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DEFECT IN OUR
PRIMARY LAW
Our primary law is a serious
handicap to s**cti<>mi of i|M| state
and counties where population is
less dense than in the population
centers
The tr«*ml is to nomina'«*
candidates for political office almost
exclusively from where the majority
of electors cast their votes. Nor
can electors be blanwxl for voting
for the candidate with whom he is
acquainted, who may lie a friend or
neighbor, in preference tn a candi
date of w^orn he knows but little or
nothing about It is a «lefect in our
present law which ought to be cor
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rected ami which can be brought
about only by a i>atriotie fairmoM
on the part of the people
The
population centers must not nor
should not be allowed to absorb all
political power in a county or state.
Our present plan of selecting
legislator«, can never result in a
fair and e«|uitable distribution of
legislation, because so large a per
centage of our lawmakers ar«* eleit-
e<l from these centers
While the
memlier« so electo«! may be fair in
their purp«»m* to treat all portions of
the state justly ami cq.iUably, they
can not avoid, if they would, work
ing for the interests of their imme
diate communities. They look out
for these interests an«! expect the
few members from the sparsely
populated districts to care for the
interests of their respective locali-
tiifs. But their members are so few
and their interests »«> varied that
harmony of action is impracticable.
So legislators from the population
centers get about all they want,
while members from the row coun
ties get an occasional crumb in their
favor from the legi»lative hopper.
Without amending our state con-
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lative candidates, without a consH-
tutional change, which would be a
partial remedy. Divide each county
into legislative districts correspond
ing with the number of senators
and representatives for the purpose
of nominations only, but the elecUon
of each would be by the vote of the
entire county. Unn county would
thus be divided into three nominat
ing districts. This would avoid the
election of three members from one
I x-ahty, as was the casr at our last
election. The same plan for select
ing candidates for our county court
would be wise and more equitable.
This would place the judge in one
district and a commiasioaer in each
of the others. This would insure a
more equitable distribution of offi-
be loyal, be secretly would betray
his country if he could.
The socialist party will do well to
purge itself of these men who place
party above country and who would
rejoice to see Or many the victor in
tab txiitle between autocracy ami
<i«-m<>cra<’y
WHY STARVE OUR
61 FARM LOANS
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limited amount of funds
4o lend on farm security
at (| per cent per annum.
I«ong lime loans «lew red
N<> delay.
C. C. BRYANT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
201-2 New First National Bank HHg
ALBANY
SCHOOLS?
FARM LOANS 61
» >REG<)N
H. B. CHESS
It is difficult to understand th*
Attorney •» Law
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action of the majority of voters at
I! U K EK A BEAM
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our recent M*h«x»l meeting, in limit
L*k«»»'.
Albany. Dre.
ing the school levy to 9 mills, they 1.13 Lyon St.
placed our schools in an awkward
•s
position. One of three alternatives
must result: ’Die number of school
months must be curtailed, the
salaries of teach«-« hiust lie rr-durxi
cials.
or a l«ns numlx*r of teachers must
In the old days when delegate be employed.
Either alternative
ven lions made the nominations, will result in destroying much of
greater equity in the dtstritHition of th« efficiency of oqr schools and no
candidates prevailed than under our right thinking man or woman should
present plan.
Yet we would not wish to do that.
return to the old corrupt convention
Strange aa it may appear, there
days, when each political ¡»arty, is an occasional person who is op
through its Ixisees. made up «late* posed tomaintatn|og our highschool.
of delegate.
Now as we will have to pay th«-
A plan of districting counties is high school tax whether or not we
worth considering
II would do maintain such a school and as the
jiway with bunching officiais which, teachers of the high srhool depart
with our present plan of selecting ment are paid substantially from
candidates, is unavoidable.
the county high school fund, we
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cannot iind«*r»tan«i the reason for
SOCIALISM. <HAT
opposition
Very few of our lx»ys and girls
DOES IT MEAN? can afford to atterxi college Nearly
all of them can ami do avail them
Socialism seems to have a differ selves of the advantage of the four
DEALER IN-------------
ent meaning in different countries high »chool grades with but small
In Russia socialists rem to lx- paci cost to their parents Must of them
fista. In tiermany they seem to lie b«>ard at their hona s and the only
supporting the kaiser. In the Unit cost are the books required
With
ed States, they are divided, some out the high school, most, if not all
supporting the administration loyal- ( of them would have to be content
ly while others would, if they could-, with what the common school grad«*»
support the kaiser.
would give them.
Now as a matter of fact, none of
Just what those who voted for 9
us Hesirv war. If we could honorably mill tax hope«! to accomplish is
avoid it. President Wilson opposed hardly understandable
It can only
our entrance into the war until op result in crippling the common
position became a stench in the school grades, for the high school
nostrils of every patriotic liberty can an<1 probably will !>«■ maintain«*«!
Cash Paid tor Veal, Hogs. Hales and Caacara Bulk
loving American citizen
Then con in any event. Also, we understand
Prices High/
gress declared war
It was not the that the high school u-acher cannot
declaration of democrats or republi give all or even a part of his or her
Our Motto: I. tee and Let Live
cans aa political parties, but the time in teaching the common grad«-»,
declaration of American citizens, yet draw his >r her salary from the
who deprecated war. but were will high school fund.
OREGON
ing to plunge the nation into war.
The Tribune favors ccoaotoy in
rather than to submit to the domi school matters. It does not favor
nation of a nation, whose cruelties paving teachers an exhorbitant sal
and disregard of the accepted law ary. Yet we n»u»l pay alx«ut what
of nations to which it had agreed other schools pay. if we would se
by aolumn treaty, made her a nation cure efficient teachers and. we be
of outlaws and an enemy to huma» lieve, this is what the school board
liberty.
is doing It may be economy in the
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Is complete and
HtocK fresh and <
We carry a full line of
Tea, Coffee, Spices,
Canned Goods, and in
fact, everything needed
for the table.
J. F. WESELY
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Qyeensware, Glassware, Etc.
Held and Garden Seeds
J. F. WESELY
Cost itf Little More
I o go East T hrough
Russian socialists, by their con
templated action in practically suing
for peace at the dictation of Ger*
man Intriguants. have shown them-
selves unworthy of the boon of
political liberty, tierman socialists
are proving that they are loyal to
their government, though eondrinn-
ing the kaiser's action in involving
the world war and with the purpose
of breaking down the things for
which socialists contend. American
socialists, those who are loyal to the
government, are proving that the
life of our government and the
cause of democracy are superior to
anv an«! all parties. Rut the wing
of socialists, who secretly favor the
kaiser and countenance I. W. Wism.
atitution this condition cannot be
remedied. So long as population is
used as a basis for apportioning the
legislative membership, the unfair
ness is likely to remain.
When our plan of state govern
ment was modeled, it was intended
to be a minature copy of the gov
ernment of the United State«. But
the copy is a failure in one very im
portant feature. The United States
senate is composed of two senators
from each state, regardless of popu
lation. That is to say Oregon with
a population of less than one million are so contemptible that they should,
has just as much power in that body one and all. be driven from the con
aa ths state of New York with a fines of a government they would
population ten times greater, if destroy.,
the same rule of selection of our
The socialist, den.oecal or repub
state legislature should be used. It lican who does not submit loyally to
would give, say Grant county an the will of the majority, is out of
equal power in legislation with plice as a citizen of a democratic
Multnomah in the state senate. If. government. The basic principle of
for instance, each of our Oregon democracy is the rule of the major
counties should be entitled to one ity. There is no halfway or half
A
senator and the membership of the hearted American patriotism
house of representatives bB based man must be for or against the rule
upon population, then our state of the majority. If against, he is
government would be a more correct more dangerous to the American
'government than to the kaiser, lie
copy of our national government.
while
Another plan could be adopted
minds of some prop!«* to allow our
school building to deteriorate ami
<iecav. Th«- Tribune does not think
so and we lielievc a mistake was
made at the school meeting in not
providing funds for necessary re
pairs.
It is too late now to call another
sp«*cial meeting to reconsider this
vote, or The Tribune would favor
such action. At all events, it is a
warning for the friends of good
schoola to lie on hand one year
hence.
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