The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-01-12
THEY COST MONEY.

Letters Something About
Them.
Everybody is in correspondence
nowadays, with Jonathan Bourne
Jr. at least everybody is getting let.
tersfrom the Multnomah statesman.
For the past two days the local
mails have certainly been much
swelled by Mr.. Bourne's letters to
local citizens, If any of them are
proud of spirit to have
been taken into confidence by Mr..
Bourne, they needn't be. for all the
neighbors have received letters
from Mr.. Bourne, too.
The correspondence has reference
to matters of state In particular
it pertains to the United States SEN
atorship from Oregon. The desire
is to so fix things that all legisla-
tive candidates in the coming cleo
ton shall be pledged beforehand
to support the candidate who shall
receive the heaviest vote in the
June election. The primary cleo
ton law plans for candidates for
Uuited States senator to go the on
June ballots and devoted for as they
were planned to be voted for in the
Mays bill, under which Geer was
a popular candidate four years ago.
The language of the primary cleo
ton law on the subject is:
"In case of an elector seeking
nomination for the Office of senator
or representative in the legislative
assembly, he may include one of
the following two statements in his
petition: but if he does not do so,
the secretary of state or county
clerk, as the case may be, shall not
on that account refuse to file his
petition.
Statement No. II further
state to the people OF Oregon, as
we'll as to the people of my legis-
1ative district, that during my
term of Office, I will always vote
for that candidate for United States
senator in congress who has receiv-
ed the highest number Of the PEG
pies vote for that position at the
general election next preceding the
election Of a senator in congress,
without regard to my Individual
preference. (Signature for the
candidate for nomination.)
eff the candidate shall be unwil-
ling to sign the above statement
then he may sign the following
statement as a part of his petition
Statement No. during my
term of Office, 1 shall consider the
vote of the people for United
States senator in congress as moth
ing more than a recommendation,
which I shall be at liberty to Who'll.
ly disregard, if the reason for doing
SO seems to me to be sufficient. "
The effort of Mr.. Bourne is di.
rected to require legislative candi'
dates to make pledge as per estate
ment No. l." His work Is with &
fine Italian hand, and is very like
ly to prove eficacious The adroit.
ness of the reasoning in his letters
leaves the reader no room to doub'
but that his position is absolutely
correct, and incidentally. that MI
Bourne is a patriot of the real ole
Colonial school, a statesman without
heck or flaw. After perusal of the
reasoning of his epistle. the reader
Involuntary finds himself in per.
feet unison with MI. Bourne
ideas, never dreaming that the
Multnomah statesman would ever
suffer his name to be used as a can.
didate for the senatorship. Thai
MI. Bourne's bonnet is, literally
alive with bees that buzz from day
light till dark and from dark till
daylight, is a story that floats back
and forth on every breeze from Dor
Der to border of the state.
Mr.. Bourne's heavy correspond.
ence costs money. There is a two
cent stamp on every letter. There
is a postal card inside, printed,
probably costing two cents. The sta
tionary and the expense of prepar-
alton must cost an additional cent
for each letter, making the total
cost about five cents. At the rate
which people are receiving them in
Corvallis, no voter in the state is
likely to be overlooked.
With a letter each for ninety odd
thousand voters at a nickel a letter
a big sun of money is blown in at
the Bourne headquarters on each
new general letter that is sent out.