East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-17
CHALLENGES HIS ENEMIES.
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There are two millionaires in the
fight against me and am only the
hired man Of the people.
Il have given q years Of my life
to serving the people Of oregon and
/ am poorer now than when / went
into office. During that time mil
lions OF dollars belonging TO the
school children Of the state and mil
Hons Of acres OF timber and other
lands have been under my control. l
want TO say that II / had been dis
honest enough TO use the OppOrtuni-
I ties that have presented themselves
TO me that might have several hun
dred thousand acres Of timber lands
now and might be a millionaire, too.
There are interests in this state
that would stoop 10 anything TO en-
compass my defeat. AL want the
people Of Oregon to do Is this: Con-
slider the charges made against me
and then examine my record as
public official. Consider the men
and interests who are making the
fight against me and try to divine
their motives. Weigh carefully what
you hear and then vote according 70
the dictates Of your best judgment" "
Defends Presidents Policies.
A great deal Of Senator Chamber
lain's speech last evening was devot-
ed 10 a review OF the administration
OF President Wilson, Of the construc-
tive legislation accomplished since
his Inauguration and Of his broad.
humanitarian policies. He maintain
ed that the real issue Of this cam
paign is whether or not the people
OF oregon approve Of the Wilson ad-
ministration:
He discussed in the order Of theiI
passage the great legislative achieve
ments Of the administration. Pres
ident Wilson promised the nation a
revision Of the tariff downward" he
said. "and the Underwood tariff bill,
endorsed by democrats and republi-
cans in congress, was passed. The
opponents said il would ruin the
sheep and agricultural business OF
the west. call your attention 70
the fact that wool last year brought
the highest price it has brought, with
two exceptions, in % years and that
agricultural products uniformly
brought high prices. So wise has been
the tariff legislation that practically
all OF the anu-administration papers
have ceased making any comments
about free wool and other big COM
modities placed on the free list and
are now confining their remarks to-
Chinese eggs and New Zealand but
ter. My friends, that is what this
campaign against me is, butter and
egg campaign" In this connection
he stated that he asked everyone in
an audience of 1000 people al La
Grande who used eggs TO rise and
that everyone rose. He then asked
those who we're selling eggs to the
market and three arose. That is
the percentage" he said, three in a
thousand ana these standpatters are
condemning me because have stood
Tor the thousand rather than the
three"
The senator cited the income tax
as a piece of legislation that is de-
signed TO help the masses. 1T taxes
the men Of great incomes to keep up
the expenses of government and this
is as it should be, for who is it, the
big interest or the masses. that re-
quires the most protection from the
government Who is II that calls
out the militia or urges an army to
be sent to protect their property"
The currency bill, he said. has plac-
ed the government instead OF Wall
street in command Of the nations fl
nances and has made a panic such
as occurred in 1907 an impossibility
The establishment Of the trade