Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-04-09
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BOURNE "A FROST"

With practically every Republican
newspaper in the state supporting Pen
Selling for United States senator it
would appear that Bourne's chances
of success in the primaries April 10,
are very slim. Yet many Republicans
may be found who announce their be-
lief that the latter will be successful.
The Observer hopes that these men
are false prophets. We hope so be-
cause we want to see Oregon come i'll
to her own, and cease to be laugh
ing stock for the whole country over
her representation in the upper house
of congress. Commonly speaking
Bourne is a frost" He is of no more
real benefit to Oregon than a resident
of some other state. His interests are
elsewhere. He doesn't even reside in
the state, although he maintains a
desk and an office chair in a Portland
office building. He seldom visits the
state he represents and therefore how
can he know its needs? In this cam
paign he appears supremely contempt
uous of the state, and, from his com
Portable seat at Washington, he
speaks across the distance and tells
the people of the state he misrepre-
sents that they "are on trial." not he.
He doesn't even attempt to justify his
incompetency and his betrayal of Off
cial trust
In the face of all this The Observer
cannot hpUr a., T.,
lure the votes to his fold. A United |
States Senator in any other state In
the Union, who would pursue a SINH
lar course, would be beaten so badly |
that it would require a microscope to |
find his vote.
There is no possible reason why n
Republican should support Bourne
from the standpoint of party f4alty.
In fact, on the contrary, there is ev.
cry reason why they should not do
so. lie has been the supporter Of cy.
cry political phantom of the last
dozen years He is a political jump
ing Jack a past master In the arts of
the demagogue and thoroughly fanI-
lar with the wies of the cheap poll
tician and ward worker.
But the crowning argument Of all
came recently when Golfers. that
enemy of the West, a publication that
has supported Pinchot and others of
his ilk in driving thousands of bona
hde settlers from their cabins that dot
the hillsides and the plains of the
Pacific slope, announced it's support !
of Bourne. That one act ought to be {
sufficient to sound his doom in ore :
gon
IL is inconceivable that the people b
II oregon will vote to keep such n Il
man i'm the United States senate. ANY &
'hangc would he welcome. No man
who could be elected would prove
greater failure than this alien resi- 8
lent this employer of cheap child la +,
'or, this golf-playing millionaire who n
leserts his state, hohnobs with Wall 8,
treet and says TO the people Of Ore >,
ION 'you are on trial. not /. =" lie saws n
hat he stands on his record" i" but nj
aithful perusaI OF events during the d.
'ast four or five years, fails TO discov- e-
r any record worthy the name.
ither good, bad or Indifferent.
Bourne. is simply noucntity an ego y
'stical pleasure loving ward of =,
'ealth, who cares no more for the s..
'cifare Of oregon than he does FOR :,
be- golf balls he follows over his ex- -.
ensive links or the poor little chill
rem starving on a me3ger wage iu his
ew ENGLAND factories.
let oregon awaken. She needs e
luch from the nation. let us re- ga
love this Incompetent and put a man =
his place. Let as elect man ~
hose Interests are in Oregon. whose =
ONE IS here; one who has alwavs
ZEN found doing valiant service for
.e people De represents. such a man. E'
r believe. is Ben Selling. IL
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