The Medford mail., June 01, 1900, Page 2, Image 2

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THE 1EDF0RD MAIL
Published Kwrr Frld Morning.
A. S. BUTON.
Medford, Pridat, !June l, 1900.
P. H. Daiby is making a square,
honorable fight for superintendent
of schools and he .ought to win.
He ie a worthy young man, an able
educator and a Republican.
Jusoe Croweix announced in the
last issue of the Valley Record that
he would support Chas. Prim for
county judge and gave as one of his
reasons that "he (Prim) was a
worthy heir of his father." If this
be good politics all us men folks
ought to be woman -suffragists, be
cause we are the sons of our
mothers.
The ministers of Ashland em
phatically deny that they are sup
porting Chas. Prim for county judge;
that it is absolutely false that they
are supporting or working or throw
ing their influence for any candidate
for that office: tbat they do not pro
pose to disgrace their sacred calling
by dictating in politics. They are
coins to stand for men, without re
gud to party, who represent and
nractice in daily life morality, tem
perance, virtue, and that will work
for the promotion of domestio and
civic virtues. .
Never has there been a man in
the sheriff's office in .Jaokson
"County who has given the satis
faction to all Darties that the pree
ent incumbent, Mr. Alex. Orme,
has. He has known no faction, no
Dartv. no creed he has been a ser
vant of the people the whole peo
ple. No person has had a string
on him or his office. Mr. Orme is
rightly entitled to a re-election
and if The Mail is not greatly mis
taken the voters of the county will
. extend to him his just and honestly
. deserved dues. .
Those who want a clean, eareful,
conscientious, economical and able
administration of county n flairs
should vote for Prof. N. L. Narre
gan for county judge. He will have
no favoriteB, no court house crum
Dickers; no petted leeches and no
enemies to punish. He will always
be found promptly at his office dur-
- ing office hours and will carry into
his official life and conduct the
same scrupulous honor and integ-
rity, the same courteous and candid
independence that have uniformly
characterized his private life. No
Republican can afford to vote for
other than Prof. Narregan for this
important office.
The official ballot carries the
following designation for the office
iof district attorney: "A. E. Reames,
of Jackson County, Democratic feo
pies Silver Republican." It may be
a question in the minds of some
people as to weal position ait.
Reames occupies in this campaign.
Is he a Democrat? Is be a Populist?
"Is he a Silver Republican? Is thip
straight democracy or is it fusion?
Does he honestly expect by such a
designation to catch Democrats who
are not free silver men, to catch
Populists who are not gold standard
men? Republicans cannot support
him, Democrats cannot support
him, Populists will not support him,
because he attempts to stand on too
many platforms at once.
It has come to be an unwritten
law, generally recognized through
out the state, but particularly in
Jackson County, that where a county
official has shown himself to be
competent and faithful, and has
been prompt, courteous and oblig
ing in the discharge of his duties,
he is entitled to a second term with
out a question. Under every con
sideration of this rule, though ap
plied in its strictest sense, Gus
Newbury, Alex. Orme, Peter Apple
gate and J. C. Pendleton have well
and fully earned a second tenure of
their positions. No mere capable,
prompt and obliging officials ever
held office in the county, Every
citizen, therefore,' who is interested
in the safe conduot of county affairs,
should unhesitatingly cast his vote
on the 4th of June for these true
and tried officers.
Voters, don't forget to oast yonr
vote for a man for county clerk who
has been tried in the office and who
"has not been found wanting." You
can't afford to risk in the important
offioe of county clerk a novice a
man who knows absolutely nothing
about the affairs of the otlice when
you can secure one who is thor
oughly familiar w'th the workings
of the office in ull its details. You
have not heard a breath of com
plaint against the present incum
bent in that office and his manage'
ment of the office. Even his ene
mien concede bis fitness for the
place and acknowledge perfect sat
isfaction with his conduct in the
office. , A vote for Gus Newbury is
vote cast to retain a man in , the
clerk'a office who has proved hie
ability to satisfactorily handle the
omce. lie nas provea me eiuuronvjr
in the offioe and it ie the opinion of
The Mail that there is no economy
in too freauent ohauges in puulio
office where men have proved them
selves to be worthy, capable otnoiaie.
Vote to retain Uub .Newbury in ine
olerk's offioe. He has served the
people of Jackson County one term
in the clerk's offioe and has served
acceptably. Re-elect him.
A. E. Reamks, the Fusion nomi
nee for district attorney, is a mem
ber of the firm of Colvig fe Reames,
of Jacksonville, who, by the way,
are local' attorneys for tue isoiuiiern
Paoifio Railroad Co., and it is un
derstood that the district attorney's
office is to become an adjunct of
the firm, Bhould Reames be eleeted.
It will be seen, therefore, that the
interests of the county and of the
S. P. R. R. Co. will be in the nanus
of the same law firm. Perhaps at
no time in the history of the hrst
judicial district has there been such
a reckless. mud-BUnging campaign
as that made by Mr. Reames and
his partner, Wm. M. Colvig, against
Mr. Watson, whose campaign has
been quiet, dignified and unaggres
sive, and we predict that the peo
ple will resent mo imputation
against their intelligence wmcn is
offered by the character ol cam'
paign made against him.
In view of the possible conse
quences of a maladministration of
the office of district attorney, there
is perhaps no other office of a local
character of more importance to
taxpayers than this. The most
careful aud discriminating judg
ment must often be exercised by
this officer to the end that violators
of law may be suitably punished,
the laws enforced, and yet due con
sideration given to those who foot
the bills. It is not meaut by this
that the district attorney, should be
so solicitous of the welfare of tax
payers as to neglect the rigorous
enforcement of law, but that he
should not recklessly and without
due consideration pile up billB of
expense for which there is no real
justification. Mr. Watson, the Re
publican nominee of thiB district,
has shown himself to be just such
a man as The Mail has indicated
should fill this office. Every Re
publican in the district should vote
for him without a question.
It is a fact which is becoming
more apparent every day that think
ing Democrats and Populists, who
have permanent interests to be af
fected by public policy are steadily
losing interest in Bryan and Bryan
ism. They fear the vagaiies and
menaces of the Chicago platform,
and shrink from possible conse
quences they are unable to fathom.
The fact cannot be denied, even by
the most ultra and unreasonable,
that times are good, money easy,
work abundant, and all the arteries
and avenue? of trade and commerce
bustling with business, energy and
enterprise; and this, under Repub
Jrcan rule, in striking contrast to
the universal stagnation in business
which prevailed under less menac
ing conditions than appear in the
Chicago platform. Thinking Pop
ulists of means and business are
hesitating before committing their
interests to the hazard of a paternal
socialism with its logical result of
anarchy, and blotting out of indi
vidual endeavor and individual re
sponsibility. Before another issue of The
Mail, the state election of 1900
will have passed into history. If
the result shall be in favor of a
stable financial system, an exten
sion of the power and influence of
the United States, a modified tariff
along the lines of the JJmgley bill,
the speedy construction of the
Nicaragua canal, justice, liberality
and fair dealing with the new de
pendencies, support of the govern
ment in its efforts to suppnss
insurrection and establish peace
over its territory, the East will take
up the encouraging news, and its
ever extending, ever widening in
fluence will largely decide the
national contest in November. Vic
tory in November will be an assured
continuance of Republican policy
and Republican prosperity, and the
result will be the support of the
government in a sphere of influence
which, in due time, will force
acknowledgment of its precedence
among the nations of the earth.
Do not fail to vote the Republican
ticket. Any other course will he
suicidal to the best interests of the
country.
Senator Clark, of Montana-
that is, ex Senator Clark that is,
Gubernatorial Senator Clark by
his clever coup d'etat in resigning
and calling to his aid a lieutenant
governor in- the absence o: the gov
ernor, and securing his immediate
re-appointment, has thus, by a
happy maneuver, converted a very
corrupt politician into a fully purged
and honest United States senator
that is, in expectanoy. Whether
tlw doughty senators will discover
any difference .in the odor of Mr.
Clark's senatorial toga since the
cleansing and refuse to Beat him
when the time cornea to vote upon
his admission, remains to be seen.
No doubt the point will te raisea
that a fraudulent eleotion, or an
election procured through fraudu
lent means, or in violation ot law,
is void and no election at all, ad
that the legislature having an op
portunity failed to elect. This
would place the matter in the posi
tion of the Corbett and Quay cases,
and Mr. Clark would be out of it on
fully established precedent. In any
event, Mr. Clark will have a rooky
road to travel before he takeB a seat
in the United States senate.
Mr. N, L. Narrkqan, the Repub
lican nominee for county judge, has
a oard elsewhere in this isBue of
The Mail in whiah he denies the
Med ford steel bridge rumor, also
the upper Rogue river toll bridge
rumor. It is told of Mr Narregan
that because he iB a resident of
Medford that he would favor these
propositions. The Mail wants to
tell you voters of the county that
Medford does not want, nor does
the town expect, either of these.
The Bear creek bridge at Medford
ie good enough for a number of
yeara yet. A Bteel bridge iB by far
too expensive and is wholly unnec
essary for this place, xou tax
payers of the oounty must remem
ber that Medford citizens pay a
good part of the taxes of the county
and they would not for a moment
sanction the expenditure of any
amount of county money on a steel
bridge aoross Bear creek either at
Medford or at any other point. Tub
Mail would oppose a proposition of
this kind it would be a needless
expenditure. As regards the toll
bridge. Tbat is a proposition Med
ford merchants and oitizenB would
never sanction. We want all the
trade we can get and we don't want
our east of the mountains, Prospeot
and Trail patrons to have to pay to
get to our town.
The office of assessor is second
in importance to no other in the
county. Upon the judgment and
business qualifications of the as
sessor, depends largely an equitable
adjustment of the burdens of the
county. He should be a man of
opinions, and fearless to express
and act upon them. It is necessary
to an intelligent discharge of his
duties tbat he should have a
thorough and practical knowledge
of general business interests of the
county, and ol the value ot property
in the various localities affeoted by
location, natural advantages or
otherwise. Mr. Pendleton, the Re
publican candidate for tbia office,
fills, in an eminent degree, all these
necessary requirements, and has
besideB the advantages of experience.
It is not the man who piles up a
great assessment upon which to
pay an undue proportion of the
state taxes, that is the best assessor,
but the careful and discriminating
officer who assesses property at its
true value, and distributes the bur
den of taxation equally. The Mail
believes it can be truthfully said,
without discrediting or disparage
ment of any former official, that
Mr. Pendleton has made the most
equitable and business-like assess
ment ever made in the county, the
subject of taxation is always a deli
cate and extremely sensitive one,
and no person should be chosen to
fill the position of assessor who is
not peculiarly fitted for the work.
Those who are interested in a rea
sonable, just and business-like as
sessment of the county, will vote for
J, C. Pendleton who has shown
himself to be thoroughly capable
and a man possessing the courage
of his convictions.
What is the use of a congress
man? Manifestly to represent the
business, financial, commercial and
political interests of the state or dis
trict from which he is chosen. He
embodies and represents the senti
ments and wishes of the aggregate
opinion which selected him. ' He ie
the confidential agent and'' author
ized attorney at bar Lo do the will,
perform the duties and further the
principles and policies advocated
and held to be essential to good gov
ernment by the people whom he
represents. In the case of Hon
Thos. H. Tongue, Republican nomi
nee for congress, in pursuance of
the political and financial senti
ments of the party which nominated
him, he stands for honest money,
the extension of the power and in
fluence of the United States, en'
largement of the commerce, of the
Pacific coast, justice and fair deal
ing toward the . new dependencies,
such an army and navy as will be a
protection at home and command
respect abroad; in a word, he stands
for a continuance of the policies and
principles which brought order out
of chaos, prosperity out rt bank
ruptcy, started anew the wheels of
manufacture, and set in motion all
the industrial elements and agencies
which go to make up the present
unparalleled prosperity ol the coun
try. Those who wish a oontlnuanoe
of the prosperity made possible
through the fostering influence of
Republican polioy, will vote for
Thos. H. Tongue. Those who would
preter to take the hazard of another
period of want, distross and poverty,
will vote to place In power the party
whose management and want ol
policy brought these wretched con
ditions about. The ohoioe is before
the voter. Unon his wisdom and
judgment will dspenl the Issue
Much is at Ptake, and voters should
choose winuiy and well in their own
interests.
m -
K. D. Bimios !b the Republican
nominee for joint representative.
He Ib a gentleman well Qualified
for tho position, an able spanker
and a zealous worker upon Repub
lican lines - prosperity and plenty
expansion and the gold standard.
Hid place of residence is Ashland.
His opponent, Mr. Abraham, is a
son of Sol Abraham, a former Jew
ish merohant of Roseburg. ll is
a young man of but little experi
ence in legislative matters.
The - Republican - nominee for.
representative, W. A. Carter, is a
man who should and doubtless will
receive a strong vote in Monday's
eleotion. He. iB a promising type
of the self-made man, and gained
hiB legal knowledge with the honest
earnings of daily toil. Though
young, he has an established and
enviable reputation for honesty, in
tegrity and moral character, and
being thoroughly posted and of
broad viewB, will serve the county
well in the capacity of legisla or.
In his own home, Gold Hill, Mr.
Carter stands well; he has served
four terms as town recorder, and is
now chairman of the hoard of school
direotora for Gold Hill district. A
vote cast for Mr. Carter will never
be regretted.
As was to be expected, the spas
modic cry of outrage that went up
after the passage of the Porto Rloan
tariff law, has entirely Bubsided.
The fact is not a cent is collected
from Porto Rico that is not returned
for the establishment of sohools,
lighthouses, highways and general
improvements on the island. The
people of Porto Rico, in addition to
the fostering care of the United
States, will be accorded the largest
liberty consiBte.it with their intelli
gence; and when they are so far
educated in the principles of self
government as to warrant it, they
will be granted the same rights and
privileges, commercial and other
wise, that are enjoyed by people of
of er territories belonging to the
United States.
Some weeks since in a newspaper
interview Hon. W. M. Colvig said,
in bis opinion, the policy of the
Democratic party in the State of
Oregon would be to let the eleotion
go by default." The following is
his statement:
"What 1b the political outlook
so far as tho Democratic party 1b con
cerned? Well, candidly. It is gloomy. Tbe
masB of tho Democratic party are id
favor of fighting the Phillpplno war
to a flninh. The American
people are lo no mood to listen to any
proposition loromng me lowonng 01
the Stars and Stripes in the Philippines,
I look upon thoso wars ai
almc-lv Incidents In tho line of destiny
Tbe intellectual power of tho world is
going to govern the world, and the in
ferior races must succumo or suiror ex
termination. I, FOR ONE,
AM IN PAYOR OF LKTTINO THI'
ELECTION GO BY DEFAULT. WE
HAVE NOTHING IN PARTICULAR
TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IN REGARD
TO THE PRESENT STATE ADMIN
ISTRATION AND THERE IS NODE'
NYING THE PACT THAT OUB
PORCE8 ARE PRETTY BADLY DE
MORALIZED IN OREGON.
THE WAR QUESTION ECLIPSES
PTTrDvnnivn Awn thit wwnui.Tr
T JUUI 1111 HUl JA1 J-r M. U iJ M. JV UM-J
ARE BOUND TO SUSTAIN THOSE
WHO ARE FIGHTINO THE BAT-
TLBS."
This is the language of Mr. Col
vig, who is conceded to be the Dem
ocratic leader in Jackson Oounty.
Tbe war in the Philippines is still
going on and the Republican party
is "fighting tbe battles." The Uom
ocratio patty, as a party, stands for
everything tbat is opposed to a con'
tinuation of the war and is against
sustaining "those who are fighting
tbe battles." It is against expan
sion against expanding our com-
: i ' ai m.:i: :
liiwruiai roiBuuue iu vuv uiiijpiiitB,
is in favor of hauling down the
American Flag in our dependencies
and retiring from the islands in dis
grace and like a pusilammous na
tion. The Republican party stands
for an extension of the sway of tbe
American Flag, stands for a contin
uation of the war in the Philippines
until the rebellion is subdued,
stands for ah enlarged commercial
relation, stands for a larger market
for tbe products of the Oregon
farmer stands for everything that
oarries progression with it. The
Mail believes that the people of
Jackson County are in favor of keep
ing the American Flag floating from
every staff from which it floats to
day, whether in the Philippines,
Hawaii or Porto Itico; that they
are in favor of sustaining "those
who are fighting the battles." A
Deinooratio majority in Jackson
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t3t
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County means a sentiment In Jaok
son County in favor of retiring from
the field and hauling down the
American Flag whore it today floats;
every vote-cast for the Democratic
tioket in Jaokson County is a voto
oast to retiro from the field wherein
"the line of destiny" has placed
America with- her progression, her
enterprise, her Republican form of
government. Are you going lo vote
to haul down tho American Flag?
Every candidate on tho Democratic
ticket in Jackson County and the
State of Oregon is an advocate ot
the plntform on which he stands
and a vote for that tioket Is a voto
to haul down tho American Flag.
Are you going to vote for that party
or are you going to vote tho Ropub-
i: fL..i ...! II.., a .nl. In "aim.
liuaii wi:aui miu iuud iuw .v mud
tain those who aro fighting tbe bat
tles?" It is reported that Mr. Colvig re
fused to take tho stump in Jackson
County because ho is not in har
mony with tho Democratic party
on the expansion and war question,
...! M. n,.l..'. Unliu.tAa If nlu!ual,U
uuu ml. uui viJ irgiivivv i nini-fi
to let "the election go by default"
rather than lift his voice and cast
his vote against "those who are
fighting the battles." Vote tho Re
publican ticket ond ho sure of vot
ing to sustain "those who are fight
in the battles."
TiiKiut has beon some wrong in
formation maliciously soaUnrad
abroad by cortain industrious peo
ple with the object of injuring Mr.
Pendleton and Mr. Newbury who
are membors of the County Board
of Equalization, and The Mail has
taken the painB to inquire into the
correctness of tbe "information"
thus sown abroad and finds the fol
lowing as shown by the records at
Jacksonville. The matter relates
to the taxes paid by the 8. P. R. R.
Co. Tbe agitator sought to show
that under the administration of
Mr. Pendleton as assessor and Mr.
Newbury as olerk, the B. P. Co.
were getting off easier from a tax
point of view than they were before
the advent of the above named gon
tlemen into the offices whloh they
now fill. Look at the figuro:
Taxes paid by S. P. Co. in 1895,
$14,308 24.
Tuxes paid by S. P. Co. in 1P9C,
113,879.00.
Taxes paid by 8. P. Co. in 1897.
113,287 33.
Taxes paid by 8. P. Co. in 1898,
$14,864.38.
Taxes paid by 8. P. Co. in 1899,
apseesment made by Mr. Pendleton,
19,828.51.
This shows that the assessment
as made by Mr. Pendleton and as
aoted upon by Mr. Pendleton and
Mr, Newbury as members of the
Board of Equalization, has secured
for the people of Jackson County
$5000 more of taxes than was sc
oured under the administrations of
their immediate predecessors and
speaks yolumes for the manage
ment by these two ofneers. At the
same time the whole people of
jaoKson uouniy paid less taxes by
$8000 in 1899 than in 1898, $2000
less than in 1897 and $17,000 loss
than in 1898, In short, that the
taxes paid into the oounty treasury
oy me iv. a, (Jo,, under the man
Weare going to cele
brate the- m
4th of July
in Meilford thin your. You may want u
now suit for tho oociuiion; how about it?
If you aro looking for tho
BEST VALUES for
the LEAST MONEY,
Come to our store; wo have thorn, and
an iiiBpoction will convince you.
Prices All Right.
agement of Mr. Pendleton and Mr.
Newbury, is proportionally tnuoh
greater than thoso the people have
paid at other times, and are $5000
greater than the greatest amount
ever paid into the oounty treasury
of Juakson County by tho R. It. Co.
when tho assessor's aud clerk's of
fices were handled by others. Re
sults siienk more accurately and
effectively than the vnporingH of
the uninformed, and tho results
attnined a above indicated aro
more satisfactory to tho pooplo of
Jackson County by $5000 than tho
results reached by other olllcors.
Vote for Pendleton and Nowl.-ury,
nr. Narregan Denies the Steel Bridge
Rumor.
TO Til K VOTKIIH AND TAXI'AYKIIB OP
Jackson County:
I would bo glad to moot ovary citizen
ot tho county l( tlina and opportunity"
wore given tno, but this la lmpomllilo
inasmuch aa my thno U fully occupied
In attending to my work as principal of
tliu MwKunl schools, which will not clone
until Juno Hlh. and with a groduiitlnit
class this In n work I cannot duloguto
to unolhur. As It Is lmponslllo for ma
to do so personally I lake this mean to
rolulo the cumpiilgn lloa that linva butm
brought to my notion.
It is roportod that I am aurrounded
by a disgraceful political ring. I mum
emphatically dony that I am aurroumlcd
bv any dUgriicelul or oorrupt political
ring; that any ring la pledged to my
upporlor thut I am under any obliga
tion to any ring, man or men other than
the Republican purty and Its principles.
It Is also reported that II olnatud I will
build a steul hrldgn across licar oreck
at Mudford ; mako a toll bridge of tho
upper lloguo rlvar bridge, and that I
have entered Into varloui combinations
with dllferont men. All thoso reports
are pure and uninltlgatod lies, nnd tho
par lion starling lhain Hod muliolously
and Intentionally.
If, by your sufTrago, I am olooted
county Juugo, my business will be your
business, and I will work as hard for
you ab I have for tbe Mudford sohools
and tnysolf. I am not nor will I bo In
fluenced or controlled by any man, men
or combination ol men, and I liuvo
mado but one promlso, and that Is to do
and work for the highest und boat Inter
est of ovory part of tho oounty without
favor and to uso every honoat endeavor
to lower tho county dobt and to reduce"
tho rate of taxation.
I will give assuranco to tho pooplo of
tho county th.it, If olouted, I will bo at
tho oounty judgo's office at tho oourt
house cvory week day ol tho year whon
I am not travoling ovor tho oounty
looking alter tho roads and bridges.
Hespeotfully yours,
N. Li. NAItltKOAK.
A Denial.
It la currently roportod that I and
my ohureh membors aro supporting
Mr. Prim for oounty judge. So far as
I am oonaornod and for my own church
I can say thoro Is not a word of truth
In It. No oonforonco ol any kind hns
been hold oaoh mombor will vote
he sees fit, and I shall do the aatno. I
am not now and nover have supportot"
Mr. Prim lor oounty judgo. I aboil
voto for tho best and oloanost man ac
cording to my judgmont, and am work
ing neither for nor against any candi
date, Adoi.ph HAiiHitry,
Pastor Proabytorlan Church, Medford.
. f
Announoomonti I am now located
In Medford and am prepared to do all
kinds of dressmaking at reasonable
prices, on South H street. Mrs. W. J
Bturgos.- i
Wanted Girl for gonoral houso
work. Apply to Q, W. I'rlddy.
You nover drank ooffoo thut'a hot''
tor than Hawaiian..
- Superior job printing at this omce.