Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-27


OF the house was against this appro
priation. Portland and eastern Ore
gon business men and farmers offer
ed to raise half the amount needed
by private subscription IL the state
would pay the other half, and even
this offer was rejected. NOT
THROUGH ANY DESIRE FOR
ECONOMY, BUT BECAUsE 1T
WOULD HURT THE RAILROAD
INTERESTS, would make the por-
tage road worth while. and would
only aid the folks who were not lob.
bying at the session.
The Multnomah delegation spllt
on this question. and some OF the
men who had been posing as reform
ers and who, incidentally. had back
ed every big appropriation that had
slid through the house. fought the
measure because It would cost the
state money! PROBABLY \ MORE
PIrIFUL SPECTACLE OF MAKING
4 BAD EXCUSE SERVE FOR
SELFISH MOTIVES WAS NEVER
DISPLAYED.
The people wanted perpetual
franchises revoked. and the legisla-
Iture, the senate. indeed, KILLED
THE ONLY MEASURE LOOKING
TO THIS END. In Justice TO the
senate II may be said that the bill
under the form Il took was probably
constitutional and probably would
not have been effective had Il passed.
IL a. intImatod that the authors OF
the bill framed Il this way becausr
they had 20 pay some hccd TO public ,
sentiment and desired TO make tho |
public believe they were laborlng
fervIdly for the interests OF the plain
folk, and at the same time insure the
bin being only a Joke II II passed at
all. Had sound. effective. anti.
franchise bin been introduced II f.
not likely that Il would have passed.
The Flat salary Deal.
The people went plainly on record
TO the effect that the state printer
was to BE PLACED ON A FLAT
SALARY As SOON As POSSIBLY.
The legislature fooled with this qucs-
tion for half session. and then
passed an act placing the printer on
such salary In 1911. Bills were In
.roduced TO establish a state print
ng plant and put the printer on
salary In year. but the printing
,lant bin was killed, and then. of
course. common justice would cause
he postponomont OF the hat salary
III until after the present incumbent {
Iad served. for Mr.. Dunlway had ox-
ended thousands OF dollars securing e
plant to do the state printing and 5
ONE return would have 10 be made
D him for his outlay ~ HE WAS
TT ON a STRAIGHT SALARY,
nd some plant would have 20 be
Installed by the state 20 do tho work.
All together there was not one
hing OF the many that the people of
regon demanded OF the legislature
nat was given them. A railroad
bin was passed In 4
BAkED-TOGETHER "a
ESS THAT THE RAILROAD
OUsE MEMBERS HOPED WOULD e'
ESULr IN THE DEFEAT or THE 81
NriRE BILL, which hopes we're
ustratod by the compliance OF the 70
AIRED senate aud the good sense Of
IL governor. who refused 20 be al.
onted by the petty. childish policy Of
e house. Neither branch OF the ct
glslature should receive credit for
isslng antI-railroad legislation ana
rtainly the leaders OF the house
ould not gain credit for any that
'od may come from the newly APP
intod commission that was form
despite their underground plots. a,
That's the legislature OF 1907. A
Idy OF the journals OF the b0use
d senate. and OF the bills finally &c
ssed. WILL ENABLE ANY
iiNKiNG MAN TO DETERMINE
81 HOW MUCH HE RECEIVED
DIR THE si.1OO A DAY the LE0.
LATuRE COST and the t9.5O0. 900
more n spent for he state IN appro
.ations. A clOsor scrutiny Of the
'ords Will also show where some NV
'n, who stli aspire 10 lead the plain
ople. stood. Such scrutiny
ould be- made by every man wha o.
yotcr and asplros 20 DO the ngh, ~
ng Tor the best interests of the
90 aud himself
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