Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1909 — REPORT AGAINST PLEDGES [ARTICLE]

REPORT AGAINST PLEDGES

Proposition to Make Second “Chamberlain Election” Impossible. Salem, Ore., Feb. 2.—The report making it a misdemeanor to take a pre-election pledge was adopted by th* house. The bill Is aimed at statement No. 1 1 in use during the last two elections for United States senator and which resulted in the forced election by a Republican legislature of Governor George E. Chamberlain, Democrat, to the United States senate.