Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-01-25
CAN'T BE TRUSTED
FALSE IN ONE THING FALSE IN
ALL.
Now Before Political Prejudice Obtains, Is the
Time for the Taxpayins Voter to Candy
Consider the Issues That viii Confront
Him Next Fall.

"False in one thing, false in all
things" is we'll established rule OF law.
1fa witness is found to have testified
falsely on one point it is assumed that
his whole evidence is false. The same
rule applies in the b, siness world. II
a man lies about one thing, his associ.
ciates have no confidence in any Of his
statements. The rules also applies to
political parties. When a party makes
a pledge in it's platform to favor speci.
fic policy and then after election DELHI.
erately repudiates that pledge, it loses
all claim to the confidence OF the people
in any of it's pledges.
The last republican state convention,
after prolonged discussion, incorpo,
rated the following plank in its platform:
eve are in favor Of the passage OF bill
by the next legislature establishing a
railroad commission to consist OF three
members to be appointed by the COVER
nor, no more than two to be taken from
the dominant political party, said COM
mission to be clothed with power to reg
ulate freight and passenger rates, to
determine the value OF railroad property
for purposes OF assessment and taxa.
ton, to prevent unjust determinations.
and to inquire into and remedy such
abuses as may he no found to exist"
Upon that platform the republican
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that platform they asked the suffrage Of
the people, upon that platform they were
elected. They had an overwhelming
majority in both branches OF the legsa-
ture. They could pass any bill which
they desired.
In accordance with the pledge of the
state platform bill providing for the
establishment OF railroad commission,
the members to be appointed by the
governor, was introduced and promptly
killed by the republican majority in the
senate. But the republican party did
more than violate the pledge OF us state
platform, it proceeded to elect to the
Office OF United States senator the man
who had taken the lead in advocating
the Reputation of the state platform,
the bitterest opponent of the railroad
commission bill.
In the face Of such a record how can
the people Of the state place any conf
dence in the promises of the republican
party? If a man had hired another to
manage his farm, and had given him
the job because he promised to do Ger
tain things in accordance with the in
structions of his employer, and then the
manager had violated those instructions
and repudiated his promises, would the
farmer be likely to hire him again when
his time was out? No. Neiher will
the people of the state, if they have any
common sense, retain the republican
party to manage their affairs, after its
record OF dishonesty and bad faith dur
ing the past two years. 1t makes no
difference what position the party takes
on the railroad question in the next
campaign. IT the state convention
shonld again declare for railroad COM
mission the people can put no faith in
the pledge. Having repudiated it once,
the party is likely to repudiated it again.
Having proved itself false in one cam.
paign, it is likely to prove false in the
next. Having proved false to one
pledge, it is likely to prove false to all
pledges. 1t must be measured by the
old rule Of law, "falsue in uno, falsus in
omnibus" false in one thing, false in all
things.-Coliax Commonre.