The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-11-23
THE AsroRIAN PUBLISHING CO..
G. w. FULTON AND THE UNITED
STATES SENATE.

But few weeks at most will inter-
vene before the meeting of the leglsla-
ture which will choose a suscessor to
Hon. Joseph Simon as United States
senator from Oregon, and no one pub
lie event of the past two years is Of
more interest to the state at laI Sc and
to its people.
Oregon is on the eve of a gr at in
dustrial awakening, and it is due to
her people, and her splendid resources,
that the man selected to represent her
in the senate Of the United States be
a man immeasurahly big enough and
broad enough to take his place among
the statesmen Of the senate. and al the
same time be one equipped mental !
TO lay before his colleagues the needs
and wants of the state in a manner
tnat Will H'ecl tnSlI SSAA SA"A NoA
Grafton. We are on the verge of a
new era-one that bespeaks much in
crease in wealth and population-and
we must keep pace with the rapid
march of progress. To do so it Isl
imperative that our interests be look
ed after by representatives in both
houses of congress who are familiar
with our needs, and who are active,
energetic and in every way capable.
At the present time there is but one
man who stands pre- eminently beforeI
the people of this state the logical can
didate of the entire state for United
States senator and that man is Hon.
c. w. Fulton of Astoria; a man pos
sessei Of all the vigor Of youth. ac-
companied with the judgment and de-
liberation of mature manhood-a man
whose fealty to party. whose person.
ality, Judgment, standing as a finish
ed public speaker, and whose knowl
edge of the needs and interests Of
every section of this great state Of
ours at once proclaim him as the one
first entitled TO recognition, and the
one most deserving the honor at the
hands of his party. There is no one
man in the state of Oregon who is bet
ter equipped, and who would bring
more dignity and luster to that high
office
Oregon will have in the next con-
gress, Senator Mitchell and Repre-
sentatNes Tongue and Williamson, a
delegation that would prove credit
to any state, and the election Of c.
w Fulton as junior senator will COM
plete a congressional delegation that
will prove the most harmonious and
hard working delegation that the state
has ever had.
Oregon needs much favorable legis-
lation at the hands of congress. Our
rapidly increasing commerce demands
the deepening of our rivers and the
speedy removal of the bar. With the
Columbia basin and its enormously un-
developed and latent wealth at our
backs, logic forces the conclusion that
there is but one natural outlet and
that by the gravity route along the
Columbia river to the sea. A 30-foot
channel to the sea, 40 feet OF water
where there is now bar at the mouth /
of the river, and the removal Of the
distractions to navigation in the up
per Columbia, are matters Of innort-
ance to every man, woman and child
in the state, for nature has pre-or-
dained that the vast resources of the
inland empire must of necessity find
an outlet through the gorge of the
Columbia.
The determined effort that is being
made toward the reclamation of east
ern Oregon will bear fruit at no great
ly distant day, and the sage plains of
today will contribute a wealth of
fruits, wheat and other cereals in the
near future. The development Of the
inland empire will necessitate the
speedy opening of the Columbia.
These are live interests and they
concern the entire state, and it is in
cumbent upon each and every repre-