The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-08-31
c. 0. P. OFFICERS Of
STATE TALKED HERE
Heppner Visited by State Chairman
Tooze and State Secretary Ingalls,
Gathering of County Committeeman
and Others Addressed Following Lun-
cheon at Hotel Patrick Last Evening.

The arrival in Heppner on yesterday
afternoon of Walter L. Tooze, Jr., chair
man and C. Z. Ingalls,, secretary of the
republican state central committee was
the means of bringing together quite
a number Of the precinct committeeman
of the county, and other leading repub-
licans in a meeting following luncheon
at Hotel Patrick last evening.
Mr. Tooze is leading attorney Of Nc
Minnvlile, while Mr.. ingalls, is editor Of
the Gazette-Times of Corvallis and a
leading figure in the affairs Of the city
where the Oregon Agricultural college
is located. Both are very enthusiastic
party men and take much interest in po-
litical affairs of the state Mr.. Tooze
has been in a number of counties of the
state in the interests Of the party and
planning for the coming campaign and
he was joined by Mr.. Ingalls, at Pendle-
ton, where a series of stirring meetings
were held on Tuesday, and it is reported
much good was accomplished in bringing
together the warning factions Of the re-
publican party of our neighbor county
to the east.
Addresses were made by both Mr. Tooze
and Mr. Ingalls, at last nights meeting
and while ii was not found necessary to
court the good Offices of the dove Of
peace in this county, there appearing to
be nothing of a disturbing nature in the
party ranks here, yet what the speakers
had to say was listened to with close at
tention, and much of interest was pre-
sented. Following the meeting the coun-
ty central committee held a short ses-
sion and plans were outlined for the
carrying on Of the campaign in the coun-
ty, the state committeeman being pied
ged the loyal support Of the county and
precinct organizations.
Voting a straight ticket from COVER
nor to constable and placing party in
terests above personal ambitions was the
strong plea of Mr. Tooze, who is intense
ly party man, and believes strongly in
party organization. He made storing
plea for party harmony; stated that he
had no use for the man who would 60
to the primaries and help nominate q
man for Office and then vote against him
in the general election; the following
of such practices by many in Oregon
under our present political system was
disrupting both the republican and dem
ocratic parties and was the means OF
getting men and measures on the ballot
that were not worthy; il was destroying
the state smanship of the country anc
leaving the dominant parties leaderless
as men were elected TO Office who had ne
principles Of any sort to stand for. We
should get back to strict party organi.
zation, and Mr.. Tooze Is travelling the
state just now for the purpose Of re-
storing the republican party. He pleads
for party harmony and solidarity and
sounds warning against issues that
tend to break down party unity and de-
clares that the republican party needs
right now to fortify itself against the
attack which the non-partisan leagut Ii
preparing to make in this state; they
have captured the democratic organiza'
ton OF Idaho and through the indiifer
ence of party men and. the operations Of
cur political system covering a perioc
of some twenty years past party organ
izations in this state have become sc
weakened that they fail to stand Out
against the propaganda Of the non-par'
tisan league and It will take united ac'
tion to keep then out OF this state.
Mr.. Tooze recalled that this country
was founded by people seeking politica
and religious freedom, and he declared
that the right to worship as one please'
and still have political equality with 9th
II - rtrht AZ nv,
cry American citizen, and deplored the
injection of the religious question into
state politics.
al belong to no clique or faction" he
said "and am not anti this or pro that
except that | am pre-republican and ev
erything that tends to build up the par
ty." He declared that he stood person
ally for representative government a'
opposed to democratic government by
which latter term he referred to a gov
ernment giving the people direct contro
through primaries, the initiative and re
ferendum.
His desire was to perfect real or
Ranization in the republican party o.
the state and to make the party realit!
and not merely a theory. He said HI
hoped to impress the republican voters
with their duties as citizens and part!
members, and he scored those men ant
women, citizens, who professed to hav'
no use for politics and paid no attention
use for the citizen who had the right t.
to political matters, and he had iittl'
the ballot and never exercised it.
Mr.. Tooze also paid his respects t.
the democratic nominee for governor
Walter M. Pierce, stating that he was
man Of no real convictions; had been
populist, socialist, and most everything
else, but in the final analysis, always TO
Pierce, and there was no reason why an.
republican should cast his vote for hin
for governor. His selection would meal
the building up of democratic machine
in this state that it would take a serie
of years to get rid Of. The choice Of
governor for the state Of Oregon is no
a matter of personalities.
Mr.. Tooze closed his address with
plea for clean politics; he was absolute
ly opposed to boss rule in political par
ties but believed in the statesmanshi
of the country running our politics an
this would be the case when all goo
citizens came forward and did their dut
in making politics clean.
Mr.. ingalls, fallowed in short ad
dress on the necessity Of political partie
in republican form Of government, pre-
senting the thought of a number of lead
ing statesmen, party men and historian
on this point. He has made a specia
study of this subject for some time pas
and has great deal of important dat
to back up his assertions.
The women are also being organize
and will have hteir place in the part
organization along with the men, prac
tically on ffty-fifty basis, and wher
ever the members of the state committe
go they are urging the women to tax
part in the deliberations and plans Q
the party.
The state committeeman were give
assurance that Morrow county will stan
by the ticket and the usual strong rt
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