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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1904)
West Side Enterprise. rrUUHEI KVKRY TIIVIWPAV- SBftscrtption Price, $uo pcrVr TELKPHOSK l. HUIWl'RII'TIOS RATEH. (Xtrltfly In adaui) . It W Bis tuonlhi ' aim ;rr 05 KMntlnf nolle 10 win l ' llnlnlllt Rule on dl.ply drrl talng road known a application. jvlius .v. i.tf r. This paper is accused by the McMinnville News of exhibit ing considerable familiarity with the duties of a district attorney, and for that reason it is intimated should state whether it is for or against Mr. Hart. Not neces sarily. If so, the News falls far-, ther short of its own requirement Kor. tha Wkst Side Later V c a prise, for the Yamhill paper re the article from tni f" Idency toward the elevation of the office. A man honored with the nomination of the republi can state convention should bt big euough to be district attor ney alone. Political exigency should not be permitted to split the office in order to favor any one. That is what weakened state printer, J. li. Whitney with the party. It has been persistently claimed and never denied that Mr. Whitney in return for the influence that secured his nomi nation pays a certaiu sum dur ing his term ns state printer. Such arrangements are ohjee tirtnahl fin A will onerate to make it harder for those who ed regardless of political belief .w.lnih.m tnk elected bv or athliations an.l lor me soie C U It L V ., - office of state printer. GOVEIiXOR ,4.D THE FAIR. The replacing of George is Chandler, president of the state paper, adds a stick of comment board of agriculture, by w. t MatlocK was an executive mis -take .in.l loovoa its readers in dark nes3 as to whether the McMinn ville purveyor of news is for or agaiDst Mr. Hart The fact is it tis not the proper reasons. Already, it is bearing fmiofinn for newsnaners to for or against individuals much as for or against measures It is only in an individual's re lation to a policy or public duty that a paper is called upon t( favor or oppose that individua and the only concern the press or public has about Mr. Hart is na in whpther or not he fills the requirements of the office of dis trict attorney. Capability of t high order and unqualified integ rity are qualities essential to me man who should fill thi3 rnipor tant trust. There have been con nlflinta against Mr. Hart, the r -o- present district attorney touch ine his ability and zeal in liv ing up to his oath of office and Riich comDlaints have come lareelv from Yamhill county, As to whether reports emanating from that county are true or, idle talk this paper has not sufficient information at hand to tatp. Yamhill county stories of "graft" and incompetence belong in the bailiwick of the McMinnville papers and we pass them up to the News. As a matter of fact, people as a rule, are too ready to criticise a public official and much said against them is unjust. Since this paper has been under its present management there have been allegations from this lo cality charging the district at torney with "standing in" with law breakers in the matter of gambling. Investigation has been made into the matter and Mr. Hart's action in the case we consider within the warrant of the law. As to giving one of his deputies, der the head cf pay rendered for appearing before the justice of the peace across the river Irom Saleni in Polk county. Objections may properly be urged against this division of salary. While there may be nothing especially bad in such arrangement, it has nothing to commend it. Division of salary tends to a division of authority and influence and has no ten- It savors of politics and was undoubtedly done for pohtica be it? fruits, for Mr. Westgate, an so other member of the same po litical faith as Chandler, has re signed. The fact is Mr. Chandler for mprlv was. a democrat, but like many others left the democratic nnrtv in 1 S9( because of us i j tand on the money question Generally speaking, men who changed their party affiliations in '96 and swore allegiance to the eold-standard party, were pretty good men. Subsequent events have proven that they foresaw what was for the coun try's weal and had the courage to espouse what seemed at the time to be an unpopular cause. Mpn of that class cannot be truthfully accused of lacking in courage or discernment, iiut Governor Chamberlain, bis acts would indicate, is too partizan to tolerate a man of that kind. In the governor's political eyes, he is a common deserter. Had these deserting gold democrats stood for free silver and voted the ticket, Bryan would today be president and how different things would be. But Chandler's name is not found on the Bryan list. He committed the unpar donable. His head is in the waste basket. The State Fair Board is disorganized. It has change- no Dresident. One of the five members has resigned. Of the on the old board that conducted fairs so successfully the past few years, lhat one is not active. Such are the conditions wrought by the injection of politics into the State Board of Agriculture. Mr. Chandler had WEST SIP-K ENTEKPKISEi Chandler had served for year on the board and whs familiar with the work having served when the fair was at its best which was the past four years. If null I v UH4 not a matter into which "political considerations should enter. Governor Cham berlain in this might havo bur ied politics as was done by his When it devolved nr.on Governor Goer, to fill out by appointment the personnel f fhn hmird. HlOUirV WUS made all over the state for a man that would fill the require ments. W. II. Wehrung was selected as the best qualified man available. Ho was appoint INPEPKN'PENVK, OKKUON ftt last nhed Unit rip M to which some uiuu fore I hoy loam that in Y""Ue promiM-s are often made but l. bo broken. . , i!rrtlml m lUtntj ,kimln''!f,,,,,Jo" , l j rJ.4. J Tli rotilhern raotfli' Co. i. f rlliii round trip ticking in l i .... ImI I'm"" Iiidndnu , r ," Inner Improve- , Kainr.Uv a ,. 'A .... ... ... ... .,- Th nKiprliona are reason thai lie was Known w w oi,vW to ih office a eood business man who took ii u jvoj "t j I e li .fji.irf,i -Mnmpv than to the pride in making a success of all 'l UIOHUVV wvv v j w- I . - integrity. Wehrung became the leading member of the board, was made its presideut and was backed in all he did by the governor. Wehrung was of opposite political faith to the power that appointed him and was in position to injure Goer politically more than it was pos sible for for Chandler to hurt Chamberlain. Wehrung was at the time of his appointment a member of the state senate and wielded his influence against Geer politically. But he made a success of the state fair. Under Wehrung it was better each succeeding year uutil last year when the high water mark was reached. On one day last year the attendance was 22,000, nearly double that of and pre ceding day in the history of the fair. I he fair under the Wehrung management was re deemed from the disrepute into which it had fallen under the old board of twelve. People of the state were taking a pride in it and for the past few years it has furnished exhibits to be proud of and there have been no charges of grafting. At the 1903 exhibit, the banner year, Polk county took the blue rib bon for the best county exhibit. She is ready to vie with sister counties any year and the fact that such experienced and tried men as Wehrung and Chandler cannot be retained at the head of the fair is deplored. It is now the Matlock board iganist the Wehrung board, friends of the fair will wish it success while regretting tne re- Horace G. McKinley has four remaining, but one served turned from the east;S. A.I). Puter J. H. McNary of Salem, part of just been selected by his fellow his salary, Mr. Hart makes no members of the board as the -.f that. fr NcXarv's most suitable amone them to uvuiui - v' i (- extra pomnensation comes un- serve as president. The action 1 for services of the Governor in .lot re-ap pointing him inferentially takes issue with their judgment and invites them to try again. There is no other alternative. They are left without a president and Chandler is stricken from the list of eligibles. It is unfortunate for the in terests of the State Fair that the Governor should see fit to have the board's president replaced at this time especially as George is is the in California; and Marie Ware in Eugene ready to answer government charges of fraudulent manipulations in gov ernment lands. In case of Booth and Bridges the report of the special agent was denounced, the record made clear so far as they were concerned and they were commissioned to continue in the land business. Defendants in this case could not ask for more. Many Oregonians will be pleased to learn that C. II. Markham will succeed Mr. Kruttschnitt of the Southern Pacific with headquarters at San Francisco. Mr. Markham always lent a willing ear to the requests of Oregon people. Sheriff Storey of Portland has The Carey ciowd won over whelmingly ovor the Simon crowd in Multnomah county primaries last week. This should settle it. Every nominee should bo elected. Mr. Hermann claim tin en d it of getting a rursi ldiv-ry route established out of Kh'k- ii I. . ...i..tiit film roan. in U" rv " leading out of Independence, M t he south? liberality. The Indrpom 111(M,t I-..R.U. ill .m-t Mondnvereninnat H Tl0 door, nill tt,,M o'clock. Everybody is invited. cihmI ifoim Kalorday or rrturninn Hnnday an, jj,,, givlnic ail Ujr Hunday m,) jtti in I'ortUnd, Th" Minn ir..,J appllva from Portland, tX mid people a chano. Urrv Sullivan and Sl.erill Storey "got id.ovod VY in ll' ,,,,,,1 raniM. ' ''orllund lut w'd. inr-ll I I'ortlam Vallv point at iralljr rtd ralt. Hill CU Up llrrn. The OrKn l.uinr W, Light Co. of ralUCity i!UI ti supply lodHndoiic trade ivl ;iir kind of fir luuilwr or ir l I'O . i I.. t,.i ..t 1 ...il .. The Albany Petnocrat advises the populists of I. inn county l take part in the iloinoerntie primaries. 1 he I 't'linicrsu Conundrum Who'll . I I... ll, ri'l'l I1 H illlB . 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