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JACKSONVILLE Vol. I SENTINEL Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, Friday, March 11, 1904. JACKSON (OWN IY POIHIGS No. 44 file of the Democratic party are beginning to w e that their leader* in the East wilt |M-rmit none of the radical anti-trust legi*- i A Résumé ol Ihr Political Situation in Iation that the Examiner and similar Jackson I ounty Somr Straight Pointers paper* in their exagerated editorial* and J lor Ihr for thé Politician* Politnians and Information for cartoons advocate. The Democratic voter* seeing little likelihood of their party , Ihr Voler*. grappling with the trust*a* they demand | wid lie in a fit state of mind to lx- swung Jackson county promise* to lie one of into the Socialist ranks should that party ! thr |x>hii< al «torni center* of Oregon in send smooth, talented speaker*, as they j the campaign now coining on. With claim they are going to do, to take three ticket* t in th«- field ami four ospir- jiart in the canqiaign in this county. I .mt« for «tate politimi honorland numer- Die Ileniocrats have also lost about all of ■ on* candidate» M-cking to entrench them- the gold-standard Democrats who lining j «rivi » in line for legislative honor* two up with the Republican* in the McKinley ! « years ear* lienee, Hence, «<r or jx-rh.ip» |>erh.ips it i» i* possibilities, I campaign* will again vote the Republican ! for there is a United States senator to be ticket this June. elected at the «csaion of Il*i7, within the To add to the complication ofthepolit- county the move* and counter-move* up- '<-al situation in Jackson county this <>n the |M>lltnal che«»l>O'ird will have a county has four aspirant* for state and J degree of *trenuo*ity to them that will ■ ami congressional honors and each of !«• vxhilerating to the politician* and these candidates know full well that a highly interesting to the rank and file. small jxilitical power like Jackson county 1 The Republican* are credited with now I cannot secure four of the best offices of I having a plurality of fully 3<N) vote* in j the state and for that matter not even two ; Jackson county. A* the county in the for there are numerous other candidate* — year* gom- by wa* one of the Itetnocratic for these high honor* and the 32 other »tronghold* of the »late, this change of countie* of the state will not allow Jack- |>arty strength ha» been brought alxmt by son county to secure more than one of the allurement of the chance to be president pushing his deputy, Robert Dow, for the thr immigration of the jxst few years, eleven state and congressional office*. ' of the senate, but that adroit politician nomination. County Assessor Wilbur the newcomers being largely Republican, These four gentlemen knowing this are ' sees in it a scheme to sidetrack him from Jones declares that he is out of the race it living claimed by some that two out of each trying in a quiet way toclimate the the state ticket and he will have none of for what is the most thankless and the three new settler* are Republican«, while candidacy of other three and their effort* it. But two years briugs many changes least profitable, yet to the taxpayers one more conservative estimates place the to ja-rform this feat of painless political in the arena of politics and Mr. Carter of the most important offices of the • ratio at three out of five. In the cam dentistry upon each other while maintain- may try for re-election. A seat in the county, and no Democrat has as yet an- paign of two year* ago the Republicans ! ing an outward show of harmony and Senate and the possibility of president of nounced himself willing to take the hari close to IAN) plurality in the county, good will is a feature of the Jackson that select body i f Oregon Solons is also nomination for assessor. For school yet they only elected the senator, record j county political situation that has it* being held out to Mr. Vawter to quiet Superintendent the Democrats have but er, superintendent, surveyor and com amusing a* well as serious phases. These his congressional aspirations. And the one available candidate and that is Prof. missioner, the Democrat* winning the four great stars are Henry E. Ankney, circuit judgeship for this district has also G. F. Samuels, principal of the Griffin two representatives, clerk, sheriff, county ; W. I. Vawter, E. V. Carterami Prof. B. Ixrcn offered him, but like Mr. Carter, he Creek school and he will get the nomina judgo, treasurer, assessor, coroner ami dis F. Mulkey. Mr. Ankney is out for gov- has an eye on his star and does not pro tion by acclamation. He is a successful trict attorney. The circuit judge was enor when Govenor Chamberlain's term pose to lie turned aside. But Mr. Vaw ter teacher and a bright young man and may elected as an independent candidate at close* two year* hence and his candi- may be a candidate for state senator in give the Republican nominee a close the election of six years ago. This ; dacy i*a matter that politician* all over 1906 and it is just possible that Mr. Ank race. For coroner Dr. E. B. Pickel has heavy R< publican defeat was due very I the state will have to consider in their eny and Mr. Mulkey may also be in the the field all to himself for he has sat upon largely to strife and jealousies among the calculations, for he is one of the powers senatorial race. Then there are others, every case with such satisfaction to him Republican leaders. The signs of the I in the Republican party in Oregon. Mr. many of them, who are laying wires to self, to his party and to the late individ times indicate that this war is likely to I Vawter has hi* ambition fixed for a seat connect themselves with a senator's toga, ual doing duty in the case that the Demo- Err-k out afresh, for the rivalries among ' in congress. If candition* are favorable the most prominent of these being Theo. cratsuixe perforce without recourse in the tile Republican political!* are too keen , hr will quite likely make an effort to se- Cameron, Henry Kubli and Dr. J. M. matterand will renominate him by a un anil too bitter to make jMirtv harmony an I cure the nomination in Salem next month, Keene. animous vote. For surveyor no one is easy matter to obtain, and on this weak I but if hi* time ha* not come he will be The Democrats are not altogether with yet announced for the place but the ness of their opponents is lm*<-d the ex- i most certain to join in and put Mr. Her out troubles of their own and their craft Democrats will have a candidate. ]M-ctation of the Democrat* to elect all or mann back for another two years, when is liable to run into breakers and the The circuit judgeship for this district the greater part of their ticket at the i he would again make a trial of hi* pit-sent indicatians are that the lee shore has through a train of circumstances be j strength. Mr. Carter is laying his plans is not far off. On state, senatorial and come independent of partisan politics, June election. Hut this Republican discord is not the quietly an I adroitly to succed State congressional matters th“ followers of for Judge H. K. Hanna was elected six only element that may bring an uncer ; Treasurer Moore two years hence ami if Jefferson in Jackson county are not now years ago as an independent candidate tainty to the outcome of the present cam ! he doe* get that office the— best paying taking an active interest. The party ap and there is every liklikood that he will pain, for the Socialists may lie a factor one of thr state—it will not be for lack of pears to be shy on candidates for any of be independent again in his candidacy that will have to lie reckoned with, as it is j effort on hi* jiart. Prof. Mulkey is desir- the offices above those situated in the this spring. The Judge was formerly a possible that the Socialist vote may lie ! ous of becoming state superintendent at i courthouse at Jacksonville, or else they Ixmocrat but when his party became the means of electing the entire Republi the expiration of Superintendent Acker- are concentrating their energies on the Bryanized with free silver and populism can ticket ilespite any loss the Republi-1 I man’s term two years hence. While he offices that have more salaries if not so he, with thousands of other sound-money cans may sustain by reason of their party ; : i* not making the aggressive campaign much honor. Hon. J. I). Olwell and Democrats, voted for McKinley in the divord. As to the Socialist* knowing that the three other gentlemen are yet in Hon. Miles Cantrail each declare that two last presidential campaigns. Of re ly aiding the Republicans they would no a quiet way he is making his presence they are not candidates for re-election to cent years Judge Hanna has not actively more do that than they would give help known in the political arena and he will the legislature, but then it may be a little affiliated with either party in his district to Morgan or Rockefeller in any of be a strong candidate for that office, coyness on their part that can be'over confining his attention strictly to the their trust schemes, but that they are j j Each of these four candidates are talent come by a unanimous nomination at their duties of his office and so thorough and likely to help the Republicans in Jackson i ed, forceful men possessing every re- convention. Should they adhere to their and so competent has he done his work county and in all Oregon in this cam-I ■ iiuisite for the discharge of the duties of determination to again take up life of that he is one of the three of the 17 cir |xiigii is known to all who have observed the offices they are seeking and Jackson rural simplicity and guileless innocence cuit judges of Oregon, having the fewest closely the undercurrent of political county would b- honored if any one of jnst who the Democrats will get to tackle cases appealed to the supreme court and events. This assistance to the Republi- 1 them should lx- placed upon a ticket and the turbid, turbulent, troublous life at the fewest number having their decisions can* will l>e at the expense of the Demo honored fourfold if all could be given rec Salem for 40 days next winter is as yet reversed. This showing indicates that crats, through desertions from the latter's ognition bv the Republicans of Oregon. unknown. For circuit judge no name has Judge Hanna has never permitted preju The conflicting interest* of the four vet been mentioned and it is possible that dice nor favoriteism to influence him in ranks to the Socialist party. The Repub licans w ill also suffer some loss to the gentlemen above mentioned is not the the party may not put up a candidate. his rulings and in his decisions and that gam of the Socialists, but close political only disturbing element in the Republi For district attorney A. E. Reames is a in his work on the bench he has been con candidate for re-election, but he may have guided solely by the equity and the law observers estimate that the Democrats can party in Jackson county for the con- will lose two or more votes to the Social test tor United Slates senator in the legis- i a fight on his hands in his convention for involved in each case. To the members ists to the Republicans one vote. This talive session of 1907, when a successor the nomination, as a strong force of Ash of the bar he has ever been courteous and great Democratic loss is explained by the to Senator Mitchell is to be chosen, is land and Medford Democrats are working considerate, yet strictly enforcing on them fact that nearly all of the Democratic already .«fleeting the political prejudices to secure the honor for City Attorney W. the rules of the court. In the matter of newspapers have been for the past two and aspirations of numerous prominent E. Phipps, of Ashland. Judge Prim did circuit court expenses Judge Hanna has years redhot with anti-trust editorialsand local men affiliating with either the have a clear track, but lately it appears closely guarded the interests of the tax cartoons, the San Francisco Examiner Mitchell or the Simon factions. No state as though he may have hard sledding to payers and not a dollar of expendature Ix-ing one of the tpost rabid anti-trust senator is to 1>e elected this year from get out of hisconvention with the endorse has been authorized other than absolutely papers, notwithstanding the fact that its Jackson county, Senator E. V. Carter’s ment of his party. Medford has put up a necessary that the ends of justice might owner is one of the big trust magnates of term notexpiringuntil 1!MX1. AsaUnited formidable rival to the Judge in the per be attained and litigants given their full the country, he owning five great dailies States senator is to be chosen in 1906, son of Mr. Purdin and he is credited with rights. Many prominent Republicans of in as many big cities ami a controlling when Senator Mitchell’s term expires, ami having three precincts to his support in both Jackson and Josephine counties have interest in half a dozen other newspapers in 1909, when Ssnator Fulton’s term ex addition to Medford. But Judge Prim is requested Judge Hanna to permit the and steadily acquiring more jmpers, bid pires, the state senator elected from a shrewd politician and developments placing of his name on the Republican ding fair to dominate the newspaper busi Jackson county two years hence will have within the jwist week indicate that he has ticket in the coming campaign, while on ness in the United States as Rockefeller the opportunity of voting for two United made a deal with Mr. Purdin whereby the other hand many leading Republicans does the oil trade or Morgan the railroad | States senators. This is an emolument ! the latter is to take the recordership and and Democrats have expressed a desire traffic. The Democratic papers have thus i not to lx- overlooked by politicians with leave the judgeship to Judge Prim. As that the Judge be an independent candi had date again as he was six years ago at his thoroughly instilled anti-trust doctrines! an eye to the future and there are several Deputy Sheriff Oris Crawford into the rank and file of their party. On I of these thoughtful, ambitious men in been pledged the recorder's nomination previous election. As vet the Judge lias the other hand the Republican papers i Jackson county, and it is adding greatly an agreement was made with Sheriff made no decision in the matter. That while advocating legislation to hold the to the life of the present catii|>aign to ob Rader that Mr. Crawford continue Judge Hanna will be re-elected by an trusts in check have not been radical be serve the generosity with which they de to hold his present position, con overwhelming majority over any possible yond reason and unduly inflamed their cline a nomination on the present ticket, | ditioned of course on the office remain | competitor is admitted by all who are !................. J. , posted on the popular feeling in this readers with the horrorsof the trust mon which is only equaled by the vigilance ing in Democratic control. Sheriff ster. The Republican voters thus see no that they display to prevent their pros M. Rader and County Clerk J. S. e judicial district. It is more than prob occasion for leaving their party ami are pective opponents from gaining a point | Orth have each no apparent opposition able that there will be no candidate may be to their advantage in the ; and their renominations will be quite sure . against him in either party, for the Demo not reaily to secede on the least provo- that 1 of two years hence. Mr. .............. ......... ......... County ........... . Treasurer ........... ........... Xo be unopposed. I). crats are making no effort in that line, cation as are the Democrats. Hearstand convention ' „.,„,„„.5,, dug ...,R a .. pit for Carter is being solicitated to liecome irq Miller is not ao fortunate and certain his like have unwittingly ’ their party to fall into, for the rank and candidate for re-election with the added j Medford and Jacksonville interests are (Continued on Page 3.)
