The new age., 1906-05-26
EDITORIAL
THE WINNING TICKET.

In little over week the campaign
will be over, and week from Monday
the fate Of the various candidates will
be decided. At two or three points the
campaign has been quite animated, and
will be more 60 on next weeks home
stretch, but as the Democrats haven't
even the possibility Of chance except
as to governor and senator on the state
and congressional ticket; the other can
didates are receiving little attention.
The full Republican vote will be cast
for them, which insures their election
by very large majorities.
For secretary of state Mr.. Frank Ben
son, of Douglas county, is not only we'll
qualified and capable of filling the
Office we'll, but where he is known he
is exceptionally popular, and he made
many friends by his canvass before the
primaries, and 30 he is likely to run
fully up to the average of the ticket at
least.
Mr.. A. M. Crawford, the candidate
for attorney general, is likely to do
even better, because he has been in
office for nearly four years, and has
performed it's numerous and onerous
duties with great industry, skill and
ability, and he will receive not only all
Republican but some Democratic votes.
He we'll deserves all he will get.
The Democratic candidate for state
treasurer, Mr.. j. d. Matlock, of Eu-
gene, has been making a canvass of the
state, and as he is an excellent gentle
man, may have made some votes there
by, but not enough to endanger Mr..
Steel at all, who will doubtless run we'll
along with the rest.
For state printer Mr.. Wilkie G. Dun
iway, of this city, will also hold his
own. His opponent, j. Scott Taylor,
of Klamath Falls, has also been making
an extensive canvass, his principal
point being that he tavors placing the
Office on a fat salary, snd thst il
Democrat were elected q Republican
Legislature would be .ikeIs q do this.
This is rather Ingenious plea. but too
attenuated and diaphanous to win
many if any votes. Mr.. Duniway is
almost incomparably the more capable
man for the office. Mr.. Taylor is pro-
prietor of country paper,." That
is, one in q small town, while Mr..
Duniway has had almost lifetime of
experience in every department and
branch of the printing business, and is
familiar with it as perhaps no other
man in the state is, and he has pledged
himself to eliminate all graft from the
Office, and is a man who can be depend
ed on TO keep his word. He is the
only candidate who won out in the
primaries by majority over all others,
and is likely to make a corresponding
race week from Monday.
For supreme Judge, because there are
already two holdover Republican
Judges on the bench OF the supreme
court, there will be disposition among
some liberal or generous Republicans
to vote for Judge HALEY, yet the senti'
ment for a wholly Republican state is
30 general now that this is not likely tc
give him any chance of election. Most
Republicans would really have no OBJ
lection to his retaining his seat, but or
the other hand they have no objection
to the other candidate, and so viii nat
urally vote straight on this Office al
we'll as the rest.
OF course, Professor Ackerman will
90 in for third term by an immense
majority. He has been tried for eight
years, and many Democrats as we'll al
all Republicans will vote for him, fol
he has given entire satisfaction, and il
would be a great mistake, even if the
Republicans were in minority, tC
elect new man at this stage of the de.
velopment of our public school system,
which he so thoroughly understands.
1t is only question OF the number
of thousands of majority for all these
men, and it would not be surprising il
the leading ones won by majorities ap.
proximating that given Roosevelt in
1904. The only reason they will not
do so, if they should not, is that the
registration indicates that the vote will
not be nearly as heavy as it was then