The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-05-31
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When 3 man asplros 70 the high ofhee Of being the
public prosecutor Of other people for crime and man.
tanning the dgnity and purity Of the laws, ought be
not TO have a clean record himself
Hart Hurley, Of this county, Is the Republican can
didate for District Attorney and his character Is but
little known outside Of this county With Jour per-
mission win state Few facts that ought TO prevent
all lovers Of Law and order and ali lovers Of honesty
and purity in tho administration Of Justice, from
ing for this man Hurley.
Fact No. one.-Efe has used his ofics Of County
Judge Of this county 70 influence administrators Il
tates road petitioners and all others having ofcia
busiaess bef1rs him, TO employ his brother Andrew
q haiwttsd lawyer in Lafayette in all loyal business
coming before him, and always allowed brother An
drew enormously high fees against estates. It 'a
in the family
No Two.-The County Court Of this county madean
order authorizing certain citizens to let contract 10
build bridge the river at this place. without
limit to price and Hon. W. T. Newly, ono Il the
Bridge Commissioners, took certified copy Of the or
der his authority The contract was let in purs-
Of the order and Of the law and then some Of the
sappointcd bridge contraetorsmads fuss at Hurley,
and he notified the Commissioners that they had
cesded their powers, the order Of the Court said
tuS Cuot uQfe bLhu I'VE nun
drsd dollars. This progiso was not in Newbys eeri.
fed copy Of the order and upon examining the neeold
q appeared In different handwriting from the Iorr.
nal entry and looked for all tho world like Hureys
handwriting. Then Mr. Newly said TO his neighbora,
THAT bridge will be built, somebody will 60 the
penitentary for mutilating public records" And that
$500 proviso disappeared from the county record and
the bridge was again LET out by contract for even
higher price than the first time Did or did not Hart.
Hurley alter public recordi
No. Fhree-Some time ago B. z. Stewart the lead
Ing dealer In bloodsd cattle of North YAmhiil, died.
leaving will, and his son. D. C. Stewart ESQ., as nd.
ministrator. Mr.. Stewart went 70 Lafayette to see
Col Bradshaw aud have the will probated As 1t hap
psned. neither Bradshaw or any other attorney, ex.
espt Hart. Hurley, County Judge In Lafayette on
that day Finding no attorney, Ar. Stewart mentioned
70 Hurley the fact that he had down prob4te
his fathers will. Hurley replied that Il fortunate
/ he had come that day, that was the last day on
which the will could be pFobased but then and there
said he could attend 70 the business le petition be-
tore himself violation Of Iau) until bis 'brother An
drew returned aud accordingly drew up the petition
attached the will 70 It, and stuck 1t in pigeon-ole in
his law Office. At that time Mr. Stewart inquired
what the charge Of the Hurlsys woud be 70 settle the
estate and Hart Hurley toldhim four or i've hundred
dollars. Not willing to pay this outrageous fee, Mr.
shaw when after relating his experience with Hurley
Bradshaw told him he had yet thirty days to probate
the will and that reasonable charge for settling the
estate would be forty afty dollars Mr. Stewart
solved 70 employ Bradshaw and disctargethe Hurieys
and did So Bradshaw then went 70 the Clerks onsce
70 get the petition and will and the Clerk Informed
him that such pspers had been fled with him.
Mr. Stewart then went to Hurley, and the County
Judge curtly cut him Oh with the remark that as he
had employed Bradshaw he might hunt the papers.
Mr.. Stewart demonstrated, and finally Hurley said
they at the Clerks once NO., said Mr. Stew
art, 81 you put them in that pigeonhOle and they
are not Ia the Clerks Office" That win dsposing Of
large estate was lost in three days IN Hurieys private
law office. aud cannot be found, and who knows but
these unscrupulous lawyers have laid II away to make
il the subject OF big lzw-sut after awhile win Hur
ley knsEeri For further information sppy to D. c.
Stewart. ESQ, Of North YamhiH. or Col Bradshaw q
Lafayette.
No. Four.-on the 18th Of last month the County
Commissioners Court upon petition and sPplica-
ton Of several hundred voters and citizens Of the
county, made order 10 give TO the Dayton Grand
Ronde Railroad Company county warrants to tHA
1lnoant Of eighteen thousand dollars, the estimated
taxes ON said railroad for ten gear. In consideration
therefor the railroad company keep up and in
good repair for ysrs the bridges across the river
at Dayton and MeinnvilIe and rebuild the bridge At
Dayton also TO transport all bridge and road material
the county over the arcad free OF charge for ten
years. and also TO construct branch Of their road TO
AeSlinnyiile before Oct. l, 1878 The order was
agreed TO and made BY Hurley as County Judge, and
County Commissioner Joseph Hill. Of Dayton. and 1t
was reduced to writing By Hurley in the presence Of
W. T NeKby and J. CASTOR. The President and See
rotary OF the railroad eompsny telegraphed for
and came up from Portland 70 execute the company
bond and contract. They met Hurley At his Office in
Lafayette in the evening" and the contract dram
up The order Of the Court produced BY Hurley
| ald made part Of the contract, and then it WAS
signed by the officers and sealed with the corporate
seal and handed back TO Hurley to e in the county
records The existence oi this order cannot be mat.
ter Of doubt dispute it has been and rezd
by half dozen different persons. Subsequently
body told Hurley that this would make him unPopu
lar and now the order Of the County Commissioner
Court and the contract Of the company TO maintain
and build these bridges be found This is se
Gus business, any By looking at section
sS7 Of the Criminal Code. the Law that Newly
built bridge with. Some may say, why is not Hur
ley arrested for this violation Of law! Even so but
what avails arrest il the people elect Hurley Dis
trict Attorney. He will not prosecute himself for the
crime and with this record easily that he
would destroy any papers committing him from jus
tes's court.
And these only sample facts with regard to this
man Hurley, who has now become obnoxious to the
people Of this county that he did not dare appear
the stump in discussion with Nessrs. whitney aud
Butler in his county.
Such ought not to be entrusted with the high
duty Of public prosecutor He that prosccues others
for crime ought himself to present clean skirts; and
the voters Of this District do the Of public
morality and reform greater wrong than to elect
this man Hurley. He will not get the Republican
vote Of this county, nor even one-half of it.
A REPUBLICAN, VOTER.