The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-11-02
JNO. +. sOULE IN THURsTeN COUNTY.

John F. Soule is candidate for Joint |
councilman. 1t cannot be denied but that |
he is one, for is he not secretary of the NV. |
Lumber Company, which heads the list Of |
protection, protects the logger and his inter-
ests, and wants boom law that will mon |
opollZe the Chehalis river so. that the log |
gers VIII have TO pay IS cents instead of 50 |
cents per thousand, and who will if elected, |
give 80 per cent. of his time to the N w |
Lumber Company and per cent. TO the Beo- |
pie OF Chehalis county,"
This effusion appears in the Washing
ton Standard, of last week, as an anony-
nous communication from an alleged
correspondent residing in Chehalis coun-
ty, and OF course, in the interest of Mr..
Goodell. The cowardly insinuation that
Mr.. Soule will devote nine-tenths of his
time to the N. w. Lumber Company, is
worthy of the anonymous source from
which it emanates. 1t is true that Mr..
Soule has been employed by mill COM
pany; how that is going to effect his use
fulness as legislator does not transpire.
That he is honest and competent there is
no doubt; if this were not SO he would
not command the confidence and respect
of his employers. This being his charac-
ter he will not violate the obligations of
his oath of Office to the people who honor
him. How this anonymous scribbler
concludes that Mr.. Soule will be in favor
of boom law that will monopolize the
Chehalis river in the interest of COM
pany as against the loggers, we are at
loss to understand. If he had been ad-
vised as to the Organic Act, he would
have known that the legislative assembly
is absolutely prohibited from passing
such laws. He may be under the impress
sion that Mr.. Soule will attempt this
feat, simply, because Mr.. Goodell intro
duced bill of this kind while member
of the house in 1856, and had 1t re-
ferred to the committee of which he was
, chairman. This bill created an absolute
monopoly for forty-nine years: the fav-
ored ones or charter members named IN
T the bill were his subsequent partners in
business; under the provisions OF the bill
the cost to the loggers would have been
3 S1.50 per thousand.
We make this charge direct against
Mr.. Goodell. We throw down the chal-
e lenge and dare him to publish the text OF
e the bill as he introduced it, and his Off
cial action thereon. If Mr.. GoodelPs
friends had been discreet, they would not
have raised this issue, for he and his
friends may rest assured that the more
said about this matter the less will be
the honor attached to his official conduct
As to the boom company now IN opera
tion on the river, we will say that it was
a business necessity, and was organized
and is carried on solely in the interest OF
S the loggers and mill men, they could not
well do business without it. This CON-
pany, unlike Mr.. Goodell's special char
S ter, is organized and operated under the
q laws of Washington territory. 1t is nc
monopoly; any two or more citizens, II
e the language of the law, can organize
I and operate as many boom companies as
they wish on the Chehalis river or else
: where of like character. The present
/ company holds the stock but are not only
willing, but anxious, to have any person
engaged in logging or manufacturing
lumber to join the company and take Il
at its actual cost. No one but the veries
demagogue would resort to such silly
: twaddle as the anonymous correspond
: ent of the Standard, seeking to preJu
dice and deceive the people in order tc
b obtain q few votes. We are of the opin
f. ion that all this kind of underworld, thest
falsehoods and Misrepresentation, vii
: fall to the gpound. The people of thi:
Y council district are not fools; they know
% Mr.. Soule to be capable, successful
No business man; one who has managed hi
J. own affairs with good ability, and tina
= it is always much safer to entrust public
;, affairs to one who has made success o.
Il life, than to one who has made con
O spicuous failure.
Mr. Soule is a bona fide resident o.
Chehalis county; has large property in
terest there, hence, in looking after the
:, interests, prosperity and well being o.
Il his constituents, he will be doing thu
a same thing for Olympia Par
4 tiSG1, Oct. 27.