The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-28

press their preference for candidates Cor
President and Vice President, elect their
delegates TO national conventions, and
select their party candidates for Presi-
dental electors.
Direct selection OF party candidates for
President and Vice President is right In
principle. Under present methods aspi-
rants for these high Offices must place
themselves under obligations 10 individ-
uals for the support of State delegations.
ana these aspirants, If nominated and
elected. desire TO show their gratitude
and discharge the obligation by distrlbu-
ton OF patronage or the granting OF other
official tavors. Candidates chosen in a
convention or assembly know TO whom
they owe their nomination. II selected
by direct vote of the people in party
primaries they would be under Obliga-
tons 10 no individuals, but would be
free TO serve the best interests OF all the
people.
II my bill should be adopted as I be-
heVe II will, oregon will be the only State
In the Union where the people express
their choice for party candidates for
President and Vice President and this
choice viii be expressed before the ma
uonal conventions are held. Naturally
the attention Of the entire country will
be centered upon Oregon, for there will
be desire TO learn the trend OF public
sentiment as 10 candidates for both OF
the leading parties Both parties will
desire 10 nominate the strongest candi-
oregon VIII be a reliable indication Of
popular strength, the people of Oregon
viii be exceedingly strong and perhaps
determining factors in selection OF party
candidates.
oregon is already pre-eminent because
or her progressive laws. Adoption Of
this bin providing for popular expression
OF choice for candidates FOR President and
vice President will greatly strengthen
her position"
Keen Govaronao,at An.Is
writer in the San Francisco Star, W.
G. Eggleston, recently said:
Jonathan Bourne is an analyst of gov
ernmental conditions, and in making an
analysis he is as calm as a chemist max
ing an analysis of a sample Of ore He
has no overflow OF language; can tell
what he thinks. why he thinks il. can
make his meaning clear in a few words;
but he is not built on oratorical lines. He
is straight up and down. does not lie.
nor trim, nor straddle any fence"
And speaking Of his Senate speech, still
In such demand the country over this
writer said: There are no welI-t1Irned
phrases in it, no samples Of feathers from
the eagles tail. not a bark about the flag
no appeal TO trust the President no
bugle call TO stand by the old guard or
any other party, not a chirp about pros
perity or the balance Of trade'-not one
Of the stock slogans Of the Senatorial
trade, but just a plain statement telling
what tho people OF Oregon have accom-
plished by making democratic tools with
which they can manage their own polit-
zeal affairs; that is. telling what the Ore
gon voters have accomplished with that
Ter faF I'll
mental Legislation
For several years booster clubs of
Oregon have been sending out pretty
booklets showing pictures of red apple5
purple prunes, hop fields. big trees. or
chards, and waterfalls TO advertise Ore
gon and her resources. But Bourne's
balance sheet OF popular government in
oregon has ali the rest OF the booster
literature chained TO the starting point
Other States can show apples tust as red.
prunes just as purple, and waterfalls just
as watery, but Oregon can show what
men have dreamed OF and died for-an
evolution of popular government, a State
government in the hands of its people.
United States Senators elected without
bribery, four sessions Of a State legis-
lature without the introduction of a sin
gle bill 10 sand-bag the corporations
voters able TO block vicious legislation
and 10 enact at the ballot box the legis-
lation they want-with power to march a
faithless public servant 90 the ballot box
and recall him 10 private lfe with a
direct primary law that enables the vot-
ers 10 nominate their own candidates for
public office; a corTupt-practices act that
permits the officers of a political party
committee TO examine the books and ex-
penditures of any other party during the
campaign. And Bourne has been trying
10 make the Oregon method popular in
other States, and he is succeeding in that
attempt"
His Peculiar Independence.
The same writer in a recent issue of
The Public, published at Chicago. says:
Now what are YOU going to do with
a United states Senator who would rath-
er discuss methods Of putting the Oregon
method into operation in Kansas, Ne