Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-19
A LITTLE MATER LIKE KEEP
ING PLEDGES.

~ y
ING PLEDGES.
The movement started by Scott,
Fulton. ct al. at Portland to re-
lea~e members OF the legislature
from their pledges is not making
much headway, although many sign
ers are being secured, without re-
gard to their politics. 'The move
ment awakens new interest in the
political situation. and will precipi-
tate hot fight over the speaker
ship Of the house and president OF
the senate. 1t is now apparent that
the Statement No. members. who
are in the majority in both branches
Of the legislature will he able TO or
ganize both branches Of the legls-
lature The presidency OF the sen
ate lies between Senator Kay OF
Marion and Senator Selling OF Port
land. both anti-machine men. The
speakership lies between Patton,
Jones and Campbell or Portland
man n the presidency of the SEN
ate goes TO Kay II Is n good sign
OF harmony between those who have
any regard for public pledges that
any one Of them Is willing TO get
out OF the way for the other, pre-.
ferring principle shall prevail. and
placing faith with the people above
personal ADVANTAGE. Those who
advocate pledge breaking are losing
ground morally every day. After
the Fulton banquet Saturday night
at Portland, many who are opposed |
TO Statement No. took their stand !
with Duniway. saying they believed |
II was in the true interest OF the
Republican party.
What do men like Stephen A
Lowell, Benjamin Franklin Jones,
Henry II. McGinn. and Willis s.
Duniway mean by advocating that |
Republicans keep their pledges to
the people? Don't they know that !
they are liable TO be classed as Bry-
antics and traitors TO the Republl- !
can party? Members of the legisla-
ture who took Statement No. / or
Statement No, should hasten to
join the pledge-breakers' organiza- |
tion and get into Harvey Scott's An
nanas Band Wagon II they want hon
ors at the hands OF the machine I'm !
future, The highest duty of a Re-
publican representative Is to break !
his party faith and deceive the peo-
pie under all circumstances, accord
ing to the revised version OF Abra-
ham Lincoln, Lowell, Jones, Nc
Ginn and Duniway should be kicked
out of the party, according to that
angel OF purity. Chauncey NJ. Depew.
who is now the idol of the Oregon
ian.
How do alleged politicians in Or
egon expect TO do business with the
people when their chief assent and
stock I'm trade will he record OF vi
olated pledges? The people do not
trust them any too wen now. How
much less will they trust them when
they have further officially gone up
on record for a general public de-
ceptlon Of the people? Why. as a
rule politicians will not even trust
one another unless pledges are kept.
In politics you never have anything
but mans word for anything, and
what will any mans word be good
for If his written, publicly made,
sworn to and subscribed pledge Is
violated and trampled in the dirt
of reputation? Why It Is a propo-
sition that a white man should be
ashamed to make to a cannibal saw
age. If man took Statement No.
let him stay with il. II he took
Statement No. 2, let him stay with
it. II he made any old statement,
let him stay with It, We shonld be
men or renounce all claim to re-
speet in society.