The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-10-03
CHE 9emotrat,
KICKING vICIoUsLY.

The Brownsville zYmes is Kicking vic
iously. Some time ago Il went to work
and built with great pains and labor, a |
hugh man Of straw. and, since It's compile ,
ton, has been kicking In the most vigor
Gus manner to down Il. II Is as mad as
though II had seen red flag, because, for.
sooth, the people Of Albany appear to want
a bridge across the Willamette river. 1t
complains that too much OF the money of
the county is spent In the north part OF the
county and not enough In the south part
of the county. When told that Albany
was not directly benefited by the building
of the Waterloo, Sweet Home, Stayton and
Mehama bridges II cries out and asks why
did Albany favor these, then. The ans
wer Is plain to every intelligent man In the
county except the Times man. TAs fsSiic
aesfed hAese bridges, AVID epeeiaiiy, tAe foo-
De tAo isS IN fks leoalv WAac tkcy are
ssvrully located. This Is the universal rea. |
son given for the construction of a bridge |
at any time or place. Albany Is nearer
Brownsville where a bridge was lately
built, than she Is to either of the bridges
above named, and hence was more bene-
fitted by the latter than any or all Of the
former In a direct way, The tax pa. ers of
Albany, and Of Lebanon, and the forks OF
the Santlam, and, In fact, all portions OF
the county, approved the action of the
court In building bridge at Brownsville
6ocaussit Ras mScA Roe'fed By "a; rabiie at
fAaf flacc. And, while the tax payers OF
Albany and vicinity paid probably three
times as much as the tax payers of Browns
Vile and vicinity 70, the bridge, yet, so far
as Is known, not a single objection was
raised by any tax payer of Albany against
Its construction. II Ia no fault of the tax
payers of Albany that many moe bridges
have to be built In the north and northeast
part of the sounty, than In the south part.
Nature has placed her largest and most
turbulent streams In the north and north
east part, and for this, Albany is not to be
held accountable. The bridges at Lebanon,
Waterloo and Sweet Home are nearer
Brownsville than they are to Albany. Al
bany favored the building of these
bridges. The Times says that the tax
payers In the southern part Of the country
have been paying more taxes inProportion
to their actual wealth than those In the
northern half, and that the DEMOCRAT
does not deny Il. We do not deny this
allegation and challenge the Times to
prove IL. The people of the south part of
the county have been assessed by the same
assessor as those Of the north hall, aud II
an individual has been now and then found
to be asseISed too high, It Is the fault in the
judgment of the assessor. The people of
Albany are no more to blame for this
than the "man In the moon." Then, as II
to cap the climax of abuse of the people Of
the north part of the county, Che real con-
tention Is against Albany, thought tn
ZimcS says: "For the last ten or fifteen
years the northern half has been msnag-
ing affairs In their own way, taxing the
southern half without its having a repre-
sentalion." This statement Is so absurd
that we can not understand how any man
(unless he is densely ignoranO could make
Il. Now let US see who have been on the
county board for the las fifteen years,and
then our young fiiend Of the Times who is
comparatively a stranger in the county,
can see whether the south halfof the coun-
ny has had any representation on the board
during that time. From 1874 to 1876, the
board was comprised of N Tandy coun-
ty judge, of Harrisburg, J A Porter,of
Halsey and L Cox of Albany, commission.
ers. From 1876 to 1873 the board corsist-
ed Of Judge Johns, of Brownsville, B R Holt
of Harrisburg and J X Charlton, of the
the Forks. From 1873 to 1880 the board
consisted of Judge Johns, II r Powell, of
Brownsville, and A r Mcdonald, of Scio
commissioner. From 1880 TO 1881 Judge
L Finn, of Albany, NJ Cunningham and l.
Douglas, both of Harrisburg. From 1881
to 1884 the board was Judge Finn, John
Isom, Of Center, and S r ClayPool, Of
Lebanon, commissioners. From 1884 to
1886 the board was Judge Whitney, of AL
bany, A condra, OF Harrisburg, and ID
Myers, Of Seio, commissioners. From
1886 to 1888 the board was Judge Whitney,
z j Miller, of Halsey and A Brandon,
Center, commissioners. From 1888 10
1890 the board was Judge Blackburn, of
Albany, and b w Cooper, of Center, and
G w Phillips, OF Seio. commissioners.
During these eight terms the south half
has been represented on every one, and
half the time has had a majority Of the
board. So .his silly stuff about the south
half having no representation on the board
explodes on the slightest investigation.
The very silly stuff about Albany trans.
acting county business is easily answered
by saying that during all these fifteen
years she has not even asked for a bridge.
II she has controlled county business why
has she not built her a bridge If she Is as
selfish as the Times makes out5
Now, the truth s,tbat it has been largely
through the influence Of the south part that
these county bridges have been built, and this is
creditabIe to the broad m Hded character Of
he people Of the south part Of the county.
We know those people well.and known they
will not object to the bniIding Of bridge, il
needed, simply because it happens not TO be
in their locality. They are made OF better
stuff than such narrow sel6shness. Why we |
are told ;hat the business men Of Brownsville
pctitioned for the bridge at Waterloo, which
only proves what we said last above, The
bridge at Lebanon was built when Judge |
Tandy and J A Porter, both from the south
part were on the board. The Green's ferry
bridge at Jefferson VAS buit when Judge Johns
and b r HoIi, both Of the south part, were on
board. The Sanderson bridge was built like
wise by the same board. The Mehama and !
Sweet Home bridges were built when A Con-
dra was on the board all OF which shows that
the south part was represented when all these
bridges were built. On the bridge at Browns
vile over $4,000 has been spent and not
man in the county objected. Albany has been