Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-26
,s THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AN EXISTENCE IN oitEuoN' mas -
'1' An ORGANIZATION AND HAS 1T FUTURE?

- q, made every day BY newspaper Portland which
has nominaly had press leadership Of the RepuDcan party III m
hands for so years Republican party of Oregon DEAD
THAT IT HAS NO LEADERSHIP AND NO ORGANIZATION
10 the writer appears there not many Republican
lest they may Repubc should answer these assertions
We nave no reason o believe thatlicans themselves
voters in oregon today EVER BEFORE THE HISTORY OF THE
STATE
feet political organization all legal and legitimate purposes
law providing for convention Of Republicans
PRIOR TO THE PRIMARIES DRAFT A PARTY PLATFORM
That convention composed the legally chosen committee
county and congressional eharmen in all over 100 mem
party by the Republicans OF each county
brains enough 70 come together and
Republican principles ON WHICH ALL REPUB
STAND should resign and let some one occupy their
positions who frame platform.
But this writer believes the state county
committeeman Of each together
with the state chair
Of dIsctARE TRUE REPUBLICANS WHO WOULD HAVE
THEIR HEARTS make aaform on state and national issues
the Republican party
They should before there primaries held hold love
feast make platform adjourn recommending all Republ
uphold the AND SUPPORT THE NOMINEES MADE UNDER
There as much OF Republican party in Oregon as there has ever
bosridden
The freedom both the legislature
apparent Speaker Macarthur and President Bowerman ROTH RE
FUSED MACHINE DICTATION As WAS UNDERTAKEN.
In the election the Republicans gov
and state Offices who stand the
rect election of u to the
heshpots OF old they viii be defeated and deserve
HAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY any ORGANIZATION?
II has
has state chairman and State secretary and
WHAT MORE DOES 1T NEED IN THE OF AN ORGANIz,
TION?
What we started ou the Republicans Oregon have an or
ganizaon. u
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Is DISRUPTED AND DIsORG,N.
llED UNLESS m WANTS "a
We have national and state cmeu and county cboirop
Two congressional chormen committeeman I'm coc
county state central committee an the ueop and accom-
ING TO THE LAW ENACTED m PEOPLE and which m r I q
loycs viii be repealed %
shou we as m"obdus citizens organization ,nd work
under h Republican rank and rc rc. of u I
we accept bosssm and dcaton machine vl, se In m
hIone itself above the party and it legal organization?
Which shah II bce ID
SHALL WI ACCEPT rE WILL OF pEOpIE OR rHF WILL ~,
rHE MACHINE? " "'""'
Ih' people have shown ta the, have brains and better @
hp IN Oregon than the machine .' IN
ih' peoples measures have only superseded the sse lut mn
N lhe machine hut they have system TO Bp,T rur ,,, m
'HNE ON IT'S OWN GROUNDS. '' Wa
The efforts Of the machine to build itself mp y r|p, dawn ~
naeed by the people will '"'
h' republican party OF Oregon will am organization m m
opna vote sanction the policy breaking pledges NAM ,xn
CErrED BETWEEN THE PEOPLE am THEIR REpREsyr ,rr5s
ne people VIII not surrender the accent rIed,s mad, 49,
' 'ou"aP TO secure their franchises especially when sy ana q
'a' good faith for good put am end 10 ~ , @
'' '' corrupt
oT 10 " '"''"" HAS "
DOCS need machine outside legal STATE o,,ni,ta
tue people have repudaed the machine and will mat ,, 49,