Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-15
rRoM ECHO PRECINCT.

The following resolutions we're adopt
ed by the Peoples party club Of Echo
precinct, February 8, 1894:
Whereas, owing to the scarcity OF
money it will work a great hardship
upon the people to enforce the collec-
ton Of taxes due, and
Whereas, the salaries of officers far
exceed the income OF citizens In compe-
tition, and
Whereas, the fee system to officers
tends to encourage raiding the public
treasury, and
Whereas, the collection of taxes an
nually tends to eongest the money OF
the country In the banks to the detri-
ment of business, enabling the money
lender to extort interest, and
Whereas, If many of the acts Of the
legislature were submitted to the peo-
pie the result would be far different,
therefore be it
Resolved, that we, the Peoples party
1lub of Echo precinct, illegal voters) do
earnestly request Pennoyer, governor
If Oregon, TO call the state legislature
IN or before March Is, 1894. for the fol.
lowing purposes:
First, to suspend the law for the col
lection of state and county taxes for
one year.
Second, to provide for issuing de-
nominational scrip, bearing not more
than 2 per cent interest per annum.
Third, to provide that taxes shall be
collected quarterly.
Fourth, to abolish the fee system to
| officers.
Fifth, to pass maximum salary law,
providing that no county officer shall
receive more than $1,000 and no state
| officer more than $500 per annum.
sixth, to pass the initiative and ref
| erendum law. These changes to be
made before the officers elected in June
shall take possession of their respective
offices.
We call on all good men, irrespective
~ party, to secure favorable action on
the part of Governor Pennoyer, and
the secretary is instructed to mail one
copy to Sylvester Pennoyer and to
send copies to papers for publication.
.. TEEL, A. B. STANLEY,
Secretary. President.
FOR BETTER ROADS.
ED. JOURNAL: We believe that you
are striving through the columns of
your paper to work for the best inter
est of the whole people outside of the
Salem court house ring. That ring
recently dictated to the county court
and got them to appoint lot of non
residents, one alien on the precinct cleo
tiou board and one juryman who was
just outof the asylum, and had moved
away from the state. / would drop you
IA few lines about theSalem road conven-
tion. In common with the people here,
we formed very unfavorable opinion of
them, because they started out to en-
dorse the Cross road law. understand
there has been spent by the supervisors
one hundred thousand dollars, in the
last two years. This vast sum of the
tax payers money and labor of this
company has been just squandered.
We haye not mile of road that man
can haul a ton oyer with two good |
horses, this time Of the year. AS the
subcommittee of the road convention
so wisely says, 'it is an impracticable
law This report convinces me that
this road convention, by adopting
It, Ia not political move TO
whitewash one of the most |
unjust and impracticable laws
that was passed by the last corrupt |
legislature. The people up here will
now believe by this last act Of this
road convention that they are honestly
working for the good of the people, and |
we are willing to cooperate with the
convention so far IA we are able.
Nothing will restore prosperity to
the people 50 much as to build good |
permanent roads through the county.
Napoleon the first, on his accession to
power, built good permanent roads in
three years, restored prosperity and
among the people Of France.
They had no money or roads, nothing
but bride paths. History says
The people had pieces of leather for
money! ye; In three years they had
plenty of good money by building good
'oods. We can, but not by the plans
pf the Cross law, We should elect all
'ur officers by townships. The road
supervisors, assessors, school clerk and
boards Of election. The school clerk
'or the township should collect the
money for school purposes; the road
supervisors the same, and keep it and
use 1t IN the township, The roads
should be let out In sections by the
TO the lowest responsible
bidder, to he built, say 10 feet wide,
graded to the middle and where prac-
icable a foot of gravel put on, or eight