Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-06-01
BLINDLY PREJUDICED

bLINDLf PkEJUDlGED
With a prejudice amounting to
fanaticism, Editor Lyon Of the Inde-
pendence West Side, attacks every
candidate who is not shouting himself
hoarse for Statement No. l Of the
direct primary law. 1t matters not
what his qualifications for the Legis-
lature may be, if he will only iDdorse
Statement No. he is capable of repre-
senting the people and no other man
will fill the bill, according to the
Independence editors idea. Honesty,
ability, position on questions Of
National and State Importance, and.
all other qualifications that go to
make suitable candidate for the
Legislature, cut no figure with this
frenzied writer, who is riding one lone
hobby in the present campaign.
Pretending to edit a Republican
newspaper, he has steadily fought the
nominee of his party, and has given
every aid and comfort to those who
are seeking the defeat Of the Re-
publican candidate. His loud boasts
of conducting straight party paper
fall fiat before the course he has
pursued ia the campaign just tdrawing
to close. Without a shadow of an
excuse, he has steadily fought DR..
McCallon, merely because that gentle
man did not sign Statement No. /,
which the primary law leaves to the
candidates judgment to sign, or not
sign, as he may see fit. With abso-
lutely no regard tor the honest
opinions of those who do not happen
to agree with him, he has sought to
force his own opinions upon the party, |
with the threat of helping to defeat its
candidate If 1t does not bow down in
submission to his will.
In his blindly prejudiced fight for
the peoples choice, he has really been
guilty of fighting against the peoples
choice, for it must be remembered that
DR.. McCallon was nominated by the
votes of the people in a free and fair
contest. Had the people been opposed
to the nomination of DR.. McCallon,
they would have defeated him at the
primaries. The very fact that he was
chosen, proves beyond question that
he was the peoples choice. Had the
people desired otherwise, they would
have voted him out Of the race. Mr..
Lyon does i'll when he opposes the
man chosen by his party, in fair
oontest, for this office.
No one will blame Editor Lyon for
his belief in the righteousness Of
Statement No. /. This is a free
and every man has a right
10 his personal opinions. But after
an inglorious failure in his
effort to induce some candidate to run :
on his pet platform, and after the fair ,
and square nomination of worthy
and competent candidate by his party,
ne should have ceased his attacks and {
ined up in support of the peoples
lominee. No man-is bigger than his i,
oarty, especially when his party has 7
expressed it's will by just and honor
.ble methods.
Hon. b. f. Jones, who favors State !,
nent No. l, was candidate for Joint :.
and was successful in {
he primaries. The writer of this :
Irtlcle was opposed to Statement No. =
, but at no time did he ever think of
aging word against Mr.. Jones
andidacy on that account, or any
ther. Nor did he ever hear from the
arge element in the Republican party
pposed to Statement No. l a single
1ord against Mr.. Jones because of :
hat gentleman's position on this r
statement. No one questioned Mr..
ones sincerity for an instant, and =,
II freely accorded to him the right to y
is belief Knowing him to be an = I,
onorable, capable man, and repre- =
entative citizen, a sufficient number -
fNNSAS S0NV AAkAlA tlltll SuHDOIb VI / -,
lace him in nomination. Mr.. Jones :,
andsome vote came from the ranks ~
( those who favored Statement No. l "
nd those who did not favor il, for the "
sason that the voters recognized in O
i'm a man who was capable of repre-
'nting them creditably and honor
bly, Statement No. was not the
st then, neither will it be in the June - =
ection, when Mr.. Jones will receive y, =,
e unanimous vote of his party.
Dr. McCallon is a loyal and able =" -
epublican, standing squarely for the ~ ~
'inciples of the party as practiced by ~ ~
at peerless Republican leader, Theo- ou "
re Roosevelt, and, as such, is en- ."
led to every Republican vote in
'lk County. He is a clean, able
an, and will represent his county Id
th credit to himself and credit to
pie
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