Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-07-02

e hope of personal gain, either In none.
q or patronage. | believe that he shoult
Y treat all men fairly and courteously
and that he should demand the same
8 treatment in return. l believe that ht
7 should adopt the policy that he con
siders best for the welfare OF his COM
} munity, and having once mapped out
his course, should allow no pressure,
however strong, TO influence him 70
change it.
am opposed to the Initiative and
Referendum, the Direct Primary. the
Official Recall. aud the so-ealled Cor
rupt Practices Act. fought sill Of
these populistie vagartes whea :Aey
were proposed for adoption. and as .
time when they were far more popular
than they are now. l fought them
then, got kicked for it, never changed
my mind, and do not believe in them
yet Eight months of travel and
observation in dozen states and terri |
tories has only served to strengthen |
the belief that the people of Oregon
got off on the wrong foot when they
listened to the siren voices of George
Brownell and Bill U'Ren. These
measures were all fine and high
sounding in theory, but they are full
of fraud and buncombe in practice.
Oregon voters made a mistake when
they adopted them, and it will be a
glad day for our state when they are
wiped off the statute books. I
I believe in the principles of the
Republican party, aud favor the elec.
ion of Republican officers to carry
hose principles into practice. AS long
Is the Direct Primary law remains in {
orce, favor the holding OF advisory
assemblies similar to the one recently
leld in Portland, where Republicans
sot together. threw aside all foolish s
less, and nominated ticket that was
lected from top to bottom. 1 want to
zee the Republicans of Polk County
Jury all factional strife and bitter I
ess and come together next year as
ne man for the success Of the Repub-
IcaD ticket. am in favor of a mass
to be held in the court
ouse, the public square, the baseball 7
ark, or any other place that will pro-
ide plenty of room for the assembled
care to see that a
lourners' bench of sufficient dimen-
ions is provided for repentant q
who have tired Of worship r
lg Statement No. and other strange
DDS. In this convention, every
epublican in Polk County would be
ltitled TO seat and a voice-the NJ
cket so chosen to be the one on which ~
I true Republicans would be expected n
unite their support. 1 favor the
onest observance of the primary law
bile it is law, but such a course
ould violate neither the letter nor the
'irit OF the act, and it would serve to :,
eserFe party organization and thus
ssen the chance Of defeat by the
inority parties.
L believe that the way to build up
alias is to patronize Dallas people.
motto embodying this idea has been II
rried at the head of the Observers ~
ltorial column for the last seven Vi
N years, and it will remain there. Ia
Illas, and, in fact, every town in
Tx County, can hold it's own against
competition, no matter how many
enues Of travel may be opened to gr
ar-by cities in the years to come. W
Is the duty Of every citizen to per- pa
tally support the "trade-a at home" Ol
vement, aud it is the duty of every
reliant to make it an object to them
10 so. With seller and consumer
rking intelligentIy and harmon to
sly together, no fear need be felt fol
continuation of prosperity and fin
nmercial supremacy. Br
X Il
he Observer will be continued as a
ce-a-week paper. 1t will appear in 4
arRed size as soon as the linotype cio
ives, and will be so continued until an
b time as increasing patronage uel
IL make still farther changes and oe
prOVemeDtS necessarv IT will on