Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-01
olSEaoN POLITICS IN 1896.

IN { OREGON FOblliV0
" itsd8 viii he an eyentful year politl'
cally. In June Legislature ano
county onlcials will be chosen. Ih'
legislature will elect senator 10 sue
coed Hon. John II. Mitchell. There
viii also be a judge Of the supreme
cnurt elected TO succeed Supreme Jus
tlcc r.. s. Bean. At the November
elections Oregon will choose presldeh'
tlal electors and two congressman
The June campaign will be Local
campaign in one sense and natiohai
I'm another AS the second state III
tho Union 10 vote, the vote In oregon
win he watched with great interest
But the most heated contests VIII take
place in the several counties, as II is a
fotaaone conclusion that Oregon VIII
20 Republican as state.
~ There will be the usual state con-
ventions and platforms and tickets
placed I'm the field and national poll
tics will be made prominent over th'
senatorial contest The state issue
over retrenchm9nt and reform, aboll
tion of the useless commissions ano
cutting off some of the sinecures VIII
+ be made prominent.
The sharp practice by which action
on the reform bills was defeated III
the last Legislature, will not succeed
again unless the people are asleep u
their interests. The dllatory prat
tices OF the president OF the senat,
Will not be permitted TO become tht
salvation Of host Of suckers at tht
public teat as was done last winter
BIZ preventing vote In the senate 10,
simon and his followers undoubtedly
saved the railroad commission ant
other commissions and slnecures iron
demolition. The county reform bill'
that they pretended TO champion wert
not advocated In q sincere manner, but
simply 90 punish some one In Multno
nah county, and the Butler bill that
did pass left the fees Of the sherih
OF Multnomah county untouched.
The combine between Jo. Simon anC
Mr.. Sears, that was charged as Tn,
cause OF John Minto's defeat, is NOR,
OF q reality than many people suppose,
1t Is TO he hoped that senators will bt
returned from Multnomah county
next year, who will not be plant tools
0f' Simon.
THE JOURNAL warned the last sem
ate In advance Of It's organization that
II Mr.. Simon was chosen for It's pre-
siding officer all hopes Of reform legls-
mtlon might as well be abandoned.
Improved true. Mr., Simon has never
had reform Idea In his brain. His
hair does not curl that way. lie Il
simply smooth boss and corporation
lawyer. lie uses the Republican
party TO feather his own nest. II he
organizes the next senate little or ne
good can come out OF lt We believe
the people OF Oregon are tired OF fool.
ing with 10 Simon. II the Legislature
Is Republican, as we believe and hope
" will be, and Simon is put in control
of the senate and proceeds to pack Il
FOR the corporations and proceeds q
save the bacon Of his pet commissions
ana reward his stlckers, and deal out
' the clerkships as he has In the past
well there will not be grease spot
LEFT OF the Republican party in Ore.
gon. The people can not longer be
tritled with In this matter OF lOotlng
thelr state government.
The people Of Oregon should not
alone demand and insist ON shedding
on OF the parasite commissions and
professional log rolling schemes that
run up their appropriation bills To
double what they should be, but they
should say who they want for United
States senator In some unmlstakable
manner, so that the entire forty days
OF the legislature need not be taken
up lighting over the fayOrltes OF differ
ent elements The time OF the repre-.
scntatives should be left for the legit.
innate work OF legislation, and then
the people can expect some relief that
can never come when there Is a long
drawn. out contest over a United
States senatorship.