Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-29
Vote No Seven Times

Vote No Seven Times
When in doubt initiative and referendum bills the ole
rule of voting holds good this year. for there many
freak upon the ballot presented by crank the
adoption of which would work great injury to the state
injustice to citizens.
d The first is the compulsory voting and regis
raon amendment which among other things requires every
legal voter to vote election day furnish
face punishment thus arbitrarily curang the liberty of the
citizen and opening the for all kinds of abuse by the
legislature The spirit of compulsion is inconsistent with
democracy. The bill should be defeated Vote 301 No.
The second measure regulating legislative sessions in
the session from 40 to so days. raises the $500
legislator and provides nice little mileage graft of Is cents
mile each way for legislators travelling The
sion is already too long and extension will only increase the
pressure of bills The legislature pass the
necessary in 40 days. if it adopts rules limiting the ntroduc
ton of bills and without such rules hundred day
sion would have the customary jam at the conclusion just
congress has Vote 303 x No.
The Single Tax bill amendment places all the taxation up
land instead of personal property and improvements
There is much to be commended about the single tax mas
much penalties the of unused land and
the penalty upon industry but the bill is drastic and
revolutionary it makes the land the sole Of tax
and eliminates the income inheritance and other
taxes. Vote BOT No.
The Portland Dock Commission bill is ceverly camou-
aged calculated to empower the port of Portland
controlled by state politicians to spend millions in river and
dock improvement and real estate speculation without first
securing approval by the people who have to the
The bill is admittedly unconstitutional in many provisions
and strongly opposed by civic bodies and progressive citizens
Vote 81 No.
The Anti-Vaccination amendment is freak de-
signed to destroy public health regulations Aimed at small
pox vaccination it is sweeping in it's provisions, that
effectually prevents remedial for contagious
diseases and destroys control of epidemic malades. Vote
313 No.
calculated to cripple all industry and demora
finance the amendment fixing the legal rate of interest
percent It publicly charged that this bill orig
mated backma the banks and that the initiative petitions
would not have been filed had the money demanded for sup
preston been Forthcoming. If enacted not only would out
side money for state development be driven away but Oregon
money would seek other fields of investment Instead of
making money cheap would have the contrary effect and
could only be borrowed by paying exorbtant bonus
o money sharks. Vote 315 X No. o
The divided session amendment submitted by the State
Taxpayers League has merit than the legislative
ion amendment submitted by the legislature referred to
bov 1t provides for 40 day session for the introduction
bills beginning in January and second session of 10 days
April for final consideration of measures AS the legsa II
ure the power to reform itself and adopt rules ensung
Tote 80 XNo. OF
Here list of measures, six Of them constu
ional amendments which would drasticay and radically
hange the organic law of the state the products of theorists
isionaes politicians and cranks which should be rejected
or the welfare of the state Other the ballot
oud be added to the list to be voted without injury to the
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