GO VERNO R JUDSON
H A R M O N O F O H IO
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E y A . V. A'BE'RflETHy
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^ U L D U B C S , O.—[Special.]—
Wlien the bribery charges
y «pitInst members of tbo Ohio
general assembly exploded with
the suddenness and force of a bomb
and sent scores on a hunt for lawyers
Governor .ludson Uartnon took the
same view of the personality of guilt
that lie did when he reported to Pres
ident lioosevelt that I’nul Morton, n
member of his cabinet, had been guilty
of granting rebates while au officer
of the Santa Ko railroad. “Guilt is
always personal,” said Harmon to
Roosevelt, and he resigned his com
mission to Investigate rebating be
cause 1'eddy was Inclined to shield
Morton
A few hours after the bribery charges
were (lied the Ohio executive sent out
an order that no man should be spared
In the legislative boodllug investiga
tion Party and even personal friend
ships must be set aside, the governor
said, and the entire situation cleaned
up.
Throughout nineteen years of con
tinuous control Republican state ad
ministrations, when charges of Irreg
ularities were made Involving members
of their party, nssumed the attitude,
“They are our thieves, and we must
defend them.” There Is nn Ohio stat
ute which grants Immunity to every
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HON. JUDSON
HARMON,
one who testifies before a legislative
committee, and iTtls law together with
a whitewash brush, had prevented any
Repnbllean law violator trom being
haled before n court of Justice
Naturally there was a great rush by
distraught meinticrs for legislative
Immunity
Hut Governor Harmon
promptly pulled the plug ot the itu
inanity hnthtuh and prevented any
one battling In Hs soothing waters by
Insisting that no legislative investigat
ing committee bo appointed and that
tile Inquest of tbo grand Jury bo ihe
only probe
Indictments were returned against
»even members ol tile general nssem
lily and Hie sergeant-at-arms or Ihe
senate, and these eases will lake tue
some course as that of the most hum
ble citizen who becomes involved In
criminal charges A coterie ol Demo
ernts who had been lighting tile gov
ernor's bills were among thi members
mulcted
in less than three years nt ms ad
ministration Governor Harmon lias
made a record of accomplishment nu
paralleled lu tlie history of Ohio poli
tics. He has wrought more progress
for Ihe people than was accomplished
In the forty years that preceded him.
There has been written luto the stat
utes legislation that the enlightened
citizens bad been demanding and plead
lng for In vain for decades.
The supremely important achieve
meats of the Ohio Democracy under
the leadership of Governor Harmon
may be divided Into transactions and
legislations, first, for the elimination
of graft; second, such reform In the
tax' system us will protect the ta i
payer from ihe tax spender and will
compel coriHiratlons lu slop dodging
taxes and pay along with all Indi
vidual property owners; third, the ap
plication of business methods and
economy In public expenditures, and,
fourth the ennetment of purely non-
partisan laws for the benefit of the
entire people. Irrespective of political
parties? and designed to mHke rule by
In', rest seeking corporations extreme
ly difficult anti rule by the people easy.
After he became governor two years
«So Mr Harmon quietly began bis In-
> tivollon ot the methods by which
public money h id been loaned by Re
publican slate treasurers. He learned
■ hey pul Interest earnings In their
pockets There followed In rapid order
.nits against the estate and bondsmen
ol \v s McKinnon, former state treae-
o-ot tor SI 111.785 and Interest thereon;
g-tinst former State Treasurer I. B.
it,cron and his bondsmen for $21V
721 ninl interest thereon. They
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GOVERNOR
OF
OHIO.
Republicans. Another graft Investi
gation bronght forth the exposure,
prosecution and conviction of Mark
Slater, former Republican state print
er, on graft charges In lesser degree«;
the settlement of an Interest claim of
over $5,700 on funds carried In the
bank for former Republican State Au
ditor Walter D Gutlbert and the filing
of a claim for over $31.000 with the re
ceiver of a defunct bank at Columbus
ns an Interest charge on funds carried
In thm bank by Mr. Gutlbert as au
ditor
These revelations during the gover
luir’s first term awakened the civic
l msclence mid paved the way for bis
subsequent re-election. The Democrats
raptured ilic general assembly nt the
same lime
Then Governor Harmon renewed his
(Torts in tieli.'iIf of certain bills two
Itepiibilcan general assemblies denied
him
Ihe most notable achievement ac
eoinpllstiefl bv the executive during the
legislative session was tile enactment
ot ihe Wyman hill. Including the Ore
gun plan ot nominating and electing
United Stales senators.
A conference committee was appoint
ed lo frame a compromise senatorial
nomination and election bllL " I would
vote for ft Republlcun for Unit«)
fitatea senator If the people by tlirir
votes declared for a Hepuiill« an.' tin»
governor told tbls committer dur
ing the conference.
"1 would be
proud to do It. I would Hluiplj be
doing the will of the p«>|ile ** Our of
the committee suggeatrd the Oregon
plan was undemocratic. The executive
replied, “It’s the very essence of De
mocracy to put the government back
Into the bands of the peoplf and let
them say whom they wuut for Uultrd
States senator/'
Governor Harmon took a urw tack
and had a similar measure offered In
the house, the Wyman bill. That
body passed It and sent It to the ant
ate, where the governor finally k “'
sufficient Republican votes to s a v e it
Ohioans had demonstrations recent
ly that their judiciary, one of the most
sacred Institutions of a free govern
ment, had been invaded by party boss
es In their inordinate thirst for power
Instead of belug places where the peo
pie could turn to Invoke the penalties
of the crlmlua! statutes on those who
had offended certain courts were he
lng used, In cases where men of vnst
political power were concerned to
shield violators from the vengeance of
the law
BuMhe general assembly took a lom;
step forward from boss domination ot
the courts by enacting u bill provid
lng in the future that ull Ohio Judges,
from the dignified gowned Justices of
the supreme court down to the humble
laymeu who sit as Justices of the
peace, shall be elected on tickets ah
solutely free from party emblem or
device. Nominations may be made b\
conventions, but the power of bosses
to control nominations wus broken by
a clause In the bill whlcb says that
nominations may be made by pet I
tlons. There is not another such law
lu the United Btntea
Ohio has been hampered by fhe
crude, unwieldy machinery of a con
stltutlon whlcb was adopt«! in 1K.M
and the subject of making a new or
ganle law Is the biggest and most !m
portant proposition I hat has come he
fore a Buckeye general assembly In
many years. 8eifl*h hands were being
outstretched to gel control of the con
stltutlonul convention to be held In
1912 when Governor Hannon took
charge of the arrangements for It and
succeeded In getting through the gen
era! assembly a bill which will remove
the delegates from political Influence
and make them responsible to the peo
pie only. So well did he manage the
campaign that Ohio will set n prece
dent for all other states to follow when
they come to rewrite their organic law’s
Nominations of delegates wiB tie
made by petition only, and nominees
will be elected on ballots uhsolutel)
free from party device or emblem 01
any form of party designation
ihe
liquor question, whirl) has hern a sore
spot In Ohio for sixty years, will be
finally settled when the new constifu
tion Is adopted
The state when Governor Harmon
grasped the reins of government had
nineteen penal, reformatory and benev
olent institutions, with the r«»sponslhil
Ity of governing them divided among
olneteen separate boards of trustees,
three mem tiers to a board 1'hey were
so conducted as to secure neither econ
omy nor Ires! result«
These trusteeships »it honorable
positions and eagerly s o u l ' h i after. n«d
beeu used m s n sort of < m r. ncy ro pur
chase uoiultinMon.- mid to repay the
boys who bad delivered rofos in con
ventlons The trustees appointed sti
pertnteudents and ull anli» d.nates
and these puinblnpd to furnish tbp
dynamic power for tbo steam rollor
whlcb tbe late Murk Hnnua and Koss
George B. Cox uspd to crush tbe life
out of rebellions against tbe mle of
tbe G. O. I’, machine.
Governor Harmon’s idea was that
“tbe establishments wblcb a Christian
■tate maintains for charity are sacred
and tbat every selfish purpose sbonld
perish at tbelr doors.”
Acting on tbls principle, tbe governor
framed and forced through the general
assembly a bill placing all employees
of the Institutions ranking below su
perintendent under civil service rules
Tbs Dlneteen separate boards of trus
tees and nineteen stewards under this
law were legislated out of office, and
tha duties of rhe fifty-seven trustees
This Farm Rump Engine
No Weathor CoM Enough to Froozo It— No Nows Ton Long lar H to Work
At last we have found a pump engine tbat servaa all tbe needs of
the farmer and does It In the best possible manner. We investigated
n score or more different makes ana designs of portable engines to find
the one best suited for our customers. We selected ths Puller Ac Johnson
Farm Pump Eugine. It is the most wouderful portable engine made.
4 0 0 to 1 ,0 0 0 Gallons Par Hour
at any time or any place. Work« in any well, regardless of depth. T his term
bump engine completely solve« the perplexing problem of Watt
Supply for the farm in winter as well as summer. Pumps all tl
water needed for the house, dairy, barn, feed lot and pasture in a 1
few hours. Cost* less to operate than a tank heater and elimi
nates all bother and trouble.
FULLER
& JO H NSO N
PUnty of Powor for Comploto Wolor Syitom
Just the thing for
v o lu m e p u m p ,
pressure pump or
tank system.
P ftU o U d in U . S A J a n a lb . 1900.
Al*o D oiufoiou o f I'a u id n .Sap* 0 ,
Affords a m p l e
1810, a n d o th e r fo reig n couu U laa.
>wer for small
O th er p a te n ta a
lectric Lighting
Plant.
Works ditch pump and spraying outfits perfectly.)
K
H an dle et L ittle W o rk e r on th o F orm
Ensuring a reliable water supply for the farm la
but one of the ways the^arin Putpp Engine proves
Its superiority. It has pulley for running spy kind
of hand or foot power machinery. It helps the
women folks in the dairy and laandry. Runs the
lndstone. feed mill, fanning mill, etc., for the men.
ies the work of two extra hired men.
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•« V a C » . P ..m~
You have rea<1 a11
this engine In your Farm
Engine Running Volume Pump
Papers but you cannot fully realize what a won
derful little worker It Is until you see it In action. We show It at our exhibition rooms, doing
exactly the kind of work you would expect it to do on your farm. Bring in the whole family and
jouL it over. It is worth u special trip to town. Be sure and come in.
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W rits for Catalogue and Prices
Chambers Hardware Company
Eugene, Sole Agents for Lane County.
com|ii'lllu« all Ohio politleal divisions
to pun-base sneli supplies as they
need from Hu* penal Institutions
Employers und employers locked In
u struggle over a workingmen's c-om
pelisutlun act, a ml when It seemed
there would be no bill passed Gov
eruor Harmoq stepped in and acted as
arbitrator
a bill wa» finned ant)
drafted that bn« been approved hi
both employees and employers
The compulsory provisions wbtcb
made ihe New York acl unconatltu
tlonal were not Incorporated Into tbe
Ohio act. Instead tbe employer could
elect either to pay Into the compensa
tion fund or not to pay If be sbonld
not nvail himself of tbe law. however,
the employee may suo for damages for
Injuries, or his legal representative |n
case of deatb may maintain tbe nettop.
And in such suits the employer Is de
prived of tbe eommon law defense» of
lellow servant rule, nssumed risk srn
contributory neelteenee.
Silk Creek News.
r.loytl Owens is very sick- It is
thought to be inflainatory rheuma
tism.
Gladys Damewood visited at
the home of her grandparents last
week.
Bert Fawcett finished drilling a
well at his home the first of the
week.
Mrs. Burcham returned Satur
day from a visit to her friend, Mrs.
Tom Allen.
Geo. Gildersleeve and wife who
have been very sick with sore
throat are about again.
Many of our people attended the
Memorial services
at Cottage
Grove. They were excellent.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Babcock
returned Saturday evening from a
visit to friends in Lynx Hollow.
The young people's Missionary
Volunteer Society met F'riday
evening at ihe home of W. W.
Gildersleve.
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VEAL
HIDES
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...Apply To...
TH 0 S. PEARCE
SOME HARMON EPIGRAMS
Quilt 1« always personal.
I would vote for a Republican for United 8tates senator If tha peoplo
by their votes declared for a Republican, and I would bo proud to oodt*
for I would simply be doing the will of the people.
The party emblem In municipal elections it an aid to tha JfBGMUtt
and thoee who corrupt voter« and no holp to upright and InttlUffM f&a-
tort. Both parties would be better off if they were kapt out I T purify
municipal elections.
The people who support the government have to oconomlio. Why
should their public servants not do ths same?
It is not the existence or discovery of wrongdoing that brings sham#
to a state, but failure to put a stop to it.
We must make the state government more broadly usafulf for lit
powers are ample to grapple with many thing« which have badh daval-
oped by new conditions.
Thera can ba no relief so long as the interests whioh profit through
tariff laws are allowed to frams'them.
A lawyer'« honor is his crown, and no hand but his own oan over dis
crown him.
N o W e H .Too. D e e p f o r
Music Lesions.
Stringed and Band Instruments.
Leave orders at the Wave.
M il o O . R o a c h .
C qoi )
Business Proposition.
For sale^a good well drilling
rig on trucks, ill good condition,
gasoline power, 300-foot capacity,
drills 3 and 4 inch holes. All tools
necessary.
Inquire of the Co
operative Realty Co.
For sale— 480 acres of laud suit
able fqr stock, sawmill, farming
and fruit. It joins the Milwaukee
Orchard Co A trout stream and
a lot of springs on the place.
Would make a fine home.
80
acres fenced, log house, barn,
graiuery, wagon shed, chicken
house. $16 per acre. $2000. Terms
on balance.
S. F. Jackson, Lo-
rane, Oregon.
AS
ns«
as wxr.L
KODAKS
V O TO S.
placed lb a single board of four,
while a single fiscal agent replaced tha
nineteen stewards.
Tbe advantage of purchasing sup
for all Institutions In bulk and
redaction In employeea will save
katate $500,000 a year. This law
possible to utilise tbe work
and also creates a market
manufactured prodints by
and all sup
plies for all
kodaks
Schwarzscbild's Book Store:
EUGENE. OREGON
Harry II. Collier has been elect
ed a member of the executive com
mittee of the American Poultry
Association. This is the first time
that a poultryinan from tbe Pacif
ic Coast has ever been on the
board. The new officers as elect
ed were as follows:
Reese V. Hicks, president; S. J.
Hooper, Texas and L. 1). Audiger,
Tennessee, vice presidents.
S. T. Campbell, Ohio, secretary.
The executive committeemen were
Chas. M. Bryaut, Massachussetts,
Harry H. Collier, Tacoma, Wash
ington aud liarl Hemmeuway,
Michigan.
The annual meetiug for 1911
will be held at Denver, Colorado,
during the second week in August.
This is the fartherest west that the
American Poultry Association has
ever met-
Speaking of his election Mr,
Collier says:
“ This is the first time that the
coast was ever recognized by the
American Poultry Association and
we certainly appreciate the honor.
Washington is getting a reputation
in poultry second to no state in
the union when population is con
sidered. This climate is ideal for
poultry aud we should be export
ing instead of importing products.
“ J shall do njy best to firing tha
American Poultry Association's
annual meetiug to Sail Francisco
during ihe Pacific Panama expo
sition. 1 suppose that the organi
zation will go to either Boston,
Massachussetts or Alauta, Georgia,
next summer. The poultry men
vote by mail and it will be up to
the membership to settle nil meet
ing places as well as officers.
“ When I go to Denver I will
certainly let people know that
Washington aud Oregon are on
the map.
Mr. Collier has been engaged to
judge the following poultry shows
this fall and winter: Salem State
fair; Oakland, Calif., Bellingham,
Wash-, Petaluma, Calif., Twin
Falls, Idaho., Pomeroy, Wash.,
Port Townsend, Wash., Kenne
wick, Wash., Missoula, Mont.,
Jerome, Idaho, Wendell, Idaho.
These shows will l>e judged in the
order named.
Lorane Items.
To my large stock of phouo-
graph good, l have added a line
Crops are in fine condition.
of Victor Talking Machines aud
Miss O’Mara attended the box
records. Von are cordially in
vited to call at my store and hear social recently.
records made by the world’s
Mrs. Singlebaugb, of Milwaukee
greatest artists, played on the
Victrola, the king of entertainers. is visiting her son.
Miss F.ffie Crow left last week to
M a r io n V k a t c h .
attend the Rose Carnival in Port
land.
Miss Isabella Billings has just
returned from a visit with her
brother in Eugene.
The box social given at I.oraue
T I M E T A B L E NO- 5
very recently
was a decided
T o T a k e E f f e c t J u n e 19 1 9 0 9
success. A musical and literary
F . BOUND
W. BOUND program was rendered verv ably
No. 1.
No. 2.
by various members of the Grange
A. M. MS.
STATIONS
Lodge.
After the entertainment,
7..40
..Ly, C o t t a g e ( '. r o v e A r . I2.no J. D.
Humphrey auctioned the
7 .5 0 .4.5
11.25
II.If. baskets which brought a substan
7.5*4 0 .7
11. (W
12.5
10.40 tial sum.
Mr. Darling, secretary
10. A4
8 .5 0 1.4.5
*4.05 1 5 .9
10.28 of the Orchard company gave a
9 .1 5
10.15
9 .4 8 20
10.00 short talk on the plaus of the com
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pany. He also answered several
Subject to change without notice.
All outward freight shipped only at questions in regard to the prospect
the joint risk of shippers and consignee. of a railroad passing through the
Stage leaves Disston after arrival of valley.
O.
S. E. R. R.
Company
train on Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day for Orseco, returning on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
Freight will not l*e received at the O.
& S. K. R. R. Depot after .S p. in. To
insure forwarding on next train freight
must lie delivered in ample time to per
mit of its being hilled.
A. B . l r t ) O D , M an ag er
S. P. Ry. Time Table
h muon o a tcbb
BEEN ELECTED.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
W E S T S ID E
• o rm ai
COLLIER HAS
NORTH BOUND.
No. lo ____ ___________ 1 ;48 a. m.
No. 20____ _________ 3.56 p. m.
No. 18
.........................11:02 a m.
I have two good houses in the
prettiest location in Cottage Grove,
now paying 10 per cent on the in
vestment, aud I offer them on that
margin and will guarantee them
to pay 10 per cent. Who wants to
make some easy money?
The
property is worth nearly double
what I will ask for it.
The Main Collection Agency,
D. A. Hendricks, Mgr,
With Hemenway fk Lockwood.
Piano coupous at the I.eader of
fice. livery subscription payment
15........... .. __ _____ 1:26 a. m. or order for joh printing entitles
17............... _______ 10:27 p. m. you to tickets on Metcalf & Prunds
13............... ___ ____ 6:42 a. m. piano at the Leader office.
11............... ________ 3:02 p. m.
Stock salt 60c per 100 pounds:
G. F. King. Agent,
j I-eslie’s granulated dairy salt 60c
Cottage Grove, Oregon. I per 5 0 pound sack.
SOUTH BOUND.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Ten Per Cent Money
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