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our country’s laws and »pend her revenues, the
neglect of the people's interests can, in jmrt at
least, be accounted for.
But, thanks to the agitation of the real patriotic
statesmen of Isith jiarties. the number of congress
men and legislators, who dare to stand for the
Politicanti Independent
interests of all the people, are rapidly growing in
number. The day will soon be at hand when the
laws which tend to make, at the same time, million
Entered at the |Mj*tofhre nt Scio, Oregon, s* *econd-ciaas aires and paujHTs, will be repealed.
Even Presi
mail matter.
dent Taft ia beginning to read “the handwriting
on the wall,” and is pressing, with all the vigor
he possesses, the adoption of the treaty of recipro
city with (’añada. If the present congress does
PUBII8HED EVERY FRIDAY BY
not ratify the treaty, the next is sure to do so.
T. I., nuoci ER
And our state legislators seem to be imbued w ith
Kiirrott *** l'»<>r»i*n*i.
¡ the same spirit of serving Hjx cial interests. Nearly
every member, w hen he takes his seat in that
!
body, has a bill in his jxjcket, asking for a large
SI'IISCKII'HON HATMM:
appropriation for some pet project or institution in
<: 25 his {»articular locality.
He cares not whether the
Ow year in advance............
1 w project is of or will be beneficial to the people in
On* year, at en«l of year ..
1 75
One year, at rod of 2 year»
general. His county wants the money and he is
•> (Ki
One year, at end of 3 yeara
willing to resort to logrolling or any other old
7 *
n,. month« In advance ,
scheme
in order to accomplish his purpose«. Nor is
GO
Three months in advance
U6 it strange that we find legislators from the four or
Single copy in wrapper ...
five counties, which draw mor»? money from the
state treasury than they pay to it, standing solidly
for appropriations for which each of them was
ADVEKTISIXC) KA'riCMt
elected to secure.
Car of thanks ............................................................................. ■ 5<>
The only safe plan for the {»eople to pursue, that
S(>wi*l obituary notice*, per line................................................. «3
this
matter may be remedied is. to refuse to vote
Extended wedding comment*, per line ..................................... uCI
for these grafters for any office whatever, no
Display **i*. to b* changed weekly if drsire*d, on« column
wide each insertion, per inch ................................................15 matter what his politics may la«.
We have no us**
Business local* per line first insertion ......................................... 10 for the Aldriches. Baileys and Cannons in congress,
Each *ubse«|uent insertion per line
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nor the Bowermans and men of his ilk in the state
|*»ng time standing *>ls. contract* made on application.
legislature. The people must not expect their inter
ests to be taken care of in either congress or legis
lature. unless they elect men as members thereof,
whom the) know to I k * true and wholly uninflu
.1/ ore patriots seeded
ced by corporation or institution.
We want
patriots not partisans or servants of public service
a ... .* i -. Nor 'I** we
ITIIER PATRIOTISM bus degeneratedgn«at-
want men who are known to be pledged to the
ly, since the Revoluntionary and Civil wars service of our state colleges.
placed the meaning of the word upon a high
Whenever it is known that a candidate for offic«.
base of interpellation, else patriotism, placehunt
especially
the legislature or congress, is closely
ing an<l grafting have supplanted that love of
allied
to
either
a state college or a public service
country which h:w made American soldiers and
corporation,
he
is a good man for the people not to
aailora the admiration of the world, In the day*
of ’76 and ’61 day» which tried men’s souls, vote for.
The {»resent legislature is likely to appropriate
“Patriotism” meant a willingne»» on the part of
$6,000,000
or over. Whose fault is it? Whois to
the citizen to place his all. including his life, upon
blame
for
electing
legislators who think they are
the altar of his country. And because of the
greater
than
the
{M*ople
who eleettd them and who
bravery and fortitude of the patriots of those days,
dare
to
attempt
to
repeal
a law enacted by the
we established and |»n«serv«*d a government based
{»eople?
The
Answer
is
easy:
The men who voted
u|»on the principle that all men should be equal be
fore the law. But this was not wholly true until for these legislative misfits.
The people should know. by this time, that
the Ixiys of ‘61 knocked the shackles of bondage
from more than 4.000.000 of black men, held as corporations and our hig state colleges, have no
politics. A legislative favor, either appropriation
human slaves.
Most of our congressmen and legislators seem or other favor, is just as valuable no matter which
to think and act as if they had been elected to political party grants it
serve special, rather than the interests of all
We want congressmen and legislators who will
the people. And the ability which a congressman stand for the interests of all the people, first, last
or legislator manifests to secure large appropria and all the time. Nor does it make any great
tions from the nation or state for projects in his difference what political colar candidates for these
own particular locality, is. too often, regarded as offices wear, other then that they must I m « men of
the measure of his success. When such men rnnke integrity and who an* patriots.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
Carefully |»re|»;<re«l by c<»in|M«teht an I »•x|M«ri«,iice<i
employes thoroughly fai liliar with the records of
Linn County. Accuracy, ne»itness and dispatch is
our motto, U ** are now abstracting lhe instrument*
tib-d'iuilv ¡ir.d can serve the iiiiblie most efficiently.
We um * th«- rnoxt m<»d«-rn and up t<* «hit<* system <*t ab
stracting ’ An unlimited amouut of money to loan
on <5 j>«*r cent, per annum on approved farm security
noni rin»st.< is the office
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The Oregon legislature shows no
fiurpoae to hold its appropriations down
to reasonable limits. In I!* >9 the re
con, aggregate of 11,000,000 for the
biennial period staggered the burdened
taxtiayer. but now we hear that the
|4.U00,(XX) maximum is to I m * so fsr
exceeded that the total for 1911-12 will
reach W.OKO.OUO
la Oregon a fd.OOO.OOO state? Are
its productive resources so varied ami
so readily available that so vast a sum
can be turned into the state treasury
Without sacrifice or In some case* actual
bankruptcy? How can the legislature
possibly justify itself for piling so
great a load on the shoulders of the
poor taxpayer, already perplexed and
embarrassed by the mststrnt demands
for taxes from county, city, school dis
trict arnl the like? How much of thia
great sum is being wrung from the
taxpayer's pockets to meet the genuine
needs of the state, and how much to
support ornamental boar la and com-
missions, pay for uaelesa public print
ing. extern! an already heavily padded
payroll, provide for "higher education"
free for people well able to pay ami
furnish th* luxurious establishments of
state functionaries with automobiles.
Wilton carjiets, mahogany sidehoards
and cut fglaaa wine seta? How much
goes into the dally fare of the r.nhappy
inmates of the state institutions at
Salem, and bow much into the living of
a long list if superflucu* public em
ployee? What percentage of this vast
expenditure of fG.ixW.OOii will represent
■ to the state value received and how
j much sheer waste and wicked extrava-
Jgancs?
The Oregonian is the last to protest
| against the investment by the state of
1 moneys into necessary public inatitu-
1 tion*. such as the insane asylum, the
i home for th«* feeble-minded, the re-
I form school* and the orphans* schools,
I all of which represent the generous
spirit of an enlightened humanity; or
i such as the penitentiary, which society
' must maintain for it* own protection,
j Nor would it deny to superintenilents
. and officers of these institutions the
means of comfortable living. But it is
| profoundly concerned in the wise and
I judicious expenditure of the state's
funds in channels not absolutely neces
sary to a reasonable development of
, the state's interest* and not strictly a
part of the public activities. It would
j remind the legislature that the State
of Oregon ha* only 700,000 people, and
that it is folly for ua to endeavor to
compete in public expenditure* with
the State of Washington, with 1,300,-
000, or the State of California, with
2.4OO.OOO.
It i* with ■tifili- reluctance, ami at
th* risk of being misunderstood that
Th* Oregonian mentions the appropri-
ation for the State University, which
exceeils l.’sxi.OOO this to be addetl to
the |2&).(MX> biennial sum heretofore
voted by the legislature ami approved
through the referendum by the tax-1
and we suggest to the active promoters
of this great appropriation that they
are taking serious chance* of another
referendum, with les* prospect of en
thusiastic support by many who have
heretofore insisted that the university
should have sufficient fund* for main
tenance. equipment
and
buildings
There is too much of the ok! flavor of
the reprehensible logroll about this ap
propriation, and Repr*-*entative Thomp
son was correct when, in the House
last Saturday, he insiste«! that the
item* ought to tie separated and con
sideration of the whole appropriation
proceed on its merits, disassociated
with anv other legislative interest or
influence.
It is the practice at Eugene to com
pare the merits and needs of the State
University with the institutions at
Seattte, Moscow (Idaho) ami Berkeley
(California), and to show that the Ore
gon school is asking for les*. The
State University at Seattle is the only
ini|>ortant educational institution west
of the Cascade Mountains in a state
with nearly twice Oregon’* population;
at Moscow, Idaho supp«irt* a combined
State University and Agricultural Col
lege, and at Berkeley, California has
similarly united the two institutions.
If the appropriation for the Oregon
univrreity thia year »hail be 1753,000
(IncliMitng the fi’Al.OX) fixed appropria
tion), and for the Oregon Agricultural
College $570,(MM), the total for three
two will reach the immense sum of
> l«ayers. The university is agrowing II.323.000. That i* certainly going
and beneficent Institution, and if it is some!
to l*e maintaineil it must have ade«|uaU
It i* invalwlous. no doubt, to mention
funds. But w* submit that D«M»,(MXi item* in th* stupendous 16,000,Out) total;
for a »ingle biennium is more than the
state shouk! be called on to provide. ’
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