The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-11-10
TO THE GOVERNOR.
Benton's Representative An
SwerS a Letter From
Sylvester.
CORVALLIS, Nov. 8, 1898.

Hon. Sylvester PENoYER:
Dear Govener-Yore letter reehed me
Yesterday and hav studyd awl mite An part
ov the da before. I'm wuss trubled than
when yu writ me about eallin the Legisla-
tur. Yu was kinder sharp then for yu
dident sho yure hand, but I'm afeard yu
got your fut in it this time. You see the
pepul have bin kinder in the habit of waitin
fur the president to apint the da fur eatin
turkys and prayen, and may not want to
bake up the ole rule. You see it runs
back from Cleveland to Jim Bradford end
has alus bin done by the he'd of the nation.
don't Sc any sens in sutch custum. A
man has rite to pra or eat turkys when he
gets redy. If tina want any body to tell
EN- when to commens ech guvenor cud
apint his own day and we cud hev so or GO
ov em evry year. Yu ar krect in sain the
old wa ov etin turkeys alus made gobblers
scarce and HI. This is good pint and will
wurk we'll with the pore people who want
to by turkys, but there is some pore foxes
who raze turkys to sell-they won't like
1t much and may kick at the next elecshun.
But this is fitin time and evrybody likes
man who pitches into evrything, Yu
kno yu got into. otis by abusin the china
men, the coarts and legislator. The men
yu run against-Cornelius & Thompson
dident catch on. Tha hadent gumption
enuf to find fault with enything, Thomp-
son jist lated when you wudent let the foxes
hev the old canon to shute when Cleveland
TUX his seat. He said you was KILN yur-
self, but when you made Harrison waite at
the raleroad stashun for you and told old
Gresham to tend to his own bizuess an WI
wud tend to yurn he sean WI was repre-
seotin the peepul and hasnent sed any
thing sens. If i was yu and the new
thanksgivin taks all rite Ide tackle CHRIS.
mas an new years. Evrybody nos sha
cum in the wurst time ov the year. Just
when we want to hav gud time we've got
to set around the fire or pack wood.
But now lie cum down tn what take Il,
be the Jist ov yore letter-wether yu had
bettur run for U. s. senatur strait or get
the populest party to elect yu mayor of
Portland first then go for senator. Yu "a
the salary is S., 200 yeer for 3 yeers-that
would give you SIS, 900 to wurk on the leg
lslatur with and mite do the wurk. Yore
he'd is longern mine, and line afeard to give
yu advise, but whatever yu du be kareful,
line little afeard ov the mayor. Bisness
peepul might say you sined the bill to give
that big salery bekase yu allowed to get it
yoreself. Yu no yu dident sine eny other
big salery bill and sed pore peepul couldent
pay pig salerys. If yu do run for mayor,
one thing you must fix up sum way-that 10
your sawsiill bizness. Sum folks say yu
talked against trusts and then got up ono
yoreslf to raise the prise ov lumber. This
mite hurt sum, for pore peepul have to buy
lumber and all vote yu kpo. If yu du run
for mayor lie cum down an help. Whatll
Joe Simon and Scott sa? Do WI rekou
they'll see thro it?
If yu ever get to congress blieve. you'll
stay there. The ole parties are poin to
peses, an yu can make plenty ov trends by
gettin up sumthin neu. The foundations
ov the government will stand little lookin
into. Yu mite git to he president if YOU
strike the rite string. The peepul of the
suthern states all like yu fur what yu sed
during the war an yss cud help EN- more y,t.
Thare is whole lot NV rites besides what
they fot fur belongn to EN- yit. That state
sovrenty bizness ov yoren will make WI if
yu ever git chanse to run for president.
Yu cud carry the south on that pint and all
the silver states bekase yu want to coin 5S
cents worth ov silver into dollar an the
pore peepul everywhere, bekase yu was aein
big salerys and lumber trusts.
Now guvener, i've been writin plane an
give yu my mind on all the pints. lie kssp
close lukout an let yu kno if 1 hear eny.
thing agin yu. yu can count on me an ole
Benton-weel never vote for enybody else
when yu are runnin. Please rite me apin
when yon find out whether yu kin git NOM
mated formayor or not. If had eny infloo.
lence with Joe Simon or Scot ide cum down
an tri to make them stand in.
! Respectfully yores,
L. Hon. TIMOTHY Turner.