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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1906.
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ed in the past and by them Brownell
has succeeded in winning out in the
face pf popular indignation within his
own party. Can he win out again
when the corrupt methods by which
victory- has been attained are so evi
dent in the pending contest? .We
think not. The limit to which Clack
amas County voters have been con
strained to permit this sort of thing to
be carried has been reached'. Voters
will Hot consent to be made a party
to this form of corruption any longer.
They demand and are going to in
sist on a new deal.
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CONTRIBUTE THEIR SERVICES!
Entered at the postoffice at Oregon
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FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1906.
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ATTEMPT TO HIDE
HANDS.
THEIR
In previous campaigns when Brow
' uell has been a candidate to succeed
himself, the railroads and other cor
'porations in the county have always
been active in the support of this man
who has always proved so valuable to
them in matters of important legisla
tion. But for the sake of policy, these
corporations have kept in the back
' ground, although continuing none the
less loyal in their support of the Clack-
amas County Senator.
But in this campaign these corpora
tions are making no attempt to hide
their hands.. They are speaking "right
out in meeting" in support of their
salaried agent and attorney whose
re-nomination and re-election they in
sist upon and demand in the face of
a righteous popular indignation. They
are perfectly frank to admit that they
' want Brownell and besides are writ
ing letters as campaign ammunition
for their faithful attorney-legislator' in
waging his campaign. Brownell is the
man they want at any cost and they
are coughing up liberally in, his sup
, port.r In glowing terms do they eulo
gize his past record as a legislator and
none the less enthusiastic are they in
advising and trying to persuade the
voters of Clackamas County . to lend
their suffrages that this man may be
again returned to the State Senate not
withstanding the extent to which he
has abused, outraged and misrepre
sented the every vital interest of a
patient and long-suffering constituency-
Again, we inquire are the voters of
this county going to longer tolerate
this sort of thing even though it may
he "according to programme?"
There is no such thing as compro
mising the situation as it is presented
at this time. Brownell stands for the
corporations. He is their agent and
tool. He has labored faithfully in
their interests in the past and the
same loyal service to corporations is
only to be expected by further con
tinuing this man in the state's legis
lative body. Openly and publicly are
the corporations supporting Brownell.
They need him in the legislature and
at any cost they propose to have him
retained in the Senate.
Each voter has a responsibility in
the situation. This responsibility is
not to be shirked. The nominating
of candidates this year lies with the
voters themselves. If corrupt men
are named for public office, the blame
is traceable directly to the voters
themselves. If unscrupulous politi
cians are nominated and elected, the
placed to any political convention other
than that consisting of the whole peo
ple whose choice will be voiced at the
direct primary nominating election on
the 20th of this month.
Jf it is the desire of the voters of
Clackamas county to terminate the
corrupt deal in this county it is with
in their power so to do.
xiothing of remedial legislation has
been enacted in the direct interest of
the people of Clackamas county. Cor
porations have never been, assessed
at anything like their true value and
the burden of taxation has always
been borne by the farmer and produc
er. As a natural result of these con
ditions the tax rate has necessarily
been heavy and continues to remain
at such a rate as to work a hardship
on the individual taxpayer. Relief can
only be expected by terminating the
career of the political dictator of the
county who is directly responsible for
existing conditions.
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WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT?
It is really amusing to note the ex
tent to which Brownell recklessly
bandies the truth. Of course, it is
only a small thing, but at his Eagle
Creek meeting Saturday night Senator
Brownell, without so much as blush
ing, informed his audience that the
members of the' quartette vthat is ac
companying him throughout the cpun
ty, belong to the same lodge of which
he is a member, that it is the Maccabee
quartette, that the young men are all
friends of his and volunteered their
services during the campaign if he
would pay1 their actual expenses.
In the first place the old Maccabee
quartette is disorganized and no one
for an instant thinks that the members
of the quartette that assists Brownell
at his meetings are contributing their
services gratis. The next thing in
order will be for Brownell to make the
statement that the Milwaukie Band
contributes its services for nothing
and even begs for the privilege of
playing at his meetings. Musicians,
as well as the boosters Brownell al
ways takes with him, cannot subsist
entirely on hot air even if it is of the
Brownell product.
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The registration books for the pri
mary election will be closed at 5 p.
m. next Tuesday. Clackamas County
voters who have not yet registered
should be sure and register before this
date in order to participate in the
primary election.
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Is it possible that the voters of
Clackamas County consider a federal
indictment an evidence of virtue, rath- !
er than of inefficiency? i
There is a great deal f hot air be
ing wasted over the question of
whether the- Census Bureau or the
Department of Agriculture was right
in its guess as to the amount of the
cotton and other crops. The mighty
Keep Commission has been put on
the train of both departments to see
which one was right and so far as
anyone can see, the only way the two
guesses can be compared is by compar
ing them with each other. There does
not seem to be any other standard of
comparison in the country unless the
Keep Commission wants to go into the
crop reporting business itself. It I
would seem to the outsider that both j
of the Departments in question have j
a good deal better work to do than ;
guessing at future crops for the bene- j
fit of a lot of stock gamblers. The '
Department of Agriculture has done '
a lot of good recently in soil inocula- j
tion, though that is a little understood '
matter up to date so far as the general j
public is concerned. It has done good J
work in plant breeding, increased the j
corn crop, brought in new and valu- '
able breeds of wheat and other grains ;
and paved the way to doubling the
cotton crop. It has helped the farmer
in many very practical ways and it i
looks as though the department could
put in its time and spend the govern
ment's money to better advantage
than in speculating on the size of the
crops that are going to be raised for
the benefit of a lot of men who deal
in grain and cotton that they never
see and make paper fortunes by see
ing who can come nearest to the de
partment's next guess. In the same
way the Census Bureau has done and
is doing a valuable work. - It is es
sential that vital statistics be com
piled and that a record of the manufac
tures be kept and that tally should be
made of the population of the cities
and of the country. The Census Bu
Teau serves no better end by guessing
at the crop conditions than does the
Department of Agriculture, and the
question of which is nearer the mark
really matters very little. The best
thing the government could do would
be to settle the dispute by abolishing
the crop collecting business in both
departments and let each keep to some
legitimate work and help along the
prosperity of the country instead of
catering to the activity of the Pro
duce Exchange.
CORPORATIONS WANT BROWNELL
Brownell in conducting his canvass
of the county in his candidacy for re
Homination and re-election as State
Senator is spending a great amount of
money. At his recent meeting at Es
tacada, where he was accompanied by
the Milwaukie Band and a quartet
from this city, the expense in connec
tion therewith exceeded the total
amount of $120 salary that is receiv
ed by legislators at Salem for the en
tire forty days' session. And he is
nolding a number of other meetings
in connection with which the expenses
closely approximate that of the Esta--cada
meeting. i.
Who is furnishing this money? This
is a pertinent question we will admit,
limt it is one to which an intelligent j
answer is aue tne people oi uiacnamas
county. Brownell is always maintain
ing that he is a poor-man,, has nothing,
etc, so it is to be assumed that these
expenses are being provided from
some other source.. And from what
Source? Where does he getjthis money
With which he is always plentifully
supplied during his campaigns? It is
entirely reasonable to presume that
these funds are contributed by the
corporations who are directly interest
ed in the retention of Mr. Brownell as
Senator from this county. This pre
sumption is the more justifiable since
these corporations with which Brow
nell has always been identified are
Issuing letters in support of his can
didacy and are exerting every influ
ence at their command to bring about
Sis re-nomlnation and re-election.
.These same . methods have prevail-
Senator Brownell, in addressing the voters
of this county, reads letters from two of the prin
cipal corporations having interests in Clackamas
county. In both of these communications, Mr,
Brownell is indorsed and recommended as the
only logical candidate for State Senator from this
county. Not only this but the authors of the
letters intimate, in as many words that Brownell
is the only man that is desired by them to rep
resent these corporations in the legislative halls
and for that reason his renomination and re-election
at this time must be accomplished.
One of these letters was written by Fred
Morris, who is known ,to be closely connected
with the Oregon "Water Power & Railway Com
pany. This company not only indorses Mr.
Brownell but pledges him its support in the
pending contest.
The other letter referred to, was written by
Superintendent Fields, of the Southern Pacific
Company, and the purport of this letter is to show
that the schedule of the S. P. trains between this
city and Salem during the legislative session of
1905 was such that it would be impossible for
Senator Brownell tojbe at Oregon City on the
10th of January, the dateon which he is charged
by a Federal indictment with having committed
subornation of perjury and at the same time be
at Salem in the legislature. The purpose of this
letter is to strengthen Brownell's attempted alibi
that is being pleaded in his defense of the charge
that is still pending against him.
Brownell's return to the State Senate at this
time . is being demanded . by the railroads and
other corporations, whose interests he has always
strongly supported to the sacrifice of those of the
farmer and producer, whom he has repeatedly
fooled. But now the issue is clean cut. The cor
porations not only want Brownell, but they are
openly indorsing him and pledging him their un
qualified support.
Are the voters of Clackamas county going to
stand for this sort of thing any longer ?
Backed as Brownell is .by these corporations
in his desperate fight to continue in the role of dic
tator and right hand man of these interests, what
are the people to expect from him?
Surely nothing more than the past has
yielded. -
Our charge that Brownell is the salaried
hireling of corporate interests has been denied by
Mr. Brownell. But what more convincing proof
. of our assertion could be asked than is offered in
the reading of these letters by Mr. Brownell? -
We reiterate: Brownell is the tool of corpor
ations and stands for every interest that is opposed
to the best interest of the taxpayers, the farmers
and the producers of Clackamas county.
We Trust
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ory. . . 1 o :
It is now up to the Department of
Agriculture to invent a wevil proof
cotton boll. - '
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Russia will now hold a general elec
tion to decide which party shall go
to Siberia.
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Many unkind people will now begin
to wonder how much District Attorney
Jerome got for experiencing a change
of heart.
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Justice Duel of New York has now
resigned from the Bar Association.
There is nothing to show that he has
resigned from his bar associates.
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An esteemed contemporary y com
menting on Col. Pete Hepburn, says
that he looks like a retired prize fight
er. But he isn't retired, by consider
able. - o
Dispatches from Russia say the
Czar has issued a decree abolishing
capital - punishment. He would prob
ably like to issue another abolishing
assassination.
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Mississippi passed a law adopting
the electric chair for legal executions.
But it failed to make any appropria
tion, evidently not expecting to have
any executions of that sort.
"A Stitch
In Time
SavcsNinc"
can nowhere be more truthfully applied than
to your teethe You cannot afford to neglect
them. Each month of neglect increases the
amount of repair work twenty-five per cent,
besides, poor teeth mean poor health. You
cannot afford to neglect your health. By the
latest methods used bus we can fill your teeth
without pain, and do it well. !T An expert
eastern graduate dentist employed all the time
L. Li PICKENS
Dentist
Weinhard Building, Opposite Court House
There are some compensations in
the trans-atlantic passenger Reports.
The most of the immigrants are of a
class we are loath to get, but the most
financiers going abroad are of a class
we are glad to lose
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WILL MAKE PRESSED BRICK.
Company Secured Land for
Plant at Milwaukie.
Large
Milwaukie will have a large pres
sed brick manufacturing concern, with
an investment of $30,000. Yesterday
the Pressed Brick Company, just
formed by some eastern men, closed
a deal for a tract of land oft D H. Hen
dee's farm, 6n the Willamette river,
northwest of and adjoining Milwaukie,
125 feet wide by about 200 feet long.
This piece extends from the Oregon
Water Power & Railway Company s
track, to the , Willamette River just
south of the Knight Summer home.
The intention of the new company
is to ship at once pressed brick mak
ing machinery costing $12,000 to Port
land for use in this new plant. Build
ings and docks will be erected suit
able for the-turning out of large quan
tities of pressed brick. . The company
will have both rail and water trans
portation facilities. The factory will
employ many men, and will be an im
portant industry for Milwaukie. Ore-
pnn ian .
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of the county so well and economically that the cost has been reduced the last
few years more than one half, and today the business of our county is conduct
ed at less expense by a large percent than any other county in the state of its
size and inhabitants? While for the first time in over a Quarter of a cental rv
Clackamas County is practically out of debt, I am well aware that this very
satisfactory state of affairs has not been attained without some sacrifice and
denial and the refusal by your County Court at times to enter into every laud
able project or undertaking, has subjected us to criticism. Never, my friends,
have we refused to enter into any of-these projects without regret on the
part of us all, but you as well as we knew, that we could not pay off our large
indebtedness, and at the same time spend our entire income on other undertak
ings, however laudable they were laudable they were. As it is now, my
fellow citizen, I can congratulate you and also myself, that no County in all
our great State stands higher in the matter of financial credit and. modern
Improvements and conditions than old Clackamas. I have endeavored to con
duct the business intrusted by you to me economically, wisely and well, and
appreciate the fact that the loyal support and good will that I have received
from nearly all "of you has enabled me to make the showing outlined above.
I am a candidate for the Republican, nomination as State Treasurer and
j with the united and loyal support of you men of Clackamas I can get it. As
j boy and man for 25 years I have been with you, never for one instant forget
ting that the interests of Clackamas County and its inhabitants were mine,
nor losing sight of the fact that I have always had the respect and support of
so many of you. In this contest for nomination as State Treasurer I am op
posed by Bankers and interested Corporations who want the funds of the
State controlled by their employees, so that they may have the use of the
same, without giving the state any return. None of them stand on the platform
that I do, and which I believe is the one that the people have a right to de
mand, and which is simply this: "The moneys of the State belong to the
people of the State, and when used by Bank or Corporation should draw in
terest, which interest should be paid into the State Treasury, and not be di
vided between the State Treasurer and the officers and stockholders of Banks,
That the State Treeasurer should be prohibited from receiving anything mpre
for his services than the salary allowed him under the law; that, he should
not be interested either as officer, stockholder, agent or employee of any
bank or Institution, where the funds of the state are deposited or loaned."
None of the other candidates for this nomination, with the exception of
A. C. Jennings are in favor of either working for the salary fixed by law or
the payment of the interest received from the banks where state funds are
deposited, into the State Treasury; -with great pleasure would I meet them
or either of them upon the platform and defend the stand that I have taken
in this matter; I feel that you and every disinterested citizen of the State will
agree with me that the position I have taken is right. In conclusion I desire
to state, that if I am fortunate enough to be elected as your-State Treasurer,
that I will perform every duty in connection with saidoffice so faithfully and
well, that it will give satisfaction to every citizen of our county, and will make
the State at large admit that the men of Clackamas are all right.
Trusting that I may have your support at the primaries on. the 20th day
nf Anrll T remain as pvpr sinerelv vnnrs. THOMAS V. RYAN.
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It always cures and
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is pleasant to
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Has he put his arm around your neck and whispered words of love in your ear?
Has he whispered to. you andasked how that dear old father was?
Has he asked you what office you want?
Has he given your hand a soft gentle squeeze and whispered in your ear that
your daughter should have a clerkship in the next legislature? ,
Has he promised you a pass on the S. P.?
Has he told you how poor he is?
Has he told you how expensive it is to make a first-class campaign in Clack
amas County? -
Has he invited you 'to ride on the O. W. P. and have dinner at Estacada at
his expense?
Has he told you how his dearest friends have 'abandoned him or how they
try to work him -for campaign expenses?
Has he told you how much he has benefitted you and all of your relatives
land what he has done for the poor? , '1
Has he told you how many great men he has made?
Has he told you with tears in his eyes and a gentle little tremble of his lips gistB or by mau-, Trial Size, 10 cents.
that you are the only friend he has on eartn, tnat is, tne only real true ett brothers. 66 Warren street. New Tots;
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Has he told you how he has tried for years to retire from politics, but that
his friends by the hundreds have prevailed upon him and insisted that
he allow his name to be again voted for by the dear, dear pople?
Has he promised you a job? " !
Has he" patted the dog and remarked with a dreamy faraway look in his eyes
that 'he once owned a dog that was just like yours, but that the poor;
fellow was killed in a railroad accident?
Has he told you how good he is and how bad everybody else Is or what he
would like to do to your enemies? " "
If he hasn't there is something wrong with you, you must not be popular or
you may have said something that hurt his feelings, or you mayhave
spoken, in an unguarded moment, a good word for the other man, yes, that
is surely it, you must have spoken a good word for the other man.'
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