The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-17
MARION
COUNTY
TICKET
For Senatorial and LegisIa-
tive HOnOrS.
Some of the Men Who are
TaIged. .fOritheSe Important
Places.

After the excitement of the Salem
and Portland primaries has subsided
the great big proposition of making 8
Legislative ticket of five representa-
tives and two senators and joint sen
ator is before the Republicans Of Ma
rion county
There is going TO be a demand this
year for men of ability and flrmness o.
character. who will inaugurate better
business policies and enact laws to re
duce taxes, instead of enlarging the
sphere of grating
II is beyond doubt certain of the
friends of Governor Geer will be IL
control of the convention, so far al
making delegation to the state con
vention is concerned.
The adoption in the convention OF
a business program is accentuatine
the necessity Of taking men up who
stand for those principles. The Marion
county program is going to be empha-
sized and will largely control the max
ing Of legislative ticket
For state senator the names of men
likely to be before the convention are
going to include Senators Looney and
Adams. Senators serve for four years,
and past experience counts for some!
thing.
Other men of senatorial dimensions
are w. w. Hall, the present county
clerk, Squire Farrar, w. A. Cusick and
A. N. Gilbert, solid Salem business
men, and men of experience in public
affairs. ]. H.Settlemier and J. M. Poor.
man, of Woodburn, and l.. l.. Pearce,
of Salem, are also in the list of sena.
torial asplrants and their past expert
ence counts in their favor. General W.
II. Odell is not an aspirant for any Of
fee, but his fifty years of unremltting
labors for Republicanism cause him to
be regarded as a pretty safe leader,
and he can probably have a place on
the ticket II he wants the honor.
Hon. W. II. Hobson, of Stayton, is
also in the list. Several, who have
been mentioned in other papers, win
not let their names go before the con.
vention.
There is a feeling that delegation
from Marion county that would act as
a unit, and would consult and confer
and whose individual members would
not play at the petty game OF personal
politics, Is needed to do some good, In
telligent "hayseed" legislative work for
once in the history of the party.
There is as much prejudice against
local bossism as there is against boss
ism from Portland. No one man will be
permitted TO name or own the Marion
county delegation.
Besides the Inauguration Of a better
business program in legislative affairs,
there is an universal demand for the
enactment Of a general primary law.
Among men named for places on the
Legislative Uchel dIS iNhiS NNSNHN' VI
stayton, NJ. l.. JoneC and Alex La Fol
lett. of Brooks; VIM. Brown, r. p.
Boise Jr., Frank Davey, Fred Hurst
Hal Patton, of Salem; Il. T. Judd and
Abner Lewis, of Aumsyillc; John W.
mckinney, j. M. Watson and VIM. Hill
leary, of Turner; J. II. Richie, OF
Scots Mills; J. l.. Calvert, of Hub
bard; Charles Hicks, OF Silyerton; H.
A. Snyder, Of Aurora; John Shaw, OF
Mill City.
There are others" for these
iplaces yet TO be named. Joint sena
tor will be given to Marion county. ai
the alternating arrangement gives the
place to Marion.