Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-28

tSO,UVD IN ROlu 10 carry OuI thC iOo'
estate speculation Of an unsophisticated
virtuous legislature? (Laughter.)
Consider this proposition 10 the light
OF all It's connections, In the light Of
the fact that desirable sites
for the asylum, and even
q big bonus, were offered by otbcI
cities as a donation to the state;
ia the light OF the fact that sites foi
such institutions have uniformly been
donated, and the fact that SIS, 90 wOuld
buy q square mile Of land In the
suburbs Of Portland-and you behold
the outlines Of as clear piece Of legis
lative jobbery 81 ever was constructed.
What do you think Of the jute mill
proposition, recommended by the COVE.
nor, that was lobbied through with this
same Eastern Oregon asylum deal, in
cluding the purchase Of the stow
works Of Goldsmith Il Lowenberg fOI
$4,000?
How many Of these peculiar trans
actions Of that sanity and immaculat'
legislature, would It take TO make a re-
former like Pennoyer see auythin
wrong? How high a mountain Of c.
ruption would have 70 be stacked up
before his eyes before they would begin
to doubt It's purity aud incOrruptibiliN, +,
20 long a. he had hand In helping t
carry out the bargains?
al "a.
was summoned as witness to PROV
that beer was not an Intoxicating
liquor. When asked II a mau cou q
be made drunk on beer he said: "Nel.,
dot Iepends Mabe If he makes oie
hog out Of himself. Bat fifteen o.,
twenty glasses before breakfast hurt
no man" Lsughter.) How niue
would II take to make Pennoyer ~
that there was anything rotten any
where IN Oregon II he could Sc
nothing rotten In that Legislature?
Here at Macleay he said, while tn,
con stitution made II his duty ~ gov.
ernor TO see TO II that the laws were Ell.
forced, Il did not make 1t his duty to
enforce the laws. That IL escaping
from a great many responsibilities on
slight margin OF technlcallty. 1t Ii n
distinction without difference, like the
old Maine Yankee, who said he was
"lu favor Of the prohibitory law but
agIn It's enforcement. This distinc.
tion enables him 10 leave from $780,
600 to $500, 900 OF taxes collected from
the people and due the state treasury,
In the hands Of Multuomah county q
ficlals, when the money should be in
the state treasury as the law direcu +,
or drawing interest for the state. H. J.
the duty OF the county treasurer 10 pay
over the state tax out OF the frat mont
he receives, and that Ia the way we dc
In Marion comfy. But in Pennoyer'l
county It Is different. They do not
nSy oyer. '
When pennoyer was first elected II
was upon the issue OF driving every
Chinaman out Of the state. Of course
that was never done. II was nevel
expected Il would be done. His nexi
campaign WAS conducted upon two h
sues, unearthing the frauds charged IL
his platform aud speeches In the man
agement OF the state school lands auC
lieu lands, the latter OF which he ha,
the sole charge OF selecting. Have you
ever heard any more Of that? lie he,
been for eighl years chairman Of thrl
school land board aud men have con.
20 me at Salem and charged that ST.
20 $500 per acre was paid To get thos
lands, when the state realized but Si.:dI
per acre. Populist papers have charg,
that clerks OF that board made from
1000 To $4,000 out OF a single tern.
IL that was true, how much could L e
principal make out OF IL? asked the
governor once how II was that he could
sit rs chairman of that board, aud 6r
two years he had u majority of the
members and "A Democratic clerk, aud
all those things charged 10y his part,
aud yet never discover any fraud
The governor would not speak TO me
for week. (Laughtcr.)
I The other issue upon which he wss
elected was TO veto all bills Of the legis
lature that Disseminated ia favor q
capital. Yet at the behest OF foreign
mortgage loan companies he helped Nil !
the mortgage tax law, the law allowing
deductions for recorded indebtedness. |
III there Is a single man In Oregon this
year who cannot pay his taxes, or
whose farm, or little home is sold by |
the sheriff because he cannot pay the
taxes assessed on property which he
does not own, he eau blame one man
who got his vote by promising to PRO.
Iect him against this very Injustice
lac veto governor OF Oregon who did
rot veto.
lie says he allowed the repeal Of the
mortgage tax law because Il was the lea.
or OF two evils aud would only stand
0r two years or until the popullsta yot