Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1912-10-30
EXPLANATION BY
BOURNE rs WEAK
klcr Four Years Iiis otcry
hbcrt Standard Oil Incident
Does hot Rirg Tr-o.

The letters from Roosevelt to Gcna
! tor Eourne, demanding that the Gre
gon Senator cease In his persistent
activity as intermediary for the Stand
ard OIL company, were written In FEB
ruary and July. 1908, over four years
ago. The first intimatol Oregon Peg
pie had that Bourne was serving as
the representative OF the Rockefeller
corporation came in September, 1912,
less than two months ago, when
Roosevelt caused his tuo letters to
Bourne to lie publicaed In connection
with the Standard OH controversy.
Even then Oregon's Goal Oil john
ME" Senator did not give sntlsfac-
tory explanation. Neither did he IN
dertakc to explain until after G. w.
Fulton. cx United States Senator. in
q public address in Portland two
weeks ago. directly charged Bourne
with becoming representative Of the
Standard Oil interests before he had
been in the Senate year. And then
Senator Bourne spoke. Listen to his
explanation.
Bourne said that in forming init
mats relations with the Standard Oil
company, he was undertaking "to pre-
vent panic" Sounds coed? Yes,
hut remember Bourne was carrying
on these negotiations in 1908. The
only panic" with which this country
was threatened since 1S9o-3 had come
nad passed away nearly a year before
Roosevelt wrote the letters to Eourne
Eut II Bourne was actually striving
to prevent panic why this belate1
admission? Why did he wait four
years before taking the people into
his confidence and telling them of the
Gervice he was rendering. Bourne
has never been charged with diff
dence in acquaintlng the people with
his work as Senator, when that publ.
city would rebound to his credit. But
why this long silence? We have
Eournc's own word for II that :ic was
lob-nobbing with Archbold and ether
Etandard OIL Officials in order to Sr-
rest an impending panic"
IN the last four years. Senator
Eourne hns sent thousands of lettera
Ind printed addresses to Oregon yot-
prs. In the same period he has caused
10 te published many magazine arti
sles. Bur all reference to the Roose-
Telt letters and to Bourne's service
is intermediary for the Standard Oil
we're omitted from his communica-
ions to the voters and his magazine
II he was truly en-
aged trying to stop 'panic." why
lid he not frankly let tie people
NOV?
Eut Bournc'c explanation does not
ing true. II he was earnestly seek
ng to prevent panic" why should
Ie not have told the people about it? |
)id 1t take four years to hatch up"
ne weak explanation he has offered? 4
he incident simply goes to show
.ourne UP In his true light Within Y
year after becoming Senator,
ourne is found acting as gobetween
,r the Standard Oil Company and
arious officials of the Federal gov
1t 10 also significant that
lie representatives of "big business
! Portland and throughout the state
re- lining up solidly in their support
the candidacy Of Senator Bourne. I
hey would have him sent back to
further to serve, not the
sople but tho big interests OF the
,untry. support of Bourne by these
rces is indisputable evidence that
iig buslaess" recognizes the fact that
ourne has made good" He har
.elivcred the goods" and is desired 1
the Senate for future "dellYeries.- 6