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Show The Journal last week accused Turner of being a chronic olllcc seeker. Tho Republican retaliated by calling to mind that I. C. Thoreson, Democratic Demo-cratic candidate for assessor, had held moro ouices than Fred Turner had ever dreamed of. The Journal this week devotes considerable space in an ctrort to show that Thoreson has held but TWO otllces in his lifetime and that ho proved himself capable in each Instance. We did not question Mr. Thomson's ability, nor will anyone. any-one. We do not question his ability for the otllco of assessor, but wo do say that Jos. J. Richardson is also thoroughly thor-oughly competent to till tlio oltlco acceptably. ac-ceptably. We also rltcrate our statement state-ment to tho etrect that Mr. Thoreson lias been a greater otllco seeker than Fred Turner, whom tho Journal Insists In-sists on slandering. |