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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1890)
WKST 8H0RK. Vf rsity is becoming a disgrace to the state and the na linn. An end should he put to such conduct as the Students are creliUl with even if every one of them had to be Kent home anl the doors of the institution closed. Senator Ingalls is a brilliant man, ami says many things that sting like darta and have aUiut the tame effect aa pouring acid im healing wounds, t'pmt every possible occasion he waves the bloody shirt and tears open the gashes of the civil war. Ilia latest n ploit wm to prostitute Memorial Iay by a nwh of rancorous bitterness la-cause the day before a few nm federate flag had been displayed at llichmand Uoti the occasion of the unveiling of a statue of (iencral av. What would Senator Ingalla and hia finally uncharitable applaudera have? The eople of the south fought four years, with dnjerate valor, under tho confederate flag, and they were leu than human if they did not ever bold it In tender regard. That they love to see it upon fit occasions and the unveil ing of a statue to their great military hero was ccr tainly such docs not indicate that they are nt loyal to the union or that did the need aria they would not fight as valiantly for the stars and stripes a they did for the stars and bars. If the soldiers of the south were so lost to lofty sentiment as to cease to have a tender regard for the flag they followed on so many bloody fields, wo might well mistrust their loyally. l?ut as it is, they now are, Uyond doubt, a wrtlm of the nation that can I relied ujon when the trial comes, and it would be well f-r th country if the chronic fault finders would turn their attention to other things. The election is over in Oregon, and though the pot baa not yet ceased to call the kettle black, th masses of our citiiens are again settled down Into the graves from which thry were temporarily shaken. A sigh of relief has gone up on every side that the great day devoted by free American citiiens to fraud, chicanery, treachery, bribery ami corruption naa g..n w not back again for at leatt two years. It Is a sa 1 thing to see otherwise honorable citiiens engsged In the work of pntituting the nianhwl of others, more m, eren, than to see the oVgra W maW unworthy ritiirtia -lline their votes f-.f the price of a ft! of !....- tn -. t li ia rt! And now if the Tiouaii. i ou it'i" legislature will give us a registry law and the Austra lian 11U svstem we mar congratulate uurltee that K itrfha of Uregt) poUUc wni neier ' - - i- corrupt urn. The election last Mofvlay finiJ lU Oregon a firm repuUkio Kate, MitUll the republican randidate for governor was defeated Upon false brat Uuee and the treachery of men who have enjoyed high honors at the hands of the pMy they eo Usrly Ulrajred The majority of Mr. Her mann is larger than it was when he was hut Uud to congress, showing Uth his own great strength and the weakneM of his opponent, and the majorities of the republican state oltlcrrs Is also large and dUlve, A difference of 0,d i votes for governor Is lh result of a campaign of pure dcmagoglsni, aided by the black et party treachery even Oregon's Mten pltlns bate ever known, by which tin guilty of that ondml have earned the contempt alike of all honorable men of both parties The tilth of Juim wss the annltersary of the great cnflagfaiion in Seattle The transformation whih has brrn wrought in the year that has passed aime the entire business portion of the rily was laid in aihe Is simply marvelous. With liner buslnese bU ks, with new railroad and stcaml-at lines, with a great nriTMions to her Industries and -puUtln, Seattle stands today even a greater city than she gave prone te of Iring More the h-l breath of fire swept orr Iter. She Is a living monument to the vitality f our wettern cities, and has Justified all the ronfldrttr evsf eipreel in her futur gfeetnets, A million dollars bate ln suUriM ft lh Un iversity of t bicsgti, he thlrf objrrt will I to make more HaptUis Of this iim J in 1 ! . kMUf gate fiMli), hlch r to show that though b he may keep their ! r out of beaten, b ran um thnn to Miit others to grt in; this tf that it Is t4 tU rich's that rl the gte, U the pi-lon 4 ihein. Tl lllif"is lUie prdlbiti-.n Nrty pUlf.fm sn drtrs woman auffrsg, f ndnsg ( siltr, rtif-nn-iit of national Uik rJrrulailon. sUli-n ( sriialors by th 'pl, tU Australian 1111 sWh, wrvWe jm.Ui, Habbath law, g ternment nitr4 f radwsys and telegraph lines ami a Urn othr things ; In fVt, nn-st everything npt pr biUti-n In this number is gite a Vill ( intef sealing vo;ag U l'hrirg d-jly atUeU'l a U its authenticity. It will U a.towbl ft mrprU I. .th th r""'tt',i, ( (Vn (y b-arn that lU s-alir g ftrtee are Mug thus raUd daring tU winter sa-n, Ite ple of I'litland wdl hate aw4htr tonity U bar Mr Ik lUhai Un U hU spria rta l.f gs at the h!h sr HUl lay iU Ui StMe4 " Kig Ut " t h!l