The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-04
ORGANIZE AGAINST THE DlsoR
GANIZERS.

As a number Of looters and boodlers
have been elected In the various coun-
ties the interests Of good government
require that they be not permitted to
organize the next legislature.
This issue must be squarely made
and met that a non-partisan business
organization of the senate and house
are preferable to a senate or house
controlled by a corrupt faction Of any
party.
The majority that controls the sem
ate should be composed of the best
men of all parties, and for once the
body should not be given over to cor
ruptionists and reckless politicians.
For once the conservative Republi-
cans should meet the honest men of
the opposition and take control of the
senate out of the control of men like
Brownell, Fulton, Kuykendall, ct al.
II any of those politicians who de-
bauched the last Legislature wish TO
become honest and show signs OF re
pentance he can do SO in the minority,
and on the floor of the senate as well
as at the heads of committees and in
the presidency.
The control of both branches of the
legislature should be taken out of the
hands of boodlers and corruptionists.
The cormorants, gulls. chippies, pee
wees and surf.ducks should be driven
Off for once.
This swarm is in the habit of com
ing down TO Salem when the legisla.
ture meets, and settling on the vitals
of the state like birds OF prey on a
skinned whale.
The long.beaked vultures swoop
around over the whole aggregation,
taking the big fat slices for them
selves, and all the smaller creatures
gorge on the pickings and stealings of
the people.
This has been a disgrace to our state
long enough. The government would
be improved II the whole swarm could
be driven off to roost on some iceberg
In the Arctic ocean.
This can only be done by taking the
organization out Of the hands of the
vuItures, and putting II In the hands
Of men with a little wholesome re.
spect for common honesty and com
mon political decency.
Tho Journal believes there are men
In the Republican party willing TO un.
dertake this, and it only takes a few
In each house OF the legislature II
believes the people would sustain the
minority in forming such an organiza.
ton of each house for a general bust.
ness assembly
The people, regardless of party,
should demand new order of things.
and not allow a mere majority Of the
majority TO dictate their state govern
ment, when that majority has been
proven rotten over and over
A majority of the Republican eau.
Gus In each house OF the legislature
are drawn together by promises of
plunder. This one wants to be speak.
er, that one wants TO be secretary,
another wants lot OF clerkships.
In this way the organizing force in
each house becomes a loOting band OF
predatory politicians, and they start
of with a hurrah for Doodle.
With such a start the legislature
never gets right, except by accident.
Oregon has suffered so much. We have
state tax 50 high as 10 be almost
prohibitory OF development Should we
not stop the loot forever?
The only way To stop IL is 10 stop
right at the beginning Nothing but
non-partisan business organization OF
the legislature will give the people
any control OF the legislature
The only politics in the state leg.
islature Is the election of a United
States senator, and that Is the only
matter whore members of each party
should line up together
The past legislature has been organ
ICED on political lines to transact bust.
ness, and has been non-pOlitical on
matters involving political principles.
So the managers OF the faction i'm
control of each house have been doing
politics when they should have been
doing business, and doing business
wnen they should have been doing pol
itiCs.
This process must be inverted and
tho plan OF controlling the legislature
must be inverted, There Is no other
way TO get right
The old way Is the way of death.
The new way leads to harmony