I
o
Granted that urwler thr present law.
«11. I hr re is no just m uh lie grountl.
Wr lit <>w that th« se towns whrrt- m.rmal I busses and factions may br.ng out can-
school buildings urv l<«CMte«i, f«-el that dxlatas, or that a candidate may bring
th«-y arc grossly misused, by having himaelf out. it ia twrcs*aary that he
Ihnr achpolB denied a maintainance. shall receive a plurality of ha party
when the ctillegea al Corvallis ami Eu vote Iwfore h«- can receive his ;»arty
olitically ndependent
Ilia «ucci-ss is entirely
gene fare so munificently. And they nomination.
have juat reason 0« f«-el iMtrieved, tuu. optmuary with the primary voter.
A» Die a*a« rn iy will u-umr to select
Entered nt the poetoftlcr at Scio, for th.-ar normal tuwna as w 4 a« ail
other portion« of thr stale, are taxe I from, probably, several aspirants, the
Oregon. aa secúndelas» mail matter.
to support O. A C ami U of O , yet camlKial«- to wn-1 down to th«- primary,
are den nd wen a meag«-r ■u< port for it ub*umes the function of the people
their own institution«.
in bringing out candslates and of the
Justly, thr state owes no boy or primary voters to make aviar lion aa
PUB. ISHED EVERY ERIDAT BY
girl a technical education, If »he gives between a>piranta. It propuse» to du
to rach buy are! girl a thorough rudi- for tiw Republican party, tn thr case
I ><’<.<. 1. H
m« ntary education, the N ews believes of ail caixlslatea, the miih - function
she has dlscharg« d tier full duty
We which the people du for the Irgisiature,
► 1*1*1«»» ami » >*M«*rMiar«»it.
care imt how far this rudimentary pro In «vlwting United States x-nators.
gram is carried, su that all srl«oois in That parly w ill have no other option
every part of the atatr are treated than to accept the choice uf th«- a«-
alike 1 hen every purtion ot the slate sernbty. TI m - avsembiy thus assumes
-I llr-i HIPI l<IN KA IF»:
Wvuki get bark its portion of the lsx«-a U m rank and file of the Republican
On«- year in advance
.. ............ II 26 paid fur cduciillonal purposes
|>arty I um nut lut lbgeia e enough to
To 1-e sure, the towns of Eugenr and make selection uf toe men they desire
O k - year, at vml of year..............
1 60
One year, at »nd of 2 years .... . I 76 Conallh an- Hoonshing and property to fill public office.
The legislature, if controliaNi by
within their limits la ref«-I higher than
On« year, at en«l of 3 years .... 2 IX»
in Other Ilk«' sii « h | towns of tfie slate. Statement me nbers, ia under nwrral ob
76 There is g'««l reason for it. Th«- stair ' ligation tu elect as United Slates sena
Six months in advance...................
Thr»«- months in advance...............
6b at Urge is helping b> foot the l ills. Io tor, th«- man Selected by tlie people at
of. illustrate thia point: There i« not a very the general rlw-Uuii. Ihe ass moly
Single copy in wrapper ..... ...
great difference in the amount of taxes propaaM-a to co npel primary voters of
paid bi the state by lunn an«t I ane the Republican party to nominate men
counties, each lu-ing alxrut
raa> for office whom It has selected. Is
Linn gets back from the state annually, there 'lot a similarity in these two
fl’ssi. while Lane ge-s back fir..ia>i prop »silions? The senator ia selected
Card of thank».........................................6u
I er year. In addition to this am >ui.', by a majority of the jaople at the polls;
SpsH-ial obituary n«<ticea, per line ....03
Eugene has the i.Ki to f l<«' which rach | the as-tembly ca i ll isles will lie select
Ext) iHle«1 weilding comments, per line U3
of the students, bin to titsi in number, ed by the collective w sdo n ol political
Display a«ls. to I h - « hangr«l weekly
spend each year. Why shoulil nut Eu ; busses from all o.er the state. Sena
DRUGGIST
if ileairvd, one column wide each
gen and < orvallia grow under th«-«« tors so selected, uw«> their aik* tianct- to
16 favorable conditions ar«l why should nut the people. Aasetn.ily • a ndidates. if
insertion, per inch................. .
SCIO
OREGON
Business l«H-ais (H-r line that insertion lot the reverse lie true of Weston, Mon
I ejected, will owe their allegia ice t >
Each subsequent insertion per line..of« mouth and Ashland?
i whom? Nut the people, but tu self j
■o
l.'ing l.me standing wla, contracta mad«-
Th»- Nffwa is wrll «ware that t«> appointed membeta of the prop«MM-d
on application.
optHMie the «tab- college, is to lake the i assembly. Can the p-oph* roaamiably
I
imtupular aid" of Ute question, in the e«p«-et g«»«»l MTVn-e from <><?i tals wt«->
mind« of many j «-«.pie, rs|H-cislly tlmiu- are under obligatiuns U> a lol of pu.iti
who live in a state college town. It I cal busses and tnc «a;er»?
ÎHE BITTLE 10 8E REPE1TE0
knows th t many people argue that too
The a scmbly will have all of the
much money cannot t«v expended for evils of tne ul«l con', ent win without am
Th«- Nation
edu.atlonal purposes. If th«- money of its virtue«
It will have no lega
Wh«-n th«- Oregon legislature, at ita
should I m - rx|H-td«sl so that all |«>rlions standing whatever yet will attempt to
President—William II. Taft
last »« »Sion, r«fus««l t*. pro« d« main
of th«- state »rwl (hot all the Ix.ys and dictate to and control its party's a< tion.
Vied Preaident Jam«» Sherman
tainance for th«- normal scluols, it w»»
girls of thr «late coukl get their juat It will I m - a ca*' of a bunch of political
thought by many people that this would
The Cabinet
be the «nd of the normals, at least, for proportion of it. then we would aav iMMSvaan.l ward h<<vlers running th-
Fee -tar / of -Jtato- *h la .der
amen, i'ut when we know that when political tnarhinc on the one hand, or a
stone years
But such thought has
fully '.«.’> p«-r cent, of the laovs and girls plurality of the f arty at the pn nary Knox
proven to I «■ a mistake. The question
Secretary of the Treasury—Frank in
of lhe -.tate.S'• I O’|||H-Ile I t:> be < ..|
election on the other. It is th«- enter
is Io le revived through means of the
tent with what the public schools can ing wedge to wreck our entire primary Macveagh
nitiative.
Secretary of War Jacob M. Dickin
The friends of Weston normal ate give and. bt-sides. must work and help system first, and then th«- Initiative and
son
*-arn the tax moneys tn order to semi Referendum laws later on.
ow preparing to get out Initiative
Attorney Gem ral—Geo. W Wicker
Th««« same I hksm -« object to the dic
|«etilions ai d, probably. Monmouth ami the other five |>er cent, to college,
sham
-.«Mr«
they
taught
technically
a
tation
of
the
people
in
th-
selection
of
Ashlaml will du likewise, with several
Postmaster General— Frank H Hitch
other Udkrd of |".inl> to hear from. well as generally. It do-a not look just Umt«.-«i Mates senator, yet assume to
cock
exactly
fair
But
as
the
NaWH
ia
re
dictate,
nut
only
can.il
iat-
s
for
x-«ia
Weston is v« ry modest in her demands.
Secretary of the N«vy—Gc«*r<v I
Sh>- asks that a levy of one-tenth of ganled as an <«M fogy newspaper, it* tors, but f«ir congress n«--i an I sial«-
Meyer
«slitor
may
I h - rxcuas-d for entertaining and county officer«, th.-inM iv«-»
And
one mill b«- ad«ied t«> the stat«- tax levy,
Secretary of Ihr Interior—Richard
annually, to I h - act apart as a maintain these ol«i fsshioiK-d ideas of education, this under the guise of party harmony
A. Ballinger
and
regularity?
A
nl
old
fabl-
states
ance fuid fur that school. They evi
Secretary
of
Agriculture—Jam«-»
that a lion aixl a ladv went walking to
dually think that the pvuplc will not
MERELY 1 BUNCO CHE
Wilson
gether.
They
Ixitli
came
back
but
the
rvfuae no inaigni.lcent a sum for the
Secrotary of l.alair -Charles Nagel
lady was inside ot th«- lion. Something
meritorious purpose of education. They
Commissioner of the Land Office
The assembly |wmple claim Statement of this nature wlil be thr result of tur
know that most people consider money
Fred
ili-nnett
assembly
and
the
pri
nary,
lu-t
us
hope
vx|>ende I for «-«lucntloiial purj* «<-, No. 1 aa their chief cau«e of grievanc
The Slate
money well rxpamded ami, therefore, against the direct pri nary law. Rut that the primary will lx- the lion in this
they are preparing their petition«, con- when their plan la aimered <lown to the instance.
United States Senators—Jonathan
The a«armbly will, no doubt, nomi
fhlerit of success. Ami if thr people Ixittom and th«- true inward .eaa thereof
Bourne Jr. and Geo. E. Chamberlain.
nate
the
very
best
ca'xlidat.
•
obtainable
knew that thia small tax buidcn would expnaed. we ascertain that they wish to
Representatives First District, W
Il will do tnia in ordir to
I h - all that would I m - aakctl for normal apply the principle of .tab-ment Um- aa a starter.
C. Hawley; Second District, W. R
gai
i
the
good
opinion
of
the
voters
school purposes, they would vote th« all atong down the line, including can
Ellis
tax willingly. But most |H-oplv know didates for representative for congre** Tnia may I m expected, but the fire
Governor—Frank W. Benson
that this Weston measure will I h * but a and a f ill alate of state and county works will begin later on. The only
Secretary
of Slate—Frank
w
way
to
scotch
this
col'»»».
,
«
l
bu
i
-o
ga
oe
officer». «> far as the selection of these
starter.
Benson
Not akin«* will this small tax be in candidates at the primary election ia is tu "scratch" every aao-mbly nomi-
State Treasurer—George A Steel
natwi canduiat«- at the polls, no matter
sufficient for Weston's ne«-da, blit Mon roncern«-d.
Superintendent
of Public Instruction
mouth, Ashlami ami. |H-rha,m. numer-
statement No. 1, as exemplified at how meritorious th«« candidate may be. J. II Ackerman
The
primary
law
is
the
ata
ke
the
as-
uus other towns, will coni«- forward the «-lection of two years a<u. was an
State Printer - Willis R DunniWay
Ami they will be follows:
Messrs
Fulton and Cake se nbly is playing for and it will tie the
with likr petitions
buprvme Court Chief Justice, Frank
winner,
unless
the
iieoplr
absolutely
fully jualirt««d in doing so, too, for each mad" a tryout for the Republican nomi
A Moor«, Associate Justices. Koin-rt
refuse
to
mak«-
term-«
with
it.
Aa
be-
of these other towns has just aa much nation for United States senator at the
Eakin, Will R. King. W. T. Slater,
right to have a slate college located primary ek-ction, resulting in a victory fore stated the assembly has no author- Thus A McBride, clerk, J C. Mure
Ity
of
law
for
its
existence
and
<ioes
twit
j
within her limits as has Weston. Nor for Mr. Cake. The place for the Iirtno-
It land
can the fieoiile justly refuse to mam cratir cand date for the same offi. e, dewrve recognition by the voter»
is
a
graft
upon
our
|mlitical
system,
The Distnct
tain a normal school in any other county waa left blank, Governor ('hamlierlain's
Jud’ea -G«H»rge II. Burnett, William
in the atatr, now without a state col- name had to lie wrilen by thr voter, which eminated in the gray matter of
lege, if th«' Weston petition is granted. At the general election the people some dethromrd |iolitic.d boas down in Galloway, Prosecuting attorney, John
In fact every town of any eonatderabb- made choice between Candidatr» Cake Portland and is calculated to make H. McNary
importance has aa much right to a alate and Chamberlain The reajlt wax as Portis si a more absolute political dic
The County
aup|a*rted college, aa has it eston, all know, Mr. ChamlH-rlain's name, tator than she now is.
State Senator«—M. A. Miller, Frank
Eugene or Corvallis, for that matter. alone, waa sent up tu the b-gislaturr
Surely the people of Oregu-i will have
Th«- state having once etnl.arK.-d in th«- fur ratification and to comply with the more polit cal foresight than to allow a Miller for Linn and Lane Counties
(hit *;inii;un ¿Ictus
P
I
Selected Patterns
for sole in quanti-
tiei to «suit qou ut
BARGAIN PRICES
E. C. PEERY
¡El”
:
v
/'•
<
. f
college business, there is no point at
which the brake» can be justly applnsl.
The N’gWS believes th«- stat«- made a
gTavc mistake when she stopped with
out thr common school livid and into
the realms of higher education. Far
bettor would it have been, and the state
constitution saveti a severe strain, if
thr large sums of money which have
been «-X|M-n<le«l for state colleges ami
their maintainance, had been ad<l«-d to
th«* public school fund, thus making it
poMible for all public schools to be
more efficient. Th«- fact that the state
ia now appropriating from 1160 to last
per year for each state college student
and only
to ill per year for each pub
lic school pupil, does not seem exactly
just.
Our present county high school law
is a step in the right direction. It rm
powers any county to provide a county
high school fund, to lie uaoi to main
tain «me or mon- high schools in such
county. In other won!», it enables
any county to tax herself in order to
make her schools better. Now if the
funds heretofore appropriated for col-
leg«*» ha«t l«een used as a sort of state
high achool fund, in a manner some
what like our present high school law
provide«. there is no «loubt but what
Oregon’s educational standard would
have been much butter than it is to
day.
But, returning to the normal school
question again, the only safe and juat
policy to a«lopt is to either vote a nor
mal for each county or deny them to
JU
Feders) requirement. The legislature
had n<> other choice than tu ratify the
choice of the people.
The assembly people propose boldit g
an assembly for the |»urp>rw of trying
«ait or aelecting candidates for reprv
aentative in cungresa and state anil
county offic«ns, the assembly to make
«election as between rival aapiranta
aid to send «town to thr primary elec
tion. the n«m>- of but one candidate for
each rvstMH-tivr office
As the primary
law allows thr voter to vote hia party
ticket only, th«- Republican primary
voter, arcing that he has l>ut one can-
diilatr to vote for, it can reatlily be
seen, that nine out of every ten of
them will vote for the candidate whoae
name is printed upon the ballot. True,
the voter can '-»cratch" the printed
name and replace it with a wrilen one,
but how many of them will take the
trouble to do an? And he will vio'ate
party regularity, if he does do so.
Under the dirr-ct primary law, any
man may offer himself for office. If
he complies w ith the nrov I» h > iui of the
law, his nam<- must be printed u;n>n his
(vartv primary ballot. From the proba
ble two or nvre aspirants, the voter
has the power of selecting the man
whom he desires to l«e t>omin»t«-d The
assembly propoe«"« to take thia o| tion
away from the voter. It assume« that
the votrr has not sense enough to make
proper se'ection. lie must delegate
thia bower of selection to some of h a
neighbors, who assume to poxseaa
supa-rior |»litical wisdom.
I
. <
bunch |Kilitical grafters and buucu
aharjis to uinlo, in this manner, all of
the political reformation made in the
last decaiie? Oregon is gradually purg >
ing herself of graft and isilitical de
bs icherv. Our Direct Ih-imary. in-i
eluding Statement No I and the Imtia '
live anil Referendum laws is the physic
which is bringing about the change.
And becaua« of this cleansing. Oregon !
is making the must rapid prugreaa, in
all fiella, of her history, Tlie eye» of
every state in the Union are directed
Oregonward. They are all watching
thr no-call«-«! '"Oregon Plan.’’ Politi
Clans. that la to aay some of them,
would go to any length to break down
and bring to grief our reform laws
Just a little over one year ago, one of
thr bunch from W ashington I). C. cam«
to Oregon to break down Statement
No. 1. but to the credit of the Oregot
legislature. hr faiietl. Now if wr with
Mand thia assembly assault. our reform
laws will be no firmly engrafted in th«
hearts of the people, that all future
assaults will prove abortive.
Representatives I. A. Munkers, J.
Philpott
County Jud;» J. N. Duncan
Commissioners —0. H. Russell, T. J.
Butler
Clerk J W. Miller
Sheriff D. S. Smith
Treasurer W. W. Francis
Recorder Grant Froman
School survr«ntcn«lent - W. L. Jack-
son
AaaeMor D. B. M< Knight
Surveyor Alfred L. G«-«l<le«
Coroner William Forlmiller
Fruit Inspector- —
Health Officer—Dr. W H. Davis
M
Commencing Monday, Mar. 7
/AV
I jicvs nrd Embroid« ries, Spring ar.d Summer Dress
Goods. Shirt Waists. Cars, t Covers, M slin Underwear,
Childrens’ R*ady-M ule Dr« »e-s and I-uh«-» Low Shoes.
*
Now is your cl ance to buy what von r« • d for Easter
and also for spring a <i summ« r w-«-ar at a Bl
Bl-« « .’EDUCTION
in price, and its all Nl.W G< ODS.
DIET
I.ADIE
A
d
: u
WAISTS.
I LEW EAR
I at will
II.«y can
i.
Mt '
I m n til U>
ps
we
an offering
LACES Brand
trim tiling for apri g
in all w idtliH up to 5
value«, to go at. |H-r
new sclectionii, lab-st O It)
and nunim«-r.
A in a .uful
tr c «-s. Heard 10’
yard
a
4
-howi .t
nt
5f
E MBi.OIDEJ II S A t-r«-at variety in all the lutes’
De« tin w i»rk «r.y'ii 1.1- to l e oi -al«-
CALICO
go at
f ie be.-t standard Calic hes
r
JU
DLE^S GOODS In all the new colon» and weaves
for spring to lx- on sale at a big reduction.
We have on s le an assortment of Mens and Ladies
$3. «3.5(1. $1 and ryl .Xi ii- e and medium tine sliocs,
going at p» r pair
LADIES DRESS SHOES and
OXFORDS To b<- on sale at
prices that will be pleusiny
Out
and interesting to you.
Ladies Dress Shoes and
Ox fol ds combine all the new
est and best ideas in fine
shoemaking.
The lasts are
beautiful, th«- patterns exclus
ive and the workmanship is ot the very best.
DON’T FORGE7T to look over our bargain counter, the
odds a• d ends of our st« ck is placed on it and sold at a BIG
REDUCTION.
There is a — Reason
— .trns
1'1"' r wtl<-
"”on is, we that
, "re business
l,a'ing
—- - -
-
... i
has tieen alow laU-ly o i account of the bad weather and we
art- loaded up with the largest anti best line of spring gtxxls
we ever had. anti we must tin something to keep things
moving.
Motion is the life of all things, our goods are kept
moving under the pressure of IRRESESTABLE PRICES.
aft:
Wesely & Cain
Our .Mutt<> -One Price to .//I
COLONIS
And the
GREAT NORTHWEST
The City
Mavor—Henry M. Myer
Recorder— E. D. My«-ra
Marshall—I. N Weddle
Tr*a«urcv--J. F. Wesley
Councilman—Perry Bilyeu, W A.
Ewitg. R M. t'ain. J. L. Calavan. W
E. Arnold, N. I. Morrison, J. A Bilyeu.
J us tic«- of the Peace— -Jas. A. Bilyeu
Conatab e J. A. Bilyeu.
School diroctora—E. C. Peery. A G.
Prill. R. M Cam
t he Page I ern e
Officers of Linn County Fair Associa
I have appointed Blatchford Hr«., of tion -Presideat, A G Prill, secretary,
G Pnll.
Shelburn, agents for thr Pag«- Wont R. Shelton; directors, A
Peery. M C.
Wire fencing. All people in the viefn John Wesley. E. C.
Belts.
ity of Scio, who desire to purchase the Gaines. I. A Munkers. G. Q.
W G.
very best woven wire fencron th«- mar D H. Bodine. J. A. Bilyeu,
delMmakl
ket, can do so by buying thr Page al
Blatchford Bros.
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G. H. M orbi .
General Agent, lwt>an<»n.
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