The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-03-21
DON'T QUIBBLE.--BE FRANK.

DON'T QUIBBLE.--BE FRANK.
The Oregonian claims that it has been
impartial in printing the press criticisms
of the legislature. 1t accuses the GA
zETrE of unfami1iarity with its columns,
or else willful misstatement of facts, when
this paper accuses the Oregonian of clip
ping from populistic and democratic pa
pers. 1t is probably true, as the Orego-
the state criticised the actions of the re-
cent legislature. The GAZETTE certainly
has done So But great majority of re-
publican papers laid the blame at the
doors of those responsible for the failure
of the party to carry out its pledges.
Such papers claimed that it was not the
republican party that was opposing the
will of the people, but a faction that set
themselves up as dictators, and who kill
ed nearly every honest measure of re-
form that was introduced. If the Ore
gonian has reprinted any such comments
the GAZETTE certainly overlooked them,
and would be glad to have proof of its
error. 1t is certainly not fair for a re-
publican paper to hold the whole party
responsible for the acts of the faction,
who had temporary power to annul the
| work of the other legislators. Surely if
the party rids itself of its evil 1eeches it
can then do good work for the people.
A majority of the republican papers of
the state have not given up hopes for the
future success of the republican party in
Oregon; the Oregonian and the popu-
list and democratic papers apparently
have.
The following editorial appeared in the
GAZETTE of February 2Sth, and similar
expressions have since been noticed in
many of the other state papers. Can the
| Oregonian deny the truthfulness of the
statements contained in the article be-
| low?
The Oregonian severely criticises the
Legislature for extravagances aud predicts
trouble ahead for the republican party on
account of its pledges to the people for
economy which it has not carried out
Many will accept this charge as correct
just bebause the great daily makes it. II
is, however, almost criminally nisslead
ing, and is designed to cover up the do
ings of the Simon-Dolph ring, which j:
persistently supported by the Oregenian.
Every measure of economy attempted by
the mobile thirty" who opposed the rins
was defeated by the Dolph faction, aided
by the Oregonian
The house, which contained twenty
seven of the thirty" repealed the rail
road commission law. The senate, which
CONTAINED only three of the noble band
refused to concur. The house refused te
make an appropriation for this commits
sion; but the senate placed it in the ap
preparation bill and sent it back to tn,
house at the last minute, thus compelling
that body to agree or make no appropri
ations at all, and thus stop the Who'll
machinery of the state. The same
also true of the domestic animal commits
sion appropriation, which the house Gu
to $4,000, and was raised in the senate t
$1,000. The houss passed bill cuttin
down salaries of county officials. Til
senate did not allow it to come up for ac
ton. The house passed an assessmen
and taxation law, providing for the taxa
ton of mortgages and the exemption @
indebtedness, but the bill never saw day
light after reaching the senate Bill afte
bill, cutting down salaries and looping OF
expenses, was passed by the efforts of tn,
twenty-seven heroes in the house, onl
to be defeated or pocketed by the senat
where all republicans, except three, wer
upholding Simon in trying to elect Dolph
The men who tried to elect the ma
chine senator; the men who tried to pas
Simon's charter bill, and thus place tn
political destiny of Portland and indi
rectly the whole state, in his hands-tht
Simon majority of the senate-are re
sponsible for the extravagances of tn
Legislature, and they shall not escape tn
responsibility to the people. Squirm a
they may behind their bu1wark of de
fense, the "Great Daily" they shall b
. dragged forth and held up to the gaze c
justly indignant people. The public
now fully aroused, will never again 1iste
with meek credulity to the silly defense
offered for them by the ring organ.