TIIZ OREGON DAlLV JOURNAL. PORTLAND. . FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE I. iS3
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(Continued from-Fag One.)
, ment No. 1 and expressed his belief that
. It la the duty of the voters of Mult
nomah county, to cast their ballots for
all the Democratic nominees on the
' legislative ticket because they are
pled id to statement No.iL while only
a third of the Republican nominees 'are
so pledged. The, speaker commended
Governor Chamberlain, also John Van
, Zante. candidate for . county Judge, to
' the voters. . He further said:
Cheers -tor Wwtt Jra.- .
' ' "I am In favor of the election of Tom
Word as sheriff of Multnomfh county
because he has fought a good right and
"'kept faith with the people." ".Thl In
dorsement was greeted with an enthu-
elastic utburtnfapplaue.
The next and last speaker wrt Oov-
,, ernor Chamberlain. As he stepped to
the front he was glfen.an Qvattpn. Men
- cheered and women chapped their bands
and waved their .' handkerchiefs. The
'demonstration was 'long continued.
. When It ceased the audience was treated
. to a masterly presentation of the real
- Issues- of the campaign. There was nO
oratory, but a plain, vigorous, and at all
7"tlmes entertaining account of -what- has
been accomplished and what Is planned
-for the future. For more than an bour
the governor held the close attention of
his Immense audience. .He said in part
Mr. Chairman.1 Ladles and Gentlemen,
Fellow Cltisens of Multnomah County
I assure you that I deem It a very
great pleasure as well as- A .very great
privilege to be permitted to address so
; . many of my friends, and neighbors and
fellow cltisens.
Do. you know that wherever w have
teen In the state of Oregon, and we
have been In nearly all of It,, those who
. are associated with me on the ticket
and myself, we have been treated every
where by )" r""h "r"""' au
dience as thlsT These meetings, which
have been held by us all over the state.
hve not only beon erowded by men -of
.our own party, but we have been
' greeted by men of all parties, and It
has not ben infrequent that Repub-
Hcan mayors"-and' prominent citizens
and. business men' of the state have sat
, ' upon the platform with ua and intro
duced -us to- our audiences. It means
something, my fellow cltisens; It means
-Thstth' Toplar 'Ofthr-tst- of-regon
are doing a little bit .of thinking on
irn iwniln
ITo Oreaf issues.
veienaaked : during th "pres-
ent campalgu to address myself to the
L luaues which separate the candidate
vt the parties In this- great campaign
today, and In this great country, and 1
to tbuit my Republican friends In Ore
gon. In answer .to eacH I say, that
there are no issues between the great
national parties In this country today.
.W read and think a little for ourselves
now,-and do' not take as the law and
gospel everything that we. hear .nq the
'....; political platform; and if you will re
call what you have read In the news-
paper and heard In the last five or six
- -months yoa know and will remember
that there has not been an issus dtvid---.-.
rng the. great -pattiea .In this' country
and Is not-today.
'' Take the tariff question. We find
'., in the state of Iowa thaf some of the
most prominent - Republicans are what
-are known as "standpatters,' . taking
their name from the game of. poker;
' and then there is another clasa which
Is known as "radical revisionists," so
"that the Republican' party- la ii niacn
divided in the star - of Iowa. - and l.i
' ether parts of the country, as formerly
were the great parties In this .country
"TOn this question. ' :
.. .. xaUroed Bate' Vrobleau '"'
The only question which has been
- fayltatlng the American people has been
' Mi railroad rata question, which was
-- part of the Bryan campaign In ltl;
T- you wtlt remember tt was ,ln the Bryan
platform In 100. and then it remained
' for a Republican president of the JJnlte-1
States that magnificent American cltl
aen. Theodore Roosevelt to bring this
-measure to the attention of a Republl-.-
can congress and compel Its enactment,
somewhat modified, but still a law Jus
the same. . .-, -, . - -
This question which has absorbed the
attention of the American people is not
a. partyuestlonfU . has not been, a
-T party Issue; U la a measure upon which
all the people of this country have bee
sgrerdrTid it is a measure which but
for-Dcnforatle aid wuldmor have been
"""Tstates. Therefore I say , that there a.-f
. no Issues to discuss In this campaign,
i , because there la. nothing dividing th
' . great national partlea today. ' There
L may be an-element hereafter-which will
, ', divide them as there have been elements
In the past; but1 at this time there la
"Nothing whIcniebarmwrTnrTmrTPom
t another..
Kpabllcaa friends. ,
Now,, In answer to those who say' I
ought to abuaa my Republican- frianda,
permit me to say that during a real-
- deuce -of - SO - yesrs : In Oregon I : have
found that bur Republican friends are
aa goud-clUxcns AarburlZDemocraClg I
friends. I have found that our Republl-
' ran cltisens are as loyal as the Detno
i cratlc cltisens to the state, as. loyal to
' the ' flag of our country aa are our
' Democratlo cltisens, and hare as much
t interest In all wa find tends to the
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betterment of our conditions In this
state and nation as our Democratic
friends; and further, during this resi
dence which I speak of, more than once
it has fallen to my. lot to become a can
didate for office In a district largely
Republican, and every tlma I have been
honored by election, being assisted by
my . Republican frlenda as well aa my
Democrat, associates. ;
- At this time I feel if'iny duty to
give ou soms account of my steward
ship. Four years ago from every stump
In this state I promised the people I
would --try-loallavlata the, burdens of
taxation, that they were bearing; and
after my election I took the ststutss
of someVf-tlie other states, and, know
ing exaetly what -the- expenses of our
stale government were. I tried to ascer
taln a means Of devising a system of
eral counties of .the state from the pay
ment of ahy portion, of the taxes of
the""tat government. 1 .' ..
. Xnherttaaoe Tax.
In my first message to the legisla
ture I recommended along these lines
that a tax upon Inheritances be enacted
by the legislature and tha. taxation of
the capital stock of corporations In pro
portion to tha - amount . thaf had - been
subscribed and-the taxation, of the gross
earnings of telephone, telegraph and ex
press compsnles, and of the publlo servr
Ice corporations. and In pursuance of
that recommendation measures were In
troduced by members of tbs legislature
covering each and every - one of the
suggestions that I made. But my critics
say that 'it -waa not an Idea original
with me. . I do not claim I never have
claimed that, and I claim that no man
in thia atate originated this Ides; it has
been" ln"th " minds of the " people " of
many of the states of the union, and
they - have - adopted It-aa. law and.- tha
adoption of it aa law In the state of
New York hss resulted practically that
is discharged without calling On the
taxpayers for any portion for their sup
port. .'The only thing" I claim - for It
was that I directed the attention of a
Republican legislature to It, and they
dared not Ignore a measure which waa
for the sole benefit of the people , of
this state. - Mr friend .Gear aaya : he
recommended It In his messages sent to
the legislatures. .Maybe he did, but I
don't find It. I only know I am dead
surs - the--legtslature'dtdn't-pay - very
much attention to the recommendations
he made. (Laughter.) I
Only Two Adopted.'
:Tn legislator .got trj work: ant Wlt
were Introduced to carry out every, one
of thw. sgggeBtiong-nr-TTHaaer"na
when the smoke of battle had -cleared
away we found that only -two had been
snnpted and'.ansctrd Into
law; one was the taxation of . Inheri
tances and the other waa the taxation
of the capful stock of corporations In
proportion to. the cspltal stock" they
had subscribed. Honestly, confidentially.
I know of two or three men whe
soon- aa that law passed, lay down snd
died to keep their estates from paying
any part of the taxea. (Laughter.)
The other measures were all defeated.
I don't know why, and I do not claim
that the legislature was corrupt, but
I claim"' what everybody knows, when
any meaauM la Introduced . up .there
which la In the Interest of tha people
and conflicts with the Interests of ths
corporations ItJgoes glimmering Ilka a
dream el things that were. .
Now let us see what tht result hss
been by the adoption of two of the
measures recommended to the lerlsla
tore. They say I do not give the legis
lature any credit for these things and
that I claim it all myself. I congratu
late the legislature on tha fact that they
passed even two of them. They are en
titled to a' world of credit for that, but
they would have been entitled to very
much more If they had passed them all.
Beaml of Admlalstratloa.
Her Is the result w find; In four
years of Governor Geer'-administration
$344,000 was raised from Indirect
sources to defray the expenses of th
state government; and when the legisla
tor passed th two suggestions that I
made there was collected during tho
three years of my dmtnltrat!ott I5S&.
000; a little bit over, . In other words
during th three years of my adminis
tration, with a Republican legislature
there has been .raised for the expenses
of the atate government nearly three
times aa mucb as waa raised during ths
four years of my.frtend.Oeer s admins-
t ration. Note the effect on Multnomah
county. - Taking ths last year of ht
l and th last year of my
administration ' we have this result, in
Multnomah county. I hav gon over
the "ta records "for the-Isst terr years
and And that the taxea that Multnomah
county paid. into th state reasury for
atate purposes wsa 1279, 60S. SO for th
last year of Oeer s administration. Now
amfTh"li'st8lKtnT-got to wurk ana
enacted .two of thosav suggestions .late
the form of law there haa been col
lected during th three year of my
term I mean-of taxes for J0; pardon
me the taxes for 100, the laatyear'of
my" term, th" amount pl by Multno
mah county to tha state treasurer for.
Stat uuipoes Is tmt - 117,1 I n other
words, your taxea in 10 for state pur
poses are leaa by fix. 121.60 than they
were during th laat year of Governor
Geer's administration. Every on of
th institutions In th stat ha In
creased In numbers and th expenses
Washington Street
Shop
and the costs have constantly Increased
but In face of this Increased-expenditure
we And that your taxea are Si per cent
leas than they were four years ago,
Promises sTo Taxes. -
Now. at the end of my, next four
years, because I am going to be elected
for another four yeara aa aure as you
re born (applause) at the-end of my
next-four 'years, thy fellow cltisens,
am going to make- this promise, the
people of Multnomah county will not be
called upon for one dollar of expense
or taxes to defray the expenses of the
state government, and every dollar of
taxation raised by you will be expended
hero In Multnomah county on roada and
tha building of bridges and for any of
the different purposes you want to put
It to. , -
The people this stste have realised
that the legislature of this state has
been' recreant in Its duty. This rec
omnieiidation-w- -not- only made by me
tn 1901, but In 1K0&; but still nothing
was done;' but when the people -became
excited they proceeded to Invoke- the
law, and If I read tha signs of the times,
and If my ear is aa close to tha ground
aa It usually has been, .every one . of
those propositions - will be elected Into
the form, of law by - the ' people of this
state.- - . ,.,
. Xioaalsg State Tna.as.-
Four1 years ss:o. my fellow cltisens,
there were 1760,000 of the irreducible
school fund, of this state not loaned
out. I promised every one If elected to
see that that waa lokned out before my
term extended very far, and I want to
say to you' that every dollar of It la
loaned out Some of my critics say that
I have nothing to do with that. Dr.
"tVlthyeombe aaya the governor haa' not
anything to do with this. If Dr. Withy
comber.-doeen't knowanything better
than that he is not fit to be elected gov.
ernor of this, state, , the secretary
state and th treasurer of this state
hav all to do with that. Another critic-
says th reason It has been possible to
loan the money is because the legisla
ture of 1- reduced the ratef of -interest
to six- ver -nt.-T I f th- gentle
man who made that statement knew
what he was talking about, tie would
hav found that th law was passed In
l9t to reduce the rata of Interest, and
that the gentleman who preceded me
had th same -mower- to loan It- out--
dld.u-They say I had nothing to do with
It; tiTy aiy I irgg.b" the Instrument
In seeing Jt. waa joaned out. They also
ask why I don't' give the other members
nt the YrmrA mr, mm rreHlt... a rut -I -da glv
them some -credit forifc They never
Interposed any objection to the- loaning
of this money utrjut they -badthe
same chances' ioloah "ir"6ut7four"years
before I went .In that they "hav now.
and why In thunder dldn t they do I
little loaning before I cam In, (Laugh
ter.) . . ...
....--.v.. Besulss gfrtn'lrl'sht-fl.
- Let's flgur Just a minute and see
what results have been accomplished to
th stat of Oregon by reaaon tf the
loaning of that money, seven hundred
thouaand dollars loaned out at per cent
amounts to $41,000 a year; for .four
yoars It amounts to tltl.000. , Now,
therefore, that - 1S.000 . U divided
among th school 'children of this state,
and It goes to lower tha taxea of every
taxpayer In every school district In the
atate of Oregon, and - therefore I aay
that that fund ought to be kept loaned
out, But some .officers say, "There Is
no motive on th part of any of ua not
to loan any of that mopy." Welt
don't say that there waa any motive
that animate! tnoae gentlemen, out
am going to suggeat a motive which
might have cxlstod which - prevented
this sum from being loaned out, and
that Is a cold-blooded proposition, too.
Supposing he haa 1700,000 not loaned
out; now the treasurer could take that
$700,000 If he wanted to and com down
to Portland and soma of the banks in
Portland would pay 4 per cent Interest
on It; In other words, he could get $0,-
000 a year interest on that, or $120,000
in four years for depositing that money.
and there would not anybody know any
thing about U but the bank that paid
It and the treasurer who got It. would
there T
Now, my fellow cltisens, t don't know
whether that has been done or not. but
I ssy to you there. Is a well-grounded
supposition In th minds of these peo
ple that that haa been -done.4- because
there haa not" been a treasurer tn th
atate of Oregon ir. the 10 year that-1
hav been her that haa not retired from
that Office rich at the end of Ma term.
and that on a salary of 1800 a year.
Appointed -- - mepublieaa.'
They say I am on of those skln-deen
Democrata who does not vote for any
bodyrbut a Democrat and who doea not
appoint anybodybutaiJemocrat. and
thatTamTnalt1'ng"ttmse ft uin-apmnw
motives. ,i MowJt m tell yi
ot true.- Down her In this lower dis
trict when It devolved upon m to ap
point a . Judge the . Republican down
there had a large majority and they haC
been electing a Democratic Judge In th-
person of Jlmml Ham 11 ton-for a num.-
ber of years past. A Republican legle
lature got to work and passed a law
providing for another Judge in that dis
trict. Now f always believed in non
partisanship In the Judiciary, and I Im
mediately went to work and turnej
down applications of my frlenda up
there and appointed-a,- Republican, of
starling worth In th person of Law
rence D. Harris out In that district.
That doean't look like I was a rough-
and-ready Democrat all the tlm.
Let me tell you, my fellow cltisens.
that the boards of this stat controlling
all of theae Institutions had been of ono
party, but si nee1 1 hav been up there
I hav kept them about equally divided.
aa th law contemplated they should be.
Tonga. Book Tract,
Now -I hav appointed Democrat an-l
Republicans, and I am going to call
your attention to another proposition.
The only good thing that Governor Oeer
did In Oregon, among th vary many
that h aid not ao, was tha appointment
of a textbook - commission. When It
devolved upon me to appoint another
board, those gentlemen had begun th
work and had cleaned out this Amerl-
en- booat-truet - that - had the public
schools of this state right by th nat
of, th neck, and I reappointed the same
menfranoV-they are nearly llRptibrr-'
cans, and some or them nave not been
very friendly to me. Tou take Mr.
Scott, a personal friend of mine, but
h never boosts very hard" for me In
eletclon times, you node. Laughter!.
Now you take Mr. Charley Johns; he
Is on of them, and I reappointed him.
So I say, I hav tried to remember that
publlo office Is a public trust, and
th man In office has some duty to per
form to the puMloTnstead 6f"ld tha
party all th time.
They say I am a new apoatl of this
new doctrine I hav been preaching for
four yeara. Our president of the United
States haa, been talking about lt(a little
1VI IdVI A VSUI vt ww J s.
Folk aad Booaevelt, "
When th people of Missouri real
ised th effort which Jo Folk 'was
making for cleaner and better govern
ment, they decided to nominate him for
governor In that great atate. and at the
same time his i elect Ion came, off the
election of president took place and on
box we find that Democratlo stare gave
Jo Folk a majority of about $i,000 and
In the earn election and on th earns
ballot, gave Roosevelt a majority .of
about $0,000. (Applauae.)
Now that goes to show that the peo
ple of that stat had com to feel and
to believe and to know that Rooaevelt
and Jo Folk had been cut out of th
same. kind of cloth, that they both were
In for higher' Ideals In public life, that
tbey were both trying to teach the peo
ple of this country-that publlo office
was a publlo trust, snd th result hss
been salutary, not only In Ohio, not
only In Pennsylvania, not only in Mis
souri, but, my fellow cltisens, It Is an
example that Is going to be followed
in Oregon -and bythe people, of this
stats. (Applause.) '
-A $lnBlasss Fropoaitloa.
urlv inH almnlw m tklialliesS
proposition. Talk about llun-piu liaan
ship in political affairs, my fellow oltl
sens: why, here In Oregon weBav
taken an " advanced " atep along theae
lines. We have eliminated the party
boas. It Is awful hard to get anybody
to aot as chairman ot any committee.
We have eliminated the convention sys
tern. - Tbe people themselves have ar
rogated to themselves the authority In
Oregon ' that they have not . got any
where ..else. We have not only doqe
that, but wenavenaeied a"iaW which
every man acting In good faith ought
to see is' carried out In good faith, and
that la thia statement No. 1. All of
you people who have declared In favor
of . election of senators by the direct
vote of the people ought to see that you
vote for the candidatea that hav
signed this statement all over the atate.
(Applause.) I want to tell you that If
th legislature - Is Republican, those
Democrats-who hav. signed Statement
number one owe it to themselves and
to the peopl of this state to vote for
Jonathan Bourne, if be gets the, biggest
vote.1 and if Jolinne Oeiarln gats M
ofJrote. and the legislature Is Republican,
I have no doubt but that a Republican
legislature of- thlJtat will elect
Johnny -Gearin. v y --j
School Xad Fraud.
" Now paaalng on to another condition
existing in Oregon. Tou remsmber-that
ths land conditions . her were in a. ter
rible shape four years ago. Tou don't
find my friends saying very much about
the land condition nere in uregon. wnen
I, waa elected . ijjromlaed the people
was going to try to' stralghtwr-ttrat up;
- A J said a while ago. when Oregon
waa srtmlttfirl. trery. jlxteenth-- and
thlrty-aixth-- section was given to- the
tteoDle of Oregon for the school chll
drerr-orntfiTr'ataferbw tfienT'ihey fbtC
felted. If any one of these sections was
lost to th state by reason of a home'
lost, and th start could go to work and
select-Indemnity lands In place of it;
and It further provided that If any of
theae- sections were mor valuable for
mineral purposes than anything else,
then the state lost that, but could
lect lands In place of It. When I got
up there I found that those speculator
had been Indulging In selling landa on
thia alleged mineral basts. . It got to
be very profitable speculation up there
at the expense of the state. Here Is
the way It was worked on one of your
citizens heraForriBtancet my .-.friend
Mr. Wllhelm sitting down there had
not " been - studying the land - laws ot
Oregon and he ahsuld go up to the city
of Salem and say to this stat-land
agent,. "There Is lto acres of land out
there near rortiana i want to Duy aa
Indemnity land. Can you tell me where
T can find 1(0 acres of land that the
tchool haa lost In these sections that I
ean us aa a baala for its selection?"
Sow It Wa Boa. -
Th state land agent looks a wise
as an owl and refera him to an old
gentleman sitting there In tha other
corner of th room,, and he goes over
to him and asks him for this Informa
tion, and this old gentleman, who has
no mor-usl nesa there than a wagnnl
ha for a-fifth wheel, aay-he can give
him th Information, and tells him
where some mineral land In school sec.
tlons had been lost to th state, but he
charges MrV-WUhelnv $1.60 art 'acre for
that information; io he. takes th $1.(9
an. acre ana pays u io u veneraoie
looking man in there and then, with
this Information, he make a selection
and goes over and paya the money to
the state land board, whatever that Is
snd goes away with a certificate of
sale, 'and after a while he begin to And
out that his title I questioned. When
I " went up there I want to aay to you
that-I found over (.000 acres of land
applied for - Just as I - have indicated ;
had been sold to aa many as three dif
ferent individual. I- mean three dlf-1
ferent Individuals for 'every 310 or 160
acres; so that the land had been sold
a often a throe time to different In
dlvlduals in thl way, and there were
land-
th UU air felTdswtrDcos-th-de
partments at Washington disapproved,
What la the result? Tha stat of Ore
gon has refunded all the money It re-
ci
amounting .to about . $115,000, and when
these gentlemen who have been bunkoed
cam up there and asked thin man for
the money be received find had no right
to receive they are politely informed
that he is a busted community and they
cannot get anything out of him.
People Xtomt Money.
80 That-th-pedpl of OregdrTTbar
vary cent of money that wa paid to
this man In th state land agent' office.
amounting to something between $125.-
000 and $140,000. That la th condition
Which I. promised to straighten out, and
want to say to you that I have
straightened It but, but It haa been ac
complished through tha instrumentality
of th state land agent. How waa It
done? Th. flrat thing waa to remove
that old man from th office bag and
baggage. (Applause). The next thing
was to move th stat land office Into
the office of tb stat land board and
make a record of everything that waj
don there. Now, my fellow cltlxena,
there were no record In the-atate land
agent'a office hitherto, and It took him
nearly three year to find out and
straighten thia matter up.
In this connection let me ssy to you
that Dr.-Withycombe says the state land
office ought to be abolished. My friends,
there Isn't a man In th state of Oregon
Uallng theae landa for
the last (0 years trlio will riot say ameii
to that recommendation, and I think
that If he had been thoroughly onto his
Job hs could have ralaed his campaign
expense from those very fellows who
would like to have that done, if he haj
agreed to abolish the state land agent'
offtc.
tat Z.aad Agent.
What ha the STUB "ISnd agent done?
ng man tha?
Mr.' Osward
bellevee that public , Of floe Is a public
trust, began t work to trata-hten tht
CASTOR I A
for Infanta and Children.
Thi Khi Yea Kan Alwajs Ecujbt
B.ar. th. jrrrr
Sifcxatur of LSlmSJZUcJUU
thing upt ; and - Indictment -hav- been
found by a Marion county grand Juiy
against those fellows, and on haa bee
Bxoseculed And convicted and sentenced
to th penitentiary for five yeara. AnuV
I can aay to you that tnrtt for-the- f
that th statute of limitations had run
against them, many business men of
this ' state who occupy positions of
prominence, socially and politically,
would have their arms and leg atlcklng
out of the penitentiary in the stat of
Oregon. : This baa been straightened up
and th condition of the lands In Ore
gon wa never better than U Is now..
Let me tell you further: Four years
ago wbn I went 'up there lands-of this
kind wirt selling for $3.60 an acre, and
wa hav raised the prices of those lends
to $7.(0 an acre, and every dollar of It
goes Into th public school fund In
stead -of Into the pockets of some
grafter. (Great applause.) Somebody
aay. "Why -don't you give the other
members of the board credit for this?"
Well;" they dldnt do that straightening
out four years before I got .up there.
They had the same opportunity, and
the aame conditions existed while they
were tn office. But the reason wss
tnar tngjtais jand agent s orrice was
considered aa a sort of annex.- anJTio-
body paid mueli attention to it. The
atate - land : agent who waa In office
when I went up there asked me to
sign a few blank certificates of In
demnity selections. " I said, "Nay, nay,
-Pauline; I never sign any blanks of
that kind." (Xpplause.) He said. -But
your predecessors signed them." . "I
dont care what he signed." I said;-"I
propose to be responsible, for. my sins
of commission;- but I do not propose to
be responsible for any sins of omission;
end I don't sign any . blanka," (Ap
plause.) .. (
' rnltiativ aad. Kefereadam.
Four yesrs ago we were all advocat
ing th adoption of th Initiative and
referendum. W used to blame a fac
tion; if the legislature passed laws
hostile to the Interests of the people,
they blamed the executive ef the stste
if he did not. veto them as he ought to,
Now the peopl are responsible If they
fall to veto the laws under thia system.
When the legislature got together In
IIOli yea reineinber, nethtwg waa said
about thia emergency clause In any of
these bills, and I am criticised because
I did not mention It until 1005. and It
is said that I did It for political pur
poses. Now, there wssn't a lawyer in
the atate of Oregon who believed for a
minute-when th legislature mat 1 -1806-that
any legislature could destroy the
power of " th referendum by simply
adding sn emergency clauee;tout after
the legislature adjourned this came to
be discussed, and the -people said that
if .In legislature declared an emergency
In an act It defeated the purpose of tha
referendum. Then a lot of ua-prepared.
a - eae (my name- waa-aigned to tha"
brief and we argued it before the su-
4 pi erne uuui t, tu gettlg-mt" pf dposTfTon"
and to see If a constitutional amend"
ment- adopted br -the- people-of -thia
Xta.te.C9Uld DO .degtroyed In Its ,forc4
and - effect by th legislature - of th
a tat. .
-v . r Fight foe Measure. . .
The supreme court held that If th
legislature passed a law and in It de-j
clared an emergency, that defeated th
f refarendum. In other words, that If the
legislature said at the end of a law that
It waa necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health and aafety
that It should take effect on and -after
lta paaaage; that In itself destroyed the
effect of the referendum, and the people
could not have It referred. I call yout
AUentIori"orJeeullee-g1rtatlrrrt
and. ,1 had a little difficulty over that
one thing.
When the legislature got together In
110( they were going todefeat thia ref
erendum power entirely; they were ad
ding these emergency clausee to- bills
that raised , the fees of , Justice of the
peace; they said that .a bill increasing
the salary of a Justice of the pesce wss
necessary to the preservation of the
publlo peace, health and aafety. 'Now.
my ..fellow-cltisena, that wa -false on
the face of It, and under the decision
of the supreme court of the otate that
defeated the right of the peopl to hav
these measures referred to them. 1
sent a message to them as politely
worded aa I knew how for you know
they are awfully thin-skinned, and es
pecially sensitive If a Democratlo gov-
aanor undertakes to trespass on theli
prerogative but I said aa politely ea I
knew how that this right of referendum
was a valuable right to the people of
the 'state, I and that bills affecting the
vital Interest of the people ought not
to have theee emergency clauses at
tached, and mildly auggested that 11
they continued to attach them. And they
came to me that way. I waa going to
veto them. It made no difference about
those little local mes surea; nobody cared
anything about them, but bills taxing
the people they had a right to have rev
ferred. - Well, they were very nice about
that, and-they cut them out. I com
mend" the' legislature for "havlnf "cut
them all out. ' '
Use tf th Teto.
But when the legislature wss about
:a.iJiei'jymieJjt-A--blilajprQ!: 1
prlatlng over $1.000,1)00 of the, pojj
monfy.and It was headed with this
emergency clause, saying that It was
necessary for tha public peace, health
nd - aafety. That waa the laat daye
f tha session, but I suggested to them
again as mildly aa I knew how, "Gen
tlemen. It Is alt right for yon to paas
an appropriation bill for th support
of th Inaane asylum, the penitentiary,
th reform school, th school for th
blind, th mute school and th soldiers'
home, and put an emergency clauae on
It: that kind, of a bill would b noe-
aaryiot-the- preservation- f-iK .public
peace, health and safety," but they went
further than that: they went to work
and Included In the bill tn addition to
thoae Itema I have Just named and
which were not objectionable for the
mnnnrt' of the normal school in JTai.It.
'son county, f ov the normal school In
Douglas county and for one In , Folk
county and one . In Umatilla county, and
for the state university at Eugene, and
the Lord only knows what else waa in
there; but I thought they ought not
to be In there), all of those Items ought
to have been put In separata approprla.
thm bills, 'because th constitution of
this atate provide that a bill appropri
ating moneya for the payment ef salar
ies of state officers should not contain
an appropriation on any other subject.
But . somebody says that I go down to
Ashland and say that I am not opposed
to normal schools, and that I go to Polk
county and ssy that I am, not opposed
to normal schools. Well, my friends.
the question Involved In that bill waa
riordppoaitlono-any- ofthose- institu
tions; it was a question as to whether
the constitution, could be flagrantly
violated In accordance with a corrupt
conspiracy which waa formed. when the
legislature got together. It wsa the
principle I was aiming at: It was the
principle that was distinctly Involved
in passing these omnibus bills In viola
tion of the constitution of the state of
Oron
Feople raaaed )Vaw.
Now, they aay I did not have any
thing, to do with thl Initiative ant
referendum. , I do not claim 1 passed it;
Dr. Withycombe says a Republican legi
slature passed It. I had alwayh- b-
leved th people of Oregon passed it
themselves; snd th only part I had In
It waa th part of one voter ' and ne
cltlsen, who used his lung and pen to
try If possible to accomplish a meas
ure which would give to the peopl the
moat authority posslbl. I believe with
Lincoln tat th peopl can always be
art 1 i 'i -.hi- W
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NOVElTJAPANESlT EXHIBITS
' SECURED FOR THE OAKS
A genuine novelty that will be one of
tha great attraction at the Oaks this
season Is a Japanese exhibit that was
originally Intended for-exhibttton at the
Nt. ljouis worm s rair, out owing to tne
fact that the owners were unable In
itl. VI .J-V.t. !JST,?kV. -..
time to secure spaoe. th exhibit was
shipped her. The exhibit ha been pur
chased by some local merchants who
Regular
Value 80c
, . . - ..... t .
r- i
BATHROOM MIRROR AND RACK
ON SALE ALL DAY
Dover
Egg
Beater
0)VAV
flju Value
.50 to ? 5.00
k ...... .
?5.00 to . $18.00
Tics
have arranged with Manager Frtedlander
for a, prominent place On what will be
known as the Avenue; a trail. The
exhibit consists of a large number of
msrvelously carved Ufe-sised figures
that tell the story of the 36 Ron Ins.
I figures that wr. fminil ln TfVwnava, A
suburb orieddo, in Japan.
I Any "kln ,tchln A temper-teatejv
The more you scratch the worse it
,tchM. rjok', ointment cures pile.
eczema any skin itching.
At all drutr
stores.
Regular
Value 80c
Acme Flour Siller
JleQulair Valuel0t,
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th same ballot and In th cam ballot
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