Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-03-05

at large, which means the pros
perity of all sections; and, in the selfish
view. more particularly for Oregon's ad-
vantage, the people of this state can do
sothing bette than to give this good
% Ids proposition careful study. Consid
cred as matter of public advantage
good roads is synonym for good sense.
Further, permit me to say that
the reasons given bv his Excel
lency for this veto fall far short
of justification for such action.
considering the immense i,npor-
tance and the great demand for
some systematized and permanent
TOAD building throughout our
growing state and when we all,
who have given this question
serious thought and study, know
that we cannot hope to accom-
ptish anything of a permanent
character along this line until
such time as we shall meet the
demand fairly and squarely and
extend some state aid as an en-
couragement to our several coun-
ties to do likewise and in turn to
thus not only encourage but to
ena BILE the residents living along
our main thoroughfares to per-
manently improve same in sys-
tematized way.
Quoting from the dispatches
the governor gives the following
four reasons for his vetoes to-wit:
"That the county and state Of
6cers are given no initiative in
the matter; it would very likely
result in an accumulation of
money in the treasury; the local
debt certificates are non-taxable
and this legislature made many
large appropriations without
bringing any new subjects under
taxation"
Replying briefly to these per-
nit me, 70 say, first, in the judg-
ment Of myself and many others
who have givea this road build
ing mnch thought, this encou1-
agement in way of extension o.
state aid should be held out to
those communities throughout
the state where the citizens will
show an interest to the extent of
taking the initiative aud thus
offering TO pay their part of the
expense, in fact if the bill should
have been so drawn as to force
this permanent building of roads
upon the people and partly at
their expense it is not hard to
imagine what a howl there would
have gone up from manv sections
of the state and further that there
would have been no chance
whatever of my having secured
its passage and with such "a pro-
vision how long would it have
taken our dear Governor to have
decided upon his veto message,
having his ear to the ground as
he does continuously; and there
can be no question but that the
people would have taken the ini-
tiative under the bill as drawn.
I have been informed of at
least four sections in two of our
valley counties that had made
application Immediately upon
hearing of the passage of the
Till, thinking it was to go into
effect Immediately, instead of
January I, 1908. Second, the
question of non-action and ac-
cumulation of money in the
treasury, can be but the judg-
ment of one man (the Governor)
| as against great majority of the
entire 90 members OF the legisla-
ture and am only sorry that the
law could not have been allowed
to stand and BE- given trial
when in my judgment it woulc
have been proven that applica
tions would have been forth-com
in. . for sn:h state aid even fa
lin excess of the amount so pro
vided. Third, true the local deb
certificates provided for issuanc
to serve in payment of the pro
perty holders one-third of tn
cost, same to run six years, one
sixth payable each year, were t
be non-taxable, but the interes
such certificates were to b ar wa
to be fixed by the several count
courts at time of issue. takin
into consideration this prcvisio
o! their being nou.taxable ais
the fair and moving rate at th
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