The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-26
A BUNDLE OF LIES.
An Anarchistic Sheet Attacks
the motives of Judge Fuller
ton-Receivers Records.

The Capital Journal (Salen) of
the 22d inst. contains an abusive
TRADE against Judge Fullerton,
Receivers Hogg, Hadley and
Clark, Attorney McFadden, and
others who have in the past been
connected with the management
|of the Oregon Pacific railroad.
That the allegations are false in
every sense, no one hereabouts
questions. Let the past take care.
of itself and give attention to the
present. The article cited says:
"Close observers must be satisfied
that no honest attempt has been
made so far under the receivership
of Hogg or Had1ey, or at present
under Clark to conduct the road
economically or pay the laborers
what is due them.'' Receiver
Clark has been in charge of affairs
of the company scarcely long
enough to become warm in his
seat, and to charge him with any
thing, either good or bad, would
be no more nor less than ridicu-
'lous. AS to the indications of his
administration on the line of
economy, suffice tito say that so
far under his management the
enormous sum total of two dollars
in cash has been expended, and
that the clerical force of the gen.
eral offices in this city consists
of three men and a boy, besides
the receiver, who has not even
the luxury of an amenuensis or
private secretary to add to his
dignity. He was appointed to
the position over his earnest pro-
test, has for years been an en-
ploye of the company and enjoys
confidence of the laborers as we'll
as of the stockholders and the
court, in addition to that of his
numberless friends outside the
circle of railroad men.
When the Journal says f'the
court has been under the direction
of the corporation" it lies, and
its inforner must certainly be an
individual devoid of all honor and
principle and without an idea of
truth. To defend or attempt to
defend the career of Judge Fuller
ton in his conduct of the Oregon
Pacific affairs as against the
charges of this blackrnailing at
tack is quite beyond Our province.
To do so would be but an idle
waste of words to those who have
known him for 10! these many
years. The anarchistic innuen-
dos of the Salem srnut-machine
should be resented by all decent
folk, and the good name of an
honored citizen supported in that
high position which it has justly
attained by long and faithful pri-
vate and public service. The
demand made by this publication
for Ful1erton's removal is baseless
and no more than an intention to
mislead the public idea, as no
just fault has been found with his
judicial acts either by friend or
foe, and his motives have never
been impugned. No honorable
member of the bar within the
jurisdiction of this Judicial dis
trict endorses single utterance,
each of which bears the ear
marks of a disgruntled, disap-
pointed tool. If the article so lib
orally distributed by this calum-
niator was based on facts, or if the
statements made were true, then
Judge Fullerton should be under
the guardianship of the state;
but if they are false the editor of
the Journal should wear for years
the stripes peculiar to the in
habitants of the state penal insti-
tuition near the city of his pres
ent residence. Within the courts
| of the country lies the founda-
ton of government. He who
wantonly attacks them is none
less than guilty of treason.