East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-24
oREGoNAN PENpIEToN OREGON TUESDAY MARCH 2+

the men-who, by the way, 90 not set
a standard so high that women will
have difficulty in reaching it.
THE woman voter has now fully ar
rived and she looks like a valuable
acquisition to the forces working for
good government"
The estimate of the News is none
too high. BY the very nature OF
things women should be intelligent
voters They read more than do
men, They have more time for read
ing and for study Furthermore they
form political views with more disn-
terestedness than do men. Those who
stand for clean and intelligent govern
ment have no just reason for pessim-
ism over the woman vote.
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June weddings are in the making.
The cleanup days have come and
gone. Garden seeds
The Ncrnal have been in the store
Impulse Stirs. windows for weeks
and the man with the
hoe is already we'll underway to spend
$40 worth of energy and IS cents for
seed in order to raise quarters
worth of lettuce. Fishing licenses are
growing popular and the government
canal near Echo is the most frequent
ed spot in the county. New baseball
leagues are born every day and the
automobile bug is biting people who
were never regarded as vulnerable
heretofore. The seniors at the high
school are getting busy with their
commencement orations and a Pana-
ma hat has been seen on the streets
of Pendleton. To some people these
things have no significance but they
are full of meaning and they all point
clearly to the fact that Old Winter has
hit the trail for vladivostock and that
Miss Spring is teaching Mother Ma
ture the tango.
Afraid that DR.. C. j. Smith will land
the democratic nomination for COVER
nor the Portland Oregon
Afraid of ian would like to cast
Dr. Smith. doubts on the past atti-
tude of DR.. Smith with
reference to law enforcement. The
Oregonian has struck a trail which il
it follows closely and reports with
truthfulness will be of great benefit to
the candidacy of DR.. Smith.
No one need have doubt as to DR..
Smiths past views on subjects per-
tanning to civic decency. His stand
with reference to such subject can
not be questioned with sincerity. The
best guaranty as to DR.. Smith s
record in this respect is found in the
fact the women voters in Pendleton
and elsewhere are mong his strongest
supporters. The most striking thing
about the gubernatorial campaign this
year was the formation in Portland
BY so former Pendleton women of q
Smith for Governor Club. Those wo-
men knew DR.. Smith in the days wher
they and he were residents of Pendle'
ton. They are supporting DR.. Smith
irrespective of partisanship because Of
his clean personal character and higf
civic ideals. Those women know wha
they are doing.
The very fact the Oregonian Il
fighting him so fiercely Is testimon.
to the character of DR.. Smith and t
his strength as a candidate. The Ore
gonian finds him too formidable ant
desires his defeat. This is the case
rest assured, or the Oregonian woul'
not be so busy. There are men in tn
race for governor, some democrat
and some republicans. who are reall
open to criticism. Their records ar
bad and they justly deserve censur
and the Portland Oregonian knows II
The Oregonian could render the peo
pie a service by exposing them but
leaves them alone and makes targe
of DR.. Smith who is clean and strone
Democrats who want to put up thei
strongest man for governor Will
we'll to take heed of the Oregonian'
fears.