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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1910)
PAGE! SIX DAILY OAPIXATi JOURNAL, SALEM, OR.EGON, THCR.SOAy, ATGt'ST 1, 1010. iX? KrHSL.$iMt'-M . Mil nr- Jrr I : ne Who !' fAM Does Things ! In Favor of Direct Primary Statement No. 1 A Representative of the People, con- trolled by no Clique, Class or Political Combine. Good Administration Good Laws fiood W.ltl To 111! A Republican who Stands for Progres sive Policies, and the Development Of All Oregon . . O 0 V", ! .. .1. overnor EXTRAVAGANCI efeat r Business Methods A Governor for all the People Who Will Tolerate No Boss or Machine and who will use the veto iB !ulW Bk7 A IIIUII TTHW UlUISUiS IUI 1.1 iXj lltlllSUI SUAJVE , U IIIU3I TV I1U OlQIIUd I vrl I III RUH Vrl I UIIU SaVHa I Jl UU I US I UKJIIli Vl I lJC according to the fetter and the spirit of the Direct Primary Lawfor Statement No. 1 . He believes in responsibility to the citizens of the entire state instead of any machine, faction, party or political combine, lie is a man who has a definite program for the building and maintenance of state highways. A Republican who will curb the exhravagance of a legislature, even if composed of a majority of his own ; party, by use of the veto power, and who will not ratify the jobs of a logrolling majority a governor of the people, by the people, and for the people. NONPOLITICAL PLATFORM OF PROGRESSIVE IDEAS OPPOSED TO ASSEMBLY PLAN AND MACHINE AND KING RULE AND. FOH A JfEW D15AI AND" CLEAN DEAL IN OUR STATK AFFAIRS. I am opposed to tho A-sppilily nlan of giving candidates of tho Ma. ehlno 11 proforonco, it's a restoration of tho dotegato convention system which Bhould bo destroyed. I urn In favor of tho Dtroct Pri mary law, which tho Assembly sys tem! Is soorotly pledged to over throw. Asaouibly jK)HUclana who say they aro for tho Direct Primary olthor Ho or stultify thomselvoa. I favor all publlo olllclnla belnR uomluated and elected by tha peo ple, muklns their plodgos to the pe6- pio nud then lcoeptng thoso piodRes, without Intervention of a boss or Ma- ehlno, Tho pwplo cau bo trusted to select their Berytuit. OIVK T1IR ASSIOIIUA' SfA- CI11NK A KNOCKOUT 11LOW Tho people should glvo ho Ma ouint n Kpookout ulow and prevant uui'dlnK up the Assembly plan, for It Is only a cunnlnu; device toW fctoiiitB the Convention system. Do it on September Si on Direct Pri mary day by nominating a Gover nor who- is nntl-Awtembly. - I bollovo In Progressive Rcpubll cnnlBin thnt tnkos its Inspiration from tho higher consciousness of an aroused publlo sontlment,' instead of accepting dictation from superan nuated senility or degenerating In to Imbecility of premature hid politics., BTATK HIGHWAYS DUUD WITH CONVICT LA110K. Conviot Inbor should bo omployed un tho publlq highways as is being aono in other Btntos. On tho parqlo system oven prison ers for life can bo worked In the open air and made to servo tho state whoso laws they havo violated. That Is tho only way to got good state highways. Lot tho city, county and state prisoners bo employod In budding streets and highways and preparing matorlnl for such highways. I bollovo In putting to work tlu army of tramps who travel baok and forth through Oregon. Able bodlod mon who mako a business of tramp ing from town to town, of begging meals and frlghtonlng and Intimi dating women and ehlldron nnd rob bing and stealing, should be made to go to work under state control. The moment they enter Oregon or go to tramping they should be en rolled for labor on the highways and for their labor are entitled to a de cent living without being compelled to commit orttns. NHW BEAT, CLEAN DEAL AND CLEAN SWEEP OF AH USES I stnnd for n new deal a clean deal a clean sweep from collar to garret of tho nbusce In every depart ment of our Btato government. Lot tho peoplo order a cloan-up nnd the house cleaning will take placo fu 1911. In 1895 I made a record In tho legislature against clerkship grafts, salary grafts, self-expanding com missions, boards, sinecures, preda tory offloinllsm government by the pcoplo's hired sorvants who assume to become their masters, I nm opposed to the proposed Con stitutional convention forced upon tho people by tho Legtelaturo. It was nevor called by tho peoplo and is a sahomo to overthrow tho People's Measure and restore power to tho dictatorial interests. TOH KHEE LAHOlt AND THE CHANGE HILLS I stand for tho rights of common labor to have wages that will ensure a competence above the cost of liv ing. The Repuhllonn party has always stood for tho rights of labor ngalnut unfair conditions or competition from abroad or at home, Parmer in Oregon need more la borers tram the better olasa of Ha ropean immigration to ular lands and sav croiM. The state should encourage honest labor coming t.t Oregon. A light must be made to extend the indirect taxes that were at least partially repealed by tho last legis lature. The bills initiated by tho Grange and enacted by tho people, wno showed moro wisdom than tho whole assembled legislature, were placed In question by the creation of a State Tax Commission that has now sought to restoro tho taxation of mortgage notes,' clearly a tax on the debtor class. I'X)H EHEE LOCKS AND . POUT COMMISSION HILL. I fought for three years to secure Free Looks and Canal at Oregon City nnd ns Governor would keep up that fight until results qould carry tho commorce of Western Oregon from the hend of navigation to the oconn untaxed and unobstructed Waterways and fishing rights of the IHoplo must be preserved. I helped onnct the General Port Commission BUI by which all the harbors and waterways of Western Oregon can bo Improved, and I will sustain that law. I havo never been guilty of strik ing down state Institutions in any part of tho state or bringing injunc tion suits against any section of tho state to restrain Its proper development. HUCOHD FOH HOOSTING ALL OP- OHHGON Under the heading of "Colon"! Hofer Does Things." a paper called the Coo Bay Truth, once printed the following article: "Within tho brief space of one year tho Oregon-Idaho Development Congress has become a recognized and potent factor In the progressive industrial lire of two states. For Its achievements, credit must be clv- on largely to Colonel E. Hofer, Its president, itegarcuess or any crlti clsm that may be directed at him, It must bo admitted Colonel Hofer W n live wire. He is tho kind that can't let things drag. He docs things. He's a developer. Tom Richardson has dono a great work for Oregon. John Hartog ha3 brought Eugene prominently before the public. They have been criti cised, but their work stands. The state owes them much. In hla vlg ourous campaign, Colonel Hofer may have stepped on some toes; but he has done an enduring work for two states, and ho has dono it at tho sacrifice dt time and expense to him self. Oregon nnd Idaho cannot do a better thing than to. employ Colo nel Hofer, If his services are to be had, though the cost bo 110,000 a year, and keep him in the field to steer the Oregon-Idaho Congress." A Kecord for Development. Here le the record of a private oitlzon who has done h's work for tho past 20 years for tho advance ment of the state and the city he calls his home: Three years as president of the Sa-1 len Commercial olub, during which i time a constant fight was made for the Interests -of the city and the state. I Three years ns president of the Willamette Valley Open River Asso ciation, during which time hard work was done to get a state appro priation for the Free Locks and Ca nal at Oregon City, and the appro priation was put through congress, under which the river will be freed of corporation control and that wa terway of western Oregon will be opened to -commerce and forever be n regulator of freight rates. Two years service as president of tho Oregon-Idaho Development con gress, which held 10 conventions across the state and called attention of the Hill and Harrlman interests to tho undeveloped condition of the great central region of Oregon, and as a result two trunk lines are build ing across- tho state. This work has been carried on without a dollar of salary having ever been paid to tho man who did it, and It was carried on by putting his newspaper back of his work and giving hundreds of pages to the cause of upbuilding a greater Ore gon, It Is not pretended that the peo ple of Oregon owe Col. Hofer an of fice for what he has done, but he has a right to be considered a live man among men, and a man who by his works has shown that ho loves the state which he has made his home, and that In his hands the honor and reputation of tho state and the pride of its people in their magnificent commonwealth would not be allowed to suffer at the hands of any interest or Influence. . V