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CORVALLIS t , .... i- &AZETTE. Vol. XLI. Corvallis, Benton CotintY, Oregon. Tuesday, May 3, 1904. The four columns published by the Central Committee County, Oregon. below are Republican of Benton Edited by GEO. L. PAUL. REPUBLICAN TICKET. COUNTY. Senator W. E. YATES, of Corvallis Representative VIKGIL CARTER, of Wells Sheriff J. M. CAMERON, of Corvallis Clerk RICHARD SCOTT, of Willamette Recorder T. T. VINCENT, of Kiiigs Valley Commissioner L. H. HAWLEY, of Dusty School Superintendent G. W. DENMAN, of Corvallis Trea-urer W. t. LAFFERTY, of Corvallis Assessor GEO. COOPER, of Philomath Surveyor T. L. READ, of Wren Coroner 8. N. WILKINS, Of Corvallis THE PLATFORM. Resolved, That we favor the permanent betterment of every highway in 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 liberal 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, Tint 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 uniform system of taxation as prescribed by the constitution and laws of this state, and condemn in most severe terms a poljcy which discriminates in favor of one indi- -vidua) and (gainst 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 81, 1904. COUNTY CENTRAL COM MITTEE. J. R Smith, Chairman Corvallis No. 3 Wm. Knotis Corvallis No 1 S. L. Kline Corvallis No 2 J. B. Irvine Corvallis No 4 A. C Miller Kings Valley Roht. MoFarland '. Summit Warren Norton Blodgett J. H. Edwards Dusty ' N. E. Newton Philomath W. S. Tomlinson 5oap Creek T. J. Rialey Fairmount Scott King Wren J. E. Banton Alsea M. V. Hai-pole Monroe W. Parks Will amet lature of 1903, Governor Cham berlain indorsed and approved it. In its issue of December 26, 163, the Times said : Tsiere is a deep and wide signififao' in an im iileut that happened Tuesday in the Oregon senate, then in fxtra session. After adjourn meat of the legislature. iaBt year, Governor Chamberlain re'iirned a number of bills with his veto. The sen ate id overwhelmingly Republican and the governor is a Democrat, by reason of which it might have been expected (hat at the first opportunity the senate would have been swift to pass the bilU over the vetoes. In spite of this difference in political opinious, tbe senate in the incident refer red to, refused to take up and oopsider the vetoes. In short, though composed of 21 Republicans and five. Democrats the senate deliberately electeJ to let this governor's vetoes stand. In the light of this testimony, which the Times should cousider good for it gave it itself, it is diffi cult to understand now tnat pa per now arrives at the conclusion that the Republican majority in the legislature, "carried on with a mad consciousness of its power and perpetuity," is indulging in unseemly extravagance. We re peat that if the Times was sin cere and honest when it said that "only virtuous measures would become laws" if "the gov ernor and legislature came from different political parties," it places itselt in a questionable po sition now when it attacks the measures that were enacted by that body and became laws by virtue of the signature of Govern or Chamberlain. SONG OF THE HEELER. GOVERNOR INDORSED IT. es Under the caption "Lower Tax- the Corvallis Times said, editorally, in the issue of May ai, 1902: Every man knows that it would be better for the taxpayers and better for all concerned if the legislature and governor came from different political parties. The one would be a balance wheel for the other and only virtuous measures would BECOME LaWS. At the election held in June, 1902, Mr. Chamberlain was chosen for their governor by the people of Oregon. He had the power to veto every measure passed by the legislature of 1903, that did not app2al to him as being virtu ous and for the best interests of the people. The Times now tells its readers that the reason Benton county taxpayers are compelled to pay such large sums over the sheriff's counter is due wholly to the ex travagance of the Republican legislature. The large items of appropria tion passed by that body in 1903, were attached to the Portage Rail road, Celilo Canal and Lewis and Clark Fair' bills. All of these bills Governor Chamberlain ad vocated and indorsed with his signature. According to the Times logic, the governor must have considered these bills virtu ous and for the best interests of! the people. Wc find the Times admitting strong political factor in Benton ihat the state senate, although overwhelmingly Republican, let stand whatever vetoes the govern or saw fit to place upon appropria tion billsipf All of which goes to show that, if there was any ex- To one who looks beneath the surface of things and considers be fore accepting, it appears strange that so many Republicans in this county have permitted themselves to be gulled into the notion that "there is ho politics in county offices." ine neeier ior candidates on the ticket of the minority party has this song well learned and he sings it to every Republican who has an ear for that kind of music. "Vote for the man," he says. "There is no politics in county offices." But the "man" he asks you to vote for is, invariably, a Democratic politician. There may be no "politics in the office," but the "man" elected to fill that office represents a political party and his election to the office is a victory for the party he repre sents. The Republican there fore, who votes for a candidate on tne Democratic ticicet is giving aid and encouragement to the enemy. Let him who doubts this state ment, ask himself these questions: "If there is no politics in county offices, why do political parties hold conventions and nominate candidates for these offices? If there is no political advantage to a party in securing the county of fices, why these strenuous and costly campaigns every two years?" If a candidate's fitness for a county office is to be determined wholly by his personality, and without regard to his political af filiations whatever, it seems strange that candidates tor coun ty offices find it necessary to ally themselves with either the Dem ocratic or Republican party in order to be elected. No one will deny that the gentlemen nomin ated by the recent Prohibition convention in this county are in many instances as good men and as well qualified to -fill the offices for which they are named as are their opponents on either the Democratic or Republican tickets, but none of them expect to be elected. Why? Because "there is politics in county offices, " and the Prohibition party is not a and a representative of Republi can principles. You have thi same right to ask him to leave bis party, as he has to ask you to leave yours and vote for jhirri. Ask your Democratic candidate friend how many candates oh the Republican ticket -he is going tp suDDort and vote for. -i. : A few years ago Ira Huhief!, candidate for clerk on the Demd cratic ticket, was elected to that office by Republican votes. . Hp conducted his office on the prin ciple that "there is no politics ib a county office," and as a cobse quence the trio of bosses refused him a nomination at the next Democratic county convention! Still acting on the theory that "there is no politics in couriiy offices," Mr. Hunter openlv supi ported a number of candidate! on tbe Republican ticket in th campaign which followed, and i its first issue after the electio the Times abused him round! for "giving aid and comfort to the Republican candidates anq their friends." PARTY LOYALTY. county. '.'But," says a Republican, "I have a particular friend who is a candidate on the Democratic tick et." Well, .if that friend wants your support let him become a travagance practiced by the legis- member of the Republican party When an individual identifies: himself with an organization 4 whether it be as a member ot society, of a lodge, a church or a political party he assumes new; obligations and new responsibil ities. In return for the benefits he hopes to receive from his connection with the organiza tion, he must be loyal to his fel low members, faithful to his ob ligations and obedient to the will of the majority. He is no longer free to act in dependents, but mast consider the effect of his actions upon the organization to which he belongs. The citizen wTio violates the law injures the community in which he lives, the transgressor in the church sullies its good name, the laggard in a lodge hinders its growth, and the bolter in a polit ical party is au enemy to popular government. The voter who marks his bal lot to suit his own selfish ends has a very narrow conception of party loyalty. Loyalty to party, however, aoes not mean that the voter should be a subject of the bosses in his party. When two or th,ree indi viduals assume to own a political organization and count its mem bers as so many puppets to be used to serve the ends of these two or three, it is the right and duty of the voter to act indepen dent of these bosses. When a convention is shorn of its prerogatives, and converted into a mere gathering to ratify the desires of the bosses, the voter is justified in holding that his party has held no convention and that he is free to vote as he sees fit. His duty as a member of socie ty, is greater than his duty as a member of a boss-ridden party, and when society is injured by the political methods employed by the bosses in his party, the voter owes it to society to re buke these methods by voting against the ticket they are used to support. Judge McFadden, supported by 1 a little cotrie,e poses as the dicta tor of the Democratic party of Benton county. He has pursued a policy of rule or ruin, and his campaign methods have been of fensive to citizens generally. He regards the success of the ticket supported by him in the past, as an indorsement of his political methods, and boasts that the merits of the candidates on either ticket are of no consequence; that he can "give the opposition cards and spades and win.',' CKET. REPUBLICAN: TICKET STAT fc Supreme Judge-- FRANK A M"OKE, of -Columbia Dairy arid FaxkI Comniisiincr i. W. BAH.KY. . f MiiMAoiml)- . i. HART, of Poik J Ad. A. FEK, of UmtitilU G KANT B. DIMMICK, of Clackamas A. C. HOUGH, ot Josephine. CONGRESSIONAL Representative First District BINGiiR HERMANN, of Doufrlas 3 JUDICIAL Circuit Judge E. O. roTTEK. of Lane District Attorney GEOKGK M. BROWN, of Douglas j. M. CAMERON. Republican Candidate for of Benton County. Sheriff Robert Vidito has been nomin ated by the Republicans of Cor vallis for the office of constable. Mr. Vidito is in every way qual lified for the place and will get his full party vote. I. M. Uameron was Dorn in Dewit, Clinton county, Iowa, March 17. 18 s8 He crossed the plains to California in 1872, and with other citizens took an active part in defense against the' In dians on the breaking out of the Modoc war before the arrival of the United States troops. When peace returned, Mr. Cameron engaged in mining near Tacksouville. Oregon, for one year, when,' with his father and brothers, he moved to Vancouver, Washington, and engaged in the stock business. In 1879, he went to Hillsboro, and learned the saddler's trade. Three years later he moved to Corvallis, where he has resided ever since, working at his trade, first for wages and for the last ten years in his own shop. In i88r, he was married to Miss Melissa Graves, and seven children, four boys and. three girls were born of this union, and all are now at home. By care and industry he has been able to support his large familv, but has not been able to accumulate a large property. His home and little shop com prise his possessions. Mr. Cameron has twice been elected to the city council, and is looked upon as an ornament to that body by all. In his busi ness transactions, his daily con duct, his official capacity and home life, he is without spot or blemish. The county convention made no mistake when it nominated him for sheriff, and unless all plea for upright, moral life is a hollow mockery he should be elected by a large majority. Benton County Roosevelt Clnbs Republicans of Benton county are determined not to let the op position to President Roosevelt carry this county by default. Following the splendid example set by the . Republicans of Bell fountain precinct, Roosevelt clubs are being organized in every pre cinct in the county and an en thusiastic campaign will be waged by these clubs both this spring and next fall. The club at Bellfountain or ganized some weeks ago, with J. H. Edwards as president, and now has a large membership. The Philomath Roosevelt Club effected a temporary organization last Thursday night, electing as temporary officers, N. E. New ton, president and George Cooper, secretary. A meeting to effect a peimanent organization will be held tonight. Last Friday evening, Summit Roosevelt Club was organized and promises to be one of the most enthusiastic in the county. Robert McEarland was elected president, and Horace Underhill, vice president. Tillamook county, Oregon, has declared ' for Hearst, and if any one thinks that Tillamook coun ty doesn't amount to much, he should read the Examiner. ring jQnnoiinceniem WASHGOODS New Percales and Calicos New Ginghams and Chambrays New Challies and Cotton Suitings New White Waistings newDrc$$$kirt$att(l$MrtlUai$t$ WOOL DRESS GOODS New Mixed Suitings New Scotch Weaves New Etamine'and Voiles New Mohairs, Plain and Figured New Black Dress Goods NOVELTIES New Buttons New Waist Sets New Trimmings New Ornaments New Stock Collars New Laces New Ribbons newBo$leryandunflerwear DOMESTICS New Table Linen and Napkins New Muslins and Sheetings New Towels and Towling New Curtains and Scrims Ole want your produce ? . L mr. . MATTING Fresh, clean and ne.w. Fifty rolls just received. Just the thing for hot weather. WALL PAPER So many, many de signs you must call and see them. Q l J. D. MANN & CO. Will deliver ice every day from 7 toll o'clock. Small orders must be in by 8 o'clock. CORVALLIS SAWMILL COMPANY, .XAManufacturers olXX b cm mrrnMTPnnn ACU 1UTAPT13 Rr OAV TTTlUmPPfl We make a specialty of doors, windows and mould ings. Our stock is complete and our prices lower than you can buy in Portland. Mills at Corvallis and Dallas, Oregon. E W. STRONG, Pres., Corvallis, OreJ i
