The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-08-19
LET REPUBLICANS LINE ur


supported the republican ticket in the
past through principle and believe in
the principles of the republican party
a. advocated and upheld 10y Lincoln,
and Garfield, and Harrison, and Me
kinley. and Roosevelt, and Taft, to
look the situation square in the face.
Let them devote some serious thought
to the question of party loyalty, and
consider whether it were better to adj
here to the party that has been so en-
inently instrumental in enacting laws
for the general veal, that has adjusted
itself so readily to changing conditions,
that has SO promptly taken the initia
tive at all time in the advocacy of con
structive and progressive measures.
and buiIued 50 we'll as TO retain the
support and confidence of the majority
OF the people or whether to abandon
the party of patriotism, progress and
performance and turn the adninistra-
tion of public affairs over to democra-
cy. Those who lived before the war
know what that means. Those who
tasted the bitterness of the hard times
when the democrats were last in power
will never live long enough TO forget
it, Yet it looks as though the country
was drifting back to those reactionary
days. Under the hysteria of insur-
gency, which is only another name for
democracy, efforts are being made to
swing that party again into power. If
the people can be carried of their feet
10y the most shallow sOphistry and bra
zen-faced demagogy ever injected into
a campaign this object will be gained.
1t Is in the hands of the people to de-
feat this organized attempt TO disrupt
the republican party, and nullify the
good it has accomplished, and can be
done 10y standing Staunchly to men who
are known to be lifelong and uncOm-
promising republicans.
In this state We have the incongruous
spectacle of democrat striving for the
high Office of United States senator on
the republican ticket, one PoindeXter.
Efforts are made in some quarters to
deny this charge, but these denials are
uncOnVinclng in the face of overwhelm-
ing evidence before the public. Only
4 few years ago POindeXter was among
the bitterest democrats in the state,
but he was consumed 10y an ambition
for Office. He is a slick politician. He
realized that in Washington as a dem
Ocrat his ambitions could not be full
Hlled. He changed his politics with
the same facility that one would eX-
change a garment, stood for judg-
ship and was elected. 1t is the con-
census of opinion of many that he made
a very poor Judge, He aspired to con-
gress. He was elected As soon as he
took his seat he commenced hobnob-
bing and conspiring with his old com
radeS, the democrats, to throw every
impeachment in the way of legislation
advocated 10y 4 republican president.
He never attended a republican caucus,
preterring TO associate and vote with
the democratic minority. He has not
heSitated to denOunce President Taft
in public speech, and at no time dur
ing the present campaign has he ut
tered word cOmmendatory of the pres
ident. OF his administration. On the
contrary he has stated from the plat
form that he would again vote with
the democrats if elected senator A
mans political predictions can only
be determined by his actions and his
words. II POindeXter has not demon
strated by words and actions that he is
in sympathy with the democratic party,
is as much a democrat today as he ever
was in his life, then in the name of
common sense what must a man do to
establish his political affiliations.
But the actions of the man are not
the only evidence of his being hand in
glove with the democratic party. No
one who has given the matter a thought
believes in his innermost heart that
PoindeXter holds any belief in COM
mon with the republican party. He is
boosted and supported by about every
democratic paper in the state. Is there
a living man who has ever before
known the democratic press to almost
unitedly urge the election of a repub-
lican to Office At a meeting of dem
ocrats in Spokane last week every men
tion of POindeXter's name was cheered
as enthusiastically as was ever the
the name of Bryan, and the same scene
is enacted at every democratic gather
ing. Does that Indicate that PoindeX-
ter is a republican, DO you, or |, or
any of lis remember ever hearing of a
republican Office seeker cheered by
democrats in meeting assembled The
Spokesman tried to explain away
the enthusiasm that Poindex
ter's name creates among democrats,
but the explanation was so lame as to
be ridiculous.
Yet this is not all. Every man in
the state knows that among the strong
est advocates for PoindeXter are dem
Gratis. It is admitted everywhere that
if elected POindeXter will have demo-
Gratis to thank, and it is that knowl-
edge alone that causes the Spokesman
to constantly harp on the duty of can
didates for the legislature to sign the
pledge TO support the candidate for
senator receiving the highest vote. If
POlndeXter was considered a republi-
can by the Spokesman, and was de-
pending on republicans for his electioc.
that paper would not be so solicitous
as to pledges
Democratic leaders laud PoindeXter
and predict his election. Why? Be
cause they know the democratic vote
is TO be thrown in the scale in his be-
baif, and that if successful the demo- 1.
cratic party will have another friend /
in the United States senate. Geo. f. /
COttrell, an Ostensible candidate on the |
democratic ticket for the senate. is (
using his influence for Poindexter. In /
a letter published in the Spokesman of /