The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-04-23
Jones the Disorganizer.

Forks OF sAsrrAM, Apr. IA, 1870.
EDITOR REeIsTER:-By request of many Dem
ocrats beg leave to make known, through your
columns, the why we, as lifelong Demo
Gratis, in this section refuse support Mr.. Jones,
the nominee on the Democratic ticket (but not I
the Democratic nominee) for the Office of County |
Clerk. About six weeks month prior to the |
Convention Mr.. j. partially, and I may say |
wholly, came out before the people as a candi-
date for the clerkship, and after his name had
been eanvassed among the Democracy for time
he saw his unpopularity, and suddenly and to
tho astonishmcnt of his friends withdrew his
namc, asserting positively that lie would not be
candidete for the Office, thereby deceiving his
friends and causing them to bring forward good
men to be throttlcd and butchered in the Convcn-
ton by tricksers prompted to action by the supe-
rior intellect and better disciplined treachery of
A. C. Jones.
On the announcement of Mr. Jones withdrawal
from the field he called upon by different in
tHviduals to ascertain why he withdrew and 1
am credibly informed that he made this reply
.sThcre will be good many candidates in the
field, and of them will be hard to beat.
might get the nomination and 1 might not, but
my religion would be urged against me, and
some would object to me account of that oc-
| currence at Lebanon Now, rs to whether Mr..
| Jones could have got the nomination fair
and honorable or not am unable to say,
but this will say, that the way in which he did
| get his nomination too disgraceful, and too
undemocratic, for him TO secure his election next
June unless he can spring trick in the Republi-
can ranks by which he can get liberal support
from them. l was informed by prominent DEM
ocrat, when last in albany, that Mr.. Jones
sprung at the eleventh hour in a Democratic Con
vention held in that place last winter, for the
nomination of city officers and secured the nomi-
nation of himself for City Recorder (if not
mistaken in the ofiee) over Democrat who had
the man to let the people know before hand that
he desired the nomination; and after the nomna-
ton had been made he (Jones) with all possible
candor and solemnity pretended great astonIsh-
ment at the result-said he had not been a candi-
date and had not expected the nomination. Now,
it may be true that he was not candidate but
since his villainy at the County Convention we
are not inclined to take his word for anything
After he received the nomination for Clerk he
tried to play the old Mother Goose. He
was astonished- at the nomnaton-had not ex-
pected such thing-was not eandidate-did
not want the Office, etc. Well, if he does not
want the Office think he will not be forced to
take it.
/ am told that Hill, one of tho candidates for
Clerk, went to Jones some weeks before the Con-
vcntion and said to him, 50 Mr.. Jones, want to
know positirely whether you are OH the track! II
YOU are think of coming out, but if you are
going to run viii not for it would only cause
confusion for so many hdidates to present thcm-
selves" whcreupon Jones told him posHfrefy, as
a friend, that he would not run and this was
the inducement that led Hill to come out. Hill
put the question to Jones again the day before the
convention, ana Jones TOLD MIN tuat Ne iteu not
have any fears, he would not haze the Office. For
the truth of this statement cannot vouch, for l
have not spoken to Hill since the Convention, bu;
the following leads me to believe there is some
thing in it: On the day of the Convention Jones
making himself very busy among the dele
gates, and suspicious were aroused that he would
play trick, and was asked what he was doing
i Did he intend-to before the Convention
: He said emphatieally that he would not be before
the Convention, he talking to the delegate:
on other business. Some ofthe delegates were
then called upon to know what Jones up to
: and they said he feeling for the ClerkshiI
and they thought he would be sprung in the Con
ton. He was sprung. He did everything tha
: was dishonorable, and nothing but what two
thirds of the Democracy are ashamed Of
Another thing 1 wish to call attention-to is this
: 1t is customary to nominate the Legislative ticket
then the Clerk or Sheriff, and on. taking office
of most Importance first. But how was 1T thi
V year? The Clerk the last on the ticke
}, nominated. The programme of business showe'
fraud, treaehery, peridy, and everything but De
: mocracy its face. Is it 10 be supposed tina
honest mcn-Democrats in principle well q
:, name Will submit to such things? No! they wei
mott! favored the nomination of Mr.. Lake
but could freely support any honest man tina
d would honestly get II nomination. do not op
pose Mr.. Jones on account of his religion, for hi
= Mormonism is his own, and not mine but vot
against his dishonesty IN conventions Demo
- crat that would lie to his Democratic friends O.
l. political matters viii lie to them business mat
ters, and as we consider Jones one of that strip
;, We will scratch him with a far more liberal han
u than he has anticipated.
The question then is, who will we support?
" will answer that question thus have heard
great many say that unless there is anothe
Convention called through which the Democrac
people can be represented, they will supper
the Republican candidate, and others will nt
agree to support the Republican until they kno
who he will be- We ask you to bring out goo
and he will be respected at the polls, fc
Jones is not the peoples choice, and if he eecte
neither party will be represented for he is not IL
;, regular Democratic nominee. Jones denies ha'
y. ing been cognizant Of the scheme but his word
no better than his over here. His boso
friends told of this thing before hand, and Il
more iDdiscrect enes talked it publicly IL
streets the Convention adjourned, ar
said it did not make any difference if a few d
get sore n nomination election in th
county. Under these circumstances / shou
consider the election of Mr.. Jones withcrir
shame to the Democracy of old Linn; and if sus
il. things tolerated much longer Democrats vi
4 not scratch by hundreds but by whole regimint
- We do not feel like throwing money into man
u hands who would use it power to strang
of and disorganize his own party. Nor will we DO
HONESTY