Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-09
ANYTHING ron VOTES.
TEi5 was tLe Position Assumed by SIR.
Chamberlain II R.s Talk Here We'd
1lesdey Afternoon.

cratic candidate for governor,
spoke to an audience t2at COM
Gortabiy filled the coart room in
! this city, Wednesday afternoon.
A number of ladies attended, and
many Furnish buttons indicated
that those present were not all
democrats. Mr.. B. F. Irvine
introduced Mr.. Chamberlain in a
short speech, the burden of which
was ''scuttle, scuttle, scuttle,"
and a beautiful word picture
something about the cascade
range, the pillows of the Pacific
and the tower on the Oreeonian
building.
After a few Introductory re-
marks, Mr.. Chamberlain launch
ed out Oh tbs set speech that lie
has made throughout the cam
paisr. All who read the papers
carefully, therefore, were fanil-
;ar with what Mr.. Chamberlain
Was going to say before he began.
He has free and easy style Of
delivery that is catchy, aEd his
negative policy and Barkis-is-
willin' attitude is calculated to
ant3goaiza nc one aud leave his
hearers i'll good hurnor. OIL
course, Mr.. Cham berlaia's only |
hope Of election lies in a cam
Taign of benevolent assimilation I
Of republicans. He is anything
to be elected. While he makes
stenuous efforts to convince re-
pubIicans that there is no
principle Or politics envolved III
the campaign, he is the nominee
Of a democratic convention and
all who vote fer him must vote
the democratic ticket to do so.
If elected governor and it
should be necessary for him to
an United States senator,
ne would send a man to congress
who would support the plank in
the democratic platform demand
ing that the Philippine islands
be abandoned.
He says that he is for keeping
he cd flag floating wherever it
las bseu planted by American
;alor, and yet lie supported and
voted for ". J. Bryan two years
go Gil a platform that called for
'cuttle, and he will support him
md vote ,or him two years hence
Ill the same kind Of platform.
He believes that the governor {
# Oregon should accept ouly the
Il, 500 salary prescribed by the
tate constitution, and yet lie is
,1fering to give up an Office that
Tow pays him a salary Of 81, ,ooo
oer annunl for this salary Of ST.
800. HIS plea is that he is q
Door man; and he isaor exchang- ,
ng one honorable position for
mother and losing 81, 500 Of sal
ry year.
He boasts Of sitting in demo- {
ratio conventions with W. J. (
Furnish, being a party to his
'lans, sharing his confidence, t
iding and abetting l,'n III his
aud still he says Fur
.ish's campaign methods are |
often. {
He ridicules republicans for
dopting measures formerly ad- a
ocated by populists, and then !
Ills his hearers that the demo- Y
ratio pIatform-issued at Port
aud over week after the repub- J,
can platform was issued-.las t
dopted all the principles OF tue a
platform.
He admits that Oregon has i
cen prosperous undlr republj- u
ali state and national admins S
rations, aud that she is now on {
he verge of a great substantial
e>elopment which will place {
er foremost in the sisterhood Of a
tates, and then asks that the 6
resent order OF things be re-
ersed to satisfy the ambitions Of :,
good fellew." "My opponent =
5 4 most estimable gent1eman,' !,
ays Mr. Chamberlain; "about him t
S citizen l have naught to say
ut what is mostkiudly." That
5 to catch republican votes. i
But, he adds: "Me intends to t
lake such a campaign as will
ebauch the politics Of Oregon 1
nd bring them to a standard of v
egeneratiol only equalled by
Hanna, Platt, Quay and Croker. |
Here is bit of Organism which |
rop5 to the surface to win the s
llegiance Of the erstwhile fol- :
OVERS Of the desciple Of free silver :
I'D anti-eNpansion. !
Commissioners Court.
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