The Monmouth herald., August 19, 1910, Image 2

The Herald
D. E. STITT, Editor.
Entered as second-class matter September 8. 1908,
at the pot office at Monmouth. Oregon, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
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FRIDAY, AUG. 19, 1910.
A DANGEROUS MEASURE
Of the various meiisures to be
voted upon at the November
flection, there is one named the
"Home Rule Hill" that should
receive careful attention before
voting for it to become a low.
It is designated as follows:
"For constitutional amend
ment giving to cities and towns
exclusive power to license, regu
1,-te, control, suppress or prohibit
the sale of intoxicating liquors
within the municipality."
This is a bill calculated to
give cities and towns a measure
of power far beyond their im
portance, as it will place such
corporations above the authori
ty of state and county organiza
tions in regard to the regulation
of the liquor traflic within their
borders.
In the order of government, if
it be a kingdom, first there is a
king, then the ollicial import
ance descends until the lowest
office in the kingdom is rilled,
each having its importance, and
each ollicial operating by au
thority of the king, yet tlio king
is supreme. If it be a republic,
then the people are supreme in
their power and they make reg
ulations whereby authority is
vested, granting to each individ
ual as well as to each corpora
tion protection in their rights
and all the privileges afforded
in the republic, but the seat of
authority still rests in the whole
nation.
Now to get a plain conception
of conditions as they will obtain
under this proposed measure, if
it carries, just think of a mon
arch delegating authority to one
of the baliffs of his lowest court,
to the extent of placing him in a
position above his sovereign, or
where the sovereign authority
can no longer control the sub
ject it would trove suicidal to
his authority.
Now let us examine condi
tions as they will obtain under
a republican form of govern
ment: The people embraced in
the territory governed constitute
the nation, and their expressed
will, behind which stands the
armed strength of the nation, is
the authority. In the case of
our own country it is com
posed of states; the states are di
vided into counties, and coun
ties contain precincts, cities and
towns.
Now the proposition is sub
mitted asking th voters., of the
.ate to delegate certain authori
ty to the cities and towns where
by they can regulate their own
affairs as to the trallic in intoxi
cating liquors, independently of
any authority outside their own
corporate limits. To delegate
such power is to put the town
in a position where the state
cannot reach it, and while the
voters of a state might delegate
the power, Uncle Sam may have
a word to say, and perhaps con
ditions might arise where it
would be necessary for him to
do as he did with the Southern
states when they seceded bring
them back into the Union
There can be no division of
supremacy; either the state or
the town must be in command,
which shall it be?
The state is a corporation and
the city or town is only a, part,
and in most cases onlv a small
part at the most; the state and
counties come in as paymasters
in the matter of costs arising
from the prosecution of criminals
whether in towns or otherwise,
and it is a well known fact that
drink and drunkenness is a
mighty factor in the production
of crime, hence, this measure
places cities and towns in a po
sition to foster crime, while the
tax-payers outside the cities and
towns must help pay cost aris
ing from prosecution of crimes
paused by drink, while they have
no voice in the matter and this
is taxation without representa
tion, and that is what made our
forefathers rebel against British
rule.
When we consider the relation
existing between the state and
its cities and towns it will cer
tainly be best to have the latter
remain in their present relation
to the state.
It is a wilful proposition
which is being advocated, one
that is born in ungoverned lust
and to have been, at all consid
erate in the matter, its advocates
ought to have asked the privi
lege of paying for all the costs
and losses that arise from drunk
enness within the cities and
towns.
Why Not Start The Banks?
For a measure which had ad
ministration support in its crea
tion, the postal savings bank law
is tardy in emerging from infant
form. Congress provided a small
appropriation for commencing
the work, $100,000 to cover this
year, but explanations commonly
urged by administration lieuten
ants have not much utilized this
excuse. Lack of specific plans,
desire for a protracted period of
experimentation, and similar ex
planations have been common,
and during the waiting period
that has already elapsed, there
was no tangible effort other than
might be deduced from a pleasure
trip of Postmaster-General Hitch
cock to Europe. First the banks
were to be tried in some small
offices, and then finally Mr.
Hitchcock said that New York
and a few large cities would get
the initial tests.
Important business enterprises
warrant deliberation, where any
large element of pioneering is to
be done. In this case, postal
savings banks exist in numerous
places, and have for years. The
statue providing for the banks in
America is quite detailed and
specmc.in respect to all essen
tials. Except in the matter of
devising a satisfactory system of
bookkeeping, opening quarters
in postoffices already built, secur
ing competent help for the instl
tutions, and other, incidentals of
the most trivial nature, there is
nothing clear to the public which
should prevent inaugurating the
new banking regime to the ex
tent that the Congressional ap
propriation will cover.
Postal savings banks will ap-
! peal to a worthy class of deposit
ors. The examples of misman
agement and loss which have
occurred at intervals among
America's , private institutions,
connot be forgotten. Many per
sons do not bank their savings.
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When she was born 11 sisters
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For Sale
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ofW. D. Edwards, at Butler
place, one mile south and one
mile west of Monmouth.
Church Directory.
Evangelical Church
L. C. Hoover, Pastor
Morning service at 11:00 o'clock
Evening service at 7:00 o'clock
Sunday School at 10:00 a. nu
Y. P. A. Meeting at . 6.30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening".
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
W. A. Wood, Pastor.
Morning Service at 11. a. m.
Evening Service at 7:00 p. m.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Y. P. S. C. E. 6:30 p. m.
rrayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
W. C. T. U.
Local Union meets every sec
ond and fourth Friday in the E
vangelical church at 2:g0 p. m.
Polk County Bank
Established 1889
Monmouth,
Oregon
Paid Capital, - . - $30,000.00
Surplus & Undivided Profits, $11,000.00
Transacts a General Banking Busi
ness Under State Supervision
Officers and Directors -
J. H. HAWLEY, President; J. B. V. BUTLER, Vice
President; IRA C. POWELL, Cashier: J. B.
STUMP, F. S. POWELL, I. M. IMPSON.
Interest paid on time deposits.
HOTEL MONMOUTH
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This hotel has lately been refurnished throughout.
It is our aim to please the public by giving them
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Monmouth, - Oregon