their opinion« thereupon and they
THE SCIO TRIBUNE will
not go very far wrong, Preju-
dice. mtarspreeMMatisn and delibar-
ate lying in politics never gel men
Rnterwi at the poatoffies at Scio. .»i\women who think, very far. It
is only the ignorant and people who
Oregon sa second clase matter.
won’t lake the trouble to dig out
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not latsr than Tuesday to insure publi
cation in the current Usee.
All fonigli wlvrrtiiw-mrnU must be
paid for tn advance of publtcalion.
/ plrtlgt alls girne e In mV fing
the Republk for whkh il rlatkh,
Ration, Intih'inbie. arilh liberty
iuitite for all.
800, ORBGON. JULY 22. 1920
APPEALS TO PREJUDICE.
The indications of the present po
litical OOtlo'k are the appeal tn prej
udice and ridicule are to tie almost
the h-sding factor» in the conduct of
the cattipiiiVn
I JMt Sundav the Oregonian pub
lished the Reran San Francisco erm-
vention speech in full. Why? The
<>reg.«t!-v lots no special i .«-fir
Mr Bryan that would cauw the pub
lication of thia speech. Nor was the
speech made in Portland where the
Oregonian would, as a duty to Its
reader», pubh»h the speech. No
Th« »pt-ech was published as an ap
peal to democrat prohi« to prejudice
them against candidate Cog, whom
that pnjM'r trice to herald turn "wet”
candidate.
The Oregonian w«-ll know» that
Mr Cox m no more <-ntitle«l to be
styled a "wet" candidate than is
Mr. Harding.
Mr. Cox atlv««cate»
th«- enforced ent of law an«l as an
evidence of the fact, whan Ohio en
acted the Sunday law against the
aal«- of liquor, Mr. Cox as governor
gave hi» »tat«- the Ural "dry” Sun-
• day »he ever had.
Nor i» the Oregonian famol for
twing a "dry” newspaper, It be
cam«- "dry" after il ha<! Imeome
popular to l>e "dry".
The same appeals to prejudice
would have existed if McAdoo had
been nominate«), It. like other old
guard n«-w»i>apeni, was
WllS ready to*
ring all the change« which could be
devised «• to McAd«M> living the
“grown prince".
Such method* of campaigning are
hardly fair to the American people
to any the least. Nor are the o. g.
newwnaper» willing to recite anything
about the many splendid piec«*s of
legislation a democratic pr,««ident
and eongresa placed ui»n the statute
book»
Only what can be construed
as evil is given publicity by th«*m.
Th«-y want the voter to remember
only such acts on the part of dem
ocracy an they or their party oppose
and to forget or overlook the go«>d.
This apiH-al is to orejudice and to
parti «antsm.
This may be the methods of mod
ern politic«. It is a method or meth
ods deviw-d to defeat good candid
ates and elect bad ones. And thme
MP|»-ais is what prevents the election
of good men and prevents the en
actment of good legislation.
Mr. Rryan or anv other man has
the right to make «pee-1 he« and to
try to convince his hearers that hia
thought! are correct and for the
best interests of the American pem
ple. Rut he nor others is entitled
to have hi« or their upeeches used
as a basis fo? appeals to prejudice
and to cause the voter tn cast his
ballot for something he does not
realiv want.
Pre-ent the tmbfaspd facto to the
American people; let them make up
STRAW BALLOT ERA.
the "nigger”.
Ped by the 3h
which. fighting on regiment, wrote in his note took:
The Tribüne will not undertakrlo three sides. s<
is “the «pint of
"Our retreat across the river (the
say the prop>med dividrd Session will kill or be kilh « M None crossed the Mamel was awful: those Amencans
Iw vastly superlor to the 10-day am- railroad, but ítXl G-rmans died i*e- certainly did clean us op. .
They
mule, but it will say tb<- new plan ia t»o-n it and the river
ÜM r>m- fight like tigers. . .
If those in
very apt tn be an imorovrmeot ov«-r pans of the S'
o«r 70 per cent of fmnt of ue are fair «nccimensof ths
the old. At «
all eventa it can ue n» its men. but
> er Ji* per cent | average American troops, and there
woras
00 daya
days will c-arf more than countercharge i
nd took 410 pria- ar«- as many a» they sav there arc,
Rut the increased cost oners.
40 day«.
then goodbve to us"
mav be ti n« I well expended
It also stiffened the morale of the
The fight 01
ank* continued
Wc can try it for a while and if for three da)
French,
for the manner in which the
the Americans
it provea a fallu »« and not up to ex- held their ground
Americans
fought at Chateau Thier
ling six time«
preiati'jn«, wc c an rrjw-al the law. their number of itermane. who were ry, Belleau w«e»d and (‘antigny con
We advi«* the peopl to vote for the also relieved hy a, reserve division. vinced them of the quality of the
char.gr as the pruwlhititics for in>- Receiving an o arder, “Fall hack if American army. It nerved them for
proverm-nt ovt- <-.u present aysterq you think beet ,” ’ McAiexander ssk-l the offensive which began July IS
are great and i ny change is sure tn ed: "la it up tn
decision?" The and which did not erase till Germany
be an impniveno-nt over the present nn»w«-r t-cing T Ye»,” b’’ aaifl. "Then was hojirlriwly Iw-aten. -Oregonian.
svstem, for it can he no worse.
I hold my litre,' ' thus winning the
Now that the national tickets are
made up and the political «campaign
atxiut to open we may expect straw
Italloto to I» ret*«»ri««d under everv
arid all kinds of conditions. Favor-
aide or unfavorable ballots may I«-
expeet««d owing to the character of
the crowd and who conducts the bal
lot.
Nor will men or women always
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
vote their true sentiments when par
ticipating in th«-*r straw vote« They
I inn county has w-t up Mn example
are apt tn vote with what th« y think in bond road building that the other
w.ll be the majority. Only on g«m- ; counties and the alate will «to w« ll
eral oleetion day, when their vote« ;tn follow
Over two years ago U.«
are counU*d ami are made effective, voters of Linn county authorised
may we expect the voter to indicate the county court to sei' $0(10, immi in
his or her true aentinwnto. and too hoods for road building purposes.
often Uien voters through neglect
It waa stipulated that th« «»- bonds
t<> ran the ticket cur. fully V<>t«- f r ahouhl be s>»ld for no l«iw (han par
men or me«»ur«e« which they do not ■ and acenmd Inti-rert and to tie offer
favor.
ed to Unn county buy»«« as prefer
Voters are not carrful enough In red buyer», fli'ii,ntgi wer«-Bold last
exercising their rights of fran.-hi- »rar and tatted nearly mt soon as of
on election dav
T«o many arr-gov fered. IKXl.OhO have l»-< n sold this
erned by the passing hafltwnaas, > year by the hankers of the eninty
prejudice or whim of the moment, j i underwriting the iwux > and th««y tn
and the nartiripating In the straw I • become rntpunsible fo
vote b«dp» to nurture an umtaaira Linn ewunty inv«-stoni
h|«- carel«nune»a in mating a l»all«>t apt»»rti»inrd to the S
which counts on cle«-tion day.
taken up by farmer
Anyway, the straw botlot la a fool-; two wivk«
ish procedure. It is simply to sat-:
Now the rtatr ha« t»een wiling the
iafy a morbid curi<«»ity and which road t>ond iasu< • at a dr count of
does not «atisfv it.
It is for the' about 10 per rent. We are not ad
purpose of influencing the voter vised a« to what other counties have
wbo is figuratively on the f«mce. and 1 sold th«-ir bonds at, but they could
voters ofl|>n ca»t an untrue ballot not do better than sell tfeem to their
for this one purp«w of influencing own people, as |Jnn has done
We
the on-the-fenev voter. Therefore, I Unn county p- >pk- did not try to
the «(raw ballot should not is- en graft the county ns the Portland
couragvd.
bond buyers have th*- state.
THE DIVIDED SESSION.
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‘ Women are queer.”
What ftow?"
That regiment di 4 more than hold
the mart to Paris
It «hook the mo-i ‘‘I’ve seen my wife let down the
rale of the Genrtam ». for om» of the ! folding twd and then look untier it
dr (•-»•<*d soldiers, nr w’mbcr of a crack ' for a possible burglar.”
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A Memorable Day
One of the measure« to lie vo.ed
Two years ago today I Thursday!
ut»on at the next general election i« 'the Gerttians mad« ttieir final bid
what is known as "the divided ses * for victory, l-rigwlng the Marne at
sion of the legislature." Itiaasule Chateau Thierry, where they were
stilute for our present law of 40-day ' but 45 mile« from Paris, they »truck
legislature. If the sulwtitute is made for posse»«ion of the valley of Sur-
we will have in lieu of the 40-day mehn creek, the two wagon roads
session a divided session of 50 and and the railroad of which. General
10 day» respectively.
; Dickman said, "are Indispensable for
Without doubt Oregon han ma»l«* the line of supply of an army crisis-
such growth that a longer session is ing the Marne.” They crossed at
needed to di«|w>«e of the increase of other points to th* eastward and
legislative business required: for on«- ‘ made good their footing. l*hey at-
of the complaints against our pres- tacke«l <>n a wide front in Champagne
rnt session of 40 day« is that it does and were thrown back.
Hut the
not give time for the proper delib critical point was at Chateau Thierry
eration and discussion of proposed fur it was nearest to Paris and from
laws. As a result, many of the laws that t«iwn the road W to the capital.
enacted go to the people in a half
The story of how their progres»
tiaked condition and have to be am was blocked was told bv Represent
ended or repealed at subsequent ses ative .McArthur in the house of rep
sions
resentatives.
The 8Nth’ infantry,
It is proposed in the new law to commandeu bv Colonel U. G. McAI-
devote the first 50-day period to the examier, held the position on the
introduction of bills, to be carried south hank of the river, wph anoth
to the second reading, discuwwd and er American regiment on its left and
submitted to the people. At the 10- a French division on its right. Mc-
day period no new bills may be in Alexander was determined not to
troduced except under emergency give ground, and to guard against
conditions: but bills introduced at being outflanked through retirement
the first session may be amended or of the French he dug trench.-« on
rejected.
•hat flank.
The Oregon legislature as It is has
He had imbued his regiment with
become almost a stench tn the nos the conviction that "it may be kill
trils of the people. It is looked up ed. but It MMitmt be conquered."
on almost as an enemy to the great After an intens«- artillery fire from
masses of the people and as a special midnight tn 4 a. tn. on the Ifith. two.
friend to corporations and others divisions of Germans undertook to
who have special interests they want crosa the river in boats an<i on pon
served. Such people have the best toon bridges.
McAlexander, con
lawyers concoct a scheme to propose trary to milit »ry practice, had left a
to the legislature and the people strong detachment on the bank,
ext»ect their I aw makers. Composed which destroyed boatload after boat
of farmer«, iiterchanto. mechanics, load of Germans with rifle fir», so
and lawyers, in the short period of that none w« re able to cross on the
40 days to detect the "nigrer in the SAth's front. Others effected cross
woodpile". The lengthened and di ings tn the r'ght and left and ad-
vided session will give the members vaneeti to the railroad which akirts
and the people more time to find the river bank, but taey were stop-
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