Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-11
and the abolishment Of purchasing
supplies under trade names

as governs the railroads of the state, l
do not mean to establish any new COM
missions, but l advocate the plan only
as it would do the greater good to the
taxpayers.
The Republican party shows dis
! position to stand together now more
than it ever has before in the history
of this state. 1t is practically unit
except for one man who holds an office
as gift of the people, and this mans
attitude is absolutely untenable. The
only reason why the senior Senator
from oregon does not wish to support
me is because he desires to use the
Governors office for his own purposes
81 have been at the State House for
six years and invite the closest scru-
tiny of every portion of my record and
if am elected 1 assure you that l will
make every exertion to fulfill every
promise that has been made"
MaIarkey's Great Speech.
Mr.. Malarkey was presented by the
chairman as "the real orator and treat
of the evening"" The speaker was
frequently Interrupted by applause.
1.-THE underlying principle of the di-
rect primary law" said Mr.. Malarkey,
sis that the idea of popular govern
ment shall apply within the party.
registered as a Republican, and voted
as a Republican. 1 did not participate
in the late primary election, either as
voter or candidate, with my fin
gers crossed. Nor did 1 regard it as
game of heads l win, tails you lose
Unless those who participate therein
abide by the result primary election
of and within a political party under
the direct primary law serves no good
purpose and is mere waste of time
and effort.
zone of the main objections to the
old convention plan of nominating
candidates was that through frame
ups and states and manipulation of
delegates by unscrupulous and self
seeking political bosses, the candidates
named by the convention were rarely
the real choice of the rank and file of
the party; and that such methods oc-
casioned, and frequently justified the
opposition to such nominees of many
members of the party.
Safeguards Are Ample.
ITO overcome those objections the
direct primary law was enacted. Under
it any member of a party can with
little trouble become a candidate for
nomination, and the candidate who re-
ceives the most votes in the big con-
vention held on primary election day
in which all the members Of the party
participate with equal voice and equal
influence under the safeguards of the
Australians ballot system and the reg
istration law becomes the nominee of
the party. Under the system no loyal
Republican can consistently oppose
one who has been chosen as the nomi-
nee of his party.
"Mr. Bowerman complied with the
direct primary law in becoming a can
didate for the Republican nomina-
ton for Governor in that he filed a
sufficiently signed petition in regular
form with the proper officials and
otherwise did everything required by
that law The primary election was
regularly held and fairly conducted.
No one contends that it was tainted by
fraud or corruption. Mr.. Bowerman
received the most votes for Governor
in that election and became the law
full nominee of the Republican party in
the only way that any other candidate
Il,
nominee. 1 opposed his nomination.
l voted against him in the primary
election. But l bow to the will of the
rank and file of the Republican party
as expressed by the verdict of the bal
lot box. The Republicans have ex-
pressed their will. They have selected a
Republican ticket of which Mr.. Bow
erman is the head. He is just as surely
and legally and rightfully the nominee
of the party as am 1 or any other Re-
publican who at the primary election
received a plurality of the votes cast
for the nomination sought.
Party VIII Expressed.
''It is said by those who would now
have anti-assembly Republicans Op-
pose Mr.. Bowerman that he was not
the choice of a majority of the MEM
bers of the party. Neither was Mr.. |
Lafferty, who was nominated for
Congress in his district. Neither was
Jonathan Bourne the choice of ma
iority of the Republicans when in 1906,
by a smaller plurality than Mr.. Bow
erman has obtained, he became the |
nominee for United States
Senator. Because the cardinal prlnci-
Pile of my political creed is that the
will of the people when deliberately |
expressed is supreme, l voted for Mr.. |
Bourne for United States Senator when
l was a member of the State Senate in
1907. l so accepted the verdict of the
voters, Notwithstanding the fact that
was elected to the State Senate be-
fore our direct primary law, with its
Statement No. l feature, was adopted,
and was under no ante-election obli-
cation so to do, and Notwithstanding
the further fact that 1 opposed Mr..
Bourne's nomination and would GER
tainly never have voted for him for
Dnlteu states senator II 1 nau not ielI
It my duty to obey the popular man.
date. Though I opposed Mr.. Bower
mans nomination, 1 can certainly obey
the popular mandate in this instance
by supporting him for Governor more
rheerfully and with more confidence
that he win prove a good and worthy
official that did when l voted for Mr..
Bourne.
Law Provides for PluralitieS.
'Under our present laws pluralities
must decide both in primary elections
and general elections. If the election
of September "a had been a general
election and Mr.. Bowerman and his
three opponents had been candidates
for election instead Of for nomination
and the vote had been the same he
would certainly have been elected
Governor and as such have been enti-
tied to the same Difference and re-
spect as IL he had received nine-tenths
u all the votes cast. No more can IL be
claimed that he now is the less enti-
He'd to the same consideration at the
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