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frequently challenged any person tC
come forward and say that he knows
the stories that have been told to be
true. Men who we're in a position tC
know whether improper conditions
existed, have made the following
statements:
Saw No Signs of ImprOpriety.
Hon. Ben Selling, State Senator
from MuItnomah county in 1897, when
asked as to what he knew of the
Bourne Headquarters in the Eldridge
block, at Salem, replied:
81 had rooms on the same floor in
the block where Mr.. Bourne had his
political headquarters. In addition,
| was visitor in his rooms, and once
dined at his table. did not see the
slightest indication of any impropri-
ETY. whatever. There certainly was no
intoxicatioD, though table wines we're
served at meals to those who wanted
them. neither saw nor heard of any
gambling, and never saw any woman
there or in or about the building.
The charge that Mr.. Bourne kept dis
solute women there or that he con
Quoted in any sense a quest enable
resort, or harbored 'blackguards,
pimps, gamblers, grafters and thugs,
as alleged, Is not true, as far as my
personali observation is concerned" "
Bishop Lived at Headquarters.
Henry l.. Barkley, Bishop of the
Church of United Brethren in Oregon,
and who was member of the legisla-
ture from Marion county In 1897, was
asked yesterday concerning the
Bourne headquarters in the FL fridge
blockg at Salem during that memor.
ablo session, and ii he had read the
anonymous circulars put out making
diverse and sundry libelous charges
against Mr.. Bourne. lie replied:
"Yes |, had read them. While in
Salem during that winter | stopped
at the headquarters, in fact lived
there, and had every opportunity tc
know all that went on, aud | say Lc
you and your readers that the aIlega,
tiOns contained in those anonymous
circulars are simply the malignan
emanations of malicious men. They
| have not even the shadow of truth in
them. There was no dissipation OF
any character whatever, and certaiuly
no questionable women we're ever seen
there by me, nor did | ever hear OF
any.
"On one or two occasions com.
mittee from the W. G. I. u. visited
the headquarters seeking contribu.
tions to some charitable Oject, but af.
ter similar reports to the present ones
had been industriously circulated, and
upon one or two other Oocs siOns gen.
tlemen brought their wives there tC
dinner The hollowness and malice
of such charges as are contained In
these circulars are apparent when so.
ber decency stops to think that the
men who congregated there as we'll as
those who lived there we're for the
most part men of families and were
and still are respectable men in the
communities where they reside.
am glad to make this statement to the
people of the state, not only In the
interest of my own good name, but
in the interest of the good name of
the other hundred or more men who
we're visitors here, and finally in jus.
tice to Mr., Bourne himself, who is
outrageously maligned. 1t is proper
that | should also state that | am not
affiliated with the Republican party,
but am opposed to it and its ticket.
A sense of justice as we'll rs self.re
spect impels me to brand the charges
contained in those circulars as mali
Cious falsehoods and their authors and
utterers as malignant cowards,. "
Charges False, Says W. \. U'Ren.
Hon. w. s. U'Ren, who was a mem.
ber of the legislature from Clackamas
county in 1897, in reply to question
as to the character of Mr.. Bourne's
guests and entertainment In Salem
during that session, and the anony-
nous charges recently circulated, an.
swered
"(os, | have read the circulars aud
they are false. was in and about the
headquarters once or more almost
every day and night during the ses-
sion of 1897. The charge that disso
luto women we're there at all, or that
there was drunkenness or dissipation
there in any form, is absolutely un-
true. 4 large number of the most
prominent and highly,Iespected men
in the state we're frequent visitors at |
our headquarters, among Others: Ii. |
l.. Barkley, now of Portland; G. S. |
Dustun, Long Creek }. n. Kruse, Os. |
wego; q. f. Schmidtlein, jackson
county; 0. G. Emery, Newberg; A. |
L. Maxwell, Portland; johnson S. |
Smith, now of Salem; j. G. Bayer,
Portland; John Gill, Yamhill county
J. W. McAllister, La Grande; j. n, |
Astoria Thomas Buckman,
Coos county; IL. G.. Guild, Polk coun,
~; I. NJ. Munkers, Scio; David |
Grace, Macleay George II. Hill, Port.
and George Ogle, Molalla; John
Whitaker, Benton county; II. j. Da-
'is, Milton; j. }. Howser, now of
Blaine; ID. l., Povey, Portland; d. W.
oakum, Baker county; James n.
Davis, Portland; +. n. Jones, Wasco
county; George W. Riddle, Riddle;
;. Schuebel, Oregon City; L. b. Han.
Tins Oregon CITY. Sauator = II |