Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-12-11
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ED. TRBUsE:-Inasmuch as you have
made unfriendly reference to myself in
your paper during the last few months,
and inasmuch as the Tr"iba1ae Of the Goth
inst contains an article over the signature
of Hon. P. j. Kelly, which makes per-
sonal attack upon myself, / respectful
ly ask space in your paper to reply.
Mr.. Kelly delivers to me general |
lecture, holds me responsible for the de- |,
feat of division of Umatilla county at the
late session of the legislature, and, in
connection with some one else, calls me
"sa,aH potutoes" and some other things
that are not good to eat Responsible
ties are stubborn things and do not Ike
to be held good for too many of item;
| and in order to be liberal I will say that
l can hardly hold MIR. Kelly responsible
for the article in the Tribune over his
! signature,
! Mr.. Kelly says, esteem otter. said to
me that unless the county was divided Oh
the lines settled before the June election,
that he wanted no division at all" These
lines were the same as those adopted at
the mass meetings at Centerville after the
election and approved at the Division
Convention at Pendleton, still later.
Then in the next sentence he says, by
some means Steen captured Wilson, and
got HIM to introduce H. B. 81" There
fore, be surely will concede that l favor
ed the passage OF this bill.
Mr.. Editor, / ask anyone to compare
the area contained within the first named
boundaries and that contained in the
boundaries as described in Fl. 3. s., and
they will find the latter is four townships
or Al square miles less than the former.
If Mr.. Kelly can make these two state
Can. was not alone responsible for II.
B. GA; Mr.. Cook, of Centerville, and Mr..
Reese, of Weston, had equal voices with
me in its origin Mr.. Kelly seems to
think that II. b. so was the best that
could be produced. While I do not wish
to deny him the right to his belief, /
claim the right to differ from his iudg.
nlent. If his bill was se good and he
wanted it to pass, why did he vote to
postpone it, which he and all of his friends
did and succeeded Could not he and his
friends, being majority, have passed his
bill as well as to have killed it? DID
Stesn Capture" Kelly and his friends
and have then, defeat their bill4 Mr.
Wilson did not vote to postpone Mr.
!. keily.s bill, as the. journal will show
When Kelly's bill had been postponed
Mr. Wilson, to save his own measure, o
fer some other reason, voted for the mo
! tion to reconsider it, and Mr. Kelly votet
against it. Who was right on thi
vote
When II. &. So was printed and MI
Of Wilson came in possession OF a copy OF II
or / understood him to sou that he was no
ct satisfied with that part Of it which ha
81 81 reference to his section of the county an
that he desired to have it amended, an
:" seeing there WAS warm contest over tn
proposition to form county from til
eastern part of Uniatilia, he desired t
have his measure put upon its own mel
it's and not have its success depend o
st that of another upon which there was )
oef much contention, SO he asked the eo..,mi
M IN, tee to seperatei II. 3. SO and this he di
on his motion not mine
We were in possession Of a petltio
vi signed by 1880 voters of the county asl
re, r ing for the formation of new count
and before H. B. So was introduced "
:. showed this petition to Mr.. Kelly ar
- presented II. B. 81 and asked him to i
troduce it by request, and he refuse
J. We then asked Mr.. Wilson to introdu
set our bill and he said, 'believing that Il
,oa ,.a right of petition should not be denied
ice. he would do SO. Who was right in I'll
case, Wilson or Kelly4
die H. B. 50 was Questionable in 9th
and ,os respects than that OF bounder,es provid
H H; for the proposed county of Wise Sec
of this bill provided that the Coun
Treasurers Of Wise county and Coal cou
ty shall pay over to the Treasurer
Umatilla the full amount of taxes on t
assessment roll Of 1880 due FROM citize
q Of Wise county and tsoal county resp
SC. tiyelv. II was assumed that the sisl
4 a. auant taxes and the taxes assessed agais
'ses. pessaas and property in the propcs
couaty Of Wise and our interest 10 I
ley. public property If UmatiIla, would eq'
s 81 our portion Of the county debt We {
w. saz not think the facts in the case wos
warrant such presumption At
:. events, If we had been held to ray