Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-10
Republican Aspirant Tells
Home Folk What His Plat
form viii Stand For

Stanfield, Or, Jan. 10.-At the an
nual community meeting of the agri-
cultural and dairying interests of
Umatilla county heidi here today, R.
N. Stanfield, republican candidate for
the nomination for United States sem
ator, was the principal speaker. There
were hundreds Of his neighbcrs and
life long friends and acquaintances
present and in the course of his ad-
dress he stated the principles upon
which he would stand in his campaign
which are as follows:
l. To support the national admins
tration and the heads of the govern
ment with all my ability and energy
in the speedy and vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war to a peace satisfactory
compatible with the highest ideals of
our civilization.
2. To a selective draft in practice as
well as theory, which shall insure or
ganization of the national army and
at the same time reserve the neces-
sary labor and supplies for the contin-
uatiom Of our industrial pursuits and
commerce.
3. To an equitable control aN reg
ulation of food supplies, commerce and
industry, and the establishments of q
primary market in Portland on equal
basis with Chicago and eastern ports.
4. Nation wide prohibition and to
all measures which shall make it prac-
ticable and operative and not theoret-
ical.
s. To permanently establish equal
suffrage in both state and nation.
6. To establishment by the federal
government of naval base at tho
mouth of the Columbia river.
Z. To effective rural credit legisla-
tion and administration with a par
ticular view to its adaptability to the
needs of Oregon.
8. To construction by the federal
government of military highway
along the Pacific coast, and federal
aid in the construction of permanent
highways
8. To see that Oregon participates,
all things being equal, in national
trade, commerce and industry, and
that our state is given recognition IN
the federal expenditures made neces'
sarv by the war.
1O.-To legislation which shall bring
to settlement the public lands ques-
tion, and the greater development of
Oregon's natural resources including
the development OF water power, re-
clamation of arid, swamp and logged
off lands. =.
II. To the organization and mobili'
zation of all industrial forces, with a
Just and proper consideration of the
rights Of labor, which shall guarantee
Ico-ordination Of American efforts dur
ing the war;. j..
II. To legislation that viii permit
resources of the great west and Alas
ka to be used, at the same time being
careful that these natural resources
are used economically,
13. To the removal of the misunder-
standing and opposition on the part OF
the federal authorities which has re-
stricted Oregon IS commercial expan-
sion and retarded her industrial devel'
opment
IA. To the development Of Oregon 8
great shipping ports, through federal
Improvement of waterways and har-
bors; the maintenance of a merchant
marine on the Pacific ocean, and a
just recognition on the part of the fed
eraI government of Fhe Importance,
value, commercial and industrial adj
vantage of Oregon 5 location, situa-
tion and harbor, and shipping facili-
ties.
Is. To a policy of conservation and
reconstruction which shall insure our
national integrity, honor and com
meree and the moral and civic purity
of our people, which is typified by a
conscientious and moral observance Of
true Christian civilization.
Is. To have that high regard and
consideration for the interests and
of humanity and the nation
at large, which should actuate the mo-
tives Of every public man.
As to why he was a candidate and
in respect to the issue raised, and in
his declaration of prinei-
pies, he said:
"The great national duty of the