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IHE UOKVALLiS GAZETTE, FK1DA1 JUNE 8, 1894. The GAZETTE. Issued Every Friday Morning by os'ia-A.isrEZ conovee. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Per Tear, S2 00 tiix Months.. .. 1 00 75 05 .. 2 50 Three Months, ftingle Copies. Ter Year, (when not paid in advance),. Entered at the Post Office at Corvallis, Oiegon. ls second class matter. AREPUBLICA N VICTORY. The result of Monday's election speaks in no uncertain sound againsl democratic supremacy and the passage of the Wilson bill. For the first time in years the delegation from Ben ton county to the legislature will be; entirely republican. This re sult is all the more surprising be cause, when the campaign was first opened the county was con ceded to be democratic by about fifty. Yet, our Representative ticket was elected by aood majori ties. This republican victory means much to Oregon. It will silence populism for the present, and perhaps forever. It is a re pudiation of Pennoyer and Pen noyerism. It will show to the world that this is not a state to be compared alongside of Kansas; that our people denounce t he pre sent democratic congress in most vigorous terms and declare in favor of an honest dollar, a govern ment economically administered and protection for American in d us tries. The votes 6how that the county is republican, and that we might have elected every man on the ticket, it republicans had voted straight. The whole fight seemed to have centered on sheriff, school superintendent, and county judge. The two latter, the repulicans secured by small majorities, white Osburn was elected by a large plurality. The election of Mi. Walters was no surprise to the public generally, and was due to Lis wide acquaintance and indi vidual popularity. The election of Mr. Hunter over Henry Kort hauer was due, perhaps, more than anything to the former's popularity in the outside precincts. There canvass, however, was a very clean one and reflects credit on both as pirants, for their attitude toward each other. The choice of Mr. Alexander for assessor over Mr. Hayden was undoubtedly due to the fact that Mr. Alexander was es pecially well and favorably known throughout the county, while Mr. Hayden's acquaintance was lim ited in Corvallis and the northern pa t ot the county. The majority Mr. Hayden received in his own precinct, however, is an evidence that he is extremely popular there and had he been better known he would have been elected by a good majority. As a whole it was a republican victory, as we elected 9 officers out of 13 in the county, including the legislative ticket, which, from a political standpoint, would be considered a victory, even though the entire county ticket had been lost. If, however, the republicans had voted their ticket as they should have done, we would have elected every man on the ticket, from joint senator ' down to coroner. JUDGE BELLINGER'S DECISION. Last Friday Judge Bellinger rendered a decision in the case of the county of Multnomah and the city of Portland against the Oregon National bank. The suit was brought to secure a decree declaring certain deposits . made by the sheriff, to be the property of the county; that the receiver of the bank was holding the lunds as a trustee for the benefit of the county, and that the county had a lien upon all the money, choses in action and other property in said bank to the amount of its claim. The vital question presented was: can the county, whose funds have been wrongfully commingled with the funds of the bank, and paid out, secure a preference over other creditors on a lien on the property of the bank in the hands of an assignee? A similar case to this was the one brought by the county of Benton against assignee Bryson of Hamilton, Job & Co., in which Judge Fullerton decided that the county was entitled to priority of payment over the general credit ors and on which point the case is now pending in the supreme court. In this case the plaintiff claimed that the treasurer deposited the money of the county as treasurer; that it was accepted as a trust fund because the treasurer had acquired no title except as trustee, and there fore, could convey no title to the money when he deposited the same. The fact that it was com mingled with the other funds of the bank and used in the general course of the business did not change the main issue, that a per son can not convey title to funds held by him in trust. In the Multnomah case, which is almost identical with the one tried here in this county, Judge Bellin- j ger holds that the county was not entitled to the preference claimed because the funds so deposited could not be traced into the secur ities of the bank and now held by sundry persons. He concludes the decision in the following language that places a somewhat different construction on the law than our circuit court does: "The corr ct ness of his conclusion as to the in justice of giving the general credit- j ors of the bank a share in the money which never in equity be came the property of the bank, cannot be questioned. But this is not what happens in the cases un der consideration. It does not ap pear that the money for distribu tion includes any part ot that be longing to the involuntary cred itor. If this did appear, the lieu of such creditor would attach, and he would have his preference. It is ' for the reason that the money of such creditor or cestui que trust cannot be traced to the fund sought to be charged that the preference is refused. If his money has been paid out or has otherwise disap peared, it would not be just that he should take, to the exclusion of the general cruditors ot the bank, who are in no way responsible for the bank's delinquency, and whose deposits may comprise the entire fund which such creditor peeks to appropriate to his exclusive use. His right of preference, in other words, cannot in justice extend to the property of others. The theory of preference f'oes not apply in these cases. There is no prefer ence by reason of an unlawlul con version. The so called right to be preferred in the case of a wrong ful conversion is a right of owner ship a right of property a right which lays hold of the propeity whether in its original or in a sub stituted form; a right which fol lows the property so long as it can be ascertained to be the same propei ty or its product, and only does so because the property to be reached can be ascertained to be the same properly or its product. When the means of ascertainment of t lie identity of property or pro ceeds fails the right fails." . THE BATTLE OVER. What has proven the most hotly-contested election in the his tory of Bentor. county politics, is now at a close. During the past few weeks many unkind things have been said. The fearless at titude of the Gazette has, in de tense of the republican candi dates, necessitated the publication in its columns ot articles which alluded to some of our citizens in an uncomplimentary way. It is to be regretted that the present system oft politics necessitates the indulgence in personalities, but since it does, a party paper is compelled to resort to such meas ures in order to forward the inter ests of candidates nominated by the party whose principles the journal is pledged to espouse. In the sheriff contest our candidate was grossly abused by the most scurrilous attacks and it was only in refutation of these charges that the Gazette was compelled to re sort to personalities. If in so do ing we have wounded the feelings of any one, the Gazette apolo gizes. Although furnished with data reflecting seriously upon the character of Mr. Osburn and urged to publish it, the Gazette refrain ed from 60 doing because the pub lication of such matter is without the pale of reputable journalism. Mr. Osburn, the sheriff elect, made a gooa iigni ana was elected oy a good majority. He has proved an accommodating official and person ally the Gazette has no fault to find with his selection, but this paper does most emphatically de no ;nce the underhanded and slan derous abuse heaped upon Mr. Smith in order to impair his chances for election. Had Mr. Smith been successful, as he should have been, the result would have been a just rebuke to the plan of campaigning resorted t by friends and managers of his op ponent. There is now no use to cry over spilled milk; Mr. Osburn is elected and we must abide by the result. The ublic should re member, however, that personali ties are indulged in by the paper and not the editor, and persons whose feelings have been hurt should bear no malice toward the editor, although they may e ever so mad at the paper. This rule perhaps should not apply in every instance, but a? a general thing such a construction is the proper f one to place on the question. To those whose feelings have been in jured personally by the attitude of this paper the Gazette apologizes, not because the paper has said anything untrue, but because it became necessary to tell the truth in self defense. If there were no such things as treaty obligations the bill fathered by Representative Bryan, of Neb., providing for the issuing of $70, 000,000 of greenbacks, to be used by the government in purchasing a controlling interest in the Nicar agua canal and in building the same, might be more seriously considered than it is. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, June 1, 1894. Does the sticky trail of the su gar scandal lead to the white house? Statements' made by dem ocrats, mind you, not republicans, first indicated that it did, and the action of the investigating com mittee, in pretending to be greatly exercised because three newspaper correspondent!! one of them a democrat, and fc-enator Murphy's private secretary have declined to give the names of those yvho gave them information, has not weakened the indications. The committee may be perfectly hones-t in its attempt to make the cor respondents tell the names of their informants, but experience should warn them of the time they are wasting. There is probably not a newspaper correspondent in Washington who would not go to jail and stay there rather than to tell the name of any man who had given him information in con fidence, and nobody knows this any better than the senators on this committee; hence, the btlief that they are merely using the correspondents in making a play for time, instead of asking the men whose names have been di rectly connected with the scandal for the information that will es tablish the truth or falsity ot the charge that the 6ugar trust dic tated the sugar schedule of the tariff bill. The present actions of the committee confirm the im pression of those who predicted from the first that the whole in vestigation would be as great a fizzle as that part of it which dealt with the alleged attempt to bribe senators. Several votes in the senate having demonstrated that the last bargain look in all of the demo crats, except Hill, as well as the populists, and that the tariff bill as bargained for is going to get their votes, it is probable, although not yet certain, that the republi cans will in a lew days agree to the setting of a day for the final vote on the bill. The sugar schedule will be reached this week and an effort will be made to upset it, but for the reasons set forth above it will Hardly succeed. Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt has got his fighting blood up. During the debate which preceeded the democratic attempt to drop the appropriation for the civil service commission, representatives Pendleton, of W. Va.; Enloe, of Tenn., and Stocks dale and Williams, of Miss., made statements reflecting upon the in tegrity ot the commission, and ac cusing it of always favoring re publicans. Mr. Roosevelt sent a communication to Representative DeForest, chairman of the house committee on reform in- the civil service, branding each and every statement made by the four repre sentatives as unqualifiedly false, and daring them to attempt to prove them in an investigation, which he suggests be made. There is no likelihood of an in vestigation, as it is well understood that the statements were made largely to placate disappointed constituents who had not been provided for and who might be disposed to make trouble in nom mating conventions. Gold, like everything else, is afraid ot this administration. At least, it gets away from it quite fast. Notwithstanding the $50, 000,000 in gold received from the late bond issue, the gold in the treasury is today below $80,000, 000, and, according to the opinion of many of the shrewdest ob servers in congress, including Pimply Girls Pimply Boys And Every Person Afflicted with Torturing Disfiguring Humiliating Humors Find Instant Relief And Speedy Cure By Using Cuticura Remedies Sold throaghont the world. Potter Druo akd Chum. Corf., Boston, Sole Props. y"All about the Blood, Skin, Scalp and Hair," free. 49 Pimples, blackheads, oily skin and falling bail prevented and cored by Cuticura Soap. friends as well as enemies of the administration, another bond is sue is only a question of time, and if there is not a decided .''let up" in the drain on the treasury it will be a very short time. All of the prophecies of Mr. Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle concerning the return of gold from Europe have I proven false. Should the tariff bill become a law by the first of July, which the democrats claim, but the republicans do not con cede, there w 11 be an immediate and immpnse drain on the re maining gold in the treasury, as the importers will want it to send to Eurooe to nav for the coods which European manufacturers have been piling up to flood the American market with as soon as the democratic tariff goes into ef fect. Secretary Carlisle is doing absolutely nothing to protect the gold in the treasury, although his experience in placing the last bonds oujiht to have warned him of the difficulty he may have in floating another issue of bonds at the same rate. A democratic sen ator was heard to express the opinion that the administration could not place another issue of bonds for le-s thffn four per cent., and that he would not besurpiis d if they had to make it five per cent. It was never more apparent than now that Secretary Carlisle is not a financier. The long deferred fight over the repeal of thebtirre bank currency tax has begun in the house. DEMANDS OF' JUSTICE. Ed. Scott is again in limbo. During the past few years he has demonstrated that he is a person without regard for law and order. His cowardly atack on officer McLagan the other night only gives emphasis to the prevalent opinion that he is a desperado of the worst ype. The safely of the community demands that he be kept closely conlined. For an at tack made on an officer in Phil omath a few years ago he was tried twice and alter a great deal of expense to the county was ac quitted. He is now under bonds and will be tried at the next term ot court in November. At that t me no doubt his friends will use every possible effort to secure his acquittal, but the peace and safety of our community demand his conviction. When that has been accomplished the court should give him the, full penalty of the law which is ten years in the pen itentiary. 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