Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-14

Because United States Senator
Charles L. McNary has made good
he should be- nominated to succeed
himself in the republican primary, May
18th.
From the day he became senator he
has Loyalty championed the proseeu-
ton of the war, and during his term
of office has accomplished more for
Oregon than any other member III con
gress in a like period.
Among his colleagues he is known as
"the man on the job,'' and during the
present war crisis Oregon should con
slider itself fortunate in having an op,
portunity to return him and not be CON
PEELED to send to Washington a new,
unframed man.
believing that the supreme obliga-
tion he owes his country is to help
win the. war, Senator MeNary, instead
of returning to his state to conduct
a political campaign, is at his post in
Washington working for Oregon and
aiding i'm the prosecution of the war.
Always since entering the senate he
has been a friend of our soldiers and
sailors and has introduced legislation
giving them preferential homestead
rights and repeatedly championed their
cause when their welfare was in jeop-
ardy,
Championing the cause Of the Oregon
farmers, Senator McNary procured for
them q primary wheat market, saving
Thereby several million dollars to the
wheatgrowers of the northwest.
Realizing the present food control
law fails to fix prices for many COM
modities, Senator McNary has introduc
cd, and is laborng for the passage of
a bill, striking at profiteering and fix.
ing prices on the necessaiies of hfe.
Senator McNary has procured:
Government contracts for the first
time in the state IS history for Oregon
products, such as prunes, dehydrated
potatoes and vegetables in large guam
titles.
Large government contracts for ar
my clothing, %shipbuilding yards, and
numbering industry.
Favorable action by the senate com
mittee on irrigation on q bill provid-
ing for the government marketing OF
district irrigation bonds, thereby sup
plying funds for irrigation projects.
Favorable action from same com
mittee on q bill authorizing the Score
tary of the Interior TO accept irriga.
ton or drainage district bonds and
exchange them with the secretary OF
the treasury for certificates of in
: ~debtedness, thereby providing funds
for legitimate products,
Senator McNary is working:
l For prompt payments of allotment'
to dependent relatives of our soldiers
and sailors. -.
| For the construction Of a coast mill
D tary highway at government expenses
A comprehensive plan for the utlll
! cation Of the water resources OF ore
lgOn.
An aviation training station at Med
ford.
, Senator McNary was born on
, farm in Oregon; reared in the Baptist
|. church; educated in the public schools
worked his way through Stanford unl
versity; is a lawyer and farmer anc
has been a life long republican. III
was formerly o justice of the suprcm'
court and later chairman Of the stat
republican central committee.
Space fcrbids further enumeratiol
of the vast amount Of work Senate
MoNary has done for Oregon, but any
one will realize from the foregoing tn
senator has displayed truly remarkabl
ability, coupled with extraordinar.
diligence and energy. His native stat
can best show its appreciation OF hi
faithful and efficient services by non
mating and e~lecting him.
Thomas B. Kay, State Treasurer.
B. w. Sleeman, Bus. Rep. Of Distrlc'
Council Of Carpenters.
Mrs. Geo. w. MeMath, Pres. OF %
operative League.
Thomas A. Mcbride, Chief Justie
of Oregon Supreme Court.
r. b. Neuhansen, V~bce-chairma
Hughes Campaign Committee.
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