Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-12-28
ALEXANDER is NAMED
The Choice Of the Mitchell
Push Announced.
He Is to Continue the Present Hold
up of State Finances.

There seems to be a firm determi-
nation on the part of the present
state treasury management TO per
petuate itself. The candidate of the
management" is no doubt Mr.. r,
Alexander, OF Pendleton. The organ
or the treasury push at that town
says Of him:
He is known in his home city as a
nan among men; as one who is always
among the sforemIst in matters of
public enterprises; a man of business,
aud at the same time a popular man.
/ He is member of many fraternal
and BENEVOLENT orders, and in them
holds high Offices He is respected
and esteemed as one of the solid men
Of the community"
IL will be seen that as politics goes
he presents the qualities Of success
ordinarily. But IL it is proposed to al
low the present treasury management
to name It's own 'successorship aud
dictate its own terms to the people of
Oregon, 1t assumes quite a different
appearance. Virtually there has been
no settlement between the people and
the state treasury for eight years.
Tue semi-annual reports are sup
pressed, The expensive legislative in
yestigatiOns are merely perfunctory
whitewashes. The treasury is dark
room and its contents are unknown.
There is a wcllfounded telief that
large sums of state funds are loaned
out to favored banks, and that large
quantities of state warrants are be-
ing bought with the state funds that
e,or should be, In the keeping of The
treasury. That these things have
been done ingJhe past is not doubted.
The treasurer has now in the neigh
borhJod of 100000 in his possession
or should have. But who believes he
has, He refuses to take the people
into his confidence. Chances are that
the people will never know the facts,
and it is proposed to forestall all pcs.
sibility of their eyer knowing. The
present treasury proposes to nominate
Il. Alexander because he is good fell
low and belongs to all the "fraternal
and benevolent orders" and will con-
tinqe its dark-lantern methods.
What can the people do? Thank
God, this is still a free country and
there are enough peope to elect
candidate against the present state
treasury ring, who will turn the day
light on the self-constituted ring of
scalpers and robbers Of the people.
THE JOURNAL does not believe that
the Republican party can shake itself
free from the syndicate now hand
ling our state funds. 1t will spend
money like water to nominate and
elect Alexauder-the peoples money.
What are the people going to do
about it ? THE JOURNAL advises
them to elect straight Bryan Silver
man for state treasurer. The Repub-
licans will be forced to accept Alex
ander, or candidate his followers
will name, which amounts to the same
thing. Then what will they have if
he is elected ? Simply a continual
tion of the present holdup of the
taxpayers,
Alexander is the choice of the
Mitchell push. Col. Alley of the
Baker City Republican, has this
The most quiet work is being done
for man in Eastern Oregon for state |
treasurer. He is a Umatilla county |
man and is one Of the most popular |
in the state. 1t would |
require considerable guessing on the |
part of those not informed on the sub |
ject to point out the man, kbut a few |
newspaper editors, among them the |
editor of the Evening Republican,
has been let into the secret, and he |
is perfectly satisfactory to them be-
cause of his sterling worth.
"a few newspaper editors" have
been 'let into the secret" Tell it not |
in Gath; whisper it not in Hodgkins-
ville Alexander is to be the next
Treasurer Of Oregon. What are the
American people and sovereign tax
payers going to do about it?
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