Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-06-08

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What the cost of this work would be
am unable to say. It is probable, how
ever, that it would not be greater than is
common to streams of the same length.
Finally, I believe the improvement of the
Sangamon river to be vastly important
and highly desirable to the people Of the
county. and. if elected, any measure in
the legislature having this for it's object,
which may appear judicfous. will meet my
appreciation and shall receive my support.
Opposed to Usury.
1t appears that the practice of drawing
money at eXorbitant rates of interest has
already been opened as a field for dis
cussion, so I suppose may enter upon it
without claiming the honor or risking the
danger which may await it's first ex-
plorer- 1t seems as though we are never
to have an end to this baneful and corrod-
ing system, acting almost as prejud1c1al
to the general interests of the community
as direct tax of several thousand dollars
annually laid on each county for the bene-
fit of a few individuals only, unless there
be a law made fixing the limits of usury. A
law for this purpose, I am Of opinion,
may be made without materially injuring
any class of people. In cases of extreme
necessity there could always be means
found to cheat the law, while in all other
cases it would have it's intended effect. I
would favor the passage of law on
easily evaded. Let it be such that the
labor and difficulty of evading it could
only be justified in cases of greatest ne
cessity.
Upon the subject of education, not pre-
sunling to dictate any plan or system
respecting it, 1 can only say that l view
it as the most important subject which
we as people can be engaged in. That
every man may receive at least a mod
crate education and thereby be enabled to
read the histories of his own and other
countries, by which he may duly appre-
ciate the value Of our free institutions.
appears to be an object of vital impor-
tance, even on this account alsne, to say
nothing of the advantages and satisfac-
ton to be derived from all being able to
read the Scriptures and other works, both
of religious and moral nature, for them
selves.
For my part, I desire to see the time
when education-and, by it's means, mo-
rality, sobriety, enterprise and industry
shall become much more general than
at present and should be gratified to have
it in my power to contribute something
to the advancement of any measure which
might have tendency to accelerate the
happy period.
But, fellow citizens, I shall conclude.
Considering the great degree of modesty
which should always attend youth, 1t Is
probable I have already been more pre-
the subjects of which / have trcated
have spoken as have thought. I may
be wrong in regard to any or all Of them;
but, holding It a sound maxim that 1t Is
better only sometimes to be right than at
ell times wrong, SO soon as discover my
opinions to be erroneous shall be ready
to renounce them.
Every man Is said to have his peculiar
ambition. Whether It be. true or not, !
can say, for one, that have no other SO
great as that Of being truly esteemed Of
my fellow men, by rendering myself
worthy of their esteem. How far I shall
succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet
to be developed. am young and un-
| known to many of you. I was born and
| have ever remained in the most humble
walks of life. I have no wealthy or popu-
| lar relations or friends to recommend.
| My case is thrown exclusively upon the
| independent voters of the county, and, If
elected, they will have conferred a favor
upon me for which shall be unrernitting
| in my labors to compensate. But if the
| good people in their wisdom shall see fit
| to keep me in the background, I have
/ been too familiar with disappointments
| to be very much chagrlned. Your friend
and fellow citizen, A. LINCOLN.
| New Salem, March 9, 1892
Mr.. Lincoln was defeated at the cleo
(, ton, having 40 votes less than the can
] didate who had the highest number.
But his disappointment was softened
| by the action of his immediate neigh
| bors, who gave him an almost unanf-
nous support. With three solitary ex-
ceptions he received the whole vote of
his precinct-277-being one more than
the whole number cast for both the
I candidates for congress.
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