Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-06-01
HAMLEYs SPEECH.
Says There is Politics i'm Present
Campaign.

Hon. Willis G Hawley, republican
candidate for congress, sroke at the
| court house Tuesday afternoon to good
sized audience. His address was heart
| lily applauded at various ii mes. and
| when there was mention of DR.. Witty
| combe as the gubernatorial candidate
there was an enthusiastic ouGburss.
Mr.. HasIey was Introduced by J. III.
| Edwards, aud beginning his addres, the
speaker afirme ithet despite Theory of the
| opposition party that there is no politics
in this campaign, there is, and the issues
should be faced fairly AMI squarely. to
the end that the best possible solution
of these questions may be reached.
He spoke of the great resources of
Oregon in its mines of copper and coal,
industries, of the power that is embraced
in the Santiam river where, by the use
Of IL dams across the stream power
enough could be obtained in 25 miles to
furnish electricity to light every town
and farm house in Linn county, and
more besides.
He voiced conviction that the Pa
cific coast and Oregon are to see great
and rapid development, and said he ex.
pected Oregon to reach a population oi
four million people.
In speaking of the claim made by the
opp osition as to mo .,ol1tics" in this
cam oaign, Mr.. Hawley said that the
government could not be maintained
without political parties, and hat to VII
| needed men always who would fight for
| t.eir party to the end that men might be
elected to execute the policies of the
party along economic, industrial and
! ether lines.
The republican party. Mr.. Hawley
said, was founded in 1854. and tho gen
eral policy of the party had always
been for the uplifting and general good
of the common people.
He mentioned at some length the
! railroad regulation rate bill, and the
Sherman antitrust law, the latter o
which President Cleveland said could
not be enforced, and which the demo
cratic party declared to be unconstitu
tional but which was enforced by Harrison
four times during his administration
and which Mckinley enforced II times
during his term. This law was for the
protection of the little owned by the
poor man, as we'll as for the protection
of the much owned by the rich man,
and which law was upheld as con stitu-
lional by the supreme court.
The Elkins act of 1903 was credit ed to
| the republican party, and its merits
explained; the fight of President Roose-
| welt in putting through the railroad rate
| regulation bill was commended in the
| highest terms; a protective tariff met
] with the speakers approval, although he
| said he did not believe that tariff till
! once framed shoald remain in force for
ever, but should be- changed when cir
| cumstances and conditions made such a
change necessary for the common
| veal.
Mr.. Hawley said the republican party
was interested in the good roads move
ment and favored national aid in the
project of road building; the speaker
said the republicans through Roosevelt
and congress, had secured the tract for
| the Isthmian canal, which will, when
completed, enable shippers to sell their
(! fruit at good profit in foreign markets,
thing hitherto impossible.
| A high tribute was paid by Mr.. Haw-
| ley to the old soldiers and sailors, and
the service pension bill was approved
and declared to be not 'charity," but
simple right and justice to the old sol
diers.
| Other phases of the political situation