The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-09-09
SCOTS
HOTTEST
ROAST
Poured Out On the
Eugene Guard
For InSinuating That 1t Got
Furnish Money
II Insists That It's Associates
Are "All Honorable Men"
Qeading editorial In Oregonian, Sep
tember So

tember So
TIME FOR AN END OF IT
The Oregonlan asserts that there
was not the slightest reason for the
suspicion OF the use Of money" I'm the
nomination OF Mr.. Furnish over Gov
ernor Geer. That may be so, yet we
opine that Mr.. Furnish would decided
" object to the making OF statement
as TO what that nomination cost him
from primaries to the polls. His cam
paign from start to finsh had every APP
pearance OF being strictly on u cash
basis. And. without considering any
wrong in such a transaction, we cam
not believe that The Oregonlan wns
not a beneficiary. The loborer Is
worthy of his hire in any instance, and
more especially in this case. where the
man to whom support was given was
publicly known TO have proflted largely
from the very questionable handling OF
men through their giving whisky to
Indians besides was recent convert
to the party that nominated him, while
he had no special fitness for the honor
able position. However, The Oregon
ian laid itself open to just criticism In
lending substantial aid to a man whom
IL must have known, at least suspected
from his record, would in case OF elec-
ton, have used the office for personal
profit and aggrandizement.-Eugene
Guard.
Now. Of course, the Eugene Guard
has no knowledge whatever Of the mat
ters II talks about no information for
support Of it's assertions. 1t Is speak
ing merely from conjecture; and It's
conjecture Is that OF narrow. petty.
malignant, mendacious and utterly COR
rupt spirit. The Guard insinuates that
The Oregonlan had mony from Mr..
Furnish for It's support Of him; ana II
couples the insnuatlon with the state
nTent that 'the laborer is worthy OF his
hire"-whlch simply means that the
Guard itself. or the mind that directs
Il, Is INSCRIPTIONS, mercenary and COR
rupt. From utterances of journals Of
this sort you may know what motives
GCtuate and control them. Mr.. Furnish
Is an honorable man. The Oregonian
Is an honorable newspaper, Mr.. Fur
nish had right to aspire to the Gov
ernorship Of oregon. The Oregonian
had IA right to support him. and II did
support him. wholly from consldera-
tions of public duty. For the support
IL gave him The Oregonlan never had
one dollar, directly or Indirectly, and
he who asserts or lntimates that Il had
Is himself corrupt scoundrel and lies
In his throat as deep as TO the lungs.
The Oregonian has said that Mr..
Furnish is an honorable man. II says
that because IL has every reason to-
believe him such. He was Deputy
Marshal for the United States under
John Myers, a citizen of approved char
acter and lifelong Democrat. What
ever reflection may be made upon Mr..
Furnish from the questionable handl-
ing of men through their giving whisky
TO Indians" and profit therefrom.
through fees, falls with heavier weight
on Honest John" Myers, who ap-
proved the charges and had the larger
share of them for his own profit.
Moreover, Mr.. Furnish Is as honorable
a man AS his competitor for the Gov
ernorshlp and In several ways an ADLER
one-albelt he Is not smooth oily or
flatulent orator. Fortune favored Mr.,
Chamberlain and he was elected-not
specially upon superior merit. but bel
cause multitude OF Incidents contrib
uted to that result. one OF these incl
dents was the fact that he was District
Attorney OF Multnomah. and his partl-
sans used the office for ali II was worth
to coerce for him the votes OF n large
class In Portland.
The campaign, however. has been a
thing OF the past these three months
It's contentious need not be considered
further and there needs no further at
tack ON the personal honor or reputa-
tion OF the participants In II. The no.
tion assiduously propagated that Mr..
Furnish bought" his nomination and
relied on money to elect him Is dis
graceful only 10 those who have assert
ed Il. Mr.. Furnish has but very mod
crate fortune, and his expenditure In
the campaign was small-even trlhing
lie was misunderstood. maligned and
beaten; and II IL time now there was
an end OF the Misrepresentation II is
time, moreover that the little cheap
rascala OF unscrupulous journalism
ceased to represent whole classes OF
our people. including The leading men
Of the state, and the honorable men Of
the state, as unprinclpled and corrupt.
ana as actually selling for money Ia
conventions nominations for leading
positions In the state Such charges
are simply a reflection OF ghe yenal