Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-30

paternity. so good and great a man
as the dear BRO. Waters would not
let the peor thing wander without
care or protection, If he knew who
should care for it.
Also q small item in the way of a
claim Of $12 60 fled at the Nay |
term Of county court of a r.'i,ate of |
taxes. was promptly furnished to
the Times immediately for puhllca- |
tion; all innocent and proper, when |
standing alone This Item also
was furnished from Tie res ords of
the county clerks office, and little
later on the same item is urged IS
Il reason for Mr.. Waters election
with as much force as if the whole
interests nf Benton county were at
stake on that trivial matter of
$3.50 reb te Of taxes. This item
was supported by a decision of
District Attorney Chamberlain,
rendered in a similar case in Multi
nomah county, which decision
shows conclusive that the claim
presented was just. Strange con-
ditions, that this small item of
$12 go, should be furnished so
promptly from the records of the
county clerks office, then published
II great length in the Timrs, Mr..
Waters authorized organ, and
then afterwards taken up again
and urged in favor of Mr.. Waters
election. So small a matter, And
then the point OF Mr.. Cham
beriain's decision being ommit-
ted showing the claim just
one The Times, Mr.. Waters
authorized spokesman, says that
the Times told the truth about the
transaction. A familiar saying
that "a truth half told is equal to
whole lie" is generallyverr, very,
very true. We are will, ( 80 leave
the readers to judge whether the
Times told the truth or published
just enough to deceive the public
If the latter, then The publica ton
was false in fact and untrue But
in harmony with the profound say
ings Of the dear Bro. Waters ''these
are the facts, gentlemen, and you
are reasonable men and we leave
this with you to form your owp
conclusion" Again we repeat,
will the voters, the good, candid,
fair-minded democrats, vote to con-
tinue that SOFT of assembling and
deception, or will they quietly vote
the republican ticket and assist the
GAZETTE in purifying the impure
political methods 50 long forced up.
on the people?
Voters will call to mind that the
clerk office when run by the late
B. w. Wilson was run entirely diff
ferent MIR. Wilson attended strict
ly to his own affairs, letting severe
ly alone patrons and other peoples
business. In his time the county
records were not used to cast slurs,
misrepres entations and insinuations
over the conduct of customers oi
the office. He performed well his
duties as clerk, leaving the records
to be construed by the courts and
not by political bosses But since
those good old times the conduct O
the Clerks Office has changed. AZ
ter Mr.. Wilson was elected he knew
no friend, no foe. Those who cp
posed his election got precisely the
same treatment as his most devoted
followers. But since that time ar
opposing party man, or any mar
who happened to own more proper.
ty than the clerk thought he should
own, if he went to the clerks ofice
or before the courts to do business
for himself or clients, was in danger
of having the records sent out o
the Office, innocent in themselves
but so published as to be used as
political claptrap to annoy the par.
iy. And for this infdelity to sa
cred duties o! the trust imposed by
the office the voters are asked tc
promote the gentleman to another
four years term of Office and that
to he judicial Office. The voter
would naturally ask: If unfair in
a clerical office, can a man be more
fair and just in judicial office?