The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-16
FaE RECALL AND THE CITIZENS DUTY

Policies Of the county court as to
road construction having aroused their
opposition, few citizens of the county
for the past several months have been
proposing the recall. p petition pre-
sented to the county court urged that
C. X. Marshall, who had been en-
ployed ss toad master, be discharged.
The petition expressed no opposition,
however, TO the system Of the road
master but rather to the employment
of Mr.. Marshall. The court complied
practically with the petition. except
that Mr.. Marshall was asked to remain
In Office until he could complete tasks
that he had begun. This was just to
him and the court was justified in max
ing this ruling; for it would have beer
more expensive to have secured new
man to carry out this work than to
have allowed Mr.. Marshall to continue
the tasks with which he had become
familiar.
The exponents of the recall are max
ing great hue and cry over the Win
ans bridge. No good citizen of Hooc
River county holds the court free from
blame in the matter Of construction OF
this bridge. The members, them
selves, admit that they deserve criti'
cism for the work. and yet this is not
sufficient reason for a recall.
The recall was not made part OF
Oregon's laws to be used every time
citxzen or a small number of citizens
bcranp dissatisfied with officials. II
SUCH were the intentiep of its authors,
conservative, sane, balanced men would
never have voted for il. In cases OF
emergencies. when officials are guilty
Of gross inefficiency and cuplability,
then the recall should be invoked. The
use 30 which,those who propose tore
calbthe local county court you'd put 10
you'd result n important Offices going
begging. for no good citizen of the
community you'd care to place himself
in position where he might be ombap-
raHseb at amy moment. To propose tRtI
rcran OF an 6tItciGl heo@use ho disa.
Grees in Judgment witR one. i oaryins
tile lsw fapthou tAan should bo allo%od
and fupther than a we'll constituted
&ovepmnent viii alhS@.
BndortuHsteay in snGh ctses, il is
those VITO propuse such measuGo9 who
make the greatcst ''Rolep". Roseatly
in anothep county OF the statn. simi-
faS feoaal vas prGnsGd. The popaieodI
numRep of stgnatupes were secured, and
when tie election cante kound, although
comparatively small percentage Of
tho voters wenbto the polls. the coun
ty officials yere recalled. Then those
stolid citizens who had negligently re-
mairGd at home, arose and howled in
their wrath that their county had suf
fcrGd sdch diySace.
We beol vers safe, judging from the
e8pfessioa of sentiment, that not
enoutgh people in Hood River county
arc in favor of the recall to carry such
a megure. If all of those opposed to it
70 q the polls. But every ape, as a
citizen of the county, must be ready to
70 out and help defeat measure that
put the county in disgrace in other
parts of the state. Don't think that
everybody else except yourself will
attend the elections. and that your sole
vote will make no great difference. If
the legal number of signatures is Sc
cured to place the recall on the ballot
at the November election, don't forget
to use your own vote and to tell your
neighbor to use his in putting ttOrecall
efectually to sleep.