Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-17
FUTURE or THE STATE FAiR

| lu AScCDhhpShs AHo Doniu ht1oi hhAoN
the place ln which Mr.. Apperson has
abIded, 10 these macy years, BY elect
ing Mr. Scott Of Clackamns county.
Mr.. Scott is said to be very fine man
and raises sheep entirely, but he b not
an old-t mer II he has not few trot-
ting horses hid away on his ranch
somewhere. We would not be sur
prissd 20 see him At the fair next year
talking In few OF the special slow
purses that are said to be conveniently
arranged 30 that no one need go away
without winning few hundred.
some man not so exclusively devoted
70 the turf as Mr.. De Lashmutt should
be found by the governor. Mr.. De
Lashmutt started In honest enough.
He was printer and miner, then
decended TO banker aud q real estate
man, and is now q trUtting horse
breeder. If the governor could find q
couple of live, .wide-awake, active,
energetic young business men, who
nave u miud for something besides the
race track, he should appoint them.
We have no prejudice against sport.
In fact, we believe In sports up to y
certain limit. But we want horse
racing to take It's relative position OF
Importance In state fair. A state
fair is not to be entirely given over to
racing, pool.selling, gambling, betting
and the devil. There are other inter.
ests and Industries that can be organ
lied and promoted quite as much to
the glory Of the state and the honor Of
mankind. II we thought the other
interests were not going to be better
looked after In the future we should
oppose a dollar Of public money being
spent on the fair. 1t IL going to take
the best and most entellIgent manage
ment to keep the state fair on Its feet
and keep 1t going. THE JOURNAL
insists. that the financial management
be laid bare to the public. They
should do II for their own protection.
Ii Is said that the lady who 30 kindly
and faithfully took charge Of the ART
department, has been left In the lurch,
while on the last day some races were
run of with almostl no one present,
just to give the owners Of some punk
rosdsters q chance to pick up money
enough to get home on. These state
ments come from one OF the board.
The time has come In the history Of
Oregon when 1t Is criminal for a pub
lie newspaper to not speak out about
public affairs that are manifestly
wrong, no matter who ID hit or what
officials are exposed to public scorn. A
great deal Cf labor Is required to ferret
out these abuses and lay them bare, but
a newspaper tnat will perform such q
service thoroughly, Is entitled TO public
appreciation. THE JOURNAL will
publish all the information II can get
hold OF that Is reliable, and 1t INVITES
all who have any facts about the man
agement Of the last fair to furnish
them for publication. It is not ex.
pected that the officials or members Of
the board will Asslst In this work. 1t
is not considered the duty OF pubic
officials In these days TO use the knowl.
edge they gain in the public service
for anyone but themselves. The peo-
pie pay men for their time and ser
vices, but what they learn in the ser.
vice Of the public Il not TO be used,
only TO enrich themselves and to
conceal from the people everything |
possible about the insIde workings of
he department they happen 10 be
connected with. This Is only natural. |
inder political system, whore men do
not deal directly with the people whom
hey serve, but get appointments,
,ominations and often elections,
through political machinery, rings and
'osses, who think they are above the
'sople. This is not true in every
Instance but 1t is too true to be denied
md Is the cause Of nlne-tenths OF the
In our public affairs. We
you'd have every public ofiiclal. from
Dad supervisor TO senator at Washing
on elected by the people and nomi-
lated at n primary where every menu