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THAT MANIFESTO.
Slater's Dofense of His Cli
ents Demurred to.
HIS REMARKABLE ACUMEN.
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The Old Saying Is That "Fleuros Wont
Llo," Bat Some Figures Do.
Euitoii Okkgon Scoi't:
In the issue of the La C! ramie Ga
zette of the 10th inst. appears an arti
cle from the pen of an Ex-United
States Senator, Ex-Congressman, Ex
Kailroad Commissioner, Ex-Prosecuting
Attorney, in fuot, from one who
lives a life of expectancy expecting
himself and family to be supported by
the people and in this he has not
been expecting in vain.
Some of the statements made in this
communication are shot so wide of the
mark that they are deserving of a
place in your Youth's Column as fur
nishing cheap amusement for the
school children. But they were not
penned for the Gazette for that pur
pose. On the contrary they come with
the same view and intention and with
the same laborious efibrt that this same
party many years auo attempted to
hoodwink and deceive his constituents
in regard to his support of the back
salary grab when the certificate of the
clerk of the senate was against him,
and he had his ill gotten gains in his
pocket.
The people of Union county had
hoped that "a decent respect for the
opinions of mankind" would induce
one who has been so long supported
and favored at the hands of the pcoplo
of every section and locality of Union
county, and for which favoritism they
havo so little to show, to quietly rest
in the selection that has been tho
natural result of his lamentable in
competency, lack of executive ability
and determination to deceive the pub
lic in order to screen himself from tho
odium engendered by his own acts.
But in this they are again deceived,
hence it becomes our duty to briefly
review tho article that seems to havo
convinced its author be ond question
that La Grande is the most eligible
point for the county seat.
Mr. Slater says that lie is a taxpayer
and that his property lies to that it is
not effected either way the question
may be decided. Besides, for years
he has deprecated the agitation of this
question.
It's too bad that Mr. Slater has so
completely lost his influence in his
home town and that after years of
pleading they pay no attention what
ever to his counsel, and even resort to
stufhm: their own ballot boxes to
demonstrate the effects of his counsel.
It must have been a gloomy outlook
for him when ho took his seat to 'pen
tho a: tide under consideration, to
think that if it has no more effect on
the voters of Union county than his
"deprecations for years" have had with
his own townsmen, that this last at
tempt to influence voters would prove
as barren of results jis did his attempt
to mislead and deceive the people of
this county on a former occasion
when trying to cover up and deny his
course in regard to the back salary
steal, or to influence his townsmen to
not engage in this contest.
We agree with Mr. Slater as to one
statement, and that is that "the relo
cation of tho county seat is a matter of
public concern rather than of moro
local interest," and that 1 think ho
will find is tho opinion of the taxpay
ers of Union county everywhere. Lo
cal interest in La Grande, for La
Grande and by the people of La
Grande, boing the only motive in this
matter from beginning to end.
Mr Slater says, "it is a fair and
plain proposition that that place should I
bo selected which, all things con
sidered, is most convenient and ac
cessible to the public." If tho county
had just been sot aside or cut oil' from
Baker and had no county buildings,
or county poor farm, and tho oxponses
were to bo incurred, this would be ex
actly tho thing to carofully consider,
and if to considered, is thoro ono voter
in Union county who, looking at tho
situation through any other than La
Grande goggles would choose La
Grando as tho point? Under tho cir
cumstances La Grando would not bo
in tho nice at all, for Island City
would command threo votes to her
one.
J'r. Slater nturta out by preparing a
table of vote, made for tho occaaion,
that is so erroneous and so twiutcd ami
warped to fcuit his purpoe that thoro
is not a living toul Unit has road his
article who ha not felt humiliated that
one who hu held tmch hih positions
'Fine Line "of Watch
in our midst would stoop o low in or
der to deceivo the public by patching
J up a hypothesis in order to give him
! self an opportunity to discuss nn im
j portant question in a manner best
j calculated to deceive the people,
j By tubulating tho voto of Nov., 1S8?,
no arrives at the tact mat thero were (
cast 2,o20 votes. He then estimates j
that tho voto will stand in Jnna hs I
follows:
Cast In Xnv. '38
Will ran la Juno.
(i rondo
Union
Island City
Sunuiiprvlllo
Indian Valley
Cove
llilgaril
Stnrkoy
Cnnip Carson
North Powder
Antulnpo
Pig Cn-tk
UeH Uoek
Sparta
KllRlt!
Pine
Cornucopia
Sanger
Slit 700
m 400
174 S(J5
'M 40)
'M m
17fi 10.1
120 400
sb no
a sr.
170 175
7 60
00 H
12 40
37 7.i
90 KM
14B lNi
81 40
SS
2.520 3,325
Total
2srow just look over this lublo and
study it a moment and sou the man
ner in which it has been warped to
suit bis purpose.
In .June, 18SS, La Grande was en
joying a boom, and it is very doubtful
is she has any more legitimate voters
to-day than she had then, and yet ho
complacently adds in her favor to his
imaginary list 187, while to Union,
that has had a steady and constantly
increasing vote, ho generously allows
to have increased o7, and also allows
the Cove to havo gained 2i; but to
Ililgard, that on April .'5, 1SU0 had 27(i
votes, he allows to cast -100, while at
Camp Carson he allows her voto to
swell from (5 to 25, and to North Pow
der with her vast lumbering interests
which seems to havo biich a wonderful
effect on tho voto of Ililgard he gra
ciously allows an increase of actually
five votes, whilo to Cornucopia, with
her miners just beginning to go in to
work for the summer, he in his mag
nanimity deducts '1-1 votes.
By carefully investigating this slid
ing scale invented to decievo the pub
lic by the same sluggish brain that
conceived the idea of preparing and
placing on record a bond composed
largely of such responsible parlies as
Prof. Strange of La Grande who pays
no tares, but siynx the bond evidently
in order to (jive it some Jinuncinl stand
iny ono can readily see that Mr. Slater's
effort to prove that tlie majority of tho
people's interests was really consulted
at the time that the county seat sliould
remain right where it is as it undoubt-!
edly will.
I faving arranged his straw man and
stuffed him and hung him up just to
suit, he proceeds to thrash him in great
style.
His ligures however partake so much
of the flavor of his old "ligurative
speech" on tariff tor revenue only that
lias so frequently furnished tlie old
timers an opportunity to enjoy a good
comfortable nap that they are entirely
void of interest when tho leader under
stands thoroughly that his premises
are made wilfully orroneous to begin
with, and that tho wilful misrepre
sentations in his table of estimate is
the only basis and was made on pur-
poso to enable him to draw erroneous
conclusions and tlien parade tliom be
foro the public as "A Few Facts" and
that "Figures Wont Lie" much as tho
party handling the ligures seem to
desire them to.
Passing over erroneous conclusions
drawn fiom a purposely distorted hy
pothesis as entirely unworthy of notico
or space in your columns. Mr. Slater
proceeds to eriticizo the railroad
situation and charges that tho
building of tho Hunt road or the "mas
querading at building" is "work boing
done simply to aid Union to retain the
county scat" and yet ho admits that
tho building of the Hunt road will
certainly greatly bonofit tho whole
countv. Its completion means com
petition in tho transportation business
and means cheaper rates to tho fann
ers and that means greater prosperity
to the whole peoplo. In this pros
perity La Grando will havo hor full
sharo without doubt. Mr. Slator also
with somothing of tho same low cun
ning that proiutod him to file a bond
in tho clerks oflico that he, knowing as
little of law as even ho is accredited
with knowing, will not claim is legally
worth as much as was tho blank papor
that was spoiled with tho nonsense
it contains, sets to work to outline a
system of roads for tho Union Pacific
to build oven to tho Covo "when
Hunt sets eamoitly to work in tho
construction of his toad."
The more wo read mid ondonvor to
decipher the true inwunlnotm of this
remarkable essay tho more wo are
impreH'd with tho dishonouty of tho
that L-ivo it birth and
es, Clocks, JewelrvJ
the desperate strait to which the
author was driven in order to bolster
up his case that in tho very beginning
was erected on a foundation of siuid.
In one paragraph he tells tho people
that the Hunt road is only a masquer
ade party to catch votes for Uniou. In
the next he says the building of the
Jluut road will certainly very greatly
benefit the whole county mid contem
plates the result- "when
Hunt sots
earnestly to work."
In the beginning Mr. Slater very
candidly stated his projierty which is
situated almost in tho middle of tho
valley was not materially affected by
tho removal or remaining of tho coun
ty scat at its present location. His
property however is largely advanced
by the building of the Hunt system
which will very greatly benefit the
whole country and of which LaGinndo
will have her full share. Does any
one know just how many dollars Mr.
Slater subscribed toward an enterprise
that he is now throwing cold water at
and that has already increased the
value of his broad acres at least fifteen
dollars per 'acre? If La Grande will
have her full share of IhciO benfits
can he point to where she has con
tributed to a full share of anything but
opposition toward tho Hunt system.
It is not an exhibition of cheek that
should be put on tho road under can
vas with reserved seats at high prices
for himself and other citizens of La
Grande to do all they can do against
this great enterprise that "will greatly
benefit the whole community" and
in which "La Grande will havo her full
share" and then come to the front
and ask the very men who havo gone
deep down in their pockets to bring
tlie Hunt system which means "a con
test for tho traffic of Grand Rondo
valley" and "cheaper rates to the farm
ers and greater prosperity to tho whole
people" to vote to such a craven, sel
fish, illiberal people, the county scat of
uns county, i'or enrysianzeu gait in
collosal quantities go to Jas. H. Slater.
But little less of the above which
seems to betheironly stock in trade is
the claiming of all votes north and
west of La Grande as tributary to that
city of magnificent self conceit. Ima
gine tho voters and taxpayers of Towa
Siimmervillc, and Indian valley pass
ing through Island City, a beautiful lo
cation with magnifieient water power
and all the natural facilities for tho
upbuilding of a city, and passing out
onto the arid flat on the southwest
to do business at the county seat when
they themselves were responsible for
! bo unwise a move. If 1 1 is the
intoiet of tho people according
to Mr, Slaters own table which
everybody knows is not coneet or ac
cording to tho facts as they exist La
Grande does not accomodato ono bun
dled taxpayers outside its corporation
that would not be hotter accommoda
ted at Island City, and tho peoplo ful
Iv realize these facts and taxpayers
will see to it that no change is made
at their expense in June, as they will
also see that no additional expenses
are accrued in erecting now buildings
at Union until they are actually need
ed, which m bo far in tho future,
and at that time some other point,
oven the Covo with its not work of
railroads forced in by tho Hunt sys
tem may stand a much better show
than does La Grando at this time.
La Grande, situated in a barron flat,
bounded on the south by tho old ceme
tery of her former greatness, on tho
wost by up tho creek, and with not
enough room to tho north to allow her
people to cast tho grounds out of their
coffee pots without imposing on thoir
moro fortunately located neighbors of
Island City. Verily sho needs tho
county soat, and if tho peoplo had
half a dozen to contribute, they all
combined would not bo equal to her
requirements.
PIONEER.
ELGIN ECHOES.
May, 1.1, 1890.
Thos. Beam is very sick at pros
Mr
out.
Tho grain crops look well sinco
the
lato rains.
Gibson & Co. will start up their new
sawmill in a short time.
Elgin can show up sovoral Union
men and don't you forgot it.
Mr. A. N. Hamilton and Mr. John
Eaton wcro in town to-day.
Several good buildings aro under
way and will be completed soon.
J. K. Johnson, proprietor of tho Wes
ton house has a fine register on his
desk.
Ix;ok out for the Elgin Baseball
Club. They will bo hoard from in the
near future.
Tho frosts have injured tho plum
and pruuo troos conmdorahly, in thin
part of tho country.
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Silverware, Guns
SEAT C0KTEST.
An Able Editorial on The Subject
Ts Snmmcrvllle Aaaotator.
From
Tho following editorial clipped from
the last issue of the Summervillo An
no'alor is a elear and concise statement
of facts, and should bo carefully road
by every taxpayer in the comity :
"The time draws near when tho vo-
tersof the county will be called upon to
decide some very important questions.
The county seat contest we must own
occupies very largely the attention of
most people who havo tho interest of
tho county and their own individual
interest at heart.
In reference to this contest we not
only wih to present a few points of
argument to taxpayers but we alo
desire to call f he at ten? irm of tli la
borer and wage earner to facts and
conditions which ought to weijh vi ry
heavily in favor of leaving the county
seat where it now is for the piv-ent.
According to our best mfornrUmii,
our county is now considerably in
debt, reaching n) doubt the sum of
$(.0,000, and probably 7O,00O. A
largo portion of this debt has been
brought about in expenditure upon ;
county road bridges, which are a nee- i
cossily, and expenditures for which
tho taxpayer would not have the least ;
causo lor complaint, necessary ex
penditures and those calculated to
build and improve tho county and
better the facilities for getting about i
are as a rule, welcomed by the tax
payer, so long as their funds aro not
squandered and misappropriated. Is
Uio expenditure attending tlie renin- ,
val of tho county seat desired by the
taxpayers? Is tho removal of the ,
county seat and the erection of new
county buildings a necessity of the
present time? Wo say no to both
propositions. Wo think the present
court house and jail buildings at Union
amply sufficient for the county's needs
for tho present, and for nianv rears to
come.
The incurring of the expense which
would no doubt bo a large one, of
erecting now county buildings at La
Grande or any other point so long
as our presont ones are amply commo
dious and substantial, would seem to
us ono of tho most nonsensical pro
ceedings an intelligent people over
engaged in. They would certainly lo
leaping into the dark with a fair pros
pect Df being considerably jammed in
lighting. A close leading of the ena
bling act submitting the question to a
voto will discover to tho mind a verv
nea deception with regard to the
amount that may be oxpemlod for coun
ty buildings. Tho fact is by the terms
of the section referring to the amount
that may bo expended, an unlimited
sum can be levied upon tho taxpayers
for the erection of buildings. The
indemnity bond wo havo heard about
ostensibly to provide in case of removal
of tlie county soat, wo will hardly no
tico as tlie object of it is very apparent
is simply to catcli tho -votes of the una
ware, with tho full knowledge on part
of its executors that the bond is in fact
a nullity and cannot bo enforced.
To the worker for wages on tlie farm,
in tho woods, on the range or in tho
mines, we would say a fow words.
You are dependent to a certain extent
upon tho prosperity and development
of a country for employment and tho
moro active tho capitalist in his efforts
to develop tho rosourcos of a country,
tho hotter for tho wago worker. Tho
moro money comes in to develop min
ing industries, lumber industries and
in fact all tho different industries that
a country is capable of maintaining
tlio hotter for tho wago worker. When
the employer is happy and prospering
as a rule his employees are nioderatly
so. Whatever tends to embarrass and
checkmate tho business of tho employ
er litis its effects on tho employed. If
a county is heavily in debt and tho
property owners and oinplovorn aro
compelled to pay increased taxes thoy
retrench usually in the amount paid
for labor in thoir business and tho
laborer usually helps to bear his losses,
Do notdoter capital from coming into
our country, and help to drive capital
out by voting to doublo tho present
indebtedness of our county,
Cast your voto so that it will assist
in building up tho county at largo
instead of pulling it down. To-day
you aro laboring for daily wages, noxt
year you may bo a largo property hold
er. Voto for tho interest of the county
at largo and you will bo doing a duty,
you owe to yourself, your best frionds,
and to the county."
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