East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-04

. helped save the day when the Bryan
and Ryan forces had their famous
= struggle for the mastery OF the demo-
. cratic party. They may be needed
. again.
Discussing this papers stand against
4 tax bill Mr.. Stei-
= Defeat the Single wer asks why
, Board Joker. these schools will
be thrown into
a politics anymore with one board than
= With two boards. For the same reas-
, son there is more fighting when two
: cats are tied together and thrown
= over clothes line than there is when
, each cat is allowed to go his way in
= peace.
1t is not a nice simile but it is
. apt The two schools are under sep
. arate management now and they get
= along we'll Their chief fighting Is
' done on the football field Each
y school seeks such money as it needs
. and fares according to its own merits
. Neither is required 10 pull the other
= up hill. Each has board in sym
=. pathy with the work it does. Neither
a school tries to run the other school
. 1t is a situation wherein there il
. wholesome rivalry but the struggle is
y OF a nature that strengthens and
. builds up. 1t does not disrupt or tear
down.
e Pass the single board bill and the
1t people will enact a plan that is vici-
h Gus because by tieing the two insti-
tutions together under one board they
i will force them to fight all the time
ty Each school will wish to control the
le board and will realize very clearly
J. that if it does not do so the other
a school will. There will be a constant
A. struggle centering largely around the
r. governors office since the governor
&c will have the appointing power. The
ce warfare will be carried into guberna-
e. torial elections thereby dragging into
a. the mire of politics an issue that has
&c no business there and should be de-
cided elsewhere. This is a statement
II. of fact. not of theory. and the facts
to are understood by all familiar with
ne the school problem.
ne Vote No on the single board OF re-
is gents bill. 1t is an initiative joker
as and contains especial possibilities Of
rs harm to the agricultural college
vs >~~~e~~.~
'ly On several occasions the East Ore
ct gonian has called attention to the
merits of Mr.. Aitcheson's
he AitchesOn candidacy for railroad
r. Entitled 10 commissioner. He has
no Election. had the support of this
ce paper because he is re-
Id garded as the most capable man up
n. on the board, because he has been ac-
te tive in securing freight reductions and
u because he has the endorsement OF
te men who stand for rate reduction
ir to-wit the open river leaders. He is
10 entitled to remain upon the board
I'd and there can be scarce doubt a.
10 to his reelection
al ~~>~s~~.~
OF One argument for the election Of
IN Harry Lane as senator is that the
W president elect,
az Why Lane Should who will be Will
~ BE Chosen son, should have
70 a senate in sym
f. pathy with his reforms. No admins
" tration can get anywhere with con-
lg structive program without a sympa-
K thetic congress.
ye But that is not the only reason
n Lane should be chosen. He should be
e. elected because his two chief rivals,
Selling and Bourne have disqualified
A. each other. Ben Selling stands con-
,e victed in the minds Of all well in.
formed men Of violation Of the spirit
If not the letter Of the corrupt prac-
er tices act. Many thousands Of dollars
d. went into his primary campaign when
be the law limited his expenditures to
re 31100. 1t was nothing more nor less
e. than a new method Of trying to buy
s. seat in the senate.
" Bourne Is openly guilty Of lsre-
ut garding the direct primary law by be-
IN coming a candidate after having been
ne decisively beaten in the primary cleo
ton. His excuse is that Selling vio-
ne lated the corrupt practices act. But
g. that Is no reason why Bourne himself
re should violate the direct primary
1t law. Harry Lane, not Bourne. is the