The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-06-01
WAYS THAT ARE DARK,
Peculiar Methods of Osburn-
What Shall cur Yer
dict be?

The Times is out again in defense of the
cowardly assault which the Osburn fec
ton of the democratic party is making on
George Smith. The Times and Row
lands answer to the plain, manly and
bus1Eess-like statement of the chairman
OF our county central committee, is
about the thinest thing yet seen in the
whole contest. If Rowland and bonds
men were afraid that Smith would
squander his wife's estate, why did they
not get temporary injunction which
they could have gotten, on swearing to
one-half they are publishing about
Smith instead of waiting until Novein-
Der to do it. Does not anyone know
that from May to November is time
enough for him to do great damage to
the estate if he was inclined to do SO?
Does not Rowland and every bonds1nan
know that they are taking chances of
having to pay the bonds they signed
every moment Smith is allowed to handle
the property, if there is the least grounds
for the suit commenced? Would not
common prudence demand an immediate
temporary injunction?
The whole story about the complaint
of the bondsren, is either pure fabri-
cation or Rowland has done the silliest
thing on record by not invoking the
, strong arm of the law to restrain Smith
Immediately. We have not had time to
see but one of the two bonds1nen men-
toned who went to get off the bonds
! Sol King is fighting Smith in the burnt
woods with Osburn money, the other
one mentioned utterly denies having
made any complaint whatever. Any
voter WHO happens to be in town please
call and see what he says about it.
Thomas Eglin was near neigllbor Of
| Jerusha Smith and her first husband
| Jesse Smith, and knew her we'll from the
time OF her marriage until her death
which occurred some years after her sec
ond marriage, to George Smith, except
ing few years while they lived at Cres
ef1t City, Cal, where Jesse Smith died
Jerusha being daughter of Ha1nar
Lewis, returned to Corvallis to live neal
her people and again became neighbo1
of Mr.. Eglin. He says that both Mrs
Smith and her father told him that he1
husband left about Sc, 900, which she de
sired to loan. This was about the
amount they were known to have ac
cunulated by their industry and Mr.
| Eglin gives no credance to the story tina
other source. Mr.. Eglin is willing tt
make an oath to this, but it is not neces
sary until he is called into court, which
he certainly will be for that purpose
Any voter who may feel interested in thi
matter, please call and see Mr.. Eglin.
Rowland's statement that he is jus
J attending to the interests of his ware
without any reference to politics is no
believed to any considerable extent il
this community, and seems to be abou
on par with the statement that a Colo
RADIO paper was hired to publish ailt
forward the information that Smith hat
, paper was hired to quote the item, get
ting out 500 extra copies solely with
view to disseminate valuable news. Ant
finally, that enterprising person from
Corvallis bought up these 500 copies ant
carried them all over the county witI1on
any particular design. 1t sounds abou
like the statement that Sol King left hi
farm, took a sack of twenty-dollar piece
and scattered them along his old trails il
the.mountains, because he wanted to ge
rid Of the money and had nothing els
to do. 1t seems to be off of the sam
piece as the story that Osburl only re
Gently heard of all this and strongly op
posed it. 1t is not consistent with tn
assertion that our opponents deprecat'
dishonest methods and general 1nudsling
ing, and it even contradicts their pc
theory of economy.
Citizens, what verdict shall we rende
on such attempts to secure office? Shal
Sol. King triumph against the will of tn
people for the second time? Shall vitu
peration, s1ander and Doodle elect on
county officers? We repeat what thi
paper has said before: George Smith il
an honorable, upright business man
He has proven this by an eight year
| residence in our midst. Dare Osburl
truthfully trace his own record as ia
back?
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