Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-04-22
REPUBLICAN, PROMISES or RE
PoRH; THEIR VALUE.

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The peryonal preferences n The
late Rep1blicaD state convention he'd
a AssosIs. we're the result u . %
called pop0ssr uprising for Nr. T. 4.
Geer, and not being . Lord conyeD-
tfOo, it's pork was not unexpected.
II u customary, however, for pylitIcal
parties, through their conventions,
~ en1Orse an officer ~ an admins
tratiO1 ehosen by them, anc the fail
ure 70 % 20 f. taken ~ = mild form u
condemnation Or Punishment, due %
departure from the declared pTioci
pIes zod pOlIcies VI the party.
Ard this Is the view which pe0ple
must take Of the silence Of the As-
toria cOgventlOn a. % the admins
trztGoD u GOsernor Lord. Ills pDIlti-
cal bretbereO had 10 geDd word for
him, not even aD lntlmstiOn that be
had done barely, tolerably well.
Prom q reading ~ the resolutions
and Observing that the Republican
party o. the state Is Jn favor Of re-
treDcbmeot and reform 10 state and
county nattcrs, and demand strict
econoDy 10 public affairs and the
abolition Of all needless Offices and
commissions" one would readily infer
that the governor had been derelIct IN
this respect, but such is only an OGen-
slye outside view Of the case. The
inside view Is quite different and al
tOgetber complimentary 70 the goY-
erDOI, biz friends and all welImesning
citizens of whatever political com
oIexlOD, although II IS rather hard
upon the convention, which It con.
yIcts Of arrant bypocrlcy or dense ig-
nOrance. The true reason for turning
the governor down and Offensiyely ig-
DoriDz hIs administration, ls found ~
the fact that ne has, IN corporation
with Secretary Ktncaid. been success
fully obeyIng the mandate Of their
party Issued years ago, that econ
omy should rule ln public affairs.
No doubt those gentleman would
have done as they have done, with.
out convention resolution for their
guide, but they cannot be charged |
with uDialtbfulpess for adheflng 70 |
the platform Of the party that |
nominated them. The party four
yeas ago pledged their nominee 10
economical government, retrench-
meDt and reform" 10 nearly :be same |
language used by the Astoria con-
yentI0n and the state administration
has been doing It's best, 10 the alb
sence Of needed legislation, 10 work
reforms, for which the party does not !
now seem at all grateful The work |
The present administration has done
In bringing order out Of the lieu
land chaos would seem to merit rec
ognitIon, II the party is really In
earnest as 10 IT'S reform pledges. The /
reduction 10 the current expenses Of
the state government might be
reasonably counted as part Of reform
II the word "reform" used by the
convention, has IT'S every day mean
Ing.
The earnest opposition Of the gov
ernor and secretary OF state 10 con
tlnuance Of the expensive but useless
commissions, set up by Republican
ieRislatures, might be accounted 10
them as an obedience 10 party man
dates, iflanguage Is 10 mean any
thing, But, perhaps the Hon. Sol
Hlracb Is right when he says that all
the principle there Is 10 politics, sis
70 win," and that, therefore, conven-
tlon pledges are nothing but a gull trap
70 catch honest but unwary voters.
II the Republicans are really IN earn
eat for reform they would haye en-.
dofsed the only reform admlnistra-
tion they have ever set up, but they
ala not do II and the omission was
Intentional. Consequently indepen.
dent citizens must conclude that
their reform promises are mere "6ap.
daddle,p the stun fed TO fools.
INDEPENDENT.