The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-23
MESSAGE GIVEN TO
OREGON BY NEW
u. S. SENATOR.
CHAMBERLAIN, ELECTED nv
POPULAR VOTE. REPEATS
OBJECT LESSON.

sALEM. Ore. Jan. IA party
that refuses 20 serve the people
Cannot live"
This II the message delivered the
people Of The United States when
oregon's legislature ON Tuesday,
January ia. elected Geo. T. Cham.
heflain United States senator
Oregon Is normally a republican
state hy from so GOO "a 20 coo ma.
jorsty. Oregons legislature e. re-
publican five 60 one. Oregon gave
Taft on the national republican
ticket more than $4,000 majority.
And yet Oregon voters repudiat
ed Charles ". Fulton. republican
candidate to succeed himself In the
senate.
whye
Just because Charles W Fulton
Vas opposed 10 popular selection
Just because be thought the party
was greater than She people.
Party Humillated
For this he and bis parts were
Inundated II made hlm impossible
before the legislature Il reduced
him 10 that pathetic ~ votes out
Of 90 In salem on Tuesday elec.
ton das Il opened the way 60
Chamberlain.
The dAy Df this Oregon senatorial
election should be marked In the
history of the United States a. the
oay OK political emancipation. n
VAS a day when the fiFht for the
people was fought and won.
The lesson is pertinent the facts
undlspmted the reasons plain.
A dominant party vas rebuked.
IT. leaders spufncd The people
threw aside the yoke OF political
servituae and declared themselves.
Great Object lesson.
II was great object lesson. an
incldent as remarkable IN the priu.
cirie involved - was the act ~
our lorofathefs who soussd those
crates Of tea ta the waters 81 hos.
tim harbor.
when these early patriots wet
this tea they started a movement
that blazed a trail for the indepcnd'
enee OF a people.
" men ANAfAtNtl p af@AatAHtAH wv.
ed Chamberlain In compliance with
pledges given the people. they cor.
eecfatel a weapon that bespeaks
the future political Independence
OF the people % this nation
Conclusions on the result ~ this
election are of national interest
The outcome will BE- farreaching
n In safe TO prophecy that a. least
doxen other states wili see the
passage 81 direct primary bills dur
ire the coming gear--bccause Ore.
xous law stood the test
II shows that once the people are
provided with the wenron. e f. a.
impossf5ie 20 combat the wili of The
body-poiitic az II IL % mix OIL aud
water. Il shows that defiance ~
tina peoples win will soon b. a
thing Of the past
people Namea charbsriain.
II vas not party. or a part ~
a party. that named Chamberlain
- Their choice for senator The
people went beyond party and
parfy lines. They wanted man
Who embodied popular choice. who
would legislafe a. they directed
So fhey chose Chamberlain. He
was simply an incident In the gan.
eral acncme Of things. lie himself
docs not consider u a personal VIC.
tory. But be believes that elected
officials are servants ~ the people.
aud the people knew this His Of
fetal life as governor had demon.
strated that he carried his belief
into practice. And he viii be sent
To Washington.
The action % the national Inter.
esfs In sending Ormshy McHarg
20 Oregon to Try and beat Chamber
lain Is bitterly resented The adj
veFtsslng OK this act through the
press Of the country wiil do much
% hasten the reign 81 popular Sc
lection 90 senator's IN every state
Of the Union.
Tried TO Buy Votes
McHarg tried to buy" votes that
had been pledged ~ the peoples
choice. lie did everything under
fhe sun that the machine poll
tlcian could 40 10 send a party man
10 the national capitol NeHarg
failed He 80 recognized As one ~
the shFewdest political wirepuilers
IN the United States. and Is Hitch
cocks righth hand man In the ma.
tionai political game
u ann going east and viii cult
politics. he said. upon quitting his
unsucceasfui mission.
And in those very words was the
tainly vciied verdict from a man
who ought 10 know that the day 81
Abribed" legislaturea and framed
senatorial elections had passed for
ever.
Splendid Victory.
IL Was a great battle and a splen.
did victory. II viii take time 10