OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26. 1906.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1906.
GRAFT AND CORPORATIONS.
Governor Folk, of Missouri, in an
address at Boston recently treated the
graft and corporation Question in the
following manner:
"There have been great reform
movements of a political nature in
days gone by, but they were merely
local. The present reveals a situation
of brighter promise to lovers of good
government. Reform shows signs of
becoming universal, instead of local
and transitory. Unless this idea of
civic right now abroad In the land
dies out, we will pass from the age of
sordid commercialism to the age' of
high Ideals. Even now wealth is not
worshiped with the came devotion it
used to be. A new standard has been
established, new, yet oUl just hon
esty, that Is all.
"There is nothing a corrupt man or
those who make a business of violat
ing the laws fear more than publicity
and an aroused public conscience. The
prisons might be filled with grafters,
yet, if people were indifferent graft
ing would go on just the same. On the
other hand, very few might get where
they belong, yet, if the people are
awake, grafting can be stopped through
the force of public sentiment
"The grafters who would make money
at the expense of the common good
do not know good from bad all they
know Is whether it pays or not. They
are being taught that official grafting,
insurance grafting, trust grafting and
private grafting does not pay, and
when this lesson shall have been
throughly learned, the revolution will
be victorious and representative gov
ernment will be enthroned.
"The greatest enemy to representa
tive government is lawlessness. The
trust magnate defies the laws of the
state against combines and monopo
lies, and then calls for the protection
of the state for his property. The
dram-shop keeper wants the law en
forced against the man who robs his
cash drawer, but thinks he ha3 a
right to break the law requiring the
saloon'to close on Sunday. The burg
lar detests the lawbreaking of the trust
but considers the law against house
breaking an interference with his
personal liberties. The boodler has
no use for the pick-pocket, but thinks
the statute aeainst bribery is a bine
law. Every law looks blue to the man
who breaks it.
"The people do not oppose wealth;
wealth in itself is a bl-ssing. but
they do object to the abuse of wealth.
Graft cannot be exterminated fully
this special privilege be the form of
with and the doctrine of equal rights
is recognized. It matters not whether
this special priviledge be the form of
a tariff so arranged as to foster mon
opoly or a commission to control the
price of necessities, or rebates to
favored shippers. Some special inter
est is at the bottom of every graft.
Corporations are the chief corrupters
of our public life. The honestly con
ducted corporations would have noth
ing to fear from the publication of
their expenditures reporting to the
state their expenditures with the
proper vouchers. It would then be
difficult to conceal the use of corpora
tion moneys for corrupt purposes.
"In securing a representative gov
ernment the influences of special in
terest in the legislative halls must be
curtailed. The free railroad pass is a
prolific breeder of corruption.
"True to the principles of republi
can government, we shall be the most
powerful of all the nations of the
earth; forsaking these, with a govern
ment of and by special interests,
national and private, prosperity can
only be temporary and we must finally
go as old nations have gone during
the flight of time through the ages.
Men like Roosevelt, Deenan, La
Follette, Weaver all take similar views
of the corporation and graft question.
Judge Grosscup, of the Federal bench
in Chicago, Is even more outspoken.
The honest American citizen, who is
the backbone and reliance of republi
can institutions throughly agrees with
these men. The time has come when
action must be taken and while the
corporations will try' and maintain
t their attorneys and agents in places
where rightful legislation may be en
acted, the honest American citizen is
lu-comtnK throughly aroused and will
Insist that the grafter bo ousted from
the legislative halls in every state In
the Union.
Now is the time for Oregon to take
action. Every schemer, corporation or
otherwise, will try to land his agents
In the legislature. Corporations In
doing this do not travel with a brass
band but if their work Is silent it Is
none the less effectual..
Eternal vigilance is the price re
ipiirvd to procure honest and clean
government. If the people of this
county expect to have representatives
in tho next legislature rather than
the corporations and grafters having
representatives there, they must t
awake to the situation.
The corporations are making such !
an effort as they never made before,
and no stone will be left unturned to
land their man.
Of course the corporations do not
want Ceorge 0. Rrowncll! ! ! i
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INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Until this year the voters of this
state have merely ratified the action
of political conventions in the mim
ing of candidates for public oiTioe and
meekly have submitted and observed
such legislative nets as might be
enacted by the state legislature.
Rut the year l'.W, marks a new
epoch in the political annals of this
state. With the people themselves
is now vested the rights that have
been heretofore exercised by political !
conventions, sometimes somewhat ar
bitrarily. The people now have the
privilege of naming candidates for of
fice as well as electing them and can
also initiate and enact laws for the
legislature or haveVbjectionnble leg
islative acts referred back to the peo
ple.
With this power goes Individual re-
sponslbility. Blame for poor govern
ment, incompetent officers and bad
legislation, now rests entirely with the
electors themselves. Criticism cannot
be directed against the convention and
machine methods that may have dom
inated in the past. It Is now up to
the elector himself.
Are the voters of Clackamas county
then going to assume this responsi
bility and perform the service they
owe to themselves, their country and
their state? Except they do. and exer
cise all the rights conferred, they are
derelict in the performance of their
duty and are alone censurable for any
dissatisfied (Conditions in the govern
ment of the state and county affairs
that may hereafter prevail.
The primary election that will be
held in April is the people's nominat
ing convention. It is then that the
members of the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties will nominate their
condidates for the various offices to
be filled at the election In June. The
Prohibitionists and Socialists will
nominate their candidates by conven
tions and petitions.
It is the duty and the privilege of
every member of the two leading par
ties to participate in the Primary elec
tion. Failing to do so, ho must not
complain with the result. He has an
equal right In the premises and should
interest himself to the extent at least
that only good, clean men are named
for office by his party.
In order, however, to vote at tho
Primary election the voU-r must prior
to April 10, register and declare his
party affiliation. The voter must reg
ister or be forfeits the right to parti
cipate in the Primary election. Thus
far there has not been shown a dis
position on the part of Clackamas
county voters to register. Such should
not be the case.
Get out and register and be prepared
to take an active part in the naming
of your party candidates for the of
fice to be filled at the general election
in June.
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A SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENT.
A n-ader of the Enterprise suggests
that the city proceed immediately and
complete the Seventh street stairs to
correspond with that part of the Im
provement that has been made by the
Southern Pacific Company. That the
improvement so far made by the
railroad company is a good one is
apparent but with the city's present
condition of finances it is doubtful If
this improvement can be taken up
just nov.
But when the condition of the upper
part of Seventh street steps requires
repairs, then It will be well for the
city to proceed with installing of the
iron stairs. But In the meantime and
until the city has a little more money
in its purse, we will probably have to
content ourselves with the present
more or less dilapidated stairs.
In the way of public improvements,
however, the building of these stairs
would be most commendable.
-O-
AN EFFICIENT SERVANT.
It Is to be regretted that J. H. Reid,
of Milwaukio, finds It necessary to
give up the work of fruit inspector
for Clackamas county. A more effici
ent servant could not be found. Most
throughly and Impartially did he per-
I For that
Dandruff
There is one thing that will
piica if Avr'e Mlr Viitnr
It is a regular scalp-medicine. V
It quickly destroys the germs
which cause this disease.
The unhealthy scalp becomes
healthy. The dandruff disap
pears, had to disappear. A
healthy scalp means a great deal
to you healthy hair, no dan-
druff.no pimples,no eruptions.
Th bot kind of a ttttlmonlnl -"SoM
for over Uty y-urs."
Jg MU ty J. O. Ayr Co., L.'rll, Mu.
ZJ1 9 sarsaPakilu.
a ii ore Hits.
A. mMi.M J CltLHKY rtXTORAU
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! form his duties, tint his private Inter
'csts demanded his attention and he had
; to surrender the place he was tilting
so faithfully. A. J. Lewis, who bus
I een recommended by tho Clackamas
County Horticultural Society as Mr.
i;eui's successor. Is a practical fruit
grower residing near this city,
Fruit growers of this section of th
Valley have aw a) '. tv I to the nee.1 ssi' v
of doing something towards extcnuln
a'.ing the different kinds of vermin
sv Uh which pr.i-'(villy every oMiarl
In the county is la-tsted. The disen
e1 condition of the-H fruit trees and
t'uclr product Is tit? result of maticii
tun on the part iif the gro.vers then:
selves. The sprw pump will no.v be
rtlled into serne
MAKE IT UNAMIOUS.
Registration of voters to date In this
county shows about ten Republicans I
to one Democrat. i
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HAVE YOU REGISTERED?
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If not another point in the Direct
Primary law is generally understood.
it would appear that the voter inns
know that it is absolutely necessary
that he register if he proposes to par
ticipate In the primary election In
April.
This being true, why not register?
Voters in this county do nut seem
to be interested In the situation sulll
ciently to register. Call at the clerk's
office the first time you are in town
and comply with this feature of the
law. It U only to save yourself
and your friends a lot of trouble if
you would vote at the general election,
besides having to forfeit your right
to take part in nominating your
party's candidates at the April elec
tion. This is too important a matter to
put off any longer.
Register:
Representative IJnrton says that the
River and Harbor Appropriation Com
mittee should be "both discriminate
jing and economical." The complaint
most localities make Is that they are
more economical than discriminating.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
The papers and the people who are
criticising the Administration for
sending a delegate to the Morrocan
confenence must have very short mem
ories. It is true that our interests
in that part of the world just now are
comparatively small, and were it
merely a question of helping to act
as a referee in a squabble between
France and Germany, this country
would not have entered Into tho ques
tion at all. But people ought to re
member that this country took part
In the conference of Madrid as far
back in 1880 and we then pledged to
send delegates to the later conference
whenever it should be called. That
pledge was made to the Sultan of Mor
occo and haa this country not Uvea
up to its promise, the Sultan as well
as the other signatory powers many
would have felt that they had been
slighted. This Is no new launch Into
world politics that we are taking, but
merely fulfilling a promise made more
than a generation ago. The sending
of delegates has been surrounded by
all the safeguards that It was pos
sible to give. They are to sign no
agreement pledging the United States
to anything without first consulting
tho State Department. And anyone
who knows Secretary Root knows that
he Is not likely to commit himself or
this country to anything In tho na
ture of an "entangling alliance." It
Is Just as well for all parties concern
ed that the United States has dele
gates at the conference. They will
not be suspected of any ulterior mo
tives by any of tho parties to the con
ference. Especially by Morocco. They
also will help to hold the balance of
power with Germany. We have no es
pecial leanings toward Germany, es
pecially at the present Juncture. But
Germany herself cannot suspect us
of having any covert leanings toward
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France, while Great Britain Is an
avowed friend of France, more avowed
perhaps that actual. Hut Mill she Is
prepared to take tho part of France
if need arise In the present contro
versy. The bulk of the other Influ
ence in tho conference, barring always
the United States ought to net as a
useful flywheel to the convention. As
to practical results so far as our In
terests are concerned we probably
! v. 1 ! I have more commercial Interests
in North Africa In a few years than
we have now. We have already made
overtures of friendship to Abysinnia,
and the while of the North African
country Is destined In a few years to
bo a center of greater trade ttian It
has ever been since Carthage ceased
to ship her gold and Ivory to Rome.
We will want to be parties to that
trade development, and it Is just as
well that we should have representa
tives on the spot to watch our Inter
ests at such un important Juncture.
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