Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-05-26

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be handled for the sole benefit Of tn
taxpayers, and not for the treasurer o
any bank or group Of banks. ] ASSUME
that any candidate of the Republican
party would do his duty by the people
under the law, as he found it, and woulc
not blame him or the Ladd & Busl
bank at Portland, or any other banl
for handling the funds under the laws
as they find them. The main fact to b,
kept in view is to get a treasurer anc
secretary Of state WHO WOULD NOT
BE PLEDGED AND EVERLASTING
LY TIED UP TO CONTINUE THE
ANCIENT GRAFT, but get men who
would help break IL.
THE INFLUENCE OF THESE
STATE OFFICIALS OVER THE LEG.
IsLATURE IS ENORMOUS. They
can help pass laws to reform these de
partments or they can kill all such ef-
forts at reform. Let IL bo moro dis
cussed, what aspirants for Office propose
to do for the people after they get into
Office. THE RIGHT KIND OF MEN IN
THESE OFFICES Of secretary Of state
and treasurer would not only make
those Offices produce much revenue TO
the state, but would reduce taxes. All
that am saying is not personal IA to
present incumbents Of those Offices, or
as TO would-be incumbents. / am only
using their aspirations AS A PEG TO
HANG A LITTLE FREE TALK UP.
ON about these departments Of state.
honestly believe If the press would
let all the information come out in its
true perspective, we would get better
conditions, better laws and better SER
vice out Of the men we elect. THE
PEOPLE WANT BETTER RESULTS,
AND WHY NOT ALL HELP GET
THEM7
State Game Warden Baker has been
in Portland the past week. He has Just
convicted man at MeMinnville for
killing a deer last January, and seems
disposed to enforce the game law inn
partially. Recently he found his dep
uty at Portland screening some wealthy
friends Of his, who had been killing
game out Of season, and DEMANDED
HIS IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION.
Baker means the hodge-podge Of legis-
lation called the state game laws shall
be enforced and respected if possible.
He did not make those laws, but he
took an oath to enforce them, as he
found them on the books. This spring
HE CAUGHT ONE OF HIS OWN
VIOLATING THE GAME
Law in Lane county, and started in
to prosecute, but the judge would not
stand for it.
The fight on Oregon land frauds be-
gan when suryeyor.General Meldrum
was appointed. Much loose and careless
work had been done. Hitchcock sent
out Inspector Greene, and Meldrum
told him to go to the redhot place.
Well, he didn't go, but proceeded to
dig up casual information about de-
feetive records and technical violations
by persons taking up public lands in
Oregon. Then Hermann locked horns
with Hitchcock, and that concentrated
the attention Of the department upon
Oregon still more. The best informed
say OREGON HAS BEEN THE LEAST
GUILTY OF LAND FRAUDS OF ANY
COAST STATE. WE CANNOT HOLD
A CANDLE TO WASHINGTON OR
CALIFORNIA. But we have had to
stand the whole brunt of the attack.
We have got the bad reputation, the
vii reports, the unsavory advertising
All the indictments and trials and con.
'ictions have been here. All the mani
'estations Of HCneyism have been here.
l want to call attention to the con,
rast between the work that John Man
ling is doing and that which Heney
lid. When malevolent distorted
rand jury indicted Mayor Williams
nd other good men on mere technical
r constructive Offenses, he discharged
he grand jury and dismissed the in
ietments. Then Manning proceeded
o get indictments Of contractors and
ther real offenders HE MADE NO
iRAND-srAND PLAYS. did not give
ut what ho was going to do in the
ewspaper, did not publish indictments