The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-07-31
EDITORIALS.

The eastern bank fakirs who we're
going TO take the Baker City bonds TO
build the municipal ownership water
plant have jumped their contract and
the people Of that town may have TO do
what common-sense would have told
them 10 in the first place-make pop.
ular loan Of IL. There are probably five
times as many dollars lying idle in the
Baker City banks as the water.plant
would cost, and the depositors
would mott cry their eyes out II their
cash WAS set out 10 earning even low
rate Of interest. 100000 Of four per-
cent bonds would in twenty years earn
$4,000 interest for the common herd at
Baker City. Besides having the coin TO
blow in on themselves they would save
express charges shipping II TO New York
svery year and save the discount the
eastern sharks want on all such bonds
and save the commissions OF some local
banker for clipping the coupons and
figuring up the interest. On the pop
ular loan plan the Baker Cityite would
be lending his community his own
money and the community would be
paying the interest "a, it's own members.
The eastern banker would be lending
the surplus deposits OF the country
banks for which the bank gets the in
terest aud would charge up in all kinds
Of way for lending the people their own
money. The people Of Salem and Eu-
gene aud Independence have got this
through their heads. Another step
should be taken, that Of finding place
TO accumulate the savings OF the people
and in a shoit time there would be
enough organized capital 10 take oil
kinds Of public loans. Even public
school savings might be made safe and
invested where they would do the chill
dren some good.
Judge Haniord OF Tacoma has decided
that an Indian holding his land under a
patent from the government by act OF
congress allotting lands in seyeralty 10
Indians aud making them citizens, has
the same right to buy and drink
whiskey a. any other citizen, This puts
tho Red man on par with the white,
black, yellow, maroon, muldoon or any
other color, and brings him fully within
the constitution. IL is not yet certain
whether the flag follows the constitution,
but II IL certain that whiskey is not far
behind. John Leo. sharp young Jew
lawyer. raised the point ia behalf OF
Puyallup saloon-keeper arretted for sell
ing halibreed Indian whiskey and the
learned Judge held that law depriving
such an Indian citizen Of the
inallenahe right 10 buy buRiuiee and
got full ~ a goose was In violation OF the
fundamental principle OF our national
existence and hence null aud void.
slowly the Indian is winning his way TO
the privileges OF modern civilization, and
soon he will stand erect in the full
pAnoply Of expanded citizenship with
right to blow in two-thirds OF his estate
on firswAter, IL Is presumed the courts
would protec, his wiie's dover interest
unless she wanted to expand In the
same direction aud spend II for in,ox'
icAnts, bitters, stimulants or tlavoring
extracts such as are sold in prohibition
town like WoOdburn. Getting back 10
the decision Of Judge Haniord; he rules
that Indians holding lands under a
patent are not wards Of the government
hut part Of the great and only American
empire. having all the rights, privileges
aud immnnitles OF other citizens, and
hali-broed is as big man as Marx
Hanna or Mckinley himself when il
comes 10 bnying a drink OF whiskey or
being candidate for office.
AAe
The antl-6ver Republicans at Port.
land are going 10 make the rotten deal,
by which Mitchell's managers bough,
Democratic aud Populist support TO
make him Seuator In exchange for pass
ng a 80 called Citiren'sehAr,er Tor Port
aud, . State issue In orde' TO prevent
ieer getting a second term. They can.
lot attack bis administration success.
ully and they cannot get along without
i'm and his friends 10 the state cam'
,aien. An admit that he is . power GA
hs stump and eau make q talk In
elsuse ol his party that takes the cake
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