The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-03-23
Not One Office SCI er Among the
Democrats Their Late Meeting
I. Failed to Develop Full
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There have seldom been strenu-
ous contests liz thedemocratieTa ranks
Id Bantons forfnemination to- office!
There have sometimes been lively
tilts, ,ibdt they fhavesra fely.ad dsveiop.
ed bitterness More times the Office
bas:hsd to ssek the man. tr Sheriff
Burnett wast practically forced by
bic friends to make eths' tracer two
ysarssago. tits known absolutely
that be Isi utterly Indifferent: as TO-
whether Of not hea runs this time
OF course, his friends MilllEindues
him to 'becofneia Candidate In tact
aal the eopIeiwant him for the
place. 3 He il d sheiM almost with.
outia peer inlshe state. 2 He fisasafe,
and everybody knows it, and that
il why he is wanted. There ist talk:
that the leading TepabHoans as we'll
as rank and 6lerepablicans are ad-
vising that no candidate be put up
against him.
Immense pressure is being brought
ON. Victor Moses to permit the use
of his name for the clerkship., Since
the action of the late meeting in re-
questing him to run. letters have
begun to come to. Mr. Moses from
all parts of the county, urging him
to accept the nomin alton. Staunch
republicans, some of them outspok.
en. are among those who are urging
his candidacy. The idea seems to
be to make the pressure so strong
that be cannot refuse, though up to
the present he has shown no signs
of weakening. th His splendid rec
ord as an official is mainly respons-
ible for the condition: Following
are resolutions passed at the late
meeting Of the democrats.
SOME RESOLUTIONS.
/ Resolved, That whereas, It has been
establish ed BY the fathers from time i'm.
memorial "that public Office is pub
lie trust" and that the Office should
seek the man and not the man the office
therefore. be it
j Resolved, As the sense of this meet.
ing, in full view of the abject and una.
mer1can course, so vigorously pursued by
the numerous se1f-seekers for Office a.
mong our local republican brethreu-ev.
en- supplemented by divers and su1dry
j 3promises by these self same seekers, as
Ito the discharge offhe trusts so urgently
sought for. is wholly Inimicable to gov
ernment of the people, by the peop1eand
for the people-violates all the usages
principles and traditions of the past. and
emphasizes. the modern spurious theory
that "grafts" and Snaps" whether lar e
or small ale the dominating factors o
! the selfseekers who covet Office sfol
4 what is in it, independentof any call Of
desire on the part of the people. 7>:t
Resolved, That we depreciate an6
lcondemnf the course of these self.callet
servants Of the people, moved BY thei
own volition and hunger for Office, fore
ing themselves upon the body polite a
lfree-w1l1 offerings as subversive of all pr
conceived ideas Of proprietv, and tendin,
largely to reduce public office to the con
AN OBSERVERS LETTER.
ED. TIHEs:-
We were there. The unterri6e'
met at the courtroom pursuant to /.
call, made by that wide-awake dem
ocrat, "Bob" Johnson. The write
also was there, silent epsctato
with no bees in bis bonnet!t It j
not easy to sit still and say nothin
at democratic rally, especially 10
one accustomed to active work Il
the party, but there are times whe,
"silenceis golden
One. thing the observer observed
there was no mad scramble to &c
on the demo cratic ticket. 1t is du
no doubt to modesty. for, as Chair
man Johnson said, democrats don
know what defeat means" I 1ik
that spirit, that Is what wins. Fl
was right. The democratic demo
Gratis may lose battles; b
has in the past, but the war i
not ended until he wine. There j
no cause for timidity. The time i
ripe for democratic success.
There was a period following ou
Spanish war W hen it could truthful
ly be said of the people
They are mad, grown mad in th
race for gold,
They are drunk with the wine {
gain;
The truths the fathers proclaimed {
old,
They mock with a high disdain.
But reason is returning. Disgu'
has taken stbe place elefs admiratio
lfor the scoundrefs who. only coup