Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-05
REPUBLICAN
CRITICIZFS
Mr.. HUSTON
Expresses the Opinion That Those Who
Have Stood by the Party Are Those
Who Should Have Repub-
IiCan Support

That man who aspires TO a seat IN
congress ought to have such politi.
cal record as will recommend him to
the favorable consideration Of the
members Of the party and be Of such
character that he himself can poiu,
with pride 20 it. instead Of either ig.
noring it entirely or being constantly
called upon TO apologize or defend b..
Every man rcaps that which he sows.
and =. b. Huston. who Is now seeking
nomination at the hands of the Bcpub.
lican voters Of this district rs candi.
date for congress, finds himself a very
plain target for the piercing shafts Of
ridiculc and deuuuciation. lie dare
not refer to bis political career In ask.
ing for the support Of Republicans.
for be- well knows that ten Of the best
years Of bic life we're spent. Ia the
very county whore be- now lives. IN
jcnouuciug the Republican party. its
platforms and principles, be men and
measures lie has the full conscious.
ness within himself that Tor ten long
years be- was actively engaged Ia con
dcmning and ridicullng the very party
whose support he now seeks Nor Is
on this, bad though it is, the worst u
must burn bic soul as with a white hot
iron, as be- remembers that be- was
brought up a Republican, and that 90
through bic growing manhood aud Tor
several years after be- came 20 this
state hc was proud 20 say be was a
Republican. and then, how ih tho ful,
possession of bic faculties and after be
had arrived at "a mature age, be- delib'
sratsly and cold bloodeily turned bic
back on che Republican party AMI
spent ihe next ten years trying &C.
break into office as Democrat The
man with a toF,uous political career
OF that Kind IL entitled 90 allow tho
public, whose favor be- seeks. % la
'pest him az very close range,
=. H. Huston came Co Washington
county something more than go years
ago. Hr was at that time a RepuhIi
can and formed a law paFtuership with
r. - Handlry, who was pTaetieiug in
Hlsbofo, but who later moved 20 Tl
lamook and who died there quite 70
Gently, Al this time an of the Law
yeTs in Washington county were 10.
Gated at HiilsboFo, aud an were Re-
putlieaHs. Mr Huston tells his
fTlra0s that De- lsft the Democratic
party .H 1880 ou account of che "mou-
sy" question. hut did anybody ever
hear him iel why, ten years earlier
iu lssd, Do left the Republican party'
1 lo not see any statement OF these im
poriaUt questions in any of bis cam
paigu literature. if the memory of
men who were then living, and there
are plenty OF them, f. not al fault
Mr Huston irft the Republican party
10 lssd or thereabouts on account o..
the money" question also.
Huston - first appearance as a can
diJate for ofiee ia Washington county
was at the election held on the 5th
day of Juus, 1855, when he was de
featei for representative 20 the legis
latuTe on the Democratic ticket. Two
years later, in lsss, he secured the
nomination for state senator on the
Democratic ticket, while the late Hon
Thomas II. Tongue was the Republican
candidate. The election was held June
4, lsss, and Mr.. Huston was again de.
feated. receiving $50 votes 70 1902 for
Mr.. Tongue
In 1899 Mr.. Tongue was TenOminated
for state senator By the Republicans
and Mr. Huston BY the Democrats. Al
this time Mr.. Tongue was q delegate
20 the Republican national convention
and was not able 70 take much part
In the campaign. and, in fact, was at
Minneapolis in attendance al the con
vention when the election took place.
The result was that Huston was elect.
ed, receiving l4l5 votes 20 1867 for his
opponent Huston then served IN the
Oregon state senate for four years as
a Democrat. In 1896 b. was renomlu-
ated BY the Democrats Of Washington
county for state senator. The fusion
party nominated A. G. Arehbold ant
the Republicans samuel Hughes. Al
the election. held June I, 1895, M |
Huston received s55 votes, Mr.. Arch.
bold lOs6 and Mr.. Hughes l4O7. IL
viii thus be seen that Huston was rath
er bad third ia this race, and this
IL a very important fact 70 remember
in view Of What happened very short. |
" afterwaTd. Mr.. Huston deserted the
RePubliean party ia 1850 Or there
ahoute rura1v and Gfmu1rr frr huafueaa