East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-26
JOHN NJ. GEARIN FOR SENATOR.
Oregon's New Senator Is a Native OF
Umatilla County.

CdI uO tlltCludl WOIh IOI iilo
constituents, II he be a man of con-
scientious devotion to duty and real
desire to serve the people Of his
commonwealth. He was an active
factor in securing from the congress
the 100000 which has been appro-
prlated to continue work on improve
ment at the mouth of the Columbia
river, and the money now is being
spent under the direction of Major
Roessler, engineer in charge of the
Department Of the Columbia.
The manner in which a minority
senator may aid his state was illus
trated by his inducing all the demo-
cratic senators to agree to unanimous
consent that the 100000 bill be con-
sidered, at time when measures of
tremendous national import-the
railway rate bill, the statehood bill,
the Philippine tariff bill and others
were pressing for settlement. Objec-
ton by one senator, republican or
democratic. would have prevented
consideration at that time; and exper-
icnce since that time, by members
from all states, has proved the diff
culties that would have been encoun-
tered had action not been secured
when It was. Senator Gearin ha won
popularity and respect from his col
leagues. and is in a position to do ef-
fectivc work in the future.
He has stood for the presidents rate
regulation policy, and at all times has
been classed by the Washington news
paper correspondents in their advance
polls of the senate as unequivocally
for the enactment of a law which
will really accomplish something for
the relief of excessive rates, rebates
and the control of the coal and oil
and other necessaries by transporta-
ton companies; in other words,
against continuance of the existing
union between roads and coal mining
and oil-producing concerns.
The vast importance of these meas
ures-overshadowing all other issues
Of recent years-has brought to Ore
gon the loyal support of their minori-
ty senator for the things which are so
ardently desired by the people of the
United States.
Senator Gearin has taken UP the
complaints of the people of Sherman
| and other counties, and is close to sue
cess in his efforts to get relief for them
| from the difficulties they have here
| tofore experienced by reason of the
overlap claims of the railway COM
panies.
He has procured personally from
Secretary Hitchcock of the depart
ment of the interior active measures
II ~ -. tIaxs ,1fT 7 ty Ill
county, who have been demanding
that lands belonging to allotment In
dams on the Siletz reservation be
taxed, in order that they may be COM
PEELED to bear their just share of the
burden of the local government. This
| is a matter that concerns every locality
where reservation lands have been al
| lotted in severalty, and, when he shall
have succeeded in procuring relief
for Lincoln county, the precedent will
doubtless enable other communities
| to procure the same relief.
Senator Gearin has been influential
in urging to early beginning work in
building bitches for the reclamation
of arid lands, and has closely watched
all such enterprises and had frequent
conferences with the department Of
| ficials to the end that no undue delay
be experienced.
In every department of the federal
| government Senator Gearin is a well
| come visitor, and receives prompt and
| courteous attention whenever he goes
with requests for his constituents. He
| is popular with the administration,
| perhaps as much so as any other
member of the upper house.
Senator Gearin stands unvaryingly
| for Statement No. 1, and has at all
times so stood, Notwithstanding re-
ports that pretend to show to the
contrary. He will insist that the leg
islature owes to the people of the
state their wish as to election of fed
eral senator as expressed in the cleo
ton in June, and that whoever re-
ceives the popular majority then
should be chosen for senator.
He has not engaged in a campaign
of abuse; and he has remained at his
post in the senate, in order to be on
hand when the senate voted on the
rate regulation bill. refusing to prom
Use to go to Oregon to help his candi-
him the popular election in June: he
has replied to all invitations to speak,
saying that he cannot desert his post
until the rate bill shall have been dis
posed of by the senate.
Some time ago. report gained cir
culation that he Joined with Senator
Fulton in telegraphing Governor
!. Chamberlain that 1t might be advisa-
BILE to call special session of the leg
islature to appropriate money for the
relief of San Francisco sufferers; that
later, discovering that If such session
were called, 1t might elect a success
sor to him. he wired the governor to
disregard the first telegram. 1t IS
true that he telegraphed first sug-
gesting the extra session, but It Is not
true that later he wired to the COVER
, nor to disregard the first telegram
, he remained in his original position
> and stated that rather than recede
, therefrom he would lose his seat and
let anyone elected by the legislature
, come to the senate.
However, Senator Gearin has small
complaint for the treatment that has
been accorded him in the campaign
: and has carefully avoided transform.
ing the contest into one in which
Singing mud" should be leading
feature.
He rests upon his record of a year