The Corvallis gazette., May 07, 1896, Image 2

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Issued Every Thursday ilorniii by
i'he Gazette PublisMng Co.
B. W. JOHNSON,-
f Kilicor and
CORVALLIS, OREGON. MAY 7. iSqA
epublicaq Ticket.
For Congressman, First Dis.,
THOMAS II. TONGUE.
For Supreme Judge,
R. S. BEAN.
For Dis. Attorney, Second Dis.,
W. E. YATES.
For Mem. Board Equalization,
ROBERT WALKER.
BENTON COUNTY.
- For Representative,
R. O. LOGGAN.
For Joint Representative,
E. R. LAKE.
For Clerk,
W. W. BRISTOW.
For Sheriff,
GEO. A. WAGGONER.
For Recorder,
J. A. GELLATLY.
For Assessor,
L, N. EDWARDS.
For School Superintendent,
GEO. W. DENMAN.
For Treasurer,
F. G. CLARK.
For Commissioner,
JOHN A. BUCHANAN.
For Coroner,
L. G. ALTMAN.
For Surveyor,
GEORGE MERCER.
Jus. Peace, Corvallis Precinct,
W. II. HARTLESS.
A BUSINESS ISSUE.
When the issue between the J
two party tickets is the saving of
5,000 to the county, the tax pay
ers are personally and actively
interested. This- is the issue that
confronts the people of Benton
county today. The average vo
ter grows disgusted with the usual
clap-trap and old gossip style of
campaign, but is justly inter
ested in plain facts and figures.
The republican convention re
solved in favor of the county
officials paying for their own dep
uty hire out of their own salaries.
The republican candidates have
pledged themselves in accordance
with this resolution. The dem
ocratic convention did not favor
this economy and its candidates
are not before the people as will
ing to accept the offices under
jmeh an agreement. We have
here a local issue that can de dis
cussed sensibly.
To discovet what the proposed
saving to the county actually
means, we will take the official
records for the past 21 months,
beginning with July 1st, 1894,
when the present officers quali
fied. The financial exhibit of
the County for the first eleven
months of the present official
term, which was reported to the
: county court last August by
County Clerk Hunter, shows that
for the said eleven months the
following salaries including depu
ty hire were paid: Sheriff, $2,
927.24; clerk, $2,382.67; record
er, $1,120.59; assessor, $981.
This financial exhibit includes
the salaries for May, 1895. Since
that time the following bills have
been allowed for the succeeding
ten months up to and including
March, 1896. The total amounts
for the ten months is given and
deductions are made of $20 per
for board of prisoners by the
sheriff, and $5 per month for
postage, etc., for the clerk: Sher
iff, $2,635.71; clerk, 2,067.33;
recorder, $998.17; assessor, J
iqi. .
This makes a total that the
county has paid the sheriff for 21
months of $5,562-95 or an avef"
flfre of 426 ; ter month. At this
rate the sheriff's office will have
cost the county $6360. During
the same period the clerk's office
has cost 4.. 4. so. an average of
$212 per month or a total for the
two years of $5,088. The re
corder has drawn $2,118:76 dur
ing the 21 months; at which rate
the recorder's office will have
cost the county $2 , 4 1 6. 80.
To recapitulate, the offices at
the expiration of the present
terms of office, will have cost the
county as follows:
Sheriff- $6,360
.Clerk 5.o88
Recorder 2,416.80
Assessor 2,172
Total
.516,036.80
These figures do not include
board paid for prisoners, stamps,
and other minor incidental ex
penses for clerk, nor $550 allowed
J. Iy. Skipton, deputy sheriff, for
constable fees.
Mr. Edwards, the republican
candidate for assessor, has pledg
ed himself to assess the county
in 200 days, which at the regular
statutory allowance of $3 per day,
would amount to $600 per year,
or $1,200 for the term of office.
The republican nominees for the
other county offices are pledged
to conduct their offices on the sal
aries allowed by law, which will
make the expense of these
offices to the county for two years
as follows:
Sheriff- $ 4.000
Clerk 3.600
Recorder 2,000
Assessor 1,200
Total $10,800
This leaves over five thousand
dollars to the people of Benton
countv between the success of
the republican ticket and demo
cratic candidates. It is well worth
considering.
The republican candidates are
all well qualified to perform the
duties of the offices for which
they are respectively nominated.
They have examined the matter
and find that the salaries are large
enough to enable them to hire
efficient deputies, and leave them
fair remuneration for their time
and labor. The offices under
such conditions will of course be
no--big bonanza, but tne peo
ple can not afford to provide
"snaps" for fortunate political
favorites.
The populist candidates are
pledged, also, to conduct the of
fices for the stated salary, but that
party has no candidates for either
clerk or sheriff. Their candi
dates for the other county offices
are, as far as we know, good,
capable men, but it is not prob
able that they have the slightest
show of election.
This leaves a straight issue be
tween the republican nominees
and the democratic candidates.
The taxpayers will regard this
election from a business stand
point.
The democratic convention, it
is true, resolved in favor of lower
salaries for county officials, a mat
ter that rests with the legislature
and that can not possibly affect
the incoming officers. They
make no provision for the ensuing
two years. Now is the time for
economy and the republican par
ty provides, for present reform.
The democratic convention,
while passing this resolution in
favor of lower salaries, practical
ly rescinded it, by failing to noui
inate candidates for the legisla
ture, the only nominees who could
possibly make the resolution ef
fective. The audacity of the Times bor
ders on the classic. The cheer-
iulness with which it assumes
that attacks upon itself are di
rectea toward someone else, is
refreshing. That paper repub
lisl.es Mr. Knotts' letter to the
Gazette and says it was to re
fute statements, in the Gazette
which placed Mr, Knotts in a
false light. This is doubtless
bewildering news to Mr. Knotts.
The Times had said that Mr.
Knotts refused to Come before the
republican convention for A. P.
A. reasons. Mr. Knotts wrote
the letter to correct the impress
ion that might get out owing to
the impediment in the Times'
veracity. Mr. Knotts confesses
he does not like the resolution.
Geo. Lilly didn't like it either.
He would like to be clerk under
the present condition of things,
but he can make as much money
elsewhere, as in the clerk's of
fice, if he has to pay his own
deputy. Mr. Knotts is a good
republican and states his position
fairly over his own signature, in
a letter for republicans in the re
publican newspaper. Mr. Knotts
is not in the business of furnish
ing campaign thunder for the op
position party. This was simply
a matter between republicans; a
difference of opinion, not a dis
cord. Mr. Knotts is not a candi
date for office and the Times
should at least use him fairly, if
it does spit at the republican can
didates. He has written one let
ter to correct the unpleasant
charge of the Times. That
should be sufficient, but the
Times, not satisfied, tries a new
tack on him. Please leave Mr.
Knotts alone. He is perfectly
&ble to talk for himself. He is a
private citizen, and the fact that
he is a republican does not give
the Times authority to misrepre
sent him.
Allen Parker has come out as
the democratic uominee for joint
representative for Lincoln and Ben
ton counties.
Laughing cameras with boy's suits ftt No
lan & Callahan's.
A PIRATE IN POLITICS.
Mr. Rickard, the democratic
nominee for sheriff, is a good cit
izen and a respectable gentleman.
So, too, we believe are all the
candidates on the democratic
ticket The Gazette has not
attacked them nor will it attack
them. It will not be forced into 1
the miserable style of campaign
ing that the Times is engaging
in. 1
The leader in Saturday's Times
headed "Pete Rickard's Bar'l."
was simply an attempt to shift
the proper and truthful state
ments of the Gazette concern
ing the Times and its little ring,
onto the shoulders of the demo
cratic nominee for sheriff. The
Times, instead of replying direct
ly and fairly, is evasive and abus
ive. The Gazette has not at
tacked Mr. Rickard because , he
has a bar'l." Mr. Rickard is
reputed to be a man of meaus. If
he is he is fortunate and entitled
to be congratulated, not abused.
A man's possession or lack of
wealth is no criterion of his fitness
or unfitness for such an office as
sheriff.
The Gazette said and it re
peats, "Mr. Rickard was nomina
ted because it was thought he
would throw cash and plenty of
it into the campaign." That was
no attack on Mr. Rickard. He
probably has his own ideas on
the subject, but that was the rea
son Tammany supported him,
and the only reason. Mr. Rick
ard may not have a "bar'l" and
may not "throw cash and plenty
of it into the campaign." The
Times and Tammany will be the
disappointed ones, not the Ga
zette.
There has not been a republi
can nominated for sheriff for
vears. but that has had to run a
gauntlet of abuse, invective and
false rumor, emanating from the
Times office, and the Times un
der the paltry pretense that the
Gazette is "mud slinging", re
commences its practices. It hy
pocritically prates of "clean
campaign," and all the while
dirtily tries to stab Mr. Waggon
er. Tne Times has no concep
tion of cleanliness in politics. It
is known to be unscrupulous,
dirty and vile. Mr. Waggoner
needs no defense on our part
against its attacks. He has re
sided in Benton county for twenty
five years, and when the republi
can party " nominated him, they
knew the man and his history.
Mr. Waggoner is a decent, order
ly, law-abiding citizen, and his
record is invulnerable, and suffers
not from the attacks of that pi
rate in politics, the Tammany
Times.
It is perfectly honorable and
proper and legitimate to ask the
people for their suffrages to be a
candidate for an elective office.
It is shameful that a good citi
zen should be forced to run the
gauntlet of abuse, slanderous at
tacks and vile inuendo, that the
Times seems to think proper to
inaugurate. There is no ques
tion about the fitness of either
Mr. Waggoner or Mr. Rickard
for sheriff. Their personality
should be left out of the question,
and as far as the Gazette is con
cerned, will be. We support Mr.
Waggoner because he is a repub
lican, because he is qualified for
the duties of the office, because
his election means a direct saving
to the taxpayers and because he
is the candidate of no ring.
The GAZETTE does not viru
lently attack the democratic par
ty. The party of Jefferson and
Jackson has made many seri
ous and costly errors, but it is
great party and prominently
identified with the history of our
country. Men naturally differ
on matters of economic princi
ples. But the Gazette will not
spare words in denouncing Tarn
many and Tammany methods
That organization has boastfully
lifted its reptilic head in the pol
itics of Benton county, and words
cannot be too bitter in denounc
ing it. The democratic party
has no ticket in the field. Tam
many boasts of it being a Tam
many ticket, and it has no head
There are good men there, all
are good men, but they were nom
inated by Tammany for Tam
many's purposes, and Tammany
must be downed.
1 -
William Yates will make a good
district attorney. He is a good
lawyer and a good business man.
A district attorney should be both.
He is in a position to save the peo
ple much needless expense, and
the court and tiial juries much
needless annoyance. The people
of Benton county know Mr lates
and are satisfied as to his ability.
They will give him a good rousing
majority.
The old niotiier 01 ihr 1 imes,
the cardinal, wears such a wo. -be
gone countenance these days. Poor
old l.ady!
The Times artfully professes
to believe that the Gazette has
attacked Mr. Rickard because he
is rich; calls the office force chaps,
churls, dishonest scribblers and
other cute names, then piously
scores Mr. Waggoner, because he
has not all the money he would
like. , It is true Mr. Waggon
er is no Shylock. it must oe
confessed that he failed to put
his money out at 10 per cent on
first class mortgages, but invest
ed it in various enterprises that
tend toward the development of
some of the county's industries.
It is a lamentable fact that these
democratic times have not made
those enterprises particularly
profitable. . It is useless to deny
that Mr. Waggoner, without be
1 J
mg extravagant, is iiDerai ana
public spirited, considerate and
generous with his iamily and
his friends. Certainly this com
bination of personal qualities
and governing circumstances do
not build up a man's bank ac
count. When a citizen's private
business affairs becomes the sub
ject of i:nedi tonal comment, it
shows that the paper is hard
pressed for an issue.
John Henry sees A. P. A. in the
clouds and hears it in the wind.
He doesn't like one of the three
letters. ' He heard the republican
party called "G. O. P.," and the
"P" staggered him. "P" is the
middle Tetter in A. P. A." He
came to the swift conclusion that
the republican party and the A,
P. A. had something in common.
John is a good deal like the Irish
man who was the father of a fine
family of whom he felt proud.
One sad day his oldest son, a mar
ried man, died, ami after a glorious
wake, was decently interred. The
sou's children placed a slab over
the grave with the simple inscrip
tion: "Pana." Shortly after the
burial, the old man visited the last
reslins place ot lus son to mourn
his departure, but alas, some mis
creauthad erased the first letter of
the inscription. "Och," said the
old man. "an A. P. A. was ye! Me
the fayther of an A. P. A. It'i
well he died. Faith the good Lord
gives us blessings in disguise."
Tammanyites brag on the streets
about the money they have for
election purposes. They hunt up
some republican whom they know
is flat broke, and offer to bet from
$20 up on alniosf any proposition
Thev profess to believe that the
fact that the republican candidates
are not prodigal with their cash
goes to show that they are doubt
ful as to tlie: results. Therepubli
can candidates it is true, can not
afford to purchase, their election.
There are nepessary and legitimate
campaign expenses to meet, and
these of course will be provided
for, but it must be remembered
that the offices will be worth $5,000
more to the democratic candidates
than to the republicans, if they
succeed. The democrats can well
afford to spend two or three thous
and dollars if it will elect them,
for the dear people would eventu
ally pay the money.
That it may not be necessary
tor the limes to hunt up syno
nyms for "smut mill," "dishon
est scribblers," "churls," "dirty
and double-faced attacks," and
other endearinp- term9. we will
explain now that when we say
"stub end" of the Tammany
ticket, we mean no personal re
flections on Mr. Maddux. We
simply refer to the brief period
between his nomination and the
election. Mr. Maddux is a genu
me philanthropist. Ihe poor
ticket had no head and no tail.
George's modesty prevented him
from furnishing a head, but he
was bound the poor thing should
have a tail.
The Times is not 1 'urging par
ty loyalty" to any great extent
this year. It can't. The demo
crats have no ticket in the field
and the Times does not like to
urge "loyalty to Tammany"
upon the voters of Benton county.
Its . piece of a ticket with a stub
tail and no head is not democrat
ic. There are good men and
good democrats on it, but they
are in the wrong crowd. They
were .nominated by Tammany,
and to down Tammany they must
be defeated. .
It is our pri ilege to dispute tiie
efficacy of the populi-ts' remedy
for national ills. An honest differ
ence of opinion on questions ol
political economy, harms no one.
The great majority of populists,
however, must be given credit for
honesty ot purpose, and a sincer
desire tor clean political methods
The brilliant idea of the era I'M
Tammany boss, that they can b
traded and delivered over like s.
many cattie, would be ludicmi
were it not so iiisiilftiiir.
DR. LOGGAN, 1 lie IVp.i.Mo ..1 imni
inee for ih legi-h.t ire. can be d.
peuded upo.i to do his whole dim
toward the people of the county
and the state.
CARRY COALS TO NEWCASTLE.
It there are any candidates on
the republican ticket who are
there as candidates of the A. P.
A., they will have to fight their
own battles. - The Gazette is a
republican paper and intends sup
porting the republican nominees.
It knows no other politics than
republicanism. Gazette, April
16.
We are satisfied that none of
the republican candidates are
running as anything but republi
cans Gazette, April 23..
Should A. P. Aism be an issue
in the politics of the county? De
cidedly not. The republican par
ty does not recognize any secret
organization as a political power
or as a political issue. Gazette,
April 16.
These quotations show the Ga
zette's position on the A. P. A.
question. We do not regard it as
Ian issue in tins campaign. We
do not discuss this matter editori
ally, nor do we wish to have it
discussed by correspondents. It
has no place in the politics of this
county. For this reason we have
declined to publish a letter from a
republican enquiring as to the fu-:
ture attitude ot the Benton cnun-:
ty A. P. A. regarding the presi
dential election. The publication
of the letter would entail the ne
cessity of publishing the replies
called lor and thus brinz about
the very thing the Gazette has
opposed and that the people do
not desire. The canvass will soon
open and candidates can be inter
viewed personally upon aiiv sub-
jest that Ihe" people may be in
terested in. We are satisfied that
the republican tvuididates stand
upon the republi v.n platform.
Their views on other mailers do
not concern us.
The Gazette is not defending
the A. P. A., nor is it attacking it.
The Times, however, publishes
every communication, with or
without merit, that tends to in
still bitterness into the present
campaign, and we respectfully re
fer any communications addressed
to the A. P. A. or touching in any
manner upon that organization, to
that paper.
Joux Henry uses three columns
ot the Times to call the Gazette a
'liar," and orate about "rivers of
mystery." Poor John has evident
ly been baptised in the river of
mystery, and can't get the tangles
out of his honest but simple head.
If John was only as important as
he thinks he is, we would i-.sue a
splendid, edition of Hie Gazette,
and study out all the big words in
the dictionary with which to con-found-Jjiaa,
but as it is we will sim
ply givejum this little notice so
that he wont feel badly. We
never like to slight a good repub
lican like John says he is.
The populist party has its would
be bosses. It can not help it. But
it is evident that they will not be
able to do much effective bossing
this year. It was the Tammany
boss's fine Italian hand that
brought about the nomination of
Mr. Underwood for sheriff. Not
that Mr. Underwood was a party
to the plot. He. was intended as
the innocent sacrifice to the god of
Tammany. He has, however, de
clined the to be a candidate, and
so another of Tammany's schemes
has come to naught.
We are not so elated over the
support so many democrats are
giving the republican ticket this
year, as to oeiier inai wiey
have all turned republican. 1 hey
simply have no ticket of their own.
Party principle is chiefly repre
sented by the legislative nominees,
and the so-called democratic tick
et has no legislative candidates.
It i3 only a piece of a ticket, prob
ably built to suit John Henry's
peculiar notions. Democrats can
well be excused from claiming it
as theirs.
W. E. Yates, the republican
candidate for prosecuting attorney
tor the second judicial district, is
a lawyer and man whose personal
character is above reproach. He
is well educated, a native Orego
nian, nnd is a self-made man. He
should receive the support of the
voters of this district regardless of
politics. Roseburg Plaindealer.
"No Siree. The Tiroes never
said that the late convention was
an A. P. A. convention-and that it
nominated an A. P. A. ticket."
OorvalHs Times.
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Children Cry for
The Canvass.
Corvallw, -Oregon, May 4, 1896V
Kotice is hereby given to the rottnof '
Benton county, Oregon, that a joint canvass .
of the county will be made by the candidates
of the republican, democratic and populist .
parties at the following dates and places:
Summit Thursday, May 21st, at on -
o'clock p, mi
Blodgett friday, May 22d, at ten o'clock:
a. m,
Wren Friday, May 22d,t two o'clock:;
p.m..
Kings Valley Saturday, May 23d, at Ua
o'clock p. m.
Philomath Monday.May 25th, at on -o'clock
p. m.
Alsea Tuesday, May 26th, at one o'clock
p. m.
Monroe "Wednesday, Mav 27th, aton -o'clock
p. m.
Simp Creek Thursday, May 28th, at on -o'clock
p. in.
Corvallis Friday, May 29th, at on -o'clock
p. m.
J. Fbed Yatks,
i 'Chairman Republican County Central
Committee.
N. H. Whbelbr,
Chairman Populist County Central Com
mittee. .
A. F; HH8HNR,
Chairman Democratic Coun.y Central
Committee.
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take pleasure in recommending this best
child's medicine."
Rev. W. A. Cooper, Newport, Xj.
Pitcher's Castoria.
VA