Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-08-30
THE HAN FOR SUPERVISOR,

We have few words to say to the peo-
pie of the First District about their next
Supervisor. They know as well as we
do that they have been sadly misrepre-
sented during the last three years. They
certainly ought and we hope they will at
tempt to avoid making the same mistake.
For Supervisor, there are two candidates
-Fordyce Bates, of Minersviile, and Oh
ney Phillips, of Lewiston. Both are well
known in the District. Socially and all
that sort Of thing, Mr.. Bates is a good
man ; but the very men who engineered
Mr.. Carr's nomination and election three
years ago are running Mr.. Bates now.
This, of itself, should excite suspicion
and opposition. Mr.. Bates has been in
duced to seek the Office only upon the ur-
gent solicitations Of the men who run the
Democratic party in their own interest.
Weaverville ring, are attempting to gain
votes for Mr.. Bates by saying that Mr..
Phillips does not want the office. Now,
we know this TO be false, and any one
doubling our statement we refer TO Mr..
Phillips himself. On the other hand, un-
less Democrats willfuliy lied, Mr.. Bates
does not want the Office. Said one, a
member Of the Central Committee, "Wc
wanted Bates TO run but he would not -
said another, just before the Convention,
" | understand that Bates has at last con-
sented." We only mention this to show
how anxious certain men have been to
get him to run. We ask the people to
remember how Mr.. Carr was nominated
by the same crowd, and how the same
arguments were used in his behalf. Mr..
Bates has never been tried as Mr.. Phil
lips has, and does not occupy the indie
pendent position Mr.. Phillips does. The
people Of Lewiston know Mr.. Phillips
well, and if the voters of the First Dis
trict were as well acquainted with him,
he would have no opposition. Mr.. Phil
lips has lived at Lewiston many years.
lie is in comfortable circumstances. and
all he has is invested there. He has, in
years gone by, had considerable cash,
and spent it all to build up Lewiston.
But for Omey Phillips, Lewiston would
have gone down long ago. Olney Phil
lips has ranched, kept hotel, ran a black
smith shop, owned a toll-bridge and wa
ter bitches while living at Lewiston.
We challenge any man to say that OIL
ney Phillips ever sent man away hun
cry from his hotel, refused to sharpen or
steel a pick, refused passage over his
bridge, or took advantage of any man
wanting water, because the stranger or
traveller or miner was poor. The people
OF Lewiston well know that Mr.. Phillips
Is all hat can be asked as a citizen and n
neighbor. He is one of the men of whom
it is sometimes said that they are too
kind hearted for their own good. Phil
lips might have been a rich man he is
not, and the people of Lewiston well
know that this speaks volumes for the
man. Generous to strangers, aceommo-
dating to his neighbors, honest in all his
dealings, what more is needed in a Su-
pervisor of county affairs? Mr.. Phil
lips nelghbors at Lewiston know we are
talking sense. More than this, he was
not sought out by any clique and nom
lnation forced upon him. The nomina-
ton was rendered him voluntarily and
unsolicited on his part. lie accepted,
and will fill the position to the full salts
faction of the people.