East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18
CHAMBERLAIN
FOR THE SENATE
GOVERNOR WILL BE-
COME A CANDIDATE
VIII Be Guided BY High Ideals In His
Work AS National Legislator, He
Says, If Elected-Rcview of His
Political Career by the Sunday
JOurnay.

The Oregon Sunday Journal says
of Governor George e. Chamberlain,
who has announced his intention Of
becoming a candidate for the United
States senate:
George L. Chamberlain, governor
of oregon, is a candidate for the Uni
ted States senate, to succeed Charles
w. Fulton. Yesterday afternoon the
governor made the announcement of
his candidacy pledglng himself,
should be elected to serve the
people of the state irrespective Of
party,f airly, earnestly and Impair
tally, and promising should the Of
flee fall to him, to place country
above party and to support those
measures whether of republican or
democratic administration, which
his conscience approved as best call
culated to promote the best interests
of the country at large and the state
of oregon.
In making bis announcement, Gov
ernor Chamberlain states that he has
been requested by friends of different
political belief to become a candidate
for the office. He has received the
Endorsement of his own party in diff
ferent counties of the state.
In outlining his position the gov
ernor places himself straight as
firm believer in and supporter of the
direct primary law and in the right
of the people of the state to nominate
candidates for all offices. He reiter-
ates his belief in the principle that
the people should elect by direct vote
the United States senator's, and takes
the stand that no member should be
elected to the Legislature who does
not sign statement No. l without
qualification.
The principle of the direct election
of the senator's in the state is the only
issue in the present campaign, the
governor contends, and 1t is one
which involves the maintenance of
the primary law in its integrity and
the right of the people to rule. 1t is
death struggle between the people
on the one hand and a corrupt sys-
TEN on the other.
Governor Chamberlain was born in
Matches, Mississippi January l, 1854.
He graduated in Washington and Lee
university in 1876, and came to Ore
gon in December of the same year.
Many Years in Oregon.
Settling in Albany, Governor Cham
berlain began the practice of law,
and in 1880 was elected to the house
of representatives from Linn county.
He was elected prosecuting attorney
for the Third judicial district in 1884,
serving for two years,
At the legislative session of 1891
the office of attorney general for Ore
gon was created and Governor Cham
berlain was appointed to fill the po-
sition by Governor Pennoyer. He
was elected to the office at the gener-
al election in June, 1892, defeating u.
r. Webster, present county judge of
Multnomah county, who was the re-
publican nominee for the position.
In 1896 Governor Chamberlain
moved to Portland, where he began
the practice of law, and in 1896 he
became candidate for the circuit
bench, being defeated by the late
Judge Sears, this being the only de-
feat of his political career. =,
At the June election of 1900 Gov
ernor Chamberlain was elected pros
ecuting attorney of the Fourth judi
cial district, defeating Judge SeweIl,
the republican nominee. He was
elected governor of Oregon at the
June election of 1902, defeating w.
j. Furnish of Pendleton, the repub-
lican nominee. He was reelected to
the governorship at the last general
election of June, 1906, defeating
James Withycombe, the republican
nominee.