Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-14

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the Office Of secretary OF state at the
rate Of ten dollars day for 1S days,
for revising the Journals of the house.
People need not believe me. They
can 20 and see hisyoucher themselves.
AS the speaker is only required to
certify to the final REVISION by the
committee, he could have done that
In a minute and need not have
charged a cent
But how did he put In his timer
For eighteen days he went over the
Journals of the house to collect all
the votes cast by Mr.. Craig, Mr..
Barkley and myself on matters in
volving appropriations. He is very
careful to omit all reference to our
votes in cutting down clerkhire.
against creating junketing commit
tees, buying codes and session laws,
or taking them.
So far as l am concerned / am
proud to have voted for all the ap
preparations needed to carry on the
state government. AS three-fourths
Of this noney is spent at Salem,
representative living 10 Salem who
wouldn't do that for his own town
when it gets the benefit of the money
being spent here, is "a TOOL, a dema.
gog or knave, and l don't want to
put myself in either class on this
question. voted besides for a bill
to give the children in our public
schools elementary text books at
cost. And for a bill to build second
portage railway at The Dalles OF the
Columbia. A bill which the entire
corporation lobby Ia both houses
fought like tigers, and the man ap-
pointed chairman OF the railroad
committee by Moores had ran
away with the bill to prevent
having IL considered. Moores
didn't vote for these two last
measures because he always lined up
with the corporations and book trust
when he was wanted, and a man with
heart in him no bigger than a liz
zard sand just about as warm -blooded,
couldn't be expected to vote for such
measures knowingly anyhow.
But where he showed off real
braYado Of spirit was in voting against
the general appropriation bill as
speaker, when he had the last vote to
cast, and he knew 1t had votes enough
to carry without him, Then he has
the gall to accuse me of voting for 1t.
Before was elected 1 was threat
ened with defeat If l would not prom
lse to vote for every Salem appropria-
tion, and afterwards l am abused by
this Missouri Thersites because l did
vote for all Salem appropriations.
Nobody but Salem hog would ask for
all the appropriations Salem asks for
and then refuse to vote for the petty
driblets that go to other parts of the
commonwealth. No one ever lost a
cent, by public appropriations for
needed improvements If the money
was honestly expended. 1 would
make the same record over again If l
had to 90 there as Salem man,
have no doubt great may shortcom-
ings Of petty nature could be found
10 Mr.. Moore's record. 1 know there
can in mine. But on this question OF
appropriations 1 am willing to go be.
fore this community as a business
proposition whether he or | acted
with fairness and justice toward our
constituents and the rest OF the state,
AS speaker Mr., Moores made up the
appropriations committee OF the
house, which under the constitution
should originate the ways and means
bill, in such a manner as to have the
making up OF that bill taken entirely
out OF the hands OF the house, and the
house lost all control of making up of
the appropriations. Where 1t went,
what use was made OF II, who profited
by 1t, Moores can tell better than l.
He asks why l did not bring In
minority report. could not have
done so without lmperlllng the
passage OF all appropriations. He
could have ordered the committee
back TO bring In different report. II
the house had known that he would |
not vote for the bill IL would certainly |
have ordered the committee TO bring
In a different report. But il that had
been done Mcbride would not have
been presented with gold medal
for making up the appropriations bill
and MOOres n.ight not have nnL his