East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-04-07

Portland, Ore, April 7.-(Editor
East Oregonian. Think of Jonathan
Bourne, tooth pick candidate for
United States senator. and w. e.
Burke. the Judas of Oregon politics
and press agent for Bourne-master
and tool.
Truly that political wiseacre who
long ago said that politics make
strange bedfeilows, must have had In
mind the present situation in Oregon.
Fancy Jonathan Bourne, a man
who, since he came to Oregon, has
played with Oregon politics as a gam
bler-for the money that was in 1t,
daring, in spite Of his unsavory repu-
tation, to come before the people as
a candidate for one Of the highest
and most exalted gifts Of the people
OF the state.
Think of this man who has repeat
edly gone to Salem with a barrel,
who has In times past openly boastet
of his ability to barter and trade leg
islators, who maintained at Salem
gilded salon where legislators were
NhcIt Wihc anu "hhohcs
flowed free and feminine voices sang
siren songs into the ears of the legis-
lative tools who had sold themselves
to Jonathan Bourne!
Bourne's Corruption Not New.
This story Is not new. 1t is COM
mon gossip throughout the entire
state and those who were privileged
to enter the tooth pick" senatorial
candidates apartments, smile now
when they glance over the Bourne
letters of loyalty to the people. and
wink the other eye. They know JON
athen. They know his methods.
So do fully half of the $4,000 voters
OF the state of Oregon, but not a voice
of protest has risen against the man
who would have the people believe
he was Moses, created to lead the
people out of the wilderness of boss
ism and ring rule.
Those who know through the
tongues of gossip of the orgies which
always followed Jonathan Bourne's
presence at Salem, are half inclined
to also wink the other eye, but they
will not vote for the man who makes
his boasts of the money he has won
by gambling in politics.
BOurne's Answer to Charges.
Bourne knows that he is openly
charged with having furnished femi-
nine entertainment for his corrupt
legislators and 1t is said of him that
he meets this charge with the state
menl that prize fighters are prone to
make when caught taking n fight
that he will give $1,000 to charity to
any man who will come out in the
open and say that women were ever
In his apartments at Salem.
Bourne knows he is safe In making
this offer, for no one who had taken
part in the revels would be shameless
enough to admit It to the public.
Bourne knows that he has spent
thousands upon thousands of dollars
In manipulating political deals at Sa-
lem. He is the kind that spends his
own money first and when he gets
what he wants he holds open the
empty sack and says to those who
want to buy, "Fill the sack and you
get yours"
Allied win TRAITORS.
The old saying that he who lies
down with the dogs will get up with,
the fleas is applicable in Jonathan
Bourne's case, since he tied up with
w. e. Burke as his campaign mama
ger. If Bourne was honest and sin
cere he never would have allied him.
self with Burke, who stands charged
with being a traitor throughout the
state. When he and Cole sold out
Senator Dolph In 1895, the Oregonian
said editorially of the pair, February
/, 1885,
"Of all the cheap sinking creatures
who ever entered legislative body
through false pretenses and base lies,
Cole and Burke, Of Multnomah, or