Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-09-13

t,o,iutv platforms OF the Republican
party. Very strong reform platforms
were drawn up in Marion and Multno-
nah counties. Evidently men got
onto those platforms who bad not the
slightest intention of being bound by
them. They got onto the ticket by
practices best known to machine poll
tIcians, with no intention Of giving the
psople the new deal prom sed them,
nor to practice the economies agreed
upon.
The oregonlan should expose such
men, instead Of uniting with the Salem
Post in denouncIng the whole 'egis-
lature and blackening the entire Re-
publican party. While the general
pnbllc Is led to believe that the whole
legislature was rotten, reckless and ex-
travagant, the Oregonian Is screening
and defending the political pets whose
arms were into the state treasury up TO
ths elbows, aud denouncing men who
| lily ID up to their promises aud took not
dollar wrongfully.
Is Harvey Scott a hypocrlte, or Is he
mi Uniformed? Is he fool or does he
W an to deceive the people of Oregon
as the true of character Of the last Leg
islAture? Is he afraid TO tell the truth,
O does he propose to take advantage of
his only daily newspaper at the city "f
Portland To screen the extravangance
and corruption of The old machine
wing of the last Legislature? Fort
unately for the penple Of Oregon TIE
Il yldIng liue on economy aud extrava'
R,nce was so plainly marked out that
even "A fool eau see just where to pnt
the responsibility for mlsapprporiation
OF the peoples money. and any man
can know iubt where to place the res
o )nsibillty for failure TO pass needed
measures of reform. There were no
Democrats In the lower house. The
record Of that body Is clear. The Sen
ate was for Dolph-was for the old
Portland rlng-for the rotten and cor
rupt machine that has dominated Ore
gon for twenty years. 1t had but
three Antl.Machine Republicans In IT,
A mong the machine crowd were very
few men who cared to even make 9
record for economy. The rest belong
ed to the corporation combination thai
said "the people be Vanderbilted"
But let us examine the record little
The journals of the legislature are moi
yet printed. But the facts as to clerk
hire extravaganza are well known
The Legislature spent over $4,000 fol
clerks, when two thousand dollali
should have paid the bill. The forty
two Dolph members whom the Ore
gonian upheld appropriated over thir
teen thousand dollars Of that Doodle Il
their friends and relatives. The thirty
Anti. Dolph mem bers whom the Ore
gonian denounced AS traitors spent
little over three thousand dollars o.
that money for clerkhire. That has al
been published In detail, showing JUS
what member was responsible, but
course not In the oregonian. 1t woul'
not dare give the people the facts be
cause the facts and the figures woui'
, belle its ISLANDERS on good mel
! who went to the legislature TO do jus
/ what they promised the people the!
would do, and who would not sell thel
vote on any question by standing II
3 for Legislative Doodle.
I 1t is not necessary TO discuss will
3 Mr.. Scott the nature Of the Legislation
q that was proposed by the men In tn
3 legislature who come In for his specia
q eulogy. Their charter bill, their stat
and county salary bills, their printing
, monopoly bill to give to one newspape
, In each county monopoly OF all tn
a public printing; their almost solid vot
y to keep the railroad commission aud al
I other useless boards and commission
4 that he wrote the platform agreeing 1
abolish, these facts Of his faYorites Il
!. the legislature he will never condemn
II but the people will condemn them
Y But no language is severe enough 70