The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-10-15

were kicked into oblivion, while an
decent and nee1ful measures were
given handsome majori.ies.
The safest, most conservative force
in all Oregon is the great body Of
plain people on election day.
Of the 80 measures en- the ballot
this fall, we divide them into four
classes: Those on which, in our
Judgment. the vote should be an.
Emphatic Yes; those which should
aot be determined by the state
ut large, being purely local matters,
and on which the vote should be
No; those on which, clearly. with
out a shadow of doubt, the vote
should be No; and fourthly, the
debatable questions. We put eight
If the 32 in the first class, eight in
he second, five in the third and IL
n the fourth.
This week We will consider the
irst two classes and next week the
bird and fourth classes.
We may preface, however, by say
ng the division into classes is a
surely arbitrary one of our own,
|. made primarily for the quicker and
,lainer consideration of them.
Good on Their Face.
The ,women's taxpaying suffrage
mendment (No. 800 Yes, page 2 of
ne pamphleO will probably be vot
a down, but 1T shouldn't. This is
me Instance of where people vote
" prejudice instead OF reason. Ali
5omen over 81 years of age should
ave the ballot; there never has
cen and cannot be one reason ad-
| anced against it, And surely why
houldnt women taxpayers have a
oice in law making?
| No. 302 Yes. Page s. This is
he bill for an Eastern Oregon In
ane asylum, passed by the legisla
Ire and recerred to the people
1he present asylum at Salem Is al
eady overcrowded. The more pa
tents in an institution the less
are each individual gets. Then, too
| Il patients do not thrive I'M the
talubrious but moist air of Salem
nd their physical condition hamp
IT'S their mental recovery. Last and
sast 1t will be a saving of money.
No. 314 Yes. Page 35. Allows Ba
er county to pay It's circuit judgt
1000 additional out of its own pock
t.. If they want to do it, and the,
o, don't throw any obstacles ID
heir path. Judges salaries are to'
ow anyway.
| No. 31S Yes. Page 46.
No. 1886 Yes. Page 1903.
| No. $40 Yes. Page 109.
These are the Normal school bills
Or one at Ashland, one at Mon
nouth and one at Weston. A ta'
[ 1-25th of mill Is provided TO
ach school. Vote for all three
ure. Oregon Is disgracing hersel
y not educating her teachers. D.
ye want to pay out big salaries TO
lghth grade graduates to teach ou
hildren? The best is none too goo
or Oregon, and we need the thre
chools in three parts of the stat
Dr. two reasons: First, a schoc
With two or three hundred scho
trs is always better for the scho
r than the big school, and, second
he normal students as rule hav
. money to vase, and the neare
he school the cheaper for the str
lent.
| No. $50 Yes. Page 81. Employ
RS liability bill, modelled on tn
,est in the Illinois, New York an
massachusetts, laws. Oregon Is
nossback in enough things; lets &c
% to date on this great reform
measure. It is for the best interes
II a classes. We make laws pre-
Getting boilers and other machinery
cts have one protecting men.
| No. 362 Yes, Page 200. Amend
nent to the constitution providin
hat three-fourths OF jury may de
,ide in civil suit, and other goo
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