The Estacada news., April 16, 1908, Image 5

The Estacada
No. i8, Vol. 4
N e w s -S u p p le m e n t
Estacada, Oregon, Thursday, April 16, 1908
CORRUPTION ONLY IS
OPPOSED TO STATEMENT I
n ot influenced b y greed and selfishness
th at it is his d u ty to h im self and to the
state to u ph ol 1 th e system w h ich state­
m ent No. 1 stands for and to strik e down
the old system b y le ttin g th e people elect
the U. S. sen ator b y and th ru statem ent
N o. 1. W h o are the real m en behind
this m ovem ent? A re th ey n ot, as a rule,
m en w ho have, d ire ctly o r in d ire ctly pro-
fitted by th e old m ach in e system and
w h o h ave m ade th is state, on th e subject
$1
a Year
In February 1907 the Estacada
State Bank purchased lot 8 and the
I£ast half of lot 5 in bock 1 ^4 of
Couch’s Addition to the city of
Portland at £26,000. Last week
the bank sold the east half of lot 5,
which is exactly one third the area
of t ie property purchased, for $13,
243 cash.
Political Debauchery, Bribery, Treason of People and Every and line of electing U. S. Senators
stand corruptly as high as Penn­
The Western Banking Company
Other Legislative Crime in Fight to Down People’s
sylvania, Rhode Island and Dela­ has purchased a No 2 Fay & Enger
Right to Name U. S. Senator
Is there a n y le gitim ate a rg u m e n t a-
g a in st statem ent N o. i?
D o w e w an t to
g o back to th e old con tests in w h ich sen­
ators h ave b te n elected in th e states of
th e U nited States, and w h ich b ro u gh t
lc stin g d isgrace and d ish on o r upon m en
o th erw ise sta n d in g h ig h in th eir different
sta tes and com m u n ities.
It is con ceded th at th e con gress o f the
U n ited S tates and th e S tates w ill not
m ak e a n y ch an ge in th e co n stitu tio n of
th e U. S. relative to th e m eth od o f e le c t­
in g U. S. Senators; th e o n ly w a y th a t a
ch an ge can be b ro u g h t abou t is un der
so u ; system as now e x ists in th e state of
O regon . S en ator B ourne was e lected U.
S. S en ator in a q u iet, peaceable and m o­
ral w ay, reflectin g no d iscre d it upon any
m em ber o f the legislatu re, b ut in fa c t re­
flectin g grea t cred it upon it and on the
people of th e state of O regon .
O n th e o th er han d un der the old m a ­
ch in e system , look back to th e con test of
1895, a con test w h ich con tin ued 40 days
and 40 n igh ts. M oney w as used, m an y in
to x icate d and d ru n k around th e capitol
and h otels, patron age traded off, votes
b o u gh t, m en sta n d in g h ig h in th e state
resorted to a ll k in d s o f corrup tion and
im m oral a c tiv ity to b r in g success to a
p articu lar in d ivid u al w h o th ey cham pion
ed. T h is in a cap ital of a g rea t state.
W h a t k in d o f a lesson are such m eth od s
and exam p les, to th e hundreds o f y o u n g
m en w ho frequen t th e le g islativ e h alls
d u rin g th e sts u o n o f th e legislatu re, say
n o th in g o f th e d em o ra lisin g influence on
and o ver th e iu d ivid u als w ho are d irect
participan ts in su ch m eth od s and pro­
ceedin gs. L o o k b ack to th e h old -u p ses­
sion of 1897.
R e c a ll th e strife, the c o r­
ru ption , th e b ro k en prom ises, th e b rib ­
e ry , practiced on b oth sides. L e gislatio n
a b so lu tely retarded fo r 40 days; 1 branch
of the legislatu re fa ilin g to organ ize and
approp riations for th e support o f state in ­
stitu tion s w ere held up, p ra c tic a lly choas
and revolu tion ; th e E ld rid g e b lo c k w ith
iis w om en and w ine and to u c h o f h igh
life th row n in on th e sid e.
W h a t fair-
m ind ed citizen of O regon , w h o has a n y
;e ,ard for th e good nam e of his state and
its Civic v irtu e, w ou ld care to go b ack to
these scenes and to th is system .
T h e re
b e in g no election in 1897, th e g o v e rn o r
o f th e state appoin ted th e late H . W .
C o rb ett as U. S. Sen ator. T h is gen tlem a n
a m an w h o had m ade a g re a t success in
com m ercial life, and in m an y oth er field,
accepted th e a ppoin tm en t and w e n t to
W ash in gto n w ith cred en tials from the
g o v e rn o r o f this state and w as undoubted
ly h um iliated to say n o th in g about the
tremenc’ o is strain u p o n th is old m an, by
b ein g refused his seat b y the U. S. senate.
A t th e e x tra session o f th e legislatu re
o f 1898 M r C o rb ett was again a cand id ate
w h en a noth er b itter con test ensued th at
resulted in m uch illfe e lin g and bitterness
th ro u gh o u t the state, w h ich fin ally en d ­
ed in M r. C o rb e tt’s w ith d raw al and the e-
lection o f Joseph S im on , w h o , h ow ever,
m ade an e x c e lle n t, h onorable and cred it­
able senator.
In 1901 th e old m ach in e m ethods w ere
revived a gain in th e state.
Mr. Corbett
b e in g a can d id ate and sen ator M cBride
b ein g a can d id ate fo r reelection . T h is
con test con tin u ed for 40 d ays, resu ltin g
in th e greatest corrup tion and d em orali­
zation and ended in the election of M r.
M itch ell at 12 o ,c lo c k on th e e v e n in g of
th e last d ay o f th e session.
I t is a m atter of com m on k n o w led ge
th at som e m en cou ld h ave received as
h igh as £10,000 to £15,000 apiece fortli**ir
votes in th is con test, say n o th in g about
the trades and corrup tion in th e d istrib u ­
tion of th e F ed eral offices and patronage.
I p e rso n a lly k n o w o f one m an on the last
e v e n in g o f th e session w h o w as paid £100
for each v o te th at he cast and k ep t under
th e in fluen ce of liq u or to d em oralize his
m ind and to d estroy his con scien ce. T h is
m an w as a represen tative o f th e people of
this sta te and took an oath to supporttlie
con stitu tion and law s o f th e state, and
y e t, un der th e co rru p tin g influence o f the
old rotton m ach in e system , and m ethods
of e le c tin g U. S. senators, th is man lost
selfrespect and a ll regard fo r his d uty
and as soon as th e roll w ou ld be called
and he v o ted , he w ould leave his seat,
w a lk in to th e cloa k room and g e t his £100
in paper m on ey, and an e x tra d rin k of
w h isk y and return to con tin u e servin g
the people o f a g rea t state in th is m an n er
and w ay .
T h is is o n ly one in stan ce.
T h ere is a n o th er in stance of w here a m an ’s
v o te on th a t n ig h t, w as ch an ged from
one can d id ate to anoth er b y a prom inent
F ederal office h o ld e r step p in g up to him
on the floor of th e H ouse and gu aran tee­
in g him £3500 in cash and th u s g o t his
vote fo r th e o th er cand id ate. A com m on
th in g to d o and w h ich w as d one at every
session w as th e v o tin g aw ay o f the t a x ­
p a y e rs’ and th e p e o p le ’s m on ey in estab ­
lish in g m w ju d ic ia l d istricts, new n orm ­
al sch ools and a n y oth er new o r o ld th in g
th at w ou ld sw ell up th e sen ator o r rep­
resen tative from th at p a rticu la r d istrict,
so th at h is vote could be ob tain ed and he
could g o b ack to h is co n stitu e n ts and
poin t to h im se lf w ith pride and dem and
a reelection because he had g o t £3500 for
a norm al sch ool in h is tow n .
These are
o n ly a few in stan ces a m on g a great m an-
y th at cou ld be recalled if necessary to
do so. U n d er th e system o f e le ciin g U. S.
senators b y and th ru statem en t No. 1
th is is all ob viate d . These tem ptation s to
com m it a g re a t crim e a gain st civ il g o v ­
ern m en t and c iv ic v irtu e ca n n o t possibly
tak e place. Is n o t th is a lo n e, sufficient
argu m en t to con vin ce a n y m an w ho is
ware. Look down along the line
of names who are active against
Statement No. 1, and see if you do
not notice that nearly every one of
them is what is commonly known
and called a machine politician.
Take the gang at Portland who
want to destroy statement No. T
and s^e if they are not all members
of the old machine who have got
together for no higher purpose than
to destroy this remedy of a pure
and e'ean election of U. S. Senetors.
Go into the county seat of every
county of this state, and who are
the men who are fighting statement
No. 1? Good men, undoubtedly,
but they are fellows who do not
know what popular government
means and who have no sympathy
with the idea of the common people
being sovereign or being capable of
electing U. S. Senetors. It is ob­
served that nearly every individual
who profits by machine politics and
who has profited by them in the
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“ Did you ever stop to reflet that
it was one thing to talk about people
and an other thing to have people
tc.Ik about you ? If those of us who
use our tongues a little too freely,
about our neighbors, would stop
and reflect about this matter and
know the great evil that comes from
too mi ch gossip and tatt ing, we
are sure we would call a halt and
gossip no more forever. “
BUY C L A C K A M A S
CO U N TY
FARM S
T H E N EW S
52 weeks, $1 Less than 2c a week
complete planer and moulder of J.
M. Arthur & Co. Portland and is
installing it at their Saw Mill near
Estacada this week. Mr. Estes,
president of the company, says that
they are now pepared to furnish
manufactured lumber in any shape
desired and that they will be in po­
sition to furnish employment for a
few men constantly in sawing and
manufacturing lumlier at their mill
from this on. E. M. Miller, fore­
man of the company, has charge of
the nev\r planer and the operation
of the mill.
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