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% EDITORIAL i
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SOME CANDIDATES CONSIDERED.
Next week the primaries will occur,
and candidates are to be chosen by
the people, The ones having a plu
rality will be the nominees, and the
Republican choices will mostly be
elected. There is naturally not so
much of a contest among Democrats,
because their party strength amounts
to only about one-quarter of the total
vote. Yet it is to be noticed and con
sidered that there is in Oregon a
Democratic governor, a Damocratic
sheriff of Multnomah county and a
Democratic mayor of Portland, the
main city of the state. Why? Well,
because of independence in voting.
Let us size up a few candidates
again, as they appear before the pri
maries. The man to nominate for
governor is Withycombe. He may not
carry some of the towns as against
Chamberlain; he will not carry the
slum streets of Astoria or Portland,
for instance; but he will carry the
country—the farmers and most of the
business men. And he will make a
good, reliable, substantial governor—
sane, safe, sure. He should be the
nominee against Chamberlain.
As to senator, our considerate judg
ment is that Judge E B. Watson
should be nominated. Why? Be
he is the best man, and that is the
best reason that can be mentioned.
Lowell is dramatic; Cake is spectac
ular, but cheap; Gearin is all right ex
cept for his politics; Smith is nearly
70 years old and has been a machine
man all hig life; then there looms a
larger man—Watson.
For representative in this district
it is a hard proposition for Republi
cans. No one of the three men seek
ing for the nomination is really fit for
the office. This is the truth. We
think the most unfit man of all is
the one most likely to be nominated—
Judge Ellis. He is a suave, half-way
agreeable old boy, who never had an
opinion or expressed an idea, and
wouldn’t do so if it cost him a cent.
He would have but little voice or
influence whatever in the house of
representatives. He would simply be
a pliant tool of the bosses.
Johnny Rand is a far brighter,
abler, and more dangerous man. Ha
has some brains, which he generally
useg for selfish purpgses, Vote for
him if you want a man who will flim
flam you to a finish if he gets the
chance.
Little light Billy Lachner of course
is unthinkable. He is a good man
for city recorder of Skamokawa. Then
there is the Democrat—O, well, no
use talking about him.
For state treasurer several good
men have presented themselves, and
The New Age hasn't a word to say
against any of them, but it suggests
to its voting readers that none of
them is so fully deserving of their
suffrage as Mr. George A. Steel. He
is a pioneer of Oregon. He, with
several others, built the railroad line
to Oregon city, lost much property,
in doing so, in the panic of 1893-7,
paid their debts, and has worked
day and night for almost half a cen
tury for a greater and better Oi-egon.
‘Why should not such a man be sup
>ported
It is important, we think, to nomi
nate and elect Frank T. Wrightman
secretary of state. As we explained
in some detail last week, this is a
very important office, and he is un
doubtedly the best man for it. We
expect to see him win the nomination,
and that he will he elected by the
largest majority ever cast for a nomi
nee in Oregon. b
Attorney-General Crawford and
State Printer Whitney, along with
School Superintendent Ackerman,
should be re-elected. They have been
good, capable, faithful officers. They
have done their duties well, and it
wouldn’t pay to make a change. They
know the routine work now, and the
people are satisfied with their ser
vices. TUnder their administration
there has been no graft whatever, and
the people’s business has been
promptly, carefully and conscientious
ly attended to.
As to circuit judges, we are sure of
good men, but it would be wise to
make a change and shake up what is
said, not. altogether jokingly, to be
“the court trust.” It would be bene
ficial to have a little new blood on the
bench here, and nobody doubts that
Mr. R. G. Morrow and Col. C. W. Gen
tenbein are exceptionally well quali
fied for these positions.
As to Judge .Webster, we think he
should be retired, for various rea
sons, but mainly because while tak
ing $3OO a month of the people’s
money he has attended principally to
his own private practice. We want
a man who won’t do that. ‘
There are many other offices and
candidates who will be mentioned
elsewhere or later, but as to the main
features of the campaign we have
herein tried to size them up fearless
ly, intelligently and without prejudice
or undue favor.
“NEARING A CRISIS.”
The people of Portland ought to
’rhe up, 99 out of 100, of all its 150,
000, and demand that the obstruction
to the entrance of the Northern Pa
cific railroad into this city cease. Un
der the above title the Oregonian pub
lishes an editorial, a portion of which
we take pleasure in reproducing and
commending. It is the right kind of
talk. It reads:
“The ‘North-Bank road,” over
which the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern railroads are coming down
lto tidewater by a water-level grade,
iis being pushed to completion as rap
‘idly as men and money can hurry it.
Large forces of men are working
night and day on a bridge at Vancou
ver in order that there will be no de
lay in bringing cars into Portland as
soon as the road is completed. Un
lfortunate]y for Portland, there is an
|element in our city which, from mo
|tives difficult to wunderstand, seems
Idetermined to prevent entrance of the
road to the west side of the Willam
!ette river. Every obstacle which thej
ingenuity of man could conjure up
lhas been placed in the path of thisi
|a.pproa.ching railroad, causing a vex
’atious delay that is not only expen-‘
sive for the railroad people, but posi-i
Itive]y harmful to the welfare of the
iclty. The railroad people have met ob-l
Ijection after objection, they have re-|
:peatedly changed their plans to con-l
lform with the ever-increasing re- |
|strictions that have been made upon'l
them, until it is now apparent thati
tthe limit of endurance is close at,
hand. s ‘
! “The situation is a critical one fori
;Portland. Mr. Hill can find o'ther|
communities that will welcome the
'coming of his road, or he can easily;
'b'uild new ports that can be
_reached without coming into Portland.
;In accordance with the extraordinary:
|requirementsf, of the Port of Portland,'
’the railroad company agreed to build
;a bridge with one of the longest draw
spans ever constructed. When the
t final change was made in
‘their plans to meet the requirement
;with this remarkable draw, commer-I
cial Portland breathed a sigh of re
lief, and we congratulated ourselves!
]because there at last seemed a pros-‘
pect for Mr. Hill to keep his promise
‘and have Great Northern and North-j
ern Pacific trains running into Port
iland by Christmas, 1906. But the ob-;
!structionists still retained a shot in
;their locker, and they now demandi
that this enormous draw, with a
length of 522 feet, be surmounted by
'an upper deck for wagon travel. ,
, This additional structure, in the
opinion not only of railroad engineers,
but of many others, would make the
draw so unwieldy and difficult to han
dle that it would cause delays both to'
sshlpping and trains, with practically
!no advantage to be gained, as the
heavy grade at the approaches and
'the great length of the bridge would
'prevent its use for wagdn travel of
any consequence, * * * ¢ Mr.
iHill is to be shut out of Portland
there is no necessity for his crossing
'the Columbia river, and St. Johns
!wo.uld then drop back to its old posi
’tion on the end of a stub of one rail
lmad, instead of being right on the
'main line of two of the greatest
'transcontinental roads in America.
“Delays are dangerous in this mat
ter, not alone because continued re
buffs may cause Mr. Hill to undergo
a change of heart, but for the reason
.that there is the ever-present possi
'biuty of a truce being declared and
'all building stopped.”
’ The interests that are fighting this
Ira.ilroa.d are utterly selfish and most
of them are utterly base. They are
'deadly enemies of this community,
land a few six-bit fellows of St. Johns
iare being used as tools—and not even
being paid. 1
' There ought to be a great mass
meeting to declare in thunder tou‘esl
'that thig vicious and vile disposition
shall cease, and that immediately.
iWe “are nearing a crisis.”
DR. WITHYCOMBE, GOVERNOR
1, There never has been a campaign
, for the governorship of Oregon con
,?ducted in a more cleanly, openly,
:'manly and mannerly way than that
, | which has so far been and is now be
ing conducted by Dr. James Withy
combe, of Corvallis. We say cam
paign for the governorship advisedly,
for Dr. Withycombe will surely re
) ceive the nomination on the Republi
can ticket, and as surely be elected.
; No one can question his method of
| making known tpe fact of his candi
_|dacy or his mannér of seeking the sup
_iport of those who will elect the next
: chief executive of this state. He is
l not a politician in the ordinary sig
r'nification of that term. He is simply
,a plain, useful, stalwart citizen, well
'informed on all matters that pertain
,'to the common interests of the com
;lmonwealth and in close touch and
sympathy with the needs and desires
r=ot the people.
, For many years Dr. Withycombe
:;has occupied a position of more than!
lordinary importance in the develop
.!ment of the leading interests of Ore-!
~gon. As director of agriculture in the
"Agrlcultural College at Corvallis hel
!has rendered eminent service to the |
'people of the state; and in that ca-,
Ipacity he has become familiar withl
| conditions throughout Oregon, many |
lof which are deplorable in some re- |
tspects because of official neglect'
ithrough the governor's office. Most
!state executives are more political'
{than practical. And right here is|
'where Dr.” Withycombe has the ad
ivantage over all of his opponents, for
"he is essentially a practical man.
'That is the kind of man the people
want and need,
I If Dr. Withycombe were governor
!of Oregon, not a single interest would
'be overlooked, even in the remotest
!county. His would be a practical
?business administration for the people !
‘as a whole. That it would be an eco-!
inomical administration may be judged |
by the manner in which Dr. Withy-!
Icombe has handled all of the business
:with which he has had to deal, bothg
for the public and for himself pri-'
fvately, during a long life of remark-i
lable activity and usefulness. That isi
lwhy he is so generally popular withl
lthe people. They know him. Theyl
know his nature and his habits. They|
know he can be trusted. They t).rel
not afraid of him politically, for he
will not be prejudiced by party affilia-'
tions, notwithstanding the fact that |
he has done eminent service as a Re
!publican for many years. They know
;he is honest and practical. They’
know there will be no sectionalism in
jthe conduct of the business of his of
‘fice, for he will favor no district to
;the sacrifice of the interests of an~_'
other. i
i For all of these estimable qualities
the people admire him, believe in him
and love him for the man he is. "
i'l‘hat‘s what will make him the nextl
~governor of Oregon.
STOREY FOR SHERIFF.
The candidacy of Mr. W. A. Storey
for the Republican nomination for
sheriff is a growing one, and it be
ging to look as if he would be a win
‘per. The majority of the people are
lovers of fair play, and most of them
‘know and remember that Mr. Storey,
'arter serving very ably and acceptably
'as sherift of this county for one term,
'was turned down by a combination of
‘cquues and interests that nominated
:Jlm Stott—with what results we all
'know. Stott was beaten overwhelm
ingly by Word, and that vote was in
fa. iarge sense and measure the pro
'test of the Republicans of this coun-
Ity against the contemptuous turning
down of Storey, who then deserved
’another term, and who deserves it
lnow. Not that any one man is enti
!tled to any office as a matter of right,
lbut it has been the rule to give a good
‘official, especially when his term is
!only one of two years, a second term,
if not a third. This was done with
'Fra?er, it is being done with Fields,
and it should have been done, and
should yet be done, with Storey. Give
him the nomination. He deserves it; !
he will beat Word, and he will make
a first-class sheriff, as he-did before.
CANDIDATE FOR CORONER.,
Van C. Dunningis a a candidate for
the Republican nominafiion for coromer,
and he ought to be nominated. He is
a native of the state and city, the
worthy son. of an honored pioneer,
who ig known to thousands of our
citizens as an honorable and conscien
tious business man, '
Mr. Finley is a very good citizen
and has made a fair coroner, but this
office can be bestowdd nowhere so ap
,propriately as on Mr. Dunning.
’ One reason for this is that while
idoing business in all parts of the
city and surrounding country, Mr. Dun-
Ening’s place of business and residence
‘is on the East Side of the river,
which portion of the city, now con
‘taining a majority of its residents,
deserves more recognition. ‘
Mr. Dunning is a capable business
man, well known, thoroughly respon
sible and reputable in every way, a
good citizen, and deserving in all re
spects of the people’s support.
THE PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN.
, The campaign, so far as the choice
‘of the man whom the people will en
gdorse for senator, is ended. Mr.
' Bourne, whose record was his un
'doing, endeavored to stem the tide of
!public condemnation by the liberal
use of money, but money is not the
;“op,en sesame” it used to Dbe under
Ithe old regime of machine politics.
The people are now supreme, untram
meled by political bosses—free from
machine rule—and the people have de
cided to choose Judge E. B. Watsoni
to represent them in the United
States senate. Mr. Watson needs no
eulogy. His record is his eulogy—his
is an absolutely pure public and pri
vate record, and the people of Oregon
honor themselves in conferring politi
cal honor upon him. l
MR. SAMUEL CONNELL
~ Mr. Samuel Connell, president and
manager of the Northwest Door Co., a
very energetic, useful and prominent
citizen and business man, is a candi
date for state senator, and deserves
election. He is a type of man that
is needed urgently in oug legislature.
He is a first-class business man, en
terprising and public-spirited, moral,
courageous, manly, intelligent, and
one who won't and can’t_go wrong.
We hope to see him in the next
Oregon legislature, and know that the
people’s interests will be safe in his
hands. Put such men as Samuel Con
nell on guard in such positions.
J. E. MAGERS,
Justice of the Peace.
Judge Magers is a candidate for the
Republican nomination for justice of
the peace on the East Side. He is
well qualified both by education and
experience to fill that important of
fice acceptably to the people of Port
land, and no mistake will be made in
his election,
' CHAS. MAUTZ -
For C_onstable East Side.
Mr. Mautz, who is a candidate for
;the Republican nomination for con
stable on the East Side, is well quali
fied for the position and will poll a
large vote at the primaries. Remem
ber on April 20.
SLIGHT RHYMES.
Who'll win? s
.| Guess again!
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: George A. Steel— :
| Not a steal. i
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| Frank T. Wrightman
Is the right man.
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| Of course you've heard
| Of Candidate Bird.
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| You may also have heard °
' Of Candidate Word.
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| Vote-fat not thin
Will be Andy DeLin.
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| He's got a glad hand—
Foxy John Rand.
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Can anybody tell us
Why to vote for Ellis?
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Mighty and daily
Hopes rise in Hailey.
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It will be all well
If you vote for Colwell.
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The candidate’s name
Counts not much in the game,
* & 0w
We are robbed™y gas, :
And a robber class.
* * *
The man to come—
Dr. Withycombe.
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Tom Richardson’
Thinks he weighs a ton.
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It really was folly :
On the part of Hawley.
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A fellow named Cross '
Will sustain some more loss.
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He needs no steerin’—
Senator Gearin.
‘# * @
He’s got quite a holt on—
Senator Fulton.
- * * *
And away on the brine
Is Binger of the Rhine.
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So shine of sun
For Williamson.
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- All square and true
Is Crawford with you.
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Whitney for printer
Will prove a good sprinter.
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These rhymes are no better
Than Ballads in the Oregonian.
MORE ANON.
VOTE FOR
W. H. PATTERSON
Primaries April 20, 1906
Candidate for Republican nomina
ticn for the office of constable, West
Side.
Hon. R. G. Morrow, who is a candi
date for the Republican nomination for
the circuit judgeship in Department
No. 2, is beyond doubt the most pop
ular candidate for that office. His
ability as a lawyer and his fitness to
serve as a jurist notably qualify him
for the place his many friends have
induced him to seek. No one doubts
the purpose of his honorable ambi
tion.
' A man’s official business ought to
{be more important than his private
business, after he accepts an official
place of great responsibility like that
of the county judgeship. It seems to
'be different with Judge Webster. His
l.mines are more important than his
responsibility for the exchequer of the
’people. His legal work also seems to
take precedence over hig official busi
ness. The people have had enough of
that.
{ Colonel C. U. Gantenbeln is one of
the most popular candidates in the
local field for public office. His can
|didacy for a circuit judgeship is meet
' ing with hearty endorsement by all
iclasses. He is an able lawyer and is
lfitted by professional wdrk to make
an excellent judge. He represents the
‘progressive element in American cit
izenship. That he will hake a just
and impartial judge there can be no
doubt. He will serve the people fear
lessly and without expectation of fa-
wvor, except that which should be ac-
corded him as a just judge.
Hon Frank T. Wrightman, who =
the Republican candidate for the
nomination for the state secretary
ship, hag received 50 many assurances
of success that there should be no
doubt about the result. He is popu
lar, able and is fitted in every way to
be the successor of Hon. F. I. Dun
bar. Mr. Wrightman is already fa
miliar with the duties of the office
which he seeks and would in every
way makg an ideal secretary of state.
Mr. Dave B. Mackie’s candidacy for
the nomination for representative im
the _sfate legislature from this county
is receiving encouragement on every
hand because of his personal popu
larity and his unquestioned fitness for
the office. He is one of the progres
;sive young business men of the city
and is fitted by education, study and
business training to be the represen
tative of the people of Multnomah
county in the state legislature. He
has for years been an indefatigable
worker for the party and for every
thing that the party represents in the
advancement of the interests of the
state, %
Hon. J. R. Whitney, as state print
er, has made a most conservative and
faithful official and has fully earned
the honor of re-election. His conduct
of the business of that regponsible
office has been most economical
throughout. He has introduced many
substantial reforms in the work of
the office, thus saving much money
heretofore -needlessly expended in
public printing. He has fully earned
the nomination for a second term—
and he will no doubt receive it. ' If’
the people know on which side their
}bread is buttered in the state print
er’s office they will re-nominate and
re-elect Hon. J. R. Whitney.
Hon. R. R. Giltner, who is a capdi
date for the Republican nomination
for the county judgeship, is receivlflg'
strong endorsement in every district
S 0 far canvassed. The voters kow Mr.
Giltner well. They know him to be
honest, s@ea,dfast, energetic and pro
gressive. They know him tg‘b_g_ a
good lawyer and a good judge of law.
They know that he is conscientious:
and impartial. They know, also, that
he knows what the needs of the peo
ple of the county are. They have
no doubt, either, that he will devote:
all of his time to his official work.
The duties of the judge of Multnomah
county are now sufficiently important
and urgent to demand that. Every
body knows that Rush Giltner will
fill the bill. That’s enough.
SHERIFF’'S SALE.
In pursuance of a judgment ren
dered in the Circuit Court of the
State of Oregon, for Multnomah coun
ty, on the 13th day of February, 1906,
,in an action wherein The Ames Mer
cantile Agency, a corporation, was
plaintiff, and Thos. S. Kearns was de
fendant, in favor of the said plaintiff,
and against the said defendant for
Ithe sum of $86.10, with interest there
,on at the rate of 10 per cent per an
num from the 13th day of February,
11906, and a further sum of $25 as at
torney’s fees, and the costs and dis
bursements of said action taxed at
$15.05, and by virtue of an execution
issued out of the above entitled court
on said judgment on the 26th day of
March, 1906, I levied on the follow
ing described real property in Mult
nomah county, Oregon, to-wit: Right
and one-half acres out of the herein
after described fifteen acres, to-wit:
Beginning at a point twenty chains
‘north of the quarter section corner,
between Sections twenty-one and
twenty-eight, in Township 1 south,
range 2 east of the Willamette Merid
fan, thence north to the county road,
and to a point 1 chain and 50 links
from where a continuation of said line
wouwld strike Johnson creek; thence
‘south 66 minuteg and 30 seconds east
‘along the county road 9 chains and 16
links to a point; thence south to a
point 20 chains from the line between
Sections 21 and 28; thence west to the
place of beginning, save and except a
strip containing five acres off the
south side of said land and deeded to
Abraham Frankhouser to C. Whit
lock, February 21, 1891, and recorded
In Book 154 at page 305, Record of
Deeds for Mulnomah county, Oregon.
All of the said land -being a part of
the Wm. Johnson Donation Land
Claim for Multnomah county, Oregon;
also lots 1 and 2 in block 1 in Hun
ter’'s Addition to the City of Portland,
Multnomah county, Oregon. And by
virtue of said execution, I will offer
for sale, and will sell, all of the de
fendant’s interest in the above de
scribed property, as the law directs,
at the court house door in the said
county of Multnomah, and the city of
Portland, on the 30th day of April,
1906, at the hour of 10 o’clock of said
day, to satisfy said judgment, attor
ney’s fees, costs and court costs.
: T. M. WORD,
Sheriff of Multnomah County.
First publication March 31, 1906.
Last publication April 28, 1906.
W. 8. HUFFORD, ¢
Attorney for Plaintiff.