East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-25


drawn from the race for the nomina-
ton for United states senator. This
decision was arrived at by the for
mer senator yesterday, says Port
land paper. The reason assigned is
that Mulkey failed to receive the sup
port OF the leaders of the statement
No. / movement. With Mulkey re-
moved the only avowed candidates be-
fore the people on the republican
ticket is Senator Charles w. Fulton.
H. NJ. Cake, however is a possibility,
although, as yet he has not announc-
ed himself. a rumor has been circu-
lat ng that Joseph Simon will be
candidate on statement No. /. ST.
mon declared positively this morning
that he is not candidate and has
authorized no one to start boom
for him nor mention his name In
connection with politics.
For some time past Mulkey has
made little noise in the political pool.
He was inactive, and this Is poor
policy when votes and followers have
statement No. did not hold out en-
couragement, for some reason, al
though Mulkey was an avowed state
ment number oner, as much so as
Senator Jonathan Bourne, or w. S.
U'Ren. Bourne never committed
himself to Mulkey and U'Ren ap-
peared to be seking elsewhere for
some one TO receive his support. SO
Mulkey pulled out.
81 am still In favor of statement
No. l." said Mulkey today. ut is
the right dea. and I will advocate
done is to arganize the statement No.
to have men advocate 1t who are
not seeking office. What should be
done Is to organize the statement %.
l people throughout oregon. There
Is vast sentiment in favor of state
ment No. 1, but II has not been COM
bined, nor welded together nor con-
certed, so as to accomplish big re-
suits
"Unless there is some such organ
ization. which VIII select good men
for the legislature and support and
work for the best men thus selected.
the enemies Of statement No. may
have a number OF weak candidates
put up and run on the statement as
a blind, and thus divide the friends
of statment No. /, so that some leg
islative candidate of the old crowd
can thus be elected by some small
majority.
'T do not know what effect my
withdrawal will have. II any. I do
not know now who will come out
against Mr.. Fulton. I have not con-
s'dered the matter I have consulted
with no no one over my action"
And, wearing the same smile which
is reflected on the souvenir calendar
Mulkey sent broadcast throughout
the state, the statesman lighted a
Christmas cigar and looked happy.
Naturally. II no one else comes out,
the chances of Cake are improved by
the action of Mulkey. Cake is n
statement No. 1 man, and will be a
candidate, on that platform, II he ia
a candidate at all, which is not alb
solutely positive. Fulton has never
loved statement No. 1, and said as
much in his political speech at Cor
wallis last Summer. Neither has ST.
mon, Simon 1t is even suspected, is
the father of the modified statement,
for statement No. / and to be admin
istered in republican communities.
II there are no statement No.
men elected to the legislature, the
old-time conditions OF electing a |
United States senator in Oregon will
return, in which event the "barrel"
will be as conspicuous by its presence
as ever before. If 1t is only a case
of BARREL" there are two or three
rich men in Portland whose names
are mentioned as illing to knock
the head out Of 1t to secure the SEN
torial toga. r
Friends Of Simon do not take stock |
in the report that he will be a candi-
date for the United States senate.
Frankly, they doubt IL he could be
elected. They do believe, however,
that he should take hand In the po-
litical game and manage things,
even though he should not run him
self Pressure was brought on him
to be candidate for mayor last |
spring, but he declined. Simon has
repeatedly informed old lieutenants
that he would not run again for the
United States senate and that he has