The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-03

hepuDllcanS are DOaStlnS tnat
they have a campaign fund reaching
up to S13,500. A man with a sense
of patriotism and a leaning toward
cleanliness in public places has
some pertinent questions to ask
concerning that fund:
What is there at stake which re-
quires such an amount of funds for
carrying on a campaign which has
no Overshadowing issue in this
county beyond a struggle for an
economical administration of public
affairs and the conduct of public
business on the same lines as
private enterprises?
Where does that fund come from?
Are there any private individuals
so svitally interested in this cam
paign that they are contributing any
such amount?
Pa Have the office holders who con-
stitute a majority of the republican
ticket had an opportunity to fortify
themselves for such an outlay, if
they and they only have amassed
the fund?
6 Is it probable that candidates
themselves have contributed the
custom of assessing a candidate one
tenth of the first years salary of the
office to which aspires.
Any well informed individual
will inform you that the offices at
the courthouse in their entirely are
worth to their holders hardly more
than this campaign fund.
Who is interested in keeping the
present courthouse coterie in their
places?
There can be but one answer
the corporations and the men of
large interest.
Why should the corporations and
large interests be so deeply interest
ed in continuing the gang in Office,
if the amount contributed is not ex-
pected to be commensurate with the
goods delivered" in return?
Mr. Taxpayer, in that goods
delivered" idea you are vitality in
terestcd. because it is YOUR goods
cry.
The corporation henchmen at
the courthouse will not deliver any
goods of their own. Neither will
they deliver to you any goods Of the
corporations and large interests.
Favortism in taxation, rebating of
taxes, granting of special privileges,
manipulation of inside machinery"
and train of corruption for which.
directly or indirectly, you will pay
these are some of the goods to be
delivered in return for this $13,500
fund for campaign purposes"
In short, that fund has been rails
ed for purposes Of control of the
administrative machinery of this
county. 1t is fund for debauchery
of both the office seeker and the
man with a ballot. There are only
eleven offices on the straight coun-
ty ticket. Give the legislative tick
ct $4,000 of that, and there is left
an even $1,000 for each of the
straight county ticket candidates.
Does a sheriff need 81 1000 to help
his" election in an honorable man
ner Does 1t take $1,000 to place
in office an excellent and efficient
assessor? Does a prosecuting at
torney, who puts in some time In
private practice, need $1,000 in a
campaign for reelection if his rec.
ord is a good one?
Go on down through the list. Does
1t need $1,000 to elect any good man
to Office in this community?
No. 1t is an insult to the civic
manhood Of every voter in this
county, wnere is prosperity, intel
ligence and pride in the community
except as regards the ways things
are run at the courthouse.
Civic baseness and debauchery of
officials is Haunted, King Greed is
at the cashiers window giving out
dimes that for two years he may
take IN dollars. Corporate corrup-
ton is setting its traps, baited with
money, to catch for another term
the inCredulous and the unwary and
the man who is weak in civic STAN
ina. Every sophistry, every allure
ment, every blandishment will be
used. but under the mask are the
grim features which express in
every line determination not to let
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