Show THE OREGON RESULT On the face Cae of the returns it looks as s If Governor vernor Democrat las has been reelected and a 8 majority of vot have declared In for fever of B to su succeed eed Gearin United It is this 1st feature that 1 lIn a good many people hourne is a Republican Gearin a Dem Demra raL ra The tUft senator 1 wea ap Ij by Governor Chamberlain to the late John H Mitchell Now ow outsiders id rs are wondering what will rm hap I n if the people of OregON at the C dion next should choose a Dent le Would that leils legis elect a Republican ft to the United SLate senate Y p e rather rither think sot not Jt It is ie true that lire re Is a state slate law the leI lature rl or of politics politic to el elect th senator candidate by the Ule at this election But that the law Is there 10 o r reason to doubt The United States Slates T not question the creden t rals als of any elUn honesty T to serve In Ift that body by D the I of Oregon It H would not go 0 the race face of the returns d reasons for a contest were ere shown o Ja law or no law Jaw the victory of urne ume is bi not binding Suppose that carin had secured more votes ves In Men Ion c election thu Bourne and sup rose lose the people elect a at an legislature next fU fall Does any s sane ne nu notwithstanding inc fact a tM the RepublICans are pledged to ton tote te n the popular election law Jaw and the I are not th that t the inS I legislature lature elect a Demo Demot Demol t l rat at to the United States senate senat Hard Haro The would tn ht hta a proceed to elect a member or of their 1 n party They would not be e expected tn t In fio ot erue And either party would have e a good and nud reason for reversing the expressed will III of the people They aeed point to the fact that the peo Tie had reversed themselves Stranger h have bae happened especially here Utah than the changing of a major majority ity for fec one etie party Into a dimInutive within a very brief f period of oft t me SomethIng might happen to toJ J Lange an e the p present ent com pi ex m n cf If Or Oregon on between now and next fall faU If t the people vote ote In a j legislature the Democrats will have a perfect right to elect a Democrat to the States senate te tep Wc p cannot have popular election of States senators without u n to the federal f nd the nation may maT e well make up upI I g mind to accept that fact t as 8 b t |