Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-30
ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN

One of the very best statements of the political issues
of the day have during the campaign appeared
in the shape of letter in Portland paper last week. 1t
is brief all the ground worthwhile and the points
are clearly made The letter follows:
portland, Oct 21.-To the Editor Of The Journal
| am Republican, and have been all my life. My first
vote for Grant and my last for Taft But do not
believe in abusing of the abes that have had
in so years. He is my president well Of the who
voted for him and should be honoed and respected and
given credit for the good work he has accomplished for
the people claim that President Wilson has done more
for and closer to the rank and file of the American peo
pie than all the rest of them put together since Lncons
time He has given everything in less than four years
that had been promised for 40 years He has surely kept
us out of war; andl believe his Mexican policy has been
right all along the line The rank and file Of the American
people not looking for with any nation The fell
lows crying for are the very ones that would stay
home and let George do it.
''You will find here in Portland people that will tell
you that the present administration to blame for the
local conditions That's not true If hepeope here had
given their attention years ago to the welfare of
the city, establishing industries and creating payrols in
stead of selling town lots that should be in farms today
we would not have houses vacant at this time.
'Now, as to the tariff issue. That is dead one It's
all bunk The common people will not swallow that any
longer Before the duty taken off of WOOL three and
half years ago. every sheepman in Wyoming Idaho and
Oregon claimed he would have to go out of business.
What the result? At the price of wool advanced
from II cents to "a cents per pound Some will say the
did this but this price was before the war Never
before in this country have such prices been paid for
WOOL and all other commodities. The people will not bel
fooled any longer.
81 will cast my vote for Woodrow Wilson, and will
get all others that induce to do So for that
if Mr. Hughes elected Mr.. Roosevelt would be the
president and we have had enough of hm"-A j. Hoban.
All the political dispatches appearing in the Oregonan
and marked special simply specially written bunk
and do not the wire at all They mailedI
from the press bureau of the Hughes headquarters
know because all the newspaper Offices getting big
patches of them every day. Most of this stuff is unrei
able and from irresponsible sources sample the
Oregonan special" dispatch from Chicago week ago
stating that the building trades council Of that city had
passed resolution condemning Wilson. 1t shown
later by the officers of the building trades unions that
resolutions passed strongly endorsing the PRESIDENT
and pledgng their support to him. This morning another
Senator Chamberlain mis-stated the amount of lumber
imported from Canada the United States during 1915
AS matter of fact the figures practically the as
given by the senator in his Dallas speech, where he
questioned this point by of Ralph Williams hench
men, The senator, however gave the amount imported
during the Taft administration showing it to be larger
than under Wilson That is why the Oregonan dares not
make comparson-it knows that lumber was
brought across the Canadian line under the Payne
Adrich tariff law than under the present Underwood
tariff although it printed this special dispatch to mis-
lead the public The Oregonan dales not give the official
figures the importation of lumber from Canada during
the last six eight years-because 1t would convict it.
self of having made false statements in order to manu-
facture political capital
The Southern Pacific Company is short over $500
well as passenger depot soemny promised to