The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-05-25
FALSE INSINUATIONS.

"Take No Chances," wastes a lot
of space with stuff like "Let a
prosecuting attorney be elected, or
a judge be elected, or a sheriff be
elected, who is in sympathy with,
or of whom this element is not
afraid, and THEFT, arson, murder,
and every other species of crime
will run riot" Alter eXhausting a
column in such twaddle The arli-
Gle closes with this: "Let every
voter think of his, wife. his dauoh-
ter. his home and the peace of the
community, whenever it becomes
hi, duty or privilege to cast bal
lot for prosecuting attorney. judge
or sheriff." ..
The Times sanctum must be
supplied with very foul currents
of air, or else the office. must be
dark and gloomy because at this
enlightened day and age of the
world, surrounded with bright sun
light. beautiful flowers and The
green trees, there must be some
reason for an editor filling up the
columns OF his paper with such
vaporinys, and there seems to be
no other cause 70. the article men
toned than a torpid liver, foul at
mOsphere. a dismal office or some
thing Of this kind. The people
OF Benton county are certainly
composed of men and women on ii
moral plane with those Of other
counties. They are not in league
with any band of outlaws, neither
are they outlaws themselves.
Our citizens are no more corrupt
than citizens of other commun-
tiles. They are sessed of as
high sense of honor and integrity
as those Of any other county.
There is no difficulty in finding
m"n possessed Of these virtues to
fill the places of judge, sheriff and
prosecuting attorney on any of
the tickets now in the field.
To the certain knowledge Of the
GAZETTE, men of this class have
been nominated on the republi-
can ticket for the places OF trust
mentioned. We were unaware
that the names Of such persons
as the Times speaks of appeared
on the democratic ticket for these
iml ortant offices. We will even
go further. and say that we are
satisfied that the democratic, or
popuIist, or prohibition parties
have not put up such persons.
Then, if this be true, why on
earth does The Times fill its col
umns with such senseless stuff.
thereby intlmating that persons
are running for the office of judge,
sheriff and prosecuting attorney
on some ticket that are SO thorough
ly stepped in vice that they have
become totally devoid of prin
ciple, integrity, morality, h )nesty
and manhood-in fact, every
virtue of which good men are pos
sessed.
To persons living o'.tside of this
section who are unfamiliar with
the circumstances and false in
situations of the Times, this arti-
Gle would have the effect of caus-
Ing serious doubts to enter their
minds, regarding the integrity and
general moral tone of this com
munity. In fact, it will cause not
a few to believe that we are lot
of cut-throats and vagabonds: that
some party or other has a ticket
in the field whose. candidates are
assassins and high handed robbers;
that a sheriff has been selected
who would allow a prisoner to es-
cake upon the payment of a few
paltry dollars; that a judge has
been chosen who will allow a
murderer to escape unhung, and
that prosecuting at orney has
been nominated that can be
bought off and will allow the "vil-
lain to 60 Scott free"
If the Times is cognizant that
such persons have been nominated
why in Heavens name d mt that
paper expose them? Ii is its duty
to. do SO. Again, we assert that
the. republican ticket is composed
of no such men as the Times
alludes to and we do not believe
that any such person or persons
have been nominated on any of The
tickets. Therefore. the article has
no bearing on the present cam
paign. A paper having the inter
est of the, community at heart
will not, thoughtedly at least, be
guilty of heralding to the world
the impression that some party is
attempting to elect lot of out
laws. Neither will a reputable
journal insinuate that such a thing
is true when it knows that such
insinuation is absolutely and un-
equivocatly without foundation.
Unless the sanctum of the Times
is soon furnished with a good sup