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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1914-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1916)
» «/»» Al > » •<* '-w '«g THE SCIO TRIBUNE President Wilson is opposed to war on general principles Who is not? So far he ha* been able to IMfUKD KVKKY THt.'MllAY BY maintain our neutrality as to the European war Whereas, if he so T. u ootiGta, KornciR awn raor • : , • of a warlord disposition. be ha* had En ter « mí at the noatoffice at Scio. sufficient cause, from both English and German action tn involve our Oregon as secund class matter. 'country in the general mixup. Shall 1 he be blamed for changing from a auiMK'jurnoN. in aovanc * AT KND or YBAK MX MONTH* -------------- AtlVgRTtelNG KAT KB: Local advertising, per Im* 6c Duplay advertising, per inch 10c Display advertising. long time, see manager. Extended marriage or death notieva per line ... 3c Special rates on Ion* time display advertising. THEORY VS. PRACTICE Theory, If at all practical, w all right It is the pioneer of the practice to follow, Sometime* and perhaps too often, practice demon strates theory to have been founded on false deduction*. And again conditions are such that even the most practical of theories l»eeome premature and, if it is at tern tiled to {nit them intn practice, they fail liecauae conditions for their success ful introduction are not rTpa, or conditions may have chafiged bef<»r» a theory could be tried out Theory of government is especial ly subject to the above suggested feature* While our two great political parties agree on the gener al features of government, they differ, or think they do', on some of pacifist to that of placing our coun try in a condition of war pevpared- n«*sa. when the war cloud seems so threatening'* Conditions caused him to. seemingly, change front. So is he not justified in doing so? The Mexican civil war was a heri tage of the Taft administration, and while there ha* IwAn an endeavor, by a Mexican faction a* well as an influence on thia side of the line, to cause this government to intervene, he ha* refused to so involve our country. The murder of American citizsms who. for reason* aatisfactory to themselves, elected to reside in Mexico, while exasjierating. he has not deemed sufficient cause for intervention, Such casualties Could be atoned for hereafter. Anyway, such Mexican American residents They knew. are partly to blarny Z A M <■ -i,- spirit of fairness and just dealing, there is no use for a man from the remote {««rtlons to contest for an office and r»p,«-ially M this true if he is a member of the minority party. This condition can lie remedied some what If our legtslaturv would he controlled by a «writ of justice and equitv. A law should be «-narted dividing counties, say for Icgudativ* can didate*. into as many dial nets a* there are candidates and for county judge and county cord mi « oners into the same or similar districts, so that n<> two of these official* should hale from the same district. It should go further and make it obligatory to divide loch official« as nearaa may I m - between the two dominating political parties. T im * forks of the Santiam proper embrace« more than one half of the territory of Linn county and fully one half or mon- of the bridges. Itecauac of the fact that this same «rciion ha* lea* then -«nethird of the population, it is nonsmar for one of our |M-<iple to seek a nomination and worse than useless for him to expect election if nominated. We should have, at least, «me member of the or ought to have known. Mexican legislature and a member of the character and. therefor*, awumed county court. Under present law. th«1 risk of their own accord * But this equitable destribution of these when Mexicans cam«- acroas th« offices seems impossible. border to murder and pillage, a The Tribune liclieves that if our cause ,»f war was introduced, which mrmlirr* of the IcguJaiure should the president nor no other right ask for such district division it thinking American citizen can con would lie granted without question. done Hence our troops are now Especially is such division important in Mexico and the Mexicans alone frtmi a county court viewpoint. A can prevent intervention and the memlier of that body from Scio or occupation of their entire country vicinity, certainly can know more by U. S. troops Should we blame al «out the condition of the roadsand our pre*i<b*nt liecauM- hr ha* await bridges in this local itv. than if he ed this overt act, before employing lived in Brownsville or Harrisburg force in protecting American rights? and vice versa Only blind parttsims, who would The Tribune mention* this coodi- win by fair or foul means, will do I tion in a spirit of justice, equity so Our country should I* congratu and economy. It believes that when lated in having a man of poiar and voters think about it thev will de cool judgment in the president’s mand the same in no uncertain chair. We can point to otberawho. voice. the minor points. Sometimes con ditions lieeome so changed that statesmen who are placed in charge of the government ar* compelled to changr front and take position* antagonistic to former well thought out plans and theories This to particularly true of he who may ba selected as our chief executive, It if in President Wilson’s plan-. would has been true of nearly every presi have involved us. l»oth tn Mexico dent w* have had from the begin and Europe, long l«ef<>re this. Nor has President Wilson been the only ning. . President Lincoln. in his first president we have had. who watch* inaugural address, stated that he fully awaited the course of event*. did not purpose tn interfere with Long lisfore the destruction of the slavery in the states wherein it ex I «at tie ship Maine in Havana heritor isted anti that he had no legal right would the people have justified to do so. Yet the Civil war created intervention in Cuba with a con«* a condition which demanded the quent war with Spain. But Presi atxdition of slavery and in less than dent McKinley awaited J he overt three years after hi* first inaugura act in the sinking of the Maine a* tion, by proclamation, he declared has President Wilson the murderous every slav* in the United State* a raid on Columbus, before commenc ing to act. Shall we blame Presi free man In like manner nearly every preai dent Wilson for awaiting an overt dent since has lieen compelled to act which the world will justify a* modify their theories and opinion* a cause for war, before sending troops into Mexico? to fit conditions newly arisen. President Wilson ha* had a most Just now, on the eve of a great political campaign. Prr*id«*nt Wilson trying ordeal since he moved into is condemned by his political enemies the White House a» it* occu|>ant tircausr he has bwn compelled to Mo sooner than one crisis is safely No 'un- modify or change some of the past. when another arise« prejudiced person will say he has theories of ^government he enter not given hi* licet energies to hit tained when a candidate. task of sailing the Ship of Sta|g. During the political campaign of Nor will any just critic assail him 1912. it was admitted by all parties for adjusting hi* theories and that our tariff had been boosted opinions to fit emergency conditions. to a too high point. In fact thia boosted condition was one of the Only, persons who are controlled by leading cause* of the split in th* blind partisan prejudice and who republican party at Chicago and th* would win whatever the result to the country, will condemn his every resultant election of Wilson. In obedience to this general de- public action. mand of the people. President Wil NEEDS FIXING son. a* soon a* inaugurated. Con vened congress in special session for the one purpose of revising the Our direct primary law. in point tariff schedules downward. He and of the nomination of candi<late* is congress were commanded by the not as just and equitable as it should people to do thia and in doing so, be. Under present condition, the neither the president nor congress center* of population usually nomi should be blamed for obeying an nate the candidates and a* a rule, order from the people. Before thia elect them, for political party lines tariff change was in full effect, the have grown so slack, that most every European war was on, which so man votes for his home candidate. completely changed tariff conditions For thia reason most of our oninty that the expected result of the new candidate reside at the county seat law was defeated. and without voter* ar* actuated by a. J. F. 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