Corvallis gazette., April 15, 1904, Image 1

CORVALLI
Vol. XLI.
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, .. Friday, April 15, 1904.
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The four columns below are
published by the Republican
Central Committee of Benton
County, Oregon. .
Edited by GEO. L. PAUL.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
COUNTY.
Senator
W. E. YATES, of Corvallis
Representative
VIKGIL CARTER, of Sop Creek
Sheriff
J. M. CAMERON, of Corvallis
Clerk
RICHARD SCOTT, of Willamette
Recorder
T. T. VINCENT, of Kliigs Valley
Commissioner
L. H. HAWLEY, Of Dusty
School Superintendent
G. W. DEN MAN, of Corvallis
Treasurer
W. P. LAFFERTY, of Corvallis
Ob ooo or
GEO. COOPER, of Philomath
Surveyor
T. L. READ, of Wren
Corouer
S. N. WILKINS, of Corvallis
THE PLATFORM.
Resolved, That we favor the permanent
betterment of every highway 'n Benton
county, without regard to the political com
plexion of the section to which it leads
or through which it passes.
Resolved, That we favor the libera but
Intelligent exenditure of public money for
road improvement, under competent super
vision, and limited to the employment of
such methods as will provide good roads
without imposing unnecessary burden on
the taxpayers
Resolved, Tht we favor an administra
tion of county affairs which will render un
necessary a gradual increase of the taxpay
ers burden from year to year at a time
when the county is free from debt, and there
is no demand for heavy expenditure- of
county funds.
Resolved, That we favor an equal and
mniform system of taxation as prescribed by
the constitution and laws of this state, and
condemn in most severe terras a policy
which discriminates in favor of one indi
vidual and against another.
Resolved, That we favor the strict atten
tion of every county officer to his duties pre
scribed for him by law, and the faithful
observance of the obligations imposed by
his oath of office. Adopted by the Benton '
county Republican convention, March 31,
1904.
COUNTY CENTRAL COM
MITTEE. J. R Smith, Chairman. Corvallis No. 3
Wm. Knotts Corvallis No 1
S. L. Kline Corvallis No 2
J, B. Irvine Corvallis No 4
A. C Miller Kings Valley
Robt. McFarland Summit
G. H. Wamsley Blodgett
J. H. Edwards Dusty
N. E. Newtou Philomath
W. S. Tomlinson Soap Creek
T. J. Risley Fairmount
Scott King Wren'
S. N. Warfleld Alsea
M. D. Barpole Monroe
W. Parks Willamette
in a tew days as false and dis
gusting as any that have come
from that source in years.
Like the cuttle-fish, the Times
has a habit, when pursued, of
throwing out something from its
ink-bag in the hope that it may
escape detection. In its last is
sue it undertakes to darken the
clear water through ' which the
Republicans are sailing by emit
ting a cloudy matter called "That
Snipe Hunt." It scurries from
the position it took in its article
"About Two Conventions," -but
spurts out:
"Aha ! You didn't say nothing
no place about that midnight
caucus. '
It is the purpose of the Repub
lican Central Committee to dis
cuss in this space matters of fact
bearing upon the issues involved
in the present campaign. We be
lieve the Gazette has a depart
ment devoted to fiction. The edi
tor of thajt department informs
us that he will be glad to publish
a bright short story from the pen
of the editor of the Times enti
tied "That Midnight Conclave; or
Who Held the Sack?" The fol
lowing points must, however, be
made clear: Where the conclave
was held; who attended it; what
part Mr. J. B. Irvine, the father
of the editor of the Times, who
nominated the Republican cancu
date for state senator, took in the
'rank proceedings' ' of the con
clave; and where the Times got
its information regarding this al
leged midnight caucus.
WHAT EACH FARMER PAYS.
PLAYS THE CUTTLE-FISH.
Judge McFadden's political un
derstudy, the editor oi the Times,
tacitly admits in the last issue of
that paper that the report of the
late Democratic county conven
tion, printed in these columns,
was correct in every particular.
He is entitled to no credit for the
discovery. The truth and fairness
of that report have never honestly
been questioned by anyone who
attended the sessions of that con
vention, mat tnere came near
being open rebellion on the part
ot a number of the delegates, was
not to tneir discredit, nor was
there any reason why a fair and
complete report of the proceed
ings of the convention should
not contain reference to these facts.
Left to themselves the delegates
would, no doubt, have held an
harmonious convention and fairly
represented their constituents, but
Judge McFadden, supported by
his right and left bower, was a
combination they could not beat.
The real purpose of the Times'
article "About Two Conven
tions," published in its issue of
April 9th, was not to question
the accuracy of our report of the
Democratic county , convention.
Some pretext must be lound for
printing that editorial on "Let Us
Have Peace," and the Trio were
still smarting from the whacks
dealt them in the convention by
blunt old William Bryans. Some
excuse must be trumped up for
delivering those 4tsJiots" Judge
McFadden was aching to fire at
ViA tnrtrtiinfi coccinn rf tVl Tatti
- I h rrt 1 QTl rl hv VAInnfarv enhamnfinna naa
ocratic convention. He is already L, Abated 350.000 io be used
pulling at the lanyard, and the
public may expect to hear reports
There is one issue in this cam
paign that is haunting the minds
of the present Democratic coun
ty administration, and the Times
talks about it in its sleep. In
nearly every issue it attempts
some new and equally unsatis
factory answer to the demand that
comes from taxpayers in every
section of the county for a reason
why their burden of taxation is
being made heavier iroin year to
year at a time when the county
is Iree from debt, and there is no
demand for heavy expenditure of
county funds. Before the cam
paign closes every reader of this
page m the Gazette will know
where the leak in the county
treasury is, and will be shown
the inwardness of a policy that
discriminates in favor of one in
dividual and against another in
the matter of taxation.
With characteristic insincerity
the Times attempts to eVade the
real issue and shifts the responsi
bility for the whole matter upon
the state legislature. In order to
mould public sentiment along
this line, it remarked facetiously
a few weeks ago:
"They have a new way of re
ferring to the payment of taxes
now. When a taxpayer hands in
his money over the sheriffs coun
ter, they say he is paying his as
sessment for the Lewis and Clark
Fair."
Has the Times torgotten the
strenuous arguments it was pub
lishing in favor of that Lewis and
Clark Fair appropriation a couple
of years ago? Has" it forgotten
how it urged that the. legislature
should pass that appropriation
bill? Has it forgotten this article,
published as an editorial in the
Times ot November 2 9, 1902 :
It has been figured oat that, should
the Oregon legislature appropriate $500,-
000 to the 1905 fair, the farmers of Ore
gon would pay $142,000, or only 28 per
cent of the Bum. In the state there are
58,490 people engaged in agriculture, aa
calculated on the basis of the 1900 cen
sus. On a $500,000 appropriation, ef
which $250,000 would be collected in
1904 and an equal sum in 1905 the aver
age that each farmer would have to pay
would be $2.43 for the two years or
$1.21 cents each year.
Of the $500,000, Multnomah county
would have to pay in taxes $156,150, or
considerably more than would the farm-
of the state. 'In addition, the city of
for the fair.
With reference to the appropriation,
eminating from the Times' office whatever it is to be, it may be said that,
Portland, though a heavy taxpayer; is
rarely the beneficiary ot appropriations
at the hands of the legislature. That
city has no institutions Of importance
that the state is annually called upon to
aid, and her legislative members are not
often at he capital aa now, with their
hands out for gold.
According to the argument ad
vanced in the above article from
the Times, farmers of Benton are
each paying this year "$1.21?
cents" as their share of the Lewis
and Clark appropriation. Yet
the Times now cries out ' against
the . 'extravagance on the part of
a Republican legislature, ' ' and
tells its readers in the-, country
that this $i.2i is responsible
tor the fact that many of them
are paying from 25 to 50 per
cent" more taxes than they did
the last year- of Judge Wood
ward's administration.
T. T. VINCENT.
He is Called Jhe "Abe Lincoln of
Benton County."
During the campaign of 1902,
the following brief sketch, in
troducing the Republican candi
date for recorder to the voters of
Benton county, appeared in the
Gazette:
"The Abe Lincoln of Benton
county, is what his friends call T.
T. Vincent, Republican candidate
for recorder of Benton county.
There is much in Mr. Vincent's
appearance and manner to justify
the sobriquet Tall and angular,
with a swinging gait; kind and
gentle in his manner; possessed
of a benign countenance and. a
genial smile, Mr. Vincent attracts
attention and makes warm and
abiding friends.'
"Mr. Vincent was born in Allen
county, Umo, JVUrcn 14, 1053.
His parents moved to Minnesota
in the fall of the same year. He
completed a thorough publicschool
course, and attended the state
university of Minnesota at Minn
eapolis for several terms. Hav
ing his own way to make in life
he began teaching when 18 years
of age, and taught four terms in
Minnesota, coming to Oregon in
1875. He continued teaching in
Marion, Polk and Washington
counties until 1884, when he was
elected county school superintend
ent of schools in Washington
county. Me was re-elected in
1886, practically without opposi
tion.
4 4Mr. Vincent then engaged in
the lumber business in Yamhill
county for two years, and in 1890
was one of the original organizers
of the Capital Lumber Company
ot Winlock. Washington, with a
capital stock of $50, 000. He was
president .of the company and
general manager of the business.
The firm employed in 1891, be
tween 50 and 70 men. Mr. Vin
cent retired from the above firm"
in 1895, and in 1893 bought the
old Brit Wood place in Kings
Valley, in this county. For the
last few years he has been living
on his farm, and has been teach
ing in Kings Valley and schools
adjacent to his home.
"He is highly respected bvhis
neighbors and acquaintances for
his sterling integrity, his upright
and consistent Jife, and for his
genial and agreeable manners.
He has the confidence of all his
friends, who number some of the
most prominent men in the state.
"Writing under the date 01 JMov,
4, iqoo, from Eugene, the late
Professor E. B. McElroy said:
4It affords me great pleasure to say
that I have been personally ac
quainted with Mr. T. T. Vincent,
of Kings Valley, this state, for
many years, and I certify to his
personal worth, his educational
qualifications, and his ability to
teach.' T. N. Hunt, ex-supenn-
tendent of schools in Polk coun
ty, writing from Dallas, Nov. 2,
1900, said of Mr. Vincent: 4Prof.
T. T. Vincent is one of the most
successful public school teachers
in this county. During my term
as superintendent of Polk county
I had the opportunity to gain a
personal knowledge of his work,
and "I can say it -ranked along
with the best.'
"D. M. C Gault wrote, under
date of October 26, 1900. from
Hillsboro. 4I have known T. T.
Vincent for nearly twenty years,
and have known him to be honest
conscientious capable man, and
can see no reason why he should
not be successful wnerever em
ployed.' "
"No further proof than this is
needed of Mr. Vincent's standing
throughout the State. He is
even more highly regarded at
home. He is thorough, capable,
an excellent penman, and will
make as good a recorder as Ben
ton county ever had."
In the election which followed
Mr. Vincent defeated one of the
most popular men on the opposi
tion ticket, his home precicct,
Kings Valley, giving him 79 votes
to his opponent's iq. He has
been so efficient and obliging an
officer that he is steadily gaining
in popularity, and justifies the
belief that in him Benton county
has an ideal recorder.
ne records ot the omce as
kept by him are models of neat
ness and accuracy.;
ALL FOR BINUER
Was the Unanimous Choice of. the
First District Convention.
Hon. Binger Herman was made
the unanimous -choice of the Re
publican Congressional Conven
tion, which met at Salem, Wed
nesday, as a candidate for con
gress to succeed himself from the
First Congressional district of Or
egon. Hon. L. T. Harris with
drew from the race before the
convention met, and his support
ers fell in line and accepted de
feat with utmost good grace.
With few exceptions delegates
were sent to Salem pledged to
support either of the leading can
didates for the nomination. Ben
ton's seven delegates went unin
structed, and were free to act in
whatever manner would best serve
the interests of this county. Both
Mr. Hermann and Mr. Harris
have hosts of warm admirers in
Benton county and the naming
of an independent delegation by
the recent Republican county
convention was satisfactory to
Republicans generally. Mr. Her
mann secured his nomination by
honorable and fair methods, and
every .Harris man in the district
will be found actively and earn
estly supporting him in the com
ing campaign. He has served
long and faithfully in congress,
and will be returned to Washing
ington in June by the full Repub
lican vote of the First District.
Hon. Geo. C. Brownell was
chosen chairman of the conven
tion, and the proceedings were
carried out according to program.
The withdrawal of Mr. -Harris left
a clear field for Mr. Hermann
and he was. elected by acclama
tion. J. TJ. Campbell, of Clack
amas county, and Dr. J. M.
Keene. of Josephine county, were
elected delegates to the National
convention, with Jesse Edwards,
of Yamhill, and B.- F. Jones, of
Lincoln, alternates. Walter L.
Tooze was chosen chairman of
the congressional committee. C.
V. Johnson, of Kings Valley, is
the committeeman for Benton
county. .
When the convention was call
ed to order in the afternoon short
speeches were made by ex-Governor
Geer, ex-Governor Lord
and Hon. B. L. Eddy. The lat
ler paid a glowing tribute to Har
ris, who he said had made a man
ly fight in pursuit of a worthy
ambition. -.
The mention ot the name of
Harris was a signal for the great
est demonstration the convention
experienced. The applause grew
louder and louder as it continued
and finally the convention broke
forth in cheers, the Hermann peo
ple joining in the demonstration
without reserve. iiiJflB ,
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