Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-01-05

Legislature, is credited with beiI
one OF those chiefly responsible e
the birth Of the gasoline tax pla
for the support of the propose
1926 exposition and the ratifics
tion OF that plan in the house, b
Bruce Dennis, editor OF the L
GIande Observer and state senate
from Union county. in an articl
on What Actually Happened a
Salem, as printed in the Observer
Besides dealing exhaustivel,
with the story OF ,He passage 0
the gasoline tax bills In the hous
and their defeat In the senate
Senator Dennis declares in the ar
ticle that Governor Olcott was no
justified in calling the special SEES
sion and that the beneficial result,
Of the week which the Legislature
spent here are minus. A few ex-
cerpts from the article In the OBJ
server follow;
Property Tax Killed.
When the house Of representa-
lives convened the following day
Monday the Kubli property tax
bill was dead and In its place
there had grown up as the mush-
room grows over night, the gaso-
tine tax bill.
But the workers had been busy
In the night. They know how to
get busy and do effective work.
Thomas Kay of Marion county.
house member who yells long and
loud for curtailment of public eX-
Dense, had been switched. No long
er were his sonorous tones to re-
vertebrate through the corridors of
the capitol calling upon the legis-
lature to protect the taxpayer; no
longer was his title as watchdog
OF the treasury to stand, forl
Thomas Kay had been convinced;
ne had seen the light OF day
through the gas tank and now,
instead OF standing with the horny
handed sons Of toll, he was with |
the Portland crowd body, boots
and breeches.
Now, don't overlook the fact
that Thomas Kay has some follow
ars whom be can switch with him.
.segrettable as Il is, some OF the
members OF the second congress
'ional district in the house follow
d the Kay trumpet which led
hem away from their constitu-
'nts' wishes and desires and plant
d them firmly In the camp Of the
crowd. II was Mr.. Kay
rho did 1t, after he had been con
'inced tn gas tax was the proper
description to give old Oregon.
RIO u financially III and is do
ng business al the present mo
aant with q palsied hand.
That Committee OF the Whole.
wow Thomas xay, with his
egtland contingent. knows soma
hing about putting leeIsIatioa Q
trough the house. He has made a c
:ientific study OF IL for years He Q
nows the best way ii To stampede !
10 house members. and SO do the !
artianders. The bcss way 10 work v
stampede Is 10 have the houseI
sosYe i0eif In com mittee OF the y
hole to consider a measure Th,s a
as done with the gasoline TAR m
u. IN
And when once IN comm,,tao o,
the whole the b.r. are throw D,
'wn for outside speakers ~ an OF
ar before the assembly In o,b n,
words. tho fences breek ana ~ N,
Ives get out, to use an exnrossion Sc
miliar to the 'aericultnral bIoc
That's what .appeued The pr
use listened 20 addresses NV NJ Ms
iffith and Others. inelud+ny p or
Booth, chairman ~ tba hiyh
" comsexsslon who toll ~ u
nd that the road fund eou,d ret -
'ag with some sacrifices m order
hold the fair if n had m II is
ieved by many that tba sneech
Mr.. Booth In the house hnd set
eh to do with switehing nan, no
the members Ia tba easa,,n ~ ~
, no
When the house members fin gu,
voted 1t showed plainly they mi
been stampeded and taken OFF me
II feet for all but a very few /
ported the gas tax. OF that -
we are proud to state Repre- w
tative Albert Hunter OF Union M
MY. Speaker Jean OF Eugene. W
Hubbard Of Baker I'M
MY, Representative Frank III
N OF umatilla county. Repre- Nt
.ative Miller OF Umatilla eoun- Mx
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