The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-02-17
THE GOVERNoRsHIP
THE OPENING gun in the bat

ttt ~ NH'
highest office In the gitt OF ,he
voters OF Oregon has sounded. In the
announcement ur Charles Hall iha,
he aspires 10 hc tn, .,ndard bearer
OF tho repuhlic,n psrty ai he state.
His aspirations trH subject to the
test Of the May primary. As the
political horoscope is cast at pres
ont he In likely to tina nimself op-
posed by conte ants with strong In.
tcrosts htiind them.
Personal fi'eud,Nips formed dur
ing his residence here will undcubt-
ly gain Eall strong support In
klamath county, but II will he up
10 the majo rllv q Klamath voters.
who are not plivileHed to know the
candidates except by their public
records. to decide upon tho merits
OF the men ana determine how
Klamath's baiiot saall be cast.
In cursory sizirv up Of the pos
sibilities. Hall has Ia lead on others
In that he kno, klamath county
and has a comprehensive idea OF Its
potentialities. He has shov abil-
ity as an .xecut.e and organizer
AS head OF the stat, chamber OF
commerce.
He has been alert In thu state
legislature, as senator from Coos
and Curry counties. g. safe ard
what he conceived to he the bes,
interests of the people n the stats
as n whole. regardless OF the sec
tionai OPP. .osition that such a course
might arouse. And he has no, neg.
lccted the interests OF his own con-
stituency. He will carr Coos and
Curry In The gcycrporship contes,
hands down.
But klamath must base Its de-
cision ON hroader Ines. The Klam-
ath voter will dc btless consider
that nj presen, We are practically
without 4 preservation In state gov
ernmental counsels. and bis. or her.
support OF Hall will give oppor,un-
ity to place q man In high office
who Is familiar with. and has no
reason to be unfrlendly TO. Klam-
aths interests.
The political career Of the can
didate has marked him ms a pro.
gressivc. but his 1 mess career has
shown that his progressive ideas
arc OF a conservative ype.
In other words. ne would make
a governor who would not BE- bound
by outworn political systems. yet
would not exper.i'en with untried
ideas. Briefly, sound. safe.
leader.
The Hcrsid's attitude is one OF
fricndliness 10 the candidate. He
aspires TO the highest office in the
state. an office Lat should be filled
by the best man obtainable. es pc.
clally ut this time, when new vistas
w h'''AfAb y 'p'AAAHk Auf
first flow OF the u OF progress H.
eddying neare, us 4 laudIble
ambition. aud VIC "elleye his pur-
pose IN sincere.
Halls spirit Is democratic and his
success thus far has aJ, unsettled
his fundamen, I democracy. II is
fair TO I'm To assume that his po-
litical succes a. this campaign
would not change the temperament
that has wou him his present stand
ing in the state.
lie mingl, wan the leaders of
the metropolis. but Is primarily a
citizen Of the state. with a sympa-
thetic understanding OF the prob
lens OF the lesser populated COM
munities.
The interests or the state are
paramount, and should not be
swayed by considerations based on
personal friendship. Therefore The
Herald In ends to withhold endorse
ment OF any one candidate until all
candidates are In the field. and
their platforms have been submit
ted to the people. But We have en-
deavored to point out some OF the
standards by which We have meas
ured Charles Hall. that our read
ers might, like us. yegin giving
serious thought to the importance
OF the matter on which they must
later make decision.