MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1908-
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THE OLWELL RECALL.
It is extremely unfortunate that the recall petition
against Councilman John D. Olwell has been resurrected
and filed with the recorder. The petition is invalid, and
the only result that will materialize will be ill will and a
further separating into factions elements that for the com
mon good should be harmonious.
The recall petition was drawn up by prohibitionists
and generally signed by them as a protest against Council
man Olwell 's vote to renew tlie Hotel Nash liquor license
This was early in July. Nothing had been heard of the
petition for weeks, and the signers themselves had sup
posed the petition dropped until its sudden appearance
now, two months later.
It is the general opinion even among signers of the
Olwell recall that its entrance at this late day is a play to
inject the prohibition fight into the water problem, and to
force the prohibition strength back of the effort being
made to secure the acceptance of the AVasson canyon prop
osition by the city council.
The first protest made in the council against Mr. Ol
well was made by an ardent champion of Wasson canyon
water, and it so happens that his followers in the council
in the effort to make the city dry are the same as those
on record for tying the city up to Wasson canyon. Con
sequently an adroit political move is to claim that the op
position to AVasson canyon is the same as the opposition
to the dry town, and thus swing the prohibition strength
back of Wasson canyon. Councilman Olwell is not on
record as favoring Wasson canyon, and the vote of an
other councilman is needed to cinch the contract with Mr.
Ilanlcy. Hence the resurrection of the recall petition to
create the needed vacancy and secure the appointment of
a AVasson canyon advocate in Mr. Olwell's place. This is
the street view of the case, and at least a plausible one.
The scheme, though a shrewd one, will not work, for
prohibitionists are not as a rule advocates of Wasson can
yon water. Indeed a majority of those in favor of closing
the saloons of the city are also in favor of procuring as a
substitute for booze an abund ance of pure wafer, and not
the purchase of an insufficient supply, such as that fur
nished by AVasson canyon.
The recall jK'tition is ineffective because the recall law
provides that "there may he required L'5 per cent, but not j
more, of the number of electors who voted in his district!
at the preceding election for justice of the supreme court,
to file their petition demanding- his recall by the people."
As the state election for justice of the supreme court did
not recognize the ward boundaries ms precincts, it is im
possible to segregate the voles and determine who in North
Medford precinct and who in South iMedt'ord precinct veil
ed from the First ward, whose boundaries include portions
of each precinct.
No, the water problem has nothing to do with the pro
hibition question, and the sooner citizens forget the wet
and dry town fight, and the less it is allowed to interfere
with other matters, the better. The issue is in the courts,
and the decision will be binding and settle the question.
A town divided against itself can make no progress, and if
this constant squabble continues, that will be At ed ford s
fate, for only unity of action builds a citv.
"What seems incomprehensible is the determined effort ;
made to force Wasson canyon upon the city, even if a coun
cilman has to bo removed to do it. A member of the water
committee asserts that no other proposition other than
Wasson canyon lias had a fair consideration bv the com
mittee, and more extraordinary still, the engineer pro
claims in favor of it over oi her propositions before ...akin
the necessary examination and report upon water sources.
wmch is presumed to decide the matter.
EMPTY CLAPTBAP
(Oregon Journal)
Senator Fulton, Judge M. C. Ocorge,
Harvey V. Scott and other enemies of
of Statement No. 1 have presented only
iiu.j argument against it that is even
I luusible. That argument is that the
federal constitution imposes upon the
legislators the duty of choosing the
Cnited States senator, that caeh in
dividual legislator must exercise his
own private judgment in making this
choice and that it is therefore uncon
stitutional for him to pledge himstdf in
advance to alluw the people to choose
for hiin. According to these gentle
men who advance this argument, the
legislator must exercise his own judg
ment, unfettered by any previous prom
ise or pledge whatsoever, uninfluenced
by any consideration save the relative
fitness of the several senatorial en mil
lates.
The Journal has shown many times
the fnlly and absurdity of this reason-
inir, but for the sake of argument, let
us for a moment assume that it is cor
rect. Messrs Fulton, George and Scott
are urging the people of Oregon to re
turn to the system that prevailed before
tho adoption of the direct primary law
and Statement No. 1, when, it is assert
ed, legislators went to Salem "unpledg
ed ' ' and proceeded to- ' choose " the
senator in strict accordance with the
constitution of tho United States.
What utter balder dash! Under tho old
system, nine-tent lis of the legislators
had no freedom of choice whatsoever.
Months before they went to Salem, and
in many cases even before their nomina
tion, they either promised their votes
to some senatorial candidate or pledged
themselves to vote in accordance with
tho orders of some party 1ohs. Nobody
knows this better than (). W. Fulton and
Harvey W. Scott. For six months be
fore the convening of tho legislature of
lilfi.'l, Fulton was busy persuading mem
bers to pledge themselves to vote for
him for senator. At least one-third of
the legislators surrendered all "freedom
of choice" long before they went to
Salem and pledged themselves abso
lutely to vote for Fulton, no matter who
else might nppear as a candidate
In that same session all but four or
five of tho Multnomah delegation were
mere puppets, tho creatures of Jack
Matthews, then republican boss of this
county. To all intents and purposes
their votes were cast by Matthews: and
they had no more "freedom of choice"
than so many driven cattle. When Har
vey Scott entered tho running, these
votes were delivered to him without a
pretense of consulting the individual
preferences of tho members of the dele
gation. In lilte manner Scott bargained
with llourne for the voles which the lat
ter owned and controlled and the bar
gain was duly carried out when the roll
was called on the lust night of the sess
ion. How much "freedom of choice"
was excercised by these poor marion
ettes who moved only when a boss pull
ed the string f
It is an amazing thing t ha' men who
have thus participated in and profited
by the trafficking of legislators' votes
can now come forward and urge the
ople to return to a system so rotten
and corrupt. The pretense that the sys
tem is the only constitutional method
of electing United States senators is an
empty sophistry, put forward for the
purpose of cheating the people out of i
their rights. We wonder at tho effrotic-
ry of those who present such a plea.
THE CRATER LAKE ROAD
What Papers Say
REPUBLICANS WARNED.
.East Port In nd People's Tress)
If thin paper, by principles, svmpnthy
nnd personal favor, was nof honn.1 t
Iho success of the Taft Sherman ticket. I ",Hl 11,1,1 I'ieker and fight
give a tinker's damn for Taft, but onlv
cares about grabbing a few ripe melons
and a few political plums.
Fverv cliijue is fighting every other
ciuue. an. I every hunch of the dis
gniiitlrd is making votes f,.r Hrv
-very day. Oregon will go republican
it given naif a chance, but Oregon vet
ers are not hidebound partisans, ami
Oregon voters will quickly repudint
condemn and defeat the n 1, laeders
the
it would be telling things about
management of the republican cam
paign in this state that would cause a
riot. For the good of the party this
paper Is refraining from using data
it hns, and for the good of the piirfv
this paper is not giving publicity to
notion that should eternally eodetnn
the men responsible.
Hut the People's Tress, in its mild,
kiud, homely, Christian wav. would like
to suggest to the warring factions of j Portland
the Oregon republican party that miles
it in desirable that Colonel Hrynn of
Nebraska receive the electoral vote of
Oregon, a change of henrt and a change
nf program imnt come biuI pomo quickly
Thcro are fonr or f o or six or a
nown itTcrrt Wntl lendoi n thin It
tty personal different'
Ifighf now is a good time to forget it
a little later will be too late; mouth'
ago this paper said :t would be Hrvan
or lioosevelt, and tins paper sees no rea
son to change its forecast however ii.uch
it would like to see .Mi. Taft Oregon's
i work has been done for the na
tional ticket in Oregon. The socialists
are itoinu inure work on tin tr...t .f
ry night than the Komih
licans are in a month. Foolish cartoons.
d ijjn ken orgies, fights mid inMite,
mankish editorials' f r on the Him jirtv
press itre doing tli. ir nhare to d t
and sicken the honest voters ho still
ho,, for the miotM-M f the party ticket,
iiuk iienr the bur
l r' l"i'tildoia.f odium xt;
(Portland Telegram)
That proposed Crater Lake road is an
ambit ions pro ject, more ambitious than
any that has been suggested In the line
of good road construction, except that
discussed a few years ago, in which the
building of u highway from the C'alifor
aia line to Portland was contemplated.
The latter project was somewhat ahead
of the times. It was in every way com
meiidable; and doubtless will one day
become the fact, when the wealth and
population of western Oregon will war
rant the undertaking. Hut the Outer
Lake road is feasible. To fiuaucc its
construction is practicable, and of ready
accomplishment with the co-operation
of the counties most immediately inter
esled, the slate of Oregon ami the gen
eral government.
There really ought to be no great
ditliculty in securing this co-operation.
The government is not slow to manifest
an interest in what will provide readier
access to its northern pa.ks. State pride
should impel Oregon to do its sdiaro.
And the direct material benefit iti the
count ies which t his splendid highway
would traverse should be a sullicient
inducement to secure the uttermost, aid
whieu those counties can givo.
A splendid highway 1:U miles long,
penetrating a section of country that
cannot be excelled in all the United
States for its scenic beauty, would
prove a possession of which any state
in the l ii ion might be proud. Kxeept
whut is now planned in the state of Cal
ifornia, there would be r.o highway so
famous in all the country. The fame
of it would be established from one
ocean to the oilier. It behooves the
P"opIe of Oregon to recognize the fact
:!i:it the wonder rights of the state com
prise a magnificent asset; an asset of
that sort to which California owes more
than one half of her wealth ar.d popu
lation. The advantage of utilizing that !
asset by the construction of such roads '
as that under discussion would not be j
altogether one of dollars and cent.--; yet j
the dollars and ce-.ts return would more
than et lnpensat.- for the investment.
1 he need in Oregon is to take a de
cisive step in this good roads business;
ind at the earliest time possible accom
plish si inething that will have value as
n object lesson. This Crater Lake
ad is a splendid opportunity, and if
roperly improved, as it seems likelv
to be, will gie to the good roads move
ment in the state an impulse of the
greatest value. Oregon eiiergv in this
tion should bo stimulated bv what
our neighbors on the south are doing.
In California good roads has come to be
as great a factor in ctimunity building
as any that hn ever contributed to trV
fame and to nio welfare
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