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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1922)
PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 19TH-POLITICAL EDITION wbsstw jtttojj VOLUME XXV SECTION TWO LA GRANDE, OREGON SATURDAY,' MAY 13, 1922 POLITICAL SECTIOF NUMHKlt 188 Four Outstanding Facts Jiulgc Kte'-ilieii A. Lowell .Discusses 1 lie Political Situation as it Now Appears in Oregon. ' TENDLETON, Oregon, Muy la (that in many counties the prohibition To the Editor: In response to youi law is being rendered farcial, while invitation I am submitting the fol- lawlessness" in taw enforcement is be lowing brief discussion of four out- coming both a menace und a public standing factors in the approaching disgrace. The statute is probably in primary election, all of which will be 'advance of popular sentiment, but it carried forward to the general elec-' is the law of the laid and its cnforce fcion in November, and all ot which1 ment is imperative, if government is are sustaining, either by scoffiny or per cent reduction, but such outcome silence, its violation br others.' Bo-jjs, improbable because it will require 'fore the poisoned thrones of theire cooperation of the executive and sneaking: majesties, he moonshiner J-gi.slative departments, plus the en jnnd tho bootlegger, peoplo deuninl'tiro corps of county officials, respectable are bowine. With onei How to Reduce Taxes. law openly violated, the whole morali The only way to Teducc taxation is coda is in danger. to reduce taxation, and that will fol Sees a tiloomy Future. low reduction of expense every- God pity tho stato when tho next where. Luxuries must be foregone, generation assumes authority. Stand-jThe voting of bonds and excessive ards of morality are low enough now, levies must cease. . All millngo laws but the majority of the men and wo- must be repealed or radically modi-, men of middle life were at leas, fied at once. The craze for paved reared amid the stern environment 'joads, born of the automobile, must of law sunnmiirv. In closinir this be cured- Tho old district methods ' ' fa w " h 1 if ?t , . JlIKiE KI'KI'IIIJX A. l-OWKl.li touch intimately the welfare of the state, and the! happiness nnd content ment of its people, Kirst. The subject which candi-K-itizens in an atmosphere such dates gcneraUy are deliberately ig noring, namely; law enforcement, is the most important,- the most far reaching and most closely - inter woven with the future of the com monwealth. It is a notorious fart to endure. How, pray, can parents their children to become law-abiding of road care must be restored and the endless chain of engineers dis missed. A third of the public offices must be abolished. The frills of the men in charge of public institutions (automobiles, servants and elegant homes) must be eliminated- Tho s.'hool system must be revised, and tie school machine smashed. Half: curricula may well be niu- subdivision licrmit me to append1 quotation from Abraham Lincoln, worthy fhe candid consideration of all citizens at this crisis: "As the patriots of '" did lo the support of the Declaration of In dependence, so to the support of the Constitution and the Ijiws lot every American pledge his life, his prop erty and his sacred honor; let every t ie current man remember that to violate thai abandoned- The counties and law is to trample on the blood of his nicipalities must needs get back to father, and to tear the charter of his, t ie basis of economy where every ap- own and his children's liberty. Let propriation is cut to the bone, nnd reverenco for the laws be breathed by j the simple life adopted. every American mother to the lisping! The writer is of tho opinion that babe that prattles on her lap. Let the State University ought to oe it be taught in schools, in scminarieSjIeonvcited into a private institution, and in colleges. Let it be written in kindred to Stanford, and the state primers, spelling books, and in al-'jelieved from its maintenance. There inanacs. It it be preached from the'nre plenty of wealthy men in Oregon pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls,jwho can endow it. . Statistician?, tell nnd enforced in courts of justice, us that the. attendance at both the nu, in soon, let u oeco no me po- universuy au miu... k VRto offi or Hroum, ,h n,aho(r)iny l i;,.l Kl,.,..n ..r tUn nal nn " I .l-.ni- nnb Mnnt.nnl flVA Rlr Clnt 111 ,v,v... . ...-i ..r.v.K..v ... . -- lame in tne directors room o irtoni These movements mean a renewed attempt, to destroy (he djrect primary and restore the corrunt caucus andf convention, with kindred purpose to1 hamstring the initiative land Jrefr endum, an J to bring back the day of boss dominated legislatures. These Idate, and they are spending time and money to elect him. They argue that the cause of exorbitant tax rates is rash legislation, made possible by the type of men who go to the legisla ture under the direct primary sys tem. Pure buncombe- The same type of men have always been mem bers of the legislature. They arc no better and no worse now than they were, a quarter of a century ngo- Tho trouble with this brood of critics is that they believe in a rul ing class. They have no confidence in the plain People. As a rulo they arc monarchists at heart. They love a boss to whom they willingly bow. The older men who read this will recall the time when no man could be nominated to any office In a republican state convention, except after approval by Joe Simon, Jim Io tan, Jack Matthows, or some kiri;jred political magnate of Portland. It will be well for all tho voters' to go to the polls this month. Then political privileges a-i in the bal- anco- It is vastly safer to trust all the people, than to follow tho lend of a few men who would select candi dates and make laws behind olused doors, in the seclusion of some pri never, be apin disturbed by that ghost. g The group now active hwe seem to have associated with them some members of other organization. They are making extravagant claims of theit political strengtth. They, al so, have a candidate, Perhaps two candidates. They claim to be '.pro -trstants in religion, but the most of them ne'cr , attend any church. Thev proclaim superlative interest in' the public schools, yet there is scarcely a man among them who has even visited the schools since the days of his childhood. They are proposing a law compelling every child between the ages of. 8, and 16 years to attend the public schools. That is prepos terous. The stato may well compel education, but it has no right to say to me that I shall educate my chil dren in any particular school. I am a protestant, and just as good an American as any of the gentlemen whose vagaries I am discussing, but if 1 Prefer to educate my family in a Lutheran, Methodist, Ircsbyterian, Episcopal or Catholic school, itis nobody's business except my own The sponsors for this archaic res urrection of a dead past are as the blind leading the blind- They are ar raying citizon against citiwn, fam ily against family, friond against friend. They are sowing serjients' teeth. They are plucking dead sea fruit. The electors of tlie state who love liberty, who aro devoted to the exalted principles upon which the re public is founded, who believe in free men, fi-eo press, free speech, and the right to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, are summoned to the polls this year, if never before. I decline to discuss candidates. I do appeal, however, to all voters to inform themselves as to tho nun who seek their ballots on the ivt,h of this month. Ily their fruits Jo shall know them, is an axiom of holy writ. By their associations ye shall know them Is an axiom of politics. I have profound faith in the average Judg ment of all tho people. The danger lies in lethargy. STHPHEN A. LOWELL. I READ THE WANT ADS! this? Upon their plastic minds there is daily impressed a Picture of adult disregard of Inw and order. Men and women whose exnmple ought to be clean are cither violating the prohibitory statute themselves, or No One Has lfmcdy. th youth of school age in the state. Second Taxation in this campaign Surely there Is no duty resting upon is the ovci'shadowing topic of dis- the public to furnish so-called higher cussion. Electors arc anxiously look- education to that number of pupils. It ing for a man with, a remedy for the is probable that wo must continue economic ills of the states and ap-l the agricultural college in some form, parontly they arc' looking in vain.becausc it is partially finuneed by What candidate anywhere along the the federal government, and because line, from tho gubernatorial sextctte'agriculturc is the foundation of all to tho humblest tax spender of the . wealth, but its budget should be re counties, has any workable program duced at least one half, and ita work to 'reduce the back-breaking burden! measured by tho population and expectl of - taxation under, which all are! wealth of the. state. It is now tup- lanonng : f.ot one- Inc much heavy ana over-nmoiiious- talked of combination of commissions,! Third One hears once .more Wie the cabinet form of government, the labored grinding of the long unused reduction of salaries, the proposed political machines. The saddened income tax, all possessing some mer-iwai horses of a decadent past are it, will accomplish little in the grand stretching their spavined limbs.. They total of taxation. Yet reduction is'nourish a hope thnt the hands of possible indeed as much as .fifty'time will somehow turn backward corporation Secret Organizing. Fourth This is a time, in Oregon,! when toligious bigotry and racial prejudice reign supreme in the! realm of politics. Since tho "Know! Nothing" movement of the fifties i this is the first timo in a northern; state that a man is measured by the1 creed his mother taught him, by tho placo of his birth or the color of his, skin. Secret organizations mouth- j ing Americanism are preaching in-! tolerenco and the boycott. Nothing! could bo more un-American than the doctrines which they inculcate or the methods which they invoke. There1 was something of this in, the South during the re-construction period, i but the. nation assumed' that the mental poise of fanatics eviti would' Nerve Exhaustion Following Flu Finds Cure. .. ,-.-, nn.mi ,., ,..,.,.. , ,. - Health , h , four weokj J ..- g iway Sanitarium and Office. The depressing after of foe Is from Flu are, in many casos, months and even years in clouring up. Delayed recovery Is not necessary. Our Jlilk and. Host Curo Is tha perfect treat mont for those sufferers. A few wocks work wonders. Inquiry ln vlted. The Moore Sanitarium 028 Hawthorne at 27th PORTLAND OUKCiO.V Is I : ' I . ! . ' 7ote For Ralph E. Williams Republican Candidate for Committeeman - , i . .u 2S'-. .LJ. -X VlfA Mr. Williams is now Vice Chairman of the Republican National Committee. It is next to the Highest office in the Republican Party in the United States, and he is in line for the Chairmanship, which would mean that the State of Oregon would have the highest rank of any State in the Nation in Party alfairs. ; v: . - ' " : ' ; ; ; (' ',! Mr. Williams is being opposed by Politicians whose careers are well Known around the lobbies in Salem and they are riot Known as workers for the general good of the Republican Party. A vote for Williams means a vote of Republican Organization and Republican Principles. Committee of Republicans Paid Advertisement Thos. . H. Tongue, Pres. Hillsboro, Ore. ' i -I- -o o 0 e e ."o. T m. . e 0 o e a e e to . . ; . . . .7. . I
