The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-20
REPUBLICAN RALLY
AT The THEATRE
H. NJ. CAKE, CANDIDATE FOR
UNITED STATES SENATE,
APPEALS TO THE VOTERS OF
CLATSOP COUNTY.

Ia few Democrats TO listen to thC
speech OF Hon II, M. Cake OF Port
land, the Republican candidate for the
United States Senate,
i The stage was occupied by the fol
lowing members OF the County Re-
publican Central Committee consist
ling OF ]. c. McCue, W. i. McGregor
IF. J, Dunbar, c. G. Fulton and J. c,
Curtis.
Hon, c, G. Fulton in 4 few felci.
tious remarks introduced the speaker
and implored his audience to stand by
the Republican party and the candi-
dates who were nominated at the
primaries.
! Mr.. Cake said he appreciated the
delicate position he was in when he
was standing and speaking in the
home town of the present Senator and
regretted the defeat Of Mr.. Fulton but
felt impelled to stand for the nomina-
ton. He rejoiced that there was no
words OF reproach from either of them
and assured his hearers that had Mr..
Fulton been the choice OF the primar'
les that he would have taken off his
coat and gone Loyalty, actively and
vigorously into the fight to re-elect
the present incumbent Mr.. Fulton
wrote him a congratulatory letter
from Washington and he was prepar-
ed to felicitate the Senator had he
been re-nominated That he contested
the nomination with Senator Bourne
but did all in his power to elect him
after he had lost the nomination. He
believes we are upon the eve OF a
crucial fight and warned his hearers
against being led astray by the fallacy
of voting for a Democrat. He said
the candidate who was on that ticket
relied upon Republican votes to elect
him the same as he did when he was
elected governor nor was he disap-
/ pointed. The danger to the State OF
Oregon was in selecting man who
would always be in the minority.
Parties represent principles and
look at the two great parties. The
Republican party stands for problems
successfully settled, prosperity and
commercial importance among all ma
tions. 1t is the best there is in gov
ernment and in full accord with all the
great problems before the people. He
spoke OF the benefits OF the forest re-
serve policy as a good thing for the
present generation and heritage
due the future ones. The Republican
party had succeeded in controlling the
corporations and told Of the remark
Of Mark Hanna when Mr.. Roosevelt
was suggested for the vice-presidency
Mr.. Hanna remarked there was only
one man between Mr. Roosevelt and
the presidency and knowing the char
acter of the man feared for the trusts
of which he was prominent factor.
| Mr. Cake put himself on record as
unalterably opposed to trusts. He
cited the case OF the Northern Securi-
ties as the first case Of the admins
tration applying corrective methods.
| Then the beef trust and the Standard
Oil Company being fined 29,000,0O0.
He emphasized the fact that behind
prison bars was the place for the Off
GERS who deliberately combine inter
ests and made competition impossible.
(Great applause). Then he paid his
respects to the railroad companies
and said that the reason Oregon only
had 100000 people to Washington's
millions was because the railroads and
especially the branch lines had been
promised but never built. That trans
portation companies are public service
corporations and must reverse the or
der Of things, which is that the first
duty is to themselves but they owe a
duty to the public and must perform
that first and attend to their own in
terests afterwards. The policy of the
administration was to arrange the law
and the transportation companies
must come to the people and do their
duty.
He spoke of the waterways and de-
clared that the river should be made
navigable from Astoria to Lewiston.
That if the south jetty was not suf-
fcient to secure 40 feet on the bar
build north jetty and send men to
the Senate who would have influence
enough to get an appropriation OF
$50,000,000 a year instead of $4,000
1000 once in every two years. What
ever may be required to get 40 feet
let us get the whole thing at once and
lplace before congress the straight facts
as they are. He thought the esti-
mates of the engineers too low But