. THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIEU19ig-
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ANTI-SINGLE TAX
FIGHT IS STARTED
President of League in Wash
ington Will Direct Cam
paign in Oregon.
PROPOSAL IS HELD MENACE
Char Irs 21. Shield- Conios to Help
Defeat Measure at Flection in
November Dancer of Jj-
tem Ii Pointed Out.
With the organization of the Oregon
Equal Taxation Lkuo. a state-wide
campaign m 111 be conducted against the
single tax measure. Charles H. fhlclds,
prnl.lrnt of the Antl-Slnglc Tax
Lrigu of Washington and a baslness
man of Seattle, has been appointed
retary of the Oreson association, and
will have charge of the campaign. The
offices of the league are at 70S-7uS
board of Trade building-.
"I am here to do what I can to de
feat the alnarle tax at the November
lection." aald Mr. Shields yesterday
"I am deeply Interested In the defeat
of the measure In Oregon for several
reasons.
"First. eery Itlxen who has th
best Interests of his country at heart
and who Is at all Interested In legisla
tive measures, especially acts of legis
lation which have for their ultimate
end the annihilation of private owner
ship of land, cannot stand Idly by and
do or say nothlns " warn the people
of the dangers to be seen, by those
who are now familiar with thn sub
ject, lurking under cover In such a
system as that of single tax. 1 have
given this subject much thought and.
therefore, feel It my duty to Impart
to the people such Information aa a
careful study of the subject has given
me.
Waaalaatea II aa Mraaglr.
"Second, the Tit lsrs)s of Washington
are having to contend with this same
single tax movement. There was sub
mitted to the citizens of Seattle for
their approval at the March election
of this year a charter amendment
which provided that after July 1. 1S1J.
all personal property In the city should
be exempt from taxation, which would
virtually be single tax so far as the
city taxes were concerned. The state,
however, mould continue collecting
taxes as before, namely, on the uniform
rul-. that vt taxing all property alike
and uniform throughout the atate.
which. In my opinion. Is the only equit
able stem.
-As before stated, having given this
subject much thought. 1 began the
campaign of education, believing that
when the people understood the real
purpose and ultimate end of this so
called single tax reform, they ftould
not rive such a system their approval
at the polls. The result of that elec
tion was very decisive. Out of over
70.00 votes cast not more than 12.000
voters, were tn favor of the amend
ment. Seattle Ulaeevera Daagrr.
"That I may not leave room for the
alngle tax advocate to dispute this
statement. I will say that there were
two amendments submitted at thin
election. Both had single tax for their
aim. One was more conservative than
the other. The conservative amend
ment received something like ll.OttO
votes, and the radical amendment 12.000
-votea. We are Justified In taking; It
for granted that every slngle-taxer
voted for both amendments, figuring
that If one failed, the other might
carry. I therefore give them the credit
of the highest vote.
-The clttiens of Seattle, when thor
oughly advised of the nature of this
much-boasted and Innocent ao-called
reform, found that It was not a
mere Innocent system of collecting
taxes, but rather a pernicious system
of confiscation, and turned It down
cold.
"During this campaign we were told
by the single tax advocates that Ore
gon, and especially Portland, would, at
the November election, adopt single
tax. and that If Seattle failed to adopt
It, they would be between two fires
Oregon on the south, or at least Tort
land, and Vancouver. B. C. on the
north. Such a statement no doubt
added materially to the vote for the
amendment.
A rive-rate teatlaae Fight.
"After the election they were not dis
mayed wlU the overwhelming defeat
they had met. They still pointed to
Oregon as their hope, and made the
statement that when Oregon had paved
the way. the people of Washington
would be forced to adopt single tax.
and further that they Intended to carry
their flaht Into trie State Legislature
and have submitted to the people a
constitutional amendment which would
allow the adoption of single tax
throughout the slate In two years
hence.
"For the above reasons it may be
clear to the people of Oregon why I am
here to assist In the campaign against
single Ux. Inasmuch as there may be
some who are anxious to know the
nature of my business In Seattle, think
ing posslblv that I would be greatly
Injured by the application of single tax.
1 will say that I am In the grain busi
ness, a member of the Spokane Oraln
Company, whose holdings are all In
personal property and located In the
City of Seattie. and so far as taxes are
concerned, we would have profited to
the extent of perhaps 11000 a year by
the adoption of rlngle tax In the city.
1 am. however, more deeply Interested
In the growth and development of our
business, which Is dependent upon and
In relation to the growth and develop
ment of the country and city and which
single tax would greatly Impair, than
In the $1000 we would save in taxes.
Attltade la Explained.
"Under t.e circumstances above
named I have accepted the responsibil
ity of conducting the movement In
Oregon against single tax. I hold that
private property In land, of ownership
of land. Is a most Important factor in
social progress: that it Is not only con
sistent with, hut necessary to the
I Ifc-her state and further development
of society: that private appropriation
of the land marks the first great step
from primitive socialism towards the
present state of advanced civilization:
that where we today find land com
munism, or land socialism, where the
land Is held In common, you find man
In a very low state of society, or at
least a state of society tnat will not
rompare at all favorably to countries
where the land Is held under private
ownership: that crime, human wretch
edness, degradation, poverty, immoral
ity and disregard for human life are
most prevalent where you find land un
appropriated and still held In common
or by the state: that no materiul prog
ress In the direction of agriculture
wMcii would compare at all favorably
ttli what we now embrace In the
term was made until there was security
In possession, whicn la beat given by
the mett.oJ of private ownership ut
land, and until organized society guar,
anteed to the Individual the certainty
of reaping where he had sown.
"That instead of private ownership
of land belna; the cause and the source
of all the Ills of society as claimed by
Henry George and his disciples, we
find by actual survey of the various
portions of the earth that exactly the
opposite is true: that where land Is
owned by the individuals, human hap
piness Is greatest and civilization fur
ther advanced.
Private Ow set-skip Vra-ed.
The point I wish to convey Is that
private ownership of land arose when
agriculture commenced. Indeed, so in
variably has been this rule that I may
safely say that civilization has never
advanced beyond a rudimentary stage
until private ownership of land, or at
least private occupancy, was recognized
by law of the state. Primitive methods
were discarded as man became more
enlightened, and when he recognised
that ha was being held down by meth
ods forged under less enlightened and
advanced conditions, they ware dis
carded and new ferments of civiliza
tion replaced the old. chief among
which was private ownership of land.
It Is the first mllepost on the great
highway of man's social and Intel
lectual progress.
"You ask why I dwell so much on
the point of private ownership of land.
I answer that It Is the great question.
It Is the kernel that Is all there Is to
single tax. Shall we or shall we not
have private ownership of land? Shall
we discard the principal garment of
social progress and civilization? Shall
we adopt primitive land tenure meth
ods which would be the result of single
tax?
Mas Makes HaMtat Habits Mas.
"Man Is the embodiment of his en
vironment. He la a creature moulded
and formed by bis ha It a. Ill habits
must conform and be In harmony with
TAFT LIKED III IDAHO
President's Friendship in Past
' Is Potent Factor. ,
STATE PROJECT HELPED
Attorney-General McDongall TelU
of What Benefit Hare Been
SecuredBorah Flghtlng
to Aid Roosevelt.
BOISE, Idaho, April IS. (Special.)
Idaho particularly should support Presi
dent William Howard Taft and send an
Instructed delegation to the National
Republican convention standing for his
renomlnatton, because of the many ben- :
eflts thla state has received at hl '
bands. Is the opinion of Attorney-Gen-
eral McDougall of this state. I
In a letter addressed to R. T. Owens. 1
chairman of the Oneida County central ;
committee, he sets forth bis reasons j
why the voters of Idaho should support
the President.
"I think this state should send dele
gates to the National convention in
favor of the renomlnatlon of Presi
dent Taft." says Attorney-General Me-
bis physical and social surroundings. I Pougall. 'Tie la a friend of the West
In his intellectual and social growth.
he has by process of inductive reason,
guided bv experience, remodeled social
conditions under which and by which
he must have hla being. Thus, to con
form with the changed social condi
tion, there must be a chance In hla
habits, and the changed habits In turn
change the man.
'And so on. the acts of today are the
habits of tomorrow. The man makes
the habits, and the habits the man. Mr.
George and the advocates of single
tax fall to go Into this question thus
far. They do not recognize that the
result of land tenure would be to make
new social conditions, and that the
social conditions which would result
from a land tenure system would tend
to deteriorate the social, moral and In
tellectual conditions of society.
Hoaae Pew erf l Factor.
There Is no factor as great which
enters Into the composition of individ
ual character as that of the home.
The best home therefore would give the
best result not necessarily the most
costly, but the home that Is owned by
the occupant a home with the land
belonging to the individual. There Is
a personal p'ide in sucn a nome. in
fact a home gives an expression of the
ndlvlduals who own it. There Is an
ndlvlduallty about it- It may be said
that the greater part of our people do
not own homes. That may be true, but
they have, many of them at least, the
wherewith to secure a home, and even
though all could not own homes. It
Is far better for those who do own
them to still remain the owners and
rot tenants.
That great Incentive that has moved
men and women to lace tne narosnips.
dangers, privations, sods I sacrifices.
even their lives. In conquering tne
wilderness and penetrating the wilds
of unknown regions 'B this great land
of ours, and most notably of Oregon.
was that of securing a home a piece
of land that they could call their own
not a place where they could rent from
the Government, as slngie-taxera would
hare you do.
This whole single tax question ninges
ifnt tiDon tax methods; not upon figures.
hut onlr on whether we shall have pri
vately owned or state-owned land and
the Deoule to be the tenants, i ran
only hint In this statement at what I
would like to say upon tnis pnase oi
single tax. The effect of Its applica
tion Is so far-reaching that it Is alarm
ing when we consider its destructive
principles.
Figs res Are Mlsleadlsg.
"Tou ask me what about the figures
Mr. l"Rtn and Dr. Eggleston present.
showing that the homeowner ana
farmer would profit under the applica
tion of single tax. I nave answereo
the question. Figures do not amount
to anything. Under our present system
we have created land values. They
compile their figures from tfe creation
of the present system. Under the ap
plication or their system mey win
destroy the values. Therefore they
have nothlns on whicn to maae any
figures. This process of figures Is only
Intended to deceive the people, or if It
Is not so Intended, it Is deceiving Just
the same.
The people of Oregon must know
and understand the real issue In this
campaign. The men representing the
Joseph Fels Fund Commission of Amer
ica and who are spending the money or
this Commission to put Oregon on a
single tax basis will not be permitted
to longer disguise their work, sucn
has been the case in the past, but shall
be no more. If the people of Oregon
want single tax after they know what
t means and what It will do, they must
have that privilege.
"It Is my object and my purpose to
warn the people of the disastrous re
sults that will follow the adoption of
single tax. I want the co-operation and
assistance of every Individual who op
poses the Introduction of this system.
"I am now compiling and will have
ready for distribution by the ISth of
thla month the third and enlarged
edition of Klngle Tax Exposed These
books will be for free distribution and
will be mailed to any one desiring one
or more. Speakers will be furnished in
any part of the state so desired.
A axes basest la Favored.
"In conclusion I want to say that I
favor an amendment to your state con
stitution exempting from taxation $50
in household and personal effects. This
will offer a relief to many citlsens of
Oregon who are not so fortunate aa
others. It especially will, nelp the
laboring classes of people, at the same
time not in any manner Interfering
with the fundamental principles of
government.
"The rule of uniformity in taxation,
which was destroyed by a constitu
tional amendment adopted two years
ago. should be restored. I can con
ceive of nothing that would create
more disorder and confusion and to a
greater extent deter Investment in your
slate than that provision which allows
each county to adopt a system of Its
own."
particularly to the State of Idaho, and
has done much to relieve the situation
and almost unbearable conditions that
were Imposed upon the state by th i
taat two years of the former Administration-
I am perhaps In a better po
sition to be acquainted with some of
the friendly acta of the President to
ward thla state, but many of them a.e
generally known. Among them are the
following In which he has shown hla
friendliness to this state:
Borah's Bill Aided.
"It was through his aid and Influ
ence that Senator Borah's bill secur
ing S20.000.000 from the National Gov
ernment for the aid of the reclamation
service was passed, out of which ,
amount Idaho received 12.66.1.435. which ,
makes a, total amount .received from
the Government allotment for the rec
lamation In this state of tl.0o6.000.
"Senator Borah also received his sup
port and Influence In the passage of the
enlarged homestead bill. The Presi
dent hss been through this state twice
since he has been President of the
United States, and take'n the time to
visit the different parts and become ac
quainted with Its needs and many of its
people.
"This state, under the laws of the
United States, has applied for more
than 100.000 acres of the finest timber
land In the world situated In the North
ern part of the state, as Indemnity
for school sections which have been lost
to the state by prior settlement and
forest reserves. This land had been by
President Roosevelt Included In a forest
reserve, after the state's application
had been made. The forestry depart
ment and the Secretary of the Inter
ior denied the atate's right to this land
and he overruled the Secretary of the
Interior and the chief forester, and
decided in favor of the state, thus add
ing several million dollars to the com
mon school fund of the atate.
Taft Skews Friendship.
"In a conversation I had with him
personalty In the White House for a
few minutes after the others of our
party had gone out, the President as
sured me that he was the sincere friend
of the Western States and very anxious
to assist us in obtaining a proper set
tlement of all differences between the
state and the departments of the Gov
ernment, and his action In connection
with all our many difficulties since haa
borne out hla statement.
"On his last trip through Idaho. Ms
attention was called to the fact that
all of the public landa practically In the
Snake River Valley had been with
drawn from settlement and homestead
entry on accoirnt of their being of coal
value, and on the entire trip from Poca.
tello to Boise he listened with Interest
to explanations of the citizens of the
state, who knew the conditions and
knew that the withdrawal of these
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and the very sound of the little bell
was depressing-.
It was all very well thanks to my
provident parents when she only
wanted to know how many In the class
had been baptised. But Imagine the
shock of belna; suddenly drawn up by,
"How many of you children remem
bered to say your prayers this morning-?"
Imagine having Eleanora For
eythe. your next neighbor, fairly rise
off her chair to wave her small gloved
the power to arrest the blight that la
lestlned to work the deterioration of
the equine race throughout all its
strains and all Ita services to man.
Legacy Left in Tiny Installments.
NEW YORK. April 13. The, will of
Mrs. Louis Remsen. a wealthy Brooklyn
property owner, who died recently,
leaves to her husband the sum of $5
and directs her executor to pay the
and. while you. the minister's daugh- j legacy In 100 Installments of 6 cents
ter. recalling in dismay your morn
ing's haste to see the new puppies,
could only writhe uneasily Into an
equivocal position which you hoped
might be Interpreted Into a raised
hand and then, scarlet with despair
sndharae, slink into your chair while
your cousin Jacky whispered In your
ear that you would go to hell. Jacky'a
full name Is John Calvin MacFarlane.
each.
son.
The residuary estate goes to her
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DECLINE IN OUR HORSES
Cavalry Itard Hit by States Killing
the Racing; Game.
Washington D. C Post.)
The departure of the Billings stable
of famous harness horses from Europe
signifies that the American trotting
turf has been hard hit by short-sighted
legislation, along with its family con
nection, the running turf. Indeed, the
loss of the best trotting stallion this
country has produced, together with
others only second in point of value
and usefulness, forebodes an outward
movement that may result in the Im
poverishment of our blooded trotting
stock In a still larger measure than Is
true of the decline of the thorough
bred.
Russia being the destination of The
lands' for coal was an absurdity. ,nd .Harvester and hla stable companions, the
on. of his first aetlons on returning cnance oi meir uemB ..
10 waaningion was id set asiae mis
Array of Northern Virginia.
Morris Fchaff. in the Atlantic.
Army of Northern Virginia, aleep on!
The confederacy's star will hang In
your countrya any. ana me ay
coming when your children will re
joice In the fact that to whatsoever
nelght of glory the reunted countrr
rises, prouder will It and they be of
you and your valor, and. above all. In
those trying times to come, of that
display of willingness to lay your lives
down for a political principle that Is
the very foundation on which our
whole governmental system Is based.
Bleep on. then, and If after the fires
have died down, there be borne to
your ears through the vast hush of
right, not the bells of the North nor
the sighs from home, but streams mur
muring to the f'eldn and the woods In
which you lie. rr.ay yoo dream of peace
and see the land you love as It is to-
order which had held up and hampered
the settlement of the state to a very
large extent.
Interest af Taft Maalfest.
"About ten days ago I saw that Sen
ator Borah had an appointment with
the President upon the Senator s home
stead bill, which la jiow pending be
fore Congress, and which provides that
final proof may be made upon a home
stead after three years' residence with
a six months' leave of absence during
each year, which bill was meeting the
opposition of the Secretary of the In
terior. I prepared a resolution which
was adopted by the State Land Board
and telegraphed It to the President,
asking him to lend his Influence to the
passsge of the bill. The next day the
chairman of the board received a tele
gram from the President saying that
he had a conference with Senator Borah
and they had agreed upon the bill and
he would use hla Influence for Its
passage. I think It would be the height
of Ingratitude as well as against the
final Interests and against the develop
ment of the state If we should fall to
Indorse his Administration and not send
delegstes to the convention who are his
friends."
Berak For Coloael.
The Roosevelt-Borah movement which
resulted In the formation of the Roosevelt-Borah
League In this city, for the
state Is still attempting to prevent the
sending of an Instructed Taft delega
tion to the National convention. Tele
grama have been sent to many prom
inent party leaders In the state by Sen
ator Borah asking them to organise on
behalf of Roosevelt. In Boise the Taft
and Roosevelt forces have locked horns.
Tne Roosevelt leaders Issued a chal
lenge to the Taft officers to hold a
preferential primary here, but the Taft
leaders declared the county central
committee had gone on record aa
against It, and they did not propose
to override the county committee.- In
return the Taft people demanded the
resignation of Chairman William Mc
Reynolds. chairman of both the county
central committee and the Roosevelt
club. McReynolds refused to resign.
Both sides are claiming victory, and
the Influence of Senator Borah In the
atate Is being put to test.
country Is remote. The Russian gov
ernment has been a heavy purchaser
of the highest type of breeding stock,
and Is In the market for more. And as
all the principal countries of Europe
maintain similar establishments, there
Is small likelihood that the pick of
America will go begging. Racing is
everywhere encouraged abroad, either
through kovernment Initiative or pet
ronage. It has been found to be tho
best source of supply for cavalry horses
of the highest class, an essential to
proper equipment that is lamentably
lacking In our military , system. The
cavalry haa been running down at the
heel ever since active service on the
plains came to a standstill, a circum
stance that passed unnoticed until It
had a painful realisation on the oc
casion of sending our crack team to
England to compete with the best
cavalrymen of Europe.
However, the National Government
is not open to criticism as being the
principal offender in the matter. That
distinction belongs to the (state Legis
latures, which yielded to misdirected
clamor, although fully apprised of the
consequences that inevitably must fol
low. It is not within the province of
Congress to regulate raring, but it has
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Dr. Sam C. Slocum
Candidate for Republican Nomination for Coroner
Indorsed by the' Medical Profession
We, the undersigned duly licensed and qualifiad physicians and
surgeons of the City of Portland, Oregon, and the County of Multno
mah, believing that the Coroner should be a physician and having
known Dr. Sam C. Slocum for the past several years, and knowing him
to be thoroughly competent to perform- the duties of said office, hearti
ly recommend him for that office.
Ben L. Xordcn
Andrew C. Smith
Kenneth a.. J. Mackenzie
E. A. Sommer
Geo. F. Wilson
HoltC. Wilson
R. C. Coffey
L. H. Hamilton
C. D. Bodine
Geo. F. Koehler
A. J. Giesy
Chester C. Moore
S. M. Strohecker
R. a Stearns, of Kenton
F. M. Taylor, of Sellwood
Fred J. Zlegler
Frank W. Wood
- Donald H. Jessup
M. G. HcCorkle
Marie D. Equll
Katberine C. Manion
R. E. Dunlap
Jos. D. Sternberg
Wm. House
U Buck
Alan Welch Smith
J. Chris. O'Day
E. B. McDaniels
Roy McDaniels
Paul Rockey
Wm. S. Knox
Theo. Fessler
W. R. Cof fman
J. Lome Manion
C. F. Murbach
C. G. Sabln
Geo. S. Whiteside
F. M. Brooks
G. Norman Pease
J. E Kane
E. E. Cable
Jas. C. Zan
E. H. Thornton
S. H. bheldon
Fred Gullette
T. C. Humphrey
J. G. Grim
J. J Panton, of Sellwood
Otis F. Akin
Sanford Whiting
James O. C. Wiley
D. Bruer
A. W. Balrd
Glenn Wheeler
J. N. Coghlan
Fred W. Klehle
J. A. Pettit
George Parrish
Ralph A. Fentcn
R. J. Chipman
Harry A. Start
Lloyd Irvine
J. A Applewhite
O. A. Thornton
D. H. Rand
T. W. Kirby
K. H. Anthony
j. H. Carrico
J. M. Short, of Gresham
J. K. Locke
R. W. Matson
O. A. Hess, of Lents
P. M. McMurd of Arleta
J. Arch Stewart
A. K. Higgs
E. N. Crockett
A. L. Berkeley
Chas. L. Rybke
A. C. Panton
Chas. T. Chamberlain
James F. Bell
Wm. L. Wood
R. J. Marsh
George i. Story
John H. Montgomery
A. E. Mackay
H. M. Gellert
Wm. A. Trimble
R. L. Gillespie
('. M. Barbee
W. W Bruce
Stanley Lamb
David Nelson
Jas. H. Brlstow
H. I. Keeney
Wm. B. Hare
V. A. Short
S. M. Mann, of Linnton.
H M. Greene
Murch Russell
J. B. Bilderback
S. Sargentich
Dr. C. U Poley
A. N. Craddork
V. H. Daromasrh
George Ainslie
('. A. Macrum
U J. Wolf
W. C. Judd
J. A. Merriman
A. B. Stone
Jno. J Sellwood, of Sellwood.
Jos. S. McChesney, of St. Johns..
A. E. King
G. T. Trommald
A. H. Johnson
Clayton Seaman
G. M. Douglas
TX. C. Yenney
W. M. Killingsworth of Kenton
C. H. Wheeler. ;
(Paid Adv.)
In next Friday's primary election, the
Republican voters of Multnomah
County will nominate Ave candidates
for State Senator. There are 13 as
pirants for this nomination. Among
the candidates is George M. Hyland,
whose candidacy was strongly urged
by the Portland Realty Board, the Ad
Club and various civic organisations
with which he Is Identified. Mr. Hy
land Is a native of Illlnos and has re
sided in this state for S3 years. . He
has been active In the organization of
civic improvement societies and the
promotion of street improvements. He
has always been identified with Repub
llcan insurgehcy in thla state. Since
retiring from business activities a year
ago, he has engaged In farming ana
orcharding on a small scale.
"Stumped" V tn Sunday School.
Ruth George, in the Atlantic.
Once there, and settled In a certain
little yellow chair In a front row of
little yellow chairs. I think that my
most natural reflex to the strident
opening-bell was, perhaps, the form
less apprehension that I waa now
about to be "stumped," or the remem
brance, with a start, of something that
Miss Nellie, our teacher, had told ua
to do every day that week. In any
case, some sort of heart-searching was
sure to b forthcoming; probably I
should have to tell whether I had cop
led at school: or whether I had an
swered back to mother: or whether I
had saved any pennies for the heathen
babies. At all events. Miss Nellie would
think of lomethinff dlsmrblDS to ask,
I. N.
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REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE
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State Senator
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M. J. CLOHESSY
Candidate for State Senator From
Multnomah County
Opposed to the law which now exists In this state and 'believe its
worklngswlll oppress and burden the small home-owner by continued
Increase In taxes beyond his ability to pay. I refer to the Initiative and
referendum. f
Opposed to the granting of the ballot to any person for voting an in
debtedness upon property unless that person is qualified by being a
taxpayer.
Opposed to any Indebtedness being voted, except upon a separate bal
lot from all other Issues.
Opposed to single tax most unqualifiedly, and to the bonding of the
people's property for $20,000,000, or any other sum by state bond Issue,
tor roads, and believe that this matter should be left to the respective
counties for solution and determination.
Opposed to the recall, as I believe it will act as a deterrent general
ly to get competent and honest men to accept office, hence the public
service will suffer; it will be cheapened by the incumbents being of the
:haracter-of political misfits.
I favor an exemption honestly and truthfully calculated to an amount
not exceeding $500 on household furniture.
I am In favor of the "employers' liability bill" now pending in Con
gress on Interstate carriers for relief and compensation to the working
man in case of Injury, either partialor total, and believe that every
state should adopt the same, thereby relieving the Injured man of vexa
tious 'delays by prompt settlement instead of long-drawn-out litigation
with uncertain results.
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