Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-18
raE SOLDIERS HOnE CASE.

refusing 70 expedite the case OF ID. Y.
sherman VS.. the soldiers home com
mission, a suit in which An injunction
IL asked 70 restrain building the soldiers
nome at any other place than the seat
of government, will defer bearing the
case until October, at least. 1t viii
then probably take its regular place on
the docket. AS the whole subject OF
constituting the constitution upon the
question Of locating the state instltu-
tions will come before the court for tie
first time 10 the history Of the state, the
court naturally wants to go into worl
Of considering 81 important mattel
with the arguments Of counsel iresh
before the mind Of the court. IL wants
to hear the argument and then frame III
decision. A great deal Of legal htera
ture will be laid before the court on th'
subject, no doubt, but il is one Of thoss
cases where the argument Of COUNSEL a.
to the intent of the constitutional COD
vention will have more weight than de-
eisions of other courts.
The city Of Salem has come in for
good big share OF abuse in this matter.
As the seat Of government always has
two-thirds Of the corruption Of state
politics laid TO its doors, 30 the press OF
Oregon has taken q mean advantage Of
the occasion to burl all the threats and
defamation possible to utterly demolisb
the future of the Capital City. We
have had to bear IL. Aud yet, there IL
not q scintilla Of evidence that Salem
has any connection with this unfortu-
nate controversy. This city by no cor
porate or representative action or sug
gestion has had any connection with
Mr.. Sherman's suit. fit had ever
been asked to express itself in any pub
lie, Official, responsible, or In any de-
gree whatsoever authoritative manner
it would have declined TO bring the
suit, or declined TO be party to 1t, or
even TO entertain the proposition. So
far as Mr.. Sherman Is concerned he
brings the action as grand army indi-
vidual TO test the question for his own
amusement, or information, or what
ever he pleases. The city of Salem is a
little bit selfish. II is charged with
being more selfish than other cities.
Its own selfish instincts, the instinct
Of self preservation, would keep any
city As city from raising such tick
lish question. The selfish sense Of self
protection would cause any community
that had profited so largely as Salem
has by state appropriations to al
low any other community to get
any appropriation IL could and
never say them nay. Aud that Is the
spirit Of Salem In this matter. Salem
rs q city has never objected to the To-
cation of state institutions anywhere.
Her newspapers, her Legislators, her
public men aud women have favored
the most liberal appropriations as
rule for institutions In other parts of
the state for the very selfish reason that
they wanted as liberal appropriations
as possible for Salem.
In the light Of these facts, which are
undlsputed, we wish to print the very
worst that can be said against Salem
In this matter, and contrast what
warped, biased, unfair, prejudicial as
eertions can be made under the clrcum-
stances. The oregonian yesterday had
this editorial comment:
There is much comment In the state
an ha nf -
decision concerning the location of the
Soldiers' Home, In which he confidently
asserts that the constitution declares all
state institutions must be located at
Salem. The Roseburg Review declares
that the opposition Ia this doctrine has
but just begun, aud that $50 soon rs
the supreme court passes on the ques
tion, II the adverse, there will be an in
junction placed on every restitution OF
the state outside OF the city limits Of
salem. Already funds enough have
been pledged to light this thing to the
bitter end, and an extra session OF the
legtslature, = constitutional conYenlion
and the removal Of the state
capital may soon become interest
ing questions 10 consider. The build.
ings Of the branch asylum In Eastern
Oregon, OF which Il was claimed there
We1 klOat ucCCcottHt - hucClcu oy tue
salem injunction suit; that Is one rea-
son why Eastern Oregon will stand to-
gether Ia this matter" The Dalles
Chronicle says Il believes that ''Salem
has oveFreachcd herself this time, aud
that she has awakened a revengfll an
tagonlsm that will not stop short Of de-
prlvlng her Of every institution within
her clutches. In the years to come,
when she Is waTt on the face Of nature
she may reflect on the life aud destiny
OF hog. Salem has sown the seeds OF
her own dissolution aud only a few
church bells will be left 10 toll her fun
eral knell. soon the empty corridors
OF her capital building will echo only
the dismal hootlngs Of the owl"
II ls simply In order to add that sa-
lem. a. city, or community, or a.
the capital. has had, nor can have any
thing 10 say Or do ppoa this question
aud 10 finally delerminlng the matter,
salem, about which the above writers
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