Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-08-22
Will UPHOLD
PRIMARY Law
BACK TO THEssPEOPLE IS MOTTO
OF new ORGANIZATION.
LincOln-ROOSevelf Republican Clubs
Forming Throughout Cheha!iS
County, for purifiCatiQn of Party.
Will Insist Upon UNFOLDING pri-
mary Law Provision.

The political event of last week was
the formation of the Lincoln-ROose-
welt Republican club by number of
old line republicans, headed by Judge
j. c. Pearson. The object of the club
is stated to be chiefly to aid the par
ty to return to it's original moorings
the people-from which it is in
danger of drifting. Some 200 repub-
licans have signed the call for the
club, and it is believed that among
the first steps taken by the organiza
tion will be to endeavor to overcome
the effort that is being made in in
terested circles to evade the provision
of the primary law that places the
election of United States senators in
the hands of the people. They beac
in mind the one senatorial election
under this provision of the primary
law, when Senator Jones was named
by the legislature in obedience to
the expressed desire of the voters of
the state, and, contrasting that elec
tion with the shameful scenes that
: had surrounded all previous senator.
ial elections in twenty years, propose
to fight reactionary movement that
would saddle on the party the odium
of returning that method.
A prominent leader in this club
movement, in talking to the Herald,
said that while the evasion of the pri-
mary law was to be in the interests
of certain candidates for the United
States senate, those candidates had
no monopoly of candidacy before the
legislature in the event the primary
law bars were thrown down; that it
would then become free for all race,
open to any and all with the chances
in favor of the candidate with the larg.
est bank account. Here is the pledge.
provided in the primary law, that the
club proposes shall be signed by all
legislative candidates securing it's SUP
port:
Il hereby declare to the people of
the state of Washington, and partic-
ularly my legislative district, that
during my term of office l always will
vote for the candidate for United
States senator who has received the
highest number of votes upon my par
ty ticket for the position at the pri-
mary election next preceding the cleo.
ton of y. S. SENATOR" and in such
cases there shall be printed on the
official ballot opposite or just below
said candidates name the following:
pledged to vote for party choice for
United States senate"
In Chehais county the republican
legislative candidates are For sen
ator, Fl. B. Hewitt James A. Hood
and o. M. Nelson; for representatives,
Phil. S. Locke, c. C. Quackenbush, F..
L. Minard, n. s. Richards. H. A. Liv-
ermore, Frank Fl. Lamb, Phil J. Morr-
ant and Fred Straub, of whom bat
o. M. Nelson, Phil. S. Locke and
Frank II. Lamb have signed the pledge
to allow the voters Judgment to con.
troll in selecting the senator AS the
pledge may be signed by candidates
during this week, it is believed that
many of them will seize the oppor-
tunity to do SO, and not make the
primary race handicapped by what
will be termed by their opponents as
an arrogant setting up of their judg-
ment above that of the voters.
Word comes from Hoquiam, Mon
tesano and Elma. that similar organ
izatiOns will be formed in those local
tiles, and that the movement will be-
come countrywide. If this be the case,
it is highly probable that the posi-
tion of all county candidates will be
closely scrutinized along lines of the
betterment of the public service, and
for the publication of the republican
party, and its freedom secured from
the tax lodging corporations that ap-
pear to dominate it.