The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-07
PIERCE CAUSES
HIS ADHERENTS
GREAT ANXIETY

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at Salem In thoir desperate efforts to
escape the official axe which IL even
now being poised over their devoted
heads. Whuicver abOlishmcnt or
consolidation OF state boards aud
commissions IL mentioned In let.
tcrs from Piorco"--and that seems
TO be u favoritc topic OF the incom-
iaR executives cpistlrs cold chiv.
crs run up aud down the spine OF
every state official aud cmplcyc who
but short while ago was shouting
his head Off for oicott,
Tho fayuritc excuse among these
! forlorn campaigners Is tho asscycra.
ton that II didn't do any moro Tor
ben than had to In order to hold
my Job" Dut the facts are In evi
dcnce. unfortunately Tor these men,
to prove how strong those Olcott
supporters were Tor Olcott. and Just
how bitter they were against Pierce
So that IL Is no wonder that tho VI,
fetal axe, like the sword OF Dam.
ocles. Is suspended over their heads
by but a single hair.
Pierce IL Onto Thcui
To give Pierce the credit that Is
due him In this particular regard,
he has very shrcwdly diagnosed the
trouble which ~ alling the Olcott OF
ficcholdcrs as "otficc-itis" and, like
many doctors, he has ccmc TO the
conclusion that the only way to cure
the disease Is to kill the patient. Aud
in this laudiblc undertaking he will
have the support OF all OF the $4,000
democrats and the 100000 ropubli.
cans who supported Piercc's candl-
dacy during the campaign just clos.
ed
Pierce would oe politically crazy
II he kept olcOtt's machine iatact
or even a part OF H. Olcott was en-
titled TO have men In official posi-.
lions who were loyal to him and
Pierce. by the same token. Is entitled
to the right to fill the appointiye OF.
fees with men and women who are
his friends and who will help him
make a success OF his administra- |
tion."
Hoard Gut Seen
II Is the general belief among !
Pierce intimates that. II the COVER |
nor-elect can have his own way about !
II. the seventy eight state boards and |
commissions will number only forty |
by the time the program OF amalga- |
mating them "a completed. II is not
certain Just who will lead the fight
for the consolidation bill In the |
state senate. although Senator
Charles Hall Is by all odds the man \
best equipped to perform that oner-
Gus task. II will be recalled that
Senator Hall incorporated tax re-
duc,lon. through combining OF state
boards and commissions, in his plat
form as gubernatorial candidate In |
the May primaries. aud Il Is well
known that at times he made a care
ful study OF the systems in vogue
In Washington and Illinois for the
conduct OF state departments aad bu-
reaus. Halls figures contemplated
an annual saving TO tho taxpayers OF
Oregon. through reduction OF the
OF state boards, OF nearly
two millipl dollars year. II is
well known that Pierce would like
to efsce; a saving OF about that pro-
portions. and II may come about that
Hall Will assume charge OF the con-
soliiat!on bill for the goyernor-elect
In the senate.
Scna'c Presidency Muddlc
Considerable comment has been
aroused In political circles by the
agreement between the Upton-Eddy
forces, In the fight over the presi-
iency Of the seaate. to the effect
hat neither side would permit SEN
ator Gus Moser OF Portland TO east
'Ac HsAhNNhAh VI N''Ahlht fNhN Ai tHs~
contest. This treatment OF Senator
Moser Is so different from that to
$ liich he has been accustomed in the
past that he appears to have grown
quite unhappy over IL, However. the
explanation OF the episode Is very
simple one. Moser Is regarded as
pro-Klan In sentiment. whereas Ed
ly's following is antl-klan ano at
east two OF UptOn's followers, name
y Rittner and Dennis. are not
riendly 70 the Klan propaganda.
Then, too. Rlttner and Dennis both
ave had hopes. no matter how slim,
hat the turn Of fortunes wheel
night bestow the presidency OF the
enate upon one OF the two OF them.
All OF which would be impossible
{ they consented to allow Moser to
DIN the Upton camp with the decid:
ng sixteenth vote IN favor OF Upton
nd thereby elect him. Moser has
iPned the CDton nledge thua Dass-