The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-03-26
women of the United States.


such as Hindus being permitted to
come into this country and into this
state and competing in the logging
camps and other avenues OF work and
labor with the laboring men now here.
1t is unnecessary for me to add,
that | stand with all good citizens in
this state in favor Of upholding and
| maintaining our school system in a
fair and liberal way, and in the con-
struction of roads and highways to
meet the demand and requirements OF
our farming, producing, commercial
and business classes of the people of
this state, with this qualification, that
| feel that whatever plan are adopted
in the construction of roads in this
feel that whatever plans are adopted
| in the construction of roads in this
state and whatever methods are used
in the spending of the peoples money
| for such construction, that the interest
of the farming class of the people OF
this state, should be very carefully
safeguarded and their wishes as indi-
Gated through the society of equity and
/ the Development League and the
Farmers Grange, should be consulted
and followed.
desire also to say that | stand ir
revocably in favor of free press and
| free speech, and that If | should be
I successful IN being nominated and
elected governor of this state, | will
see, 80 far as my power will permit,
! that no man or woman, rich or poor,
black or white, shall be deprived of
the opportunity of fairly and decently
expressing themselves anywhere, In
public halls, or upon the streets of cit
les In this state, as long as they con-
duct themselves In lawful way.
The liquor question has got to be
fought out. Men will be compelled to
take stand, for II or against Il, The
saloon liz either right or II Is wrong
II 1t Is right II should be maintained
Jnd perpetuated; II II Is wrong. II
should be destroyed. | feel that II Is
wrong; | feel that II is foolish for the
moral societies OF the state of Oregon
20 talk about fighting vice, preach SER
mons against vice, pass resolutions
| against vice and hold banquets and
/ rake speeches and congratulate each
ether how they are going to fight vice.
Iud permit the saloon To exist In this
state. because II Is In the saloon to u
goat extent, that the seed Is sown
and eventually ripens into crime, ami
vice OF every character leading In
the end to the jail and penllentiary,
To the insane asylum and to degen-
cracy. say nothing about want and
poverty to the thousands and millions
of women ana children In the land.
know VII kind ot q battle this
will be, fully realize the power 0.
the liquor element and the Retail LII
quor association OF this state, who are
always on guard aud ready to battle
for their position know how hard
II is to make merchants, bankers. and
business men take an active interest
In the movement, because they fire.
quently fear that IL will injure the
market. the store and bank, and In
other words, all trade. The facts are
that II every saloon was driven out
OF business In Portland, inside OF six
months or year. the merchants and
business men would be the ones who
would he congratulating each other
rpon the advance In every line OF bus
'aess, and better payments OF the bills
OF their patrons,
To illustrate this, | herewith quote
an extract from letter written To
me November II, 1918. by Hon. Silas
Porter, who is one of the judges of the
supreme court of Kansas, aud a man
WHO has lived in Kansas during the
a., of the amendment Ia its constitu-
ton and "A man OF great ability aud
high character. Mr. Porter writes;
Om town, Kansas City, Kansas, has
over 100000 population. II is a city
OF manufacturers, Six or eight years
ago, when they started to enforce the
law rigidly, there We're something like
"a Joints running practically wide
open. Many of the bars We're fixed up
in a luxurious manner and enormous
sums were paid over the bars every
day. Many conservative business men