The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-05-01
HAS A CLOSE LEAD
Democratic Race in Second District
Barrett of Hillsboro Switches
to Statement No. 1.

Official returns showing the result
Of the recent primaries on the state
ticket fot the Secohd district have
been received. No change in result is
made by the official count though the
lead of John A. Jeffrey over Andrew
Jackson Derby is cut down to five
votes for the Democratic nomination
for congressman from the Second dis
trict.
According to the official figures W.
II. Ellis. for congress received 1873
votes, Shepherd S,476 and Geer S,275.
For railroad commissioner Aitchison
received 1920 votes, CASTOR 3,540.
Hamilton 1898, Hurlburt 6,942,
Loucks 4,998 and Whiting 1897.
For the Democratic nomination for
congress Derby received 2.524 aud
Jefferson 2.529 votes.
The completion of the returns from
the Second district supply the missing
figures in the totals for the senatorial
fight and show that Cake has major.
ity of 2,487 votes. r. s. Bean for
justice of the supreme court polled
40,807 votes, while ]. w. Bailey de-
feated DIR. Alexander Reid for the Re
publican nomination for state food
and dairy commissioner by majority
of ID, 989 votes.
W. N. Barrett of Hlllsboro has
switched since his nomination as joint
senator for the counties of Lincoln,
Tillamook, Washington and YamhiIl
and has now come out strong on a
Statement No. platform. Since doing
this he has been Endorsed as the sena-
torial candidate by the mass meeting
held in Washington county on Friday
last.
In order to make his attitude the
moro plain to the people Mr.. Barrett
has written a letter to The Portland
Journal telling of his change from
Republican voters pledge to that of
Statement No. and explaining the
reason for the change. The letter is
as follows:
"Hillsboro. Or, April 27.-To the
Voters of the Twenty fourth Senatorial
District of Oregon--Having received
the nomination of the Republican
party for senator of this joint senatorial
district, comprising Lincoln. lila
nook. Washington and Yamnill coun
ties. and also having received the in
dorsement of the Statement No.
convention at McMinnville last Satur
day, I deem it proper fol me to max,
a statement of my position to the vo
ters of this district.
81 am a personal friend of Senate
Fulton g. and as suob, felt that if b
received the nomination at the pri
mary election, that / should suppor
him without regard to the election il
, June. Mr.. Fulton lost out. Mr.. Cak
was nominated. Mr.. Cake made tn
fight in favor of Statement No. /. tina
is, in favor of the legislature electiD
, the candidate who received the major
, ity vote in June.
~ had said | would support th
, Republican voters choice for Unite
States senator. Mr.. Cake has, in effect
a said that he does not want the offic
unless he is the peoples choice AS
Republican / submit to the will If th
, majority and will support Mr.. Cak
for United States senator and the prii
: ciple upon which he was nominated
in other words, support the oandidai
who is the peoples choice at the Jur
(. election.
q "In saying this have no DOUBT bu
what Mr.. Cake. with the large r.
publican majority in Oregon. will |
nominated in June, in which event b
will not only be tho Republican ohoic,
but also the peoples choice for thi
position and that when the legislatul
0 meets he will receive the unanimoI
. vote.
q w. N. Barrett" ("