Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-10-29

the republican party. | am going to
take over the best of my workers.
If you will come over with me I'll
see that you are taken care of. The
republicans have promised to take
good care of any of my workers I
take with me. i have my wires laid.
am going after the highest office
in the state. told him in language
more forceful than polite where he
could go. He was cold blooded, and
where | advised him to go is no
summer resort. If he had gone there
it might have warmed his blood He
thought he had the price and could
buy his way to the governors chair.
He paid the price. but his new friends
couldn't deliver the goods. Walter
Pierce, myself and a few others
worked night and day to see that
Umatilla county rebuked him for his
treachery and venality. He was de-
feated by less than 800 votes, Una
tilla county giving enough votes
against him to do the work and show
him that the day of buying office
was gone forever in Oregon.
Served First Term in Senate in 1903.
II served my first term in the
senate in 1903. Fulton was elected,
and every bit of legislation depended
on your attitude in the senatorial
fight, and was tainted and corrupted
by Fulton's election. If you would
vote for Fulton you could have votes
for your measures. If you refused to
vote for Fulton your measures were
defeated. That session was enough
to convince any honest man that pop
ular election of United States sem
ators was the only logical method.
81 was one of the most consistent
supporters of Statement No. /, and
| voted for the first two senators
elected by the choice and direction of
the voters-Jonathan Bourne and
Fred Mulkey. That election, or rath-
er confirmation by the Legislature OF
the peoples choice, proved we were
beginning to make progress along
the lines of practical reform.
"In 1905, after the adoption of the
peoples government through the in
itiative and referendum, a lawyer
from Hood River, named Jayne, in
troduced what was called the Jayne
] bill to amend the local option law
adopted by the people at the preced-
ing general election. 1t was the first
attempt to defeat the will of the peo-
pie expressed by their votes at the
, polls.
by amending this act the action
of the people was abrogated and their
t will vitiated. Paul Wessinger was
back of the bill. The Jayne bill
2 pulled the teeth and clipped the claws
of the local option bill. The liquor
: interests were in Salem with bar.
t rel of money to use in emsaculating
= the law voted on the statute books
= by the people. 1t passed the house
r and came to the senate. A. F. Flege
t came up to Sale INTO work against
the liquor lobby and protect the Law
4 from the assaults of the liquor men
!, Malarkey led the fight for the liquor
men. The bill was referred to tht
2 judiciary committee of the senate
n We learned they were about to repor
D the Jayne bill favorably. Waite
: Pierce and put our heads together
e How Bill Was Fought.
u Walter Pierce was chairman o
- the committee on education. We de
= cided to try to have the bill changed
: from the judiciary committee to tn
committee on education. The presl
7 dent of the senate decided the motion
= was out of order. Next day | agail
:. moved that the bill be transferred {
y the committee on education. TIL
! president of the senate consented
the vote was put on and we won on
by two votes. The ones most activ
in the fight for upholding the will G
It the people were Walter Pierce, Mi
It Ter, Booth, Coshow and myself. Tn
|. committee on education reported tn
It bill adversely and their report wa
n adopted by sixteen ayes, thirtee
s noes and / absent. We not only III
y held the will of the people, maxim
o stronger popular government, but W
e taught the liquor men that they wer
no longer able to buy legislation a
+ in the past.
e "One oil the things of which ] al
n proud is the saving to Pendleton
5, its water supply While | was mayo
of Pendleton, G. S. Jackson, then et
d itor and owner of the East Oregon
It ian, came in and showed me foul
o line telegraphic dispatch from Wasl
d ington saying that bill had bee
l. introduced giving to w. S. Byers, tn
owner of Byers' mill, the water SUI
v ply of the Umatilla river. We wire
l. at once to w. X. Ellis, our represent
n atiye in congress and citizen OF PEI
e. dleton, to hold up all action till Per
l. dletno could be heard from. We eli
a culated petitions and showed a sent
,r ment so strongly opposed to such
" betrayal OF the peoples rights tina
W the measure was defeated.
* Now, as to your question why
v want to be governor and my polic!
| | believe can be of service to tn
IN state, and / believe, public service
j. that is working for the public we
d fare, is more worth while than tn
S, mere making of money. My pole
ID will he to give the state my best abb
,e ity in advancing the interests OF a
rs of its citizens. would want to wor
" for what / have always believed II
popular government, in which all c
the people have an interest and
- voice"
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