East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-17

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tice to an opponent as quickly as to
an ally, and. in the case of senator
Eourne, the Oregonian readily scents
secret support for senator Bourne by
The Journal For its low estimate of
here exemplified. the Oregonian is to
be pitied more than condemned" ."""""
The Journal is just to Mr.. Bourne
hut nothing more. 1t is just to Mr.
Selling. 1t is Just to Mr.. Roosevelt,
/ 1t is just to Mr. Taft. 1t is not an
assassin of regulations. 1t can see
good in those who differ with it,
But it is. against the election of
Mr. Bourne. 1t publicly and repeat
edly advised him not to run. 1t fore
saw his defeat. 1t publicly told him
that his entry into the race would be
! a reputation of the direct primary,
and it is. 1t said to him that If the
| friends of the direct primary do not
accept its verdicts can we depend on
its enemies to defend it?" His can
didacy is a political blunder."
The Journal was a consistent sup
porter of Harry Lane in his candi-
dacies for mayor, a supporter through
his two administrations, and is now
"a supporter of his candidacy for sem
ator, all of which is clear to every
/ body except our benighted but es-
teemel neighbor"
1t should be plain from the fore
going where the Journal stands.
From Il glance at the senatorial stu
alton it should also be plain that this
race is between Lane and Selling. It
is difficult to see how the Bourne
forces can expect success. Senator
Bourne was decisively defeated by
Ben Selling in the primary election.
Since then he has lost votes through
the bull moose detection and he has
lost votes by the disregard he mas
shown for the direct primary. Where
can he recoup his losses? He cannot
logically expect them from the Selling
forces and he will draw scant support
from the democrats. That support
gees naturally to Lane
In the view of this paper progress
sives who vote for Bourne or for Clark
will be throwing their ballots away.
If they don't want Selling they
should vote for Lane.
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Measure 32O-321 on the official bal
lot is the one providing for a single
=. board of regents
The Single Board for the state uni
or Regents Bill, versity and the
agricultural col
lege and for maintaining these two in
stitutions by means of a permanent
mil.age tax.
In the view of the East Oregonian
the millage tax provision of the bill
is meritorious while the move to pro-
vide for a single board of regents is
a blunder.
Should the bill carry it will force
the two big schools to be continually
a war for control of the board of re-
.ycpty No;tbor c,L,,r u.iII l.,;ro %
use its energies in such a way but will
be fearful that # it remains idle the
other institution will walk away with
the prize.
Under the bill as drafted the des-
tiny of the two state schools will rest
squarely in the hands of the governor.
1t will make the two institutions vi
tally interested in the gubernatorial
election and it is easy to see the pos
sibilities that might arise therefrom.
The bill is drafted professedly to take
the schools out of politics. The mill
age tax feature is a step in that di-
rection. But the single board Of re-
gents plan would force the schools to
work politics all the time.
The measure proposed should be
defeated and the financing of the
schools left to the legislature for an
other two years. Then if the people
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