Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-02
WARFARE ON MACHINE
POLITICS IN OREGON
Abolish Half Million of the Aggregated Crafts and Put the
Money on State Highways Convict Labor Would Keep
Main State Highways in Perfect 0rde.
(MEDFoRD SUN, JULY 29.)
HoFER DECLARES WAR OM MACHINE.

HUFEh DEOEAnES WAh UN WACF1lNE,
{" mean what say when declare myself an ant-na-
chine Canddate mean by that if am elected governor,
shall fight the old rotten political machine in Oregon from
top to bottom" said Colonel E ioer OF Salem yesterday
"he people have elected democratic governors Oregon six
teen years out Of Wenyfour simply because they wanted
man in that office to veto the enCroaChmenS OF the ma
chine For instance the machine has several times tried to
repeal the Australian ballot law and the Democratic Governor
has had 10 ntepoSe his veto The machine wants Gov
enor who will ratty its raids upon progressive measures,
u wrote book ten years ago in favor OF the direct
primary law was one OF commission appointed by Gov
enor Geer TO draft direct primary law and was rejected
by the legislature Then the initiative and referendum was
adopted The first law infatuated was the direct primary
law and II was enacted by the people,
y am the only private citizen who is candidate tor Gov
emor every other candidate being office holder How
can the people check CRAFTS expect reforms unless they
Participants in the game or benItCareS of the SyStem
not be expected to reform political abuses in Oregon The
reform has to come through the law by man from the out
Side strong enough to make the predatory element stand
"Our state government has been too much conducted in
the interest OF the official class that has dictated terms to
were bills to raise salaries OF men who took office at
stipulated sum- Democratic Governor vetoed some of
them but they were passed over his veto' Republican
Governor Shoud be elected because that would fix RESPONSE
putty on the Republican party Now escapes responsible
lty because they say The Democratic Governor is playing
politics Let us pass t over his head
hat Whole system has got 10 be destroyed, higher
consciousness taking possession of the people in these
matters and members OF the general assembly who create
JuQlCd QIStlCIS IN 0dG 10 nave tnG TILED by their law
paneS deserve to be rebuked in some emphatic manner
by the election OF governor who will in his message de-
nounCe these practices,
u am going to make a state campaign against the aggre-
gated gratis that have been paCtC6d the legislature and
imposed upon the people through the legislature by their
hired men who ought to be their servants and not their
dCtatorS,
u shall make fight for state highways on the Washing
ton PLAN Briefly stated the state of Washington geogapl
icay duplicate Of Oregon is aiding counties 10 build hgh-
ways and employing convict labor on the highways None
OF these things are done Oregon which things must do
It We want to keep up in the of development AT least
200 ConVCtS could be worked in Oregon in preparing crush
ed rock and road material The railroads could be made to
distribute this material at nominal prices and it should be
placed on the highways under system in Which the COun
lies and the state would cooperate We will not reach
suits in the solution of the good roads problem without put
ting the whole power of the state back OF the proposition
Our state is too large for the counties all unaded to build the
highways that are needed for its proper development We
are getting more railroads than any state on the coast Our
fruit industry growing more rapidly than any other state
We are better advertised in the east than any other state
Our cities are building up very rapidly and the only way to
develop the farming portions Of our state by the conStruC
ton of first class maCadamzed highways that can be traV
wealth will be added to the state We need state highway
north and south for instance from Ashland to Portland
We need at least two main highways across central Oregon
east and west We need one from southern Oregon across
to Klamath Falls and through Lake county to Nevada open
that country state highway should be built from Portland
10 Iiamook We need one from RoSeburg to Coos Bay We
need one from Medord to Crater Lake and Klamath Falls
We will never get any of these highways until we make