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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1922)
PAGE EIGHT iERCE ASKED POINTED QUERIES BY BRENTANO To the Editor: Inclosed letter i was sent, by registered mall, to ex-Senator Pierce at La Grande, Ore. I wish you would kindly pub lish It John F. Theo B. Brentano. St Paul, Or., Oct. 24, 1922. Hon. Walter M. Pierce, La Grande, Ore. . Honorable Dear Sir: The pamphlet containing your platform baa been received. In looking it over I find that v you strive to make the voters of Oregon believe that the only question is that of taxation. You are however not unmindful of the ! Ku Klux vote and throw them a , very broad bint that they can de- pend on you. That Is Jhe only way . I can understand It You are certainly right when yon say that taxes are excesaive. In looking over the records of this state I find that you have been a senator from Jan. 1917 to ' Jan. 1921. I find that during that period there have been five elec- tlons at which the voters were asked to vote on constitutional amendments and measures. In the senate, at the regular session Jan uary 1919, I find that SB276 was introduced calling a special elec : tion on June 3rd 1919 on consti tutional amendments and meas ures, and that you voted for this bill. (See page 316, senate Journ ai.j wny, it you are such a friend of the taxpayer, did you vote to add this to the burden of the taxpayer? This election was called to vote on the nine consti tutional amendments and ineas- -.. ures, nothing else. It was a epe clal election and nothing else. The taxpayers had the heavy costs of this election because you helped to lay the load on them. Another ' matter in connection with this is section 4103 (0. 0. L.) which provides that the sec rotary of state shall publish a vot- ' er's pamphlet containing all the proposed amendments and meas ures to be voted on, together with arguments for, or against, them that may be offered by parties In terestedv I quote from said section 4103: "But in every case the per son or persons offering such ar guments for printing and distri bution shall pay to the secretary cf state sufficient money to pay all the expenses for paper and printing to supply one copy with ' every copy of the measure to be ; printed by the state," You violat ' d this section 4103 by making the taxpayers pay for the paper and printing. Are you the taxpayers friend? You did more. You voted to have arguments printed, at the expense cf the state, In favor of the af ; flrmatlve only; but anyone who was against any of these meas ures, you had no space for him In the pamphlet. More than that, Mr. Pierce, you voted to have com mittees appointed to write argu ments In favor of'those tax eat ing measures; but not one againBt them. The connequence was that, while the voters pamphlets con tained articles in favor of these tax eating bills, not a word was said against them. A good deal is said by the friends of these tax eating laws about the people voting for these taxes. Why shouldn't they when these arguments in favor of these tax eating bills go into the homes of thousands and thousnnds at the expense of the state. It la said that these pamphlets are not read by the voters and have no influ ence. If so, why did you put the state to this expense? Are you the taxpayers friend? For your convenience I will here draw your attention to the pages in the' senate Journal, where your vote may be found, S. J. 11. 11 page 147. H. J. n. 20 page 277, II. J. R, S3 page 279, S. ' J. It. 25 page 313, H. J, It. 31 page S20, H. B. 147 page 291, S. B, 266 page 315, S. B. 269 page 323 and B. B. 283 page 317. You voted for all these propos ed measures, excepting H. J. R. II whore you voted "Nay" and for the Roosevelt highway, where you were discreetly absent. Yet in S. B. 276 you voted to submit these two to the voters also. You think so much of the dear farmer and, taxpayers In your speeches. If so, why did you help call this special election when the farmer was too busy to attend? It is a well known fact that the farm ers stay at home when the elec tion in called In the spring. At this election only 90,877 votes were cast, which was the smallest In twenty years. This letter will be sent to your address at La Grande, Oregon; It will be published and I trust you will explain to the voters. Yours respectfully, John F. Theo B. Brentano. P. S. This letter is sent you by registered mail. J. F. T. B. B. Our ewa opinion is that the kan garoo is just one of nature's abor tive efforts to produce safe ped Mirum. Hartmaxi's Glasses Easier tsA Setter. Wear tla svni to. wm mmsm FOH DALLAS MAYOR Dallas, Oct 27. A body of representative business and pro fessional men of Dallas met at the commercial club rooms Wednes day evening and nominated and endorsed a complete city ticket for the coming election from may or to five councilmen. The pro posed charter amendments were also endorsed at the meeting. A committee of three business men, H. A. Joslln, . A. Gwlnn and Conrad Stafrln, were appointed to attend to the publicity depart ment and were instructed to see that a ticket reached all the vot ers of the city. Walter Muir, a well known bus iness man of Dallas, received the unanimous vote of the meeting for the position of mayor. He has served as councilman for a num ber of years. For councilman at large C. B. Sundberg, manager of the local telephone company, received the unanimous vote of those present Other endorsements were as fol lows: Councilman of 1st ward, H. H. Rich; 2nd ward, John Allgood; 3rd ward, C. N. Bilyeu; 4th. ward Hugh H. Black. CURTIS L. HUBBARD POLK PIONEER DEAD Dallas, Oct 27. Curtis L. Hub bard, one of the old time residents of Polk county, died at the Dal las hospital at 6 ' o'clock Thurs day morning as a result of his third paralytic stroke, being stricken with the third one Just a week prior to his death In his apartments in the Stafrln build ing. He was discovered by friends in a precarious condition at that time and was Immediately "remov ed to the hospital. Mr. Hubbard was born In the Bridgeport section in this county on June 11, 1855, and at the time of his death was 67 years, 4 months and 15 days of age. He is survived by a widow from whom he has been separated for a number of years; two daugh ters, Mrs. Walter Campbell and Miss La Verna Hubbard, both of Portland; two brothers, John Hub bard of McMlnnville and Douglas Hubbard of Dallas. Funeral services will be held Friday from the Chapman & Hen kle chapel in Dallas, Interment taking place la the Odd Fellows cemetery. MORE ABOUT THE KLAN (Continued from Page One.) all teachers of the Catholic faith from positions in the ,, public schools. The campaign was one of the bitterest ever fought In Eu gene and resulted in Ray's defeat by decisive vote. .Mrs. Shinn was not up for re-election. " Hospital Is Target. Further Impetus was given to the religious controversy by the deliberate attack of the klan on tfoe Mercy hospital, a Cutholic Institution which had been fill ing the ihoHpital needs of the com munity satisfactorily for many years. Klan Influences were be hind the purchase of delinquent tax receipt of the hospital and the attempt to fo.-eclose on these receipts. When the hospital au thorities petitioned the county oourt for exemption from taxation on the grounds of being a Charlt able institution the court, upon first advices froirf the district at torney, granted the exemption pe tition, but later (it is claimed through klan influence) reversed itself when the district attorney rendered a second opinion advis ing against the exemption. Ficht University- The most damaging result of the klan in Eugene, however, has been the disruption of the unity with whlrti the community stood be- Ihlnd the University of Oregon Previous to the entrance of the klan the entire community was as a unit in support of the university and its activities and needs. Nor was tbja cooperative spirit im paired immediately by the estab llKhnient of the klan In the city. At first the klan catered to the university faculty members and sttudents and succeeded in enroll ing a few of them as members, but their meagre success there, coupled with reports that uni versity officials were openly dis couraging affiliation of students or faculty members with the klan MEADOW LAWN DAIRY Thone 90F12 Inspect our dairy. Tne state I aspect or says ''It's one of the best In the state. Investigate the source of your milk. Capital Junk Co. WANTS AU kinds of junk and second-hand goods. We pay full value. 215 Center Street Phone 393 ted to place the school in dis favor wiOh the Knights of te Knlghtle. . Condemnation of the university as a pro-Catholic insti tution employing mostly Catholic Instructors and attended largely by : Catholic students has been consistently voiced by the klans men ever (since. The fact that less than 5 per cent of the instructors and fewer than 7 per cent of the students at the university are Catholics is carefully concealed by the pillow cased propagandists, who continue to berate the university for the al leged pro-Catholicism of tihe stu dents it turns out and the purport ed Catholic sympathies of its ad ministrative officers. Carefully analyzed, their opposition to the university appears to be based on the fact that it has refused to be Ku Kluxed, and that a goodly share of those fighting the klan throughout the state are former university students. Elks Lodge SUnzed. Whatever may be its reasons in attacking the university, the klan has succeded in so prejudicing public opinion in Eugene that for the first time in history there is a recognized anti-university senti ment of considerable proportions existing in Eugene. Other evidences of the discord ant note sounded by the Kluxers in Eugene are the disruption of the chamber of commerce by sus picion and distrust engendered by the klan, and the wrecking of the Elks lodge there as a social organ ization. The Kluxing of the Elks has been complete and from a gathering place of practically all of tihe business and commercial men in Eugene it has deteriorated to little more than a meeting place for klansmen. Through manipu lation the Kluxers have gained en tire control of the lodge. B. F. Doris, Major Wihite and Clyde Flsk, the three directors of the lodge are all recognized klansmen and the secretary, J. E. Turnbull, is one of the most active of the klan leaders. Yellow Ticket loses. With its activities directed by amateur politicians tihe klan did not cut much of a figure in the primary election of last May, and it is doubtful if the yellow ticket iBsued in Lane county influenced the result of tihe balloting mudh in either direction. With Hall, Olcott and Bean all strong con tenders, Hall carried the county with a plurality of 122 over 01 cott. But in every other contest on the state republican ticket the Klux candidates were defeated, Hoff running a bad second to Ryan for treasurer, Thiehoff plac ing second by 900 votes for public service commissioner, and Fithian falling short of Williams some 600 votes in the contest for national committeeman. For state representative, F. L. Chambersand H. C. Wheeler car ried the Ku Klux endorsement successfully through the voting, but the third place went to Ben F. Keeney, despite the opposition of the nightshirt gang, and E. D. Cuatck of Albany rode into the nomination for joint senator from Linn and Lane counties without flaunting either pillowcase or bed sheet. Democrats Kluxed. Their failure to Ku Klux the republican party in that section of the state accounts, in a large measure, for the present strength of the klan there. No sooner had the primary passed into history Mian the democratic county war- horses, scenting an opportunity to bolster up their ineffective minor ity at the expense of the G. O. P., began to flirt with the be-hooded dictators. Almost immediately new faces and new influences be gan to appear in the klan ranks. Kv, irJntjnKi-tJJ ro CONSTIPATION BILIOUSNESS Headache INDIGESTION Stomach Trouble SOLD EVERYWHERE- L.M.HUM Care ot Yick So Tong Chinese Medicine and Tea Co. has medicine which will cure any known dia . ease. Not open Sundays 15S South High Street Salem. Oregon, Phone 28 WANTED Beef, Hogs, Calves, Sheep, live or dressed; also chick ens, Eggs and Butter; best cash price paid. PEOPLE'S Meat Market 155 N. liberty Street. Phone 894 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, . SALEM, OREGON Here it would be Interesting to note the changes is the person nel of the klan that had taken place since the compiling of the membership list seized in the Los Angeles raid on coast Ku Klux headquarters, printed in Tne p ital Journal yesterday. Early in Uhe summer the Eugene klan Has making a strong campaign for new blood and additional membership fees. All of the old tricks of the invisible empire were brought , out, dusted off and put into action. In cluding the open air Initiations around the fiery cross. It was Im mediately following one of these sessions on the hillside Dear Springfield that the following list of names was picked up on the spot where the meeting had been held by three girls who bad wit nessed the entire ceremony from a nearby point of vantage. List Found on EilL The roll call of the meeting was by numbers, and the list is, there fore, reproduced exactly as it read: 1 Swartz. 2 Harlow. 1 , 3 Peterson. 4 L. Martin. ' 5 Cyr. 6 Metcalf. 7 Olsen. 8 Burgoyne. 9 McPiherson. . 10 Woods. 11 Love. 12 Jennings. 13 John Patterson. 14 -Hotter, Bill. is (?) 16 S. (7) Marshal. 17 Rowling. 18 Ford. 19 Doris. 20 Fiek. 21 Wing (Jean (Ford Garage) 22 Herald White. . 23 R. W. Earl. 24 R. G. (?) Martin. ; ' 25 Harry Anderson. '26 Obak Wallace. 27 R. E. Stevens. ' , - 28 Dempsey. 29 Chess. Piano and Phonograph Prices Cut 'Balance of piano and phonograph stock of Geo. C. Will to be closed out at ridiculous prices. New phonographs, old nationally adver tised line cut one half. $1 down buyg any phonograph, $5 down buys any piano. Good pianos ffor as low as $89. Finer ones 1165 up. Sale soon closes. GEO. C. 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I r.moT. all doubt aa to raanlta by agreeing to refund your f m if I ail Is cor tout Pile. Write or call to. Ur for mr FREE booklet. DR. CHAS. J. DEAN tNP AND MORRISON P0RTLAND.ORC6QN MENTION THIS PAPER WHEN WHITING Al Krause The Shop of New Ideas OFFERS Overcoats $20.00 Extra Good SHIRTS $1.50 385 State Street OXFORDS the Newest styles? In Brown and Black Kid Calf Leathers Moderately priced from $4.50 to $8.50 76 F. S. Dunn. 7 James Dawson. 77 Mike Gross. 78 Homer Rowling;. 79 -C. A. Koepp. 80 John Marx. As was the case In other parts of the state, the failure of the ticket to successfully weathered the primary election, in dicating that the puDllc generj did not care to be Kluxea, -iJt-ri in th subordination of the klan as a political unit and the appear ance of several "lnaepenaeni ronl.atlnnQ tn fldVOCate the Candi- dacies of the various klan candi dates and the compulsory scnooi hill. Talk of launching independ ent candidates was rife and con tinued until the Ku Kluxing or Miiniv rlftmncratic central committee was aecomplished. The county committee then filled tne vacancies on its ticket with can didates sanctioned by the klan and favorable to the school bill, and all talk independent Ku Klux candidates ceased. In Lane county the school bill is the sole and only issue of the present campaign and candidates are going to win or lose there on their attitude toward that meas ure. (Tomorrow The Klan In Jack son County.) H EAD COLDS . Melt in spoon; inhale vapors; apply freely up nostrils. 0 VapoRub Oiw Million Jm Uted Yearly THE Overcoat You Promised Yourself Last winter you prom ised yourself it get a new made-to-measure overcoat with those deep collars and roomy pock ets. It's time to keep that promise and you'll find here the greatest selec tion of , materials, just the kind you had in mind come in today and look them over, you'll surely find just the material and style you want. Scotch Woolen Mills " 426 State Street V . FRIDAY. DADD &, BUSH BANKERS- ESTABLISHED 1863 GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS Office Hours from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. ' Compulsory Shall I Vote Yes or No? Hear W. F. Martin of Portland SUNDAY EVENING at 8:00 o'clock At Salem Armory Then Decide the Question on Its Own Merits All Invited Seats Free Paid Adv. by Western Oregon Religious Liberty Association, Portland, Ore. MOL AS-O-MEAL $42.00 Per Ton The feeding time is here. The prices of all feeds is advancing. . Every dollar saved in buying before further advance in price means just that much profit later on. Molas-O-Meal will make more milk and butter fat than any other dairy feed at an equal price. At this price it will pay every user of cow feed to store up a supply for winter use. CHARLES R. ARCHERD IMPLEMENT CO. 210 State Street I Scientific Fitters REPRESENTATION Good Goods are recognized by their representation; Walk-Over Shoes are represented in 102 countries throughout the world, having the largest distribution of any shoe manufactured. , John J. Rottle, the Walk-Over man in your town, chose Walk-Over from a large variety of lines because he knew that you could get more for your money than in any other make. We can fit any foot from 4A width to F; the largest range of sizes in "the city, with scientific fitters at your service. Let us prove to you the meaning of guaranteed satisfaction. John J. Rottle 167 N. Live Styles UNITED ARMY STORES We Have Just Bought for the Salem Store . 1 00 Army O. D. Overcoats to sell at the exceptionally low price of $G 75. Reclaim u w 6Cfc tt XT t - . . 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