The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-05-27
AN APRkAb 10 HoNSsr VOTERS.


ALI the charges made against F A. Mo6re,
candidate for the supreme bench, have re-
eohed upon their authors. 1t Is another
proof that this kin of warfare doesn't pay
-Oreg CONAN. :.
IT the above wtre true, 1t is sad COM
mentary upon the intelligence and ihdif-
ference of the voters of Oregon, But it
is not true. The very serious and damag
ing charges made against Moore have not
been answered nor denied by Moore, nor
by any republican paper in the state on his
behalf. Hence, scores of republicans all
over the state will not vote for man for
the sacred office of supreme judge whose
personal fitness, as shown by his own
sworn statements, is so clouded. Now
what are the charges against Moores AS
shown by his own sworn evidence In the
case of Taylor VS. Miles. the allegations are
as follows;
Ist. That some time In 1882 Moore was
called in to write will for Mrs Elizabeth
Taylor of St Helens.
and. He wrote the will conveying all
the property to Mr. Taylor, husband of the
woman.
ord. He received no directions what
ever from Mrs Taylor, and the only in
formation he had as to the manner the will
should be drawn was that given him by
Mr. Taylor himself and he told Moore to
give the property to him, (raylor.)
4th. When he completed the will he
read 1t over to Mrs Tay lor. and asked if
that was her will. He did not know GER
tainly what her answer was, but he under
stood her to say yes. She spoke In low,
gasping tone.
5th. He did not sign the will as wit
time, the woman was not conscious o!
what she was doing.
OH. When he wrote the will he omit :
ted to even name the three daughters ci
Mrs Taylor who were her legal heirs, not
thinking of them as he was writing as
rapidly as he could in order that he nigh
finish the will before Mrs Taylor died.
7th. When he first went into the room
where Mrs Taylor was, whom he had
known for several } ears, he spoke to her,
but she did not answer nor show any signs
at the time, that she recognized him.
Sth. He had known the three daughter'
of Mrs Taylor foi long lime prior to the
| f;rna of ,er;t;rr sha xpill
9th. Moore was the first one to inform
these three daughters that their mothers
will, as to them, was void, and might b,
| broken. This he did In the fall of 1887
10Th. After informing them of this, h'
and his partner, Mr. Cole. made a contrac
with the three daughters whereby they
agreed to try the question of the validity
of the will and sell the girls interests il
the 7h acres in East Portland for S6oo<
in consideration of the payment, by th'
girls, to them, of $1,000. provided the.
should win the case.
nth. Moore and his partner sold on,
share to one Foster, and the other share t,
| iNuCmsS.NCss anu fSAaiuSu flOSO AOi NuSi
services.
18th The evidence of witnesses Shove
the and to be worth from S11, 900 to Is
1000.
All these allegations are based on tn
sworn evidence of Moore himself. Thi
evidence is matter of public record no.
on file in the Office of the clerk OF the ST
preme court. From reliable sources "
learn that the Leaders of the republican
party in this state have caused this write
evidence to be carefully examined with
view of denying. or at least making 4 Il,
fense, against the serious charges pub ishe
in the DEMOCRAT some time ago. BI
they found the evidence to be just what tn
DEMOCRAT published They then saw thf
no denial nor defense could be made. Th
next best thing was to secure the public:
ton in the republican papers, and a lot {
hireling nondsscript sheets, of squibs hk
the above. There are twelve allegation
above, and we now challenge the OregoHid
and other republican organs to deny all 0
any one of them Come to the front an
deny these charges, or admit them. If the
are not denied they must be taken as tru'
As shown by Moore's own sworn evi dent
as published in the brief in the case {
Taylor VS. Miles, the allegations are true.
is no wonder they have not been denied
The proof is a public record. 1t is NJ
enough for the Or>gonian to say that th
!, charg .s have recoiled. 1t is not enoug
for Moore friends to publish the opinion Q
law firm that was employed in the case o
Moore's side to the effect that ne is an hone
man. Let the people have the facts, an
. they themselves can render Judgment 0
these facts. The above twelve allegation
are facts as shown by Moore himself. \
one has had the hardihood to deny the pull
lie record that shows the existence of thes
facts. The case against Moore is full, com
plete anil overwhelming. and ne should /
buried in overwbe ming defeat by the vote
Of honest men in June.
-@.a..@...a.--F
ATTORNEY GENERAL.