(hegfiti i» leading th«* nation in originating reform legists-
Gon and the success, which ha» crowned our efforts, is
musing other »tater to «it up and take notice. The popular
election of United State* senator« will not be adopt«d, as a
whole, until there arc a majority of the members of that
branch of congress who feel tnmiselve* ubligatcd to the
¡■eople. rather than to the boeaea, trusts, railroads etc.
Oregon has pointed a way tn bring that result about. Shall
we abandon the proud ¡>uaition of 1« wirhg the nation in re
Enter«! at th» postoffice at Scio, Oregon, as second-cla»» formatory laws, at the behest of a few disgruntled bus»»«
arg! repudiated politicians? Every man with a spark of love
mail matter.
for popular government, in his heart, will respond with a
must emphatic No next November.
Politiconi} Independent
PUBI ISHED EVERY PRlDAf BY
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URGE VS SM.tLL COUNTIES
Among the thirty or more measures the elector* of Oregon
will pass upon next fall, will lie some half-doten new county 1
•cht-rmrs. With the merits of the various division«, a vas*
»1 26 majority of the voters of Orrgun can know but litUe. except
One year in advance
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1 60 in a general way. They will simply hav« to guess which is
One year, at ersi of year .........
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One year, at end of 2 years....
2 pl the better way to vote. In case there is no opposition to the
One year, at etui of 3 years ....
7! establishment of a new county, the voter can readily cast
Six months in stivane#................
Three months in advanre.............
'•*' his ballot in th«* affirmative. But where there is opposition.
Single copy in wrapper...............
Uf> the voter, mA directly acquaint»«! with the various conditions
of the Counties effected, will simply have to shut his eyes
and go it blind.
As a rule, the government of the «mall county can be and
AI>VJCHTIMIM GHATKM:
is administered more economically than in the larger ones.
Card of thanka
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Special obituary notices, per line...................................
tK' rh<*re is I«-*« opportunity for graft and each portion can com«'
Extended wedding comments, per line..................
.. .U" more intimately in touch with the governing powers Nor are
display a«ls. to be changed weekly if desired, one column
the salaries >>aid officers so large, barring counties contain
wide each insertion, per inch
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IK mg large cit.es, therefore men will not be so eager to serve
Business locals per line first in»< rtion .....................
10
Each subsequent Insertion per line
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On the other hand the large and populous county ran i ay
I.ong time standing ails, contracts mad« on appli ation
larger official salaries, and may. therefore, be supposed O
•ecure more competent officials.
" hen the boundenes of moot Oregon counties were fixed,
the | k p-jlation was sparse, not more than 40.(100 or 60,00 I in
a
the entire state. The pioneer civilisation of those days did
not require such roads and bridges as at the present, nor di!
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the courts need to meet so frequently. The chief mode of
Without doubt, the republican party or, at least, a part of traveling, was on horseback and a trail was a sufficient high
it, will hold a state assembly, for the pur,>osc of dictating way.
to the primary voters of that party, whom it shall nominate
Now, Oregon has a population of nearly one million souls.
for state office. Some of the countie* will hold like asseml - Aside from Multnomah, there are several counties, the
lies, for a similar purpose in the selection of county candi population of either of whicli, is equal to that of the entire
dates. The only logical explanatiou of thia movement ia, state or territory, when the counties were organised. It is
the premotors of the asrembiy think the average voter hi » but reasonable that the people should desire that county
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not sens«* enough to select proper candidates and they, kind boundaries should be fixed to suit conditions of the present.
ly, propose telling who ia and who ia not the proper candi Even should a county lie reduced to the amount of territory
date.
I required by the state constitution—400 square miles, it would
This interference with the prerogative of th« primary vet be large, as compared with counties of the eastern
voter, is simply a gru« insult to his intelligence. It is slates.
All of our large countleaf as they become more
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equivalent to saying, we (th«* assembly ties) are men of densely populated, may expect their boundsriea to be reduc-
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superior political sagacity and tiecause of thia fact, we are e 1, for the reason that political boundary lines are and
more competent to select the men who shall conduct the should be fixed to suit the convenience of the people.
for every use.
affairs of slate than you of the common herd. We wilt
Cut generous
Yet, in some instance«, when a town becomes affected with
ly fill. Two
select the nominee* while you, plebeians, may have the ,
to become a c«-unty seat, when there ia no general
privilege of walking up to the polls and voting for whom we
„„ lhe p,rt ,,f th» |WHJ|,|e outside of the immediate
A
hip pockets.
tell you to vole.
.-oritincs of such towns, the electors of the state at large
Felled seams.
There may have been a time when the voters of Oregon ,h„uk(
rautlOus in creating a new county, when there 1.
Con tinuous
were so gT-aaly ignorant that they wouki submit to this sort m, JURt or
demand therefor,
fly*
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of dictation, but that day is of the past. The average voter
le Ls « W Ms*
COPPER
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As a matter of fact, only the people of the districts effect.
of to-day. thinks he knows his own mind concerning matters
IUlPtiY.6IU.MlC0.
<-d can vote intelligently upon questions of this character.
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political, jtist about as well before as after he has read They, only, arc the |*eople interest«! and have a right to
te 'leas
(«•lew
Judge George's effusion defending the assembly plan.
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control such matters. It ia evident that a county can be
The feature of our present primary law. to which Judge divided, under the present method of procedure, when a
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George, the Oregonian and other advocates of the assembly majority of the people of such county are op|>oe«*d to divi
most strenuously object, ia Statement No. One, to which the
sion. What can the people of the Willamette valley know
candidate for the legislature may aul>«cribe or not, just as
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of the conditions effecting an Eastern Oregon county? Yet A'
he chmsu-s. An United States senator selected by a legis they will lie asked, next fall, to pass upon the merits of just
lature pledged through Statement One, ia pot to the liking such cases. But, for that matter, the average voter can
of the advocates of the assembly. He has secured his
know but little of the merits of two candidates for an office,
election without any help from this bunch and, therefore, is for one of which he must vote. There ia mors or leas guess
under no obligations to them. They cannot dictate to the work in elections anyway The elector may <*tat his ballot
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senator whom he el aU recommend for the various appoint for a man or measure, thinking he is cor serving societies
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ive feileral offices nor what particular measure of legislation
best interests when, afterward, he finds that he has voted
in congress he shall support or oppose. In fact, they can on the wrong side.
hav« no more influence over the action of the senator in
It ia the duty of the elector to obtain as much light as
congress, than any other citisen. This loss of power and
possible arxl laying aside personal prejudice or favoritism,
influence in the politics of the state, is exceedingly bitter
use his best judgment in casting his ballot; not only upon
and humiliating to three dethroned I mmscs , and it Is only
these county division matters, but for all candidates for
An experienced compounder of
natural that they should strive to regain their lost prestage.
office and matters effecting the public wellfare.
The assembly is the method they have devise«!, to regain
their l«»t power. I-et the people beware. Should the as
Successor to the late Hong W’o Tong,
Of course, the normal school towns think that there I*
sembly be successful in its designs and its candidates nomi
of Albany, Oregon, is now prepared to
nated and elected, the moat corrupt political ears of merit in having the slate support a high school for their
furnish Chinese medicines to all.
The
Oregon's history will soon ensue. Being able to break respective towns; for that is what the so-called normals
undersigned recommends him and guar
down the provisions of the primary law, theve same bosses amount to nothing more. Scio erected her own school
ante»* satisfaction. Call or write him
will not cease their endeavors, until everv vestige of reform building and pays her teachers for the grade dejuirtment»
at 117 West Second Street, Albany,
Oregon.
M. W estvaix
laws are eliminate«! from our statute books.
and the county pays the teachers for the high school depart
The state has erected large school buildings at
The Oregonian. In its tirades against the direct primary ments.
law, including the statement takes a sort of gnomish delight Monmouth, Ashland and Weston.
Cannot the counties
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in refering to Senators Bourne and Chamberlain as products wherein these buildings are located pay the teachera? If
not,
why
not?
thereof. It points out no particular acta on their part,
which justifies its oftimes derisive allusions; yet refers to
them as a sort of disgraceful result of the people's selection.
President Taft's administration ia now one year and three
Senators Bourn« and Chamberlain, doubtless, have their
months
gone. If there was any doubt, when he was
faults. They are but human. Their senatorial acts do not,
probably, suit the Oregonian and Its crowd of malcontents, inaugurated, that he was owned and controlled by the
for they endeavor, at timre at least, to do the will of their ••interests," there is none now. The people will simply have
Corner Borrivo« and Fr»ot Streets
constituents
the people. Anyway they suit the people ami to bear with him for two years and nine months more and
PORTLAND
OREGON
then endeavor to elsct a president who will serve THEIR
stand about as high in the councils of the nation as did
interests.
ex-Senators McBride, Simon or Fulton products of the old
method of electing senators.
MniftlwrMofs Nonet
Th« people can b* assured of one fact, and that is: No
lkresHh*nt Taft should be commended for his efforts to
man who is an advocate of the assembly ia, al heart, friend reform court procedure. The fact that a criminal, if he has
Notice is hereby given that the un
ly to the interests of the people. He would restrict and money, can keep his case before the Courts, year after year,
dersigned has been duly appointed ad
curtail the power of the people if he coukl. He has a selfish on technicalities, appeals, etc., goes far towants destroying
ministrator of the estate of Susannah
purpose, either fur himself or his friends, in view ami is, at respect for them in the minds of the people. This disrespect
Crabtree.
d«*ceaaed. by the County
DRUGGIST
heart, oppose«! to popular government. He is unwilling to for the courts is, probably, the primary cause of lynch
! Court of Linn County. Oregon. All
submit to the will of the majority and, if possible, will ings.
Scio
Oregon j persons having claims against said ea-
overcome or set aside that will, by umirrhaml schemes ami
I tale are hereby notified to present the
puts, of which the nrooose«i assembly is an instance.
’ same to the undersigned at his reel-
If
the
next
congress
is
Ifcmocratic,
it
cannot
do
leas
nor
u
Perhapa <»ur direct primary law can be made more efficient
j '!ence at Kingston. Oregon, within six
wore»*
than
the
present
congress
has
done.
The
legislation
and more satisfactory to. even the Jmlge George class of
months from this date duly verrifle«! as
politicians, by prop« r amendment. If so, time ami experi which has ix-en enacted, aside from the appropriation bills,
by
law required.
Only the trusts ami
ence will br ng it alxvut. Likewise may eur initiative ba* not been deaired by the people.
Dated thia 9th day of April 1910.
manufacturing interests have been conserved.
eatherford
wyatt
m-th««t of law making be made more satisfactory. But this
J. K Weatherford,
P. p. ClURT*KE.
cannot he done if these laws are evade«!, completely act
Attorney for Admr.
Administrator.
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assle or abused If defects exist, correct them. Instea«!
The Willamette valley will give the Jim Hill electric
of devising schemes to eva«ie. let us busy our I rains in cor railway lines a warm welcome and plenty of patronage when
office in Blumberg Block
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recting features of the laws which, experience may teach they come.
He cannot get busy loo quick to suit the
us, are defective.
people.
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