Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-04-11
WILL PURDY TO
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Be CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR

"Take the kick out of moon
shine and knock hell out of those
drawing state money without first
earning it," is the sole and only
nlank in the platform of viii e..
purdy Salem bathhouse proprie-
- who announces that he is a
candidate in the May primaries
sor the democratic nomination OF
governor.
Ais slogan reads, "No apologies
Cor high taxes--I was not repre-
senting the electors
Mr.. Purdy explains his candi-
dacy as follows:
am not candidate for gov
amor of Oregon because l think
myself big man, nor because l
think l have done anything that
merits that honor from the hands
of the electors of the state. On
The other hand, / feel that l am
iust an ordinary man among men
mot very wise, use very poor
Judgment at times, and would be
wholly dependent on my Creator
and the good people of Oregon to
work in conjunction with me II
elected.
The reason that l have decided
10 enter this race for governor is
because our people are more or
less dissatisfied with the way that
our state government has been
handled by officeholders in the
past. The people think that too
much of their money has been
souandered, and as a result the
taSss are too high.
A tax reduction club was recent
" formed, but we can see that
members are admitted and are in
the lead without first having made
an open confession for their past
political record, and 1t seems that
the only object this club has is to
endorse some political candidates
for office.
| believe that political parties
are necessity just as much as
railroad trains, passenger steam
ers, automobiles, and other use
full conveyances that are used to
get the people somewhere, and 1t
is reasonable to expect the patrons
Of these different useful enter
prises to favor and travel by those
In competition with one another
which offer the best. service to the
public. The public in general is
dissatisfied right now for the old
politicians are again foremost in
the advocating Of reforms and
changes, but the electors should
not notice these reformers and
their changes unless they are ad-
vocating them in the name of a
political party for ones party
should and must be responsible for
their party officeholders as no
man can stand alone in this re-
sponsibility and trust and success
fully work in conjunction with all
the other state officeholders single
handed.
God, we read, used the weak
things of the earth to confound
the mighty, and the things that
are not to bring to naught the
things that are. What are the
people Of Oregon going to use at
this time to confJund the mighty,
and to bring, to naught the seed
that has been sown by these office
holders In the past? Which will |
continue to raise our taxes? Will |
they use the same political influ-
ence and the same Identical pres
ence in the background to reverse
themselves and to plow out this
seed that has been sown, that the
desired results may be- had? III
nave read in the public press
where parents have followed their
oiisprngs as far as the gallows
aller the conviction and sentence.
What devotion and what love
muse parents manifest for their
own! How glad they would have
peen II they by their own vote
could have saved their own chill
ulen from such an awful fatei
iou say that Justice must be met
.u out to those violators of the
Aw' II SO, do you believe that the
-epuplcan party had a right to
protect their own Senator New