Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-05-05
GOODBYE To
CUTTERS AMBITION
Bill Disappearing Sierra
County Acts Reaches Pres
ident Taft
TWO MORE NEW BATTLESHIPS
Senator Jonathan Bourne of Ore
gon, Makes Remarkable
Address.
Special to the New Mexican.

Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, May 1.-Two senate
joint resolutions disappearing the acts
of the New, Mexico legislature chang
ing the county seat and county lines
of Sierra, was signed by Speaker
Cannon and Vice President Sherman
today and delivered to the White
House.
Another Railroad Bill Amendment.
Washington, May 5,-The house to-
day adopted an amendment to the rail-
road bill providing that when rail
! road is in competition with the water
route, the lower rates of such roads
cannot be increased without showing
on the part of the railroad of new
reason for such an increase.
Two More RattIeships.
Washington, May 5.-The demand
! of the administration for two new bat
tleships will be granted, the senate
committee on naval affairs having
practically decided today to accept
/
| subject.
Remarkable Address by Bourne.
| Declaring that his state of Oregon
! has evolved the best form of popular
government that exists in the world
today" Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr.,
Republican today defended the elec-
tion by the Oregon state legislature
Of his Democratic colleague, Senator
Chamberlain.
He characterized it as ''the highest
kind of evidence of the efficacy of the
law" After outlining the contest Mr..
Bourne said:
AT the general election in June
Senator Chamberlain defeated Mr..
Cake, notwithstanding the state was
overwhelmingly Republican, thereby
developing from the Democratic can
didate into the peoples choice for
United States senator. The normal Re
publican majority in oregon, l think,
-, is from fifteen to twenty thousand.
with full recognition of Governor
Chamberlain's ability and fitness for
the office, the fact that for nearly six
years he made the best governor Ore
-. gon ever had, and considering that
undoubtedly he is the most popular
man in our state, | deem it but just
to the law and as proper to the criti-
cism of enemies of the law that it de-
stroyed party lines and integrity, to
state in my opinion Senator Cham
berlain received the votes of several
thousand Republican enemies of the
: law who believed that in selecting
| Governor Chamberlain, a Democrat,
, they would prevent a Republican leg
islature from ratifying the peoples Sc
lection.
. THUS they hoped to make the pri-
mary law and statement number one
odious and sought to create what
they thought would be an impossible
, condition by forcing upon a Republi-
can legislature for confirmation the
popularly designated Democratic can
didate for United States senator.
The mere intimation of the possi-
bility of the legislature failing Loyalty
to obey the instruction of the people
would only be an insult to the intel
lligence and independence of the Ore
, gon electorate"
Senator Bourne declared the pri-
mary system to be preferable to the
' old convention plan, largely because
it protected the people against boss
. rule
Results attained under direct legis
lation in Oregon" he said, compare
SO favorably with the work of legis
lative assembly that an effort to re
peal the initiative and referendum
T would be overwhelmingly defeated
Z No effort has been attempted.
PLAINLY stated, the aim of our law
is to destroy the irresponsible polite
: al machine and put all elective Off
ces in the state in direct touch with
ithe people as the real source of all
thority; in short, to give direct ant
full force to the ballot of every indi
e vidual elector in Oregon, and to elimi
n nate dominance of corporate and cor
IS rupt influence in the administration
IS of public affairs.
is "The Oregon laws mark the course
lie that must be pursued by before thu
v wrongful use of corporate powers cal
N be dethroned the people restored tt
n power and lasting reform secured
IS They insure absolute government b,
the people,
Washington, D. c.. May 5.-Th'
house judiciary committee today re
v ported favorably a resolution Offered
by Craig, (Dem) of Alabama, callins
IN On the attorney general for informa
so tion concerning prosecution by the de