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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
4
fragmented OCR shows subscription rates for daily and weekly editions of East Oregonian published by East Oregonian Publishing Company. text includes misreadings of annual six month and weekly pricing, with unclear per year and per week figures.
A local appeal argues 250 to 300 Umatilla county Democrats will vote for governor W J Furnish not for party but as a home man while urging full support for J H Raley for attorney general. Raley, a respected local lawyer, is praised for integrity and diligence in public service and for enforcing the law in the interest of all Oregon residents.
The East Oregonian calls voters in Umatilla County to elect James Nelson to succeed T. P. Gilliland, noting the need for a Democrat on the board to balance Republican commissioners and clarify responsibility for county affairs. The piece argues for Democratic control of one commissioner seat.
The county should be on a cash basis and Mr. Nelson, a successful stockman and longtime resident, would bring county interests to the board. If elected, he and County Judge Hartman would work toward reducing debt and continuing county progress with trustworthy leadership.
The Oregonian urges Republicans to vote the local ticket, tying their choice to national party leaders. It warns that ship subsidy support risks tax dollars aiding large capital interests, notes Mitchell labels and Multnomah County politics, and flags the Nicaragua canal bill as stalled by railroad influence.
The piece argues Mitchell and Pacific coast lawmakers supported a bill favoring Chinese exclusion but lacked power to pass it. It contends voting for the Matthews machine ticket endorses that policy and signals to Republican leaders to ignore Pacific coast wishes on Chinese labor and subsidies for shipowners. Further questions are promised.
Satirical verse by S. E. Kiser in the Chicago Record-Herald mocks imperial violence in the Philippines using a mock marching tune. It imagines a syringe as a weapon and lampoons anti liberty rhetoric with harsh, graphic imagery and a chorus about forcing “liberty” on rebels.
A garbled OCR fragment invokes a Confederate era slogan with a call to celebrate liberty. The line references a flag and a mob chant about overpowering a slave, reflecting violent, dated rhetoric amid disjointed context.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE and the only people in the saddlery business that carry a complete stock of Harness Saddles Bridles Spurs Sweat Pads Pack Saddles and Bags Tents Wagon Covens and Canvas. JOSEPH ELL Leading Harness and Saddlery.
The text lists statewide and Umatilla County Republican candidates including Governor Furnish and R. S. Bean for Supreme Judge F. L. Dunbar and Moor for State Treasurer J. H. Ackerman for Public Instruction A M Crawford for Attorney General J N Williamson for Congress and local officials in Pendleton and surrounding areas with Coroner, Sheriff, Clerk, Recorder, Treasurer, and other county posts.
County officers listed include State Senator J Smith, Representative W Blaeley, Edwin A Reser as Sheriff, T D Taylor, W D Chamberlain, H Marsh, Treasurer W D Hansford, James Nelson, Assessor Chas P Strain, Surveyor James A Howard, Coroner T M Henderson.
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