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Li) Weekly Corvallis Gazette, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1885. The Benton Leader in its last issue of last Feb. 26th, abuses and vilifies Joint Senator J. I. Lee in a very un becoming manner, simply because Lee, while in the late legislature en deavored conscientiously to discharge his dutv as a true republican and be ause the democratic bourbons could not induce Mr. Lee to betray his party . and connive at the election as V nited States Senator a democrat or a repub lican who would disburse democratic favors. There was such a plan on foot at Salem among democrats who tie sired to impose such a disgrace upon republican members of the legislature but as Joint Senator J. D. Lee would not consent to the disgrace of himself or party in that manner but voted after a long contest, for the man who bv decrees and without a caucus had gradually obtained the support of a Luge majority of his party, thus hoping to break a dead lock and serve l.is party, as nine out of ten republicans would have done under the same en cumstances. Benton County's rep resentatives Conner and Henkle also voted for Hirsch under similar circum stances because they felt it a duty to elect a United States Senator and findin" that Hirsch had acquired a majority of the votes of the republican wing of the legislature they voted for him because they feared that unless they did so that the legislature would fail in electing a Senator. They did rio-ht and what almost any other con sistent and unprejudiced republican iv.uld have done. Such infamous falsehoods as was told in Salem the next day after Lee voted for Hirscl in order to prevent Connor and Hen kle from voting for him, to the effect that Lee had been burned in effigy here for his vote, ''the party who told it knowing at the time that it was utterly false, did not work and because it did not work is the reason that the Leader and its hangers on are dis satisfied and abusing Lee for his action. As to the other accusations that Lee "while at Salem identified himself with the worst rings and most grasping monopolies in the State is only another base lie with as little t'-uth as the one tcld to Connor and Henkle above refered to. The fact is that all true republicans that we have heard of who stood by Lee, Connor and Hen kle in electing them are ready to stand bv them yet for their action at Salem in the legislature. Some democrats who could not use them as tools to break up and disorganize the repub lican party are mad, because such democrats are out of humor with them is is the strong reason why faithful republicans should stand by them. How ridiculous it is for that paper to talk ubout the influence of monopo lies and the interests of the dear peo ple to anyone that knows some things of the past and present and ho v cer tain things came about and the hand that sustains it. It is not our disposition to abuse any member for their action in the late legislature for so far as we are able to learn we grant that all tried to do their duty as best they could with the lights before them. And far less should any republican be abused who has tried to elect a straight republican for United States Senator. The election of directors in the south district school last Monday was a no little affair. For several years past the directors elected in that dis trict have steadily continued year after year to employ the same man as prin cipal in the school. Many in the dis trict have been dissatisfied for some time with such employment and some, Although entitled to benefits of public money, have refused to send theii children to the school because they did not feel they were doing justice to the education of their children by entrust inir their training to the teacher em ployed, in short they did not feel th at the life and conduct of the teacher was of such an exemplary nature as would afford a proper example fir their children tocopynd mould the future character of their children. This state of feeling on the one side coupled with the desire to elect a board who would -dismiss the old teacher and the dispo sition on the other side to retain the same teacher in the same school at all hazards, culminated in a.contest which is seldom equalled by any button holing and maneuvering hitherto heard of to get voters. Mr. E. A. Milnei was the teacher who has been so long .employed in the school and the only question in the whole contest was for or against retaining him, in which all questions in relation to the welfare of the schoo. was lostfight of, one element working with all their power to keep him in, while the other side were just as desirous of putting him out. Messrs Jesse Huffman, Prior Scott and Emery Alleu as directors and Thos. Bell as clerk were run and elected by the party who were in favor of retaining the old condition of affairs and con tinuing Mr. Milner as teacher while on the other hand Messrs G. W. Ken nedy, F. A. Horning and Wallace Baldwin as directors with Wm. Groves cle.-k were run and defeated by the other faction who desired a change and a new teacher hired who could so har monize the patrons of the school that all could see their way clear to send to and patronize the school. This is a very bad condition of affairs when we find that the harmony and prosperity of one of our principal public schools in the county and the real interest is all subordinated to the interest, of one man. This certainly is wrong, for no matter what any mans quali fications as a school teacher is, if it should be regarded by some as first ciass and by "others with disfavor, w henever the harmony and best in terests of the school are to be effected, the general interest of the school should be regarded first and if any con- iderable number of patrons cannot send to school on account of some fault tliey find with the teacher, the teacher's interests should give way for the public and general interests of the hool and should seek employment elsewhere, where his services can be better appreciated and a new teachev employed in the discordant school who can harmonize the elements and com uiand the respect of all the patrons cf the district. The main point to be kept in view with the public school questions is not what teachers shall teach, but how can we best advance the interests of education and dissemi nate knowledge the greatest number of children, and it certainly is unfortu nate that an important public view should be lost sight of for the benefit of one man. A similar difficulty and opposition some years ago sprang up towards Prof. Walker in Philomail College which hung on so long that i matei rially damaged the school, and in the discord which more recently grew up in the Presbyterian church in op : what is generally called rough. A' I though a mountain road, there are farms all through the several inter vening valleys. On the west side the formation is largely volcanic. The hills both there and on the east side are low and rounded, and cfn this side they are of a sandstone, shale and igneous character. The bridges which were washed away in the great floods of two months ago were but of a temporary character, ai they are a' present. The permanent bridges will be built during the coming summer. The financial straightness ot the road, it is thought, will be speedily over come. The managers obtained some advantagfcous legislation during the recent session, and expect to do some "ood work soon. position to Mr. Dunning being retained as pastor which came near breaking up the church. In both instances we maintained the better plan would have been for the incumbent against whom the opposition was waged to have with drawn while the discord was only m its commencement, and this was not our idea because we had anything against these men, but because it wa thought such withdrawal better for all parties interested, and time in theze two instances has amply proven that such would have been the wisest course. When any man attempts to fores his employment as teachev or minister upon the public where any considerable number of the people do not want him he is degrading his position which ought to be made noble down to the level of a neighborhood broil and quarrel which should be beneath the dignity of any man capable of maintaining such positions. By so doing he wastes his energies, does him self absolute injury which it is difficult to ever regain, and does the public a very grave and lasting injustice. We have noticed this kind, of course in many instances and ye, have to find the first man who attempted to force his emiKjlvment, as indicated, on the public by creating a commotion in the co nniunity who did not finally tne his course when it is too late. TH3 ORBGOJf PACIFIC. Tne Track, earn. Engines, and Tonograpny ot tae country The Portland Daily JVeivs contains the following: "A gentleman who has recently tra versed the line of the Oregon Pacific from Corvallis to the ocean, reports that he was much surprised to find the road bed so perfect. Although the final blasting has not been done, the grade is even and regular. The rails are of the best steel, and the passenger cars, engines, and, in fact, all of the rolling stock are new and of the best make. Construction trains have re cently commenced running again and passengers are carried thus from Ya quina to Corvallis. As before an nounced, this road is 70 miles long. The highest pass, which is over the Coast range, is but 600 feet high. As will be supposed, th country is - net FROM A REPUBLICAN STANDPOINT. Corvallis, Or., March 2, 1885 Eds. Gazette: In its last issue the Leader goes out of its way to make a wanton and venemous attack upon Toint Senator J. D. Lee. The article appears as editorial, but the ear mants it bears convinces us that it was written or dictated by a democratic croaker who stands behind the screen from that paper but who is really a powei behind the throne but who really dic tates and moulds such malicious trasn through its columns and has now taken this way of disgorging some of his gall. However we shall deal with it as editorial, and by reference to a few facts show its utter falsity. We will quote one sentence from the article U If t nmvpri rp-r?ant to even trust, to everplsdge made his peo pie." Let us see. Benton and Polk counties were deeply interested in four local matters. 1st, Securing Extension of grant to O. P R. R. 2nd, Con firmation of the location of the State Agricultural College at Corvallis. 3rd, Establishing a State normal school sft Monmouth. 4th, Extension of the Narrow Gauge R. R. to Tidewater. The proceedings of the Senate are not yet printed, but we assert upon credit able information that Mr. Lee worked with unabted vigor for all these meas ures. If so, the above declaration that ''he proved recreant to even trust" is absolutely and unqualifiedly false in these four particulars. On matters of general legislation it is equally at variance with the facts. Take the following four being some of the most important questions which were discussed in the canvas. 1st, Reflating freights and fares on Rail roads. 2nd, Opposition, to repeal ot Mortgage Tax Law. 3rd, Passage of a registry law. 4th, Amending ol assessment law so as to secure equal taxation. On all these we find Mr. Lee working and voting exactly as he talked in the canvas, and the people may well be proud of his efforts. Here again the false witness is ar raigned for four more bold faced mis representations. We feel safe in say ing that his position on matters of legislation has been consistent through out. But now we come to the great bug bear, he voted for the candidate for U. S. Senator, which had been named by the majority, hoping thereby to break the deadlock which has brought so much contusion into our State matters, and liable to produce many mischievous results. Of course the objection raised to Mr. Hirsch was that he was a Portland man, and not in sympathy with the people of the Valley,' but how utterly baseless and hypocritical is such criticism coming from a democratic organ, when the members of that party in the legisla ture almost to a man cast their votes for such railroad attorneys as P. P. Prim, I. D. -Haines and others, who on the floor of the senate argued for "vested rights" of the railroads and voted against the bill of Mr. Hoults for their regulation. The democrats also voted Gearin, Effinger, Bellinger, Shattuck. Kelly and others Portland lawyers and some of them railroad attorneys. The pressure of an election was not resting upon the democrats they coma not expect to elect, but voted for the men through purely complimentary motives thereby showing their high re gard and endorsement of that class of men. They have bursted a boom eranff at an honest and efficient hard worker for the people which will recoil upon their own heads with increased force. A Republican. things, iust before going to press however it is learned that the teacher in that dis- trictfchad also betitled himself by taking the trouble to co around and buttonhole and log roll with the voters of the district to vote for the director who was elected, for fear perhaps that if he left the people to elect a director without his interference his services mia'at not be sufficiently appre ciated to be retained and employed in the Ustrict. It therefore seems that Prof. Mil ner of south district is not the only one who has undertaken ly logro"ing Id control the school elections of his diiirict, but tiie north district is in the same bo.it except the feel ing had not grown to such au exeunt. It has been suji'eited in the past that school teaching was be;ng brought up to a system- at'zed profession, if so it would be .etter aDd more d'ghlfied for the profession but of great service to educational interest if they were taught to leave off the the button-holing process ajd ways of curbstone politic ians who go round systematically to set th'ngs up. We know nothing but what Mr. iJennett the teacher of the noeth dis trict is a good teacher in fact we have al ways regarded and understood him to be such but whea be Mr. Mi'ner, or auy cher teacher so far forget themselves as to un dertake in any way whatever to influence the election of school d str'ct to ther own advantage if teaching is a dignified profes sion there should lie some punishment of such a coutempt ib!e inte'-'ereuce with the aii'nira of public schools. The legislature at iis next session should take this matter in hand and so amend the school law that when auy school teacoer so ar forgets his business as to go and set up school elections or procure any one e'se to do so that it shorld forever tiierrai.ee dis qualify him from teaching. This is not said because there is auy dissatisfaction with the directors elected, but simp'y be cause if teachers are to take the light of election out o; the peop'e's hands by a sys. tern of orgarjed button holiog it will event ually ruin the district school where such lebasing practices are permitted. I take pleasure in announcing to my numerous patrons and the public that I have secured for SPOT GASH a portion of the Bankrupt? stocks of E. Wineburg & Co., and Mellis Brothers, of Portland, at my , , Wwai nvT vflRa f 1 wvi of AvivacrAnl in or rAfl lift irmfi tHic. on nexed price' list will give you but a remote idea of the m, Bai 'gains I Have in Store for You: 375 yds white Swiss at 15cts, worth 25cts 280 yds Victoria Lawn at loots, worth 25ets 275 yds. 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Ho puffs and loes more to build up a town than any one else, and the miser and the fogy are bene fitted; yen they will not take his paper. will borrow it. read it, and cuss the old fool of an editor." A FEW LEADERS FOR THE MEN M. S. WOODCOCK, A-ttornev " at - Law, CoUVALI-IM, - - URF.CON. SJLiA."B WOOL). A.11 orders left at tlio Steam Mill or with Thompson it Son, will be prouipt ly filled. Price per solid cord $3. 00 F. Kittridge. 125 New Silk Scarfs at 25cts worth 50cts 100 dozen Linen Collars (Latest style) 3 for 25cts 75 pair tine Shoes at $2.50, worth $4.('0 05 TJnlaundried shirts at 60 ts, worth $1.00 , 72 Fine white Shirts at SOcts, worth .?1.00 876 A&sorted Pipes at lOcts, some worth 50cts. We have piles of Bargains to show you, but have not space or time to enumerate all, but shall thank you to call and we will make it profitable for you. IMe GASH Jill STORE Corvallis, Oregon. SPECIAL NOTICE. Our new Spring stock is now Arriving weekly, bargains throughout. 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CORVALLIS OREGON. 2i-io-;;m o Ev 77 J3 3 ft a OS We attended the school meeting in the North district last Monday, and everything went off quietly nd nothing of an unnsual nature seemed to be on the surface except the election of directors seemed to go off in a kind of one sided manner, where three candidates were running no apparent discord however seemed to ruffle the surface of EC o e A Q o I o 0 x 00 o 'i c V at V 0 0 0 6 S o is O b0 Pi o PQ w fit M M jjP 3 W CO -a o CO it DEALER IK Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Dolmans and tTlsters, Clothing", Furnishing1 Goods, Boots and Shoes, Cigars and Tobacco, Hats and Caps, Groceries. I WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD of, 2 0) tl 5 Q t 6 s By any other Shebang in this City. CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. C, H. Whitney.