Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-03-19

IlitlcalLVs he was not and could not
be bluffeds bfoWbeaten o. intimidat.
ed into the service Of private profit
seeking interests.
/ The seekers Of privilege il one case
sought to bring pressure to bear
Through an employer Of one official,
were. through their agent. given to
understand that this employer would
not prostitute hls position. power OF
influence for anyone The real Ian
guage was very much stronger
t is alleged That I'd means. methods
or agencies win be left untried 70 de.
feat the public win. ns made evident
through two successful elections.
t is alleged that every agency viii
be used to spike Aberdeen'a guns, to
obtain and de7eIop TIE Wynoochs pro-
jet: that the department 81 the IN
terror with its land department, the
state land department, and the pri-
vafe owners Of lands and timber in
proximity to the Wynooche site viii
all Be stirred up against Aberdeen. It
seems very evident that there Is an
active agency working 70 prevent the
City Council from submitting the Is
sue to the people for 3 vote on the
question Of Wynooche power
Should all these means fail. then
again will an effort be made TO use
the courts, on some pretezt o. other to
defeat Il possible the public win.
Do you have any idea, James and
Agnes. that all these manougers and
Vaccinations do not require the ex-
penditure Of lot Of time, hard work
and political influence, business IN
|fluence and money!
The reason Is plains the end. Pri-
vate Profits at the Public Expense.
I All these manifestations Of activity to
accomplish the defeat Of the public
win are the activities Of the corpora
ton minded, OF their agents or tools.
There seems to be practically only
two kinds Of political corruption. One
is betrayal Of an official Of his con-
stituents for personal power and prof
its or graft; and the other is the de-
termination Of privately owned public
utility corporations By means Of all
kinds and ways devious to make huge
profits from the granted franchises;
to enable them to do this IN the way
most profitable, bribery and other cor
ruption is often practised.
! have no idea that saeh things will
ever be done or ever have been done
around here, it is always some place
else. Well, we hope 50, but At that
it is well to @Trust in God and keep
our powder dry.
Public Servants.
Watch your public servants. Some
need It, some do not. However, IN
private life You do not turn your
servants loose in your domain and
let 'em 60 as they please. You IN
lstruct, supervise and inspect and cheek
up on them, and it is eqally. necessary
TO do It to our officials ali down the
line.
Commend the good ones, warn the
bad one. and turn out the incorrigible
ones. We do not suppose that any
thing but strictly open and above
board honorable business methods will
lever be used to settle the power ques-
ton.
OF course, it is absolutely impossible
to conceive that Political means dr.
rect by the voters viii have to be
fused? No pressure through business
connections or associations, clubs,
lodges, ETC., viii be used
No sub-rosa tactics will be used; no
star chamber monkey business with
our officials viii be tried? This viii
be clean cut, open and shut, take-it-
or leave it proposition7 Just as sim
pie as that? Is IT'D
Draw your own conclusions. Way.
all the frantic efforts to prevent q
vote Of the people on this power mat
lter7
There seems to be an Ethiopian IN
the proverbial woodpile somewhereI
Where there is so much smoke there
must be some fire. Let as have the
clear light Of bright fire on this
matter Bring it fully out into the
open. The public has q right to al
the facts of this public business
If the people. BY an open ballot, ex-
press their disapproval Of the deVel-
opment Of the Wynooehe issue Of
power, so be It.
We win be satisfied with nothing
less than a free and fun expression
Of the electorate on the matter and
then. as good citizens, take our re-
suits with good grace, be they what
they may. We feel that the people
want this power and water question
in their own hands and not in the
hands<of some foreign corporation.
This power matter IS one Of the big
eest questions before the American
people today. In the state Of Maine
recently they carried bond election
for one hundred millions Of dollars
for water power purposes, and we're
fought by every power known to the
modern public utility corporationb. IL
every form, and yet. the staid and
conservative state Of Maine carried
the election for power by huge vote,