Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-02-24

having ite roots IN the stronger pas
sions Of the human mind. II exists
under different shapes in all govern
ments, more or les sstiaed. controlled
or repressed, but in those Of the
popular form II Is seen IN its great
est ranknees, and Is truly their worst
enemy. . All obstructions to the
execution OF laws serve TO organize
faction 10 give II an artificial and ex-
traordinary force; 10 put in place OF
the delegated will OF the nation the
Will OF a party. often small bat art
fuI and enterprising minority OF the
community. and. according 70 the
alternate tFiumps OF different parties,
TO make The public administration
the mirror OF ill-concerted and I'm.
congruous 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 mir
ror 10 those Calculating Repubii-
cans" who are bowling for party or
ganization, by which they mean only
party machine. and who are vainly
seeking TO rehabilItate II by over
throwing the primary elections law
and Statement No. ms the means by
which politics may be restored 10
them as a business.
Neither Statement No. nor the
primary elections law ~ the perfect
instrument of government that their
advocates and defenders desire; but
they have proven as reasonably effec-
tive az their hampering environments
will permit. and have given life and
potency In Oregon NJ least 60 the
pnbllo demand for the elimination of
the boss and his machine from party
control. and have provided in this
state for the exclusion OF oregon's
United states senatorships from the
hufAlbu ulbth ~ HaitHls
As pointed out many times here.
tofore. Statement No. ! does not
pretend 20 penalixc dIeobedience TO
its mandates by the iniiction OF cor.
poral punishment In goods or per.
son, nor In any menner 90 oontrayene
the statutes and the constitution. but
what II aims 20 do and what II does,
Il by legal methods TO define specific
ally the popular will IN a given mat
ter and 20 keep constantly before
the iegIulator the essential fact that
hels nothing more than a public SER
want. temporarily clothed with au-
thority 90 execute the popular will
"a II may be manifested 10 him In
an authoritative form.
The men who were Instrumental
In engrafting upon the political sys-
tom OF oregon this deslderatum are
In the very highest sense OF the term
Republicans by nature. the character
OF whose achievements demonstrates
exactly where they belong and where
they would have been In the days OF
Lincoln and the civil war Hut Ore
gons gaia by this development OF
civil government Il not All her own.
The example u afords 20 other states
In the way 4 points out as the way
OF escape from intoleFable abuses.
grovn up under the machine and
boss system of politics, n not belag
lost on the great slsierhood OF Amer.
lean commonwealths Many OF them
are even nov IN Tl,antle struggle with
the potential poweFs that dominate
their governments. onaeavoring 20
wrest themselves from machine con.
troll preparatory 20 the next step for
the rescue Of their senatorial elec-
tions from sale az auction
advise my friends and oonstitn-
euis In Oregon In their own interest
IN the interest OF cleaner politics. IA
thu interest OF true Repuhlieanism
In the interest OF completely en-
franehised and ideal American cltl.
renship, TO vote for statement No. I
nomlaees only FOR the legislature IN
the Republican primaries In April.
20 vote only for Statement No. 1
nominees ia the June election. and
% vote FOR their party nominee for
4 United States souator IN Oreron
the key 10 continued trkmph Tor Re
publican party principles. In the rule
oi the sovereign people as eSem-
plined In Lincoln and Roosevelt. ls
the peTpetaa,lon of our primary cleo-
tions laws and Statement No. I.
Respectfully.
JONATHAN BOURNE. JR
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