Delegates to Convention Should
Abide by People's Will-McKay
Salem (U.R) Gov. Douglas
McKay believes Oregon dele
gates to the national conventions
should abide by the will of the
people as expressed at the pri
mary polls and he vigorously
takes to task a small group who
have filed by petition instead of
declaration with the reported In
tention of voting for Sen. Robert
A. Taft of Ohio for Republican
presidential nominee,
Taft Not on Ballot
The name of Sen. Taft will not
appear in the Oregon primary.
But eight Portlanders, including
Lowell Padget and former State
Sen. Irving Rand have filed Dy
netitlon Instead of declaration
and hence are not legally bound
to abide by the people's express
ed choice although, Gov. McKay
implied, they are morally bound
The Bovernor said:
"It is possible that on May
16th the Republican voters of
this state may overwhelmingly
endorse the nomination of
rwioht n. Eisenhower: at the
same time, Oregon may send del
egates to the Republican conven
tion who will vote for an opposi
tion candidate on the very ursi
ballot. The reason for this pos
sibility is important to every citi
zen of the state.
Direct Preference Expressed
"We think of Oregon as having
a presidential primary in which
the people directly express their
preference for President and
choose convention delegates le
gally bound to work in the con
vention for the choice of the
people.
"This Oregon system of a pres
idential primary was set up by
law enacted in 1915. This law
specifically requires that all can-
didates for delegates sign an
davit that they will, in the con
vention, work for the candidate
for president who receives the
Wopst number of votes in the
primary. Of the candidates for
delegate to the Republican con
vention, 77 candiaaies nave iueu
tht 1915 law. -They are
therefore legally bound to sup
port the choice of Oregon voters.
In the past 30 years, no candi
date to a Republican convention
has been elected who nas noi ac
cepted this binding obligation.
Oversight in Law
"When the 1915 law was
enacted, the legislature, through
an oversight, failed to repeal
that Dart of a 1905 law which
had nermitted candidates for del
egate to file by the petition of
500 qualified electors. Under this
1905 law no allldavrt was re
quired for candidates that they
would support the choice of the
people
There is a legal question as i their motive
to whether the 1915 law did not
by implication repeal the con
flicting provisions of the 1905
act. That question is for the
courts. The important fact for us
is that certain candidates this
year found this questionable
loophole in our presidential pri
mary law. They propose to take
advantage of it irrespective of
the results to the state."
Gov. McKay said the eight
candidates who filed by peti
tion are not legally bound to
support the choice of the voters
for president. He said:
"I will not assume to appraise
in making use of
this supposed loophole In the
law to avoid such a proper legal
commitment. But I think that we
may fairly draw a conclusion in
our own minds trom the fact
that this procedure was urged by
the chairman of the state com
mittee for Sen. Robert A. Taft.
The state Taft chairman, himself
(Paget) filed as a candidate for
delegate under this 1905 law."
Will Be Shown
At Mock GOP Meet
Ashland An Indication of po
litical thinking by Oregon Re
publicans will be aired next
Friday and Saturday when a
mock Republican national con
vention is held at Willamette
university. Robert J. Hilliard
Seattle, senior student in teacher
education at Southern Oregon
college is chairman of the mock
national committee planning the
program.
Representatives of 12 state
colleges and universities will
take part in the program, which
is patterned after the regular
nominating sessions. The Salem
meeting will be the first of its
type held in the west coast and
will be similar to the program
held Saturday at Oberlin college
in Ohio.
15 From SOC
Delegates from each of the
schools to be represented at the
meeting have been assigned sev
eral of the 48 states which they
will represent and whose politi
cal commitments they will re
spect. Fifteen students from
Southern Oregon will take part
and will be divided into groups
representing the states of Mis
souri, Tennessee, Louisiana, Ar
kansas and Mississippi.
Prior to the climaxing namlna
ting session Saturday night, the
241 delegates will be addressed
by several Republican leaders.
Sen. Frank Carlson (R. Kans.),
campaigning on behalf of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, will de
liver the keynote address. Sen.
Wayne L. Morse (R. Ore.) will
act as honorary chairman of the
final meeting.
Denver Court Bows
To Wishes of Women
Denver (U.R) Denver's
District Court finally has given
in to the ladies.
Jury Commissioner Joseph
Horgan said women have ob
jected to having their ages made
a matter of public record on
jury panel lists.
So, from now on the lists will
show name, address, sex and oc
cupation but not age.
Superior, Neb. (U.R) George
King, 85, bought advertising
space in the Superior Express to
tell "the city and, the rest of the
cockeyed world that as a
water diviner competing with
modern well-digging crews I can
still find water without drilling
the earth full of holes."
Slate Librarians
To Meet in Ashland
Ashland Members of the
Oregon Library association will
meet here next Friday and Satur
day, according to Miss Cora Ma
son, Ashland librarian. The con
ference will open with a dinner
meeting at 6:30 p.m. Friday in
the Elks temple dining room.
Mrs. Pauline C. Howard, act
ing librarian of Reed college,
Portland, will act as toastmis
tress for the dining meeting.
Speakers on the program will in
clude Mrs. Robert Y. Thornton,
Tillamook, a member of the asso
ciation executive board; Dr. Lau
rence Tomlinson, Portland, Lew-
Is and Clark college librarian
Dr. Arthur Kreisman, Ashland,
Southern Oregon college profes
sor of English, and Miss Lesley
Heathcote, president of the Pa
cific Northwest Library associa
tion and librarian at Montana
State college.
Persons desiring to attend the
meeting are requested to make
reservations by calling Ashland
6561 through Tuesday.
n-LL!l!l-l HI , Sunday. Mar 4. 1951
Kenamniaiion nan
For Woman Told
THAT MEAN THIEF AGAIN
Jacksonville, Fla. (U.R) A
mean thief broke into a gram
mar school here and stole a
Swiss watch brought to class by
one of the young pupils for an
i exhibit on Switzerland.
Mrs. Maxine Doney, 26, Cen
tral Point, will be taken 'to
Portland on Monday afternoon
for training at Good Samaritan
hospital under the program of
the State Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Doney, who suffered a
fractured back in an auto acci
dent last December and is bed
ridden at Sacred Heart hospital,
will be taken north by the Buck
air ambulance. The Portland ser
vice reportedly is making Its
first flight.
Don D. Davis, rehabilitation
counsellor here for the division,
said that Mrs. Doney will be
under the care of specialists and
will be trained in order that she
may perfrom at least the duties
of a housewife. She probably
will need leg and back braces,
a wheel chair and crutches, he
said. Surgery, if necessary, will
be provided.
When physically able, Davis
stated, Mrs. Doney will be given
training in some vocation.
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Jacksonville Pioneer
Woman Dies Thursday
PortlandMolly Louise Kubli,
79, a native of Jacksonville and
widow of the late K. K, Kubli,
died at hci' Campbell Court hotel
apartment here Thursday. She
had been in declining health for
a year.
Born May 10, 1872, at Jackson
ville, she was the daughter of
John and Mary Miller, who
came to southern Oregon across
the plains in 1851.
Her late husband, who died in
1943, was a former speaker of
the Oregon house of represents
tives, and was a senior member
of the Portland printing and
stationery firm of Kubli, Howell
and Company.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the J. P. Finley and
Son mortuary.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Norman L. Robinson,
Portland, and Mrs. Richard C.
Gordon, San Francisco, and two
grandchildren.
New Jersey Officials
Oppose "One for Road"
South Amboy, N.J (U.R)
A state official Ut It b. known
that the old alcoholic tradition
of having "on for th road"
won't b honor.d on lha Naw
Jtriay iurnpika.
Acting Alcoholic Baveraga
Commiitioner Edward J. Bor
ton ordartd a tavern naar lha
uper-hlghway to take down a
.sign which ramindtd motor
litis "Last bar bafora tha
turnpike."
McCarthy Has Comment
On Truman Statement
Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R) Sen.
Joseph McCarthy had a terse
comment on President Truman's
remark that "political gangsters"
art making irresponsible attacks
on government employes.
"I would prefer not to talk
about the dead."
Omaha (U.R) The Omaha
Optimist Club used a hearse to
transport citizens free of charga
to the courthouse to register for
the spring primary. Said a
spokesman: "An unregistered
citizen Is a dead citizen."
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