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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1932)
COUNTY JUDGE EXTRA Phipps Sees Needs For County Judge (Continued from page one) MORRIS and STACY GIVE REASONS WHY THEY SUPPORT PHIPPS tion shall not be diverted to To the Voters of Jackson County: other districts, because this can We, the undersigned, having been elected Chairman be prohibited by law. and Secretary, respectively, of the PHIPPS FOR 1 also approve the provision COUNTY JUDGE COMMITTEE, take this method of of law- which requires compe- I explaining briefly why we are supporting William E. titive bidding on public con tracts and supplies. This policy Phipps and working for his election as Judge of Jackson was also inaugurated by me count v. when a member of the Med-< The county judge must serve all the people of the ford school board. Prior to county an<l politics therefore should not be considered that time this business policy in his selection. Party lines ought to be ignored and the had never been adopted. Prev candidate elected who is most capable to fill the position. ious to my election on this board, school supplies had been In our opinion a lawyer should be county judge, pro purchased by the city superin vided he is otherwise qualified for the place. We have tendent and one member of known Mr. Phipps for many years and know him to be, the school board, which was in not only competent to take care of the legal matters of violation of the law-. At my the office, but excellent in business administration. He suggestion, the board adopted has successfully handled legal matters and litigation for the policy requiring that all us, and we know he has conducted his own business and supplies be purchased by the several matters of public concern capably and success board in open session. 1 cer tainly would require the appli fully. We know he is honest and honorable and believe cation of this law to the pur him to be. bv all odds, the most suitable and capable chase of supplies for Jackson candidate and that he should be elected our next county county. judge. I believe that taxes can be reduced without impairing any We are both members of the Republican party, but of the institutions of the coun believe that in an instance like this party ties should be ty, and again point to an ex laid aside. ample. While chairman of the tax conservation committee in W. E. MORRIS. 1923, I assisted in making a di CHARLES D. STACY. rect cut of $43,370 from the taxes of Jackson county, and this w-ithout injuring any of the functions of the county. A WHISPERING CAMPAIGN If the county judge, who is chairman of the commission ers’ court, points out the law Bally-Hoo for the Big Shot. and sets an example of busi Certain business men are slipping along the ness economy and efficiency before the other two members main street buttonholing citizens in an effort in a spirit of fair play, he no doubt will meet with their co to make a touch for the Big Shot HARMONY operation. candidate. Among the best, if not the Both republicans and democrats are being verv best, administrations of Jackson county within the past panhanlded. It looks like a third initiation into 30 years, have been those un der judges w-ho were lawyers. the mystic realm of the “Knights of the High And without casting asper way” trying to THUMB their candidate into a sions upon any person, and RIDE ON THE GRAVY TRAIN. without stigma aganist any candidates running for office Look out voters the BIG BALOON has not at this time, it is a well known fact that the affairs of Jackson left the hangar yet. county at this time are in a The last word to voter. grave condition. As already stated, the pro “POP! goes the weasel.”—Record Herald. bate business of the county is many years behind, and in a tangled condition, and waste STRAW BALLOT RETURNS SHOW and extravagance in adminis MUCH STUFFING, SAYS NEWS trative affairs have made deep inroads into the county fi nances. Jackson county has al First returns on the long-awaited Mail Trib ready taken over for taxes, property of tax values in ex une straw ballot on county and national offices, cess of $400,000, and there are linked with reliable information, indicates that now delinquent taxes in the sum of considerably more than the political gesture was being manipulated and one-half million dollars. When was the victim of some active “stuffing.” property goes to the county Although the totals of some of the candi- for taxes, it is taken off the tax rolls and thus the taxes of those who do pay arc in creased, so that each year few er and fewer persons must bear the greater burden. There is no doubt, in my judgment, that taxes can be reduced by cutting non-essential expenses, This paper is sponsored by and printed J and many items can be pruned without loss of efficiency. In under the auspices of PHIPPS FOR fact, I am convinced that by a COUNTY JUDGE COMMITTEE, proper business administra tion, all county institutions can CHAS. D. STACY, Secretary. even be improved on a reduced budget. W. E. MORRIS, Chairman, If I am elected county judge, I pledge my every effort to ful fill these conditions. WILLIAM E. PHIPPS. Keep This Paper Till Election Day dates ran as high as 200 information was that not more than 100 ballots had been handed in. One candidate, according to his friends, had them send in ballots for him totalling several- dozen to "stuff” the vote in his favor, but the returns came out giving him only a portion of that number, showing that the balloting was being “controlled” by political managers. - Daily News. U, If you don’t go to the polls and vote, you have no right to kick about government. 1 LOCAL PAPERS NOW SUPPORT That the entry of independent candi dates for county judge has turned the tide to William E. Phipps is now evident. Note what independent newspapers say: " I his paper was among the supporters of Mr. Fehl last spring. We have never supported the Medford gang and never will. We lived in Medford many years and have had first-hand knowledge of how these men have worked. We decided some time ago that if we could no longer support Fehl we would turn to a man who has long been known as a strong opponent of ‘gang rule,’ a man who started an opposition newspaper in Medford for the sole reason that it was at that time impossible to get anything published which disagreed with the wishes of the ‘gang.’ We mean William E. Phipps. Here is a man of mature years, who has the proper legal training necessary to handle the probate and juvenile court mat ters and who thoroughly understands the needs of Jack- son county. The Medford political machine does not want him. They saw the handwriting on the wall in regard to Fehl. They saw- that he was losing support on account of the recall agitation and feared it meant Phipps for judge. So they hastily thrust Mr. Gates into the race to save their ‘gravy train’.” — Central Point American. We believe, for the office of county judge of Jackson county, there is but one man fitted for the job who has qualified himself in the primaries. William E. Phipps, who made a creditable race in the spring, came by the nomination fairly and without mudslinging and is the logical choice. Others have filed for the position as inde pendents, but they should not be considered by fair voters because they have attempted to enter the race in the last lap without taking their chances in the primaries. And, as the American people are noted as clean sports men the world over, we believe that more and more vot ers will see the advantages of electing Phipps county judge and shy away from noisy Earl 1'ehl and self seeking independents who were not ‘petitioned to enter the race,’ but were admittedly out trying to chisel in on a county job.” — Jacksonville Miner. Remember: A Vote for Gates'^ or Pipes is a Vote for Fehl!
