The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-05-23

ton, ahd lived one door south of
the deceased. The shooting occur
red Just. outside the gate; of Mr..
Kerr's residence and blood was obs
served from the residence to the
barn ami 10. the residence again,
which was decided to be the course
of the decsased's steps after the
shooling.a s
Mr.. Kerr was an exemplary citi-
zen well respected, and of kind
temperament, and:w known in
Polk County. He was conscious to
the very last and remained In a
sitting posture until within a few
minutes of the end. He talked
with his family telling them that
the end was near, but uttered no
words against the man who slew
him.
/ Peacock Immediately left for In
dependence and gave himself over
to Constable Moran, who afterward
took him to Dallas the county seat.
He does not yet know that the
wound proved fatal, and it ia the
intention to secure all information
possible before letting him know.
Kerr's brother married Peacock's
grandmother. The deceased left u
wife and two children. The funeral
takes place tomorrow.
Eugene, May 18.-Your CORE
spondent asked Sam White, at the
Reames headquarters, for some
expressions concerning the progress
of the campaign. Chairman White
said:
"We have been receiving advicss
from all parts of the district, sent
by trusted workers who have been
asked to give us their honest opin-
/ ion as to the status of the fight.
/ These advices are such as to encou-
rage US. We believe that we are
going to win the election. The drift
/ has been toward us, and the recent
developments have been in our
favor.
81 desire to say this, that we who
are striving for the success of A. E.
Reames have watched the manner
10 which the opposition has made
| its fight, and have been anxious to
discover the slightest attempt to
question the character of our candi-
date. so that, if such were done we
would refute it. We find that no
one has been able to or dared to
utter one word that was a ques-
tioning of Mr.. Reames' Standing as
man or an official. He has been
in active life always, and has held
official positions, and has come to
the people with record that we
are proud to offer to the world for
close scrutiny.
| "Mr. Reames' friends challenge
the opposition to tell the First Dis
trict The slightest incident in his
career that is discreditable. They.
ask for closest inquiry into his life
and acts, private and official, in the
confidence that such Inquiry will
reveal only that which will induce
even, more enthusiastic support
than he is now receiving.
Il believe that no one will ques-
ton this proposition, that it does
make a difference to- the world
| what the personal character of our
Representatives in official positions.
He who has to transact business as
the agent for all Of the people must
be clean in his life, and well groun-
ded belief that candidate has not
been such warrants the voter in.
turning to man who stands forth
in the glare Of publicity, with the
fierce light of campaign investiga-
tion beating full upon him. unques-
ltioned and undoubted. #
| what are we to say to our youth
as to political morals, if we honor
men with a public Office who stand
convicted of culpa bility throughout
a long term of years of service? It
is question of civic morals, of
official integrity, of cleanliness in
government.