The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-02-27
BOURNE DEFENDS
STATEMENT No. !


TO the Republican Voters Of Oregon
Daily 1t is becoming apparent tina,
there ID q disposition on the part OF
certain individuals to overthrow the
primary elections law aud statement
M. 1 thereof. Those ho are Lending
themselves to this conspiracy are not
verv numerous, but are noisy ana
nublic attention shouli therefore ne
nalIed 10 the issue theii noise In
wolves.
In the palmy days Of Oregon's poiit'
,caI machine. of which they we're In
tecraI parts and beneiaotors. these
oonspirators we're the poiiticsl usurp.
ers In the politics and governmen. OF
the state. On their part it required
no recognition of right from wrong,
no adherence to civic decenoy, no de-
yotion to ethics, no sense OF honesty,
no regard Tor or knowledge OF the
fundamental powers, rights and du-
ties Of American citizenship to be
poIitical bosses. All they needed, all
thew had. was Of their own creation
the party halter and the party lash,
and these suffioed for the domination
and manipulation OF halt entran-
chisad electoI ate whose responsibility
was shifted by the party from the IN
diyidual to the Irresponsible party
boss; the party assuming Tor itseiI
and It's boss the assumption u tne
King, "The King can do no wrong.
The names OF Oregon's aehine
politicians, living and dead, iiss ID
the memory Of the people rs witnesses
TO this truth. But those now iiVing
and who would revitalize In order TO
ornamept and adovn Ore2on's poiiti-
cal mast putrescence have no concep-
tion of the power Of completely en-
franchised people, z thoroughly awaken
cd to their own place and tneir
fundamental importance In the
scheme OF government.
The pretext for justification upon
which this anti statement No. con.
spiracy Is based is the assertion that
the primary law destroys party organ
ization, end, therefor upon such
pretext, is predicated an appeal to
party prejudice as the means to the
end OF overthrowing the law. IL
"machine" is meant by the term
.'party organization, aud party or
penjzation has no other or higher
meaning than the concept OF mech
anism OF Individual human units un-
auestioninRly obedient to boss
will. then yes, it not only destroys
party Organization, but 1t ought to
destroy il In the interest OF free citi-
...l anxn rnnn daNQnRU
Let us try this issue out again be.
tween the wouid-be party Eosses, big
and little, and the electorate, to I'm
ally deter mine whether the boss shall
furnish us with our party faith, our
party platform and our party nomi-
nees for public Office, or whether the
rank and file of the Republican cleo
turate. holding In common among
themselves Republican beliefs and
opinions, shall do these things under
the provisions of the law they them
selves enacted.
In responsesto the frantic appeals to
party prejudice invoked against the
primary law and statement No. l, 1t
is well TO call attention to the tact
that Lincoln said this nation had
been brought forth and dedicated to
the proposition that all men are
created equal; that the civil war was
fought to determine whether 1t or
any other nation So conceived and so
dedicated could long endure. Aud In
the dedication of the battle field OF
Gettysburg he said; ut is rather
for us to be here dedicated to the
great task remaining before us, that
from these honored dead we take in-
creased devotion TO that cause Tor
which they gave the last full measure
of devotion, that we have highly re
solved that these dead shall not have
died in vain; that this nation, under
God, shall have new birth OF fIee-
dom, and that government OF the peo.
pie, by the people, ioI the people,
shall not perish from the EARTH"
He never said party once.
President Roosevelt has said; "a
party is of worth only In SO far as it
promotes the national Interests, and
every officer, high or low, can serve
the party best by rendering to the
people the best service of which he
10 capable;' properly recognizing
the people. and not the party, as the
sovereign power.
Washington, IN his farewell addr es
said: LET me warn you In the most
solemn manner sgalnst the Daneful
effects of the spirit of party general
ly. This spirit, unfortunately, Is in
separable from our nature, having Its
roots Ia the strongest passions OF the
human mind. 1t exists under differ
ent shapes In all governments, more
or less stifled, controlled or repressed,
but In those OF the popular torn 1t Is
seen In Its greatest rankness, aud is
truly their worst enemy. x X X
All distractions to the execution Of
laws serve to organize faction, 10 give
IL an artificial and extraordinary
force; to put In place of the deiegat.
ed will OF the nation the will of
party, often small but aittul and
enterprising minority Of the com-.
munity, and, according to the alter
nate triumphs Of different parties
to make the public Illustration
the mirror of ill-conoerted and incon-
gruous projects OF faction, rather
than the organ of consistent and
wholesome plans digested by common
counsels and modified by mutual in
terests.''
] have made these quotations for
the purpose Of holding up the mirror
to those Calculating Republicans"
who are bowling for party organiza-
tion, which they mean only party ma
chine, and who are vainly seeking to
It by overthrowing the
primary elections and statement No.