The four columns below are
published by the . Republican
Central Committee of Benton
County, Oregon. .
Edited by GEO. L. PAUL.
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.
COUNTY.
Senator " "
W: E. YATES, ot (oiT.dlis -
Kepresentatlve
VIRGIL CARTER, of We Is
Sheriff- .,,'
J. M. CAMERON, of Corvallis
Clerk
RICHARD SCOTT, of Willamette
Recorder
T. T. VINCENT, of Kings Valley
Commissioner
L. H. HAWLEY, of Dusty
School Puperintradent-
G. W. DENMAN, of Corvallis
Treasurer ... ,
W. V. LABFERTY, of Corvallis
Assessor . .
GEO. COOPER, of Philomath
Surveyor
T. L. READ, of Wren
Coroner
S. N. WILKINS, of Corvallis
THE PLATFORM.
Resolved, That we favor the permanent
betterment of every highway in Benton
county, without regard to tin political com
plexion of the section to which it leads
or through which it passes.
- Resolved, That we f-ivor the liberal but
intelligent exenditureof 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, , Thxt 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 policy
which discriminates in favor ol one indi
vidual and against another.
Resolved, ThaC 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 SI,
1904.
COUNTY CENTRAL COM
MITTEE. J. R Smith, Chairman. Corvallis No. 3
Win. KnotiS CorvsllisNol
8. L. Kline Corvallis No 2
J. B. Irvine Corvallis No 4
A. C Miller Kings Valley
Robt. McFarland Summit
Warren Norton Blodgett
J. H. Edwards Du8ty
N. E. Newton .Philomath
W. S. Tomlinson "P Creek
T. J. Risley .Fairmount
Scott King Wren
J. E. Banton Alsea
M. 1). Harpole uu'
4 w prv Willamette
for President. BveryDody should
vote. It is the patriot's privilege
as well as duty. A heavy vote
will be the best advertisement
Oregon can send out. The vote
of 1900 was 84,000; in 1902 it was
90,000. This tar ic should be
100,000. Qualify yourself to vote
by registering, and don't delay.
Register now. Oregonian. .
A JUST COMPLAINT.
IS ALMOST HUMAN.
is quite natural that a man
is in politics 'purely for
1m-
the
It
who
busi ness reasons, ' ' should
agine that all others wear
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THE FIRST DUTY.
Every man in Oregon who pro
fesses to be a Republican, a sup
porter of President Roosevelt, and
a wisher for Republican success
in November has one paramount
duty for the eight days remaining
in May, and that is to bestir him
self to get Republicans to regis
ter. If this is not done, little
else is worth while. If this is
not done, the great result hoped
for in June cannot be accomplish
ed. You might as well try to
build a house from the roof :down
as to win a great victory for Presi
dent Roosevelt in June without
first getting the 100,000 neces
sary votes registered. May we
not impress this duty upon Re
leaders and Republican
newspapers throughout the state?
The old davs of buying votes are
rwst? but the reform legislation
f ri.,Wi the registration law
Wl vviw o
forme a nrt imooses a new obli
the intelligent and
irauvu -
This obligation
? one of nolitical activity in all
r . " - I M1
proper ways, opeecucs uu x
liesare secondary to the actual
work of getting the vote out; and
the vote cannot be got out unless
it is registered between now and
May 15;
It is a public duty of every citi
zen of Oregon to cast his vote in
the November election. No mat
ter how he votes, his vote should
be recorded, oae way or the other.
There is an opportunity now,
lasting till May 15, for registra
tion at the office ot the County
fMrV At that date the books
will be closed, not to be opened
amin before the November elec
tion. Everybody wants to
Complaint comes from taxpay
ers in all parts of this county be
cause of the large amounts they
have been called upon to pay
over the sheriffs counter during
the past two years for county
purposes, and the question is
asKea repeatedly; "Vvaat was
done with the $18. too we paid
into the county treasury last
year?" ,
The Times, which is the
spokesman for the present Dem
ocratic county administration.
has told us that $12,548, of this-
sum was raised to be expended
on roads and bridges. This
$12,548, together with the
amount which would be raised
by the regular 2-mill road levy,
would give a total of $17,567.21,
which sum that paper promised
will provide for the greatest im
provement of roads that Benton
county has ever seen."
The special report on the finan
cial condition of Benton county.
gotten out by the county clerk.
July 27, 1903, contained this
statement:
"I find further that in addi-j
tion to the sum of . $1 2, 2 1 3 55,
amount of warrants drawn for
roads and bridges since Tulv 7.
1902, there has been the sum of
$3,281.71 collected on the 2-mill
road levy for which no warrants
have been drawn, but which has
been paid by treasurer direct to
road supervisors, for improve
ment of the roads. This makes
actual expenditure for roads and
bridges, during present adminis
tration, to July 1, 1903, $15,-
495.26." -
tio it will be seen that . Mr.
Bryans, of Wren, was right when
he -said "enormous sums have
been expended in improving our
roads," and his further state
ment that "we have no roads,"
would seem to impeach the
Times' promise that this $17,
567.21 would be expended in a
way to "provide for the greatest
improvement of roads that Ben
ton county has ever seen."
The consensus of opinion
among tarmers seems to De tnat
the greater portion of this large
sum nas virtually been squan
dered, in unprofitable experi
ments in roadmaking.
A farmer who resides in the
northern end of the county said
recently: "I have traveled the
road from Granger - to Corvallis
tor thirty years, and I never saw
it in so bad a condition as it was
last winter."
This road like a number of
others in "the county, was sub
jected to a system of experiments
that told heavily upon the treas
ury, and those who travel it say
that more harm than good was
the result.
We believe that the farmers of
Benton county will contribute as
cheerfully and liberally toward
road improvement as those in any
part of the state. They are not
complaining so much at the
amount expended, but like Mr.
Bryans, they want a change of
administration. They favor the
liberal, but intelligent, expendi
ture of public money for road
improvement, under competent
vote
supervision, and limited to the
employment of such, methods as
will provide good roads without
imposing unnecessary burden on
the taxpayers. . They object to a
lavish expenditure of their money
when the results attained are so
inadequate.
In the coming Presidential elec
tion the forty-seven states will
have 470 electoriai votes, ana a
maioritv of them or 20, votes is
necessary to elect the President
political coat that will hold the
most dollars for themselves. . So
we find the editor of the Times
harping upon "matters of busi
ness."
At intervals for several months
he has had an article containing
in detail the exploits ot a type
writing machine in " use at the
county clerk's office. The ma
chine has been given as much
notoriety by the Times, as : if it
were a visitor from Mars or a
daik horse in training for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion. It has been a continual
source of interest : and wonder
ment to the Business Demociat,
and he has taken great delight
in detailing to his readers every
new antic of this machine which
"made it appear to the observer
more like a thing of human in
telligence than a mere inanimate
object."
Every reader of the Times is
familiar with the wav the long
arm of that machine crawls back
ward and forward across the page
like a thing of life, and its name
is so familiar that , the majority
regard it as a personal acquaintance.
The Times, itself, is such an
admirer of that typewriter that
it gives the machine more credit
for the work, done in the clerk's
office than it does the gentlemen
who operate it. . That paper in
its enthusiasm says that the pres
ent clerk is superior to the late
B. W. Wilson and Virgil Wat
ters, because "since their time a
typewriting - machine has been
evolved that can te used in mak
ing records." By a little stretch
of the imagination tfae Times
oueht to be able to conceive a
time when a typewriting machine
will be evolved that will render
it unnecessary to elect a clerk at
all. In lact the time may come
when every officer in the court
house may be replaced by a ma
chine and the county saved the.
cost of these bi-ennial elections.
We say, the Business Demociat
may regard such a condition of
affairs possible, but it is not like
ly that - friends of the present
clerk will regard it at all compli
mentary to that gentleman, when
the Times gives the credit for his
conduct - of the office to a type
writing machine.
There is one characteristic of
the machine, however, that the
Times has thus far neglected to
mention, and that is its tracta
bility. Deputy Irwin can place
his hands upon it any place,
without meeting with the least
resistance. In fact the machine
offers no obiection to being
handled by anyone. Thus it
may be seen that the successor lo
the present clerk can purchase
this wonderful typewriter, retain
itin the office, and enlist its
assistance during his term."
Let it be understood, however,
that the office can be run with
out the assistance of this machine.
Clerk Watters had no typewriter
like the one under consideration,
and we are informed that he con
ducted the office as economically
and efficiently as has the present
incumbent.
The saving provided by the
machine is largely one of labor
for the clerk. The county profits
very little from the use of it
For instance, it is claimed - that
three times as much matter can
be put upon a page, of. a record
book with a typewriter, as can be
written upon it - with a pen
This will necessitate the pur
chase of one record book where
three were needed before. The
Times speaks of three books upon
which this saving; will be made-
the probate journal, the circuit
court journal "and the county
court journal. ,
Three county court journals
have been filled since February
1886, and the fourth is now about
one-half full. So it will be seen
ICKET. .
REPUBLICAN TICKET
. - - STATE
Supreme Judge. :
- - FRANK A MOORE, oi Cohunbu
Dairy and Food Commlsioner
J. W. BAILEY, of Multnomah
Presidential Electors-? . .
J. N. HART, of Polk
JaS. A. FEE, of Umatilla
GRANT B. DIMM1CK, of Clackamas
A. U. HOUGH, of Josephine.
CONGRESSIONAL
Representatire First District
' BINGfiR HERMANN, of Doujfl&s
JUDICIAL
Circuit Judge
E. O. POTTER, of Lane
District Attorney
GEOKGE V. BROWN, of Douglas
that it has been necessary to buy
a recoid, to be used as a county
court journal, about every five
years. This-book costs $18 or
19. The other books mention
ed last pratically as long and cost
about the same amount. Thus
the county pays S 5 5 for a set of
these books every four or five
years By using the typewriter
it will be necessary to expend on
ly .one-third as much in that
length of time, or in the neigh
borhood of $18. E very-five years,
then, the county will be saved
$36 or $7. 20 per year. .
HOW IT IS DONE.
If there is a member of the
Democratic party in Benton coun
ty who labors under the impres
sion that nominations on his par
ty ticket are not dictated and con
trolled by Judge McFadden and
his two lieutenants, he would
have been convinced of his error
had the letter, written to John by
the Business Democrat, fallen in
to his hands. , " -
"McFadden, Watters and I tried
to get Billie to run for recorder,
but he was not willing, stating
that he only had one chance in
three to be elected. Mc and Wat
ters were in favor of forcing him
to take it, but I saw that would
not do."
The above is a fair sample , of
the manner in which the bosses
decide among themselves, : who
the nominees shall be, " and for
what offices they shall be nominated.
The Herald does not see much
in the custom of so often turning
on just so much hot air for each
in turn, of its candidates. The
Republican ticket is good - in
dividually and as a whole in its
make-up.' It is a good ticket to
vote straight. As occasion seems
to suggest, whatever, reference
seems suitable will be made in
these columns to the men or prin
ciples they stand for. Occasion
ally a cut or a write up of the
important candidates will appear.
But the Herald is endeavoring to
avoid the name and the blame of
being an automatic hot air ma
chine. Albany Herald.
"The way to do them (the Re
publicans)" said the Business
Democrat of the Times la his let
ter to John, "is for every Dem
ocrat to vote his ticket straight,
and every Republican you can
get counts. twov" Republicans,
are you going to permit yourselves
to be 'done' ' by the Wily Sachem
and his two lieutenants, and be
laugnea at Dy tnem lor being: so
"easy," after the polls close?
A good, strong, enthusiastic
Roosevelt club was organized at
Kings Valley last Tuesday even
ing- C V. Johnson was elected
I president; A. C, Miller, vice pres
ident, and Thomas Allen, secre
tary. This club will be heard
from in the present and fall cam
paigns.
From newspaper cats it appears
that both Parker and Hearst part
their hair in ; the middle. The
only difference m the situation
lies in the fact that Parker has to
doit.
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