7 , ▁Dal y ▁became ▁a ▁Republican ▁mayor al ▁candidate ▁against ▁fellow ▁council man , ▁George ▁Luis ▁Baker , ▁a ▁fl am boy ant ▁character ▁who ▁had ▁made ▁his ▁fortune ▁as ▁a ▁the ater ▁operator , ▁and ▁was ▁widely ▁regarded ▁as ▁having ▁more ▁interest ▁in ▁sh am eless ▁self - prom otion ▁than ▁the ▁people ' s ▁business . ▁ ▁Dal y ▁was ▁expected ▁to ▁win ▁by ▁a ▁lands lide , ▁but ▁the ▁Oregon ian ▁began ▁a ▁daily ▁cr us ade ▁to ▁dis cred it ▁him . ▁ ▁Only ▁days ▁before ▁the ▁election , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁burg l ary ▁of ▁Dal y ' s ▁home , ▁during ▁which ▁nothing ▁of ▁value ▁was ▁taken , ▁but ▁his ▁personal ▁files ▁and ▁papers ▁were ▁r ans ack ed . ▁ ▁In ▁that ▁Sunday ' s ▁ed itions , ▁the ▁Oregon ian ▁prom in ently ▁published ▁the ▁only ▁missing ▁document , ▁a ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁application ▁for ▁Social ist ▁Party ▁membership . ▁ ▁The ▁election ▁coming ▁just ▁a ▁few ▁months ▁after ▁the ▁B ols he vik ▁Revolution , ▁the ▁revel ation ▁and ▁the ▁Oregon ian ' s ▁character ization ▁of ▁it ▁as ▁evidence ▁of ▁Dal y ' s ▁un pat ri otic ▁and ▁dangerous ▁radical ism ▁was ▁enough ▁to ▁alarm ▁a ▁substantial ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s ▁vot ers . ▁ ▁The ▁protest ations ▁of ▁the ▁rival ▁paper , ▁the ▁Oregon ▁Journal , ▁that ▁Dal y ' s ▁dal liance ▁with ▁the ▁social ists ▁had ▁been ▁brief ▁and ▁in ▁understand able ▁dis g