Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-15
creation of needless offices, although it
would seem as if State Bank Examiner
were q necessity

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be increased without good cause being
shown. believe that the office of State
| Land Agent should be abolished. The
lands OF the state of Oregon have been
for the most part disposed of and the
property which the state now owns can
be properly looked after by the clerk
OF the State Land Board. One of the
first duties of public servant is that
of economy in the expediture of the
public money.
| No public official should wink at the
waste of the peoples resources. If I
shall be elected Governor it will be my
effort to fight all extravaganza and
promote a careful and economical ad-
ministration of the laws.
| Among otLer reforms which invite the
attention of the people of Oregon is the
pernicious custom of tacking riders on
general appropriation bills. Our con-
stitution should be so amended as to per-
NIT the veto power to be exercised on
individual items of every appropriation
bill. Every appropriation bill should
stand or fall upon it's own merits. Bills
SO framed as to prevent the call for
prompt veto, and this power fearlessly
exercised will speedily correct this long
established abuse of legislative power.
| The State of Oregon should adopt ra-
ional measures for the protection of our
immense forest wealth. Great losses
annually occur from fire which can be
greatly obviated by a we'll regulated
patrol system. These losses run up in
the millions of dollars, and, while the
effect of this loss may not be felt at
present, our Indifference at least de-
prives posterity of rich Inheritance.
favor broad and generous policy for the
conservation and development of the
great natural wealth which nature has so
bounteously bestowed upon our state.
| Every legitimate means should be en-
ployed by the state to facilitate the trans
portation of the products of our various
industrial enterprises. One OF the
greatest problems affecting the general
prosperity of our people is cheap trans
l
state should be made available for un-
obstructed transportation at the earliest
possible date.
| The tribute exacted from the pr oducts
of our farms, mills and factories at the
| Oregon City locks should be abolished
By persistent and united effort on the
part of our people this barrier to competi-
tive transportation can be removed.
This will mean added value to every
pound of hops, every bushel of grain and
every other commercial commodity tribu-
tary to this waterway.
The portage railroad at Cello should
be made as near canal conditions as
practicable. The lowest possible freight
rate only should be exacted. In this
way great system of transportation can
be built up in the Upper Columbia and
its tributaries, thus stimulating produc-
ton and adding to the prosperity of our
monwealth.
| Nothing will add more to the prosper
ity and happiness of our rural population
than will good public highways. 1t is
unnecessary at this time to enter into
details but suffice it to say that believe
the state should give substantial assist
ance to the betterment of our public
highways. Instead of our convicts being
| brought into competition with the honest
skilled labor of law-abiding, citizens they
should be employed upon the roads.
That prison labor on the construction of
roads is a success has been fully demon-
strated by Multnomah county. With a
well organized cooperative effort on the
part of the state and the various counties
it is confidently believed that within a
few years material progress will have
been made toward a better system of
public highways throughout the state.
1 am a friend of the public school
system of the state. A republican form
of government cannot exist except among
an intelligent people. and all of the in
stincts Of self-preservatioa require the
Government to provide fair measure of
education for the people. The state
should, therefore, have and properly
support higher institutions of learning.
The pardoning power OF the Governor
should be exercised with extreme eau
tien. When man has been convicted
of crime by jury OF his fellow citizens
and when court has sentenced him to a
term in the penitentiars, public justice
and the public safety require that in all
ordinary cases he should remain there
during the term for which he has been
sentenced. He should not be pardoned
because of political influence which he
can bring to bear on the Governor, nor
because good natured citizens can be in
duced to sign petition for his release.
Especially is this true OF the profess
sional criminal. The public safety de-
mands that this class be confined within