East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-04
SOME QUESTIONS
FOR BoNERMAN

/. Why. as stated by the Oregon.
ian OF March 10, 1908. page IL. did
your committee in the Oregon senate
In 1907 kill the Miller bill. requiring
that accumulated state funds be de-
posted. not by the treasurer alone
but by state board, in sound banks
giving approved security and paying
2 per cent interest on such deposits
into the state treasury? Ond why
did you, instead as the Oregonian
states, secure passage of a law under
which the state treasurer alone de-
posted s395,00 of school funds in the
j. Thorburn Ross bank, known as the
! Title Guarantee & Trust bank, now
defunct?
Z. The Oregonian on March 10,
1908, page IL. stated that you re-
sponded to the request of the ]. Thor
burn Ross bank, and as "Joinder'
killed the Jackson bill, offering Judge
Marquam a chance to have judicial
review of the lawsuit by which he lost
the Marquam block. Since the bill
had already passed the house almost
without opposition, what is your ex-
planation for killing it at the request
Of the Ross bank?
8. Why did you refuse to vote in
the Oregon senate for Oswald Vests
bill, restoring to the public domain
for the benefit of Oregon schools and
Oregon people $1,000 900 worth OF
Oregon tide lands unconstitutionally
bestowed upon a railroad corporation
and now claimed by the Hartman
railroads?
4. Why did you speak, work and
lobby for constitutional convention
for Oregon, which convention every
body knows to be a part OF the as
sembly scheme to take away or re-
strict certain rights Of lawmaking.
nominating and of electing United
States senators that the people now
have1 NMH
8. Do you abjure the assembly and
renounce assemblyism and assembly
ties?
s. Do you confess that the assem-
bly, should not have been held, that
all the arguments for 1t were false,
and that you did wrong when you
Joined with the Big Business and ma
chine bosses in concocting It?
Z. Why. on Wednesday, October s,
did you require your campaign COM
mfttee to reject the resolution which |
declared for the direct primary and |
Statement 1. and that declared against |
the assembly?
y. Why, In your speech in the Ore /
son senate in February, 1909, did you (
say. 81 would rather vote for a con-
Vention candidate than for a direct
candidate?
3. Who are the dark horse sena-
.orial candidates who are backing
'our candidacy. and who expect in
s12 to sneak into the United States
enate by legislative election without
ne knowiedge or consent OF, the peo-
lie of Oregon?
lo. Why, when the safety of the
raveling public was involved did YOU.
state committeeman, report
gainst and as q senator vote against
Dill limiting the continuous service ,
railroad employees ts II hours a !!
ay? q.
II. Why, though travelling on a
abroad pass. did you collect mile
sc at the special session Of 1909,
llled to correct blunders at the regu-
r session, when several other mem
ars, in response to Governor Pen-
ms request, paid their fare out of
leir own pocket, and did not collect
ileage, 1
IL. Why is it that you never SUBJ
;ribed to Statement l in your life,
ut have always reviled and ridiculed
lat measure?
IL. Why do you insist that a few '
Ighbrows in an assembly are needed .
guide, advise and direct the peo- o
lie as to what candidates to nomi- h
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