The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-05-18
Corvallis Times
CORVALLIS, OREGON,
FRIDAY EVENING MAY I8, 1906.
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

THE GOVERNOR-GENERALS.
In the good old days of Peter
Cartwright, an expression in COM
mon use among the people was
"crowding the mourners," and it
would seem that the artful plotters
who fixed up the bill of fare at the
late republican primaries, have cer'
tainly "crowded" the people
who reside outside the city of Cor
wallis. Just for the sake of fairness
and in the general interest of the
taxpayers, should not the majority
of the county court come from the
body OF the people and not be cen
tralized in Corvallis. The city by
its charter and local government
has control of its own special inter-
ests and business. and constitutes
road district within itself. 1t pays
for its own roads by special tax un.
der its charter andis completely In
dependent of the balance of the
county. E. Woodward for county
Judge. on Fourth street, Corvallis,
and G. w. Smith for commissioner
on Eighth, one in ward number 2
and the other in ward number 3 in
the city of Corvallis, and both in a
road district not amenable to the
general laws OF the state, in the
event of their election would place
the people of Benton county in the
position of having a majority of a
court running its business affairs
and yet residing in road district
not within the laws of the county;
to say nothing of the managing ofal1
the public roads and bridges of Ben
ton
While the city is full of great
men,-competent men for any pub
lie trust, it is no where recorded
that Corvallis has anabsolute mon
oply in the production of public
men especially designed to run the
roads and bridges as we'll as the
fiscal affairs of Benton county, par
ticularly that portion outside of the
county seat. Why, in justice to
those who reside in precincts other
than the four in Corvallis, should
the body of the county court be
taken from the second and third
wards of the city for managing out
side business, and that in view of
the fact than a considerable portion
of Benton is outside the corporate
limits Of the city. Is Benton coun-
ty a Philippine province to be gov.
erned by governor-generals from
Corvallis? What good reason can
be assigned, and who will assign
it, stating why farmer from Phi
lomath precinct and asesteemed citi-
zen of the town of Philomath had
to be thrown down to make room
for a commissioner from Eighth
street, and a judge from Fourth
street, Corvallis?
Since it is a matter, not of cleri-
cal or mere ministerial duties, but
of actual governing; and of govern.
ing the territory of the whole coun.
ty except Corvallis; and since con-
troll of the court is involved in the
election of the governor generals
from Eighth and Fourth streets,
outside taxpayers will naturally
raise questions as to the fitness that
would in no sense attach to other
county officers. E. E. Wilson for
county judge, resides outside the
the city limits Of Corvallis but has
substantial interests both without
and within the town, while Paul
Dodele for commissioner, Is Soap
Greek farmer. How appropriate
ly and how 6ttingly the candidacy
of both must present themselves to
outside taxpayers when contrasted
with the close Philippine corpo-
ration on Eighth and Fourth.
Give the Corvallis Creamery Co.
trial on ice and ice cream.