The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-12-01
LlNCOLN'S CAPITAL.


DEAR EDIToR:- The first. full-fedged
court of our new county has been running
since last Monday, and the populists are in a
futter of excitement. ADout thirty good and
lawful men were summoned from the body
OF our people to act as jurors, and after
hard shaking up from the bottom of the box
grand jury came forth, made up from
five populists, one lone democrat and a Nc
Kinley republican. No more august body
than this same grand jury was ever seen on
the west side of the mountains-you were
at once reminded Of the Druids of old Eng
land and the mound-builders Of New Mex
leo. After the oath was admins tered the
court instructed the grand jury in the usual
manner and it at once proceeded to grind.
and all the spectators looked pale-no man
felt safe. Shortly after they retired, noisy
scenes were rumored from the jury room,
which was up next the roof in the gable end
the of court house. "Vox Populi-Vox
Del, sub-treasury per cent. bonds," ETC.,
ad infnitum, were the mystic words that
echoed forth from their deliberations. The
grand jury had only been in session about
oil uOuIs WIl1u Lue oiSGiiSG aGtOihSy oiSSON
cred determined effort on the part Of Popu-
list RAIDER and few other compatriots to
indict the late grand jury of Benton for a
failure of duty in the Hamilton, Job 81
Co. bank transaction. RAIDER insisted that
all public crimes were within the jury's hori-
zon; that its jurisdiction was as extensive as
the crimes with which it was to grapple; that
the crime of the age was the repeal Of the
Sherman act, and that Gar Cleveland
should be mpeached; what Lincoln county
needed was silver and credits; that the gov
ernment should issue without delay to the
poor and needy, money without security,
based upon 2 per cent. bonds; that just
here the district attorney, with upifted
hands, interposed: "Gentlemen, I am your
legal advisor, and the judge SO instructed
you-your jurisdiction extends to the ocean
on the west and the summit of the mountains
on the east-the Benton county grand jury
is on the other side of the mountains; you
cannot reach it; the court will not entertain
or receive an indictment against the grand
jury Of Benton" RAIDER WAS winged for
moment, but rallied at once and said; 1--WE
will remain in session after the court leaves
here, and bring all these monopolists and
their adherents to the bar of public justice.
We are here to do our duty and no court
can stay our hands,"
1t was announced in last weeks Toledo
Leader, in black letter, that the Lincoln
county grand jury would indict the Job
boys, and so it did. The Leader man spoke
by the cards and coppered on straight.
Midnight meetings have been held by the |
populistic brethren, and it was resolved |
that they would do and die for their brother,
Treasurer Denlinger; and that the money |
by him deposited in the branch bank Of Ham |
ilton, Job & Co. should be forthcoming if
they had to indict every creation of that |
bank. Denlinger, in broken voice, stated (
that he had lived his three-score years-and-
ten, and few more days made little differ
ence to him; that he would have that good
money and justice done him ifhe had to take
it with his own hands. The situation was
desperate, and expenses to Lincoln county
cut no figure. The thunder bolts forged at
the night meetings took form in the shape
of an indictment against z. Job, B. H. Job
and M. M. Davis for larceny Of public
money. The same mystic power that pre-
cipitated this Indictment put two leaden balls
through the skiff Of some Cinnamon a few
years since for the taking of three plums
from Treasurer Denlinger. The .Cyclops
are now in the saddle, and dead after the
game, so look out for breakers.
The sale Of the railroad now in the hands
of the court, and its advertisement for sale,
on December 18th, in the Leader, was only
intended as little diversion and with no
thought on the part of the sheriff of selling
same-no contempt Of court intended. It
was simply bad conception to encourage
to Lincoln county, and show to
the world the prospective resources of the
new county when put into money shape. It
was bold conception-a ten-strike-and
will avoid the necessity Of an immigration
bureau. The new county is full Of states
men-greatness is around and about YOU
Colonel @Kelsay is the legal
adviser and is blazing out the road grandly
for Lincoln countv's future.
Another bold conception is the annuities
10 be received by the Siletz Indians, after
The allotments of lands..by the government,
1t is believed by manylthat these annuities