The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-23
The democrat.
rnE FATAL rnlRrEEN REASONS.


There are some solid reasons why ID p
Thompson should not be elected governor
and, singularly enough, they number the
fatal figure of thirteen:
1. He Is interested In the Willamette
Locks Company, which will try to sell the
locks at Oregon City at the next session of
the legislature to the state at an enormous
figure. Thompson will thus make up for
the "saek" he intends to sink In the present
campaign,
As invincible evidence Of the above
scheme, It Is only necessary to scan the
facts that several parties Interested In the
Electric Light Works at Oregon City
(Namely, Morey, Eastman, Cross and
others,) are now candidates for the leglsla-
ture, and that the Electric Light Company
spent about $4,000 In carrying the pri-
naries at Portland for Thompson. II Is
stated by good authority that they have
contributed the further sum OF SIO,Ooo for
a campaign fund.
4. Thompson has boasted that he will
spend 100000 TO secure his election aad
thwart the will of the people,
!. lie favors Chinese as his record
shows; two months ago he opposed, en-
phatieally, discussion OF the question Of
removing the Chinese from Second street,
one ci the best streets In the city Of Port.
land, which Is now praeticall, ruined by
the filth OF the Chinese and Is menace
to the lives of hercitlzens by the frequent
hrawls of the highbinders. Also when In
the legislature he voted against the mem
erial TO congress for the abroga,ion OF the
Burlingame treaty.
4. Thompson, while receiver at Weld
ler's Mill reduced the wages of the en-
ployes on an average of thirty cents day,
and at the same time asked $4,000 for his
Own services as receiver, as the records o
the supreme court show.
s. lie voted for the bill exempung wa.
ter bonds from taxation 'six times.
These bonds, u exempted from taxation
would allow Thompson and his kind ef'
fectually to escape all taxation; on The
other hand,h not exempt, they will be sold
outside Of the state, and will therefore
bring so much extra capital into the state
6. He owns seventeen banks and cinehe,
the borrowers In a two per cent per monti
style; furthermore II elected he woulC
stuff his seventeen banks with the funds
of the state treasury, and make the people
pay him interest on their own money.
7. Thompson while mayor of PortlanC
hadan ordinancepassed extendingtne whar
limits in front of his own property outi n,C
the river, thereby increasing the value tc
the xtent of SIoo, 900 without payin & tn,
city one cent Of compensation. (This is al
example of how he regards public trust.
s. He Is one of the richest men In thc
state of Oregon, yet lie only gave SIo tC
the Johnstown sufferers, and he has nevet
contributed a cent towards helping any
enterprise for the interest of the state.
9. He laid the foundation for his prcsen
immense fortune by his surveying con
tracts, which he was wont to fulfill at tn,
rate of some twenty miles day on horse
back, as some Of the surveyors of this stat,
have repeatedly stated.
10. He promised to raise the monev &
relieve the Holiday estate, at Portland
for bonus of $40, 900 and then receive,
from the Bennet-Larabee syndicate $2o,
600 in order to allow them to obtain tn
property at about one fifth of its res
value.
II. He shows his ability and di gnity
character to properly hll the exalted pos
ton of governor by his speech accepting
the nomination when he said "l'll ge
there, and don't you forget it,"
II. He Is owner of the electric syster
that how furnishes light for the state, an
at the last session of the legislature he rrie
to sell the system to the state at thre
times its actual value.
I3. Thompson, while one of the wealth
lest men in the state, Is one of the mos
artfnl dodgers of taxes. A list of mis- rea
and personal property In Multnoma
county at low valuation foots SI,I59,zo
which was assessed in 1889 at SI7I,ooC an
this was reduced by $4,000 indebtedness
claimed by Thompson and 5000 exemption
leaving the total of taxable properly re
turned by him $4,000 as against an act
ual valu' of $r,Is0.2oo. This Is the ma
that asks the tax-burdened farmers an
the oppressed laborers for their votes -,
man whose creed Is greed, whose god &
stoop shouldered Mammon, whose cor
science is mummiied with years Of disus,
and whose heart Is as devoid of humanif
as bull frog Is Of feathers.
ONE OF HIS TRICKS.