The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-06-01

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taken an active part i'll the noni L; =
ton and selection of officers for more
than thirty years.
In 1877 when the agitation in f,vCr
of rcmonetizing silver was first started
|, he took sides promptly in favor Of sill
yer, and in editorials and in Washing
ton correspondence in his paper vigor-
ously supported silver ut IL time when
the only republican in the senate from
Oregon opposed the mra -ure, and
when 40 other a. per III Oregon sup
portel it. H. has been firm and
consistent supporter of silver money
and bimclalism ever siHce for period
of seventeen years, until no"
public sentiment, as we'll as
the public welfare, clearly dc
nands it all over the Pacific coast.
He took a leading part in opposing,
througl, editorials in his paper, the re-
peal by the legislature Of the laws tax
ing mortgages and exemptins indebt-
edness, last year, on the grounl that 1t
was class legislation, legislation favor
ing the wealthy at the expense of the
laboring, enterprioing people, who
produce everything OF value and fire
quently borrow and pay interest on ali
the c'pltal they use, and by ,he re-
peal of those laws ::re now required iy
law to pay taxes i'll addition to interest
on all their debts. On the other hand
he has vigorously opposed in the col
umns of his paper all schemes to rob
people of their ca ,,ilal, wheth'r it be
much OF little, by class legislation, CAL
culated to ContiscAtc the lands,
houses, mnney, or property OF any
person, whether it be by the l,Su u.ce
of fiat money, the adoption OF single
tax on land, or any other scheme to
enable some of the people to live for
4 time without work Oh the aCcumu-
lated savings Of others, who have been
more industrial, more frugal, or more |
successful than themselves. And II |
luing this, he has critici-ei the pub |
lie acts aud STATEMENTS of Governor
Pennoyrr as tending 10 demoraliz: the
American people, and lead to anarchy, !
poverty and ruin, by destroying all |
rights and all incentives to
abor and accunnAtlns property, lead
ng down to murder, famine, and Say
,gery
He has never belonged TO any fac
ion or ring, but has always been i'll
conservative, consistent
md fair, advocating what he believed
o be right and for the best interests ot
he whole p:opIr, regardless of who
night favor or oppose, or whether it
night he popular or unpopular ut the
line.
While he was clerk in the senate at
Washington, he was nominated, with
,ut solicitation or desire on his part,
~ the republican state convention
leld at Portland in 1870 for state
printer. The republicans were in +
at that time ami none of
heir state candidates were elected,
,ut Mr.. Kincaid came nearer being
elected than amy other candidate on
he state ticket, being defeated hy
majority OF only 493 votes i'll to:al
IF 22,SO9. His name has often been
uggtsted by friends for county and
tate Offices, but he always declined to
)e candidate. When his name was
irst suggested for secretary of st,te by
| Salem paper, he published an edi-
orial in his paper at Eugene, saying
it was not candidate for thas OF any
,ther office. He did not consent to al
ow his name to be used until manY
,ther favorable expressions had voIun-
,arily appeared i'll the papers-rel,nl,-
ican, democratic and populi,t-and
many private letters had been received
urging him to be a candldate. The
unanimous support of the l63 dele
gates i'll the Lane county republican
was entirely voluntary or
their part, not Il man in the county
having been asked by Mr.. Kincaid to
support him, and his nominatio, by
the republican state convention was in
the same manner the free aud unb As
Ell choice OF majority of the dele
gates. Ii was clearly an instance OF
the Office seeking the man. On ali
questions for Improvement IN the con-
iition of the people he has heen Il
leader and not follower of pubic
opinion, which now approves of nearly
every position he has ever taken, Of
Ten against the popular current in the
idle, thus vndicating his superior fore
sight and Judgment.
He has always heen industrious, TEN
)erate, economical, careful. accurate,
and prompt i'll all things. He has p-r
ormed a vast amount of physical and
mental labor, and is capable of doin.
more hard work now th,n the average
nan of h,:f his age Hlving man
aged his own business successfully, of
en- under very unfavoraLIe CIrcum-
stances. he is a safe man to t,,lst with
pubic business, ;,md is peculiarly we'll
qualified to discharge the responsible
and important duties of secretary of
state, 10 which office he will surely he
elected by a very large vote on the 4ih
lay of next June.
W. Ii. CoTTLE doesn't like Geo.
NJ. Brown, republican nominee for
district attorney. Cottle is the
manager of the State Insurance
Go. and doesn't like Mr.. Brown !,