The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-05-26
sHON. w. It nELYEU's SENATORIAL BEC.
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# last week contains most malicious,
lnprevollel and unfuunded assault up
N the character and Senatorial record
If Hon. W. r, Bilyeu, one of the Dem.
cratic candidates for Senatsr in Linn
ounty. Not satisfied with distorting and
aisrepresenting the facts aud the truth
If history for partisan ends, TINT delect-
.bie sheet has the efftentery to insinu.
,te that senstor Bilyeu neglected the
sterests of his constituents, betrayed
is pledges to the people of Linn Coan.
', and forfeited bis honor "sn account
( unanswerable arguments of sklllfal
md cunning lebyists usually employed
oy wealthy and corrupt monopolists to
,nfest the halls of legislation to se1uce
the minds of weak aud vascillating
members" "Now mark how plain q
1ale shall put him down."
Early in the session of 1880 Senator
Bilyeu introduced into the Senate 5. B.
No. 4S, bill TO tax mortgages. The
bill was carefully prepared and was in.
tended to roach and tax that vast
amount of interest bearing property
known as mortgages, that under tAe
present system frequently escape taxa.
lion, and particularly when the debts
secured by said mortgages are payable
r held, in some foreign land. Upon
he second reading of this bill in the
senate the same was referred to the
Committee on assessments, which con-
listed Of Senators Simon, Chairman,
Knight and Pennington. With
nut suggesting any objections to the de
tails of this bill the chairman of the
committee made an adverse report. Ii
appears that it was the principle in
velved-the taxation of aggregated
wealth instead Of the daily toll of the
farmers and producers of ths country,
o which this erudite chairman of the
committee on assessments was opposed.
But notwithstanding this adverse re-
osrt, Senator Bilyen pronptly moved
hat the bill be engrossed and read
third time on the next day, which me.
ton prevailed. The bill did net die in
the Senate. Il was not neglected or
| sight of by its iudefatigable author.
N due time it passed the Senate and
VS. communicated TO the House for its
consideration, as the following eommun-
ication copied from the House Journal
page 391, fully proves:
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
sExArE caANszE,
SALKa, Oct 20, fss0-
Ne sFxAxyE an directed by The Presidsnt 70 IN.
torn that the Senate has pa@.ed 5 b 80 tS sal
Ssrs.th taas ,t.ei f5r the consideration of tbs
House J. L PEksLss,,
Tue Legislature was in session three
lays after the date Of this message from
the Senate to the House, and this bill.
could have been easily passed under .
suspension of the rules. Is many other
bills were, during Chat time, but it was
only read the frat time. House Journ-
al, page S97. This plain statement OF
facts fully vIndicates Senator Biyles,
AID it also demonstrates Tie unreliabi'-
icy of the newspaper in question. a
paper that would indulge IN such char.
gss and insinaations, in the face Of such
q record, is to use the editors own
words, "eithsr stupilly ignorant, or
villfully dishonest
But Dawson-"Oh where was heP'
If he had been in his seat in the House,
and had exerted himself in favor of the
bill constantly after it reached the
House, we may reasonably assume that
he would have scared its passage.
What did he do 2 Tie House Journal
tells how faithfully and how well he
his duties, and with what
gntiring assiduity he watched over the
interests Of bis constituents. We viii
nov cite from the proceedings Of she
House Journal only after s. b. Ne. 43
reached the House from the Senate
Absent-D4wsOn House Journal, page 394