Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-03-17

VI tue oeet communities Of the county
were getting up petitions under this
act. As he was a candidate he would
not agree now TO vote to repeal the
Tuttle act. II he found Il unjust or
unconstitutional he might vote to re-.
peal it lie would not be coerced.
Jerome Jones, candidate for the leg.
islature. said under this system he
would be bio by fair roads and would
have to give away his farm under this
Tuttle act lie vas against Il (ap.
plausc).
Mr.. Shrink said the road tax should
20 back to he expended In tho road dis
triet where it was levied (applause).
Address Of L. Hofcr.
Col 2. Hofcr was called upon and
said be- was in favor ~ good roads and
had helped call the ars, mass convon.
tion 90 the court house when Judge
Hubbard was county Judge. The pas.
sage Of The Tuttlc law had escaped his
attention, aud he had learned that Il
originated in Cla,sop county. but had
not been put into use there lie
thought che road tax collected on tho
property In any district should be cn.
pended there. aud, while praising Judge
Scott and the county court Tor their
good intentions az road building. Gid
not believe che ruttic law waa eonstb
tutional or would work out well. az the
expense of county highways should be
divided between che state, county and
tho district, and II they could not build
them, the abutiing property might come
Ia Tor another ousfourlh. but not over
that sin II any community wanted
90 Try 10 build a road ubder the pro.
visions Of the rutile act ho was will.
ing 90 zee lt tried But he would never
vote fof such a law, and favored i,s re.
peal. 10 the Grange had always op.
posed the principle of bonding property
TO build county roads Tho certificates
Issued against the land were Ia etfco,
bonds aud would pass into other hands
and b. mortgage on the property
and many would loss their lands there
By. His remarks were applau,led,
10 was moved and seconded that ig
was the sentiment Of the meeting 20
opposs tho enforcement Of the Tltlo
law. Carried unanimously A com
mittee composed Of Mrs Waldo and
M Tucker wac appointed
Jerome Jones. better known AZ ob |
lahona Jones. spoke again aud showed
that states that were aiding In buil4 |
lug cool roads got their revenues BY
Indirect taxes, While iu Oregon the balk |
OF the taxes were Jirest taxes on and
sam HugLes said, as representa-
tive Of the latoring men, both in the
city ami country be- wished % 30 on
record as opposed % the fa'ile bin Or
any such legislation he favored inii-
rect taxation and could not SEE bot
what ala from the state and general
government were as just as all Tor ir.
ngatiou or canals he received hearty /
APPLAUSE.
d. j. Miller spoke from the 1aub
point OF a renter II the land owner
was taxed more, be would put it onto
the reuter-. They told us where ihe'
started but lot where they stopIoL a
tax OF one dollar an acre would ruin
half the farmers in the county, THIS
meeting was not 20 eoeree any eano
date foT the legislature. II be- were
in the legislature be would vote against
the Tuttle Law a hundred times
Mrs Waldo reported from the com
mittoe on resolutions as follows;
The Resolutions Adopted. i
Whereas. We'haye examined the a-'
OF the last legislative assembly SHOWN
as the futile Aet," not in a legally
exhaustive manner, but in the hght Of
common sense and justice aud from
farmer = standpoint, and,
Whereas, In our opinion. there are
some unconstitutional and many un'
wise ana unjust provisions in this as'
which We oppose and
Whereas. We believe the prircip'e
u,rong which builds public roads %
private expense. therefore, be Il
Resolved, That this informsl soH'ea'
lion Of eitizeus does not endoTse lhe
arbitrary provisions Of the Iuiiie A"'
and that We hereby pledge ourselves
ID uss our best endeayOr and our Po-
iteal influence 70 have this law re-
,ealed AZ the next legislature.
CLARA II. WALDO,
J. B. Craig. u
e. @. T00ker