Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-10-27
BOWERMAN STATES a
POLITICAL POLICIES
will Support the Peoples Laws,
including the Direct
Primary.

Portland, Ore.-(To the Editor. y
In the Portland evening papers OF
September 80 there appeared an In
terview credited to Senator Bourne.
in which he endeavors to deceive the
people into the belief that am q re-
dictionary and am not In favor of pro-
gressive legislation and favor return
ing to the old system OF electing Unit
cd States senators.
In answer to this communication
and other false and misleading arti-
cles recently published. wish to say:
Statement No. Ia q part OF the direct
primary law and ! have heretofore
publicly stated, and now state again.
that / will oppose by every means
within my power any effort to amend,
modify or repeal. or in nay other
manner render less useful or less sat
is factory, any part Of the direct pri-
mary law, including Statement No. l.,
or-any other law written on the stat
ute, books by the people Of this state
under the initiative and referendum.
If am elected governor will veto
any and every measure which at
tempts or undertakes to amend.
change or repeal the direct primary
law, Statement No. l. or any other
law adopted by the people, or any
part of any of them AS a member OF
the senate and president Of that body,
have never endeavored in any way,
manner or form to induce any other
member to violate his obligation or
pledge under Statement No. /, and ii
/ am elected governor shall pursue
the same course and shall not in any
manner or by any means interfere or
attempt to interfere with the conduct
OF any member in this particular, or
induce him to violate his pledge.
1t is impossible for the governor to
prevent the passage of any law for
the legislature has it within its power
to pass a bill over the veto of the
governor. In order to prevent the
possibility of any attempt being made
to amend, modify or repeal any OF
these statutes, | would suggest that
the candidates for the legislature be
invited to subscribe to the same obli-
cation l have heretofore taken and
now take, namely. rh3. Sasy will op-
pose in every way any attempt to
amend, modify or repeal any law
made by the people. This win be an
effectual guaranty to the people that
these men, when elected, will not un
dertake to tamper with these laws,
and l respectfully call upon the nom
inees to define their position upon
this question.
l do not anticipate SsSt Senator
Bourne has any fear whasrSer that
Statement No. / will be repsslnd or
changed, or that l will violate GaY OF
the moral or legal obligations would
owe to the psople as governor of this
state, but do believe he is simply
indulging in a few cheap heroics for
the two-fold purpose: first, of endeav-
oring to induce the people to forget
his own shortcomings in the recent
past az a senator, and second, in the
further hope that he may create
false issue under which he might be
to his high office. He evi-
aently feels that he viii need the Of.
lice of governor to assist him in hAs
primary campaign two years hence.
and perhaps has many doubts as TO
his ability to coercs, or Otherwise in
luce nae to favor him over other can
iidates in that primary nomination.