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the Union. Without the help
THE SCIO TRIBUNE save
of Union Democrats, who placed
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Oh, no. If the sickness was serious
you would select the doctor who
was th«* most skilful in medicine and
surgery.
Your candidate for office should
His
la* selected in like manner.
character, fitness and general effi-
ciency should he lhe rule of meas
urement rather than that of good
fellowship or personal friendship.
The voter is the arbiter aa lartwven
the candidate and lhe people. If
you. because a candidate ia a person
al friend, assist in piscine the con-
trol of an important office in his
hand* when you have reason to know
his <mp«*n«-nt is the better and more
efficient for the place, you are doing
both yourself and neighbor a wrong
The county or state is entitled to
have the very beat service obtainable
in official positions. Public office is
Americanism before partyism. and
of Democratic generals in directing
our armies, the South would have
T. L Ül'GGKB, KPITOB AND TW>t
Probably one-third of the
won.
I
Northern
army was made up of
Entere«! at the uwt- ffiee at Scio,
Democrats who had voted for Doug
Oregon as second dam matter.
las in IBffO.
Generals Grant ami
THE TRIBUNE ANSWERS THE Sheridan were llemocrats General
John A Ixtgan. a Ihsmocratic con
QUESTION
gressman from Illinois, résigna*«! his
seat in Congress to lead a regiment
The Oregonian of May 9. in an
into the field.
His congres»ional
editorial article under the caption of
j district, almost solidly démocratie,
"Party and the Union." asks The
I but which regarded l>*gan as her
Tribune, somewhat facetiously,
political model, was the only eon-
"whether or not, ip its opinion, lhe
grewnonal district in his state in
great question of slavery and states
which it was unnecessary to resort
rights might not have been settled
to lhe draft to fill her quotas.
by negotiation or compromise, and
j
So. while the Republican |»arty
without ap|H-al to arms." and con | controlled Congress and provide)!
clude* that The Tribune would not
maintenance for the Army and Navy, not a public charily, lo be dished
answer.
the war was won in spite of the out among the boys for party or
Now, Brother Piper, The Tribune’s
grave mistakes made by a Republi- friendship sake, by any means. If
opinion about this matter is of but
can (Jongress. Compare th«- plan of you want good government, and vou
small consequence.
The events of
financing lhe Civil war with th«- plan do. you must have men or women
more than a half century ago can
of financing the present war. andi in public office who ar«» capable of
not lie influenced or changed bv the
the mistake becomes glaring When administering that class of govern-
e
opinion of a one-horse country ed
bonds were iasu«*d to finance tn- menl.
itor. But If this paper can in any
Civil war. their sale was turned over!
Therefore, we urge our renden
wav enlighten the obscurity of your
to the Wall Street liankerw. Th)-! <o altend their respective polling
mentality, it is but a neighborly act bonds were wild at a heavy discount i places tomorrow and exercise the
to do so. So here goes:
and our currency depreciated «othat' elective franchise in a patriotic spirit.
No. This writer does not think
It required two and one-half dollar** by selecting In* or she whom you
it was then possible to at all har
to buy one dollar in gold.
The en ‘*>ink will give the public the licet
monise th« hot-headed and aggress
tire bond issue of the Civil War was service. Voting should not tie con-
ive leaders of the slave power with
but about three billion do'lars. In i sidered a mere persona) privilege,
the determination of the North to
the present war twelve billions of I but a grave duly of citizenship, and
prevent the further spread of slav
bonds have been sold at par to th«-! not a means with which to reward a
ery. The Southern leaders w«*ro too
people
Our currency is inter friend or to punish an enemy. The
determined to protect and extern!
changeable with gold at its face general g«iod of the public, in which
slavery at any and all costs to make
value. The Republican |mrty origi you are simply a factor, should be
compromise possible.
nated and executed its financial pol your guide.
Only a few years before the polit
icy by going into partnership with
ical campaign of 1X60. these South
Wall Street and lhe country paid
WRITING IN NAMES.
ern leaders had forced the retirai of
dearly for It. The Democratic parly
the Missouri compromise and imme
has originated our present financial
diately attempted, by corrupt ami
It is recommended by the county
policy and is executing it by going
unfair means, to force the admission
central committee« that the blank
into partnership with the people.
of Kansas as a state with a constitu
spaces <>n the primary election bal
Candidly, brother, don't yo think
lot be tilled by writing in names -if
tion permitting slavery.
Their
lhe Democrats have the better end
achimes failed, however, and when
men whom it is known will accept
of this comparison?
lhe Democratic National convention
the nomination thus tendered.
The Tribune thinks political par-.
Thus the Republicans are expected
met at Charleston. S. C.. in 1S60,
ties are nwsaary under our present
these same tenders were thete in
to write in the nam«*s of Frank Por
political system, though the need
full force, determined that that
ter of Halsey, for state senator, and
for them is growing leas as time
party should then and there adopt
Charles (Tulds for representative.
progresses.
The | arty and party
a platform unequivocally endorsing
■ Democrats are expected to write tn
fealty should not lie considered j
slavery and its right to enter into
greater than one’s Americanism. | ' the names of D. 8. Smith of Albany.
and be prot«*cted in any of the ter-
C. C. Jackson of Halsev, and W. P.
The party is but a means to accom
ritorii*s of the United Stales.
i Elmore of Brownsville, for repre
plish an end -that of good govern
sentatives
The convention refused to adopt a menf
But one's party prejudice)
Democrats have no candidates for
platform which it knew would lose
should never go so far as to cause i
county
clerk, surveyor, coronet or
the party every N irthern state. As
him to vote for lhe inferior candi
county
commissioner
On the state
a result the delegates of seven
date because he is a Democrat or a
ticket
they
offer
no
candidates
except
Southern states withdrew from the
Republican, as the case may be.
|
for
national
committeeman.
U. 8.
convention and two Democratic This is the dam of non-partisamsm !
All other
tickets weie placed in the held, which The Tribune indorses. Such i ; senator and governor.
; places an- vacant. Republicans have
which made the success of the Re
has governed this writer for the
no candidate for county recorder.
publican party possible.
past forty years or more and we.
Il has been suggested by several
Now. when these Southern leaders
purpose to continue such
,>Brn I Democrats in this vicinity, though
would not compromise with the
nanism for the remaining cw
Lyjii
not recommended bv the
Northern and more numerous half of our political activities.
, county committee, that prearnt
of their party, and when they had
Now. Brother Piper, if this local..
...
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,
,
reason to believe that their party country newspaper has made its po i • < ounly < ommissioner J. D. Irvine
.7 . be written in to succeed himself, as
united could elect its president, it is sition sufficiently plain to you, it
is
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(th< te is no candidate nominated or
folly to suppose they would compro well. But do nqt accuse The Tri-
'
mise with the anti slavery Reputili- bune of evasion or attempting to i i other ts-rson mentioned for the office.
can party.
dodge a question, for it is not a
Democrats should not foigvt that
The Oregonian says in the final dodger or hedger in any sense. Its
paragraph of its article that lhe opinions may be of small value, or Will H. Hornibrook, their candidate
logic of our reasoning will drive us its reasoning may be illogical, but it | f“r National committeeman. is a
to admit that if "partisanism i” of is ever ready lo meet an issue in I Unn county man; ia worthy and will
j fill th«- position with credit. He
one sectional group ( the seven slave some way without trimming
states which withdrew from lhe con
i should receive the unanimous vote
' not only of Linn county Democrats
vention) all but destroyed the Union,
SELECT THE BEST MAN
: but those of the central Willamette
the partisanism of another group
,
(the Republican party) saved it. We
When the elector goes into the valley Counties as well. His election
do not think such conclusion could election booth tomorrow he will is generally conceded. but this should
be drawn from our article in ques there undertake to perform one of not cause careiesarwas on the part of
tion.
the most responsible duties of citi- voters at the primary election.
The slavery leaders, not as Demo lenship. He will there help to select
crats, forced the appeal to arms. a candidate who will be our next
A few years ago a captain in the
Like the present German Kaiser United States Senator
He will U. S. Navy wrote a poem entitled
they assumed that victory was a there select the man who will be "Me unt Gott" in which the German
surety. Domineering and over-con- come Oregon’s next governor. And Kaiser was given a severe grilling.
fldent of their ultimate suecees. they the same is true of all other offices, The Kaiser complained to our Gov
were determined to force a decision clear along down the line to precinct ernment about the matter and the
for slavery, Even when it was pro constable
captain waa reprimanded for com
posed to pay them for their slave«
If a member of your family was mitting an offense against the head
out of the Government treasury, seriously sick, or had to have a sur of a government with which we weie
they would not even consider the gical operation performed, you would then at peace.
The Navy officer
matter.
not select your physician simply be evidently had a just conception of
UHIt'KD KVKBY THUMPAY BY
However. Brother Piper, the Re cause tee was a relative. or a person the character of lhe Hun Kaiser
publican party withm itself did not al friend. or a general good follow. |
which Dr. Kerr of Corvallis, was to
speak, that (taper stated, "Dr. Kerr
will ‘apeaw* at the First Presbyter-
ian church m Albany Sunday even
ing. May 12; at Ix-banon al Ila.
m ami at Brownsville at 3 p. m.,
Sunday afternoon." Better hire a
proofreader. Bill.
Wonder how the Kaiser now feels
when he knows that every democra
cy in the world is saying things
many limes Worse about him? If
he could just get at the people who
arc now committing acta of h-ee ma-
jestr wouldn't he make 'em squirm?
On the other hand, according to
press dispatches from France, lhe
allied troops are making the Kaiser
squirm considerable just now.
The Scio Tribune, 11.50 the vcar
Judge Thomas F. Ryan
Too Late For Candidates to
Present Assistant Slate Treasurer
Bonds.
The Tribun«* published an item
last week just from rumor, that
some of the county political candi
dates had not purchased Liberty
bonds. The Tribune did not know
about lhe matter ami the inquiry
was simply thrown out as a feeler.
The Albany Democrat of last Thurs
day published the list as taken from
Manager Hodge»* books. Democrats
have a clean score, for all have pur
chase«! bonds. J. R. Frum, candi
date for sheriff on the Republican
ticket, is the only candidate of that
party for sheriff to buy a bond. It
is n«>w loo late for either of the
other candidate» lo buy a bond or
bonds; for lhe fwople would look
upon such purchase as a resort to
catch votes.
They ought to have*
bought while the buying was good.
THOS. F. RYAN
REPUHI K AN CANDIDATE
Ridi< ulous linotype error in Albany
Democrat is worth noticing
In an
article headed "Food Problems." on
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