The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-05-12
"VNOLESALEINSULTS." "

In the last issue of the Leader the editors
of that paper take great deal of ccnsola-
ton in writing communication to them
selves under the title Of ''Wholesale
Insults" signed Democrat" and particularly
directed to the GAZETTE, concerning some
late remarks regarding ". S. McFalden's
candidacy for District Judge. This won
tlcrful self-to-seIf directed communication
says: ''But when he, tu,eani1g the GAzETTE1.
charges that the d, mocratic party of this
county have no more brains or manhood
than to he !ei around by the nose by aay
man, lie simply writes himself down an ass,
and will probably learn after a while that
nren will not ray him TO abuse them"
We never wrote, said. or pablshcl any
thing about the Intelligence or manhood Of
the Democratic party or anything to reflect
on either faculty. The Democratic party
of New York was at Gre time doInineered
over and controlled by ''BosSisn" in the
person of Tweed. to such an extent that it
came near running the city government and
either Democratic or Republican ever iE-
timated that in discussing the subject Of
Bossism in that case that it was any re-
Election on tie sense or M inhood of the rank
and file of the Democratic party of that city
on account of being subject to such Boss
ism" and leadership. On tie other hand
at later day tho Republican party of New
York has been under the ''Bossism' CONTROL
of Roscoe Conkling; an still in referring to
this calamity to New York Repub icanism
which has been discussed all over the
Unltel States no ore either Democrat or
Republican in thus discussing the subject
ever thought that such discussions reflected
upon the good sense or manhood OF the Re
publican party of that State. The fact Of
the business is that both parties OCCASION
ally get ho.d of a BOSS" and ,here can be
no successful denial of it. 1t was not our
expectation 60 make anybody believe that
the Democratic party lad a nose and that
Mr.. McFadden had that organ between
his thumb and finger leading it around
But quite a considerable proportion Of
t., Democrats Of this county (not a
lev of them as Mr.. McFadden would like
to make you believe) Lut a great many of
th EN- for the last several years have been
constantly asserting that Mr.. McFadden
was lestling til por tion of the party whic h
enera!ly controlled aud made the nonina-
tions; that the same portion of the party
ran to him for his suggestions and dicta-
tions and that the same were taken for
granted aad actel upon and that he dicta-
ted the nominations and set ND the con
ventions in such shape SO that his faction
of the party and particular friends only
could get the nominations. When any
quantity of Democrats in the county enter
tanned and expressed these views about
Mr. McFad,len and having been along sile
learned ourselves a great deal about his
maneuverings we believed these matters us
testified to by SO many Democrats to bs
true. Instead therefore of enamerating all
of these things we cut the matter short in
order to express the idea, by calling him
BOSS" and stateiug that he led them by the
nose.
When we entered upon TIE important
duty of critisizing Mr.. McFadden's qualiti
cations for Circuit Judge which took into
consideration his political and public career
in every particular, we did not expect tha:
we was getting into party or political con.
troversy, because the position of Circuit
Judge is not political in any respect and
there is scarcely any person who feels any
interest in the position from a political
standpoint; but every person should feel a
personal interest in the qualifications Of