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boards and tax collectors, will be able to Ix-ar the
abuse heaped upon them from this source. The
N ews is a reform newspaper. It will favor any
reform which it believes will make the condition
of the people better. But it will never favor class
legislation let it come in whatever guise it may.
It will never favor the enactment of a law, either
by the people or legislature, which will favor one
clans or classes of the people at the expense and
loss of the remainder. Tne proposed new tax law
is class legislation of the rankest kind. We don’t
want it It would Ire destructive to the very
foundation of American liberty and prosperity
the American home.
Therefore, voters, study this question thorough­
ly and unselfishly. Isxrk at it from all points
See if it treats all classes of the ¡reople with equal-
ity and fairness. If you will, the N ews thinks,
as an honest fair-minded man. you will vote,
"NO,”
Paliticil Ansuiescit
in thia culo tn n «ill ba pobliahel
tl«» aitouu.amante «4 anv cilia»o *b<>
to tlia ca»d«<1acv for a«y oA<«, '
•<it )«< l Io ll»a ■ «II •( tl>a voter« at tba
lorUMMMning pnuiin»«
To tba R«pubib an «Mars u(
Una Count».
I bar. bv auununca nivaalf as aa
• nt. »ubjart te »<>ar «i I at thaterlbrute-
Ing prtmarv alart on, ter tb» can fidar» '
for lb»
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COl’XTY RUORPER
GRANT EROMAN.
t*r»*ai l R»c«.rd»r.
Tu thè R»r>ublic*a voterà ut
l.tnn (ounly :
I Irarabv aninu.«» mp» f •• *n •■(ur­
ani, • ■ njwt to your «ili al tl»» torlhort.
itig prima'« al» liuti, lor Ih» caod dai»
fr< tb» .ffl.» ol
COVNTY TRE A SIRE R
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B I.E a TIIERMAN.
Alban«. Ora»« ri
THE PROPOSED TAX LAW.
PROPOR TIGNA L REPRESEN TA T10N.
Tu lha Rapub uat. Votera uf
idon Count«
! her* by aaï uu ce myaaH an rapir
aol. aulject lu » u aillai'h torti«. in
ROPORTIONAL Representation is another
.IE VOTERS of Oregon will be required to
cauuhl»« .
Ing primary r.e< Il b, for II
measure w hich the people will be called up­ I «r Ilia (fi r .4
pass upon a new system of taxation, next
on to pass, next June Of course the poli-
COUMY 11 iM Ut >-¡i «X EU
June. Tne pn>p>-M*«l change is *« radical■
i*r
to
study
the
mat
iticions
will oppose pru|x>rtional representation; fur
1 J HI I L» R.
t uit it behooves every tax pa ye
they are oppos <1 t*> any plsn that distributes politi­
Albany, Urr< «i
ter well, thal he m »y vote intelligently thereon.
cal
power
and
more
completely
represent*
the
Everyone will admit that taxation, to lie just,
lu tbr- Perni» rath Volar» U
should be equal. Tnat is to say, all propert- peolpe. Tues«* jsibtical bosses may bede|>e’ided upon
L mi « ou ni y
to
be
like
the
early
Christian
Fathers,
opposed
to
ary
should be list»-«l and valued relatively the same
I in ruby announce m»«r'l an »•«■«■
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Tne farmer, stockman, mer *hhiit. mechanic, pro­
raut, uv je. t tu »mir ai. al tb» fort
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g , . h . a r r r <■ 11 ■. I < t l«« van
fessional mtn, aid corporate wealth of ever
description all should b«*ar its just prouortion of all the religious thinking for tne people in the dai y tur tba otti- r of
Cul N TV JUDGE
the burden of government. This is the purpose early days, so mat their ¡»uwer w ould be supren e.
C. H. »ThW a RT,
of our pres«*nt taxation system. While, it is true, i To enlighten t ie common people in matters per-
Present
County Jud.a.
we have not ‘brought our present system to the de­ taining to religion meant the dethronement of
gree of perf«*ction which w<* <l«*sire, we are con : these early reliwiuus I wm * a The modern jioiiti« al Tulli» l>wawcralK Votera ut
tinually patchinguip th«* weak and defective places bote and professional politician is tarred with the
!4un l'uunty :
if th«.* people do their own (xrhtical
1 brrrbv aun- ime« a«ya»lf a» an ••pi-
in the machinery, so that it is l>cgtnning to cut i* same slick.
h . id, chan swath. Experience will enable us to thinking and act in accordance therewith, th« y raul, «ubjtil te ) >ur «iU al tba forti«*
■ oibing primar» alaci ion. ter tba candi­
c i itinue to strengthen the weak p »into as they are w.ll xion find themselves (the busses) searchii g dacy tur Iba ottica ut
developed, until the system w ll come as nearh for an occupation.
CUI MY Jl’PGE
Proportional representation means that tl e
illiu JUVVI/
t -eating ail e«|ual'y and
justly as IIIMJ
may irv.
l«e. IIUI
Ix*t U9
us
c, L. SHAW,
,,hail have n-pn»«ntotion in all
Frica P rasi oct,
therefore, be very «• certain that a new plan will!'nioorily
I». O Alton», Ur««..n.
r*sch very much more nearly perfection than our . branches of the government where there is mure
thap one man holding the same office. The legis­
p sent system, liefon* we make the change.
lature,
in particular, would be effected by the CoLNIY COURTS 1TAÎL.MENI
The NEWS, without giving the pnqiosed new
enactment
of this law; but there is no reason why
tixafion system as much study ns it merits, is in­
it
should
not
embrace supreme courts, county com­
Four y»ar» ago tba uodarairn«ii war»
clined to think unfavorably of the change. Our
missioners
courts
or the circuit courts in counties ebuaau by tba peupla to aarva lb» pub-
present system, as before stated, may yet need
il< »■ uiruiuar» ut in» county cjurt ul
some "fixing," yet it is far superior to the pro- like Multnomah. But the legislature is the par­ Liuu county
W« bar» no» aiututl
posed new law, in that the intent is to cause even ticular branch of government this projiosed law is ••rved uut uur term, and o» r»a«ly tu
pmjierty owner to contribute to the sup(x>rt of the intend«?«! to effect. Tne measure, should it become rapurt to the paupla alial ar bava •< -
a law, will effect Linn county as follows:
i*uiu|>li»i.»d.
sl tte, in proportion to his holding.
Tins
county
has
three
members
of
the
House
of
W nan «» antarad upon our duttea in
This, the new law would fail to do in so glaring
July IllUi, ttif county »»• in daul |uu.-
Representatives
in
the
legislature.
Each
party
a manner, that the N ews wonders why such an
<JUU.
lliat is «« bad to burru» tbai j
apparently unjust measure should be proposed and would nominate three candidates as they now do. • luuunt in liia lail of that yaar to ;«•> j
to exj>ect the people of Oregon to give it their fhe two leading candidates of the majority psrty runutug «apausa» uulil ilia uaa lai
assent. It is pmi»oiied to exempt personal prop­ und the leading candidate of the minority party, • a» raevivvd in March. A dabl ut
erty from taxation and place the entire burden up­ would be elected. To illustrate: Suppose, in our •uiuaUnug Ilk» thia a >iu. •• ara told,
uad bean In asialauua a»ar liiav lb»
on real estate.
sop is thrown to the farmer total of about &M)0 votes, ¡kMX) are Republicansand
l«uudH>g of tba uaa court liuuae, «ad «<-
the
other
2000
are
Democrats.
A,
B
and
C
are
the
land owner, by exempting his stock, machinery,
coucludad to <»i rid ul it il poaa uiv
tools and improvements.
But think of the mer­ the Republican candidates and I). E and F are the lu ur vffurta to do thia altar »»»rd» wa
A receives 3UOO votes B «ara ably aaai»iad by
muuMiuuar»
chant with his thousands invested; the profession­ Democratic nominees.
2905
ami
C
2990;
1)
gets
2010;
E 3)05 and F 2000. |<u»a«H aud t'uw»«l, U«a termar during
al man who earns more in one year than the
average farmer can in ten; the money loaner, rail­ Now all three of the Republicans/ under our it» Ur»l two yvara aud Ilia latter dunug i
in« laal two. iba brat yaar we cut tb»
road rolling stock; the machinery ami tools of the present la v. would be«.*lect> d; for they have each debt to ISrt.OA); tbe uakl yaai we wenl
trust manufacturing establishments all to be ex­ received nearly 1000 majority, Under proportion- •everal UmuMiid lowar, aud *bla year
empt, and then think who will have to bear th«* al Rcpn-sentation A. B and D would be declared • a hate »uccawdad in pulling tiiruugl.
elected.
According to our present )>oliticai wiibuttl burrowing a dollar aud tbi .
burden.
methods,
it would seem unjust for C with 2990 ouu.y 1» uo« practically out ul dabt lor
Farmers! suppose your st x*k. machinery, tools
votes
to
be
defeated by D with 2010 votes.
Ixx>k- tba Oral lliuv In yaar«.
and other pontonai property and improvements
lu tba cauvaa four year« agu Mr
should In* exempt and the taxon your real esta’e ing at the matter from a Proportional Represents iiul.ar advocated tba plan ul tba route i
A gets ly bull .mg lie ow.. bridge« llieiual-
should be doubled or trebled? Would you gain or tb»n view point, the matter is different
M000
vi.tes.
2995
of
these
same
votes
are
cast
foi tar wa» thoroughly di»cu»»ad and I«»
lose by the change? Somebody, or his property,
B.
They
are,
to
divide
tne
vote,
each
represent
­ via« lad on that | latlurm. ilia court ‘
must b«*ar the burden. So much money is re«juire«l
l> M. MeKMGHI
J R. CAI «VA’«
acnapte«! the IltelrucUuua ul Ilia pa-pie
ing
1500
constituent*.
I)
who
would
have
2010
to support the town, county, state, schools, etc.,
and
lulluw*!
Ilia
piau
with
tbe
ra»ull
un<l recently lots of it has been required.
If you votes’ would have a larger constituency than either >l«ai wa bava built «> »pan», »a many
excuse, sav one-half of the projierty from paying A or B.
•• »»re num iu u«a ik y ar» pn t lu
Considered from an equity stand|>oint the 2000 leut, a««d wili.oui lumiriug ua cent i
taxes, manifestly the other half will have to pay
LAL a V N A XcKM.IIT, I'. <;ir wlora
just double. No other solution of the question is 1 h niocrals ought to be reprosented in tne legisla­ rudabtedua • I u«a «• u, > r ul have u* . n
Ihissible. While it is true that w j would make the ture in proportion to their number as well as tne du. a l«a I wa Out l«u «1 tin ui it a •«• i.g
ol lio.u A> .u u * p- i to«** i«aa 11.«
t..e
holding of timber and oth«*r lands held for specu­ 2000 Republicans and vice versa, if the relative U»Ua< lo-t.
lative purposes so unprofitable that they would be |M«sition of the two parties was changed.
llu i , tii>- can-a» if tout yaara •» ■
Tne majority party, under this pro;>osed measure, t.«a p«' p«1 m»-la il Very p.aiu lu u* that
sold, we would burden the little home farm so
h *avily that it. too, would have to be sold. Indeed would always have a good working majority in the Uiav «ai.iid tuo«« mona» apeut upuu
u
rva.it
li a •
baia
t»a,
nobody would want to own la d beca iseof «*x •*te- legislature; but not so large as to be cumbersome.
a à i «a are pron i U> ba atre lo tgy Ibat
Oregon
has.
probably,
about
90.0)0
votes.
Con
­
ive taxation.
Oie would prefer investing in
lì.-- >ada gna ptool ut il.
Any una
personal property and manufacturing plants
fib* ceding the liepublicans a majority of 20.(KA) would I
1 «at iravtHfU uver th«
Cvuuiy
inevitable result w.> ild be that Lan 1 wo lid > *co n • mean a vole of 55,ouo and 35.( ma ) respectively, knuwa ih.a tu Ira a f». i.
Fhe House of Representative* would then prob­
We nate aiau bwugbl aetvra. alone
valueless and revert to the state.
■n ili» it « rulli« (23V.I
Im
|!4,ui7 ■ ad d Ih« po.p*», «Har reading the
quali wa, and grarei pii« hk ina u»
u
ably
st*nd,
divided
accurately
by
this
plan,
37
No, no! Our present system may bo faulty; bit
Uia <«.unti, and bava ailduii te tba «teck <>( ibi» >• ■i«-<i»la. I. >1 lai-• and citi • bl.te ala te li ri I, il. t.k w» b«vv ilo ••
Republicans
and
23
Democrats.
the N ews thinks it is infinitely suj«erior to the
Of course the division might not be ih thi* exact ul toula and luipleuwuia ua»d jy tbr tela», leaving a balanir <>l (la? «In t<> w»ll ai.d « aia t>> truat ua agai'i a itti tba
"Single Tax" theory proposed. We know tha’
a par»i*ora, and alili Iba lai la.y bai coma inlo our hand»
O! «hi* fumi a buamraa «■•n»g»tn»ul <4 tlir county,
under the present system, pe »;»le can and do own ratio, for legislators are elected, with few ex-, be.. ii rrduced aa tette«»—ItAH, 23 nulla , Utile overfrn,000 g'*a for «tate tal-«. w» baa« daiidr.1 lo accept il and «ili
try oar bea’ tu acht-a <>ur formar attorta
their homes, and find it profitable to do so.
It ceptions, by counties and a different ratio would Iv b, 21 urtila; llbJtt lo unirà, and lvu7,
»««a tu tlir «(«rial r«Mi<i fumi, a«««! th» tu ao conduct tba affaira of the county
does not seem p«,-uble that they would own them proitably result At all events, all of the people M urlila.
lo 1IMS, «hen tba ayatem <4 aaaaaa- baiane«, about |tìl itikl «ùl « • ufcr>l for aa lo nirrt tiiair apprupatten. Tu ihia
a very great while, if the prep»sed measure be- ; would be more truly represented than they are ■nani «aa ebanged troni ball lo full gvti'ral cuimtv rt|H*ii«r». «in li
ma«ia. and «e «ili each to a candidate in bis
comes a law. A certain Mr. Shakes|M>are we be­ under the present system.
«alualion, tha lutai valualiun juiujwd brilla»», tba pour, tba courte, county «■wn party t.r tba urticial puaitfoa ha
Yet Proportional Representation is open to grave Ir in IS.iOU.OUl te IIS.M.^00—l.’.SU- offiir», aia.
lieve, once said ‘‘Better bear the ills we now have
now bold*.
C. H. *»«•*•»
objections.
It oj«ens a field for the fine work of iM» mora .bau doublé tbe valualiun uf
Thi» i» a <nn>l»nte«i r»,«ort nf our
T. J Bcti-aa.
than to fly to those we know not of." This advice
■tr«»rt»ln|>, and •• are
the
politician
and,
in
all
cases
in
Linn
eounty,
one
aomewhat
tba
precacdiug
yaar.
Nume
bava
may not have been very progressive; yet it po-
of the majority candidates would be defeated by a lliought lina would bava jnatlfl«-d thè I proud o( il. In adniitiiatering the el­
se&ses the virtue of being safe.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Court In makmg tbr lavy Ir «a tban lo taira o« ih» «-unniv •« hai» i>. t alb.wwl
But why this anxiety to make this radical and minority candidate w itn a less number of votes. mi.la, bui ti.ay lorgrt tba attortetela |iarty pulìu.» lo ha»» any influenc»
Nolic«. I» brrah» given that tha under-
untried change in our tax system? We are con- It would probably result in nominating two strong raiaa hi our aiata lag ter thal yaar. ovar u« «hitevvr, and in all Utiuga « aigued baa lw»n duly appoint'd Klccutor
t nually improving our present law in some of its and one weak candidates by the majority )>arty and leu mida un tbla aiceaa of |?,&00,<»>i bava l>»»ti gov»rn«»i oiily ov «Lai •• 1 ot tbe laal will and I a» la meni and ».tata
, ol Rebacca Jana torna, derraaad, try tba
defective r«*spects. Last year our assessors, as a and one strong and two weak ones by the minority. w uld «mulini lo |2S,0uu, aud tèa raiae tbonght «a» th» «i |!ar» <4 tha p«i>pl<. ounty Court of l.inn County, Oregon.
All of the |>oints and others, l>olh for and in our aiata tai ibat yaar «a« |23,ikx>, Tba tari« ter whwh «r «era «l-et«! ia All jw.ra.ina ha»mg claim« againat »aid
rule, made the most complete and just assessment,
•u thal all tha raiaa in tha valualiun «4 •bout tu eli»» and «a vach bave re- natala are b-rrbr ootitbd to preawnl
in the history of the state. Railroads, timber against the measure, should be considered. The thal y-ar «aa virtuali» ««ulled up by cairn! nianv aulicitatioii» troni tn»in- them, duly veritie«l ■■ bv law require«!,
lands, telephone and telegraph companies, were object of the N ews in discussing these proposed thè addtlionai auiu wa wara curripallad bara nt all politicai par-ir» t > trv tur tb» to the uodaraiauad. al hia rraidance near
Lyons, tuna Coanty, Oregon, «libi« ail
required to pay more nearly upon a just and equit­ measures, is to familiarize the jteople with the te pay tba aiate.
•ama postilo«« again
Wa ara crrtain- lu'intha fr- in the dal' of iliia nutk-e.
Dated E brnary 7, UX*.
Tha total valuation laat yaar «aa ly ballar qi|«lifimi n.iw tocarry un th»
able assessment, than ever before. True, it made measures they must either vote for or against
Thoma- lurna, Ei«*cut<>r.
bucina»«
ot
Ih»
conili»
in
tba
«•»
it
them squirm and use very strong language, when If it can make these matters belter understood |lS.8M,Utkl ami a Irvy ol 10 nulla gaia
T. J. Blit a,
u» IISS.&M). Thia yrar it la •2O.SA2,<w •Imulil li» dona tban a» «ara tour icari
Attorney (or Elrcutor.
speaking of assessors and arbitrary equalization *‘-v
readers, it will have accomplished its
and wa Lave placad tha lavy et V «»ili«, avo, or poaaihly buttar tban ancona vl»a
boards.
But, probaply, the people, assessors, purjiose.
T
Scio Livery and Feed Stables
Hdckb connect tcitli uli trains both at
West Scio and Munkcrs.
Our ri^<s arc first-class und our horses
flood drioers. I’rice.s reasonable.
prixiuciug |!S7,tteS.
Tba total aiuuunt
• Ilo ha» uut ba«l tba »ama aipuriai.ta,
nab»vriba lor I ba Sortoi .Vivi.