. ice be our w a tc h w o rd ,” says G reat elec to rial sta te s lik e Illi Jo sep h M D ixon, c h a irm a n of th e nois an d P en n sy lv an ia a re com ing n a tio n a l P ro g ressiv e co m m ittee. by p lu ra litie s of m o re th a n one h u n In a te le g ra m received yes d red th o u sa n d . te rd a y by th e O utlook Mr. Dixon T h is m o rn in g 's New Y ork H er says f u r th e r: ald , D em o cratic n ew spaper, b itte rly I have Just re tu rn e d fro m O yster a n ta g o n istic to o u r le a d e r a n d to B ay w here lies th e g re a te s t living o u r cau se, p rin ts th e b ig g est test A m erican , sore w ounded. We be vote poll yet ta k e n in New Y ork In th e lieve he w ill have su fficien tly re C ity, an d show s R oosevelt covered to d eliv er his g re a t m es lead, W ilson second, w ith T a ft an d sage to th e A m erican peo p le at Mad- Debs ru n n in g a hot race for fo u rth place. isan S q u are G ard en , O ctober 30th. OUTLOOK, FRIDAY. OCTOBKR 88. 1912 PAGE THREE Republican Party Democratic Party P re s id e n t- WilMam H. T aft. M ultnom ah C ount ie s —D avid E L of- V iet P resid en t- Ja n ie s S. S h e r gren. m an. S tate S e n a to rs I. N. Day, ito o ert P re s id e n tia l E lecto rs E. V. C ar 1 S. F a rre ll, D an K e lla h e r, G us C. M o te r, M cKinley M itchell, M. J . Mc ser, T. L. Pei k in s, (D r.) M ahon, J o h n L. R an d , P h il Met- R e p re se n ta tiv e s— J o h n D. A b b o tt, sch an , J r . C. A. A pplegreu, L. G. C a rp e n te r, Mc U nited S ta te s S e n a to r Ben S ell A rth u r W. L aw rence, C. N. A rth u r, J 11 N olta, C onrad P. O l ing. U. S. R ep re se n ta tiv e - A. W. L af son, H. C. K ing, Irv in g W. S pencer, 1 Ja y H. Upton. , fe rty . COUNTY O F F IC E R S . FO R STA TE O F F IC E R S . C ounty C om m issioner — W. L. S ecretary o f S la te — Ben W. Ol L ig h tn e r. co tt. C ounty S h e riff — W . H F itx- O regon D airy an d Food C om m is g erald . sio n e r— J o h n D. Mickle. C ounty C lerk J o h n B. Coffey. R a ilro a d C o m m issio n er C lyde B. C ounty A ssessor— H enry E. Reed A itchison. C ounty T re a s u re r— J o h n M. Lewis J u d g e of C ircu it C o u rt, Dept. No. C ounty S u p e rin te n d e n t — A. P. 2 R o b ert G. M orrow. J u d g e of C ircu it C o u rt, Dept A rm stro n g . C ounty S urveyor— P h ilo H olbrook No. 4 - G eorge T azw ell. x C ounty C o ro n er — Sam uel C. D istrict A tto ru y e — W a lte r H. Slocum , (D r.) E vans. (P a id A dv.) R e p resen tativ e, C lack am as and F o r P resid en t:— W oodrow W ilson. R ich ard M ontague, F r a u k S chlegel, F o r Vice P re s id e n t— T h o m as R. J o h n C W elch. W. L. P age. M arshall. S tate R e p re se n ta tiv e s — Geo. H. P re s id e n tia l E lecto rs H ugh Mc W atson, A. G. N ichols, Dr. J a c k M. L ain, M arsh field ; W ill M. P e te rs o n ,' Yales, Ben). B rick, R obt. J. U pton, P e n d le to n , D. M. W atsou, P o r t M. D. H aw es, A. F . F le g a l, E rn e st W. H agood, M arlin lan d ; J o h n M W all, H illsb o ro ; F . C K ro n er, R. K ro u eu b erg , O. E. L en t, E. L u n d W h itten , P o rtla n d . • U. S. S e n a to r— H a rry L ane, P o r t berg. C ounty S h e riff— Tom M. W ord. land. C ounty T re a s u re r— E V ersteeg. C o n g ressm an — M G. M unly, P o r t land. C ounty C le rk — J . B. C arr. S ecretary of S ta te — Jo h n B. R yan, C ounty A ssessor— H. D. W agnon. P o rtla n d . C ounty School S u p e rin te n d e n t- R ailro ad C om m issioner, Second A. it. D raper. D is tric t- Lew A nderson, P o rtla n d . Ju s tic e of P eace— J o h n B. Moon. J u d g e C ircu it C o u rt — Uglesby i C ounty tk iro n e r Dr. F . S. S m ith. Young. C ounty C o m m issio n er- Jo h u E. D istric t A tto rn ey — J o h u A. J e f C ronan. fery. C ounty S u rv ey o r— Jo h n M cQ uinn. S ta te S en ato rs- J . W oods S m ith, (P a id A dv.) it is g en erally conceded by im p a rtia l o b serv ers w ho have had op p o rtu n ity to know th a t in sta te s lik e New Y ork, M ichigan, M innesota, Iow a, K an sas, New Je rse y . In d ia n a , W ash in g to n , M aine, C o n n ecticu t and C a lifo rn ia th e co n test is ab so lu tely betw een R oosevelt an d W ilson, w ith n early every test v ote fav o rin g suc cess of o u r co n d id u te. T h ro u g h o u t so u th la n d re p o rts a re com ing of daw n of new day. G eorgia, N o rth C a ro lin a , T en n es see, F lo ria d an d K e n tu c k y w ill each show big vote fo r P ro g ressiv e tick et. T h e fin al re s u lt is now h an g in g in th e b alan ce. F iv e a d d itio n a l votes to p recin ct on N ovem ber 5 th will a ss u re triu m p h a n t elec tio n of R oosevelt and Jo h n so n . SALOON MAY ELECTRIC AGE BE ‘NUISANCE’ HERE TO STAY if every In d iv id u al so ld ier in o u r g re a t P ro g ressiv e arm y o f th e BNfcL co m m o n w ealth w ill do h is o r h e r fu ll d u ty from uo won u n til th e polls close on N ovem ber &th we w ill h ang o u r P ro g ressiv e b a n n e rs upon th e dom e of th e cap ito l a t W ash W hen th e a p p lic a tio n fo r a saloon in g to n , M arch 4th. license a t L a to u re lle F a lls com es T h eo d o re R oosevelt, o u r g re a t before th e co u n ty c o u rt for consid w ounded lead e r, a sk s every P ro e ra tio n , it m ay be refu sed on th e g ressiv e to do h is d u ty . g ro u n d th a t a c o u n try saloon is a p u b lic n u isan ce. O regon h as a b o u t th e best R ail "1 am th in k in g very seriously of way C om m ission in th e c o u n try , an d ta k in g th is s ta n d ,” said J u d g e Clee- th e ir d u tie s o u g h t to ex ten d to th e re g u la tio n an d c o n tro l of all public ton to d ay . “ T h e re Is a p e titio n be u tilitie s c o rp o ratio n s. T he so-called fo re th e c o u rt th a t is su ffic ie n t u n M alarkey bill does th is very th in g , d er th e s ta te s ta tu te s , but 1 am and it should be ad o p ted . V ote th o ro u g h ly convinced th a t a saloon 314, Yee. in th a t rem o te region w ould soon becom e a p est to th e c o m m u n ity ." "M y ex p erien ce h as been th a t w henever a saloon is ullow ed to ex ist o u ts id e th e close su p erv isio n of th e police it p ro m p tly becom es a uul sauce. T h a t p u ts it up to us w h e th e r th e co u n ty c o u rt h as a rig h t to license a public nu isan ce. My opinion is th a t it h as n o t. We w ere d efeated in th e su p rem e co u rt w hen we denied a license a fte r a su ffic ie n t p e titio n had been filed, out Die q u estio n of th e n u isan ce was oot discussed. I believe p u b lic opin ion and th e m a n n e r of looking a t th ese m a tte rs has so ch an g ed th a t o u r actio n in refu sin g a license to a rs m o ie saloon w ould be s u s ta in e d ." G. M U N L Y A Law That Will Cost Nothing No oi.e d is p u te s th e fact th a t o u r Railw ay C om m ission has been of tile g re a te s t b en efit to th e g e n e ra l p u b lic, and a t th e sam e lim e it h as been b eneficial to th e railw ay com p an ies, as it has stood betw een th e co m p an ies an d th e ju b lie as a Just an d in te llig e n t a rb ite r. We w ould h a rd ly know how to get alo n g w ith o u t th is C om m ission. The only d iffic u lty is th e C om m is sion does not ave th e o v ersig h t of the s tre e t ra ilw ay s and o th e r public u tilitie s co rp o ra tio n s. B ut th e M a la rk e y bill, w hich w as passed a l m ost u n an im o u sly by th e la s t leg is la tu re , a r d bus been held up by th e re fe re n d u m , will com e up fo r a d o p t io n al I h ■ N ovel»!)« "' e l e c t i o n . If tills bill becom es a law all public u tilitie s c o rp o r a lI oiie w ill be u n d e r ihe co n tro l of o u r R ailw ay C om m is sioners. T ills add ed b u rd en upon th e C om m issioners w ill cost th e ta x p a y e rs n o th in g , b u t will be of g reu l b n eefit to th e public. Be su re an d vote 314, Yes. Vote for Millage Bill Number 320 X Yes I t provide« nix-tenth « of a m ill t » i for •n p p n rt of A g ric u ltu ra l Collr#», und I ’ ni v r r n it j of O regon, g iv in g them perm a nent nnpport «m l In k in g them out of politic«. I t *l«o provide« oue Board of llegenta, thu« «<dvin^ the problem« of c o o p e ra tio n , (-oiiaolid atio n, d ivinio n of touraea and e< ouom j o f m anagem ent. I t d o e a n o t In c r e a s e t h e a v e r a g e r a t e o f ta x a tio n . I t r e p e a ls th e SAOO.OOO L J n lr e r - a lty a p p r o p r i a t i o n h il l . The Bill i« endorned by G o v e r n o r W e i l : “ Thia Bill in in the interact of good bu»i i i « m and a h o iild pa» « .” B y L . R . A ld e r m a n , State S u p e r in t e n d e n t P u b lic In s tr u c tio n “ E x p e rie n c e iu o th e r « ta le « nhow a m illa g e b ill p r in c ip le to be e e r r e c t .” B y W i l l H . D a ly * Prssid.nt, Dragon fitsto Fo daration o f L a b o r : " N o a r g u ment r»n ■areeesfnlly combat tbs bes-tit to the stats that w ill follow the adoption of the millage tax plan.” E n d o rs e d b y P o r t l a n d T a x P a y o rs L e a g a e . Bill prrpsrad by enmmlttea of Gover nor's Commission, Boards of fb-geata, and adm inistrative oArars of the two isati tutioua. W. X. N E W E L L CaaiRMsN o r eoV sanoa'S CoMMiseiua Raid A d vd rtia e n ia n l T h is is th e e le c tric ag e in th e W illam ette V alley, A lbany and E u gene have c e le b ra te d th e a d v e n t of th e iu te ru rb u u trolley an d S alem is p la n n in g a big d e m o n s tra tio n w line th e new e le c tric sy stem o u tlin e d by tile S o u th ern Puclflc re ach es th e s ta te ca p ita l P re s id e n t S tra h o rn of th a t o rg a n iz a tio n says h is people w ill spend 32,25(1,Out) w ith in a ra d iu s of 25 m iles of Salem . B oth th e H ill an d H a rrim a n sys tem s in th e valley a re b ent on a w ide d ev elo p m en t, it seem s, a n d th e fu tu re of th is section of O regon n ever looked so b rig h t. T h e re will be m uny o th e r cities giv in g ro u sin g w elcom es to th ese g re a t d ev elo p ers before m uny m o n th s sh a ll have passed. T H E M A J O R IT Y S H O U L D R l L E . Thotfe opposing th e M ajority llu l« a m e n d m e n t u re lay in g g re a t stre ss on th e p o in t th a t had th is a m e n d m e n t been lu force since th e ad o p tio n of the in itia tiv e law , th a t it w ould liuve p rev en ted th e a d o p tio n of several m e rito rio u s bills und a m e n d m e n ts w hich have becom e th e law of tiie s ta le since (be in itia tiv e becuiue a p a rt of the c o n stitu tio n . T hese ch am p io n s of the- in itia tiv e law in its p re s e n t u n re s tric te d und u n b rid led s ta te , a tte m p t to prove th e ir a rg u m e n t by c itin g sev eral m easu res w hich liuve been in itia te d und ad o p ted by less th a n a m ajo rity , ot ull votes c a s t a l Hie elee iio n a t w hich they w ere proposed. lu is they seem to th in k ig itticieiil re a son fu r c o n tin u in g tiie in itia tiv e lu its p ie s e n t ch a o tic sia te . T h a t som e of th ese m easu res a re indeed m e rito rio u s uo oue w ill a t tem p t to deny. B ut th e fuel th a t they failed to receive a m a jo rity of all votes c a st a t th e ele c tio n a t w hich they w ere ad o p ted , proves n o th in g , because of th e co n d itio n s u n d er w hich they w ere voted upon. They had to ta k e th e ir c liu m e s along w ith d o zen s of o th e r proposed m easu res, m ost of w hich iiad no rig h t w h atev er to be on th e b allo t. N ine out of tell p a p e rs lu th e s ta te of O regon a re reco m m en d in g to th e ir re a d e rs to vote " N o ” on every in itia tiv e m ea su re oil th e bal lot th is y ear. W h y ? B ecause Ihe ballot h as been o v erlad en w ith m eas u re s th a t a re not of g re a t public in te re st. T L< re is no q in s tlo n but w nat th e re a re soiu4 m eu su res on ilie ballot th a t sh o u ld m eet w ith th e ap p ro v al of tiie voters, b u t on ac c o u n t of Hie co n fu sio n ow ing to tiie n u m b e r of m easu res, th e e d ito rs of a ll these p a p e rs In tiie s ta te of O regon, a re reco m m en d in g v o ters io vole "No” on every m easure. Now, if tiie M ajority R ule Bill should be voted on fa v o rab ly , th e re is no q u e stio n but tliu t fo r th e fu tu re the b ills th a t w ould be placed upon tiie b allo t for th e c o n sid e ra tion o t th e v o ter w ould be only su ch m e a su re s which by th e ir in h e re n t fav o rab le q u a litie s w ould be co n sid ered by th e voter. T he in itia tiv e is a good th in g If not c a rrie d to excess. I t is c a rrie d to excess u n d e r its p ie se n t c o n d i tio n s aud sh o u ld be sa fe g u a rd e d by th e passage of th e M ajo rity R u le B ill, fo r w ith th e p assag e of th a t bill, m easu res w ould s till be su b m itted u n d e r th e in itia tiv e , b u t only such m easu res th a t a re of g e n e ra l public -o o d . F ro m th e fo regoing we recom m end th a t th e v o ter ig n o re th e rec o m m en d atio n s o f th e nin e o u t of ten e d ito rs, by voting "Y es ' 'a t least on one m easu re th a t is su b m itted to th e people a t th e com election, n am ely , th e M ajority R .1 Bill. Vote 323 X Yes. (R a id A d v .)