The letter here spoken of by the ic party; we say it because we are
Guard was never written at Baker not controlled by any clique or self-
City, but was written at La Grande constituted leaders; we say it because
J. M . S H E P H E R D , E d i t o r .
and dated at Baker City to hide the we believe that with some other man
real author—a man who is the most \ as onr candidate we can carry the
B A K E R C IT Y , S E P T . 3, 1873.
deeply interested in any cause will, ; State on the 13th of October and al-
as a general thing, write and advo ! so next June; and we carejnot wheth
THE BEDROCK DEMOCRAT
cate that cause more strenonsly than er that man is oDe of the above men
H u s tile L a r g e t t C ir c u l a t io n o f a n y
any other person. We thought when tioned or some other, such as Lafay
P a p e r P u b lis h e d in E a ste r n O reg o n
we first read the letter, and still ette L^ne, Geo. R. Helm or J. W.
think, it was in very bad taste, and Nesmith—either of whom will, as
OFFICIAL PAPER
should not have been written, mnch well as Mr. Slater, receive our sup
* 'o r the Counties o f
less published. The Guard further port if nominated.
As long as we are the conductor of
says: ■
B a k e r and O rant.
“ Sectionalism brought upon us a Democratic paper we intend to be
V IC T O R Y O R D E F E A T !
civil war and all its horrors. Sec our own master, free to act for the
tioualism ia political governments, good of the party. And when- we
As the Editor of a Democratic pa like its kindred term in religion,
are compelled.to abandon this inde
per, we consider it our duty to warn sectarianism, embodies vindictive
pendent course we will bang cur
the party against the making of an ness, malice, envy, hatred, aDd all
harp upon the willows and let the
improper and unwise nomination uncharitableness. Let ns by all
means avoid it in our discussions four winds of free heaven sing upon
for Member of Congress, to be votec upon matters pertaining to the Dem
its strings the death requiem of the
for at the coming special election on ocratic party of Oregon. The writer
Democratic
party, aDd of a free and
the 13th of October. To be sue referred to says, in substance, that
independent press.' W b say away
cessful at that election is almost the Eastern Oregon is laboring under
the incubus of a grinding monopoly with all Cliques and clown • with all
same as to insure viotory next June That her industries are powerless
Bings, and let the honest people in
—to be defeated now is certain de and languishing under its baneful
their true majesty ruin—we are with
feat then. This being the case, it is influence. Hence her need of a spe
and one of them, and know their and
all important that the State Conven cial advocate in Congress to Idok af
ter special legislation in her favor.— our own rights, and will ever boldly
tion, which meets at Portland on We might with equal propriety
and firmly maintain them, believing
next Tuesday, should be very care claim the nomination for Lams coun
these to be great cardinal principles
ful to nominate a man, as the Demo ty, for we are ground down by
of
Democracy, and that we will be
cratic candidate for Congress, who monopoly as hard and exacting as
sustained in supporting them. “ So
any on the coast.
*
‘
can and will unite the whoje Demo
*
*
*
* But Lane .coun- mote it be.”
cratic party—and one who the Dem ty does not claim the candidate on
ocratic press of the State can sue any grounds akin to sectionalism,
L E T T E R F R O M U N IO N C O U N T Y ,
cessfully defend against all charges and we sincerely trust, she never will.
U nion C ounty , Aug. 26, 1873.
brought against him. The Conven Sectional feelings should be laid
aside when we come to choose the
E ditor D emocrat : — In looking
tion should not nominate a man who candidate. Merit alone should gov
over
the widespread and extensive
is chargeable with any of the frauds ern the choice. And when such a
or rascalities that have been so bit choice is made the member will look ly copied communication of our late
member o f Congress from Union
terly and persistently condemned by after the interests of Eastern as well
as Western Oregon, no matter where county, which appeared in the B e d
tho Democratic press for the pas ; his local habitation may be. We
few years, that the press would have have no fault to find with the indi rock D em ocr at of July 23d, in reply
to stultify and declare itself now to vidual merits of the candidate being to a letter received by him from Col.
advocate his election. Let the Con urged by the Democracy of Eastern T. H. Cann of Salem, we find many
vention give us a candidate Who is Oregon. He is in our opinion an items of peculiar interest, at this par
able, consistent Democrat and an
not chargeable with taking the back honest man, than which no higher ticular time, to the Democracy of
pay—let it give us a candidate who meed of praise can be bestowed up this State, especially as it is a well
is not mixed up in the party splits on him. But his chances for favor known fact that our Hon. Ex-M. C.
and bickerings of his own county or able consideration are being damag has, as usual, got his “ dish out” —a
ed by the manner in which his
section ot the State; let tho Conven friends are urging him. Being chronic habit with him, whenever
tion give us a candidate who did not “ warned in advance” by threats of there is signs of an official shower,
recommend the giving of the Wal “ decreased majorities” if local feel and one that he has closely adhered
Iowa Valley to the Indians, in fact ing and local pride are not allowed to ever since the enthusiastic Dem
to rule in our Conventions, is not,
let the Convention give us a man to say the least of it, a palatable way ocracy of Union county first placed
who will need no defense from the to state a case. The Democracy are his name prominently before the
press, and then it will be a pleasure averse, as a rule, to having a candi people. The situation was such in
to .advocate his election to the posi date crammed down their throats by 1868, that the Democracy of Eastern
tion. .Such a man can and will be threats emanating from local jealous Oregon felt that they were entitled to
ies. A broader philanthropy should
elected; but one who is obnoxious govern our deliberations. Let us name the Representative to Congress
on aocount of the charges above avoid sectional feelings as much as from east of the Cascades. They had
enumerated, will certainly be defeat possible. Choose only the man who by united action, and at a heavy ex
pense to many members of said party,
ed. We are a friend of Mr. Jas. H. may merit the distinction.”
As we said in the commencement who never asked or expected any
Elater, and would prefer his nomi
nation to that of any other man if of this article, as a Democratic edi remuneration in the way of office,
weithoughthe could lead the Demo tor there are certain duties that de built up the party, and furnished a
cratic party to victory. He is a man volve on us by virtue of that posi “ reserve guard” that had turned the
¿ram Eastern Oregon, and wore it tion, which we intend to perform tide in favor of Democracy in many
not he is charged with taking the without fear, favor or affection so a hard fought political contest.
On looking around there seemed
back pay, and with being at the hot long as we continue to publish and
.torn of the split in Union County, conduct a Democratic paper—we are to be but one who desired the nom
and also that it was through his rec independent of all cliques and rings ination, and he, (J. H. Slater,) was
ommendation that the settlers were —we are under obligations to none, the one. He was enthusiastically in
removed from the Wallowa Valley, and will not obey the beck and nod favor of an Eastern Oregon man re
and it was given up to the Indians, of any would be loader of the Dem ceiving the nomination, and more
we bolieve be would be the most ocratic party. We care not how particularly that he should bo t h e
available man that could be nomina pompous or self-important a man m a n . All favored a man from this
ted, but, as it is, he cannot receive may be in his own estimation, he locality—none seemed to care much
the strength of the Democratic party shall not dictate to us, and if he who he was—all thought he would
in Eastern Oregon. We firmly be wants a personal organ he must buy do about as much good in Congress
lieve that if he is the nominee of the his own material, and procure some as he would at home. There seemed
Convention which meets at Portland one to run it for him as against the to be no opposition on that score, in
on next Tuesday, that he will not re people instead of us. The B edrock fact there was none. All were anx
ceive to exceed four hundred majori D emocrat is an Independent Demo ious in regard to our railroad inter
ty east of the Cascade Mountains. — cratic Journal, and J. M. Shepherd ests, and the nomination was made—
As we said before, we are a friend of is the Editor and Proprietor— no made by men who could as easily
Mr. Slaters, aud do not wish to see other person owns any interest in it, have defeated as to have selected him.
him defeated; he is a good man, and and as long as this is the case it will The election that ensued raised him
his true friends in Eastern Oregon work for the interest of the Demo from the humble position of a coun
do not wish to have him politically cratic party and the whole people.— ty attorney to one of great responsi
killed and buried this fall, which We will always be found advocating bility and considerable profit— pro
will be the case should bis so called the election of the nominees of the viding mileage could be calculated
true frjends succeed in having him Democratic party, and do not claim by way of the North Pole. He went,
nominated at this time. They, as the right to act as judge and jury af- he saw, he drew his salary and came
as will be seen from the following ;er their nomination, to decide upon home. Those who enquired for him
extracts taken from the leading edi heir qualifications. We are oppos during his absence were informed
torial articles of the Eugene City ed to the introduction of sectionality that he was supposed to be in Wash
Guard, have done all in their power into Democratic Conventions; but if ington. Those who were interroga
to either kill off Mr. Slater or to de Eastern Oregon is the identical lo ted felt safe in venturing the asser
ride and distrant the Democratic cality where the candidate for Mem tion, as he had departed from La
party of Oregon, and, for aught we ber of Congress must come from, Grande with a pocket full of affida
know, they may be secretly working ;here are at least half a dozen men vits of those who were supposed to
for both the above results. In the belonging to the Democratic party knoav , the purport of which were to
nomination of a candidate for Cong east of the Cascades, who can and show the proper route—the “ b r o a d
ress to be supported by the Democ would poll a much larger vote in r o a d ” that lead to the National Cap
racy on the 13th of October,we know ;his portion of the State than would itol was by way of Portland and San
of no dividing lines as to geographi Ion. J. H. Slater. If the candidate Francisco! Nevertheless, when he
cal position, and we care not what is to be forced upon us give us a got ready to start, and notwithstand
portion of the State the candidate man against whom the opposition ing the fact that he had guide boards
may reside in, so he is a man who cannot make and prove charges that in his pockets—affidavits of warm
can unite the party, and is honest will kill him with our people, give personal friends, solemnly sworn to,
us a man whom the Democratic press to inform him which was the proper
and capable.
Let the Convention give ns a man can sustain with its whole might route to go, as well as to show the
who is able to take the stump and and main. If Mr. Slater is nomina committee on mileage' the route by
acquit himself honorably, and one ted the B edrock D em ocrat will which he came, h e took t h e w r ong
whose claims can be advocated by work as hard for his success as for route , or rather, he got on the stage
the press without stultifying itself, that of Judge L. L. McArthur, the same as “ any other man,” and
and we can and will elect him. The Judge L. O. Sterns, Stukely Ells went by way of Kelton and the Un
worth or W. B. Lasswell, all, or ei ion Pacific Railroad, east.
Eugene Guard says:
“ Recognizing,” as he does, “ the
satisfied,
“ In the Enterprise of the 15th ther of whom, we are
inst. appears an article from a cor would poll a much larger vote in right of the people to criticise all his
respondent who signs himself “ Ver Eastern Oregon than can James H. acts,”—a right recognized by the
itas,” dated at Baker City, claiming
for Eastern Oregon the right to fur Slater; we say this because we be people long before he ever dreamed
nish the candidate for Congress, and lieve it to bo true; we say it as an of going to Congress,—we should
basing the claim upon purely sec independent Democratic paper; we certainly like very much to criticise
tional grounds.”
say it for the good of the Democrat and accord,all due praise to each and
conduct an aggressive, instead of a
We have al
ways been a Democrat, always expect
! our memory fails to furnish anything
to be a Democrat so long as the great
worthy of either approval or censure.
principles of the old time Democracy
j There were but few who heard from
exist, and they can never die in our
him during his sojourn in Washing
government, and we shall lend the
ton—there would be fewer now since
nominee of the coming Democratic
; the franking privilege has been abol-
Convention oar hearty support, let
! ished. In most instances those who him be who h e will— nevertheless,
I every act of any inteeest or import-
defensive campaign.
i ance to his constituency, but really,
did hear from him were “ Bolters,
who went off and worked for the
“ Peoples’ Ticket,” and done every
thing in their power against him in
1868, thus causing him to run far
behind the strength of the Demo
cratic ticket. Nevertheless, these
“ erring brothers” have ever since
been his chosed counselors, his warm
bosom companions; he has been
constantly courting the favor of
these stray colts, trying to induce
them to “ suck;” he evidently pre
sumes that all that is required to
carry the strength of the Democratic
party, is to see that those who always
bolt are bn his side, and made right
and left bowers in the game. He fell
far short of his calculations in this
respect at the time he was elected,
having run far behind his ticket in
his home county., also in Wasco and
Grant, where they still remember
him as a Prosecuting Attorney, bus
ily engaged in the capacity of a
“ smelling committee.”
There are many reasons why the
Democracy should make choice of
some more able, competent and ac
ceptable man, of which she has
thousands in her ranks.
The Democracy have attacked the
“ back salary steal,” from the Presi-
dent down to the smallest steal. The
People—the- laboring classes, the
patrons of husbandry, the anti-mon
opolists- of all denominatisras, all en
dorse the course of the Democracy
in this matter. This becomes » pow
erful weapon in the bands of the
Democracy. But should wo nomin
ate one who openly and. boldly ac
knowledges that he has received some
Eleven Hundred Dollars under that
law, which he still retains and pro
poses to hold on to with a grip for
which he is famous where he is best
known—and thus put a weapon into
the hands of our opponents that we
are entitled to ourselves.
What
kind of a denunciation of the back
pay grab co-nld the Democracy of
this State expect to hear from one
whose left breast pocket was stuffed
with a wallet containing eleven hun
dred dollars of those same identical
greenbacks. The honorable gentle
man seems to.try to console his con
science by believing that he should
have been entitled to as mmali. com
pensation as any former member from
this State,, although the route trav
eled by him could only have-been
traveled by them at the time they
went with a “ bull team,” while he
sped swiftly o ’er the plains and
through the tunneled mountains,
drawn by the- Iron Horse. Should
he receive the nomination, he will
have an opportunity to defend his
course before the people. We will
then have a eandidate Avho will be
compelled to- make a defensive can
vass—while it is evident to every one
that we should nominate a candidate
who will have no personal defense to
make, but who can employ his whole
time in exposing the frauds and cor
ruption of the Administration party,
even down to “ Hippleism.”
The charge has been boldly made
against Mr. Slater, and comes from
head quarters, that the representa
tions made to the Indian Department
by him, after holding a council with
the Nez Perce Indians on the 4th of
July, 1872, was the primary cause,
and opened up the subject of setting
the Wallowa Yalley aside as an In
dian Reservation, the result of which
has been the loss to Union county of
one of theffinest valleys in the State,
and to the Pioneers, who desired to
settle there and make homes for
themselves and their children, the
loss of one of the finest agricultural
and stock growing countrys on the
Pacific coast. Whether this charge
be true or not, I am not prepared to
say—it has been allowed to go un
answered uDtil it will require an ex
planation before the people in the
coming canvass, which we are afraid
and believe he ¿cannot successfully
give.
The above charges, together with
the well known fact that he has been
the cause of the dissensions that ex
ist in the Democratic party in Union
county, and which were the causes
of his running far behind the ticket
in his last Congressional contest, are
urgent and strong reasons, in our
mind, why the Convention should
not nominate him, but select some
able Democrat, who can go before
the people in the coming canvass and
we claim the right to urge upon the
members of that Convention to give
us a candidate who can carry the
whole strength of the part, and not
one that must depend entirely on the
strength tof the party to carry him
through.
j EFFERSONIAN.
Walla Walla U»-
ion says: “ At the late Democratic
County Convention at La Grande,
Hon. Jas. H. Slater was endorsed,
and the Union county delegates to
the State Convention were instruct
ed to support him in the State Con
vention for re nomination for Rep
resentative in CoDgress. It is hut a
short time since Mr- Slater through
the press acknowledged that he took
his back pay, and did not intend to
give it up. Now when, we reflect
that in Eastern Oregon,and especial
ly in Union county, their Democra
cy is of the Simon pure quality, we
are somewhat surprised to see this
endorsement of the “ back pay grab
and of one of the “ grabbers.” It is
only to-be-accounted for by saying
that the Democracy are opposed to
any “ steal” that they cannot get a
hand in. And if there is any steal
ing going on they intend to have
some of it. Sail in, Jas. H., you
will need more money than your
back pay steal amounted to before
you get to Congress.”
T h e Democracy o f Eastern Oregon
do. not endorse the* “ Salary Steal”—
it is only a few personal party poli
ticians (that are trying to misrepre
sent the Democratic party) who are
corrupt enough to endors» this out
rageous transaction, and the people
do and will repudiate them when
they liave the opportunity to do so,
at the ballot box.
JAS. W . VIRTUE,
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON,
BROKER AND
d ealer
I n
G -o ld .
B u s t,
—AND—
GOLD AND SILVER
— ALSO—
EXCHANGE s_GREENBACKS.
Office— First door north Odd Fellow’» Hi’i
¡n49v2tf]
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
E ndorsed . —The
A bout S w a g . —The
ASSAY E r
Sheriff’s SakT
y V irtu e o f » Warrant for th.
B
Collection o f Taxes,issued bythppnn
ty Clerk of Baker County, Oregon i h„“'
levied upon aud will on
D8T9
A ednesday, September 2tlt
A . D . 1873,
'
between the hours of nine o’clock \ v
and four o ’clock, P. M ., of said day at th1
Court House door in Baker City’ Ret
County, Oregon, offer for sale the following
described, property,.at Public Auction t
the highest bidder, for cash.iu Gold c’nin
to w itt
l0’
That certain Ditch commencing atom«,
the M outh o f Camp Creek, and convevin,
the waters of Burnt River to Clarks Creel
said Ditch being known as the Oregon iv
nal Com pany’s Ditch and Taxed to the Or
egon Canal Com pany, and indebted for tar
es to the sum of §150.00
A lso , the undivided one-half of what is
known as the S. B. Reeves & Co’s Ditch
Situate in. Shasta Mining Precinct Taxed
to S. Alberson in the sum of Seventy Fiv»
D ollars, (§75,00)
J v#
The above mentioned taxes aro due for
the year ending June 30th, 1873.
A u g . 24th,,1873. JAM ES H. SHIN.V
n16n2l____________________ Sheriff
Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregoa
for Baker County.
Reinh0ld.Lekeburg.PPff.
Vs.
B. D. Buford Def’t
To B. D. Buford- the above named defc-
dant.
V T H E N A M E OF T H E STATE OF
Oregon, you aro hereby required to ap
pear and answer the complaint filed
against you in the above entitled actio«,
on or before the Stli day of October K,
and if you fail.to so answer, for wanttherc.
of,judgem ent will be taken against)««
by the plaintiff herein for the sum of id
thousand two hundred and titty one dol
lars and twenty-live cents (2, 25U,
in gold coin together with costs and u*.
bursements of this action, you wiilaij,
take notice that this summons is putt
ed by order of Hon. L. 1,. McArthur Jua,i
o f the above entitled Court, duly made ¡j
the 15th day oi August li>7o.
I
Idaho World
says: “ Jas. H. Slater, of Oregon,
L a w k k a ' ce & D ug ax ,
has been heard from on the subject
nlGn21.
A it’ys. lor m t
of Congressional swag; and he is
about th6 most conclusive reasoner
Writ of Special injection
who has yet spoken concerning it.—
He says he took it because the House T o th e Sheriffs ol'the several Count»
Committee refused to>airow-hrm)com
w ith in the State o f Oregon:
pensation for travels via. Portland
H E R E A S , A t a G en eral Elcctls
on the third day of June,.!.
and San FraneiseOybui instead com 1872, the held
Hon. Joseph G. Wilson was (hi
elected Representative of the State of On-
puted the distance frem his home to gon
in the Forty-third Congress of the l'«
, ,
Washington City by Boise City and ted State*; and
W h e r e a s ,.S ince the said election, sl
Salt Lake, the shortest and proper office has become vacant by the dealt*
J
route, occasioning him. to lose, in : said.incumbent;,and
W h e r e a s , By provision of the Const)»-;
tion of the United States,and the laws:,
mileage $1,320,. and he “ wanted to this
State, it has become the duty on«
get ©von,” or words to. that effect.— Governor thereof to issue his writ of w.
tion to till such vacancy;
Now, therefore,I, L. p. Grover,Cover, ■
It was certainly very naughty of the
of the State of Oregon, do hereby cowim I
House Committee to'compu.te mile you and each of you to notify the se*»!
of Election within and for j H
age according to law; but it is a Judges
several Counties, to hold a special el«--1
“ powerful weak” reason to offer in. of Representative in Congress ton.i -i
vacancy aforesaid, on
|
justification of an act which should
Monday, the 13th day of tj
not have been done unless it could
tober, A. D. 1873,
be defended on unequivocally moral
and
that
you cause all .proper noticed I
grounds; and none have yet been
given thereof.according to law.
Given, under my hand ai d th
■
found to defend the back pay grab
,
the State of Oregon, at h f
on such grounds. Our opinion is { L. S. Tenth day ot J“ ^ AgaoVSl
that the Democracy of Oregon will
A tte st: S. V . C h a d w ic k ,
ni2n!7
Secretary oi .State oi u ^
undertake, at the next election, to
secure Mr. Slater against future loss
N O T IC E .
es from similar causes by sending
some other man to Congress.
I X PARTIES KNOVUN^),^
W
A
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T O W K t HTBffiSimY,
H. J. GEER, Proprietor,
h e
it n
i > e
k s ig n e d
w o v l d
T respectfully call the attention of
selves indebted to
F L E T C H E li, a re requested to u“
at the office of the- undersign^^J
their accounts with CASH °r I
SAVE
A V E COSTS!
C O S IS I
ijj73,
Baker City, Oregon, A u g -^ ^ l
Attorneys at hi
n !5 tf
BAKED C I T T »
FARMERS and FRUIT GROWERS
r n iie F all Term of the B** / Ik
to my extensive and varied assortment of
1 Academy will begin
September, 1873, under the sope- ,
Fruit Trees and S ta ie r y ,
S. P. BARKETT,
both useful and ornamental, for which I will
sell low for “ M O N ISH .”
SEND FOR CA TA LO G U E .
Address,
H . J. GEER,
Cove, Union County,
nl71y
Oregon'
P A Y
TJ3? ! !
-
selves indebted to J. H . PARKER, the
Tinshop man, are requested to call at once
and settle their accounts with CASH or by
Note, AND SAVE COST.
J. H . PARKER.
Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7tf
A
ll
p a r t ie s
k n o w in g
them
ANDREW J. LAWRENCE,
Attorney-at-Law,
B A K E R C IT Y , O R E G O N .
W
I L L P R A C T IC E IN A L E C O U R T S
of the State.
Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. nl7y.___________
È. W. REYNOLDS,
NOTARY
PUBLIC
AND
DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL.
Office with C. M. Foster, Deputy U.
S. Surveyor.
Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m4
I
Principal; assisted
M rs . B arrett , as Prec«:^dfc
The Directors feel warranted i“*
our School will fully “ f
;< v ™
high reputation under* its P
ment, and every effort will
der full satisfaction to our pair.-
T
© r i n * ' i <i
Primary Department, per ,,
Preparatory and Academic,
Latin. Extra,
French, Extra,
,,ror°r-: '
Other Higher Branches m P
Tuition Invariably ih»*
t ..
A. H . BROWN.F
W m . F. M c C rary , Sec’y
t h e
in M R flim m
Manufacture tlie C?le r -,
J u b ile e an d T f >
O R C A NS ill J 4^
These Organs are unsurp^f 0/1
of tone, style of finish, simp