The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-03
A WORD ABOUT THE SHERIFF7S
OFFICE.

The office of sheriff is the most i'm
portant position within the gift of the
people of this county and it is to the
interest of every voter to see thar an
honest, honorable and responsible man
is elected 10 this office next Monday.
! According to the statement of the dem
Iocratic papers, over $l50,0C0 of the
peoples money passes through the
hands Of the sheriff every year. To
him is entrusted the responsibility OF
the handling of this large sum of
money. He is required by law to
give bonds to the amount of only
$l5, 900, SO it behoovcs our people to
be sure that they are putting into this
position man of known integrity and
financial ability. The bond of only
$4,000 is very slight security for the
large amount which is known to pass
through that Office.
There IS a certain element in this
county which is moving heaven and
earth to secure the election of Osburn
and resorting to the most desperate
measures to attain that result, which is
all being done for their own personal
gain. They are stooplng to the point
of repeating the most scurrilous stories
which are entirely without foundation,
for the purpose of lowering his oppon-
ent in the eyes of the voters and work
ing him in. Let us ask few questions
as to what the people want in the way
of sheriff.
Do the people of Benton county
want a man for sheriff who will not
Ipay his honest debts?
Do the people of Benton county
want for sheriff man who, we are re-
t1iably informed, does not pay one dol
| lar taxesa That man is Dave Osburn.
Do The people of this county want
in the sheriff office man who has
made failure as business man in sew
eral undertakings and who owes various
sums of money which are long overluel
That's Osburn again.
Do the people of the county of Ben
ton want for sheriff man who does not
even attend to his duties as deputy
sheriff! 1t is known by nearly every.
body and incontestable proof is IN exis,
tence that numerous warrants placed in
his hands were never served. A man
who will not do his duty as deputy is
not at all likely to do so when elected
to the office. No, the people do not
want such man for sheriff.
, The people of Corvallis said with
; great emphasis that they did not want
him as their city marshal, although it is
: well known that Corvallis is really over
whelmingly democratic. But right here
in Osburn's own home, where lie is best
known, where he has spent almost bis
entire life, the voters rejected him by d
large majority. This certainly does
!. not indicate strength or popularity fol
Osburn in the place where he should be
popular if he is anywhere. Quite the
| contrary, we think. If he is SO bldly
/ beaten here, what ought he to expect o
} the county at larsel Defeat is newt
s able; it cannot be otherwise.
T. On the other hand, VIM Jolly, the re
I publican nominee for the same position
I has shown by his entirely conssten
life that he possesses just the q,,aiifica,
= !!tions most necessary for that place
= His honor cannot be questioned b,
: any one and his past record is open +
:, the inspection of ALL The people o
i Benton county are not anywhere nea
1 being such ignoramuses as some of th
4 jwire pullers think they are and the
s can be relied on to recognize homes
t worth when it is placed before them s.
they can see it. VIM. A. Jolly is th
L man the Benton county voters will sup
port for the next sheriff, if they look t.
their own interests and the welfare O
E he public at large.