The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-07-05

est" TO make some editorial comment on
ta latest effort 10 secure an appro.
priaiion 20 build a government canal
and locks at THE DALLES Of the Co.
lumbia TO let shipping through unob.
etructcd iIom Lewiston 10 Astoria. We
shall.
In the le eEialature Of 1895 the Portland
Chamber OF Commerce asked a hearing
before the legislature 10 secure an appro-
priation for second portage railway at
The Dalles. The state was then operat.
ing a portage railway with great success
and benefits at Cello, which IL has since
abandoned aa no longer necessary. The
bill In 1895 got but few votes In the
| house, and the main fight was made
against il by the Portland delegation.
The writer then challenged the right Of
Hon. Jo Long 10 appear aa the attorney
OF the q. X. q n. Ry. against the bill
and also ~ an alleged aud sworn repre-
sentative Of the people. lie could not
defend his right TO appear In bothCapac'
tiles, but he has held Office ut the hands
OF the Republican party ever since, and
has no doubt received iavors, II not en-
ployment and retainers, from the cor.
porations duting the same time. Jo
Long Ia no worse In this respect than the
leading lawyers In both parties, who are
employed by the state and interstate
corporations, They take any public
office they can get aud laugh at the folly
Of the people who vote them into Office
besides.
Tnn JouRNAL again challenges the
right OF Jo Long or any OF these lawyer
politicians TO hold any representative
oilice for the people, to take salaries for
serving the people, and at the same time
serve u public or quasi public corpora.
tion as liz attorney or representative.
They can no more do II honestly than
they could serve the British y, yernment
aud be AN officer In the continental army
Ia 1870, or marry a wife ia Oregon and
support wife In Utah aud not be guilty
of bigamy. We say they cant hut they
almost universally do, and the legal
mind permits them 10 sorye two masters,
because the Bible docs not have juris.
dictiOn over lawyers or agents of the
Devil The obstruction at The nalles
can only be removed by a hanging bee
For going on thirty years Oregon has
been represented in congress aud the
senate by creatures aud employees OF the
great corporations, aud the interests OF
the state have been suhorlinated 30
greater masters of the office holders
Than the people. During all this time,
In spite If the heroic efforts OF the
OF commerce, this double.
faced misrepresentation by the corpora.
tion politicians has reduced our common.
wealth TO mere feeder OF great II
interests. The producer has languished |
because lac and his interests weretreated |
as the tail end OF creation.
The corporations are not 10 blame Tor |
this. They employ the most talent, 4 |
men In the state, but the constitution, |
common sense and common decency |
should prohibit the lawyer politicians |
Who hire out 90 them with perfect right. |
from also at the same time monopolH |
ing the representative offices. ID Il con,
ceded, for the purpose of argument only, |
the corporations have more revenues,
pay bigger salaries aRd have iyger la. |
terest AZ stake than the business men OF
producers, bat ID Is denied that one set |
Of lawyers have right Ia monopolite !
the functions OF being iheir hired men
and also pretending 20 wear the livery OF /
the people, while already sold body aud |
soul for higher pay,
The Portland chamber of commerce
can send out circulars until do0msday, /
4 cannot alter the facts nor alter human |
nature. II is still TO the credit OF /
humanity that even a lawyer. pOlititian's I
heart Will follow his treasure as the /
needle does the pole. llis retainers and I
his annual passes are more potent forces /
than his oath or love Tor the constitu /
ton The people have no moro right to |
expect undivided allegiance irom such !
men Ia congrcss or the senate than they |
would have 10 expect from British spies |
In the time Of the revolution 10 ierk /
red ooais Oh and swear them la as Oh. /
Gers Of Washing'on's army,
This system ol government hy corpora. ]
ton politicians has already spent many /
millions on boat railway nehemes TO not 4
remove distractions Ia the Columbia, i
II has spent a Sc0re az millions 10 Open 4
the mouth 0l the Columbia, but has 4
carefully seen 90 il that ~ few ,ossels ~
possible could get up OF down the river
70 build the h0at.raiiWay Il now a.
qolros only q, ,20i, ,si7, aud that Il only a
y - ior 4 starter, Canal aud lock