The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-05-11
A WARM CAMPAIGN
HEAD OF THE MAJORITY TICK
EFT is IN TROUBLE.
Democrats Are Beginning to Show Ac-
tivity and Strength All
Over the State.

IUTb1aUu, MAY lU-opcCldl OOIIoh-
pondence-The political ceuters of
Oregon are on the verge of siren
uous campaign and sign of uneasi-
ness is abroad in the land. These
same centers are being stirred for it is
we'll known that there is going to be
a fight and fierce one. The head of
the majority ticket is in trouble
there's no gainsaying that. They all
admit it. The Democrats are begin
ming to show signs of activity aud
strength the Republicans are rapidly
taking measures to meet the issue.
This principally as regards two offices
in the state at large.
The carly part of the campaign is
settling down to cases. Now that it
has been decided to certainty and by
slim plurality that DR.. James Witty
combe is going to head the Republican
State ticket and that by this same slim
plurality the Gubernatorial aims and
ambitious of Tall Timothy Geer have,
for another time, been sent skedad-
ling back to the pastures of new-mown
hay, the doctor is making ready to tour
the state again, but not in the inter
ests of agriculture this time.
Also, the sovereign electors having
decreed that Jonathan Bourne Jr.,
record and all, is the best man in Ore
gon to 60 to the Senate, that knight of
machine politics, is buckling on his
armor and taking measures to replen-
ish his sack. Jonathan SO they say only
pungled up something like $4,000 to
get the nomination in the first place,
and now he will have to do it all over
again. However this doesn't worry
Jonathan, for he has done it before.
AS the Oregonian said a few years
ago, if Jonathan has access to bar
rel. there's no question about what
he will do with it, for parsimony ism It
one of his failings. The Oregonian
knows, for it saw him in action at Sa-
lem at the Legislative sessions of 1895
and 1897, when things were doing in
the barrel line. DR.. Withycombe will
probably stump the state. He makes a
good talk and will please some people,
although many don't think he is made
of gubernatorial timber. Again the
probabilities are that Jonathan Bourne
will not. If he does it will be sur
prise, for Jonathan generally does
! things by proxy. He has barrel and
, will most likely holler down that.
Jonathan will give many a heller a
job for that's the way he works pol
itics. He will spend ton of money
and will certainly send out few
hundred Thousand more letters
gotten out by circular letter com
pany and addressed from copies of the
registration rolls furnished him for so
much per bunch.
That's the way Jonathan carried
out his postal card propaganda last
spring and gave out to the voters the
individual letter. sell.
Did you ever notice that Jonathan
ran best out in the remote counties
where he was least known? That's
where the individual letter" gag did
its best work. But they won't stand
/ for it again.
/ The probabilities of Senator John NJ.
Gearin coming home to take the stump
has caused something of fiutter in
Portland political circles. Indications
are that the railroad rate bill will
come to an early vote and in that
event Senator Gearin will probably
return to Oregon for the campaign.
If he does, this campaign will be a
whirlwind affair. Oregon has no mosa
eloquent man than John M. Gearin.
There was a time. when Judge Viii
liams was looked upon as the star ora