The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-23
coNTEMPTIBLE PoLITIcs.


Governor Chamberlain has always
had an antipithy for Astoria. Any
legislation of any benefit to Astoria
or Clatsop county has always received
MS disapproyal. He is a political
demagogue. who just before election
time travels over the state telling the
nshermen and laboring men what he
mas done and win do for the down.
trodden masses, but when he has an
opportunity in his official capacity to-
put the knife into the fishermen OF
Astoria. he jabs II in clear to the hilt
He has put his political disapprovalI
on bill appropriating $4,000 for build
ing patrol boat for the master fish
warden But he approved a large num-
Der Of bills appropriating over $4,000.
600 distributed throughout every other
county In the state. He approved bills
appropriating over $4,000 for four
normal schools, three Of which ara
simply public schools and none or
which has ever graduated a teacher.
He has approved appropriation bills
appropriating money for Indian war
veterans which is a political graft
Every county in the state has received
some kind Of an appropriation at the
nands OF the legislature and Georgia
has always affixed his signature with
the great seal Of the state thereto. but
when few paltry dollars are appro-
priated for the better projection of the
fishing industry of Clatsop county his |
big NIT grasps the first pen he can
get hold of and the bill is vetoed. HeI
mas even gone so far out OF his way to |
veto two charter bills. both being local
measures, simply because he was on
portuned to do so by his POLITICAL
friends. .,
He has approved a bill fixing the
salary of the governor of the state of
Oregon at $4,000. Section / of article
1S Of the constitution of Oregon says:
THE governor shall receive an an
nual salary Of $780," There is mol
provision in the constitution of the
state of Oregon giving the governor a |
salary of $4,000 or any other sum other
than the $500. Yet, as a political DEM
agogue, and for the purpose of faten-
ing his own pockets, he approves a bill
making the salary of the governor
more than is allowed by the constitu-
tion of the state, and next campaign
he will be exhorting the voters of Ore
gon and tell them how BETSY and I
killed the bear" He knows that the
bill is unconstitutional, but he knows
that he can win votes by advocating
putting all the officers of the state on
fiat salary, even though In directI
conflict with the constitution Of the
state.
Governor Chamberlain can alwaysl
be depended upon to approve a bill
increasing his salary, but he will al
ways veto bill that appropriates a
few dollars to build up the fishing in
dustry Of the Columbia river simply
because he is afraid some one in AS!
toria will be benefited thereby. This
is political demagogism. He also
vetoed bill providing for the appoint
ment Of deputy for Southern Oregon
because 1t carried a provision proyid-
ing for a deputy at salary of 5000 a
year for the master fish warden, Who'll
resides in Astoria. The city Of AS
toria nor clatsop county are not going
to receive any Of the treasury pudding
as long as Chamberlain pulls the
string. 1t is probable that II the law '
has been changed so as to give the {
governor the authority to appoint a I
master fish warden, one of his Portland {
political pets would have secured /
job and no appropriation for patrol '
boats or clerk hire could have been T
TOO large. but he would approve 1t. I
Oregon is a republican state by 3O,- d
100. yet 1t elects a democratic COVER {
Tor, Clatsop county is republican by
90, but It elects democratic city and
.ounty officials The republicans, or p
large majority of them. elect such