Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-06-09

elect a Republican. Senator Mitchell
and his friends were all loyalty sup.
porting Mayor Williams and did not
deserve the rap they got from Scott.
The day after the city election the
tall tower had this: THERE IS
LAND" Who is to blame any
more than the Oregonianf 1t
has been the only Republican
paper in the only big city of
the state. 1t has made or unmade the
Republican party, so far as the Off.
cial organ and spokesman Of any party
could do that. IL has been edited al
ternately on the lines Of free trade and
Of protection. It has played fast and
loose with moral issues. In one issue
IL bowls for the moral issues and in
the next IL calls those who speak for
morality a pack Of liars and political
iackals. 1t pretended to oppose the
U'Ren direct primary law and yet had
not the nerve to oppose that measure
when IL was up for adoption. 1t open
ed a war on the clergymen Of Portland
at a time when such a course convert.
ed every church into a political head
quarters to force prohibition in the
form Of local option on the people. If
there is no Republican party in Ore
gon its non.existence is at least par
TALLY due to the POLITICAL LEAD
ERsHP OF THE ONLY ORGAN
THE PARTY HAD IN THIS STATE.
THE ONLY DEFEATS THE RE
PUBLICAN PARTY HAS MET WITH
in Oregon have been due to the politi-
cal insincerity and imbecility Of the
tall tower. The first election Of Pen
meyer as governor was due TO its in
sane course in putting the Republican
candidate in the attitude Of champion
ing coolie labor. 1t brought about the
defeat Of Col. Cornelius by putting
him in the false attitude Of opposing
all the opposition to eoolie labor. II
wanted to have the troops called out
to put down and run out Of Oregon all
who were opposed to the importation
Of more Chinese labor. 1t held out the
idea that Portland was in the hands Of
Ia seething anti Chinese mob and re-
CURED federal troops to quell tho riot.
IL falsely represented Republicanism
as championing coolie labor when there
was not n word in the platform to
warrant any such position, and the
only connection between Republican
ism and the Mongolian empire was the
possible access which the boss China.
man and head Of all the Six COmpa-
mics might have had with THE BUSI-
NESS OFFICE UNDER THE TALL
TOWER. But the oregonian made its
fight in such a way that all those in
the Republican party who opposed the
introduction of eoolie labor into our
country supported PennOyer and
fought one Of the best men in the
state. The result was the deeat Of the
Republican candidate for governor,
and then it may be asked who wiped
out tho Republican party that timei
The oregonian took up the fight for
d. p. Thompson, who was the next Re-
publican candidate for governor to go
down under the magic influence Of its
support. THE FULLEST AMPLI-
TUDE OF ITS HEARTIEsT LAU-
DATIoNs were shed on Mr.. Thomp-
son, while it dashed Pennoyer with UNI
stinted abuse and vituperation. The
result was to slide another sound, 10y
al and true Republican into the ditch
of defeat. Its more recent perform
anees in the way of electig Chamber
lain, Of helping TO defeat DOlph and
Corbett, and still more recent its aid
in selecting such roek-ribbed Demo,
Gratis as sheriff Word and District At
torney Manning are too familiar to
require comment. The latest achieve
ment Of eleeting a Democratic mayor
in a city that is from five to ten
thousand Republican puts all the 9TH
ers in the shade, but it does not answe
the question why this strongly Repub-
lean state has turned one office after
another over to the Democrats, unless
it is that REPUBLICANS PREFER
TO HAVE MEN OF THE OPPOSITE
PARTY in Office to Republicans who
would owe their election to the inhu.
enee Of the tail tower. They prefer
Demoeraev "a Seottoeraev Thav avi.