Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-17
4 RrpuBLIcAN CRISIS.

The Republican party Oi oreBo" -
brought face TO face with acrls's
which IL may not survive. The stu
alton Is more serious than many
people seem TO think. Let us look
this situation squarely in the face
ana not try to blink at It. While
politicians are scheming for adyant-
age. and ONCE holders laugh In their
sleeve the taxpayer is terribly In
earnest.
The Republican masses OF oregon
demanded new deal in the last state
ronyentIon. They swept away the
old slate and put in new men and
adopted reform platform. New
deals were ordered and more strongly
worded platforms were adopted In the
larger counties Of the state, and can
didates for the legislature were
pleeged TO the same things that state
oalclals were,
What was the result ? The tax
payers accepted these propositions In
good faith. They put the party In
possession Of all the state offices and
only one Democrat was elected to
both houses OF the legislature. II
was clean sweep. What was the re-
suit Did the men entrusted with
ali That legislative power use IL
wisely 2 What Is the verdict Of the
people on that ? Ask the press Of the
state ? Ask any man on the street
In the senate Simon was put In con-
troll Simon, McGlnn and the hold
over senators, aided by some of the
new reform satellites, organized the
senate. Did they retrench and
reformY Ask the senator's who en-
tered combine 10 give themselves
generous slices In the general appro-
prlatIon bill9 Ask the senators who
employed clerks and experts without
restraint at 81 TO $40 day aud con-
Quoted Investigations that didn't In
vestIgato? One OF those hlgh-priced
Investigations has been examined
since and was found 10 be n fraud
The rest OF them that cost In all 3d.
OOO OF the clerkshlp Doodle that The
gang gobbled up, would prove just as
worthless
This Is the record OF the Simon aud
McGlnn senate organization. Simon
and McGInn and those who stood In
20 get the states tin, are now unde
condemnation OF the people. Th'
house did not do much better nj
though II had dmaiority whocould be re
lied upon 20 pass reform measures. Tn
promise Of a new deal was not onll
broken In the legislature, hut IL ha
not been kept In some other respects
The state insane asylum, the blln,
school and few changes In the stat
house are all the evidences OF neN
deal the people have seen. The su
preme court, as much under oblip
alton Ia obey the state platform, ha
not retrenched a dollar. Goyerno
Lord and Secretary Kincald have Gu
on extrayagances here and there. Blu
there has been no new deal In IN
state institutions as whole. Me
who have been In positions for Ion
periods at big salaries are still n
talned. Nearly all OF these are loyi
TO the Portland gang that wrote r,
form platforms only 10 betray then
They use their positions not for III
public but 70 sink the party thG
honors them with lavish hand.
What can the people doY What ca
they expect from special session
the legislatureg OF course, the tai
that u the legislature were convene
the same Officers would serve, is a
bosh. The legislature adjourned sll
die and Il has no oricers. IL wOu
have 10 elect new officers. Would
elect Mr.. Simon presidentg IL Is !
ported that was part OF Senator Ia
croft's mission 10 Salem. THR Jou
NAL viii give 800 20 any charity
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