Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-23


'OSeeonIsn. He does not explain Why
he hes bought more land Alongside of
what he already owned between Rose
burg and the site purcbssed with state
mensy fov the location Of the home.
He might write forty columns; yet II
would not explain away this one fact.
But the whole subject IL not local
or o psrsonsl question.
I0the matter of scattering the state
institutions, the tail may a. well 60
with the hide. The evil efforts Of log.
rolling will be felt 10 ibs future, wheth.
Or the SOLDIER Home goes TO Rose.
burg or not. Enough state institutions
ere already scattered To completely cor.
rupt the general ssssubIy unless some
one can invent way to defeat log
rolling combinations among the rural
representatives. Ons paper talks sboui
boodie-grsbbers looting the treasury,
~ II they oil lived at salem. Yes, bui
they came from the same places that
ere assaiIing salem aud talking Of re
moving the capitol to come other city.
The last legislature was boodled out Of
half . million At least by iocaters Of
new state institutions contrary TO the
state constitution. II 10 true this same
legislature set down upon the Mon.
mouth Normal school bill as unconsti.
tutional, but II was done to punish
the Republicans OF Polk county for
electing Democratic senator, and after
the gentleman aud his "institution"
who captured those votes had under.
gone vicarious suffering at the hands Of
the other "boodle-gmbbers," they very
generously gave the Monmouth school
. bit Of the pie.
The JOURNAL has not 10 far particu-
larly otjectsd TO the scattering Of state
institutions. That practice was estab-
lishsd when the constitution forbidding
Il was adopted. When Judge Deadly
was presiding he left his chair In the
constitutional convention and made
great speech against this very log-roll.
Ing evil and then the section was added
to the constitution OF Oregon requiring
all state institutions to be located al
the seat Of government.
But 1t the same time the corruptinR
influence was already ut work to uDder-
mine the wise constitutional provision
againat log-rolling. Several state In
stitutions were then scattered and the |
people have paid dearly for II. Since
then normal schools, orphans homes,
and other charitable institutions have
been scattered over the state. The last
completed the "scatteration"
by sending out three more nest eggs for |
Matching future broods Of "boodle-grab-
bers.n
II the constitutional provision forbid
ding this practice Of inviting corrupt
Ing combines to bribe the legislature IN
carried Into effect, Il may not stop such
In future. The fact is the
newer parts Of the state were able to
unite with Portland In the last general
assembly and give Roseburg q soldiers
home. eastern Oregon an asylum aud
Umatills county another normal school,
10 say nothing Of $4,000 for the Chica-
70 fair. and 100000 to the militia, In
Ipits of constitution, governors vetoes.
press, public sentiment or anything else
lor that matter. The power Of q Doodle
Of different sections, that
ouys up Legislators In blocks. with the
nnds yet 10 be collected from the tax
payers. h practically unlimited. Par
'iss who work up private corporation
interests are mot la It, NJ against the
'oodlss out Of the public funds. They
'xpsnd their own capital. The legisla-
I've combine Of boodl,ng log-rollers cap
axe the capital away nom Salem.
rhey can locate II on the top Of Mt.
Hood n they want 10. !,
The people have no protection against +,
hem when II comes to the "stand and
|siivsr" methods the modern legisla,
I've highwAymAn. When such boo.
~ combination ~ controlled the las, I
p8nlAtufs says 10 the taxpayers, "pui
p your hands" they have NO Al,erua-
|vs hut 70 invoke the protecting CLAUSE .
ths coustitution. which was put there
y wiss purpose. Il was put there ~ : :
u only protection lsft 10 the people
1Alnslan sxtSsvasant and lawless leg !.
laturs lsvying milllons upon the pso- /.
y and parosllina u out for speculative :
nrposss 10 help out real estate booms
I'd hard times generally. Hut while 1
eallty y enriched. the masses viii be
lrdensd With debt aud taxes ~ never /
'Soss. TIE whole question Of scatter.
3 public Institutions 70 broader than
nssbuss Soldiers Home, az capital
eAlsuL II the courts or the people
Aut 10 approve such policy they
eold DO itwith their eyes open - 10
; cossequsncss and know what will
ne svsolt. II y unpopular with
ny psopls hsss at 6aissn 10 oppose
They say LET W sss all we