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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1902)
m m EH THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1902. ..USE PURE.. Artificial Ice CURRENT POLITICAL DISCUSSION. vim ? Avsas SHIMS CH1, !,;W Telephone Main 105. No Sediment to Foul Your Refrigerator No Disease Germs to Endanger Your Health TAN ORSDALL & EOSS r.aid many thousands of dollars of il legal fees. , ,nnep i Had he not wrung tne sums from the taxpayers, he wou m ! ! not be making his so-called oufc.ue j TbcQuest ions at Issue before the People of Orcgoo Today, j ; J.JfJJJf Smhii and his ; i namwouldTrer be connected witlr the office of governor. , The people of this county owe him nothing, and his threat to I and all republicans financially and po-, litically who oPIse him will entail , a great deal of work for him in the future, for I firmly believe there are 600 of them in tne county. I think. Senator Proebstel came near the, mark when he charges MawBJ P1U j ical insanity. 0. A. HARTMA.V JUDGE HARTMAN REPLIES ADMITS HE HELPED PREPARE CERTAIN FIGIURES Asserts They Are correct and He Withdraws No Statement Made Debt of County Under Republican Administration Rose From $40,000 to More Than 175,000. The Pendleton Tribune takes occa sion in its issue of the 11th, to use my name in connection with an arti cle published in last week's "Weston Leader. I have read the article In question and admit that I helped pre pare the figures, and-as they are duly certified by the county clerk, I fail to see what exceptions it can have ex cept that they are true. The ISO per cent charged by Sheriff now -patriot) Furnish is wrong. It should have been 1SS per cent. The objection Is urged that it was discount on scrip and not Interest. I respectfully refer to Banker Furnish to explain the diff erence between interest and discount Our scrip at this date was worth its face. The county debt, when the county wont into republican hands, was about $40,000. and increased under them to ?1T5.000. The court house mentioned was al most entirely built from the proceeds o the sale of the court house block. Yes. the Commercial Association did Investigate the county's affairs about this time, and Dr. F. "W. Vincent had the particular duty of investigating ' the sheriffs office, and he found it so rotten that no publication of the con duct of the office was made, which was unfortunate, for had it been made and the Illegal charges shown up. suit could have been brought to recover. An Investigation is now being made, and if the time limit has not run, a suit to compel restitution will be in- ; stitutcd. ' The present county court does re quire duly certified bills and vouchers in all cases and when any money is advanced by Mr. Blakley, neither in terest nor discount is charged by him, although he is working under the sal ary law. It is charged that Mr. Fur nish has never done anything for the county. This is unkind, for after re ceiving very liberal fees Irom the county, he contributed to a fund to bring a suit against Houser and the court to prevent the payment of ille gal fees to others. The suit is known as Brownfield vs. Houser. There is a very labored effort fort to work up a little feeling, be cause the late Judge Martin was a member of the court when these enor mous fees were paid. No man had a higher regard for him than iuyself. He trusted Furnish, be lieving he would not impose on him and the other members of the court. Now, I leave the reader to judge whether their confidence was abused. There is not the slightest doubt in my mind but that Sheriff Furnish was Tennessee G. A. R. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 14-rhr Grand Army veterans of Tennessee began their nineteenth annual state encampment in Chattanooga today. Death is rapidly thinning the ranks of the veterans as is evidenced b the annual reports of the department officers. Tomorrow the visitors will spend the day on the famous battle fields of Lookout Mountain and Chick amagua. Notice to Voters. Registration books will be kept open, at the coun house, every even ing until 9 o'clock, until Thursday, .Vay loth, when the books will be closed at 5 p. m., and time for regis tration ends. Lost A gray mare, with roached mane, branded on left hip with helf circle over r;oss and a bay mare, branded with D on left shoulder and diamond on right shoulder. Suitable reward will be paid finder by return ing to T. TV. Arres' barn. Onroflerweair 3 -YOU CANT AFFORD TO IIS! V09C , This is a big department store sale, like yoa read about, where great values are offered for a little while to stimulate trade. Such unknown harsrains must be seen to be appreciated. Sale Begins lirarsday Moralig aid Closes Saturday Night 1 43 Can ycu afford to waste time making tHesc garments off-red at i Cents. Don't trust these cuts. Come and m the good. Lot 2 3 So trill dene for so littls nosey b a cnxvfl. The torments speik for thrm'elTC Linsn to their.. u,s Mh Sk ili ir S ill MM pff W yBL m A triumph .of modem industry. Take as may garments in this assortment a you wish, cieept the gowns. Onh- one to a customer. Lot 4 These pictures give hut a faint of the great values offered at this ale. Cbanees Wee this are seSdom found TaVe your chiice. 6?b Km if rcu ha-e any-'doutt about great value for littfe monejr, come and teg our goodt O-ty at this ale can yen get so gooc alae. Lttrrt nj!s nd I hi pes, 1 joa fill to wpply )-oorself now, yoa won't get another chaixe. Take a few while tber hit. nnininmiiinuiiiiimiimmuiniimillliilillll INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM FRANK WILLIAMS, OF ASH LAND, DOING GOOD WORK. Left a Bed of Sickness So That He Could Campaign for the Initiative and Referendum Thousanos of Tracts Are Being Distributed tor Education of Voters on Subject. Frank Williams, a politician known throughout the state, has left . hi, home In Ashland to come to Port land and advocate the adoption of the initiative and referendum amend raeat to the constitution. That Wil liams left a sick bed in order to urge the adoption of the proposed amend ment is sufficient proof of his earn est desire to see this innovation placed before the people. "For the first time." said Mr. Wil iiams "I am not talking for or acninst any political party, but am trietlv non-partisan in my wish to have the proposed initiative and re ferendum amendment adopted. 1 am nratified to see that the candi dates on all the tickets are advertis ing the initiative and referendum on their campaign cards. It hns al ways been a vote-getter. "I was told that there was no real need of coming to Portland, as there was no opposition to the amend ment. It isn't a question of no oppo sition, however, but a question of ex plaining the proposition to the peo ple. To adopt the amendment re quires votes. Thousands of little folders have been sent througbout the state, and they are being placed in the hands of the voter as rapidly as possible. When we nrst agitated the initia tive and rererendum four years ago we had rather hard sailing, but man aged to get the resolution passeo, through the legislature by getting the support of the country represent atives principally. The last time the legislature adopted it without opposi tion and with but one dissenting vote. The Direct Legislation League of Oitfeon. with whicn iir. Williams is affihiued, is distributing tracts with brief arguments in favor ol the initia tive and referendum. Extracts from this folder are as follows: "The Direct Legislation League of Oregon asks every voter in the state to study the proposed initiative and referendum amendment- to the consti tution, and the reasons why it should be adopted, printed herewith. It is almost unanimously approved by those who have studied it, regardless of their party, vocation or position in life. It has been indorsed and re commended to the people for adop tion by the state grange and by or ganized labor in its Federated Trades councils for many years past; by both the republican and democratic state conventions of 1900 and 1902; and the socialist convention of 1902; by United States Senators John H Mitchell and Joseph Simon, and near ly all the men prominent in the po litical life of Oregon, and by almost every newspaper in the state. "The constitution provides that 'if a majority of said electors (of the state; shall ratify the same, such amendment shall become a part or this constitution.' Lawyers disagree, but many say this means that a ma jority of all the voters must vote 'Yes,' or the amendment will be lost. That is to say, if 90,000 votes are cast, more than 45,000 will be neces sary for its adoption if none are cast against it. If every man who fa vors the amendment will not onl vote but work for it, the majorit will be so great that no question cau ever be raised. If you favor the amendment ask every friend you hav to vote for it. Be a committee ol one to stand at the polls all day and see that no voter forgets the amend ment." Some of the indorsements by prom inent citizens of the proposed amend ment follow: H. W. Scott The referendum is an obstacle to too much legislation; to surreptitious legislation; to legis lation in particular interests; to par tisan machine legislation and to boss rule. Xo predatory measure could be carried before the people. The legis lative lobbyist would be put out of business. George H. Williams The initiative and referendum amendment to the constitution is in the direction of a government of the people, by the peo ple, and for the people. A. L. Mills I heartily favor the in itiative and referendum amendment to the constitution for many reasons; but if for no other, because it will be possible then for cities and towns to make and amend their charters without the consent or interference of any party machine. Ben Selling I favor a trial of the initiative and referendum because I believe the courts of first and last re sort in a republic should be the "com mon people." Laws subject to tholr direct approval are less liable to be tainted with any suspicion of influ ence than those framed by any legis lative body. Young Bloods of Pendleton'!) that alwnjH look as if they camecct'oJ a bandbox MoulcVt tLiuk ofhaviur their linen or colored whirls done 4 anywhere but at the Dcmestie Lan dry. No rough edges, no Urn lutlca holes to annoy you, but the Vfry bet work in laundering that can te laid upon your shirt?, collnrs or cnOa in both color and finish. THE DOMESTIC UXM1 J. F. Robinson, Prop. Pendleton, I Have Sold Since Immigration Started, West 880 Acres of land. I stiL 1 au nine choice farms for salt. Thi3 week I can show as j; jd bar gains as I have lai .-amy list. City proptrU at a great sacrifice, both impiwed and unimproved. . Berke THE REAL ESTA'i , MAN. Savings Bank Ruilnin " ,i il.0t ley Mountrin Resort FOR SALE The celebrated "Bingham Springs,1 locatad in the Blue Mitrtains cn the Umatilla River, comjlete, with furniture, fixtures, stages and stoct Absolute control of five n 21es of best trout fishinc stream in C -econ. Will sell So acre tract inc.u .ing hotel grounds with water priv.ieges, or 56) acres, as desired; making ne stcci farm, controlling bie raree. OrwiB lease. Call on or address : Fant B. Clopton Pendleton, Oregon What Thin Folks Need. 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