The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-30
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ID. z. Thompson and o young man b
tho name OF Baker spoke ut the Cour
House Monday TO q medium sized audi
once. Baker spoke first. lie Ii II man o.
rather pleasing address, but he has q yer,
limited knowledge Of the subject OF whicl
he talted-the tariff. lie made hugl
mess Of the whole subject, contradictinl
the only two points he, himself, made
Thompson said he was not u public speak
er, buta "man Of business" which hat
the effect of creating u broad smile acros
| the eountenanees Of two elnsses OF people
One class wondered II he had relerenc,
to the manner In which no carried on
his business Of making money, as gob
bling up strip of land along the whar
line ut Portland, that belonged TO th,
public, and, by signing an ordinance nj
Mayor Of that city, made himself owner
without paying u cent therefor. Tn,
other was small but quiet few who
have abundant reason TO believe that th1
speaker referred TO his "sacko.-a part O
the 100000 which he pledged himself tC
spend II necessary 10 get elected. The
very checklist thing that ID. L. said, oi
could say, was that he was In favor OI
ballot reform, u pure and honest election
At this, self-rcapecting republicans could
but cast down their heads In shame ~
they thought Of the notoriously open and
unblushing way In which ID. Il. and Jim
Lotan, his man, Friday, carried the 70.
publican primaries In Portland. They
bought voters on the streets as openly az
they would commodities In the market.
IhomfSoa ran net deny his az the 0regonign
ehargsd II home on him and L0tas Me nes,
day 7fer the PRIMARIES. In the face Of this
public crime against the ballot, Thompson
has the audacity to stand up before an
intelligent audience and say he is In favor
OF ballot reform. lie knew nj the time
ho was saying this that his henehmen In
Portland and Salem were concocting and
periecting the schemes by which the
election next Monday In 10 he carried in
the same way and by the use of the same
means as the primaries IN Portland were
carried, Whether this great crime
against the state shall be consummated
depends entirely upon the course pursued
by conscientious business and farmer re-
publicans. They can permit IL or pre-
vent It. Thompson said he was IN favor
of abolishing deductions for indebtedness
when making assessments for taxes. He
said men were enabled 10 dodge their
axes by means of this indebtedness
clause, and he proceeded Mt great length
TO explain how a man who wanted 10
dodge his taxes might go 10 n hank and
borrow money on II sham note, deduct for
indebtedness and thus escape his taxes.
He safd II meH acre honest tie Present kaIV
seosh b. ali right, apparently unconscious
OF the fact that nearly every man In the
audience knew that the figures taken
from the assessment roll in Multnomah
county and published In the DgaocRAT
showed that he himself had been prac-
tieing the very things which he said hon.
s1 men apah Hot do, for, while he In worth
something over million dollars, he pays
taxes on only s17i 900. lie said he
knew great deal about the way In
which men lodged paying taxes. Not II
single person present was disposed 10
dispute this. They all believed him.
Said he did not know how or fer sshst rea-
soa the city council Of Portlapd changed
the wharf line No as 10 give him strip
of land that belonged to the public, yet
he signed the ordinance. Thus he con-
tinued for an hour giving abundant proofs,
by hts vacillation and attempts at decep-
tion, why he should not be elected Gov
ernor.