The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-10-22
AN IMPOSSIBLE CANDIDATE.

Had there been any sincerely and
consistency among the organizers Of
the so-called farmer-labor party they
would have searched out as a candI-
date for governor some man who had
views in common with, and stood for
measures favoring the interest of both
farmers and labOring men. Instead of
choosing a friend of the people as "a
candidate for governor those organ
izers showed how false was their pre-
tnse that they stood for the welfare OF
the farmer and laboring men by select
ing Bob Bridges, whose record in this
state is inimical to all that the farmer
labor party is claimed to stand for. Mr.
Bridges poses as the friend of labor
while his public utterances and public
actions gives the lie to his pretensions.
The actual fact is that Mr.. Bridges is
a professional politician and chronic
office seeker, just one of that class of
men that the trainers of the farmer
labor party pretend to abhor and are
everlastingly condemning. In their Sc
lection of candidate for governor
these holier than thou reformers give
striking illustration of the hypocracy
and deceit that marks their every ac-
ton.
One of the planks of the platform
endorsed at the convention that gave
birth to the farmer-labor party declar-
ed against Japanese emigration, yet in
public speeches Bob Bridges declares .
II am opposed to any legislation that
would keep the Japanese, or the people
of any other nation, out of this coun-
try
And there you are. This declaration
made from the stump by the farmer-la
Dor candidate for governor shows that
he favors the unrestricted emigration
of Orientals, class of people the resi-
dents Of the coast states have been
protesting against for years.
This is not campaign bunk used for
the purpose of deceiving the voter, but
the public utterance of the farmer-la-
Dor candidate for governor. Not only
! is Bob Bridges a defender of the Jap
| anese from the stump, but he goes still
further in his friendly attitude toward
Japanese by leasing his lands to Japa-
| nese farmers at higher rentals than
| white men can afford to pay. And that
is your friend of the dear people"
This is only a part of the record of
Bob Bridges who the farmers and
| working men of the state are asked to
support at the polls. In another re-
spect Bridges shows what a hypocrite
what a political demagogue he is. In
his public speeches he INDUCES in Bit
| ter Trades against the interests" and
scathingly denounces the grabbing OF
/ natural resources. The records of the
state land office shows that Bob
Bridges, when state land commissioner
| used his office to enrich himself. He
sold to his wife state lands at the NOM
| inal sum of $3.50 and $500 per acre
which had been appraised at from 500
to $4,000 per acre. This is the land
that he is today leasing to Japanese 70,
the comfortable sum of 5000 per month
If such a calamity should occur tina;
Bob Bridges be elected governor of the
| state he would use his influence IN
| favor of Japanese and Chinese emi-
grafton, for his past record proves
that in office Bob Bridges is an arbrI-
tary, stiff necked indiyid, A. who
brooks no interference in carrying out
/ his own ideas no matter how fantastic
or impracticable.
What do the farmers and working
| men of the state think of candidate
| with crch q raoord7 Gan fhav concicY
emily support such man? If they dc
they indorse his record, and in that
case if elected Mr.. Bridges could con
sistently, with the backing of his party
work for and urge the free admission
of Orientals into the state.