Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-08-19
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vote should be sufficient to carry the
election.
"I do not believe that this plank
should be in the charter began the
ex-mayor. Every voter f. a stock
holder in a municipality, and l do
not believe In us wandering back to
/ England, as it was in the feudal time,
and make property ownership a quail
/ iication to vote. The voter is the
man who makes the city, and If we
are 10 leave this plank in the char
/ ter the mossback element will be
left in control, and we will never
have any bonds for improvement
purposes"
The Other Side.
Councilman Waring and White
| sided with the mayor, but EX-coun-
Gilman Stolz while not opposing the
/ ex-mayor's ideas exactly, insisted
that If every one be given an oppor-
/ tunity 10 vote that a two-third and
not a majority vote should be re-
/ qulred. Leave It to a majority vote,
/ he maintained and the floating Dopu-
lation would carry the election.
Henry Meyers was emphatically
in favor Of having the plank remain.
He believed that when IT came TO is
suing bonds that the taxpayers
should have the say as 70 whether
they should be issued and that a man
who did not pay taxes should not
vote on the question. He met the
mossback argument with the state
ment that the mOssback was a bogey
man of the past and that he was no
longer to be feared and contended
that II the issuance of bonds were
8 left to vote of the property owners
there would be as many voted for
improvements in the city as under
the plan where every voter was al
lowed to vote
Rodgers RapS Them.
"To say that only property own.
3 ers shall vote at a bond election is
= to demonminate them as good citi.
zens, and all the other voters as bad
citizens, and when you do that yor
p are going to get into deep water,
said Mr.. Rodgers by way of reply t
the arguments advanced against his
{ plan of having the provision changed
so that every citizen can vote.
81 would a d. site rather" HI
- continued, leave the affairs of thu
) city in the hands of sewer diggeri
than in the hands of mossbacks. /
is not only the men who own a home
5 in the city who contribute to itl
/ prosperity and welfare-there arr
b hundreds of people living in rented
/ houses who take an interest in thu
/ welfare OF the city, and in sayinf
that | am reminded of the fact tha
, until four years ago | was not the
owner Of any property and had prop
erty ownership been a voters quail
ficaton, then ] would not have beer
I permitted to vote"
The plank was finally made t
read that every citizen should have
right to vote on the question o.
issuing bonds and that it shall re-
quire a two-third vote to carry the
election.
Other Changes Made.
The provision providing that thu
! city's money should be put into banks
in the city which have been in exist
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commission should show no discrim
ination in placing it,in the banks
was made to read that the bank max
ing the highest bid for the money
willing to pay the highest interest
. for its use, should secure it upor
giving good and sufficient bond.
Not To Exceed 10 Mills.
The levy for taxes for the general
maintenance Of the city was left the
same as in the present charter-that
is that 1t shall not exceed 10 mills
1t was further provided that the
taxing power shall be used only fol-
maintenance and municipal pur.
poses and that no taxes shall be i'm.
posed for the paying of donations OF
bonuses.
The provision providing that bonds
to the extent Of four per cent of the
total valuation of the city might be
issued was left unchanged.
Divided on Street Assessment.
When the committee took up the