Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-06
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

EDITORIAL COMMENT.
We hope none of our farmers
will lose their heads in the pres
ent cattle excitement, and dis
pose of their stock at prices that
are now ruling, which is really
far below their reasonable value.
This is the time to buy, as the
demand for beef in the Pacific
coast. states is growing much
faster than the supply. Before
the winter is over it will be nee
essary to import beef cattle from
Montana, Utah and Colorado.
Prices must necessarily rise, and
the farmer who holds on will
reap the benefit.
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We learn that the ringleader
of the Holy Rollers, Parson .Cref-
field, who recently left this city
in hurry, has mustered up
courage enough to return, and is
now at his old quarters. 1t is
now up to the county officers to
see that no further disturbances
of the peace are allowed, and
that the threatened mobbing of
these fanatics is prevented.
Much as this treatment is deserv-
ed, we hope, for the good of our
city, it will be prevented. 1t IS
but right, however, to warn these
people that a single overt act on
their part will be the signal for
prompt and effective measures to
rid Corvallis of a nuisance, and
that will be a lesson to future
Rollers and howlers, as they will
do we'll to note. We trust the
county officers will see their way
to perform their duty in the
premises.
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Tammany has won and the
Tiger is again ON top. George
B. McClennan, son of the civil
war general, has been elected
mayor by majority of over Co.
900. The people have got enough
of a decent, orderly, clean1y gov
ernment, and have voted for re-
form. Reform stands for more
ventilation-the ventilation you
get from awide-epen" town.
Low has given to New York
City a conservative administra-
ton, creditable to himself and
the party that elected him. But
decency doesn't go for much in
the slums of New York, and from
the slums Tammany draws its
strongest following. Pure water
has no charms for the man who
lives on beer. New York has
got the best she is entitled to, it
is as good as she wants, let her
enjoy it.
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The only election on Tuesday
that can be said to have any
bearing on the National election
next year, was that in Ohio.
Here the local issues did not out
weigh the purely party considera-
tions, and the result justifes the
claims that the party managers
have made for the national cam
paign. The success of Tam
many will have the effect of in
Producing an arrogant and dis
cordant element into the demo-
cratic councils, that will in the
end work more harm than good
in the bourbon ranks. Tam
many is essentially rule or ruin
and its recent victory will only
serve to make it more emphatic
in its demands. On the whole
the Republican party has good
cause to be satisfied with the re-
suits of Tuesdays elections.
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It is said that some of our
larger Eastern colleges pay as
much as $50, 900 a year to main
tain the athletic department of
their institution, and that some
colleges are even guilty of pay
ing more than this sum. In the
face of this stubborn fact comes
a Western college which proposes
that all athletic games be open
to spectators, without money,
and without rrice, and that no
stands be erected, but that all
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