Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-11
ISLANDER OR TRUTH?
"A FAIR PROPOSITION
II Any County Officer Is Guilty of
Dishonesty. lndict Him; II Not.
Smoke the Liar Out
Editor Courier:

Hol lVoAS W. ShduscO
a newspaper in Grants Pass. Can
anyone recall that he ever published a
line against gambling, the liquor
traffic or in the interest of morality?
Did he ever publish line in favor Of
raising the railroad assessment or
any political reform? Did he ever
take any stand in the interest of de-
cency or law enforcement before he
got the idea in his "nut'' that he
could be county judgey
For two years gambling was practi-
cally licensed by the city authorities
assessing monthly fines and permit
ting gambling to contiue. +. W.
Chausse knew of this. Why did he
not speak through his newspaper
against it? Why was he tongue. tied
till he wanted to run for county
Judge? Let f. W. Chausse explain if
he lost or gained money by reason of
gambling in Grants Pass. If elected
he promises to expose the rotten
ness" in our county affairs. For
two months he has been talking of
rottenness. The county books are
open to him. They are in possession
of s. +. Cheshire republican clerk.
If there has been any rottenness why
don't Chausse specify? Why don't he
point it out? Don't you know he
would if he could, and If he does not,
it is certainty that he can't and al
most absolute proof that his intima-
tions of dishonesty are simply cheap
and nasty methods of trying to get
votes by arousing public suspicion
without offering any evidence or
making any charge that can be either
proven or disproven.
Will the voters of Josephine county
be fooled by any such balderpash?
Are they simple minded and idiotic
enough to vote for man as a reform
candidate who shouts corruption that
he can not point out, and will within
few days be compelled to admit he
has no knowledge of?
Does he not know that every voter
knows that he can go and examine
the county records and see all the ex-
penditures of the county and find the
fraud for himself? Have not all the
county expenditures been published
for years and years? Has not this
great reformer read them for the four
years last past? Why did he not ex-
pose the fraud at the time? Why did
he not bark when he had newspaper
to bark with, when the rottenness
occurred? Why did he keep still all
the while? Do You believe him?
Does anyone believe him? If so go
and ask him TO point out the rotten
ness? Ask him to partioularize?
GO AND GALL ON S. +. CHESH-
IRE, THE COUNTY CLERK RUN
MING ON THE SAME TICKET
WITH CHAUSSE. HE IS THE
MAN THAT KEPT THE AC.
COUNTS for the last two years and
ASK HIM WHERE The ROTTEN
NESS is. ASK r. L. BARTLETT
WHO KEPT THE BOOKS AS A RE.
PUBLICAN CLERK for two years
previously, what the rottenness is.
Ask W. H. Fsllin. assessor, a re-
publican. Ask J. 7. Logan. commits.
sioner, a republican. Ask Geo. W.
Lewis. republican sheriff. Ask @.
E. MAYBEE. CHAIRMAN REPUB.
LICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE.
Tell Chausse TO DIG UP THE ROT.
TENNESS AND EXPOSE TT.
But IL he does motif none exists
WHAT WILL BIZ YOUR OPINION
OF A MAN WHO CHARGES CRIME
AND DISHONESTY To GET AN
OFFICE? Would you vote for a mar
who would lie and slander Others tc
uild himself upp Did you eve,
hnow Chausse when he owned the OBJ
server to take any part in politics ex
cept to throw mud and filth? II sc
when WAS it2 VOTER