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Gorvallis Times.
Official Payer of Benin Oantr.
OOBYAXfJS, OBBGOIf, SEAT 14,
Democratic Gounty Ticket.
Tor Senator
PnndersoB Avery.
Tor Sheriff
M. P. Burnett.
for ClerK
Victor P. Hoses.
Tor Recorder
Horace LocKe.
Tor Commissioner
Peter KicKard.
Tor School Superintendent
S. L. Pratt.
Tor Treasurer
W. A. Buchanan.
Tor Assessor
Thomas Davis.
Tor Surveyor
T. A. Jones
Tor Coroner
0. J. BlacKledge.
LOSING GROUND AND WHY.
The people admire sincerity and
love the troth. They despise du
plicity and hate falsehood. Ul
timately, they always recognize
the truth, and can always be trust
ed to separate fact from falsehood.
This is particularly true in Benton
county, where there is a citizen
ship that i- honest, true and
straightforward. '
In a newspaper bastard that no
body fathers, that Mr. Woodcock
himself says is not "his'n," the
statement is constantly re-iterated
that Judge MeFadden assumes to
act as a boss of Benton democrats,
and column alter column of silly
nonsense on that subject is sent out
to readers, the purpose being to de--ceive
and dupe innocent and un
suspecting persons with a view
to helping certain weak candidates
on the republican ticket. Here is a
sample of the many lies this door
step publication prints, "It is by
satisfying the trio of ' bosses of
which Judge MeFadden is the head
.1 t j i : , . : . u :
llldl ucuiulciiiv; cduuiuaica iu mis
county secure a place on the ticket."
(See Gazette, April 22nd.) Now,
is that not a likely statement? Is
it likely that Blackledge, J ones, or
Tom Davis had "to satisfy Judge
MeFadden" before they got a nom
ination on the democratic ticket?
Is it likely that Billy Buchanan,
whom Judge MeFadden pleaded
with and urged to run for recorder
"this time, or is it likely that Horace
T j-kf1- a Vin4 ' r- tfnticfn T11 rlrro ' lfr
Fadden" before tbey were named
for their respective offices? Is it
likely that Peter Rickard who per
sistently resisted the urging of E.
E,. Wilson, Pun Avery, John
Smith, Rich Irwin and many other
democrats who pleaded with him
to stand for commissioner and who
did not finally consent until the
very hour of the convention. Is it
likely that he had "to satisfy Judge
MeFadden" or anybody else before
he could get the nomination? Is it
likely that Victor Moses and Telt
Burnett, whom every democrat in
Benton county and many a repub
lican wanted for clerk and sheriff,
is it likely that they had to "satis
fy" anybody but the hundreds of
constituents that they have servedso
well, before they were re-nominattd?
Is it likely that Punderson Avery,
who declined the nomination for
senator in the domocratic conven
tion two years ago, and whom
democrats all overthe county pleaded
with to stand for the place this
year, whom republicans themselves
went to after the republican con
vention and asked to accept the
democratic nomination for senator;
is it likely that this Pundeson Av
ery, whom nobody dictates to or
aMcnrAre fr ICS it 1lVW tliafr lift 1l -1 A
"to satisfy Judge MeFadden" be
fore he could get a nomination?
Is not the statement, "candidates
on the democratic ticket must sat
isfy Judge MeFadden before they
can secure places on the ticket,"
one of the cheekiest and most un
blushing lies that it was ever at
tempted to foist upon innocent and
trusting readers? Was it not a
wise thing in Mr. Woodcock to
print in his Gazette, "The Gazette
or its owners are in no wise res
ponsible for anything that may be
"said in this department." (See
Gazette April 5th.)
It is well known to every demo
crat and nearly all the republicans
in Benton county that Judge Me
Fadden could not, if he would, boss
the democratic party in Benton
county.' Every Benton democrat,
like every Benton republican, is his
own boss. The attempt by a news
paper that cannot bear its own
father's name to make them be
lieve that they are bossed, is an in
sult to them personally, and to
their intelligence. They -know f
Judge MeFadden tried in the dem
ocratic convention two years ago
to nominate Johnnie Irwin instead
of Victor Moses, and that he failed.
The same hand that writes for the
Gazette now, wrote about the in
cident in the Gazette two years ago
April 8th, 1902, the Gazette print
ed these words: , '-For: county
clerk, a delegate nominated Victor
P.Moses. MeFadden nominated
Johnny Irwin. But the con
vention stood by its decision in
caucus and nominated Mr. Moses."
The truth is, that before the con
vention Judge MeFadden went
among the delegates and did all he
could to secure the nomination of
Mr. -Irwin. He was for him in the
caucus and made a speech , urging
his selection. He thought Irwin
much the stronger - man, and even
after Moses had been selected by
the caucus, Judge MeFadden went
on the floor of the convention, and
urged Mr. Irwin's nomination. But
just the same, Moses was nominat
ed, and he was elected, all of which
is a condemnation and a conviction
of the Gazette's idiotic statement,
"The democratic candidates ' must
satisfy Judge MeFadden before they
can secure a place on the ticket."
It is equally notorious that Judge
MeFadden in the same convention
was hostile to the candidacy of
Howard Bush and snpporter of an
other for assessor. But it is history
that Howard Bush was nominated,
and that he was elected by a maj
ority of more than 140: In the
face of the record, did Mr. Bush
have to "satisfy" anybody before
he could be a candidate, and be
elected? Yes, he had to "satisfy"
somebody, and it was not Judge
MeFadden, but the democrats and
the people of Benton county.
Thus, how unblushing, how bare
faced, how self condemnatory, ' are
these lies that the department of
the Gazette that Mrs Woodcock an
nounces is not responsible and a
fraud, seeks to foist upon the com
munity? Are these lies not de
moralizing to a people? ' Does a
political campaign give men reason
to put forth as the sacred truth
that which everybody knows to be,
and the owner of the paper himself,
in effect, declares to be falsehood?
A newspaper is a public educator,
and if in it falsehood can be told
with impunity and without public
condemnation, what can be expect
ed of the growing youth? What
wonder that there is hoodlumism
in the world, when the newspapers
themselves, supposed always to
stand for decency and truth, make
light of the truth and promote
falsehood with unblushing impun
ity? If it is permissible to lie in
the public prints, and if the news
papers set the example, and if the
example be not condemned, what
may be expected, or what may not
be expected of the next generation?
Is it not indeed humiliating, is it
not a crime, that first in the Ga
zette there shall be published, "The
Gazette or its owners are in nowise
responsible for anything that may
be said in this department," and
thus, licensed to lie, the paper may
proceed to say, "The democratic
candidates must satisfy Judge Me
Fadden before they can secure a
place on the ticket."
The inevitable effect of a cam
paign of falsehood by a newspaper
is to weaken the ticket in whose in
terest the lies are told. People love
the truth and hate duplicity. The
republican party, like the democrat
ic party, is not a party of falsehood
and fraud. It is not necessary to
lie in order to promote the interests
of that party. To insist on false
hood in its interest is to put the
great masses of that party in a false
light and to hold them up to a charge
of which they are not guilty. . The
Wyatts, the Newtons, the Coopers,
the Carters, the Henkles, the Dunns,
the Edwards', the Zierolf's, the
Belknaps, and scores of other well
known republican families are not
men who want to profit by a false
statement. They want no falsehoods
told either to help, them .or their
party". They cannot in the natural
fitness of things, approve of a cam
paign in thejinterest of the repub
lican ticket, conducted solely on
tissues of falsehood, told unblush-
ingrly, such as, "The candidates on
the democratic ticket must satisfy
Judge MeFadden, before they can
secure a place on the ticket.' '
The effect, and the only possible
effect is to weaken the republican
ticket. It is a confession of weak
ness on the part of the candidate
that the campaign must be based on
falsehood and fraud. The only test
that the masses of voters recognize
as the true test for election, is merit.
The candidates on a ticket that
permit falsehood to be told stand
in their own light, and lessen their
own chances of successs. There
are worthy men on the republican
ticket, and a campaign of fraud
carried on in behalf of others on
that ticket is an outrage on them
and damage on their candidacy. It
instills any man for a set of candi
dates or a newspaper that represents
them to attempt to fool him. It is
a deliberate insult to his intelligence
and his honesty. It is a confession
of weakness that he instantly recog
nizes, and at once proceeds to in
vestigate. The inevitable result is
defeat, ignominy and discredit. Dem
ocrats will continue to be elected to
office as long as those who assume
to manage f qr the republican ticket
insist that they must lie to win.
Day by day it will weaken every
man on the ticket because there are
hundreds of decent republicans who
do not want to be insulted with a
lie so idiotic - as "The democratic
candidates must satisfy Judge Me
Fadden before they can secure a
place on the ticket" They are too
decent and too self respecting to be
mixed up and identified with and
privy to a campaign of falsehood,
forestalled by Mr. Wosdcock when
he wrote "The Gazetteor its owners
are in nowise responsible for any
thing that may be said in this de
partment." They are too self re
specting to be aiders and abettors
of a campaign of falsehood that in
sult decency, that iS" demoralizing
to a community, that promotes
hoodlumism and that, as sure as it
is continued and approved, will have
a Daa enect on tne youtn 01 Benton
county. ,
Doubtless W. E. Yates and his
crowd think it good politics to con
tinue in their fatherless, and dis
owned organ, the malignant person
al attacK tnat they hay.e kept up
for weeks on the "business demo
crat." It is perhaps satisfying to
Mr. Yates and helpful to his candi
dacy for senator for the "business
democrat" to be made a target for
venomous personal attack. Mean
while it might be explained in the
Gazette if the ' 'business democrat' '
has ever bought any town prop
erty ! at very low. prices of
non-resident clients; : or, has he
ever bought any houses and lots of
orphan heirs, also his clients, and
did he drive a good bargain ?
O J. Blackledge is the demo
cratic candidate for coroner. He is
an Iowan, who came several years
ago to Corvallis, where he has
since been engaged in business. He
is a man of affairs, a gentleman in
the fullest sense of the word, and in
recognition of that new citizenship
from the east that is settling in
Benton and Oregon, he ought to be
elected.
Thomas Jones is the democratic
nominee for surveyor. He is a self
made young man. He was left an
orphan at an early age, and by his
own efforts has educated himself
and pushed his way into his present
position. Two years ago, he was
elected surveyor, and he has dis
charged the duties of the office with
fidelity and ability. He gained his
experience as a surveyor in several
years service in railroad construct
ion, and is one of the best surveyors
in the country. His work is reli
able, as many a farmer in the coun
ty has reason to know. He is in
every respect, a deserving young
man.and support given him will be
worthily bestowed.
It was not necessary ' for news
paper venom to have entered into
this campaign. The Times pre
ferred peace, and asked for it. The
Times remained silent while a fur
ions personal attack was waged byipartment" of the Gazette, the only
the other side against it and its ed
itor as well as other democrats who
are neither asking office, nor are is
sues in the campaign. But there is a
limit to patience and forbearance.
Readers will bear witness that
the Times has stood for a good
humored neighborly campaign with
gentle behavior on the part of the
newspapers. Jin half a dozen issues
past the Times has remained silent
and forbearing under a. malignant
personal attack kept up in the pub
lication over the way. This at
tack has the sanction of the Yates
coterie, and is in their interest.
Apparently they think it good poli
tics, and prepared for it when Mr,
Woodcock the proprietor of the
Gazette declared in effect a cam
paign so indecent was to .be waged
that the Gazette or its owners
"would not be responsible" for it.
Now, it is the most natural thing in
the world for men who - are struck
to strike back, and if in these col
umns a vigorous defense is offered
to the'needless unwarranted and ma
lignant attack the Yates " gang has
kept up, the public will understand
the reason why.
AS TO JOBS DAL? AND OTHERS.
The headless,' fatherless, name-,
less Vdepartment" conducted in the
interest of the Yates candidates
and with .their sanction and ap
proval claims the Times - has said
something that reflects on "Marion
Hayden, Thomas Cooper, and ex-
Senator Daly." It : was . not the
Times but the crowd that is run
ning the "department" that Mr.
Woodcock says isn't 'his'n" that
stabbed Marion- Hayden in tie
back and let him down forever with
the poor privilege . ot making a
speech in the late convention, de
clining a. nomination that was only
make-believe.It is that crowd that is
determined that Marion Hayden
will never again be given an office
in Benton county, but can merely
be poulticed with a delegacy 'to a
congressional convention, provided
he vote right. As to Mr. Cooper, it
was the same crowd, not the Times
that scored him unmercifully and
read him forever out of the party
so far as hope of future honors are
concerned : and which is willing
now to sacrifice his brother in order
to further their own candidates. It
was Yates and his crowd that two
years ago did everything they
could to kill John Daly, and that
in the Gazette campaign conducted
for the purpose of nominating
Yates in his present candidacy
made a most bitter personal at
tack on John Daly. In that at
tack, published in the Gazette of
March 25th, Senator Daly was held
up as a man of very small calibre,
and as a creature ot the democrats,
all after the senator had served
the county faithfully and effective
ly in the legislature, and created
there for himself and ' county an
influence and repute surpassed by
none. The attack was needlessly
and wantonly made, and it was
made in the newspaper campaign
carried on to palm Yates off on the
unwilling convention that named
him after he had in fact, been nom
inated the night before in a caucus
attended only by a little coterie.
In view of the record, the fourth
of which has not been told here, it
is up to these jobbers and manipu
lators to keep still about the Hay
dens, the Coopers, John Daly and
others. Especially is this true of
Yates who nominated a man in a
republican convention once for com
missioner, and the man failed to
get a single vote for the office. The
sacrifice of the Lbggans, the Wag
goners, the Edwards, the Lakes
the Zierolfs by the coterie that
pleads and feeds - for "harmony"
are memories that suggest that as
to slaughtered candidates, Yates
who by one scheme or another has
jobbed half the men in Benton
county, had better quiet his found
ling "department" as it lies squall
ing on Mr. Woodcock's doorstep,
disowned and discredited.
"MAKING CAPITAL."
The Gazette, in its disowned and
discredited department, states that
the Times seeks to make capital
out of the late tragedy. . This is
one of those lies that Mr. Wood
cock knew would be told when he
wrote, "ine Gazette or its owners
are in nowise responsible for any
thing that may be said in this de
partment." (See Gazette April 5.)
Mr. Cameron is perfectly satisfied
with the course of the Times with
reference to the late tragedy. If
he is not, let him say so over his
own signature in that strange "de-
thing of the kind in the known
world, that door step offspring
which Mr. Woodcock with fine
manifestation of good taste and dis
crimination, refuses to claim. If
Mr. Cameron is not satisfied and
there is further insistance that the
Times is trying to make capital,
illustrations can be given of what
"making capital" out of the late
tragedy would really mean. The
subject is one, however, that the
Times does not propose to pursue
unless forced to do so by the "de
partment" that carries a license to
lie, and lies.- '
Who can resist the temptation to
vote for Peter Rickard, for com
missioner ? He is a substantial farmer
who has successfully managed his
own business, and he is therefore
well qualified to look after county
affairs. He served in the position
four years, and with such success
that no critic ever rose to condemn
or blame him. He is the perfect type
of the level headed, straightforward
good natured farmer, the soul of
honor and the embodiment of good
ness, and it will be difficult indeed,
for anybody who knows him, to
vote against him and everybody
knows him.
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