The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-01-28
THE BLACKLIST.


The Raley bill was defeated in the
senate yesterday afternoon by vote
of II to II, and the opposition came
principally from the Willamette valley.
This measure was the most important
one to the producers of Eastern Ore
gon that was ever introduced in an
Oregon legislature, and its defeat will
be the most disastrous blow that the
Inland Empire has received for many
years. Any relief from the general
government in the shape of river i'm
provement at this point cannot be ex-
pected for long time, although the
Oregon delegation have worked faith
fully for ship-railway, and a bill ap-
propriating funds for that object has
passed the United States senate at
two different sessions. When this fact
became apparent the people turned
their attention to the Oregon legisla-
ture, expecting that an appropriation
would be made to build portage road
around the obstructlons above this
point. Two years ago the first portage
bill was intr roduced-that at the Cas-
cades-which was passed without much
opposition, and its success as cheap
means of transportation induced the
producers to hope that at the present
session the railroad around the dalies
above this city would meet with al
most universal favor; but at the out
set, in the senate, this was defeated by
those who should have been its friends.
It is well at this time to canvass the
names of those who voted against the
Raley bill and prepare the black list.
First in the catalogue is Nalley (or
Alley); then follows Bancroft, of
Mul.nomah; Beckley, Douglas; Butler,
Polk; Cameron, Jackson; Cogswell,
Lake; Crosno, Benton; Cross, Clack-
amas; Dodson, Baker; Gates, Yam
hill; Hayes, Clackamas; Huston, Wash
ington; Looney, Marion; Maxwell,
Tillamook; Myers, Linn; Vanderberg,
Josephine; Veatch, Lane. To the
honor of Multnomah it can be said
that only one vote from that county
was cast against the bill, while the
other Willamette counties to man
supported the opposition. 1t is strange
that Cogswell, who represents Crook
and Lake, should have shown his an
tagonism to the portage road, when
such large portion of his constituents
are directly interested in river i'm
provements; and then Dodson, of
Baker, another man who represents
people who would be directly bene-
fted by this portage Our friends
in Baker and Crook must remember
these two men, and if at any time
they come before the people for favors
they must be blacklisted with ven
geance. For over twenty years we
have been under the oppression of a
railroad monopoly, and when relief is
forthcoming enemies from among those
whom we consider our friends turn
and join hands with our oppressers.
We will not intimate that they were
influenced by corporation gold, and
that they sold themselves and their
constituency for a price; but their
actions are inexplicable. Mass meet
lngs should be held in every town in
Crook and baker counties, and the res
ignations of Cogswell and Dodson de-
manded, as they have proved them
selves unworthy of the trust reposed
in them. 1t may be that Eastern Ore
gou has no rights that the Willamette
valley is bound to respect; but the
citizens who reside in the COW coun-.
ties, in the ''barren, sterile plains that
only produce sage; brush" can vote,
and if any man who said nay on the
Raley bill ever give them an oppor-
tunity they will wreak vengeance on
him at the polls. This black list will
be remembered, and there is surely
''day of reckoning" for every man
thereon.