The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-24

lnaGc1 aud II was loNncdl' II onl,
required wave of the executive han,
&nd the thing MIs done,
school loans from the hrclucibl,
fund are on voluntary application b,
desiring borrowers, The state does moi
advertise for borrowers, aud il will b,
observed that the governor does not men
ton how he got the borrowers for whose
transactions with the state he Is u
lone to hc credited This would, in,
deed, he interesting but he leaves the
interesting part OF his claim to the i'm,
! agimation of his listeners. lie merely
said let there be light and thcre was
light.
There is another interesting phase
of this non partsan-hip effort on the
part Of the Democrats, II viii be re-
mcmbemd that the Governor says, in
substance that he went upon the streets
and personally found men, though not
| before intending to do So whom he per-
Suaded 10 come to the state house and
borrow three quarters of million of
dollars of the irreduciblc school fund,
that would have been otherwise idle,
etc And he proceeds to >ay that this
great feat OF his shows the absolute
necessity OF having democrat on the
state land hoard---a 'non-p partisan
board. But to insure board of this
kind il will be- necessary to elect at
least one republican and this. in turn,
will ncccssitate the defeat OF either
the democratic candidate for state treas.
urer. Mr.. Matlock, or the democratic
candidate for secretary OF state, MIR
Sroat, And the question il up to the
governor, which OF these gentlemen is
to b. selected by His Excelency for pub.
lie slaughter at the polls and by demo.
cratic agreement = The public interests
demand non partisan board, you know,
and of course the Democratic program is
to sacrifice one OF these gentlemen-~a
question that must be OF special inter.
est to both Mr. Matlock and to Mr..
Sroat.
In sudden burst OF confidence at
laGrande the governor confided 10 the
people that he had reduced their taxes
and, therefore, presumably, should be
reelected. hope every voter under.
stands that the amount of state taxes
paid each year depends upon the appro
priations made by the legislature and
not by any hocus. .pocus legerdcmain
the governor may lay claim to in the
exigencies of a campaign. The amount
levied this year for state purposes is
$625 900, to all ntcnts and purposes,
as much as at any time in the past, in.
deed, more, ii we deduct the amounts
which the state j. now receiving from
indirect sources. and for which Cover
nor Chamberlain is no more to be cred.
tied than his predecessor or his present
colleagues in the state government.
IN this connection it is pertinent to
refer to the fact that under the admin.
i.tration of his predecessor, the private
secretary OF the governor received for
his services the sum of $500 year
and his stenogapher $1,000. But i'm.
upon the Inauguration of
Governor Chamberlain the salary of his |
secretary was raised to S2,l00, and that |
Of his stenographer to $500 And it |
is just a. well to remember that salar- |
les are never raised by the legislature
unless it is asked for by interested par.
ties. And somebody foots these bills.
Permit me TO puncture another bonn
bastic claim to the effect that many re-.
forms have been inaugIrated at the
state prison among which it is men
toned that prisoners, who, prior to
that time, had been fed in their cells,
ire now fed in common dining hall,
al partaking Of the some ration But
his eXcellency negectsd TO add that
hat dining hall had been built during
ny administration and had not been
ised simply for the lack of funds to
furnish it. This was at once supplied
n ample quantity by the same legisla-
,ure that raised the salaries of his
private secretary and stcnographer so
hat he could not only furnish the din.
ng hall but had money for many other
purposes which was not before avail.
lble.
GAS to the penitentiary, which Is
lnder the exclusive control of the gov
'rnor let me call your attention to the
act that under my administration the
otal expense of running that institution
he first two years was $95SO0 and for
he succeeding two years it was 500, 400.
Under the first two years of Chamber
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