The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-01
LOWELL SW|PEs
At JONATHAN JR
PEMDLETON ATTORNEY DENOUN-
CES OREGON SENATOR.
IF He Has a Home in Ore
gon, Where is it and When
Was it Acquired?"

| Judge stephen A. Lowell OF Pendle-
ton, will be q candidate for United
States Senator, to suoueed Jonathan
Bourne, whose term expires March 4,
1918. In his announcement to the
republicans of Oregon, the Judge
states explicitly his attitude on nation.
al issues. for what he stands aud gives
the following reasons for his opposi-
tion to Bourne:
| FiIst--I do not regard him as a
bona fide resident of Oregon. In the
last campaign reputable speakers as
serted that he maintained no home
within the state. and the assertion was
never denied. He visits the state up
on rare occasions. coming as tray-
aler. and stopping at the hotels of Port
land. Ii he has home In Oregon,
where is 1t, aud when was it acquired?
II be is taxpayer in Oregon, where
are the taxes paid, and what is the
amount thereof The gentleman is
olassed as one of the multi million
aires of the country. Whether that
be true OF not. he assureGsv is pos
sessed Of vast wealth subject to taxa
tion.
Seoond-He Is apparently more
closely identified with Massachusetts
than with Oregon. He is the head of
one of the great cotton manufacturing
concerns of New England. heavily
protected by the tariff laws. aud said
to yield immense revenues. Born an
heir of Jonathan Bourne, Sr.--in his
day one of the leading capitalists of
New Bedford--the son has retained
his interests there and under such cir.
cumstances his economic views can
hardly square with those of the people
of the west.
Third know bis record at Salem
as leader In the disgIacetul legislative
hnld-up. The men who engineered
that outrage should be Larred from
Eublic Office. because their proceed
iDgs then indicated such a disregard
for the lawful conduct OF affairs that
no man responsible therefor can he
safely relied upon 10 official life. If
selfish purposes were superior to the
inter ests of the state then what as
surance have the people that selfish
interests may not again te paramount.
il occasion arises?
Fourth Because bis kaleidescopio
political changes make it difficult
to determine bis real opinions upon
public questions. His erratio career
as politician is known. while upon
entering the senate be allied himself
with the Aldrich wing of the party.
and voted with that group as late even
as the enactment of the present tariff
law. Now be claims to be progress
i've, but where shall we find his i'm
press upon the pages of progress. ex-
oept in his personal literatnso upon
the Oregon system? His history in
this state is the opposite, while insur-
gency in congress found small comfort
at bis hands until Others had made
the movement popular. He is an ad
vertiser Of remarkable cunning. The
editorial ear of the country was caught
| by his spectacular declaration that he
would spend no money upon bis cam
| paign fer reelection. yet what voter
In Oregon Is unfamiliar with the post
al frank of the senator. apparently
he espoused the Roosevelt third term
idea as personal advertisement, tried
to pose as the golf crony OF Taft for
like reason, and is now exploiting his
new plaything, the Progressive
League. for the same purpose. Who.
IL not Mr.. Bourne, ia financing that
organization?
Fifth-Beeanse he has not risen TO a
| just appreciation of Oregon's needs.
and has failed to grasp opportunities
to secure legitimate national aid IN
her developmept--notatly manifest in
the matter of distribution of irriga
tion funds. And because be seems not
to appreciate the gravei questions Of
state, but Ia riding a bot by as tlindly
as she rode free silver In 1896.
i assume hat at this late date no re-
publican candidate is likely to enter
| the field and therefore / extend to
Senator Bourne an invitation to dis
euss with me upon the public plat
forms Of Oregon during any two
weeks of the primary campaign. his
own public record and tue political
issues OF the hour. He surely can be
spared from Washington for that pc
i rind.