Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-05-28
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EDITOR OF REVIEW: Who owns
and runs the Plaindealerl Is it owned
and run by Republican in the inter-
est of the Republican partyl Or is it
controlled and run bv the leaders of
the third party who are endeavoring
to carry cold water on one shoulder
and the Republican punch bowl on the
otherl / am led to make these en-
quiries not merely from idle curiosity,
but, that the public may know who it
is tina has recently launched forth in
to the journalistic field with such reck-
less disregard of newspaper etiquette
as characterizes the Plaindealer under
its present management. We
observed in the last issue of that pa
per a cowardly attack made upon the
Editor of TIE REVIEW under anony.
nous S. S., which two letters are no
doubt the correct termini of what the
would be correspondent writes himself
down in his article lacking only the
prefix A. No gentleman of breeding or
newspaper culture will answer or
criticise an editorial under the cloak Of
anon de plume. From the garbled
Blllingsgate which characterized the
article in question we are safe in say
ing that it never eminated from
modern Chesterfield. The writer ex-
hibits profound knowledge of the
law that would put to shame the
shades of a Kent or Blackstone
when he asserts that the Office Of
School Superintendent is not county
Office referred to by the constitution.
Section 6 of article of the constitu
ton of Oregon provides 'There shall
be elected in each county, by the quail
iGed electors thereof at the time of
holding general elections a county
Clerk, Treasurer, Sheriff, Coroner anG
Surveyor who shall severally hold
their offices for The term of two years
Section Z of said article provides
"Such other county, township precinc
and city officers as may be necessary
shall be elected or appointed in such
manner as may be prescribed by law.
Section 8 provides that "No person
shall be elected or appointed to cour
ty Office who shall not be an elector c
the county, and all county, townshi
r precinct and city officers shall kee
their respective Offices at such place
therein, and perform such duties q
may be prescribed by law"
The logic of S. S. position is the
any person not an elector Of the count
may hold any county, township or cit
Office except those enumerated in sc
tion 6, because the offices are create
since the adoption of the constitution
To claim that woman who is not a
p elector Of the county can hold ii
Office of Coroner or Justice of Il
Peace would at once show the falacy
le his position. If these disafecte
* Office seekers who are leading til
70 third party in this county with tt
70 purpose and iptent to defeat certai
"a Democratic candidates, own the Plail
'd dealer why do they not have the hol
IN esty to come out and espouse the
Is third party movement in their iou
ls nal. Is it because they are afraid {
Ve suffering pecuniary losses in the
ie newspaper venture, or is it becaus
s. they are insincere in their third part
81 movement and are using it only as
H. means of defeating Democratic nom
q nees2 The shallowness of their prefer
81 sions are too gauzy to cover the il
IN iquity of their real purpose which
ne revenge upon the Democratic part
Ve which they are too vacillating and III
re able to lead.
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