Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-11
HARMONY IS KEYNOTE
REPUBLICAN RALLY IN SALEM
CREATES INTENSE ENTHUSIASM.
Assembly and Anti-Assembly Speakers
Pledge Loyal Support to Entire
Republican Ticket.

Pledge Loyal support TO Entre
Republican Ticket.
That the fullest harmony prevails in
the Republican party in Oregon, and
that any factional differences disap-
peared with the primary, was amply
demonstrated at the biggest political
rally of the campaign in Salem Satur-
day night.
All of the candidates for State Of
fees, with the exception of Willis Dun
iway, who is i'll, were present, and
most of them spoke. The Grand opera
house was packed to the doors and
many stood in the lobbies A special
train from Falls City and Dallas car
ried large crowd of Polk County
Republicans to the Capitol City.
Jay Bowerman, Col. e. Hofer C. L.
McNary, Dan Malarkey, Mayor George
F. Rodgers, Representative Willis c.
Hawley, Thomas B. Kay and A. M.
Crawford were among some of the
speakers, representing every political
sect or creed known to Republicanism
before the primaries and every speech
rang true for fully united party.
Jay Bowerman, candidate for Cover
nor, was given an enthusiastic recep-
ton by his fellow townsmen. He had
been on the streets all day renewing
acquaintanceship with friends from
the city and country and hundreds of
these were in attendance to applaud
him.
Colonel Hofer Presided.
Grant b. Dimick and Albert Abra-
ham were unable to be present, but
telephoned their regret and gave as
surance of their warmest support to
the party.
meeting and was given an ovation
when he arose to introduce his sue
cessful rival. Colonel Hofer said:
II was not singing the Bowerman
song up to September "a. If the people
of the state at large in a general way
and in Multnomah county had en-
dorsed the assembly plan, Republi-
cans would have accepted the instruc-
tions of the people. Republican candi-
dates who stand for progressive prin-
ciples must brand with their disap-
proval the proposition that we voted
for Republican candidates at the pri-
mary in September only to indulge in
the luxury of electing Democrats in
November. We are not so anxious to
lay ourselves liable to Indictment for
political bigamy in the next campaign.
We have state and county tickets made
up of progressives and conservatives
and we can afford to be generous to
each other and after the November
election glory together in common
victory.
II am for an united Republican
party. We are told that in the last leg
islature a great strain was put on the
primary law and it underwent a su-
preme test when a Republican legisla-
ture seated a Democratic senator un-
der statement No. 1. Is it not just as
much our duty to elect an assembly
nominee who has been ratified by the
direct primary? Now, let us take an
other step forward and emancipate the
law itself from dictaton and bosssm,
and by electing Governor Bowerman
inaugurate a progressive young mans
administration. Let us declare in a
practical manner our confidence in
young men, and that the Republican
party is the party of hope and oppor-
tunity, that fresh blood is circulating
in the body polite and that it honors
a new generation.
"Jay Bowerman was elected presi-
dent of the senate without making a
single pledge. That Bowerman was not
controlled by the millionaires nor the
was shown when he
ment to the constitution, which was
being held up by the big interests.
There was n frame-up of the Weyer-
hausers, the Hartman and other cor
porate interests that controlled six
teen votes in the senate. The Portland
chamber of commerce demanded that
the combination be broken, and Pres |
ident Bowerman left his seat and made
the speech that saved the day at a
critical time and the passage of that
started the construction of
three trunk lines through central Ore
gon and ushered in a new era of rail-
road construction in oregon. jay Bow
erman has been tried and not found |
when his influence withheld |
from the side of the people might have
made him a rich man for life.
with no pledges to the Ins, and no
promises to the Outs, having broken
the slate to get his nomination, jay |
will go into the governors
office with no political entanglements,
with good training for the work of
giving the people clean business ad-
able, experienced and
ambitious to make a name for him.
self. with every incentive to make
good and pledged publicly to protect
he policies Of political reform inaug-
lrated by the people, and which he
has never raised hand to strike
lown.
He has made a clean fight for his
and on top of being a good
lighter he is a man who fights so that
lc can come back and fight again
he secret Of political leadership that
eads to the highest success for the in
lvidual and promises most for the
uture OF the Republican party"
Bowerman Compliments Hofer.
Referring In complimentary vein
% the introduction given by Colonel
Iofcr. Mr.. Bowerman declared that
he support given by Hofer was the
,est guarantee OF the wisdom Of the
lirect primary law.
1t is a complete refutation Of the
,nly objection that has so far been
.iven to that law. when Judge Dimick,
senator Abraham and Colonel Hofer
10 admit their pleasure in wishing 20
upport the Republican ticket as nam
a by the people" said Mr.. Bower
nan.
Il have always stood with the prl-