Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-13

made the most mistakes, the ma.
chine or the people.
Who Is Standing by Republican
Principles?
THE only senator from oregon
who has been elected by the people
is Hon. Jonathan Bourne, and is he
not standing for the rights OF the
people in an uncompromising man
ner? Has President Roosevelt a
champion in this state who can be
mentioned in the same breath with
Bourne? In fact most OF the ma
chine politicians are either hostile
to tho national Republican admin
lstratlon, or are silent and oppose
even Taft because he Is a member
OF Roosevelts cabinet. | have not
heard one OF the machine who are
fighting Statement No. 1, the right
OF the people TO elect United States
senators, who is not fighting the
Roosevelt administration, and the
defeat OF Statement No. / at the
coming primary election would be
the defeat OF Republican admins
tratlon principles and tho triumph
OF the enemies of Roosevelt In Or
egon. The warfare on Statement
No. / "a the same warfare that was
made on Senator Bourne two years
ago, and yet the machine cannot
show where Senator Bourne has
failed I'm the slightest degree TO
stand by the prlncipleU OF the ma
ton Republican administration and
uphold bedrock Republican policies.
Peo,Ie Versus Machine.
Because / have referred TO the
managers OF the recent conventions
held In several counties as machine
managers space has been hired IN
the morning paper TO brand me as
being not a good Republican III
LOYALTY TO bad machine constitutes
n good Republican there are not
many IN Oregon, and there Will be
less The best Republican COVER
nors I'm the United States In the es-
timatlon OF the people are the gov
ernors who are fighting the party
machines. This has been true In
New York, IN Iowa and other states.
Hughes and Cummins have done
nothing 20 distinguish themselves
but trample underfoot the machines
of their several states. In Wiieon-
sin the Republicans exalted their
principal Misunderstanding governor
To the United States senate, Tho
machine senators OF New York are
reduced TO cyphers, and the outlook
for the slayi h adherent OF bad ma
chimes has no political future
Abraham Lincoln built up a power
ful machine but Il was done TO carry
out program that saved tho lie
of the nation. II a'iyc today ne
wCdld be with Roosevelt In his fight
90 break up bad machines. IL Is a
compliment TO any man 20 have
earned the hostility of the worst po-
lltical machines, and the one the
people of Oregon have contended
with has not been too good, It's
methods are repudiatsd by the bet
ter class of all narties.
What IL Meant uy SsAchine.
There are good machines and
bad machines. No one can object
TO organization and leadership for
good purposes In political affairs. nj
Is the only way to secure results,
but the right OF the people TO in
dict bad political machines will al /
ways eNial. Warfare Is being mai3 |
ON bad political machine work from !
Maine To California. and the oregon |
political machine Is not above re- |
proach. Some of the old Republic !
can leaders were good men, and /
some OF them We're not What I !
contend for Is the right TO attack 4
and indict the machine at any and |
all times, ANA that Is the only way |
10 get hetter results. but In do !
ing so | do not mean to indict every |
man who has been active in poli-
tics, Our city and county and |
school governments at Salam are /
probably as good as any In the /
state, The people have a right tol
the same order of things in the
state and legislative departments |
And they are going 10 get them The
last legislature, beyond raufying |
the choice OF the people for sena-
tor. was badly under mach ne con-
uol, Witness its enactment OF an
official free pass blll when the peO-
pie had voted three 20 one In favor
OF aboliChing am free passes. That
was ease of the machine oyvrrld-
ing the expressed will OF the people
Why I supported Bryan.
1T Is charged In a stCnding ad-
vertisemont HAT an 1896 / sup
ported Bryan. I do not deny that i'm
common With meny silver Republi-
'ans l did support the candidate
and platform of the Free Coinage of
Silver. I had slowly aud reluctantly !,
adopted Free Coinage as taught IA
The Republican platforms OF Oregon \
and other West Tn states. Along
with me stood the leaders az the
Republican party, aud these Plat
Iorms were given later interpreta-
ton aud support hy letters and
speeches OF such men as ThOs.