C0RVAD1LI
T7W NK II Nl
Vol. XLI.
Corvaijlis, Benton County, Oregon, Fiuday,- X une; 3,
'I t '
The four columns
published by the
Central Committee
County, Oregon.
below a re the mistaken notion that -that can
Republican, didate was as much entitled to
of Benton
Edited by GEO. L. PAUL.
A FINAL WORD.
The Gazette will not appear
again until after the election, its
. next regular publication day be
ing June 7. Therefore, the dis
cussion carried on during the cam
paign thrsugh the columns of the
local papers, closes with this
issue of the Gazette. It is only
fair to the opposition to presume
that it has presented its argument
and will net take advantage of
the fact that it appears last, to
publish matter that admits of no
opportunity for a reply.
The present campaign has been
sufficiently long to admitt)f a full
discussion of every subject even
remotely touching the candidates
or the issues involved. Voters
would be justified in holding as
false anything that might be pub
lished from now on by the oppo-j
sition, that has not already ap
peared. This department in the Gazette
has been published by the Repub
lican Central Committee of Ben
ton county. All who have read
these columns know that the can
didates whose names appear on
the Democratic ticket, have re
ceived fair and courteous treat
ment.
his suppoit as the Republican
nominee thinks that he will be
permitted to share in the victory
of that Democratic candidate, he
will be rudely awakened.
The reward that a Republican
gets for betraj'ing his party and
supporting tho.-e opposed to it, is
the horse laugh.
The candidate : upon the Re
publican ticket for a county office
is lust, as hilly a representative
of the Republican party and is
just as much entitled to Republi
can support, as the candidate for
president on the Republican tick
et is.
The Republican voter who
casts a ballot against any nom
inee on the Republican county
ticket, to that" extent weakens
the effectiveness of his. party or
ganization in the natiomal cam
paign. Republicans be true to your
selves and the party whose, prin
ciples you profess to espouse.
Rise above narrow personal pref
erences and prejudices and cast a
clean ballot for the men who will
stand shoulder to shoulder with
you Jin the greater campaign which
will open with the nomination
Teddy Roosevelt.
- It is a pleasure to be served by
a genial, affable official. A1JL who
are familiar with W. P. Lafferty's
jovial manners and smiling coun
tenance will look forward with
pleasure to the time when they
will meet him in his official ca
pacity as treasurer of "Benton
county, Mr. Lafferty's winning
personality, however, is not the
only thing to" commend him to
the support . of voters. He has
had experience as a county treas
urer, bavins: served one of the
large counties of Missouri, in
that capacity for two terms, be
fore he became a resident of Or
egon. Since coming to Corval
lis six years ago, he has come to
be regarded " as one of our best
and most deserving citizens.
FOR ASSESSOR.
. . 1 he Republican', convention
named an ideal candidate for the
The little coterie of self-consti- office, wheu it named George
Cooper tor assessor. He is a na
tive son of Benton county, hav
mg been born in Kings Valley,
wcioDer isr. 1050. jNine years
later his parents moved to the
home z? miles west of Coivallis,
and nere Mr. Cooper grew to
manhood.
After receiving a thorough
public school education, Mr.
Cooper assumed the management
of his fathers' farm, continuing
in this capaci ty un til 1 804. After
his marriage to Miss Maggie New
ton, he moved to the home where
he now resides.
Mr. Cooper has been one of
the leading spirits in the up
building of tne community in
which he lives. He has done
something for himselt and for
society and his services should
receive just recognition. His
neighbors have often honored
him with offices of public trust,
and he is now one of the trustees
of the school in which he receiv
ed his early education. 4
Every Republican in Benton
county should oe proud to cast
his vote for so deserving and com
petent a candidate of his party as
Mr. Cooper.
tuted bosses of the Democratic
party in this county, who are re
sponsible for the abuse hurled at
the Republican candidates in
every campaign, have been given
attention herein. Iu acquainting
the public more fully with the
political methods of these bosses
we feel that a service has , been
done Democrats and Republicans
alike. In fact, leading candi
dates on the Democratic ticket
have stated their appreciation of
the fact that the bosses and not
themselves, have been called to
account. .
The worthy Democratic candi
date would rather run on his
own merits, than slip in on the
alleged demerits of his opponent
The bosses admit the weakness of
the Democratic candidate, when
they utter falsehoods in his sup
port and abuse his Republican
opponent.
Every statement made in this
department still stands unrefuted.
Every false assertion made by
the Times has been squarely met,
and that paper has shifted from
position to position, abandoning
every argument and taking a dif
ferent stand in each succeeding
issue.
With this final word we ask
Republicans to stand shoulder to
shoulder and elect the entire
ticket named in their recent par
ty convention.
BE TRUE REPUBLICANS.
Surely, no Republican will be
caught, by the" crafty argument
that "in voting for a candidate
foroffice, no more attention should
be given to his politics than to
the color of his hair."
This is the argument used by
the artful gentleman, who wrote
to "John Henry," early in the
campaign and boasted that "the
way to DO 'em (the Republicans)
is for every Democrat to vote his
ticket straight, and every Repub
lican you get counts two.'
Republicans have been caught
so easily in past campaigns by
the bait that "there is no poli
tics in county offices," that the
self-constituted leaders of the
Democratic party have come to
look upon the average Republi
can voter as being "pretty easy."
They soft-soap him before elec
tion, and pour honeyed words in
into his ear, but with the closing
ot the polls on election day the
lines are tightiy drawn, and if he
has political or other favors to
ask, he will be told that he must
look to Republicans.
If the Republican who voted
for a Democratic candidate under
Voters are making no experi
ment by re-electing G. W. Den
man as school superintendent of
Benton county. His official rec
ord is known to every man, worn
an and child in the county, and
it is that record that makes him
invincible. The individual who
can appear to be serious while he
asks Superintendent Den man to
acquaint voters with what -his
ideas and plans are touching
school matters, is the humorist of
this campaign. Superintendent
Denman's policy in that office
has worked wonders for the bet
terment of schools in this coun
ty, and many superintendents
throughout the state are adopting
methods introduced by him.
Every voter .in Benton county
knows the qualifications of G.
W. Denman. His record as su
perintendent speaks eloquently in
his behalf, and it will receive un
precedented indorsement at the
polls.
T. L. Read is the popular Re-
publican nominee tor survey or. J
He is thoroughly qualified for the
position, and will receive the full
strength of his party vote for the
position. The roads in his por
tion of the county have been
sadly neglected, and as the sur
veyor is a prominent factor in
road improvement it behooves
his neighbors. to see that he be
given their ardent support.
- The clean and active campaign
waged by J..M. Cameron, Repub
lican nominee for sherff, has won
the admiration and approval of
voters of all parties. It is con
ceded that he " will be given the
full support of his party at the
polls next-Monday. He stands
high - as a useful, public-spirited
citizen. . His ability to make
Benton county as eood a sheriff
as she ever had4 has never been
questioned. He accepted the Re
publican nomination for sheriff
upon the urgent solicitation of
Republicans from all sections of
the county, and a special pbliga'
tion rests upon every member of
the party to see that he is elected.
. "THE GEARY MATTER.'?
A prosperous farmeT, useful and
respected citizen is L. H. Hawley
the Republican nominee tor the
highly important office of coun
ty commissioner. ' He is an ar
dent advocate of good roads, and
a friend of conservative and eco
nomical management of county
affairs. His - influence in the
commissioner's court will be ielt,
and his excellent judgment and
familiarity with the needs of the
county will be of great value to
taxpayers generally. No one will
be able to say when bis term ex
pires, that Mr. Hawley neglected
the duties of his office. -
No candidate has ever been
named by any party convention
in -this county whose nomination
met with such hearty and out
spoken approval by voters, re
gardless ot politics, as Richard
Scott, the Republican candidate
for clerk. His popularity, his
exceptional qualifications for the
office, his integrity as a man,
coupled with the fact that he is
most worthy and deserving in
sures his election, by a good ma
jority.
No Republican should neglect
to cast a ballot for S. N. Wilkins
for . coronor. He is the proper
man to fill that office, and he has
served the people of. Benton
county in that capacity most effi
ciently for the past two years.
The amount secured on the in
surance. policy of. the late Wood-
bridge Geary was JjSjiiro. Of
this sum Mrs. Geary received
$2,075, and the remainder
($1,075) was divided among five
attorneys.
The following letter to Mrs. Maud
Geary from Hon. J. K. Wtatberford,
one of the attorneys associated with Mr.
Yates in securing certain insurance for
Mrs. Geary, tbeir client, is self-explana
tory, and we hope will be read by all :
Albany, Ob., Jan. 23, 1901.
Mrs. Macd Geary, . "2
Corvallif, Ore.,
Dicab Madam: Your letter of recent
date at hand and contents duly noted.
I was very much surprised at your
letter, for I bad sopposedT'that you were
entirely satis ed with the arrangements
that were made.
According to my understanding in the
matter the company refused to pay you
more than $1000 and vou was in
clined to accept : the $1000 n full and
complete pa3rment. When the matter
came to my office, and my opinion was
requested upon .the probabilities of win-
ning the case, I came to the .conclusion,
and so expressed it. that it was extreme
ly doubtful about success, but under the
circumstances that 1 would go into the
case on a contingent fee; that is, you to
receive the first $1000 being the amount
they had offered you and had declined to
pay any more, we to advance the costs
and expenses of the trial for you, and
make a vigorous defence, and for our ser
vices to receive one-half that we recov
ered over and above the $1000. A con
tract was made with you on this line
My office as well as the office of Yates &
Gibson, went to work upon the case and
assure you that I put in a great deal of.
work preparing fer the trial of the cause.
However after we were prepared for the
case and.hai some prospects of winning,
the attorneys on the other side made a
proposition to compromise. After con
siderable discussion and with your ap
probation, I compromised the case. I
was led to .believe by what 1 was 1a-
formed as well as your statement to me
authorizing and requesting me to com
promise the cause, that you. was anxious
to make a compromise; in fact yon
authorized me to compromise for much
less than I received, statins that you de
sired to remove from the state. I assure
you that I got every cent that I could
under the c ompromise and turned over
to you all exactly according to eur con
tract, so I trust that you have no com
plaint to make on that score. However
I know that the amount that we recover
ed was nor the full amount of the insur
ance, bat was three times greater than you
would have received without services,
and you received more than double that
you would have received without having
entered into this contract. However,
I am always willing to assist any one
when they are in need, and should deem
it a privilege to assist you at any time
when I can.
iou cay in yonr letter that you are
willing to give Mr. Yates and myself
$400 or $500 fer our trouble. I presumed
that when the contract was made be
tween ns that it expressed your wishes
and willingness at that time. If we had
only recovered the $1000 we would have
received nothing for our services what
ever. If we bad recovered nothing we
would have been out the amonnt of
money paid out at the trial of the cause
and still recovered nothing. However
the first time I am in Corvallis, will en'
deavor to see and talk the matter over
with you and Mr. Yates, assuring you
that I do not want to be hard or seem
to be hard, on any person.
Voters, the Times tells you that
you should give no more consid
eration to the political party a
candidate represents, when cast
ing your ballot, than you would
to the color of the candidate's
hair. Do you want a better proof
of the insincerity of the cam
paign utterances of that paper?
If the Times' contention were
true that a voter is under no
moral obligation to support the
men who represent his party
then, theJProhibttion candidates
should stand just as good a chance
ot election in this campaign "as
do Democrats or Republicans.
Mr. Voter. don't you see that the
Times questions your intelligence
when it undertakes , to. mislead
you with such crafty arguments,
It hopes to - bewilder and betray
you. , . .
Every property owner is in
terested in seeing that a prudent,
careful man is elected to serve as
county recorder. , This officer
has in his keeping deeds, mort
gages and all titles to reaLcstate,
and the utmost caution is neces
sary in the conduct of the office
to safeguard - property owners.
T. T. Vincent has given the
county two years of splendid ser-
vice ana ne is regarded as an
ideal official by all.
BEEN REVERSED OFTEN.
It would seem that the Demo
cratic press would be fair and
honest, at least when dealing
with candidates tor judicial offices.
vvnen a taisenooa is told in sup
port 01 any candidate, the. sus
picion immediately arises that de
ception was thought necessary to
the election of that candidate.
- Much has been made of Judge
Hamilton's official record, and
one would suppose that only truth
ful statements would be made in
support of him. Not so, how
ever. An effort is being: made
to deceive the people into be
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