The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-11-21
The Semutrat,
mAKEs A spECrAcLE Of HIMSELF.


The Brownsville 7I~cs man IL making
a ludielous spectacle Of himself. His course
dlsgusts his friends and he becomes
aughing stock for the public. It says:
1T, Qhe DEMOCRAT aflirms that the 7Imes
claims that the north part of the county Is
taxing the south part at greater rate
han the NORTH part" This the TimeS says
lie ~ false as can be-" We will see
whether our statement "ls false as Il can
be-" In one issue that paper said this:
"kor the last ten or fifteen years the
northern half has been managing affairs
In their own way, tsxiag ia soStAsyR hG1
uisAOsf hs Aaviag a representation. This the
TSnss can not deny, This proves that
part Of our statement which alleges that
the Times said the north half was taMag
the south half. Now as to the other part
Of the statement. In Its issue of October
3rd, Il said: awe wish to prove, first that
We, (the south part) pay more than our
just proportion of taxes" In It's issue Of
Sept 10Th, 1t said; at, (meanlng the DEM.
ocRAr,) did not deny that the citizens in
the southern part OF the county have
been paying more taxes In proportion to
their actual wealth than those In the
northern half" Again It said; "The fact
that the tax payers of the south half have
been, and are no~, paying more than their
iustprorortlon OF taxes remains the same"
Now sum all this up and see u the DEMO
Graf Is not right. II Il be true, as the
Tiacs says, that, for the las, ten or fheen
years the north half has been lSxisg the
south hall, and that the south half have
beeu, and are now, paying more than their
just proportion of taxes, then the ccnelu
sion Is irresistible that the north part Uf the
county is taxing the south par, at greater
rate than the north half. II the Tine,
chooses to dispute this Il must falsely Its
own words to dc Il. Now what becom
of Its up.start, ,Aippant charge that the De
ocRAr falsi6es about. We could saw that
when the TImcs man says n DEMOCRAT
man said to him that "if Albany did moi
take the steps she Is taking they would moi
get the bridge as the county did not wan
IT," or that ait Is a common evil that Salem
and cities all over the United States resor
o In order to get bridges" the Democrat
man referred says that the Times nan ial
sifes, aye, worse than that, but then VI
are 10th TO introduce that style Of billings
gate which appears so suitable to sUm'
newspapers. The Times in quoting from
the DEMocRAr SAYS we "whooP II up 70
the Albany bridge and say HofliHg what
ever IN behalf of the people who have tim
and again petitioned for appropriations
The Tmcs kAcrv when II made this state
ment that II cut its quotation iH tao an
that II did It for the purpose of deceiying
II left out the words In the DEMOCRAT tina
would have convicted II of open, ,delibcrat
falsehood. This Is what the DENocRN
said In connection with the quotation mad
by the Times:
And we say, once for all, to the Times
that the DEMOCRAT Is broad enough In II
conception of its duty to the taxpayers {
Linn county to favor the constr uction c
good safe bridges on all the streams of tn
county. This means that we favor tn
building of bridges on the CalaPooia an
Muddy with as much earnestness as In
building of them any where else.
Thus does the TimSs stand convicted b
its own words. Shame on the newspape
that will attempt TO create prejudice agaln'
others by malicious, premeditated, wieke
misrepresentation. What language coul
be stronger than ours, that we are in 'favc
of the construction of good, safe bridges o
all the streams of the county. THIS msah
that nc favor he building of bridges on IA
OalaSOoia and Muddy rsitG as much earnest
sess as TIE building Of than any syhcre else.
And in the very face Of these words tn
Times says the DEMOCRAT said nothin
whatever In behalf of the people who hav
time and again petiioned for aPpropha
tIons. II Is no fault of the DEMOCRAT
the Times editor Is too stupid TO understan
such language or too knavish TO admit Il
fairness. The consolation the DEMocRA
has Is that its readers in the north, south
east and west part Of the county do under
stand It, and are not to be misled by tn
Misrepresentation of the Times