Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-03-04
ANONYMOUS CIRCULARS SENT OUT FROM PORTLAND
T0STAMPEDE THE PEOPLE INTO DEFEATING STATE
MENT NO. l-WHO IS WHO? WHOSE MONEY PAYS
FOR ALL THIS
Under Date Portland, March 2, Following Unsigned
Circular Letter BurleSquing Statement No. | and
Direct Legislation and Nomination has Been Sent
Out

our NieWS, we can make MIN run
lagain by getting up a small petition
against him. With this law passed.
the officeholders will have their"ears
to the ground" and as we always
make the most noise. they will think
We are really "the people" Second,
the amendment which forbids the
Legislature to change or repeal any
law passed by us. This will virtually
make Me and my co-wokers the law
making body OF Oregon! See?
Third. proportional representation.
BY this law we can knock out their
beastly majority in the legislature
and are assured that our friends the
Socialists, Popoullsts and Democrats
will get some Of their seats at least.
It Is a great scheme. and take great
credit 20 myself for having brought
II into this Republican ridden state.
or course their are IS or so other
measures. but these are the ones we
need. Don't forget EN-.
When we get these through. par
tlcularly the one which iorbids the
legislature to amend or repeal our
laws, we intend 20 pass one which
we can call the referendum on SUI
preme court decisions and on the
veto OF the governor. True. our gov
ernor at present Is all right. but az
accident might happen. and one OF
the enemy might be elected. and 80
veto some law we want.
Beware OF the men who are argu-
ing and talking these things. They
are our hereditary foes. They be-
lieve in everything that we do not,
and in nothing that we Dem-Pop-So-
clallsts do. Encourage any Republl-
can who talks Statement /; pat him
on the back and jolly him all yon
can. He Is one OF our best friends.
though he don't know what we have
In store for him a little later.
And now let me exhort you TO be
firm. We must relegate such old
mossbacks as n. w. Scott, George
In. Williams. Il. l.. Smith. stephen
A. Lowell, Judges Bean and Watson
and others, who believe In the anti
Quated representative government,
to the junk pile. and press forward
the new statemanship under the d.
! rectlOn OF or Johnnythan Bourne,
Sooner; MYSELF. George c.. Harry
L.. Thos. Green. General Jackson. OF
the Journal. Herr Most. Shorty Gold
ralner and other Dem-POp-socs.
Yours for the cause.
NEW STYLE REPUBLICAN(D
With the buresque circular goes
circular in more serious tone at
taeking the Portland Journal. II 10
headed and follows;
Tbs Real Object OF statement No. 4.
During the last two years the
, Portland Journal has been proclaim
ing the doctrine OF strict adherence
10 the spirit and letter OF our laws
sanctimonIously urging all oficiais
and good citizens who love their
country to stand squarely on the
principle Of npholding them as We
find them. Why has Il been doing
this2 Read what IL SAYS editorlally
in IS issue OF February l9, 1908,
confessing its hypocrisy and deceit
In advocating Statement No. as a
matter of principle. Read how con-
temptuOusly II brushes aside our
federal eonstitulion-the very basis
OF our national existence. Remem-
Der. this Is It's editorial utterance,
not political effusion written By an
irresponsible reporter for Us sensa-
tional news columns. II Is the we'll
digested, thoroughly calculated ut
tsrance Of its proprietor and manag-
ing editor In referring 20 our organic
law;
I'VE have found Gin Statement
No. ~ an entirely legitimate. proper
way To DODGE THE LETTER or
THE CONSTITUTION and elect sen
ators by direct vote OF the people.
LET US DO 1T dodge the constitu-
tionl WITHOUT AND CONDITIONS
Let as elect men 20 the legislature
WHO WILL AGREE TO THIS. and
agree 60 keep thsir hands on"
what amazing. reasonable W.
terances, What a display OF decep-
ton ana hypocrisy What anarchis-
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