The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-21
IS DENOUNCED
BY THE PEOPLE

III I'LL 1 LUZ LII
Soon after the democratic county
convention had performed it's work
through the expressed will of the
party voters and had nominated its
ticket, the secretary of the com
mittee addressed letters to the
naminees asking for their views on
the issues of the campaign of 1906.
The answers received indicated
more clearly than any perfunctory
declaration of the republicans, what
public sentiment in this county is re-
garding the situation as viewed by
those near the people. The declar-
ations made by the candidates
sprang from their own personal
knowledge, gained by actual contact
with the business man and the
farmer. They represent views
based on interchange of opinion
with the mass of the people, not the
politicians.
One of these candidates wrote as
follows:
Il would make it impossible for
franchises to pass from the people
to corporations without the consent
Of the former, expressed through
secret ballot l would make it
possible for the people to recall a
public servant and discharge him.
| would permit them, through petit
ton, to have the veto power on all
legislation, by city councils as well
as state legislatures. I would make
it possible for the children of the
poor to attend the State university
and the Washington State college.
would permit the permanent
school fund of the state to be loan
ed to owners of homes and of i'm
proved farms. would give the
people the right to nominate by a
direct primary law all officers, coun-
ty, state and school district. I
would abolish the present road law
and in its place enact a law that
will permit the people of each road
district to have the say as to the
manner in which improvements on
roads shall be made in such dis
trict. | would provide for the cleo
ton of United States senators by
a direct vote of the people"
These are the sentiments express
ed by Thomas Mallory, democratic
candidate for the state senate in
the fourth district. He is man in
the full vigor of life, with fully
ripened faculties and a large fund
Of experience in the activities of
life. Moreover, he is a student of
conditions. He has been in this
state for 20 years and in Spokane
county for six years. He has serv-
ed as superintendent of schools of
Clallam county and for one term
was secretary to the Board of State
Land Commissioners. He Is a sue.
cessful business man and is now
the head of the Edgewood Farm
company. His views as expressed
above come from a firm conviction
as to the best manner in which to
supply some of the crying needs of
the community, and are the result
of careful consideration in the light
of his experiences with men and in
situations.
Another individual platform,
which reflects the trend of public
opinion at this juncture and also
expresses disapproval of the evil
for which the public is crying out
against one of the creatures of the
Courthouse Gang, is expressed as
follows:
The sheriff has nothing to do
with making or changing the laws.
He has his duties to perform. as
prescribed by the law. This
shall endeavor to do. | do not be-
lieve in a political ring. Therefore,
am opposed to a system by which
a deputy succeeds his chief in
office and then appoints that chief
to the subordinate position of
deputy, as by such system the
same set of men, if successful in
their scheme, could continue in
Office always
1t was Peter Merit, nominated by
the ballots at direct primary, who
wrote those sentiments. He knew
the undercurrent of public feeling
which condemned Sheriff Doak,
desk deputy under Doust, for per-
petrating for a time at least the
Gang" system in a county office
which is admitted on all hands to
be the fattest in the gift of the peo-
pie of this county. The Doak-
Doust-Pugh cog-wheel in the ring
machine at the county courthouse
is important to that machine which
has saddled on Spokane county
the system of which the sheriff $
is the best eXemplar-a system
which has as its keynote. Keep the
Courthouse in our hands and see to
it that our kind only are placed on
the ticket