The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-05-11
RESPONSIBILITY SHIFTED.

faculty of accrediting to the re-
publicans the passage of certain
bills during the last legislature
which they now denounce in most
vigorous language, and at the AS
toria convention tie following res
olution was adopted: I'VE arrai On
the last legislature of the state for
lis unnecessary waste OF the peo
pies money, by ''extrava9ant and
reckless appropriations i'll the i'll
terests Of spectators and corpora
tions and hold the republican
party OF the state responsible for
the shameless and vicious kgiSla
zion of that body" At this time
it might be we'll to look into the
vote Oh some of these tXtrava
CANT appropriations" and see ii
The democrats are not equally to
blame ior the passage Of these
bills which they are now endeav-
oring to lay at the door of the re
publicans. The "jute mill bill''
has be n denounced as a steal of
$4,000. Governor Pennoyer rec
commended it and on its passage but
one democrat in the senate and
two in the house voted against it,.
Only twelve out of thirty demo
Gratis in the house voted against
the bill appropriating $4,000 for
the O egon national guard. Then
there was the Eastern Oregon in
sane asylum bill for an approprla-
tion of $1G5,000, which passed
with only two democrats in The
senate i one in the house vot-
ing against it. Only one demo-
crat in the two houses voted
against the bill appropriatiny So
600 for a graded school at Lake
view. The bill appropria;ing
$4,000 for the Weston normal
school passed with only two dem
ocrais out of the whole legislature
voting against it. Eastern Oregon
wanted an appropriation Of $3.50,
600 for the construction of port
ag> between The ID lies and Cello.
This monstrosity was introduced
by Senator Raley. the present
democratic nominee for congress in
the End district, but it was buried
in the republican senate. An
other democratic measure was Il
bill introduced by Representative
Miller Of Linn county, asking for
$500 with which to purchase IL
soda spring over at Sodaville, and
only three democrats voted against
it.
This idea of shifting onto the
republicans the responsibility for
the passage of every bill that does
not now meet with general ap-
proval is very nice dodge, but to
say the least, is deceptive, since
their own party supported these
measures almost unanimously.
Governor Pennoyer with all his
bombast about economy and re-
publican extravaganza, vetoed but
one OF these bills. As a public
looter, Upton, the populist leader.
did not take a back seat ,and he and
McEwan made themselves both
notorious by stealing the extra
milase home by the way Of San
Francisco. Recently Upton at
tempted to condone the ofense by
giving the money which right!ully
belongs to the state, to Coos coun-
ty. This is one way of getting
out Of it, but usually when men
steal from their neighbors and are
found out, they do not avoid pun
ishment by merely donating to the
county in which they live, the
stolen goods. So far as The ex-
travagance of the last legislature
is concerned the democratic party.
Pennoyer, the populists are all
estopped from denouncing the re-
puplicans for the enactment OF
laws which they themselves were
also instrumental in passing. Ii
the democrats would recOnvene in
convention and pass a resolution
condemning the democratic and
populist parties for their part in
the matter it would be strictly in
orIo,