The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-24

posteous claims as he sets them forth
in his bombastic speeches in such vain
glorious terms from day to day, In hi:
speech at In Gmnde, he fell into hi:
usual vein of selt-eulogy, and declared
that when the last session of the legis
/ lature passed the million dollar appro'
priation bill he sent them word they
had gone too far and that they had bet.
! ter leave off the emergency clause SO
the people could referendum it, But if
he had kept his oar out the legislature
would have passed the bill in time for
/ the executive veto and the legislative
body have trimmed il of its Objectionable
features. Instead of this, however. he
claimed it was an improper measure
and referred it to the people to he voted
upon nearly two years afterward. and
in the meantime the states expenses
are running on just the same and practi-
cally every dollar of that bill will have
to be re.appopriated, no matter how
the vote in June may be- And inter-
est will have to be paid, besides, 1t
will be an expensive piece of business
for the people in any event which could
have all been avoided il the governor
had promptly vetoed the measure in.
stead of maneuvering over to the
people for political effect. In his defense
the governor says it is not the mere
amount in money but the principle the
people should Veto But the question is,
Why did not the governor veto the
pernicious principle on the spot, instead
of shirking it with all its attendant
added expense. upon the shoulders of
the people: Let the people not be fool
ed by such shallow pretense as this.
another instance of his promptly
saving the state from impending mis-
fortune is set forth in his declaration
that 'as soon as ! was elected | figured
out way to apply to Oregon the
scheme of taxing the gross earnings of
corporations and an inheritance tax
Gracious. heavens! Why Secretary Dun.
bar had been working on this PROPOSE
tion for four years, in conjunction with
myself and had been recommending it
to the legislature long before Chamber
lain was even elected district attorney
for Multnomah county. In my last mes.
sage strongly advocated both these
but we now have it. for po
litical effect and to induce republi !
cans to step out of their party lines,
that as soon as l was elected | figured /
a way, etc. What this great state would
have done if Chamberlain had never
left Mississippi, it would perhaps be
to conjecture. Mayhap kind
Providence would have taken pity on an
unfortunate people and raised up some
one else able to figure out scheme of |
salvation.
The governor further glorifes himself |
by saying that two suggestions were
made and adopted by the legislature
the corporation tax law and the tax on
and these two have pro-
duced good results in three years we
have collected three times as much
revenue as in the four years of the
Drvious administration This is true, I
but | modestly refer you to my last
message to the legislature where you
will find these two suggestions as
to offset the increased appro-
)riations demanded for the Lewis and
Clark Fair In fact, | am quite certain
nat bllls had been already introduced
for these two suggestions
wen before my message was delivered
,r Chamberlain was inaugurated. But
what does that matter when a man has
gotten under headway in the matter of
figuring out a scheme for political
fleet? 1t is the destruction of party
ines we are after-'non partisan vot
ng'-that is, on the part of republicans.
"But it would be difficult to mention
III the preposterous claims which are
lrifting into the crafty governors po-
itical net. Another recall is included
n an advertisement in Salem paper of
few days ago, in which it is set forth
hat the governors promises have been
UTILIZED, one of which is that he
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