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th« money as well as the
THE SCIO TRIBUNE to men. supply
aa «he is doing now
Such ac
UHt:Kt> KVKKY THL'KSDAY BY
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Entered at th« ¡»»itoffie« at Scio.
Oregon aa urcoml clans matter.
SI'RX HimoN. IN ADVANC1
AT MM> or Y KA a
Sil NONTHM
AIAKKT1NING KAT»
SI.60
1.76
.76
lx>c«l advertising, per line
•
6c
Display advertising. per inch
16c
Th«-y register a» partisan» largely
from force of habit and also because
they
must do so in compliance with
tion on the part of our National
the
law
in order to help nominate
< oogreas occurring now, would lie
looked upon as the rankest crimi rand t>l atm
People haye concluded ths* the
nality by the people
They would
not stand for it al all.
The cong political party tag is of small conse
It is men or women they
ressman who would vole for such quence
bald robbery would hardly dare re- want for officials who have no polit
turn to hi« home
The Government ical or Imsineas axes to grind, who
has learned bv experience
The co are callable, honest and efficient.
partnership with Wail street, which Ixast of all will they notice the [»•-
was forced upon the Government iitical badge he wear»
When Unde Sam induct» aritix.-n
because of the Civil war. to be finally
into
the Army or Nav> I m - never
broken with the establishment of the
a»k*
the recruit whether he is a
regional bank« and rural credits
llemocrat
or a Ib-publican. but he
laws, ha« been dissolved
The Government finally learned does a»k if th«* recruit is a loyal
that the Nation
bequeathed by American cilixcn. If the prospect
Washington to the people, belonged ive soldier <M unlor comm up to the
to the people and not to Wall street physical requirement he la duly in
Congress has at last concluded that ducted into the service without more
the Government is a vast copartner ado
Display advertising, long time. see
manager,
Kxtendetl marriage or death notice«
per line
•'c
Special rates <>•« lone time display
ship. in which each individual is an
advertising.
active partner and who is responsi
ble for its maintenance and prutec-
THE PEOPLE CAN BE TRUSTED lion both in time of war a» well a«
in peace
Congrea« know« that if
The unanimity with which the the financial feature of the prearnt
American ¡ample responded to the great war and it» enormous Cost ha»l
calls of the Government for men and l>een turn«! over to Wall «trvet, a»
money to defend the principle of was don« in the Civil war. the money
democracy, proves conclusively that •harks which infest that «mall local
this is a “Government of theiwople, ity would have placed the shackI«- a
by the paoplr. for the people,” of financial slavery upon every man.
They think they sic proprietor« of woman and child in the Nation, a
the Nation whicn Washington won condition from which they would
and IJncoln |»eruetuated for the have never been released
President Wilson and t.ongre««
people, ami they are willing to de
fend their titular right to democ «aid; “We will put this matter up
It is an extraordin
racy with their last man and last to the people
ary condition which requires an ex
dollar.
President Wilson and Congress traordinary expenditure of money
Now if Uncle Sam csres so little
for th«- party badge a« to not a»k
•l>out it from the men he ask« to
defend our Nation's [»-ace. honor
and perpetuity, why should we lie
more particular alwiut the candidate
we elect to a lucrative office?
Most people are [»artisan« until
th«» primary election, after which
they are American citixens with the
one purpose in view of »electing
from the two or more candidates
named for a particular office the
candidate who t» iilo-ly I., render
the best service in the interests of
the public
Should you require the services
of a man or woman for your store,
your farm, in your public schools,
in your homes, or in any other ca
pacity, vou seldom inquire what
party coal he wears, or to what
church he belong«
OH. no
You
simplv look afier the fitness, qualifi
cation and likelihood of the tMwt
service a» between the applicant«.
You take Uie«c men or women into
your homes
They become, in a
certain scow, your daily conqian-
iona. 1« the candidate for a lucra
tive office of more importance to
you whom you may meet but sei
dom? Must he w< ir a particular
¡»arty brand Io be the better official?
So when you come to sift thia
matter of par' -».«ndnp to the bot
tom you will nd a ileal of camou
flage aixiut it
Hie man or woman
who is a partisan at any and ail
nwita. generally is influenced from a
selfish motive
He cither want» to
be elected to office or expects to lie
sometime in the future, or may
have »nine particular friend he wants
to elect
For this ri-»»in he desires
to keep hi» iMrtiaan record clear.
Did you ever reflect that about
all the ill« from which our Govern
ment has suffered, including official
extravagance, dishonesty and gener
al inefficiency, have tieen due to
partisanism? Yet such is the cam*,
chief of which were the causes
which led to the Civil war.
Now that our Nation is politically
united as never liefore. there is n<>
reason whv the better man or wom
an should not lie elected to any of
fice within th« gift of the people tv»
matter what may lie the color of his
hair or politics.
If this principle should la- ad her ««I
to bv the voter as his rule of politi
cal actum, we would »»on have a
purer and less expensive govern
ment in Nation, state, county or
city. The official who thinks he or
•he is elected to serve th«- interests
of any one particular party, wears
political blinders and never proves
to be a desirable official.
He is
elected to serve all the people.
have every confidence that any call and it is up to them as copartner«
of men to the Colors, or money with to assess themselves with the money
which to replenish the war chest, as often as required.” Well, they
will not lie made in vain They «eem , did and nobly have the copartners
to think the power and will to do i responded.
For the third time the copartners
things by the American people is
arc
dumping their savings into the
unlimited. They are willing to. and
.
National
treasury. They were asked
do. trust the people
They will not
I in this Third Liberty Loan for a sum
be disappointed
When the Civil war of ‘61 to '65 I of money equal to the entire first
was on. President Lincoln and Con- i cost of the Civil war. 13.000.000.000
greioi were willing to trust the people Ar« they responding to the call?
to furnish the man power to subdue i Aye. That sum is likely to be neat
the rebellion, but were not willing doubled by the time the campaign
Can the people be trusted to
to trust then to furnish the money. ends
The Kaiser will
Instead of asking the people to loan do their duty?
the Government money in small think so when he hear« the result of
sums. Wall street was appealed to the response of the ¡»eople to the
to supply it in large sums. In other Third Liberty Loan ami he drives
word« Coiigriss turned over the his misguided soldiers up again«t the
management of the supply of bor more than half million copartner« of
rowed money to the bankers of th« American Government now over
Wall street. New York
there and the million more on the
The sum of money borrowed at way. and yet millions more to go if
that lime by the Government, in necessary.
Yes. this is a government of the
cluding the currency issued, amount•
•d to about 33,000,000,000. Wall people, by the people, for the pgo-
street so manipulated the ls>nd mar ple. The people own it and the
ket that the Government was forced voice of the people is supreme.
tn sell her bond« at a heavy discount. Moreover they are willing to back
Then Wall street banker« did not their Government to win by every
pay gold for the bond«, as the people man and eveiy dollar. The Kaiser
are now doing, but paid for them in is to be awakened from hi« dream
greenback« or currency which, as that Wall street owned the Ameri
represented in gobi, were worth on can Nation and that the American
an average of 60 cents for the dot-' people would «acritice everything
He is now finding that
lar. In th« la«t analysis the Gov- for money
the
United
States
is a nation of ¡»a-
ernment’s bond« sold to these bank
ers for about 50 cents in gold for triols and that they are as well vers
each dollar of their face value, this ed in the war same as are his hordes
was th« result when the Govern-| of murderers of women and child
ment trusted the money changers to ren. He is finding out that “dem
ocracy” is a thing the people will
maintain her credit.
But when the war was over, these fight for to th« death, and that the
same money changers appeared in principle of self-government makes
Congress, many of them aa members men who are willing to tight to
and others as lobbyists, and influ maintain the manhood ai d woman
enced Congress to enact a law main hood of the world.
taining the public credit, the effect
of which was to cause the«« high in
NON PARTISAN ISM
terest bearing bonds (the interest
ranged from six to ten per cent! to
We hear much about non partis -
be paid in gold, dollar for dollar.
Vast fortunes were thus accumu anism and non partisan leagues these
It is somewhat peculiar that Ger
lated by the bankers and money days. As a matter of fact a very
lenders.
large majority of the people are man war reports never include any
The trust thus reposed* in Wall non partisan, sapecially since the thing adverse to the German arms.
•treet was exploited to the widest United Stales has become involved Nothing but favorable reports are
extent. The Government supplied in the great war. True, they reg- given. On th« other hand. British
the opportunity and the Shylocks later as Republicans or or Demo and French reports include both
Whenever
mad« the most of the opportunity, erate, as the case may be. But at successes and reverses.
We now wonder why the (tovern- th« general election few men or wo the Huns gam ground the fart is
Now we know that th«- re-
wwt did not then trust th« people,« mb vote Che party tick«*. straight given
ports of American activities are
fairly accurate.
Yef the Hun re
port» «peak only of tierman »urcr*»
on the American w-ctor, though the
Hun« never claim gain« of territory
from the Yankee«.
One of these
day« the German ¡leopir will awaken
to the fact that much of the Ger
man official reports ha» Iwvn with
held from the n and th-- pr«wrnt
known discontent will grow much
st r< »ngrr
_______
It is evident that th«- Huns are
now making their supreme effort of
the war. It is taring done before
the ’•¡•ring levies of the British and
French are afield and liefon- the
million» of American», now ready
for the fii-l.I. can I»- transported
aero*
If th«* tierman« fad now tn
break through the British lines,
wh«-re U m - h»-avn-»f fighting «eem« to
be on. what can th«*y hope to accom
plish later «»n when their «»¡»posing
force will lie practicably doubled,
with young and vigorous Americans
s
in tin- main’ _____
W, W. brand«, county treasurer
for eo manv v»-ara that he think»
the ollie«’ belongs to him. will have
I i I hn '.o | >1 hi-, job this year.
He will be (»pte-w-d by Miws Powell
of Brownsville. It will I m - remem-
t»rr«»l that Grant Froman, «-»»unty
i. lost hw-joo t M inh \« lina
Davis, and W, L Jacks,«: the su-
perintentietiCy of schools to Mrs Ida
M. Cummings. In fact no woman
who has offer«.*«! hi-r-s-lf for a county
office m Linn ha» Is on defeated. So
Br«»th«-i Francis, belter look out or
the goblin of defeat will catch vou.
Ex Governor Oswald West has an
nounced hi» candidacv fur the nomi
nation of I'. X. Senator <»n the Dem
ocratic ticket.
Will II. King will
content for the nomination on the
•ame ticket
West will win out in
this taction of tii«* country, it is be-
iieved
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l.y the tip «- the All .«ny H»*rald
get.» through with it« mud-shnging
campaign th» ;»;upic will «-«include
that Judge .McKnight is the only
proper man to nominate for Count*
Judge
Some ¡»eople arc w<>n»lering
how much Judge .Mcknight is t»a>-
mg the lietal«! fur campaigning in
his interests
SUtlMlt if OwatrJii*
I. T. L. Dugger, bring tirst duly
■worn, »tale that I am the sole owner
of Th«* Scio Tribune, ami that there
are no «tebta <>r mortgage» against
said newspaper other than current
obligations, which are taken cart- of
at th«- proper time.
Signed by T. L. D vgxjkm ,
and sworn to be fore li Shelton. No-
tary Public.
If lite r««ad-fixing outfit wiiithlia«
tievn devised bv the county court or
county agent C ’) Jeff loom, is for
electioneering ¡iur¡»»««-». ‘lis a pity
we cannot have a political campaign
ever> year
Advertise in The Sei- - T> ihune and
gel resulta.
Linn County Officials
Gail N. Bill
District Attorney
•‘‘‘tati» N’ftuUìr». S M. Garla-'-l and !..
D. Cusick f»r Iatin and !u«nc.
U « presen t a ti V «*■. Charles < hild», W. P.
Mtnore. F. Il . Porter
l ouuty Judge
1* i> McKnight
Com m is» ioncr«. J D Irvin,-, and T J.
Butler.
’'ounly ( Ieri»
R M. Rawcll
D H Bodine
W VS Fr»nci»
Velma G. Davis
'hen ff
Treasurer ...........
Krromlrr
A »JM’*» *
bch<*o| Sijpt.
E. C. Fisher
Ida Cummings
... W»n. tortmilh-r
Dr. W. II Davi*
T). W. Runiliaugh
Coroner
lli-nlth Officer
Fruit Inspector
...........
D. Taylor
CITY OF SCIO
Mayor
... F. T. Thayer
....
J. S. Micha
W. A. Cross
.........
Recorder
Marshal
I rt-aouri-r
............. Roy > heltun
Morrison. R Cain,
¡red Bilyeu, W E. Arn-iM, W. J
Chroma. J. M . Lindley.
Counciimen, N
1
Sctiool Directors. 1 T. Thayer.
Priil. J. !.. Calava».
K. G.
J. F W» »cly, Clerk.
Federated (. ¡lurch
8CK>. ORSUON
Sunday Sch«»ol
10 a. m
Preaching
11 a. m.
Christian Ei d<
r »■ 3111»> CdO :».m
S<>ng Service
7:30 to 8:00 p.tn.
Prayer Meeting. Ihursday 7:30 p.m.
Brother M eikeljohn. Iwadcr.
H. B. Iler, Puttor