The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-13
A MouRNFuL oRGAN.

The Portland oregonian is disap-
 pointed. What is worse. it is disgust
 ed. There was an election for Mayor in
 that city on Monday of last week and
 the bad Democrats elected their cam
 didate. Hear its tale of woe:
 There is no Republican party in Port land or in Oregon. There are Republt-
 cans car to ,, be sure hIt they % do not v vote ;e
 succession turned over to the Democ- racy the most important offices within
 their gift, and so they are likely to con.
 each election by virile and belliger-
 ant Democratic organization, perhaps
 we should have q different tale to
 then be such a thing as party. spirit,
 for there should be In every city and State strong and assertive political or
 ganixations and feaity to and support of party. This is a Government through
 party, and just now and for some time It has been Government through the K saS ahPt the nation ase wouiG been better of in the past fifty years if its political history had been different
 It is very sad, but how can 1t be helped7 The Democrats have some what confirmed habit of taking offices when they are not tied down too se- curely, and in this they are very much like other political parties. In truth, that's principally what parties are for. As The Oregonian very properly ob- serves, there: is a Government by Party" and 1t is likely to always be so. If a Party lets an election go ably blame the other side.
 Portland has been for years under Republican control, and we presume that Party thought 1t had a valid title to the offices for all time to come No doubt some of the leaders consider 1t the very height of impotence for the Democrats to win in an important con- majority was small-less than one thousand, but it was enough to secure the keys of the Mayors office, and we hope the new officials will give the city such good and clean government that there will be no just complaint to make, and that they will repeat the job when occasion offers. The doleful admission of The oregonian that there is mo Re- publican Party in Portland or in Ore- gon," may be taken as the first re- mark of one who isA just getting his breath back after a hard jolt. It will brace up later and take notice. we've no doubt.
 As usual. in such cases. our contem- porary can give a number of explana- tions, more or less satisfactory, of the defeat. Among them 1t declares that the treachery of Republican local poli- ticians was the main factor" We've heard that charge before, and in this case we suspect that there was good reason for it. It Is althogether prob able that city affairs had been so con- ducted that the good Republicans-we presume there are some good ones in Portland-were tired of it and wanted a change. They also wanted to teach their Party a lesson. and seem to have done it. But we hardly think The Ore gonian has cause for such a heartless view of the situation We predict that there is still a Republican Party in Portland and in Oregon. and that 1t will continue to do business at the old stand. There are too many good of- Aces passing around for the Republi- cans to disband. Let The Oregonian take heart of courage, and let it ad- wise It's Party to so act as to deserve success