East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-30
AS TO MEASURES.

1 %fN'
votes Yes.
This amendment is in the interest
of speedy and less costly justice, both
to the taxpayers and the accused. II
| IL is adopted, law can be made when
ever it is wise to do so, combining the
offices OF county and circuit Judge In
any county. In several Of the most
thickly populated counties 1t should
be done now, but the constitution
should be amended first. Terms Of
court could be held oftener In such
counties, trials would not be so long
delayed and the expense would be
less. Where there are only two reg
ular terms of court year prisoners
are often kept in jail from six months
to a year before they can be tried,
which is a great injustice to them as
well as a great expense to the county
Peoples Power League Measures.
On pages 29 to 104 of the book sent
you by the secretary of state you will
see who are members of the league
and the arguments offered for its
measures. You will recognize the
names OF many men whom you know
have been working and spending their
money freely for years to Increase the
peoples power in Oregon. For the
most part they are the same men who
prepared and offered the Initiative
and Referendum amendment in 1902,
rf, In IL, 1QnA InRql
Initiative and Referendum and City
Charter amendments in 1906. Many
of them began this work with the
Australian Ballot League In 1889.
Every measure they have offered in
the past has added greatly to the
power of the people and cut down the
power of the political machines and
bosses, and all have been declared to
be unconstitutional. These men be-
lieve the following four measures the
League offers this year will complete
the system OF laws necessary to give
the people of oregon direct and ef-
fective methods of quickly controlling |
their government and its officers, and |
will make It impossible to ever resur-
rect a political boss or machine in
oregon:
Recall Amendment, on which No.
324 Votes Yes, is to give the people |
power to discharge any public officer. |
The bill for instructing the legis- |
lature to elect the peoples choice for
United States senator. on which No.
326 votes Yes, will meet your appro-
val II you believe the legislature
should always elect the senator who
receives the peoples vote at the June
election
Proportional Representation amend
ment, on which No. 32S votes Yes,
will allow such laws to be made that
minoritles can elect their fair share
~ the members of the legislature anf
other like bodies, or can require a
of the votes to elect any Of
'icer; of the 60 representatives elect
ID two years ago SO were republicans.
which would be fair enough If SO of
n truth there were not more than So
in every "a voters. The
amendment viii also allow a simple
'egistration law to be made requiring
/ voter to live and register in his pre-
,inct reasonable time before the
election at which he offers to vote
Zone of these things can be done un-
II the constitution Is amended.
Huntley bill, on which No. $50
'otes Yes, is to make it possible for
poor man to run for office on equal
erms with a rich man so far as
money is concerned. by limiting the
mount any candidate may spend. =
ike the Direct Primary law, 1t is a
cry long bill and full of details, but a
ould not be made shorter and do the :
york. Also like the Direct Primary i,
lw. the legislature would not pass II. :.
Sincerely yours for the Peoples
'ower in government,
w. S. U'REN,
o. D. TEEL.