Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-06-27
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

q crying abuse for many years, 10 not to
be compared with other raids upon the
treasury, which are made possible 10y
the demands of the various consit
tuencies Ofithe legislators from every
part of ihe state. The best Of mon go
to the state capitol with instructions
from their constituents to make a
raid upon the treasury in the Interest
OF pet local institutions. To get the
appropriations their constituents de-
mand, they must combine with legis-
lators from other sections whose con-
stituents also want some of the pork
II they don't combine :they get moth
lag and If tbey get nothing their con
stitutents repudia,e them ut the nexi
election. In just this way the peop'e
OF the Whole state sanction these bien
nial raids upon the treasury. This
has caused an abnormal growth Of
orphans homes, normal schools aud
local institutions OF every description
all over the state. Our good journalistic
friend who voted appropriations for
normal school at Drain, and normal
school 1t Ashland, and normal
school st Fossil, aud a normal school at
Coquille, aud graded school at Lake
view, in additionito $4,000 for nor
NAL school 1T Weston, reported In the
general appropriation bill, need not
worry over the clerkehip evil which
does not equal the demands Of any one
Of these schools when fully developed.
And one having voted to tax the peo-
pie $500, 900, (Which Populists say. will
buy a billion bushels Of wheat) to im
prove the Colu mbia river, when we
need, as badly as we do $500, 900 to
build railroad to Astoria, should not
waste too much space IN denouncing a
$4,000 appropriation for railroad
commission, something which nearly
every state ia the union has, and
which, IL properly conslituted, ought
10 subserye u good purpose even In Ore.
gon. salem Statesman.
The svove is from the pen OF q mem.
Der OF the late legislature.
II we understand him rightly he
considers appropriations for educa.
tIonal institutions less merltorious then
for Legislative clerks aud useless
boards and commissions.
The legislature before the last spent
$4,000 for clerks, the ons bsfors that
$4,000 and the last one $4,000 IN
round numbers This money Is almost
as good - thTovn sway. The stats
aor the taxpayers got any service 10
speak Of from the COMMITTEES clerks,
They are ninetsnths male OF female
lackeys and lobbyists Tor the HDg poll-
tialans About one In ton d0es actually
earn the salary paid, hlns dollars ont
of ten Tor isgislaiiys clerks 10 thrown
sway, The sams 10 true of ths boards
aud commissions noisbly the Failroad
commission, The author ~ the sboys
Vas elseled up9n platform pledged 10
abolish the railroad oommlsslon, rail-
road passes and 10 Teduss fares 10 three
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