The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-02-26
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Ny haIiiU has been mentioned |
quite pteinIr emily recently by several
Democratic papersIn connection with |
the nomination for the Office Of Coun.
ty Clerk ~ Linn county at the com.
log County Convention, aud in the
last weeks Issue Of the DEMocaAT,
you publish my nafne Ia the list CT |
candidates for that position.
Justlcc to myself demands that I |
should take some notice Of the mat |
ter IN public manner, now that II
has gone as far Is II has, and that |
should explain to the public tho reIa-
ton that bear 10 The matter. I
am not candidate for that Office Ia
the sense that your Item would seem
to Imply. Some three or four months
ago / was approached by prominent
and Influential Democrats Of Linn
county, and was asked n, In view Of
facts resulting from my defeat two
years ago, / would consent TO allow
my name TO be run for the Office OF
County Clerk, provided my friends
saw flt to give me the nomination.
In reply TO this, answered that II
the convention when assembled saw
fit 10 give ma the nomination, and
the party thought II would IN any
way conduce 70 harmony ia the
ranks, that would not feel at liberty
10 decline Il. The glst of these prop
osIlions have by me been submitted
to ny immediate friends, and has
met with their approval.
Two years ago | was candidate
In good faith, and made what con.
celved TO be an honorable contest for
the nomination, and was successful
over as honorable and popular "a OPP
ponent rs there Is In the county, but
for some reasons best known TO those
who did IL, | was defeated ut the
polls. Now have no particular per-
sonaI grievance to set up In the mat.
ter, but 10 say that my friends and |
wsre deeply humilialed Is only stat
Ing the case very mildly. II The
whole ticket, or any reasonable por-
tIsn Of Il had been defeated also, we
would have ascribed II 10 one Of
those anomalous conditions that fre-
queniiy arise In politics, and would
not have felt that we had any person.
al grievance In the matter, bat 10 be
thus taken out alone and knitted 10
the manner | was Is something that
does not set well on our political
stomach's. But I imagine I hear
some say, nWell what are you going
to do about IT, TnGnswer have to
say that we do not propose 10 do any
thing. But that there ls dIssatlsfac-
ton, aud that II will to greater or
leas extent bring about retaliation 10
fact that IL patent, and 10 but the
natural result of tho action Of two
years ago and will 10 some extent
unsetilo county politics for some time
70 como. II was 10 counteract this,
that tho propositions mentioned were
made b me and my friends, and We
propose 10 meet IL in the spirit .cfI
conciiIalIon aud do what We can 10
wIpo out the past. And 10 this end
think Il probable tho delegation
from Brownsville precinct viii pre-
sent my name 20 the convention, and
thus far am g candidate and no
faFtner. do not expect TO put forth
any effort 10 get the domination, am
poor man with q large family TO
support, and II takes me all my time
rustling 10 earn support for them
and ! cannot spare the time and
means 10 make ANOTHER conlest for
the pomlnallon, II | felt naturally so
inclined,
Now, In conclusion, ! desire TO
say few words personal TO myself.
| hear Il said that the excuse render
ed by a great many for voting against
me two years ago was that / had
formerly been Republican, and that
/ changed my politics when came
TO Linn county 10 order 10 get Office.
Now this statement ls partially true
and partially false. or the fact that
] was ct one time Republican /
have never made any eoucealment,
and have been frank 10 give my pvlit-
Ical history when asked for t,but the
charge that / turned after came to
Linn county / declare 10 be false and
/ hope my friends and enemies con-
cede to me at least common sense
and discretion, and think any rnan
that would change his politics for
that purpose in this county since
came 20 Il would bo devoid OF both, as
10 has been at ail times nip and tuck
- TO which party would win, and |
Imagine any man Of sense would
want more margin than there Ia In
Linn county TO change his politics on
for venal purposes. The fact Is, I
gave my last Republican vote as
ruch In the Presidential election IN
1872 and that vote ! gave under pro-
test. After that / was present at
one general election before / left the |
state OF Tennessee, and In that election |
I supported a Democrat for Congress.
and Democrats for Judicial and Leg. |
islative Offices, and that too in coun.
~ where the Republican majority
was oyer fifteen hundred, and I'm a |
Congressional district where the Re-
publican majority was over FIVE
thousand. / then had left the Re-
publican party at time when great
many others did, and for few years
considered myself independent Ia
politics and SO acted up to the Presi-
Dental election i'd 1876, when ar
rayed myself under the banner of
Tllden Hendricks and reform.
and have been. ever since fighting
under the same banner with all the
vim with which was possessed.
Now IL such facts as thesa are anv