Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-08-05
MAKE IT EASY FOR JAY
THREE ANTI-ASSENfBLY CANDI-
DATES FOR GOVERNOR IN FIELD.
Not One Willing to Withdraw
Colonel Hofer VII Tour State
I'm Automobile.

Efforts of the anti-assembly Repub-
licans to concentrate on some one man
for Governor seem to have ended in
dismal failure. The three candidates
already in the field not only will not
withdraw, but are preparing for ardu-
Gus campaigns of vote-getting.
Colonel f. Hofer, who was reputed
few days ago to be willing to sac
riflce his own ambitions on the altar
of the clans good, took a decided
stand yesterday when he laid in re-
to an automobile electioneering tour
of the whole state. Any promptings
he may have felt in the past to quit
the game have departed completely.
He makes 1t plain that he now is much
in earnest.
Dimick Is Active.
Grant B. Dimick, of Oregon City,
has already completed one round of
the state in the interest of his ambi-
tion to be Governor. Rather than with
drawing, he is reputed to be prepar-
ing for a second tour Albert Abra-
ham, of Roseburg, is also preparing
to loop the state loop.
Oddly enough. with these three men
In the field many of the anti-assembly
Republicans are looking for still
another man. They do not believe any
one of the three has the ghost of a
chance of winning. For some time past
this element has been trying to draw
willis S. Duniway into the race. But
from the first Mr.. Duniway has side
stepped the temptation. At this time
he is preparing to take up a campaign
to succeed himself as State Printer.
Bowerman's Support Organized.
SO the situation just now isn't look
ing as bright as it might to the anti
Republicans. The assembly
has only one man in the field
and every assemblyite is behind that
man, Acting Governor Bowerman. And
there does not at this time seem to be
much chance for a change of condi-
tions.
Regardless of what their chances
may be OF gaining the nomination,
the three anti-assembly candidates are
going after the votes in earnest Col
onel Hofer, for instance. has a care
fully planned campaign which win oc-
cupy his time until just before the pri-
mary election. He departs on this mis-
sion by automobile bright and early
this morning, so he announced yes
terday. He will go through Southern
and Western Oregon and will then
work through to Eastern and Central
Oregon, and he announces it as his
plan to meet all the voters possible. At
every mail box along the rural deliv-
cry routes he travels the Colonel will
deposit a quantity of laudatory litera-
ture. Not only viii he declaim for
Statement No. 4, but he will go into
a lot Of side issues such as prohibition
and good roads As to prohibition, he
II opposed to tat least to statewide
Cameron Boom Flattens.
District Attorney Cameron's boom
apparently has fallen so fat that he
will not even circulate his petition.
For the past three years Mr.. Cameron
las been perfecting designs on the Re
publican nomination for Governor. He
vas a representative candidate until
'ecently. but so little came Of It that.
% Il Is learned from his close friends.
le has given up the idea OF running.
Talk continues TO be heard Of Judge
stephen A. Lowell. Of Pendleton.
Judge Lowell some time ago made a
Jlea for concentration Of anti-assem-
,ly Republicans in the Governorship
Ight. but he Is not understood by his
riends and associates as having per-
onal aspirations.
Efforts 70 get Ben Selling. a Port
and merchant. into the contest. have
ONE to nothing 20 far. Mr. Selling has
xpressed himself ss averse to running
n a crowded field and inasmuch as
here does not seem 60 be any way to
educe the number Of runners now
ut. Nj Selling may not yield to ef-
orts to get him in-
While the assembly, Republicans
have been confident from
he nrst Of giving % Mr.. Bowerman
be Republican nomination. the scram-
ie In the anti camp ls taken as max
ng victory doubiy certain Tor the
cad of the assembly ticket-Weducs-
ay's oregonian-