The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-07


I've ours 10 solve. shall lay aside N!
likes and dislikes and try 10 remembe
that the demands Of the public ar
greater than thOss Of the individual"
Mr.. Butt was one Of the active and
earnest members Of the last Legislature
und must have made fairly good rec.
ord 10 be returned. The point Of inter
est 10 the above is that he questions
the way Oregon has been represented
In the past, 40 far as our senators have
a voice In shaping the great commercial
policies Of the nation, the policies that
affect the resources and development
Of the state we live in. lie almost
implies that Oregon has Jagged in the
race Of development behind the states
north and south and that the question
oi this states progress aud future is in.
yolyed Mr. Butt probably knows one
uon. resident railroad corporation has
taken up hundreds Of thousands Of acres
OF Oregon's finest timber lands under
an act Of congress that was passed with
out protest from an Oregon senator
These Wholesale steals retard and i'm
poverish the commonwealth but Ore
gon has had no senator to intervene or
object Tor the people.
This failure to protect our state from
Wholesale robbery Of ts resources, and
really putting an embargo upon its
settlement and the expansion Of its
principal industry for years 10 come,
may not be any direct FAULT Of Mr.. Me.
bries's. But the close relationship OF
senator Mitchell TO the Northern Pa.
idc is we'll established, aud that he
nd McBrilo have joined their political !,
nriunes no one can doubt That Oregon il
'aa not been represented or protected y y
" these gentlemen In this respect N n
'ardly 10 h'Quesiioned. ., y,
Mr.. Butt Ia alarmed about the great so
policies, upon which will ~
Iepend the fostering OF our resources n
nd markets al home and abroad, Well y
ie may be- As the shipping subsidy Il
lill has hcen shelyed, how are We 10 VI
rpand our commerce with our own II
oeacsslons withoot enjoying the greatest X x
Icodom in our shipping laws? We u
70 not Interested on the Pacific coast in "
ro,ectIns the Tobacco, sugar. oil. si
ordsge and olher trusts that tax our I1 "a,
onsametS, monopollre trade, and re. ci
irain our shipping Interests ,e
MLCorbelt, Who opposes Mr. Mcbride, g
ct In race Ior office, but who opposed a. ~
no Porto Rico tariff, opposed the ship.
'ng subsidy, opposes colonial policies
exploit our islands la tho interests
trusts lounds his convictions a. 10
oli,'cal policies not upon party eI. .
edieney or a. "mc too" Of any
administration, but ul,on commercial
'fnciples lha, are as we'll founded o.
he common Ian OF EusIand or the con.
l'louon Of the rn.luis,a,es. The men
'ho uisd ior ,he lprlo Rice iaua may
a'''ly the ect ssa temporary polliioal
xpedienI, hut they violated ihy.f oath
'nder che constitution a. plaiulg A. .
hoogh they had ,olcl ior s,o,a...ln
.nd 1he Supreme court Ntll ~ hoi vh,nl ,
he mai,cr Is finally sottle,t Ffse tnJs
''ih our own pos-cssious under oor
IAN sovereignty, under the lag aud
constitution BE- priuc,plo iounio,i b,
be fathers OF ,hv Republic and
uuocia'ed by nlaLe Uudeli, aud Nc. ,
''oley mmscli boiore ,bs pt,ssa,y Of
'sa' Interests ess oroashtia bear.
WoroE0n isrver y tos,ore h,, pest.s,
md inhoenoe az Washington ,tshei, iol ,
old hsr ovu In tho noe ios ievs,op.
nent she must seud men Ca the enats s
'ho can FIse aloye u,crr political aull
.ar'y rspsiicu,s aud help buii poheie.
hat ALL favor our producers, bring the .
hpplos OF che soih 10 our Ioris. he,
'~eF'ea" bottoms ay hs,vecn our ous
aFho'' an'eAyd anA uuiaAe,. by ,ain.l :
both eod' Of abs yssge, Nr Bet, i.
young man and A. awpr,vn,atlgs "a. :
'' '''a'ns ssaera'ious o. yoanger hasi. ,
''''esn' 10 doss ssll 20 oopsiier sas, !