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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MARCH 1002 Oiegon City Enterprise. CttjindCoun'j unKldl 1'apor M'LAVRIN ASKS AN ISVMTIO ATIOX Tn democratic count central com- . ...I,.,. I. On MmK of Senator McLai.riii Sena-1 mlttra voted IU io i " - i tor FriUh-tHi ha olfervd a olulion f rU. that th.t tl.oy mil.t B.i,MHB, a to Published Every Friday. L. L. PORTER, I'aorR.XToa. HUB4CRIPTION RA.TKH, Oueyear ; J Six uiouibs 4 J Tnl subscription two months A discount o 50 cents on all subscriptions for one vear, 26 cents lor six mouths, il paid in advance. Advertising rates given on application. Subscribers will find the date of expira tion stamped on their papers following their name. If this date is not changeo1 Within to weeks after a payment, kindly ootify as and we will look alter it. Entered at the postottlc In Oregon City, Or., as second class matter. A1KST8 FOR TUS ENTERPRISE. Beaver Creek Dr. T. B. Thomas Cauby ;fc-?,'" Olactamas A Mather Milwaukie Oscar V is.-miger TJnljn Mills. Meadow Brook. New Era Parkplace Btailord Mnlino Cams M.ilatl Mirjuam Batwiile A'iira Eiele Creek.... Damascus. O. J.Trulltugar . ..Chas. Holman .W. 8. Newberry .... R. 0. Holmes J.Q. Gage C. T. Howard R. M. Cooper Annie Stubbs ,, . j. C. Manpiani B. Jennings Henrv A. Snyder ."H. Wilhern J. C. Klliott Pn ly F. G.etsch CiTiusville Ceo. J. Cnrrin M -root Adolph Aschoff LKUISLATION BT T1IK PEOPLE. The referendum as a remedy for the greatest evils of democracy, such as cor rupt legislation and government by bosses, is receiving more serious discus sion at this time than ever before. A growing deposition on the prt of the people to test its effieacy in rescuing the principle of self-government is manifest in nearly every stale. This, of course. Is due to the popular re.l;zition of the fact that we are losing tie power to control legislation. So far as the selection of the men who do the governing is concerned we have compar atively little power, says the Chicago record-Herald. That is a nvitter that is large'y controlled by bosses and party machines. They do the nominating and we ratify the nominations. The question is, shad the bosses also be per mitted to control issues and general poli cies? Shall the American people have the option of defeating now and then a measure which party contributors oi managers have, with much difficulty and expense, forced through the legislative body? The referendum as a device for restor ing the control of leis'ation to the people and thus securing the self government for Which a democracy is supposed to stand is advocated in the current number of The Indcperdent, by John Bates Clark, LL. D., Professor of Political Economy ir. Columbia University. One of the first sufferers from the adoption of the refer endum, Mr. Clark points out, is the venal legislator. His ability to "deliver the gjods" that are contracted for is ren dered uncertain and that uncertainty discourages the contributions that are usually forthcoming. Large expendi tures to influence legislation would be regarded as lash and "unbusinesslike" where the legislation is passed under the scrutiny of the people, and is liable to be revised by them. Professor Clark carefully disposes of the principal objections to the referen dum, giving especial attention to the claim that it is opposed to the principle of "representative government." Instead of nienancing the representative idea, the referendum, says Professor Clark, in reality rescues it. If the people are to pass upon measures enacted by legisla tures, the legislators are certain to strive to actually represent the people. Says the writer: If a great measure were destined to be acted on by the people without danger to their representatives these men would be better able to make the preliminary that the Senate commit too on privileges tind elections be directed to investigite and report as to to the truth of the charges made by Senator Tillman against lua cjlleague. The resolution, which was referred, should be favorably acted upon, and the policy of the senate toward the South Carolina senators should he determined by the proposed Investiga tion. Aa the Yorkvilte (S. C.) Enquirer says, the real issue is the truth of the charges. "If a thorough, honest and impartial in vestigation shall develop that McLaur in'a vote was improperly influenced then let McLaurin be expelled lrom the Sen ate. If, on the other hand, it shall de velop that Tillman is the deliberate, willful and malicious liar that McLaurin charges, let him be expelled." The offense against the rules of the Senate and its dignity can hardly be rightly estimated without such an exam ination as is suggested. The Senate and the public would condone Mr. McLaur iu's fault if it were proved that Tillman's accusations were groundless. And there would be a disposition to excuse Till man's violence if it should appear that McLaurin was guilty as charged. It should be said, however, that up to the present time McLaurin has behaved in a much more creditable manner than Tillman. He courts the investigation, but Tillman makes no offer of proof, and in his refusal to relieve the President by declining the invitation to the White House and in his insistence on his right to vote when nothing would befit him so well as silence he deepens the disgust that is felt for him. Every time he opens his mouth he merely adds to the evidence that he is an irresponsible brawler. . . . . i have and go out into the Highways beg any nondescript, discredited politi cians that can be found to join In a mighty cry for reform. Tin y realise that they are cot a host ui and of thenisolvca. but If they can got numbers to help on the hoise aome of thorn may get to the. loaves and tlshea. They principle or party but we can win If we can make noise enough." MR. CKOSS AMI HIS TAXKS. Mb. Cross, in a communication in an other col u in i), gays that we are imputing wrong motives to him when we charge him with not paying his taxes. If Mr. Cross has taxes charged to hi in he must have property on which said taxes are levied. The fact that he has large prop erty interests that make his taxes large makes no difference. We all have to pay on what properly we have, large or small, and the man witli a small amount of pioperty has a ha-der time than the man with a large amount and this holds good in taxes as, well. If Mr. Cross lets his taxes go for sev eral years and then pays a large amount in one year it is no great credit and he should have paid them when they were due, and if he had paid them, then the question of county debt and interest would have been lessened. But when he gets off by paying less than half of bis taxes for several years, which he does not deny, then he is subject to criti cism of the strongest kind. Mr. Cross may be hard up, many peo ple are, but as long as he owns property he mu it pay the taxes or the taxes of other people will be higher. The largest item in the expense ac count of Clackamas County, as certified to the Secretary of State, is the bridge account, some $32,000. This is nearly one-half of the total expense of the county government and we believe it a mistake, and that a large part of this should have been charged to the road account, thereby largely lessening the running expenses of tbe county as shown by Mr. Croes. MKN OK NKBVK AND IKON. Richard Scott, of Milwaukie, struck the keynote of the campaign when he said that he had no patience wit'j howl ers against high taxes, as it had been LiB experience when a member of the board of commissioners that these people were the very ones to go before the board and asa ior money lor a pet project. It is easy for the Democrats to talk about nominating a man of iron a man of nerve for commissioner. No doubt there are lots of nervy men in the Dem ocratic party. They show it In their haste to scramble for official plums, and How are the democrats going to send delegates to the state convention if they do not hold a county convention ? Prime Henry Is beginning to appear in the "Before" and "After" medical ads. Ills fame Is now secure. It is too bad that the tight couldn't have been pulled off while Teddy was running the senate. Kni M'l'ERVISOKH A ( .1 1 N . in their hurry to fuse with anything or decision in an unbiased way. The de-1 w'1'1 anybody who will join them. Men feat of a measure not tainted by corrup- of iron do not do these things. If a man tion would not necessarily carry with it! Las not resolution enough to stand by the condemnation of the men who exe- i i,;. , . . . . ont-il ii Vni aa ,i; n d h i Party when he has not the shadow of cnteu it. ixot less uinined and much more secure than it now is would be an eose for leaving it, the terra of a the position of a legislator in a state hav- n'an f brass would be more apt. Is ing the referendum. I Colonel Miller a man of iron? He is It is true that bad legislation is some- known to everyone as a political trim mer. Is Ganong a man of iron? He is known aa an honest old Democrat. But is he honest with himself in leaving bis party and joining in a mad rush for of fice Is such a man to be called a man of iron ? times reversea by popular vote under tbe present system, but it too often hap pens that we lock the stable after the tiorse is stolen or merely turn the rascals out to put in adherents of a different iOBS or machine. WHIT IX) THE CllllhKLN DHIXKS Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GUAIN-O? It is delicious anil nourish ing and takes the place of coffee. The more UKAIN-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Orain-0 is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coff.-e but costs about '4 as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 2-c. Only One Way To Do It. Get from Portland to Chicago in 72 hours-just three days. The "Chicago Portland Special." leaving Portland daily at 9 a. m. via. O. It. A N arrives at Chicago at 9 :30 the third day. New York and Boston are reached the fourth day. This train, acknowledged to be the faHtest between the Northwest and the East, is solidly vestibuled and its equipment is unsurpassed, Pullman drawing room sleeping cars, up-to-date -: Bi : 1:1 . . million earn, nowry-smoking cars, free reclining chair cars, end un excelled dining cars, the meals on which are equal to those served at the very best hotels. Remember this train runs solid Portland to Chicago; there is no change of cars, and the good of it is, it costs no more to ride on it than on other routes. We have other trains "Pacific Ex press" leaves Portland daily at 9 p. rn. via Huntington, and the "Spokane Flyer" leaves at C p. m. daily via Kpo. kane for St. Paul and the East. For rates, sleeping car reservations, call or write to A, L. Cbaio, General Passenger Agent, 0. R. & X. Co., Portland, Oregon. THE DEFENSE OF IK iH'f- He Itepllea T An E'hLrlat I I Week's Fiitcrwrlae. Okkoon Ctrv, (.. Marvli 0, JtM2 (To The Editor.) lo last we-Va lame.! your par, von coninliin-nl "Cro.s, ty ami Charman" now Identified IU " cllinens movement, hv slating that lb thre men named have leil "'llv I" tli movement (or Mier roads both as . . ' il i.l. . ... I. -...!. .!.... a anil ailltutltlg ay vie nave n io soliciting n - the mailer" ami I want to mana . tn article. In reply I only k for mywlf. The crillcium la not directed aitinl th road lw, but agamsl Ita inaUduilnlrtratloi'. Neither i any fault found with lh rvi .lent fact, lhat it Ukes a large amount of money to run the binlnesa atf-ilra of Clackamas County, but U la directed with all enerii.v against the rrvkli-aa rx travaganc of the County adiniuiMiatloii. Wk hav all beard of th lllty hor- power mill with such a vast net work of machinery that 2ft horn power was con sumed In starling It. Thla lllnslrallon may s. em a liul bit extravagant, but the Illustration aa applied In Clackamas County conies pretly near nuking a hulls eye. There are loo many wheels tn th machine, too many useh-iw moiiihs to I led. Why should it cost 1 til per capita to do the business of .Marlon Count)', ex elusive of road expense, and ;l..'4 r capita In Clackamas County? Why does It cost W.li'.l'.l IMi lo as s a Marion County, wiili an aa.-aed valua tion of jS.UU tkiti IK), and t(U7ft.0'' lo at ressClackauia County, willi an assessed valuation ol ft 447.4S.IOO? And why docs our Coniiiiisioners Court cost lh lax payers f.l ilOS.ftO, or $10.00 fur each week day of tbe year, and the Marion County Cumiun-ainners $l,4:i.".40? Clackamas County extended on bridges last year IX'.SUl.It . Where under the heavens did it go lo? And then ag.iiu, is it reasonable, tliul our County, which is third in population, and aeventh in valuation, should In second in the whole state in expendl- tuie, Multnomah of coure being lltst. Why should it coal Cluckamaa County in the year 1 110 1 f ir county exiene the sum of fiill,r;i.'i ,''), exclusive of the cost of roads, and Marion County only f,. 735 4'.), The aUive figures are taken from the resrt of the secretary of sta'e published in th Oregoniail of March ll. In lH'.IJ our net indebtedness was .'i7 Ul!5 20. The last report of the clerk in dicates an indebtedness of 1 1 1,720.1'iM, and I notice the Courier Herald presents tlgurea which sveiu to now prove the presfiit indebtedness of the county to be t'.'OO.OOOO. Now wlo-re is this thing going to end? If we are going lo I've and do business in Clackamas County, there must come a halt Buueahere, I hold that there is not any politics in county afTtira, and I stand rady lo wi.rk heart and soul with all good citix'ti lo bring about an ecorvniiicul adiiiiinotra tion of alfaira in Ibis county, Your personal criticism of myself, as being a delinquent tax payer, la nol lair, because it infers a bad motive. Few ieople caie, hut most people in Clackamas County know of my strug gle for eight years to riuht myself finan cially and pay otr every dollar of a largu partnership indebtedness which fell Ukiii me to pay. Others know of the October fluid in the Cluckamas river in I .St Hi. thai entaib-d a loss in one nixht of over $10.0110 to the Gladstone saw mill, which I owned at the lime. (Since then my most bitter enemies have res-atedly acknowledged the sincerity of purree and heart breaking struggle to pay every dollar of my honest debts As to taxes I paid practically toy entire tax ol last year, amounting to over 1000 and paid another I0O0 or more on back taxes and would gladly have paid more if I could have raised the money. I thought it was generally agreed that no wrong or vicious motive ought to at tach to the half million business men who went down by the thousands daily, in the worst business panic that ever swept its baleful influence over this lund of ours. That I have not gone down has been entirely on account ol the faith of my creditors in my ability lo pull through and their wish that 1 should make the fight in their interest, at any rate, and this I have done for eight long years to the best of my ability. In conclusion permit me to say that all this criticism is hurled at me because I am oposed to the nomination and election of Mr. Brownell as Stale Sena tor for another and a third term, and his further domination of the business and political management of the County, which can only mean higher (axes and ultimate bankruptcy. And while you sjwak disparagingly of my failure to pay more than 12,000 of taxes last yei r, let me remind yon that including the year 18!ifl Senator Brownell has not paid one dollar tax into the treasury of Clack amas County, not even a poll tax, and yet he sways the destiny of the County with the hand of a czar. H. F. Ciiosh. In ' k fttarvat iMi n I (' r "iV sjsi sTl 1 1 iid EE.fi r U I'rl H H E I I F. II. king Keplbs to Mr. Kirthein's letter In th lin f February 21. I.ooas, Or., March 2, 1002 -(To Tux Editor ) In your Issue of February 21st appeared an article beaded "Mr. Kir-L-lieio Replies." Who attacked him? Surely no names were mentioned In the article he referred to. In that article circumstances only wer referred to. An illustration of this ia shown in the same issue io which a bill wa allowed Viola precinct to the amount of K4 33. I41.W0 of which was paid to tlid Ward family. These actions occur all over the county, and are the things pointed out. To read bis article one would think that he was the only supervisor in the county and any mention of wrong doing would thus be aimed at him. Th ani mus of his article is in the fact thai be tried to compel me to pay kII tax w hen I was eveinot by law. His remaiks that I promised unconditionally to per form the woik are untrue. I agreed to do the work provided the law said 1 should, and when the court exempted me from poll tax I did not do the work. In regard to my paying money for a physician's affidavit, I never paid a cent for such papers, as he was kind enough to make no charges. As to my being threatened with coils in the payment of my subscription o' 10 toward the road improvement here, it is a baro-faced lie. I never was asked but once to work out the money, and then he offered me $2 per day to shovel gravel I told lilin I could not do a day's work at that work as my w rist was loo weak to stand tbe work, hut I. L. Clark wanted lo work it out for me, and in that way I could pay it easier than shoveling gravel. As to sending people home who af plied for work, many instances could be pointed out w here he S'tnt people home. He has done work on the road which cost the county f I per furrow per mile. He do;s not try to explain the charges he claims were laid at his door, but de votes his whole letter in a malicious as sault on mo. If I slandered him he had recourse in the courts, but hail no right to slander me as he did. If be was not guilty of anything men tioned in my article, he would not have said anything about it, but as it is he has thrown out the inference that he is guilty, as no one wears the shoe in a case like this unless it fits him. It is gener ally known that he did not accept the office to work for fun. F. Ii. Kimi. mi Aik1ft.itJi' Prrnnr.tlionfor A slmilniiniJrticiiKldiHlltciJiil; ImO ihc ihumlu iiitt IVnsvl J i .(..MSMaBBSiasa WSMasa rronioh'sDiiicstioiiClnvrriil- WMJllaUMlVllldllli ,M',l,r,r Dimm.Morjlimi nor Mmrrfll. Js'OTNAIICOTIC. iUaWfaJka yivaMtfVMa - I fhTmi n it I AivrfVcl Hfitti'ily forCorritiv I Ion , Su ur S lomnr h. II irrU a LoHsor Sleek FacSimta Sn!"flnr of NEW YOHK. M a"H I" ! ft For InfanU und fju t The Kind W Always Ml Boars the , Signaturo of rilal . ' ,'rci. A N oh rs ckd at L IMCT copy or WBAr-pCSl. '- It'll I'M I Thirty Yr- Mm Mir. .... .,, . 1 1.. i 'for. It ia lit nil wife's ii line. Thelaneaj have always Ix-en paid and t paid this f year. bae naid my poll tax; So has; my son, Howard, although be is an act- ' no. , be. Tir. r i '. i i ti ii 1. 1 1 : ,fi I I l . ' I'll Ive fireman an I is rlempt. 1 ooaht to lie disoiullflrd from holding "t'l-'H rausei I do not liiipien to own a 'r,e proiwrtf and pay a larga tax. Il 1 did J own properly I would nol m.kn a prac- tii e of dodging my lax I wouM either i I Ml lb Sin ' Ac UH I I afci. I C h Ely' uKail iLllS i.v'V i.j ,.) i .,-.. 1 1 ii. it ! -v I Br , ;'-:li- L i ... i, . ' . i II Him' . ....! I t.l ft. I A l.a I tin i,ia! I l'.. . .1 C ' i a I' U . ' 0 1.1. Y IIII'M lll.... UH ;...! iTI pay or rlis-e up shop. do not l ave an Inoie lo do Hh cohtrollng the alTaiis of thi co. inly th in the humbles! cillm-o in it. Three of (In county olli'-ers relating to county aff lira are lleiii' rata slid l'"p ilU-ts and two 'e lleimlili. ans. I Jo j nut believe lhat tlm HopU of this county In going i.Vrr lln l.i will lielirve what Mr. Cross baa been Itontn" t.f the Sunlhern IV (nt trying io makfl them believe for ynars ' trat eh-r eer flr.d so'iieitv T ' with only one motive on his part and ' citn bia Imagliialioii and ir'4" 1 that is lo get lulu Hllical puwer himel( jug l I'orilaml, one 1'atfle and defeat me. My fiierid need not I length ol tl.e Willamette V. .-' worry. The Uepublican parly will put of Ilia Noitliwest. M1. Il u1' lipagiMjl, strong louuly ticket, com-' son sod tlm Tbiee .(.tiMicl posed of able and tnle men, capable and snow i pa-. -.k sie irf ('i trustworthy, to in sing" our county sf hours. The U-s'iliful (airs, an. I in June we will elect it whelh t'liinqiia and Hogun Ii lrn 0 er Mr. 'ro.s and his (rieli.ls, if lie has or, hard of prunes, (icade .n any, he'p or Hot. ' oilier fruits, am a delight it ' (it.o. C, I'.iiow M.I.I.. ; The i ros.ing of Hie gre.l t ... .." . . . I 'l,r between Oregon Sli.l ( .lew Ifiniiiit ut In lie onalrui , in vral the g'aiiilest nioiintiii Thirty v rs of tbe Oregon City school ,,, l'( stiea. riiftr dl.tri. t attended a meeting in the county ,,,, ut,!iwn courtroom i,,st M-nday night and voted ,1M, ,(lUl , iw, 1 down a pnqs.siiio.1 to add two rooms lo ,..,, ...ouolains ami the flarclav building at this lime, and ,,.,,,.,, w- , no bonds will be ia...e.i for that purH... ,tn,ml ,.u,, m,mliU1(, The matter was di.cunsed at consider- t .h of opeial is Lo ably length and the construction may be ,, mountain str.i!l S.lthori,.ed later. The Is.ard of directors ,irn,y ,,w J.,, ,.., H, was authorized to rent .f r,e. e..ry on lUvtl .t,,)lllg r m 0l, 01 "'"rH r' ""' hiiil.ling for lbs ,,!, ,,,, AIWf , lUl; , accoiniiiooaiiou n ine pupils. ll.e Shively opera house has been suggested for this pmp.ise. The directors will have an estimate made of the cost of building additional rooms lo the Kastlisiu build- old Mi. Mianta, the llii-l Cf. coritiiient, we drop t n ( ' I t : y pi canvoti of the Sacram, uu A plains of the Sacramento W-ac fnrnia. Mi.il tb..n-M llir.iilib 1- ed ing and will make their report at the orchards In Han Francisco. Il Mr. Browiiell's fteidy. Okkoo Citv. Miirch 0, 1!02. ( To the Editor.) The Enterprise has called my attention to a statement of Mr. Cross. The people of this county know that I am a poor man. We have a bouse and a few lots with which to protect my family and which my family assisted in paying next annual meeting. The question ol alsilisbing lbs eleventh grade at the liar clay mbool was also discussed. This would mske another room for a lower grade. The eleventh grade has very few pupils and was established by the board and they have tbe power to abol ish it if they so desire. A HurrlMe Oulbrrnk "Of large sores on my little daughter's head developed into a case of scald hesd" writes C. I). Isliill, of Morgantown, Tenn., but lim klen's Arnica Salve com pletely cured her. It's a guaranteed cure for Eczema, Tetter, Salt Kheum, 1'iiiiple.a, Sores, Ulcers and Tiles. Only 2.") cents at lieo. A. Harding's. For maps and des. riitm n address It. II. gT (I. I'. A.,H.!wj I'mll.c! $ :. Vi.-,.n.ia ..,MJllirirw..',..j.'--. J ti On Jellies preacrvits itnil plrkli-a, spmuil a tlilu CHtliii of PURE REFINED PARAFFIIIE Will kvp Ih.m alaolutrlr molatur and K-. i r. i-iim- li-n,,,., l-arulllt.a l..i.. liM-rul in n ilin iHhrr ava hImiiiI Hi lluuau. 1 ull illrn-tu.ua In i, (al tkua. hiilil avarywliar. 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