The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-10-22

is success in Oregon; municipal
would not be.
No. 345, page 12O. Bill for law
to put into practical effect a consti-
tutional amendment, statewide pro
hibition, not yet adopted. Aside
from it's previousness, 1t has numer-
Gus defects, cne big one being
enough to kill tit is too cumber-
some, ambiguous and partial. If you
are really i'm earnest about state
wide prohibition, the following non
lawyer-built paragraph will do the
business If enacted into law:
The traffic, giving away or having
in possession any malt, vinous or
spirituous liquor, or any compound
containing any trace of the same,
is absolutely forbidden and made a
felony. Any re son convicted of
breaking this law shall be imprisoned
IN the penjtentiary at hard labor for
not less than five years for the
,irst offense, and not less than 10
years for each subsequent offense.
The foregoing is the real thing,
The one proposed was framed in
the interest of lawyers and doc
tors.
No. BAT, No, page 1872. Creating
board to enquire into" need of
employers liability law and appro-
priating $1,000 for said board to- blow
in. Not needed. New York and
other states have already paid
thousands for the same purpose, and
the findings of their expert boards
can be had in big volume for the
asking. 1t Is a scheme to defeat
No. $50, page 81
No. 349, No, page 1885, Bill to
prohibit fishing in Rogue river ex-
cept by angling. Preponderance
If evidence against this bill. Would
,astroy the means of livelihood
of hundreds of people, and probably
benefit no one.
>chance to Argua
Nos. 3O6-3O7 page 16. To provide
separate district for election Of
each state senator and each state
representative. 1t is an improvement
over the present district system
in that the legislator In large coun
ties or In districts now composed oi
two or more counties, Is more close
ly related to his district, For in
stance, instead Of Wallowa and all o
Union beingN joined in one district
Wallowa and only enough of UniOr
20 make the requisite population
would comprise the district. Unit
| a practical and just proportional rep
resentation system is proposed
| this separate district plan is best.
No. 36O-361, page 1856. To provid,
for proportional representation
Coupled with 1t are provision
lengthening the terms of legisla
tors to six years, increasing thei
pay to $3.50, and dozen more o
less other things. The representa-
! ton plan is cumbersome and unjust
Under 1t at the last election Wal
= Iowa would have had no represents
ton at all.
There are three so-called ta
amendments. First Is Nos. 30S-3Oe
page 22. 1t opens the way for th
others by doing away with the eta,
alton shall be equal and uniform
provision of the constitution. Vot
yes only II you are in favor of tn
other two.
The second one is No. 312-31;
page 33, and the third Nos. 32t
S27, page II. These amendment
would abolish pol tax. take ava
and restore to the people. the sa
Of what property shall be taxed an
what exempted, and above all, Civ
county home rule provision in N
gard to taxation. They will Civ
the state a chance to raise all nee
essary state revenues from publ
service corporations, especially sue
as express. telegraph, telephone AN
sleeping ear companies that now pa
but piotance OF tax for the spe,
ial privileges and big business the,
do.