Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-06

and were usually fortunate in
hnding,a a nenentity destitute of
|stamina-with absolute neutrali-
ty of tint, who was never known
to have an idea on any subject,
except the weather; who never
collided with anybody and as
vertebraless as a fishing worm,
who stands for no principle---a
negative factor in the body poll
tic; and representing nothing of
worth except genial smile and
the ''glad hand shake" and you
have an ideal man for legislative
timber.
We largely larder up our leg1s-
latures with that quality of ma
terial-in fact, those are the chief
characteristics of the the men, so
called, whom we delight to honor.
Is it any wonder we have graft
ers, boodlers and place hunters
whose sole aim is to make mer-
chandise out of their positions
and sacrifice all the substantial
interests of the people, who use
the state fund as trading base
for some little hungry local inter-
est hid in the state that Mr..
Negative represents among the
law makers of the state? Have
you not seen at numerous times
Salem law makers of this type
spending forty days and forty
nights in a fight for Uuited States
senator jumping into the passing
band wagon of the Triumphant
senator at the last minute of the
last hour of the session and rak-
ing in the receivership or other
ship or place, as reward for the
faithful performance of duty to
his admiring constituents? How
nobly is filled the duty of a sacred
trust. It is right and proper that
we should have faith in each
other if we are to accomplish
: anything; but that faith should
, be based upon works and acts.
,, We have learned in the Bit
ter school of experience, that
l that there is much more of crook
: ed Misrepresentation than straight
representation. 1t is up to us to
, correct this evil, or still suffer
the consequences.
4 Itisa part of the unwritter
: history Of Oregon that a member
: of the senate who prepared the
Lock Bill received 81, 900 on the
= side from a disinterested patrio
: who desired to show his appre
: citation of the provisions of th'
: bill. 1t was merely free spon'
. taneous Offering to the poor SEN
= ator who could not afford tt
= serve his state under the consti
- tutional salary of $500 per day
4 1t would not tend to precipitat'
v development to pursue furthe
y how signally the public was out
ragged in all matters pertaining
e. to the Lsck Bill. -...
n While this corporation was yea
If by year tightening its clutches O
e the river, the biennial legislature
it were absorbed largely in whor
n was to go to the U. S. Senate Q
> in what might be extracted fror
# the treasury for pet schemes fc
,r dear friends Or for special inter
N ests. 1t is not within my -powe
I'd to indict that body, if I could th
w statutes of limitations would b
Of invoked and the indictment fai
as These structures do not apply
a all members of that honorabl
er body. We have had many sui
in tantial men there who honestl
N represented us; but unfortunatel
,r they have always been in hops
Mt less minority. In passing, it
IF to be remembered that yeun
of member of that body from Oh
1e Linn did produce a bill for tt
j. purchase of the Locks in behal
of the state, under the provision
ne of the Lock Bill; that it was rs
Sc ceived in a frigid atmosphere an
in soon found its way into the hane
he of a hostile committee and died
RS speedy death, even though III
IT. honored and unsung. No so
or rowful tear drop fell from the ey
of any member, and no one
d. those obsequies said: peace
ar your ashes.' In some myste
-,x, +Le rinh+ bind of hal