East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-15
PREDICTS VICTORY
FOR DEMOCRATS
lBy John II. Stevenson J

Nby JOnn IL. SteVenSon,)
Portland, Ore. Oct l5.-"The
outlook for sweeping democratic
victory in oregon this fall could not
be brighter" said State Chairman b.
f. Haney, who returned to Portland
today after trip up the Willamette
valley "At all the points / visited
strong and growing Wilson sentiment
was marked. The people are pro-
nounced in the view that the time has
come for change in our national
policy and they are looking toward
Governor Wilson as the ideal man to
bring about the change desired. His
official record as a big, earnest man
who works for the common good is a
strong democratic asset in this cam
paign."
The democratic stumping campaign
has opened in earnest. Two we'll
known orators are entering the field
and will be heard up the valley and
in eastern Oregon during the next
two weeks. Senator George +.
Chamberlain will speak at the fol-
lowing dates and places:
oct 16, Albany; oct. IT. Corvallis;
Oct. 81, The DalIes: Oct. 23 Pendle-
ton; oct. "a, La Grande; Oct. 26, Ba-
ker.
o. c. Wilson. the celebrated Cali
fornia orator. will speak as follows:
Oct. 81, Portland; Oct. %, Hills
boro; Oct. 23. McMinnville; Oct. "a,
Salem; oct. 25. Eugene; Oct 26,
Roseburg.
Straw votes taken at various places
throughout the state almost invaria-
bly, show Governor Wilson to be the
popular candidate. in many instances
the New Jersey governor polling a
majority over all candidates.
That politics makes strange bed
fellows was never better illustrated
than by a glance in at the headquar-
ters of Ben Selling. leading cloth
ier," in Mr.. Settings big office build
ing at Sixth and Washington streets.
There. ensconced. before a large desk
sits w. Z. Burke. manager. Manager
Burke is not unknown to the people
who remember something about the
politics of this state. He has been
in the game long time. He got in
early and an examination of the files
of dusty papers discloses that Man
ager Burke was for many years in
the veriest midst of the old machine
and turned out the finished politi-
cal product according to the formula
of the old school.
Also. it will be remembered that
Mr. Burke was once quite close to
Jonathan Bourne, Junior who claims
to have made the primary law and
is now out trying to unmake it. About
six years ago Mr.. Burke held forth
in the old B. G. o. T. building where
Jonathan had his headquarters and
dispensed pro-Bourne boost in large
chunks. Now, he has flopped and is
trying to persuade the electorate that
Jonathan isn't and that the leading
clothier" is the man who ought to
sit in the senate.
Ex-senator Fulton opened his bat
teries on Brother Jonathan this week.
The ex-senator hit hard. too. He was
unable to reconcile the present atti-
tude of the senator on the direct pri-
mary with his iongwailing profession
of loyalty to that machine busting
statute. And there are others, also,
Jonathan believes in the direct pri
mary, he says. Forsooth. he profess
es a paternal relation to that law and
now he is out to beat the man who
beat him at his own game. After
congratulating the leading clothier"
upon his nomination under Jonothan's
primary law. he sent an army of pc
tition bearers and signature solicitors
throughout the state and got some
5000 signatures. praying that Jona-
than get again into the running. He
has got
And now some of the wise ones
are asking how much further Jona-
than would have to be persuaded be-
fore he would wink at some defeated
for the senatorship start
ing out petitions to have members of
the legislature go back on statement
No. !.
Reports from districts through
which DR.. Harry Lane. candidate for
United States Senator. has passed. are
to the effect that DR.. Lane is carrying
the day with him. The people are
impressed with DR.. Lanes frank and
earnest discussion of questions that
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