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Newspaper Page TextDAILY HARTAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1008 REPUBLICANISM FOR THE PEOPLE REPUBLICANISM FOR THE MACHINE Col, Hofei Replies to the Otegon Machine Politicians Who Ate Opposed to the Election of United States Senators By Popular VoteShows That Anti-Statement No.' 1 Leaders Ate All Opposed to the Roosevelt Administration--Defeat of Statement No. i Means Repudiation of Roosevelt Lot thorn Btudy Tonguo, Senator Fulton, Govornor Lord, and Senator Mitchell, and even tho utterances of McKlnloy hltnsolf In behalf of bimetallism. But I will go further and declare that I supported Bryan bocauso I lovo to fight on tho sldo of tho un der dog, and at that times tho gold monopoly and tho Wall street ln fluonco wa9 grinding down tho masses of tho people. Labor was unemployed and farmers were get ting small results for labor. Good fortune saved tho day for tho Re publican party as tho cnormoiiB gold dlscovory of tho Klondike and South Africa, doubling and quadrupling tho baslB of metallic money relieved tho situation and furnished what Bryan and his followers contonded Liberty peoplo hold n Slatomont tho pooplo? No. 1 mlly Saturday night, and a largo crowd rltonJcd to hoar tho flaying of tho Oregon mnchlno at tho Itands of tho editor of Tho Cap ital Journal, who for tho past ton dnys.luui enjoyed tho distinction ns a prlv.Uo citizen of having a two column hired npneo I'ovo'.cd to his political character. In nono of tho articles appearing In tho hired spaco havo any of tho mattorrf charged by Honey ngalnst Bomo of tho most prominent politi cians In Orogon been charged against tho editor of Tho Capital Journal. Ho has not boon ncousod of staling lands or holplng shlold any corrupt polltlclnn, great or small. Tho flolo accnisatloiiB against Col. Ilofor nro that ho Iiiib boon indo pondont In politics, that ho onco uupportod Bryan, and that ho onco supported Chnmborlnln for govor nor. To thoso oharg-'o ho mado ro ))ly .o tho nntlsfnotlon of tho largo nudlonco, mostly HapublJcnuH, and thon In turn gavo tho mnchlno pol iticians of Oregon a roviow rrom mo recordu of an ontlroly Imporsonnl character", Ho was froquontly Inter rupted with npplauso and heartily congratulated at tho cloij by many RopuhllcnuH and others. Defended Liberty Republicans, Tlw HiKakor said It meant tho In troduction of a now ora In Orogon polltlcti nhou men like- tho Liberty Republican!! printed tho words "Antl-Mnohlno" across tho heads of tholr primary ballot and boldly sent n Statement No. 1 dohgatlou to tho county convention called to sot nnldo tho Direct Primary law and mnko It Im'posilblo for any Statu moat No. I man to go to tho legis lature. Ho recited what took pliico In tho convention down to tho dec laration of Chairman Ixni Adam, a local nttornoy of tho Smtlhorn Pnol ilc corporation, that no Stntomont No. 1 man should bo sent iib a delo gato to tho stato convention. Then tho Liberty delegation walked out. Pill Hnfiir iiroillnlitil Hint tltn Inniin mado in Liberty product would ox-luughes and Cummins lonu ovor mo siato nnu uio poopio would hIiow their rosontmoiit of tlio methods of tho mnchlne that sought to Increase powor In tho hands of n Tow house and inntingern who did not dnro thquiH.oIves ooino boforo tho people. KtM'jiliiK Near the llund', "W'lml does it all moan this piti ful plea, that tho pooplo cannot bu trustod 4o oleot a United Stuto Ronutor? Tho machlno politicians nro willing that you. the poonlo. shall uomiuato all the onudldntes 1 0f tho iiHtlou. If nMvo today he proprietor of this rank populism, as from Jtmtlco of tho smiromo court !u..vni.i i with iinnsovolt In his flaht It Is now onlloil, off his own nlnt- dowu to product committeemen. Lut to "i)i-ik up bed machine. It li u'forin. Tho pooplo today look upon tho records of tho Indictments In tho federal courts and boo who has mado tho most mistakes, tho ma- ohlno or tho pooplo. Who Is Standing by Republican Principles? "Tho only sonator from Orogon who has boon oloctcd by tho peoplo la Hon. Jonathan Ecu mo, and Is ho not standing for tho rights of tho pooplo In an uncompromising man nor? Hns President Roosovolt a champion In this stato who can bo montloned In tho samo breath with Hourno? In fact most of tho mn chlno politicians nro olthor hostllo to tho natlonnl Ropubllcan admin istration, or nro Hllont nnd opposo oven Tnft bocauso ho 1b a mombor of RooBovolt's cablnot. I havo not hoard ono of tho machln who aro fighting Stntomont No. 1, tho right of tho pooplo to oloct United States senators, who is not fighting tho Roosovolt administration, nnd tho de-font of Stntomont No. 1 nt tho coming primary olcctlon would bo tho defeat of Ropubllcan adminis tration prlnclplos and tho triumph of tho onomlos or uoosovou in ur ogon. Tho wnrfaro on Stntomont No. 1 Is tho samo warforo that was iniidn on Sonator Bourne two years .t 1. t . .r r ago, and yoi uio inncumu uhimhi show whoro Sonator Bourne hns foiled In tho sllghtost dogreo to stand by tho principles of tho nn tlon Republican administration and uphold bedrock Ropubllcan pollclos. Peel do VerxiiH Mnchlm. "BocnuBO I liavo roforrod to tho mauagerH of tho rocont conventions hold In Hevornl counties as mnchlno mauagors spneo has boon hired lb tho morning pnpor to brand mo as iinlni? not n Kood Republican. If loyu'ty to n bad mnchlno constitute a good RoiKibllcnn thoro aro not many In Oregon, nnd thoro will bo Ions. The bet Republican gover nors In the United Stntos In tho os tlmntlon of tho peoplo are tho gov ernor who are fighting the party machines. This 1ms been true In Now York, In Iowa and othor states. novo uono iiittlilnif to dletliiKuUh thomseivM but tramplo underroot tho mnehlnoa of tholr several states. In Wlicou slu tho Republicans oxaltod their ..i.i..i..i inMi.iiiiiu.rit1it in v governor to tho United StHtW senate. Tho.' 'l Bryan whon the principal ro mnchlno onntnra of New York nro forms Bryan thon ndyocnto.l, aboll rminoB.t in evnhers. mid tho outlook i Hon . of govornmont by Injunction, Its own interest nnd oven defeat candidates that It wanted to punish. Take tho flnt salary law abovo re ferred to. F. I. Dunbar was nomi nated on a flat salary platform, but whon It camo to accepting tho flat sa'ary tho machine defeated tho re form bill frlm going Into effect for two years, and when Sonator Kay again carried his bill through tho legislature and took It to tho sen ate tho mnchlno amondod It so tho law did not become opcratlvo until the end of Mr. Dunbar's term, de ferring action four years after tho party had put it into their platform. Now a Judgment has been rendered in a court of Juotlco for $103,000 against Mr. Dunbar and his bonds men. How nvuch of tho above sum went to greaso tho wheelB of tho mnchlno no ono will over know, but that a wrong was dono tho taxpay ers, and an outhngo committed ngnlnst tho Republican party no ono can doubt. Rofuslng to como Into court, Mr. Dunbar was In marked contract to Secretary Benson, who camo and told all ho know about fees, end furthermore when a ques tion was raised about monoy voted him by Uio leglslnturo In violation of tho flat salary law, ho promptly converted It Into tho treasury, A. Marc Recent Instance. "That tho machlno demanded of Mr. Dunbar part of his Illegal ln como no ono can doubt. Thrtt tho machlno deliberately advised him to vlolato tho terms of tho Republican platform on which ho was elected no ono can doubt. That tho Oregon political machlno hns never consent ed to a .reform (until driven to It by public sontlmont Is no more true of our politicians than of politicians of othor Btates. A moro recent In stance of Uia lnwlossnons of tho ma chine is found In tho demand that was mado by somo of Its representa tives thnt tho stato onglncoring de partment mnko a falso roport on tho Irrigation project of tho Dob Chutes Land nnd Powor Company. That former employers 'In n close case, If they did not givo tho benofit of tho doubt on the sldo of their life-long training and associations. Would a man like Hughes, In Now York, aftor making a fight for years to es tablish Bomo great roform In llfo Insurance nppolnt tho very man ngalst whoso operations tho reform was directed to carry It Into effect? Yet wo aro expected by tho Oregon machlno to bollovo that corporation lawyers nro tho only men to bo trustod with annolntmontB to tho tnrrnt jtnilfl.tmnnt rf ttiA vnontMmriM t . filP tinmlHil Bocauso I, bb a Ropubllcan, object I ticket. Strict ern Re?b!l to bucIi abUBo of political power bylfnir i- . h count. tho Oregon political machlno I am branded as not being a gopd Re publican. Are not tho men who do such things tho Republicans of doubtful tondoncy whoso recom mendations lend to tho disruption of tho party and tho destruction of tho best govornmont tho world boa ever seen? Republicanism for tho peo plo Is what Is needed, not Republi canism for tho machine." I. ' o For Rizrr?r' 1 horeby anno rcrr ' candidate for th'e no mi Mt roBontativo tt th ?, marleg, April 17. t, "!?" M fccted, I will vote 0 7 can choice f0r , l rSX?rK CIBJ Tho undersigned Is 8 CANDIDATES CARDS fairs is mv m.M '"Beo JOHN E. LEWIS, "UU"TW(, Q. J for Sheriff, i am a candldnn ... .. tion for sheriff , ..,.,',Bo tho Republican pSJ (Cards of county candidates $5. Cards for district and stato candi dates $10). for. But on top of this whnt mnn corporation ciaimou xo nave of fnlmoBS nnd political deconcyurougiit nearly vv,uuv acres oi will decry any man for having sup- ld undor tho Cnroy Arid Land not undor Irrigation nnd to havo tho THESE ARE THE CANDIDATES For Nomination by the . REPUBLICAN PARTY Who Are Pledged to Statement No. 1 PRINCIPLENot a Scramble for Office-Anti-Machine Politics. i'OU COUNTY JUDGE OP MARION COUNT1', M. L. JONES. Ropubllcan, farmer business man and taxpayer. Gardiuato of Wlllam otto Unlvorslty, Btudlcd law and nd mlttcd to tho bar. Whoro ho Is best known aro found his strongost sup porters. Among busInosB men every where his word is ob good ns his bond. Ho stands for a strictly busi ness and economical administration of county affairs, I hereby announco mysolf as n cindldato for nomination at tho Ro publlcan primaries for county bu porintondent of schools. WALTER Jf. SMITH, I hereby announco mysolf na n cnndldato for nomination at tho Ro publlcan primaries for commission er. B. E. ROBERTSON, Turner, Orogoa. Marlon County Is entitled to live Representatives. Tho five named below will always vote for the People's cholco for United States Senator. They have signed Statcmcmt Number One For Rcprcsentativc-VOTE FOR FIVE 24 X O. L HATTEBERG, Silverton 26 X A. C. LIBBY, Jefferson 27 X H. J. MILLER, Aurora 28 X HAL D. PATTON, Sajeip 31 X W. C WINSLOW, Salem I desire to plnco my namo before tho Ropubllcan primaries for a ro nomlnntlon for County recorder. D. 0. DRAQER. I wish to announco to my frlonds that I am a "cnndldato for county troasuror, subject to tho Republican primaries. JOSEPll 0. MOORE. for th Mlnvt h Mdhorout of bud ma chine bus no political future AbrahRin Lincoln built up h powor rogulntlon of corporation!, dostruc snme rondy for BOttlomont, or for sa'o to sottlors. Tho stato onglnoor was Mont to oxnmlno tho land nnd mado n report that tho laws had ful mitoulue but It wnu done to carry , principal pinnKs of tho Ropubllcnn out n program thHt val tho llfo platform, nnd crowded tho original thoso live illlei of roprouontatlvo you nro not fit to nomlnato. Tho machlno inual namo thorn for you. Your pencil mark In tho snerod bal lot booth shall bo final nt Uio pri mary In making Kip the whole tick et, but wo want to namo and control tho five mon who will hnvo u vote on United Stnto tiunntor. the npty odlco that In Hid past has 1kii filial by corruption, tho only plneo In the political program where tho ma chlno oan tllll gat next to tho bnr rol. Thoy Bay to tho doar pooplo. you may. ludood, according to law vote oil tli queotlon of who ahull bo your United States senator nnd It you solect a man who suits Kj wo will allow tho gonoral nssambly of your ri'iiiewontutlvoH to rutlfy your cholco, but not otherwise. Havo the machine politic 'ana of Oregon mudo BuHi brilliant uuccohs of siilcalng eenatorrt In tho mi thnt thoy have I ftiinnlluiout to ruv man to havo onrnod the hostility of th worst po litical mRchliiM, and the ono the pooplo of Oregon have contended with hns not been too good. Its method are repudiated by the bet ter claw 'l nartloe. What 1h Meant oy lutu'liino. "Thoro aro good mnohlnoe and bud machlno. No one oan object to organization and leadership for good purpoHos In polltlcnl nffalra. It I tho onlv wny to secure rooult. but tho right of the people to In dict bad political macliinee will nl h ox.lui. Warfare Is being mads on bad po'lttoal mnchlno work from Mnlno to CHllfornla. and tho Orogon political mnchlno I not above re proach. Somo of tho old Republi can lenders wore ood men, and Bomo of thvm wero not. Whet I coutoud for Is tho right to attack tlou of th trust, nnd govornmont J not boen compllod with, thnt not n control of railroads havo become tho i drop of water wns bolng dellvorod upon tho lnnd. nnd that thero was not r ditch within mllos of It, and nny settlor would havo gtarvod to death on tho land. He rofusod to rocommond the land for ncoontanco both Rryan nnd Roosovolt na tho J by the Btnte. nnd tho grontost pros- I hereby announce mysolf a cnndl dato for county commissioner on tho Ropubllcan ticket. G. D. IIOYT, Jofforaon, Oro. I am a candidates for oOlco of county Judge, subjoct to tho Repub lican prlmarloR, on tho platform of a 8qunro doal to nil. ' W. W. HALL. "P.MlSTj For RcprcsciiUtlt 1 i signed Statement Ko,,1 Plcoso announce UutM dklato for ronm-Li:?;. Mo rlon county Bubecttofkr; of tho non. i,n,"ieci lh 4 marlea to hn hM iiv!ttii .iria'a nail nnnni, .11 .. " K, necossary and luxur 1 .- on8' 0. L. UTlffi Silverton, fa For ReprcscBtAtln.. (Signed Rtntftmnnt v. .. Tho undersigned Is a caniiliJ roprcsontatlvo at the Direct ' ri marlos, April J7. If elected J vur uuamoM ndmlnlttralloam, cholco for United States m&i HENRY J. MILLEai Aurofi,( For Rcprcscntatltf, vuikiiuu oinicment xa it I hereby nnnounco nneUun, dldnto for tho Republican tea Hon for representative t ti i marlos, April 17. IF NOMIXATKI) AND EL I SHALL ALWAYS VOTE KIR 1 PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR STATES SEXATOR. HAL D. PATTWl For IlcprwrnUllie. (Signed Statement No. 11 I horoby nnnounco mrteltuir dldnto for tho Republican tea Hon for representative at til marlos, April 17, IF NOMINATED AXI) EUC I SHALL ALWAYS VOTKF0R1 PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR I'M STATES SEXATOR. A. C LIBBY Jelml onampions or mo popuinr cnniso which thoy call government for the poonlo. MucIiIiip Klocto dChambei'laiii. "I nm ndvortlsed In onch Ishuo of the Balem Stntesman na having supported a Democrat for govornor. 1 did support Chnmborlnln the first time he ran for governor. A ma jority of tho Ropubllcnns of Marlon county supported him, but whnt msdo thorn do It? Docause tho Mat- thows-Seott mnchlno In Multnomah YOUR IDLE MONEY tho right to nsaunw that power oier i nnd Indict tho machine tit nny and In 1 1 uir, nmi Hint in iuv uhij iii to gn bettor roault. Hut Iti do lug so I do not ineen to indict every man who ha beeu active lu poli tics, our ctt' niut county and tchool goverumeute at StUtxn lire prultAbly m good us any tu the mate. The iNHle hnve a right to the yam order of (hinge tu the tate and UnU'aUw depart menu. And they are olug to get thetu. The i1h1 tenls'aiuu'. beyond ratifying l the rhoteo of the peoplo for sena tor. wa budly uuder iiiarh'ae con txol. Wltueea l' enoiunent of an iOinclnl fr.v paj bill when the eo iple IiimI HeU ttuve to oue la favor of nbollching iv'l free pfttwes That w a case of (he machine owrrtd .Ing the o.pretst will of the people. Why I Supported Ilryiui. "It I cbergpd in a sirndlng ad , vr(Ument Hat la n I sup. I ported Uryaa 1 do not deny that In , rouimou with uiray .Silver UepuUU ,ne l dU eupiMWt the candUlMe , and platfoi m ot the Iree Coinage of Silver. I had alowly and rofeictantly adoptod Free Coinage as taught In tho Republican platforms of Oregoa .nnu oiuer weeiarn sutee. Aloag I with mo stood the leader of the Republican pait. ud she (iat- firnu ro sien Ut.r inreiorti- Alight ju!t tt vdl bo earning lufmvd. We My thru per cunt lntertM niul you van dnuv all of it or pmt of It at any (lino. SAYINGS DEPARTMENT CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK lorcoo mo nomination of an ox Democrat for govornor, and klckod tho Gor Republicans out of tho stnto convention. Tho pooplo of tho stato showod tholr contempt for bo rule by snowing undor tho pro position to foist n mnchlno Kovor nor ipon them, and nt tho first op portunity gavo Clor a larRo popular vote, for Unltod Stntos sonntor un der tho May3 law. which fourteen memhore of tho loglslnturo repudi ated and abandoned tho pooplo's rholee and that awoko the peoplo to tho need of a Direct Primary law and Statement No. 1 to prevent tlie repetition of such disregard of tho popular will. When Governor Chandterlnhi came up for deselection I aupiortod Dr. Jam s Wlthyeomlto In my paper, ou the itunip and at the eloctlon. and mv record la state politic la for cleaner and betler ReuubHeanlam because I would not be a party to machine methods, and I am willing 10 leave it to any Republican con stituency whether I or the method of the Ignorant and corrupted ma chine were responsible for thin etate having a Democratic govornor. Samples of Machine Work. "Now brushing aside the chargo that I am not a Reed Republican,, a charge as childish aad contempt ible a It la possible to fram In .1 state where not a single leader of the party has not at times fought factional fights at the exitense of the regular ticket, the time has oome to assert the right of the rank and file to 11 e the pari) as n means instead of woruhn.nin i umui- as tne cmt suro was brought to boar by some of tno maciiino mombors of tho party to forco tho accoptanco of It by tho rtnte. nut Governor Chnmborlnln stood by tli onglnoor nnd tho mat ter was droppod. Tho governor did nothing but his plain duty and do servos no spoclal credit, but a ma chlno governor would havo dono tho bidding nnd tho rlctntes of the ma chine, nnd tho corporation claims It would havo boen benefitted) bv a million and a half dollars, and this At tho request of many Republi cans I havo decided to bocomo a can dldnto for tho nomination for county Judge, oubject tQ tho Ropubllcan prL mnry olcctlon. WILLIAM BUSHEY. For Assessor. I horeby announce my candidacy In tho Ropubllcan prlmnrlos for as sessor of Marlon county; pledging Just and equal taxation. F. J. RICE. county by enforcing tho unit rule Is only ono Instanco of tho dlfforonco ootweon machine rulo nnnllefl In puuuc nnatrs. Tho Republicans of Oregon nppreolato Just ni much having a governor who would stand up ngnlnst mnchlno dlctutlon wheth er It comos from capital or corpora tions, and would npproclate a Re publican governor that would do the samo thing. Muehitiiiif: tho Land Grant.. "The political mnchlno In Oregon hai very strange Idons of how to oompel a corporation to uiirrrondor a laud grant of soveral million ncros the terms of which It has notorious ly ami ehnmefully violated. Whon tho govornmont and the Oregon del ogatlon aro making a hand to hnnd flKht to force relinquishment of the Orogon and California land grant, which was acquired from tho gener al government uuon a Binifi nn. dltlou that It ho sold to aetiial aot- For County Superintendent. I hereby nnnounco myself as a can didate for County Superintendent of Schools for Marlon county, at the Ropubllcan primaries, April 17. A C. BAKER, Turner, Or. For Treasurer. I horoby announce to tho voters of Marion county that I am a candidate for county treasurer at tho Republi can primaries; pledging honest, faith ful and impartial handling of too county funds. WM. STAIGER For County Commissioner. J. T. Bockwlth of SIdnoy preoluot. Platferm: Hconomlcnl business ad ministration and nn nggrosstve policy of constructing permanent highways uy the oo-ojwrntlon of stnta, OQunty Good roads For Rciirocntatlrt. W. C. Window. Candida J f 'V rosontatlvo, signs Stateee: .V A "government of tneprM' neonlo nnd for tho pv? cr Into offoot by the Repalasp Is my motto t R'?w -u ninrlfM Anrll 17 w c vri&o For County Judg. I horoby nnnounco or "'' for county Judgo, before tt & llcnn prlmnrlos of Martca ts April 17. Having been tea 1 mio.liii iwn trmi lti f1'' Judge one Mm. I bellere I an 1 inoii fnr the oftlre forwh-cM' nnmlidnto. 0 P TERlE Mm. Unllroad CommUsHefR I herewith nnnwncomlM Rtnublloaa nomination for . Onmrnisaloner. from tbUW't at di.trlct W A, U For Constable. i nm a candidate for t tlon for constable of Si! ' n.o, tjMiiiiilran nrlnujlw' r IRA HAMHTf For Con'',l'' I hereby announce xf . it n.insllnn IDT C1 ior ino iiuimiuj." - -- R, the Salem district at primaries. v HOUISTt"'5 Rocky tow 2 m3(.: i.sHrtnooKiBrt anl KWse J JTSiiA &&& ,iaf: l OrtS" tlon and support b ie.s and.-i o !.s.n" ?.La" M'Ul.,fal epmh,. it such .a as Taos rTtu uotau-nSnn" Ullfl IflA..! MAM. B.K I Aln flam In n... .... . V -.- v.- nou iugi vuiliill lliuwua. UUUU I mum. .fl -5 "ttU U.ot to excwkl 180, nro the best Investment for the pto nn .2 . nm l0 xom pio. - - r rru, me macnine polt tlctane uultd to capturt the court and the district attorney, the very ouirt'N who are iu positions of pow er to moke the rstorntlon "of the laud grant possible. Uvpulilicnnlsiii for u,t, Pooplo. 1h raarhiue does not sense such a thing as Republicanism for Republicanism for the corporations and nrlylia- elasi-a instead of for Uie rank and Me of the party nnd of all parti,. you,i n,l u "'lwx f ft lK "Kht to For Roprascntntivo. I horeby announco mysolf as a candidate for the loglslnturo at the primaries, April 17. If nominated nud elected I will vote for the Repub llaan United States senator who shall havo boon olectod by the people. FRANK A. TURNER. M form "D,A"n SW; nninFNi-' y IC For RoptvsQiitutivo. I herobv announce that I will hi a abolish an abuse bv naming mm to i candidate for tho Republican noml- boVn z ni:u:siZxiLhii na,t,0H for stata rentftt,ve at the the 8tem sought to be nboll-hed' Pr,raarIoa APr ". Such men would be incapable of s- D- ADKINS. gratitude U tlu- old not favor tholr Scotts Mills. Or. HICKORY BaW sh FeW Ceu: i rtt""1 fAA doughs. CBOU ?r"L7o4 ?r. -. u """i. Til! -:. ,cs mA r: "sT-l' irt ' -j-.-m av uii " ,iiiiiw'n 2-Jn'i' lattslhiriiKi i tii lisislifcSMi illil(Mfcilfil'J "