Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-14

equal lOOtiuB WIN oth'i Bi'B~i'J
it would be unjust to pass any law
regulating its use which did no
equally apply TO all other property
but so long as Is clothed by Law
with an attribute which no othe
species of property possesses-tha
of being a legal tender in the pay
ment Of debts-just so long it is NJ
more than just that the law shoult
regulate its use. Property favored
by law should be controlled by law
ABoLIsHMENT OF OFFICES.
More than 100 offices were created
by the legislative assembly Of the
state at it's last two sessions, .exclu
sive of the officers necessary to put
in operation the new counties made
There is no need of multiplying Of
ficers to prey upon the people. In
stead of creating commissions fol
every conceivable purpose for each
particular interest, and as represent
ing the state, to exercise supervision
over each of our manifold industries
and occupations, as is the tendency
of modern legislative action, there
should be at once a return to the old
rule established by the wisdom and
experience Of centuries, Of govern
ing the various Industries and inter
ests Of the commonwealth by well
established general laws, admins
tered by the authorities designated
by the constitution. The common
wealth should be governed by duly
enacted laws and not by the edicts
of unconstitutional commissions,
and the law should be administered
by the officers created by the con-
All commissions for the
enforcement of state laws ought to
be abolished. Ifthere be laws fixing
the freight rates on railroads, there
is no need Of a railroad commission;
the necessary laws regarding our
fishing interests can be enfor, ed by
the executive and judicial de-
partments, dispensing with all nee
essity of fish commissioners. The
federal government having passed
an oleomargarine law, dispenses, to
a certain extent, with the necessity
Of a state food Inspector which off
GER, if so disposed, which the present
faithful incumbent has not been,
under the law as it now stands, like
all commissioners endowed with
power, could reap private fortune
without doing any material public
good, and the negligence Of fruit
growers could be punished as well
without as with an itinerant inspect
or. The law creating a court report
er should also be repealed because Of
It's tendency to monopoly. The
various Industries and occupations
Of our people should be controlled
by general law, administered by the
duly constituted authorities, and the
swarm of special officers for special
which are becoming as big
A plague to our people as the frogs
and lice were to the people Of Egypt,
should be abolished. The executive
and judicial departments created by
the constitution can administer the
law, thus saving the extraordinary
expense of these multiplied commits
sioners. Let the laws creating the
various commissions be repealed,
and an enactment ade authorizing
the Governor, in the event of IA vio-
lation Of law affecting public inter
ests, to appointa prosecuting witness
to bring the offender into court for
punishment, aud the law can be
administered more thoroughly than
II Ia now under a divided RESPONSE
bility. In order 10 stlll further re.
duce the taxation imposed upon the
people in favor of office. holders, il
would be well to pay all county oili
GERS fixed salaries, and compel then
to turn all fees paid under the law
into the county treasury.
SETTLED QUESTIONS.
Two very important question
were definitely settled by the peopl
at the last election IN this state, ON
of which was that issuance of non
taxable bonds should never be auth
orized by the legislative assembly
and the otLer was the adoption G
the Australian ballot system. Al
three political parties declared II
favor of the ballot law rs propose,
10y the ballot reform league of thi
state, and good faith will require q
this legislature the speedy and uuau
imous passage of such law.
4 registration law should b
passed In connection with the Aus
tnlian ballot law. The ballot Law
provides for the free expression q
the voter and registration Law
should be passed in order TO prevcu
a repetition of such expression b,
any one voter at the same election.
APPROPRIATION FOR FAIRS.
Under the law providing for th
organization of q state board Of agri
culture, approved Feb -, 1855, ther
is given to such board the possession
and care OF the property OF IA,
State Agricultural society aud IN
management OF ils intire husincs
and hnaacial affairs. There Is nov
an incumbnncc OF about ten thous
and dollars on the state fair grounds
the title OF which n In the old agri