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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1910)
I * Politically Independent Entered at the poetofflee at Srio, Oregon, as second class mail matter. PUBI ISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY T. I«. DUGGER > l>TT<iN *MI> I'Rol'ItUto». HI'IIHC KII'ildN HA I KH. »! 2fi 1 5o 1 n 2 i« 75 In ofi Owe year In bdranre ............. One year, at i-ml of year .... o ><• year, ut < n I of yean» One year, at end of 3 year» Six month» in advance............. Three month» in advance......... Single <op] ii< wrapper ... APVF.KT1HIN < » RATI»; Car of thanks . .. ................. . .............................. ..So Spa-cial obituan per H m ■ Extended wadding nimmeiito, per line .............................. «3 Display ads, to I m -. hanged weekly if desired, on«- column wide each insertion, per inch ...................................... 15 Business local» per line first imh-rtion................................ . lo 05 Each subsequent insertion per line ......... Long time standing ads. contracts made on application. SHALL THE PEOPLE HULE? HF. LEADING political issue to be decided, by the |>eop|p, next November is Shall the People or a few political bosses and bosslots control the state government? Oregon enjoys the distinction of having brought government closer to the people than any other state. With our Initiative and Referendum, the Recall, the Direct Primary and Statement No. 1 and the Australian ballot, the jsilitical boss has been completely put out of business. Through the assembly he is now making strenuous efforts to recover his lost power. The fact thnt under the workings of Statement No. 1. an United States senator has been and can be elected in the short space of time required for one roll call of the legislature, without scheming, trading or bribery and without placing the senator elect under any obligations whatever to the pro fessional politician nnd wirepuller, is a mutter of great dissatisfaction and chagrine to these men who were, mainly, responsible for the old time biennial disgrace at Salem. No wonder the assembly plan has been concocted; for the restora tion of intrigue and the handling of br’be money, is a matter of vital necessity to these dethroned boaaes and bossleta. In fact, unless the assembly wins out, these gentlemen will, actually, have to go to work in order to get a living. The Oregonian says that the Direct Primary and Statement No. 1 gives the state such United States senators as Jonathan Bourne and, worse yet in its estimation, a democrat in the person of Geo. E. Chamberlain. Without setting up a defense for Senator Bourne, (for that gentleman seems abun dantly capable of defending himself.) we simply refer to the fact that an Oregon legislature, some years ago, elected a McBride to that office, a man who could not measure up to th standard of Sena tor Bourne in many respect«. Senator Chamber- lain has been elected to office no less than six times, in localities larg«dy republican. Tais ought to be sufficient evidence to establish the fact that the people like our junior senator and have conft- dence in his integrity. As attorney general of Oregon, as prosecuting attorney for Multnomah county for two terms an«] as governor of Oregon for two terms, he has made g<xxl and the people believe he will makegood in the most exalted posi tion within the gift of the state. Had Mr. Fulton been the republican nominee instead of Mr. Cake, the N ews believes Mr. Chamberlain would have been elected, just the same and. mavhap, by a larger majority. Nor do the railroads and other favor seeking corporations like Statement No. 1. The railroads, formerly, could and did furnish money to pay the campaign and election exjienses of candidates for senator whom they desired, thereby p'acing such senator under such oblications that, until quite recently adverse railroad legislation by congress was unheard of. The railroads got about every thing they a.sk«-d for and, goodness knows, they never failed to ask for plenty. Besides the enor mous grants of land given the railroads, they now receive more than eight times what the service is worth to carry the United States mails. Senator elected by the Oregon plan, are under no obliga- thns to the railroads. They can look at proposed railway legislation from the peoples viewpoint. Had the member- of the United States senate been composed of members elected by the people during the lan«l grant period, it is quite probable that I’nch* Sam’s intthavt been so ra; WHOLESALE DIALE» IN ly depleted. Place just one dozen members in that body, elected oy the Oregon plan and. it is dollar- to doughnuts that the railroads wiil get nothing’ from congress other than what is just and right I If California had a primary law like the law w« have, she would be free from the domination of •) T'Irjkon» N ais 175 14! ISk CcmmercU! St. the Southern Pacific in a short time. »• : But coming back to the subject proper, the peo •1 A. G. MAGERS, Prop. Salem, Oregon pie will act wisely if they reject every candidal« who wears the assembly collar. No candidal« should be elected who has even a taint of assembly- •...................................... ............... ..................................................... itis. Some good men have been named fcr offict an T by the assembly men for whom the N ews ha»- the most profound respect; but, we trust, everyone ■ >f tin in will be defeated at the primary electiur or, if they should be nominated, they should b« Carefully prepare«! i»v <*«unpett*:it an! exp*-rienco<l defeated at the general election. employes thoroughly faiiili.tr with the records of The maintainance of all of our reform laws is Lian <'minty. Accuracy, m tin - ami dispatch is the only guaranty that the people shall continu« our motto, \\ c ar«* now abstracting the instruments to rule. It is of vastly mor»* importance to re filed I iJ v i i I can -■••■ve tin- mibli m . t ellicientlv. tain these laws, than is the success politically of We use the nmst m Ivin and up t< date in of ab any man or |>«rty. The assembly is. proltably, stracting * An unlimited amount of money to loan the last attempt the |>arty bosses will mak«* to <>n G per «••■nt. p -r annum mi approved farm security overthrow reform laws. If the people will march BOTH I’lluMIV I lli Ol HCi: I I I I PlloM OR WHITE up to the polls, next November in solid phalanx, determined to protect their own interests at all hazards, «he victory will be won for all time. To this cn«l, the friends to reform should have but one set of candidates, so that there will not be a divide«! vote. If this can be done and good clean I men are named for office, there is not a ¡»article of doubt what the result will be. A continuation along reform lines of government will give Ore gon the honor of being the best governed state of the nation and as the government of the United States stands at the head of the governments of the world as being the most enlightened an«i of the broadest liberty of the people, it can be seen that Oregon will occupy a most enviable position. Therefore, let every friend of reform laws get to work. You may have a neighbor who is wavering as to how he will vote. Seek out that neighbor and, in a friendly way. couns«-1 him to vote for a continued forward movement in the science of THE ESMOND HOTEL government and never for a step backward. Standard Liquor Co Wines, Liquors and Cigars ......... ....................................................... * ABSTRACTS OF TITLE, Albany Abstract Co., l CURL. Manager Centrally locate«!, good rooms, prices moder INSURING BANK DEPOSITS , Wh*" ‘‘ ^uire. W1 per ■ cent of confi when we are willing to fumiah the denee an.I and 4 per n«*r cent of currency cu dence to do fund* for the payment of defxMiitor», ate, courteous It is not »o much the question of the business of the country, why tako and do not ask the government or the treatment more dollar», but how to keep busy up so much of our valuable time in dis- state to art otherwise than as a deposi J. /Ì POLW D, Pro/). Corner Morrbon »nd Front Stretto what we have. The public grants the : cussing the kind of securities necessary tory for the fundi. »VCX'XMOR TO OREGON banker a greater credit on his reputa to bolster up th«* I per cent? Why not Look at it from any standpoint, and POKTLANo devote more time to th«' more important j carefully analyze all the proposed J. L. CARAVAN tion than a banker would grant to a feature, and insure the stability of the remedies, and you will find the govern manufacturer t>r m- reliant. l!u< I» connect »¡th «li train» both at A statement for credit from one of '.Xi per cent ? ment will have more to do with the eatherford wyatt W«- k<-« |> on discussing currency and banking businens under these plan», Wvwt Scio an<l Mnnkers. these, with a showing of 125,'KX) capital Our r ü » are flr-t class and <>ur borse» and S100.000 Indebtedness, nearly all of more crrrcncy, when it is only through than under the insurance of deposits. K’.» m 1 <lriv*r». Price» rearouable. which is due on demand, would not lie a lack of confidence that we have been Unleaa the bankers come to their regarded by a banker as strictly "gilt- deprived of the currency that rightfully »••n»cs and do business, we will have Office in Riunii» rn Blurt nlge,- a nd »• curity would b<- asked for iM-k.ngs to 11». the government in the banking business ALBANS : ; ; Ouano a loan * any amount, arxi yet thia is a An em«-rgency currency, based on on a grand scale, and our strongest The lk *t Piace in Portland to Kat better statement than the average furnishing sufficient confidence for the competitor, so much so, that when we banker offers of hia condition to the M per cent used in business, will be a look backward, the friend« of the A. G. PRILL, M. I» at failure and a disappointment, for. in insurance of deposits will be looked D. public. up* time of panic, the emergency currency There is no gmxl reason why the on as extremely conservative, and not banka, and through them the commerce would be l«>ck«si up as fast as it was as socialists and destroyers of the of 85,000,01) of people »houkl lie so radi issued, aixi Would not do the business reputation of banks that flatter them •I Meet end of the Mortis»«» Street cally «tiaturbed at a time when other expected. selves that they are able to do business bridge. Telephone, Exchange No. 11 There have been many plans suggest regardless of the rest of the world. conditions ami remiurca were never equalled, because of the action of a ed to improve and remedy our financial : : ; OREGON I fully appreciate the personal worth «CIO few high-grade promotor» am! gamb system, but all except the guarantee of and reputation of the honorable banker deposit, are baaed on the insurance of lers. (Succi.sort. Riner Rr«.) who has, and is deserving of the confi These we shall always have, but their more cuir ncy in times of stringency, dence of the people. Thia is generally PROPRIETOR. — Manufacturer and Dealer in— p >w, r to in,i re ought to be kept down and not one without a guarantee, or true of most banka and the undeserving to the minimum, so that they woukl else backed up by the government, or are few in comparison. i I!onitss anil SaHilhs >1 ISCRIHK FoR not hi able to create distress bejond both. Then why should the friends of During th«* recent unpleasantness, their own associates and immediaie tl e .e measur« scry ’•socialism,” “pat r- many of the country banka deprived of CarrUfc Trtamlar Fefsir Work Sotkltrd the I ut under our present nalism” and ctler bad names at the cor n -etions. All Wcrk Strictly Guriotred ! I elievers in the g israntee of deposits, 1 (Continued on Page 5) system this is impossible. SKUBIFM. OREGON $1 V) PER YEAR W & Attorneqs-ut-Lair Physicians ^urqeon Pup 8 Coffee House CHARLES .1. MAHER A. SHANKS SANTI AM NEWS 4 ’»Í * 9
