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BEDROCK DEMOCRAT, P U B L IS H E D E V E R Y . R A TE S OF AD VFBTM H NG« ßciurocii Democrat. W EDNESDAY BY J. M. SIIEPHERD. Office in Pierce’s Hall. T erms of S ubscription : One year........................................ , 00 riix M onths,................................ .......... 2 50 C obbespondencz from all portions o f Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D emocrat . AU communications, to receive attention m ust be accompanied by a responsible name. Personal communications will be charged as special advertisements. VOL. 4. BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 6, 1874. BUSINESS NOTICES. BEDROCK DEMOCRAT. DBS. PRICE & NEWSOM, The B edkock D emocbat has more paying subscribers in Baker County, than ha» aDy other two papers pub lished in the State. We put no man's name on our subscription list unless we have orders so to do. H bona M . P E T T E J iG I L I . A C O ., 10 S ta te S. B oston, 37 Park R ow , New Y ork , nn? * Chestnut Street, P hiladelphia, are f n / t h ^ u t 8 lor Procuring advertisem ents B b d r o c k D em oc rat , in the above advnrtitPr^ ai e au,lb oru ed to contract for advertising to u r low est rates. n 3 if >D0W PrePafed to do all kinds o f OB \v ORK on short notice and at reasoua- e rates. N. B.—All Job W ork MUST BE PAID FOB ON D E LIVE R Y. D E N T I S T S , Have permanently located in BAKER C IT Y , OREGON, And are prepared to operate in all braaches o f the All work Warranted. Office One D oor be* low the CITY DRUG 8TOBE. Baker City, Oregon.-n7y For the benefit of subscribers in certain localities, we issue a second edition of the D e m o c b a t o n every Monday morning, which contains all the news of importance received at this city up to Saturday noon. D E M O C R A T IC PLATFORM . The following platform of princi ples was adopted by the Democratic State Convention at Albany: 1. We declare our unfaltering devotion to the Constitution of the United ¡States and to the Union of the States thereby established, FARMERS and FRUIT GROWERS and we affirm that the people o f the several m y extensive and varied assortment of States have the sole and exclusive right ol governing themselves as free, sovereign and independent States, subjeci only to the limi tation ot the Constitution, and that all pow ers not herein expressly granted to the Na ¡Snow*“ Wl“ Ch 1 tional Government, are reserved to the SEND FOB CATALOGUE. States respectively, and we deny the right of Address, H. J. GEER, the Federal Government, through the treaty power, to permanently domicile Mongolians Cove, Union County, nl71y Oregon" with in any State without the consent o f the WATCHMAKER AND JE vYELER, Legislature thereof. 2 . We affirm that the greatest danger ESTABLISHED IN BAKER CITT IN 1867, P R O F E S S I O N A L CARDS. with which we are now threatened, is the Keeps constantly on hand a well assorted corruption and extravagance which exists in high official places, and we do declare as the Stock o f L. O. STERN S, T. C. H Y D E , cardinal principle o f our future political ac- N o t a r y P u b l ic . tiou, that retrenchment, economy and re- torai are imperatively demanded in all the S te rn s & H y d e , and is prepared to do all kinds o f work in governments o f the people, Fedéralas well as State and Municipal, and we hereby pro A t t o r n e y s a n d C o u n s e lo r s A t -L a w , his line o f business. claim ourselves the uncompromising foes of B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON. Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory the salary-grab law ring politicians and land L . O. S terns will attend the Courts o f the monopolists, whoever they may be and n3] Prices [tf. Fifth Judicial District, and o f Idaho and wherever tin y may be found, whether they ■Washington Territories. are in or out of office, and we appeal to hon Water Rights and Mining Litigation a W e s t e r n H o t e l . est men everywhere, without regard to past S p e c ia l t y . party affiliations, to join us in branding, as MAIN 8TBEET............................................ BA K E S CITY. Collections promptly attended to. they deserve, these corrupt leeches on the June 18, 1873.n6y body politic and assist us to purge official REID & FLETCHER, Prop’r. stations o f their unwholesome and baneful H IS HOUSE has been enlarged and re presence. fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the 3. The present Federal Administration, Umatilla and Idaho stage route. . by its utter inability to comprehend the dig Stages leave this House for above and be nity or responsibilities o f the duties with Attomey-at-Law, low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado, which it is charged, by its devotion to perso Gem City and Sparta. nal and partisan interests, by its weak and B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON. Connected with the H otel will be found "a inconsistent management of the National fi IL L P R A C T IC E IN A L L C O U R T S first class nances, by its unwarrantable interference W o f the State. with the local self government of the people Baker City, Sept. 1,1873. nl7y. — by its support of the corrupt governments Liquors, Wines and Cigars o f the best which it has imposed by its power upou sev quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables eral States of the Union, by its complicity I. D. HAINES, with corrupt practices and scandals in vari all in good order. ous quarters, and by its appointment o f no TTOBNEY AND C O U N S E L O R A T o---- o toriously incompetent men to high official Law, Baker city, Oregon. [n lt f N. B.—Those indebted to either the Hotel position, has justly brougnt upon itself the or Saloon are requested to appear at the condemnation of the American people. Captain’s office and settle. no5v3tf. 4. That the persistent interference by J. M. S H E P H E R D , Federal officials in local elections, and the o f large sums of money to defeat the B o h .n a [ M c C o r d ’ s use voice o f the people through the ballot box, deserve and receives our severest condemna B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON. tion. AT THE OLD BtAND OF 5. That corporations are the creations of law, their franchise and privileges are gran B a m b erg er & F ra n k , ted to subserve the public interests, and B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON. when these are used, not to subserve the ob A tto rn ey at H aw , ject o f their creation, but for purposes of {And Notary Public,) olin a A M cCord R espectfhl* oppression and extortion, we declare it to be ol lv lj inform the Citizens o f Baker City the right and duty o f the legislature to control W E S T O N , O R E G O N . and the Public generally, that they have such corporations. W ill practice in the Courts o f this State and opened a New 6. That we favor speedy return to specie Washington Territory. payments, just and equal taxation for sup P E C IA L ATTENTION PAID TO LAND port o f Federal and State government«, and S A L O O N , Business, and Collections. n l3tf that we are opposed to all discrimination in Where will always be found the very best the assessments o f Federal revenue for the purposes o f protection. W in e s , L iq u o rs and C igars. J O S E P H H. S H I N N , 7. That we are in favor of free trade and jflL lJ S O direct taxation. N o ta ry P ublic 8. That the free navigation and improve One o f the Finest and Best ment of the Columbia river, the construction AND B illia r d T a b le s o f a breakwater at Port Orford, the improve C o n v e y a n c e r , To be found in the City. “ Fred” and "B ob ” ment of the Coquille and Willamette rivers, W ill attend to Conveyancing and making will be pleased at all times to have their and the construction o f the Portland, Dalles and Halt Lake Railroad, are improvements friends give them a call. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE . demanded by the commercial interests of BOHNA & McCORD. Baker City, Sept. 11,1872. nl8tf this State, and that the Federal Govern Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874. n40tf ment ought by all proper means to assist these measures; that we are in favor o f the E. W. REYNOLDS, bill now before Congress, generally known as the Portland, Dalles and ¡Salt Lake Rail NOTARY PUBLIC road bill, and we also favor the early com AND I L L I A M C O N S T A B L E W O U L D pletion o f the Oregon and California Rail respectfully inform the P u b lic that road to the southern boundary of the State. DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL. he has opened the 9. That we disapprove all measures in the Office with John Brattain, Three Doors interests of capitalists and monopolies against C o sm o p o lita n S a lo o n , South o f B edrock D emcrat office, Corner o f Front Street and Court A venue, labor, believing that distinctions, if distinc on side o f the Street. opposite V irtu e’s B ank, where he w ill tions be made, should be in favor of the la be pleased to see and wait upon his friends boring class who constitute the mass o f our Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m4 ana the Public generally. His citizens, the producers of the wealth and prosperity of our country. We therefore ap B A .B T . JST. S n o w , M . 1 3 . prove o f the declared principles, and sympa Is supplied with the very best o f every thize with the avowed object o f the organiza thing in his line. l ie has a Fine Billiard tion known a a the Patrons o f Husbandry, Physician and Surgeon, Table for the use o f his customers. and with those o f all other orders having for B A K E R CITY, OREGON. Baker City, Dec. 17, 1873. n32tf their object retrenchment and reform in O f f ic e —A t the City Drug Store. public alfairs, and the social advancement of the people; that we are opposed to a monop K a stn e r L a c h n e r oly M EDICAL E X A M IN E R in the publication and sale of books used F o r th e N ew Y o rk Life Insuranoe Co- |P bopeietobs of the in the common schools of this ¡átate, and we nl3if are in favor o f amending the existing laws in relation to such, so as to take away from the publishers of the Pacific Coast series of Mrs. R. C. Shepherd On the East side o f Powder River, readers and spellers the special privileges in relation thereto which they now enjoy. LS A liE N T FOR BAKER CITY, OREGON. 10" That the act relating to the fees of April 29,1874. n31y sheriffs and clerks ought to be so amended either by making such offices salaried, or by Baker City, Dec. 1, 1872.n30tf PORTLAND ADVER TISEMENTS. reducing the fees now attached to the same, as shall make the compensation received by such officers a fair remunerad n and noth- iug more for the services required o f them. That the Constitution be so amended that all Respectfully offers his services to the Public Importer and Dealer In riming for the ¡átate after the expiration o f In the capacity of i ;he term o f the State Printer in office, when such amendment is passed, shall be provid ed for by letting the same to the lowest re NEWSPAPERS, sponsible bidder. 11. That the only legitimate object of ntANKLIN B O O K -8TO B I AND SANTA CLAUS* JOINER AND government is the protection of its citizens Headquarters, Fire-proof in their lives, liberty and property, and the C a f e i n e t - M a l t o r . Brick Building, 105 Front street, Portland, pursuit o f happiness; that to accomplish this end direct means only should be resort n!7 Oregon. [tf ed to; that the good resulting from a depart All kinds and every ure from this rule is temporary, the evil las ting. We are, therefore, opposed to the D E S C R IP T IO N D R . J. R . C A R D W E L L , State engaging in the purchase, leasing or. O f Work in W ood neatly and promptly done. speculating in property o f any kind, except D e n tis t Baker City, Jan. 1 , 1878tf. such only as is necessary for conducting the ENTAL ROOMS, No. 89, First street, ordinary functions o f the Government. Oregon. The late and im 12. That we favor the immediate con BAKER CITY MARKET. proved Portland, stvles o f work at reduced rates. Ni struction o f a good and serviceable wagon trous oxide for the painless extraction o f road along the south bank o f the Columbia ohn E p p in g e r R e sp e c tfu lly teeth. [n29tf river, from the mouth o f Sandy river to the informs the citizens o f Baker City that Dalles. hag re-opened the 13. That the compensation o f all officers should be only such as will be a just remun WATKINS, M. BAKER CITY MARKET, eration for their services. Where, at all times, he will be prepared to PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 14. That we are in favor of Congressional furnish his customers with the aid lor the construction o f the Portland, FFICE, Odd Fellows’s Building. Resi BEST OF MEAT, dence, corner o f Main and Park streets, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad, and for con tinuing the Oregon Central Railroad from O f all kinds, at most reasonable prioes. Portland, Oregon. Q ^ S p ecisJ attention to St. Joseph to Junction CHy. Baker City, April 11, l&74.-n4W ■K m m m c f the Eve so d Ear. (»3© E C H B ER 8IG N E D W O U L D call the attention o f T H respectfully J. B . G A R D N E R , M t Trees and S toiery, WATCHES, CLOCKS I JEWELRY ANDREW J, LAWRENCE, T S A L O O N ! A .A-ttornev - at■ X j aw, SALOON, S. V. KNOX, B S COSMOPOLITAN SALOON. W B A K E R CITY BREWERY, Grover & Baler’s Sewing MacMnes. R. M ’IN TO S H . Second E dition. way from Boston to Washington.— On his return to Boston he will leave on a Southern and Western trip, Look at tho Supplement for first which will probably extend to Cali rate miscellaneous reading matter. fornia. For the B edrock D emocbat . T h e M iser’ s S o lilo q u y . By N.~M. W. DENTAL PROFESSION. H. J. GiiER, Proprietor. fide , S J M’CO R M ICK, Boots, Stationary, T oys , Music An! D J w. H. O D. NO. 52. I would live always on earth if I could, I care not for Heaven, this world’s plen ty g ood ; I ’d toil on forever thro’ heat and cold, Living and caring for nothing but gold. Ths gold, precious friend, I know not an other, Thou art dearer to me than father or mother; Dearer than comfort, or pleasure or fatna, Yes, dearer than honor, dearer than name. They tell me o f Heaven, bid me prepare, What were Heaven, my idol, without you there? They say “ there’s a robe, a harp and a crown, But the Miser’s portion is only a frown.’’ That the “ rich can enter no heavenly gate,” So be it, outside I ’d willingly wait; Only asking that ages might slowly be rolled, And I might forever heap up the bright gold. Oh! ye bright shining eagles, I love you so well, That did I but know the bottom o f hell Was paved with your like, gladly I ’d go And dwell in the pit o f darkness and woe. But oh 1 my soul’s treasure, I know it is vain, My body is yielding to hardship and pain: My sight has grown dim, short is my breath, Father o f mercies! can this be death? What means this great throng? what do they say? “ Accounts must be rendered, it is judg ment day;” An account o f my doing while upon esrth Written in Heaven each day since my birth. First stands a lie, to mother t’was told, Next is a penny from poor grandma stole; Then a trick played on the aged and blind, A feeble old man to whom others were kind. The lame girl I frightened almost to death. Ever after was called “ poor crazed Liz- abe.h; Mother loved the poor child'and pitied her too, A h ! mother, the truth how little you knew. T’was I broke the window, Johnny was whipped, Lonely old Betty’s pear tree I stripped; Drove her cow in the bog, knew she’d'’ drown, Dead enough next morning she was found. Yes, the record is perfect, here is enrolled Deeds o f my childhood and when I grew old; From lying, stealing and cheating to when I murderod for money my fellow men. Murdered for money—for money I stole The comforts o f life from the hungry and cold; Ah! what is this written upon every purse? •‘Love o f gold proveth itself a curse! Quickly I ’ll pour them out on the floor, Every coin is dripping and clothed with gore; My bills, at least they must be clean, Only the dates o f crime here are seen. What is this written on wall, on ceiling and floor? “ W e’ll only bo clean in the use of the poor;” The miser awoke with a start and a scream Overjoyed to find it was oiily a dream. H e had fallen asleep caressing his gold In his mean little attic damp and cold; But the lesson sank deepand after that day ■ T ’was said o f old Peter “ he’s mended his way.” And blessings now follow wherever he goes, The deeds o f mercy and kindness he shows; No needy are turned away from his door, His gold is bright in the use of the poor. LITE NEWS. T he R ailroad . —The following dispatch was received at Portland on the 27th of April, it is good news to Eastern Oregon, as well as the whole State: James G. Chapman, Esq., receiv ed from his father, who is now at Washington, the following dispatch: W ashington , April 27, 1874. To J a s . G. C h a p m a n :— Truth and justice triumph. Our bill passed the Senate Committee this morning. Senator Kelly is one of tho commit tee authorized to make a written re* port. We now have a favorable re port in both House and Senate,which I think assures success. Kelly, Mitchell and Nesmith, brave and true. W. W. CHAPMAN. W ashington , April 24.—House Judiciary Committee to-day decided to report as an amendment to Pol and’» Utah bill, a provision author izing the Governor of Utah to up* point a Commissioner who shall have the making up of jury lists, these lists to be composed of citizens of the United States who have re sided at least one year in the Terri tory; and from these lists jurors shall be drawn in open court. The House Committee on Pacific Railroads will hold a special meet ing to morrow to bearLuttrell in ad vocacy of the investigation of the Contract and Finance Company and Central Pacific Railroad matters.— Huntington and Franchett will also be present. The Senate passed the bill author izing the construction of a bridge over the»Willamette river at Salem, Oregon. Viee President Wilson is on the W a s h in g t o n , April 25.—The Com mittee on Ways and Means to-day heard Mr. Sherman, commission merchant of New York, who testified to paying A. Goodrich Fay $20,000 to be divided between Fay and San born, and $1,0(10 to Judge Davis, then the District Attorney, to secure tbe dismissal of a suit brought against the witness for selling liq uors on which tax was unpaid. He paid the money to escape scandal, al though he was innocent. He was told the case w as dismissed in accor dance with orders from Washington. The Government Engineer’s re port on the »urvey of the mouth of the Coquille river, Oreg- n, says the difficulties to be overcome and the great cost have led the officer in charge to the conclusion that the best outlet to the sea would be se cured by cutting a canal to connect the river with the waters of Coos Bay. Cost of canal estimated at $350,000. There was great excitement at T o peka, Kansas, April 26th, over the arrival of old man Bender and his wife. Thousands flocked around the jail to see the butchers, who were fully identified by many who had seen them when in Kansas. N ew O rleans , April 26.—The river is falling. It is two inches be low high water mark. Seven days’ Northern, Western and Eastern mails are now due. Three bridges are gone between here and Mobile and Jackson. M onroe , La., April 26.—The river rose but very little last night, but another break poured much water on the back part of the city. Wash ington street is overflowed within three blocks of the river. Tbe weath er is fair. There is no intelligence from above or below. W ashington , April 26.—Since no supplies can be had from military stations on the overflowed region of the lower Mississippi, the Secretary of War, after a conference with the President, has directed the Commis sary of Subsistence to purchase 500- 000 rations of meat, flour, beans and rice, and to carry into effect the re lief bill. He asks an appropriation of $90,000. His estimates are based on issuing rations to 20,000 persons for twenty days. S t . L ouis , April 26.—The Times asserts that 20,000 Springfield rifles, and 1,300 rounds of ammunition, have been sent to Brooks at Little Rock. W ashington , April 25.—In the House to-day Hurlburt, from the Coin mitt on Railways and Canals, reported by the Committee in aid of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad, also a telegraph line. The bill provides that the United States shall guarantee and pay interest on five per cent, ten year bonds, to be issued by the railroad company to the extent of $8,000 per mile, amount ing in alt to $5,600,000, and each section of twenty five miles shall be completed to aic in tbe construction of a road from the Columbia river to some point, on the Pacific Railroad betweeu Ogden and Kelton. When this portion of the road shall be fin ished, similar aid on the same con ditions is to be extended to the re mainder of the road between Port land and the Colorado river. In re turn, the railroad is to transport mails, troops and Indian supplies, and alsoseud Government dispatches free of charge, forever. No discrim inations shall be made against freight and passengers at any point, prorata charges between any specified points are omitted. L ittle R ock , April 24.—The situ ation is essentially unchanged. Bax ter has notified the President thst he has convened the Legislature to meet May 11th. Brooks denies Baxter’s authority to convene the Legislature, and is erecting barricades around the State House. M onroe , La. April 25.—It is im possible to give an idea of the extent of the overflow. The water here is the highest ever known. The town is an island, two and one-half miles long, and a half mile wide, from which there is no exit except by boats. Business is almost suspended, and fullv 1,000 people have not had ra tions for three days, nor money to buy any. The town is full of starving stock of every description. The river is still rising. Plantations in this vicinity are all submerged, and there are no prospects of crops, what the people are to do God only knows. ____ —----^ —------------- T he T id a l W ave .— The Louis ville Ledger says the Democratic tidal wave i» advancing and spreading with gratifying regu larity and steadiness. It is not con fined to New England or any other section, but in extent is limited only by the boundary of the Confederacy. On the coasts of two oceans, and,in the centre of the country—every where as elections are held, whether local or general, the result is the same—the Democracy are triumph- aut. The latest »weeping vietory was »t One square or less, one insertioa,....... $2 W Each additional i n s e r t i o n ,......................1 One square three m onths,........................ 6 00 Business Advertisements by the month— Quarter oolumn...................................... $6 00 H alf co lu m n ,............................................ 10 00 One colum n,.............................................. 15 OO Ten per cent, additional on advertisement» to which a special position is guaranteed. [ j y The space o f one Inch, up and down the column, constitutes a square. N. B— All debts due this office are payable in Coin, unless otherwise expressly agreed- Spingfield, Illinois, where, at an election held on the 14th, tbe Dem ocrats elected all their candidates on the general city ticket by majoritie» ranging from 250 upwards. Tho Springfield Journal, Radical, in commenting upon the result says, that iu accomplishing this “ the Democracy are indebted to the stead« iness with which the rank and fils marched up to the polls and voted the straight ticket’—a steadiness which can only be compared to that of veterans marching to attack an entrenchment.” This is no doubt true. Indeed it is always true. Only in compact organization and hearty union of ac tion is their political strength. A» the Democrats of Springfield won their glorious victory through stead iness in the ranks, so did the Dem ocrats of New Hampshire, Connec ticut, Cincinatti, and other points where the enemy has been met and conquered. These lessons should be heeded. The signs of the time» are most auspicious. Everything indicates that a sweeping victory is within the easy accomplishment of the Democracy of the United States. The people have had enough of Radicalism. It has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. If the Democrats of the whole country solidify their organization and move shoulder to shoulder, as did they of Springfield, the same result will fol* low: Provided always that organiza tion is upon a line that present» marked and unmistakable distinct ions between the, two parties—differ ences of principal and purpose. Disgusted as are the voters with Radical rulers, they will not take the trouble of turning the latter out merely to make places for another set, who propose substantially the same policy in the acministration of public affairs. The wave which is now sweeping over the country is Democratic, and not mongrel. The banner under which the victories are won is the old Democratic battle flag, and not a sample of shoddy liberal or new departure bunting. P A T E N T SER M O N . *T JOE, JUNIOS. T sxt —The last days o f the drunkard shall b# without honor. M y D ear R eaders : —If I was to ask you what is the crying sin of our times? your answer would be drunk enness. It is the iniquity of those created in tho likeness of God, who, forgetful of their destiny, defile and degrade, not only themselves, but the image of their Creator to the level of the brute creation. Drunk enness is a sin against every holy tie that can be formed on earth. Behold yon miserable wretch staggering along the streets of your towns, his brain on fire, his face bloated, the demon of drunkenness is in possess ion of his soul, uttering curses and blasphemies, imagining everything and everybody his enemy, and abus ing his best friends. Alas for the hour iu which he reaches his homo. The poor wife! God pity her! Who is it that she sees coming? Certain ly not the one she promised at the altar to love? Oh no! Alas! drunk enness has transformed him from the loving husband and father to a demon. See his children run and hide, saying—“ Father is drunk again.” His wife tries to soothe him with loving words, and what is the return? Hang your beads in shame ye moderate drinkers and ye rumsel- lers, lest ye witness the blow and kick she receives. Was it for this she gave up all and followed him? was it for this he promised to love, honor and cherish her? He has sin ned against himself, his wife, andhis children. He has degraded his own manhood. He has changed himself to a wild beast. His reason was gone, he was not conscious of the baseness of bis act—shortly his glar ing eyes meet the prostrate form of h is once loved wife. What makes him start back terror stricken? It is blood, blood, the officer» tice seize him, he is led to jail, tried for his life, and -------- <>ue tmor® poor unfortunate, a victim to strong d rin k " one more soul added to the rumsellers account. Young man bewarel It is but one step from a A r Z Z drunkenness, and one more to the grave, and then — “ Holy Scriptures s a y T h e i r last days shall be without honor, and they die q u i c k l y ; they shall have no hope nor comfort in the day of trial, for dreadful is the end ot the drunk ard.” So mote it be.—Amen. ------ JameB O’Meara, of the Daily Bull« tin, arrived at Portland on the steam- . ’ i n « ! iftth after several month»’ ---------------------- — — - ~