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CORVALLI
Vol. XJLJ.
Coiaxxjs, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday, May IT, 1904.
GAZETTE.
The four columns below are you called the gentlemea wiio .t'o (another name for fusion) ot those
published by the Republican conduct this department in the
Central Committee of Benton
Pounty, Oregon.
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 Kiugs Valley
Commissioner
L. H. HAWLEY, of Dusty
School FuperintRndent
G. W. DESMAN, of Corvallis
Treasurer
W. y. LAFFERTY, of Corvallis
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 rejrard to tin 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
guch methods as will provide good roads
without imposing unnecessary burden on
the taxpayers
Resolved, Thtwe 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
viduakand 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 81,
1904.
COUNTY CENTRAL COM-MITTEE.
Gazette, "liars" "bastards'' and
"idiots," and wound up by con
fessing that Judge McPadden does
assume to be a boss of Benton
Democrats. You idmit that
"Judge McFaddn fried in the
Democratic conventidn two years
ao to nominate Johnny Irwin
instead of Victor Moses, Be
fore the convention JDdge McFad
den went amoiig the, delegates
and did all he could'to secure the
nomination of jMr. Irwinl He
was for him in the caucus and
made a speech urging his selec
tion. Even after Moses had been
selected by the caucus, Judge Mc
Fadden went 6n the floor of the
convention, and urged Mr. Irwin's
nomination." Ot course to any
"unbiased" person, all this shows
that Judge McFadden is very sub
missive and that he didn't act the
part of a boss in the instance
i above referred to.
Judge McFadden was defeated
in his effort to nominate Tohnny
Irwin, but he failed only because
of the fact that the other mem
bers of the trio of bosses were
for the other man. He died hard,
however, and compelled Mr. Ir
win to sutler the humiliation of
defeat in open convention, after
the caucus had decided against
him. 1
fc1
"It is equally notorious," you
say, "that Judge McFadden was
rhostile to the candidacy of How
ard Bush" for assessor. 'Hos
tile," did you say ? On the war
path. Deporting himself as be
comes a Wily Sachem, chief of
the Trio of Bosses. All right,
' then, we'll admit that Judge Mc
iFadden was "hostile". Nor did
! that hostility cease after Mr. Bush
was elected. Steps were imme
idiately taken to kill Mr. Bush
'politically. Experts were set to
rinding flaws in his assessment
books, and the mistakes of all his
predecessors were laid at his door.
His rights and duties as assessor
were interferred with, and "the
hand that writes for this depart
ment now" was the only one raised
in his defense. It is a matter of
history, also, that Mr. Bush's
name did not come before the re-
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
Robt. McFarland Summit
Warren Norton Blodgett
J. H. Edwards Dusty
N. E. Newton Philomath
W. S. Tomlinson "cap Creek
T. J. Risley Fairmount
Scott King Wren
J. E. Banton Alsea
:.::.::::::wnni;?cent Democratic convention.
You told a ainerent storv about
BE GENTLEMANLY.
"It is the truth that hurts," is
a homely old saying that has come
to be an axiom. The truth fear
lessly told, will goad the guilty
into madness. A lie may be
silenced by a calm, dispassionate
statement.
Standing upon the solid rock
of truth, one may state his case
with dignity and repose. But
he who has beneath his feet a
quagmire of falsehood, will
plunge and struggle frantically.
Readers of the Times who had
the patience to follow the Busi
ness Democrat through his long
struggle last Saturday, to which
their attention was called by his
cries of "Losing Ground," had a
practical illustration of how mad
ly the guilty act when goaded by
the shafts of truth.
Be calm, Benjamin Franklin;
be calm. Take it coolly, for your
frantic struggles but. mire you
deeper. You are addressing the
voters of Benton county who are
gentlemen. They have a right
to expect that your language and
behavior will be that ot a gentle
man. Only hoodlums call others
4 'bastards' ' and 4 'idiots' '. If you
must be profane and abusive,
pray indulge that weakness in
private. In the name ot decency,
be a gentleman; when in the pres
ence of gentlemen
Since it is doubtful if you re
member all that you said in your
passionate ravings in your Satur
day issue, we will recall a lew
things for you. One of your first
statements was that it has been
"constantly re-iterated that Judge
McFadden assumes to act as a
boss of Benton Democrats."
Then, lashing yourself into a fury,
''urging" of
Judge McFadden's
Mr. Buchanan to run for recorder,
in that letter you wrote to "John."
Your statement then was some
thing like this, if you remember:
"McFadden, Watters and I
tried to get Billie to run for re
corder, but he was not willing,
stating that he had only one
chance in three to oe elected.
Mc. and Watters were in favor of
forcing him to take it, but I
saw that would not do."
Our article of April 22, from
which you misquote, contains
this statement:
"However much regard these
candidates, when elected, may
have for their official duty, their
reuominations depend upon the
will ot the trio of bosses, and
they must satisfy the bosses or
get out."
Ira Hunter, Howard Bush, Asa
Alexander, and many others can
bear witness to the truth of that
assertion.
That a trio of bosses assume to
own the Democratic party ot Ben
ton county, is contended and
known by all who are acquainted
with the facts, it is only neces
sary to quote the following from
an article, written by a promi
nent old Democratic warhorse of
this county, and published in the
Oregonian:
The Democratic primaries in Benton
county have been held, and the result
might have been more satisfactory to
the old war-horses of the party.
It was plain to be seen that there was
an unusual desire and feeling manifested
on the part of certain leaders and bosses
to conciliate certain elements of the party
which had strayed from the fold during
the last two presidential elections. In
their anxiety to bring about aa affilia-
W 10 had wanpered of? after strange gods,
t iey were rewarded for their return o
their "first love" and for tlieir apostesy,
with the honor full-fledged Demoerafii'
cratic delegates to the county convention
Hence, as a natural result, the old war-
horsea cf Jauksonian Democracy were
consigned to a bark seat, and 'Bhall, in
consequence, have to submit and tamely
zulp down (in a horn) the nominations
put forward by the assistance of these
self-made renegades. It is, however,
questionable in my mind whether this
audacious presumption on the part of
these so-called leaders will be silently
and duniblv tolerated by the "nnterri-
Hed." I shall not be surprised if these
questions will arise in the minds of all
honest, intelligent, independent voters :
Shall this state of affairs be permitted to
continue with impunity? Shall any un-
trammeled, liigh-mindel Democrat re
ceive this slap in the face without re
sentment or murmur? If so, lam forced
to question their Democracy. Verily, it
is apparent to the mo9t superficial ob
server that the politician's faith in the
gullibility of the niasees is simply un
limited The above, remember, is. the
language and testimony of a good
old Democratic war-horse who
knew whereof he spoke.
A VERY SLENDER PLEA.
i REPUBLICAN TICKET.
STATE
Supreme Judge--
PRANK A MOORE, ot Columbia
Dairy and Food Commlsioner
J. W. BAILEY, of Multnomah
Presidential Electors
J. N. HART, of Polk
JaS. A. FEE, of Umntilla
GRANT B. DIMMICK, of Clackamas
A. C. HOUGH, of Josephine.
CONGRESSIONAL
Representative First District
BINGER HERMANN, of Douglas
JUDICIAL
Circuit Judge
E. O. POTTER, of Lane
District Attorney
GEOKGE M. BROWN, of Douglas
, GEOKGE M.
The Business Democrat laments
that the Dresent camnaifm could
not have been a ' 'good-humored we said once before: The editor-
The Times persists in its efforts
to discredit the tacts printed in
these column's by saying that no
one stands sponsor for what ap
pears 111 this department. Be
fore accusing the Business Demo
crat of deliberately uttering an
untruth, we will again point him
to the head ot these columns,
where he will read: "The four
columns below are published by
the Republican Central Commit
tee of Benton county." The
names of the gentlemen compos
ing that committee appear a little
further down the column. As
neighborly campaign with gentle
behavior on the part of the news
papers. ' ' He regrets that the dis
cussions couldn't have been con
fined to such gentle, good-humor
ed, neighborly articles as the
Times contained in the last cam
paign concerning Off Wilson,
Republican candidate for clerk:
or such brotherly, warm-hearted
editorials as the Times printed re
garding Johnny Gellatly, Re
publican candidate for clerk in
the campaign ot 1900; or such
little pleasantries as the Times
had in reference to Messrs. Sol
King and S. N. Lilly, when Geo.
E. Lilly was Republican candi
date for sheriff. The Business
Democrat infers that he would
have been pleased even if the
pace he set when he was "after
the scalp" of George Smith and
Geo. A. Waggoner, when they
were candidates of the Republi
can party, could have been main
tained in the present campaign.
The Times preferred peace, he
says, but was only waiting for
an excuse to put in operation the
plan of attack outlined by Judge
McFadden in his speech before
the Democratic convention held
in this county. In that speech,
Judge McFadden abused the Re
publican candidates, and other
gentlemen who ' 'were not issues. ' '
He said, "Bill Yates' big belly
would be a good target for shots, ' '
and the Times fired a few of these
"shots" at Mr. Yates early in
the campaign. When it was
pointed out that the Business
Democrat's father nominated Mr.
Yates in the Republican conven
tion for senator, vouching for his
fitness for the position, his char
acter as a man, and his worth as
a private citizen, the Times
found itself in the position of
calling the editor's father a liar.
"John Henry" was then ap
proached to handle the subject in
a series of communications, but
that gentleman has so far refused
to make himself a party to a
scheme which could only result
in satisfaction for the bosses and
and injury to himself.
So, Mr. Business Democrat,
you will have to come out from
behind that plea that you have
been trying to be good. You are
not half hidden.
ials apoearing herein have the
sanction of the Republican Cen
tral Committee, while the cam
paign articles in the Times are
simply the official utterances of
Boss McFadden.
Not one word reflecting upon
the character of any of the gen
tlemen upon the Democratic tick
et has appeared in these columns,
nor has any personalities concern
ing them been indulged in. It is
our intention and desire to avoid
anything of this nature. An ex
posure and vigorous arraignment
of the political methods of the
bosses will be continued in justice
to the whole people of Benton
county. As in the past, they
will be considered only in their
capacity as politicians, unless they
adopt tactics which will render
more personal reference necessary.
The Times says "it was not
necessay for newspaper venom to
have entered into this campaign."
The trio of bosses probably pre
ferred to resort to such vile pam
phlets as they circulated against
Off Wilson two years ago. Ven
om is too mild a term for such
stuff as that contained, however.
The Times asks "who can re
sist the temptation to vote for"
one of its candidates. We are
admonished by the Good Book,
to "yield not to- temptation."
Republicans should remember
this when they go to the poles
next month.
Yes, Mr. Business Democrat,
"the people admire sincerity and
love the truth. They despise du
plicity and hate falsehood." That
is the reason that they regard
your utterances with suspicion,
when you tell them that $7.20 is
a great saving to the county, and
that it is "dollars in the pockets"
of the taxpayers when the sheriff
of Benton county doesn't employ
a deputy.
Vote for the candidates for coun
ty offices, who will vote with you
for Teddy Roosevelt in Novem
ber. They are supporters of Re
publican policies, and upon Re
publican policies the prosperity
of the country is established.
The Business Democrat will
help neither his cause nor his can
didates, by abusing the members
of the Republican County Cen
tral Committee or trying to dis
credit the utterances approved by
them in these columns.
How do Republicans, who have
voted for Democrats for county
officers in past elections, like the
Times' taunt that "Republican
voters have made a practice ot
sacrificing Republican candidates?"
Are we to understand that the
Business Democrat would like to
have a discussion regarding "some
of the bargains he has driven?"
Some very interesting articles
could be written on the subject.
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