Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-11
NOTHING PECULIAR ABOUT 1T.

Under the heading POLK County's
Peculiar Vote,Y the Ashland Record
prints the following editorial:
1.-The vote of Polk county, in which
the Monmouth state normal school Is
located. always shows up in a pecu-
liar way whenever vote is cast on
either men or measures affecting state
supported schools. On the referen-
dunn of the general appropriation bill
voted on by the people in June, 1906,
Polk county was one of the six coun-
ties that gave a majority against the
bill. This bill carried $4,000 appro-
priations for maintenance and i'm
provements for the state normal
schools then in existence and the en-
tire appropriation bill carried $1,060,-
900, the other items being for the asy-
lums, penltentiary, etc. The bill car
ried In the state over two to one The
agitation was against the normal ap-
preparation.
In the recent primaries Jay Bower
man, the normal school killer, carried
Polk county over all three OF his OPP
ponents and with a plurality of 2S3
over his nearest competitor, Dimick.
Bowerman got nearly the total vote of
the four precincts in Dallas, the home
of one OF the largest of the sectar-
ian colleges in the Willamette valley
Strange to say, Bowerman has a ma
jority In the two precincts of the lit
tie town of Monmouth itself, South
Monmouth giving him one majority
over Dimick and North Monmouth
gave him ten over Hofer. Independent
ce. the next door neighhor of Mon
mouth, gave Bowerman strong ma
jority,
I'm the senate warfare against the
normals, the house passed one state
a I'm
Monmouth as the school. I3owerman
had the senate defeat this bill. too.
Hence there is no selfish reason why
Polk county should hove Bowerman.
The returns in the primary from Polk
county We're predicted few weeks be-
fore by the citizens of Dallas, who de-
clared that Bowerman would carry
Polk county on his normal killing rec
ord"
The assertion that "citlzens OF Dali
las declared Bowerman would carry
Polk County on his normal killing
record" is false. II any such assertion
was ever made-and the Observer
doubts II IL vast was not made by
any resident OF Dallas. Dallas has al
ways been friendly 90 the Monmouth
Normal, as IL Is friendly TO all lnsti- !
tutions located I'm Polk County The |
business men OF Dallas subscribed lib |
orally 10 the fund to maintain the |
Monmouth school. after its appropria- /
tion had been cut on by the state The |
records OF the. legislature will show |
that Senators and Representatives
elected 10 that body from Dallas In the 1
past have worked as hard for appro- 1
priations for the Monmouth Normal as
n the school had been located In their
home town. when initiative petitions
for the re-estnblishment OF the Nor
NAL as a state school were recently
circulated in Dallas. not one man re-
fused 20 sign. on the contrary. the
committee in charge OF the petition
was shown every possible courtesy and
the business men OF the city lent their
assistance In securing the desired num-
ber Of signatures. The people Of this
city want the Monmouth Normal re-
established. and when the election re-
turns are canvassed IN November. Il
vili be found that they have voted FOR
n 70 a man.
All talk 20 the effect that Dallas Is
20 the Normal schools be-
cause f. the seat Of a sectarian COL
leEe Il the veriest nonsense. The f,
writer happens % know that the irus-
lefs and faculty q Dallas college are 4,
pa friendly % the Normal Schools and :
bat these men never lose an oppor- n
unity o. say q good word for an 81 the q
higher lnsfItutious of learning in fhe =
Itaie. The shy accusation nat the :
'sctarian schools q Oregon are work \
nr AGAINST the state schoois b. the q
raatlon % q discrtered hrain-prob- r
Az some dfsorderef brain On South
IN oraron- Take Dallas Coilere. for
'rample. TIE management of his
chooi could have 10 possible objecf a