The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-10-26
TIDE TURNS
TO OLCOTT
PIERCE'S TAX BUNK IS A BACKFIRE
Governor, Ending Week Of Eastern Ore
gOn Speaking, Warmly Greeted
Here Saturday Night

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that reason, perhaps, the campaigns of
speaking that Senator Walter Pierce
had been making throughout eastern
Oregon had left taxpayers in kind of
condition of solacement. Mr.. Pierce
had diagnosed Oregon's tax burdens
and when he had finished, no hearer,
that is if he considered Mr.. Pierce
information authentic, failed to think,
even if he didn't utter it. that Oregon
was "a mighty sick woman"
But people are pretty keen in their
hatred of being fooled. Senator Pierce
is known to have been in the Oregon
legislature off and on for some 20
years. 1t was supposed that he knew
what he was talking about, when he
declaimed at the terrible status of Ore
gon paying SIS, 900, 900 taxes for ad-
ministrative purposes. 1t was con.
ceded that his promises for tax reduc-
tion were made in sincerity. In other
words, Senator Pierce left the unthink-
| ing taxpayer with a ray of hope. 1t
was like the consolation that a physi-
clan gives a patient who is in bad
way. After he has thumped him over,
taken blood and urine tests, sounded
out the heart action and noted the
functioning of all the organs, the doc
tor pulls long face and pronounces
that health is wrecked and disintegra
tion near. The patient all but col
lapses on the spot. Then the physi-
elan gives that longed for solacement
and says, ''Stow the worries; | will
heal you." But the Oregon citizen
has discovered Doctor Pierce a quack.
| In the first place, facts and figures
carried to the thousands of interested
audiences the past week, have shown
that Mr.. Pierce has misTepresented the
tax burden. And it has been conclu-
sively demonstrated by irrefutable ar
gumept that he would be unable to
effect relief or a cure, were his state
ments correct as to Oregon taxation.
Oregon folk are human. they hate to
be fooled, and for that reason many
Oregonians who formerly were think
ing quite we'll of Senator Pierce are
now wondering at their own gullibility.
Governor Olcott and ex-State Treas
urer Thomas Kay ended a week of
speaking dates here Saturday night,
and they left a trail of punctured
Pierce toy balloons. Voters are not
thinking SO we'll of Doctor Pierce as a
diagnostician. One of the most effec-
tive features of the campaign of dis
ilusionment carried by the Republican
SPEAKERS was an inoffensive little dia-
gram that was hung on the wall OF
1 LaI no ko Il Sirn
held. and later cited with effectiveness
by Mr.. Kay. 1t was a diagram show
ing how the Oregon tax dollar was
raised last year and how it was spent.
Members of the big audiences may
forget the spoken words of Mr.. Kay OF
Governor Olcott but they visualized
that diagram, and they are staring in
their thoughts at the green segment
that shows over 40 per cent of Oregon
| tax money last year went for educa-
tional purposes. and. as Mr.. Kay de-
clared, quoting Senator Pierce, the lat
ter would not, if he could, cut any
funds from Oregon educational institu-
tions. Other segments depicted other
tax funds raised for municipal and
county affairs. for ports and what not.
Then there was left in the diagram
only little yellow streak. very tiny
"piece of cheese" which showed the
relatively small proportion of tax mon-
les that were raised and applied tC
state administrative purposes.
In short, the diagram showed those
who heard. and convinced them, that
Senator Pierce's promises were anC
are, bunk"
Governor Olcott received a rousIne
reception here. Hood River county
has a reputation for apathy in politi
cal meetings. Despite the fact that il
! is the busiest season of the year here
and orchardists are head over heels ir
the wind up of their harvest, they
took time off from the Saturday might
shopping and crowded the Pythian hall
Many came to the meeting believing
in the Pierce propaganda, and left de
claHing their intention of voting fol
Olcott. Many of the audience were
Democrats, who declare they will sup
port Olcott instead of one who is the
nominee of their own party but who
/ has repudiated the party in open state
ments of the campaign. The Olcoti
sentiment is growing here. The Re
publican vote will be very nearly unan
/ imous. and the Democratic and lnde
pendent votes loomed up for him.
Another Oregon orchard section
Mosier, although in Wasco county, il
closer to Hood River since the opening
of the Columbia River Highway thar
to The Dalles, the Wasco county seat
and Saturday night MOsier sent dowr
a huge delegation. The school bus wal
/ hired for the occasion. Every valley
district turned out with big motor del
egations.
The Knights Of Pythias band die
much to enliyen the occasion, giving 8
/ street concert before the meeting anC
playing a selection in the ball. A. T.
/ Case, accompanied by Miss Sara
Howes on the piano, gave vocal selec.
tions. Governor Olcott was presented
with a huge bouquet Of prize dahlias
from the garden of j. G. Ruggles.
Roy d. Smith in HE introduction ol
the governor said: HE needs no in.
PRODUCTION to the people Of Oregon.
/ His long and splendid service as secre
tsry Of state and chief executive have
made his name a household word from
Seaside 10 Huntington His record j,
one Of service. he having attended Z
the manifold tasks Of public Office in {
F straightforward and businesslike man
/ ner, always keeping in mind that the
ory Of government. that a public Of
I fee is a public trust.
Il ''lf / were called upon to make up Z
f descriptive list Of his public service,
would write il something in thil
fashion: "A yard wide, all wool and
10 shoddy.'
The splendid vote which be re
f ceived in Hood River county last MAJ
will be totally eelipsed in the Novem
Der election. he will receive al ol
the Republican votes which were cas-
for him IN the urinary and ss well tht