East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-02

l. is these bankers who resist every
suggestion of reform ahat does not
put more power in their hands and
more money in their pockets. 1t is
these bankers who father every pro-
position that is calculated to intensi-
fy evils which other great CONNER
cial nations regard with wonder and
despair Yet they prate OF knowledge,
experience and character!
True to their record. now that an
attempt is to be made at Washington
to correct admitted wrongs. some of
the greatest banks in the country are
threatening to surrender their nation
a! charters and organize under state
laws. They do not await the conclu-
sion of the legislation. They do not
propose amendments. They offer no
wise counsel, They simply announce
| Il purpose to do as they please re-
gardless of popular rights or the ma
tional will In short, they are go
! ing to secede. They are going to Sc
cede in the name of Sound finance"
! just as their predecessors of 1S60-61,
with slavery as their object, seeded
in the name of liberty"
If the National City Bank of New
York and the First National Bank of
Chicago think that a menace of this
kind will win, let them put it into ef-
feet. The states also will know how
to deal with them after the nation
has set an example.
! Several of those interviewed with
reference to commission government
for Pendletor
This is the Time took the view thai
For Worry. the commission
plan would be al
right If the right sort of men could BIZ
secured for office.
Those who worry on that score
should do their worrying now. 1t IL
the present plan that is weak in thi
} respect-not the commission plan
} Past experience has shown it is diff
ficult to get good men to run for of
. flee under the present system. Mos
J of our councilmen were elected with
} out opposition because others did no
, want the jobs. That is the usual thin;
here, and it shows a bad state of af
Z fairs.
The commission plan brings ou
n good men galore. At the recent Port
land election so many able men sough
a office that it was easy for the voter
1 to find suitable men for whom t
cast their ballots. The men chose
, are far superior to those who hav
, served Portland as councilmen in tn
:, past. There is a reason for that.
o It is natural the commission pla
. should bring out better candidates
: Under commission rule the official
= have power and a compact organiZa
ton. A commission can work wit
:, more speed, more accuracy and NOR
= thoroughness than can a large un
wieldy council The fact he will
- able to do something if elected appea
to a prospective candidate and make
him seek office whereas he would rt
fuse to run under the present sy:
=. tenn.
n The fact salaries are paid under tt
II commission plan also helps get goo
men into office. When paid for the
work men will take office when otf
o elwise they would regard public sci
vice as too much of a sacrifice. Whe
such men as that seek office the pull
= lie gains because it gives a chance
70 eliminate the man who wants offic
q not to serve the people, but to grin
:, some axe for himself or to serV
scme particular interest.
1t is needless to fear good men wi
:, not be chosen under commission rul
but there is good ground for such feai
:, under a system that causes importar
. public offices to go begging.
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!, FOR 4 SMALLER HOUSE.