The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1922-11-02
A WORTHY CAUSE


that the people hardest hit by the
present economic situation are the
farmers. 1t is true that they are
not the only suffers, for they are the
merchants customers upon whom
his prosperity depends, so anything
that affects them likewise reacts
upon him, but the farmer has to be
hit first to reach the business man.
There is likewise no disputing the
fact that in the past great deal OF
our legislation has been written
from the viewpoint of the profes-
sional man, the lawmaker; for it is
from this profession more than any
other, that the majority Of our law
makers have been chosen. Natur-
ally their minds are bent toward
legal channels. They think in legal
terms and not as rule, along prac-
tical lines.
The manner in which our stat
utes, together with the great mass
of laws enacted biennially accumu-
late almost compel the belief that
lawyers seek by the multiplicity of
laws and the numerous amendments
passed, to thus create business for
themselves. But be that as it may,
it seems that the time has come
when the people might well give
thought to the election of some men
who are not lawyers to represent
them in the legislative halls. Some
men who have shown the endow-
ment of good common sense, and
who, by having been through the
experience themselves, know the
problems of the rancher and the
stockmen of this state.
Malheur county IL fortunate in
having an opportunity of sending
such a man to the legislature this
time in the person of James A.
Lackey. Mr.. Lackey knows this
section as do few of its residents.
He has lived here AZ years. He has
been a part of the county all that
time. He has worked and he has
striven to advance its interests
And he has succeeded, both in his
personal business and public en-
deavors. He has had, and still
holds the confidence of the people.
In public life he has already
played prominent part. He was
president OF the Ontario CONNER
cial club; he served on the bridge
commission which built the bridge
across the Snake River here; he was
mayor of Ontario, and he was one of
the county's representatives at the
San Francisco exposition. He knows
Malheur county interests from every
angle. No man in the county has
had better opportunity to know
what its needs are.
In all of his public work, as well
as his private life Jim Lackey has
demonstrated one of the principal
attributes which one should seek in
q legislator; the ability to cooper
ate with his fellows. Folks like
Jim Lackey. He is approachable,
and not Superior" in his manner.
He is Just what he is, and pretends
to be naught else He makes and
keeps friends. II he is elected he
will accomplish constructive work
for the county.
Mr.. Lackey is opposed by c. NJ
Crandall, an attorney who has
served one session, and we there
fore have real basis for judging his
ability as lawmaker, Mr.. Gran
dali OF course must be Judged by
that result, and II will hardly ap-
peal to any who seek relief from
taxation or others who seek for
better conditions, for his record is
almost a blank. Though he intro
duced many measures he somehow
failed to get any of them over. ex-
cept one which authorized military
training In the High schools of the
state; and Ontario had cadet corp