Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-17
THE NIEDFORD GANG.

democrats to prOhlbltnlonlsts as the
occasion demands. The organization
is for political spoils and it is not
particular what political party is
made the instrument through which
its design is accomplished or wheth-
er any political party is needed to
accomplish it. Through its control
of the county court of Jackson cOun-
ty during the past four years hum
dreds of thousands of dollars of tax
moneys have been squandered and the
taxes have been raised to the limit
Certain localities and individuals
have benefited from these reckless
expenditures but little good has come
to the citizens of the county at large.
Now this gang is turning over heaven
and earth to elect Mr.. TouVelle coun-
ty Judge and are fighting George
Dunn tooth and nail. Eight years
ago when the voters of Jackson coun-
ty elected George Dunn county judge
he at once began to close up the
leaks in the county treasury. He
demnaded that dollar in value be
given the county for every dollar ex-
pended through the county court.
This did not suit the exploiters.
They were looking for benefits rath-
er than economical government. And
the four years of Dunns administra-
tion were lean years for the gang.
Because Dunn refused to turn the
county treasury keys over to them
they designated him 'mossback.
They had printed in the Mail-Tribune
garbled photographs of highways
constructed under Dunns admins
/ tration and called them "Dunn's ele-
vated roads" They threw out every
! SANDER against Mr.. Dunn that could
be Matched in a dishonest and fertile
brain. The people were misled and
Mr.. Dunn was defeated four years
ago. Candidates of the gangs max
ing were elected and resulted in the
worse than wasting of some five hun
dred thousand dollars of tax moneys.
Now this same gang is again oppos-
ing the candidacy of Mr.. Dunn. That
is one big reason why George Dunn
should be elected and why the hon
est, intelligent voters of the, county
,.,bo OF fhn opA Ennw
1the animus behind his opposition
are now enthusiastically for Dunn.
There are some people that have
come into the valley during the past
two years and that have not taker
the pains to inform themselves as tC
the true situation who are now being
worked upon by the gang day ant
night to have them cast their vote!
: for TouVelle. This work is having
! some effect because the gang il
: smooth enough to veil it's hand S,
: that the claws are not discernible t.
n the unwary. The gang is dependin
e upon the new voters to hold the bal
e ance in. favor of TouVelle.
Mr. TouVelle, personally, is a
> smooth a politician as the writer ha
10 ever known. He is a splendid mike
y and is persistent. He makes himse'
. good fellow with every one
- meets. He eats yellow-legged chicken
y at the church festival and is equal
10 popular with those who know NJ
= the sound of a church bell. He ca
= come as near being all things to a
30 men as any candidate who ever cal
10 vassed for votes. Had the gan
hunted for years they could not hay
y found more representative" cal
didate.
~ In another way TouVelle fairly
lustrates the acme of craftiness
playing the political game. He HI
keen sense for the things that hu
and the things that help. No soon'
~ was he nominated than he issue
10 strict orders to George Putnam thi
ie the Mail-Tribune should be silent
sphinx as to his candidacy.
- seemed to thoroughly agree with M
az Merrick that the best way to defe
"a candidate was to have the Ma
Tribune for him.. That nettled Pu
- nam a little, but he and TouVel
az had been long and close friends al
II Putnam wanted to help the cause b
~ cause it was his own cause Il
q same cause had been his four yea
u ago and he had done fairly well wi
III it-and he itched for some more
io it. So Putnam buried his pride al
III his ego in his shirt bosom and To
nc Velle fell on his neck and buried e
d. and pride and all under a copio
covering of grateful tears. 1t W
nc agreed that the Mail-Tribune shou
A. howl long and loud about the Me
oh ford bridge, but say never a wo
IT. about TouVelle's candidacy. To
'S Velle has proven himself an able d
hs lomat He should be sent as amb;
oV sador to France or Fiji, and most