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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
4
The piece argues that legislative candidates seeking party nomination should back the party’s Senatorial candidate. It notes that a non party man might run as an independent and avoid courting party leaders’ favors. The date and publication names appear in the fragment.
George E. Chamberlain, then the Democratic Governor of Oregon, was elected to the U S Senate by the Oregon Legislature last Monday. He received 19 votes in the Senate and 34 in the House, with all Republican Statement No 1 members and two other Republicans supporting him.
The Portland Journal and other papers debate the GOP future in Oregon with editor Jackson lamenting potential defeats and crying over the party's prospects in forthcoming years.
In the last state campaign several Republican candidates for the legislature won by signing Statement No 1. Monday they made last-ditch explanations before voting for a Democrat, signaling a political retreat from their prior stance.
The year 1909 marks the centennial birth anniversaries of famous figures such as Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and Charles Darwin on February 12, Oliver Wendell Holmes on August 28, Edgar Allan Poe on January 19, Alfred Tennyson on August 6, Edward Fitzgerald on March 31, William E. Gladstone on December 29, François Chopin on March 1, and Felix Mendelssohn on February 38, highlighting a year of commemorations.
In politics and life it pays to stay true to principle. Professors Jones and Newberg refused a compromise to vote for a rival senator and faced defeat, yet earned public respect. Russell Conwell tours the Northwest, with Newberg among four Oregon cities Astoria Portland Eugene. Newberg hosts the best offering this season and invites a full church on Tuesday night to hear the renowned speaker.
Republicans of Yamhill Washington and Tillamook counties will nominate Barrett of Hillsboro to represent them in the legislature. He was first put forward by those seeking a candidate pledged to support the party choice for senators and he accepted.
A Salem Statesman item notes Barrett’s late pledge to Chamberlain and critiques Puritane Girls pledges that condemn social pleasures. Observers warn the vow may exile many women as “old maids” while divorces rise among couples tied to “average young men.”
C E Newhouse, appointed fruit inspector for Yamhill county, visited town to gauge public sentiment for a strong wartime campaign against orchard pests. The Graphic urges full cooperation with officials and stresses every fruit grower must fight pests or exit the business for Oregon’s fruit interests.
The Globe Democrat prints a heartfelt obituary for Mrs. Matilda J. McKee mother of the vice president of Globe Printing Co. of St. Louis. The piece honors her as a good wife mother and woman whose eighty years were filled with deeds and kindness. Her family and many friends mourn yet find solace in her life and faith.
Newberg pays $200 for a lecture by Russell H. Conwell the philanthropist. Conwell donates lecture proceeds to philanthropic work. He founded Temple University a four thousand student institution serving workers who cannot attend elite universities. The university operates a large day department and offers evening inspiration to help thousands improve their living and rise in professions.
The speaker highlights a founder who established the Samaritan Hospital offering free medical care and trained nurse attention to the poor, serving up to twelve hundred people a month. He also founded an orphanage for children of fallen firemen or policemen who risked their lives to save others.
Polk Miller of Richmond recounts a South to North joke about substituting a wild turkey for a tame one. In the tale Uncle Ephraim insists the turkey is tame despite finding shot, claiming the bullets were meant for him in a cautious bluff.
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