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V. . O-lelnl Pop" for Oregon.
SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1874.
The Republican State Conven
lion which met at Salem on the
8th instant, made the following
nominations: For Governor, J. C.
Tolman,of Jackson county; Con
gress Uichard Williams, Esq., of
Multnomah ; Secretary of State, C.
M. Foster, of Baker; Treasurer,
D. G. Clark, of Benton; Printer,
K. M. Waite, of Marion; superin
tendent of Public Instruction, L.
L. Rowland, of Wasco. The
District nominations were; 2d
District, John Kcbay for Judge;
F. A. Chenoweth for District
Attorney; A. M. Wiiham tor
Joint Senator. 3d, N. B, Hum
phreyfor District Attorney. 4th,
W. Cary Johnson for Judge; J.
C. Moreland for District Attorney.
5th, J. C. Cartwright for District
Attorney.
At Portland on Tuesday last, the
little band ot crusaders composed of
fifteen ladies, were arrested on com-
nlaint of a saloon keeper. waiter
Moffett, by Chief Lappeus, on the
charge of "wilfully and unlawfully
conducting themselves in a disor
derly maimer by singing and pray
iug on the sidewalk, on First street,
whereby the peace and quiet ot the
city was disturbed." The arrest
created the wildest excitement; the
husbands, brothers and friends of
the fair prisoners demanding an im
mediate hearing or an unconditional
release, Judge Denny decided to
proceed in the matter at once, and
City Attorney Mulkey was hunted
up and the Court called to order.
Air. 0. W. Parrish appeared lor the
ladies, filing a general demurrer
taking the position that singing and
praying was a devotional exercise,
and that under the Constitution of
the I'nited State every person was
at liberty "to worship God accord
ing to the dictates of his own con
science," and that the complaint,
upon its face, alleged a statement of
facts that could not amount to dis
orderly conduct Judge Denny
promptly sustained the demurrer,
aud discharged the lad es, who
quietly filed out the court room and
proceeded to the saloon of Geo. F.
Greene, where they sang and prayed
about three quarters of an hour.
Several other saloons were visited
by them during the afternoon. The
ladies are 6till firmer in their resolve
to continue the crusade, claiming
many good results so far.
Work on the Olympia & Tenino
Railway commenced on the 7th at
Olympia, the citizens turning out
en masse, closing up every place of
business and' devoting Che entire
day to hard work on the grade.
The ladies of the city .provided re
freshments tor the entire toroe.
After a session of one hundred
days, the Legislature of California
has adjourned. It failed entirely
to meet the expectations of the peo
ple of California in regard to legis
lation looking to the- regulation of
freights ttnd fares on railroads.
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The Massachusetts Senatorial
contest attil continues with about
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81, 'Curtis 71, Adams 16,
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Platform Adoptrd.
BV TIIK KKITRMCAN STATE CONVEN
TION AT SALEM, APRIL, 8, 1874.
Resolved, 1. The Republican party
of the State ot Oregon, in convention
assembled, declare tliat the end of Gov
ernment is to secure equal and exact
justice to all its citizens with as little
infringement as possible uiH'ii muivia
ual freedom ; that the government of
the people by me people unci ior rne
people, Interpreted aud foreshadowed
by the Declaration of Independence as
the true American idea : that this idea
can only be realized by the election of
honet and capable men to public
office, and by conducting public affairs
with strict prudence andin accordance
with the sound and approved maxims
of business and political economy.
2. That party organizations are
useful and necessary, but that while
we arc proud of the birth ami history
of the Republican party, we recognize
no such allegiance to political associa
tions as shall prevent our fair and can
did criticism ot tne nets of all public
men, and tliat every case of negligence,
wastefulness or dishonesty on tne part
of those having control ot public mon
ey, ought to be promptly investigated
and severely punished, without -fear or
favor ; that we expect of our State leg
islator and State officers, the strictest
integrity and economy, the largest
possible relief from the burden of tax
ation, the maintenance of public edu
cation, the preservation of the purity
and freedom of the ballot box, the en
forcement of such laws as will secure
to all entitled to suffrage, the right to
its exercise and such as will at the
same time exclude all fraudulent vot
ing. 3. That wo insist upon Hie right
and duty of the State to control every
franchise of whatever kind it grants,
and while we do not wish that any in
justice shall be done to the individual
or corporation investing capital or in
dustry in enterprises of this kind, we
yet demand that no franchise shall be
granted which is prejudicial to the
public, in which the rights and inter
ests of the State and the people are not
carefully and fully guarded.
4. Tliat while we recognize the full
right of every citizen to express and
act upon his convictions tixm all ques
tions of public or State interest, no
person holding a Federal or State office
has the right to seek to influence the
action of his subordinates by exciting
their fears of loss of placelf their opin
ions or actions shall differ from bis
own, aud that we are opposed to all
interference or participation by them
in the conventions of the people for
the nomination of their candidates tor
office.
8. That we are desirous of political
reform, and for honest economy and
purity in all official administration.
That to secure this is the duty ot every
citizen ; that to this end every good
man should (eel bound to participate
in politics, and to make an end of bad
men forcing their elections by securing
a party nomination. That we believe
there are as good men in the Republi
can party as out of it, and only the best
men should be nominated lor office,
and only such are entitled to receive
the support of the people.
6. Tliat we sympathize with every
movement to. secure for agriculture
and labor their due influence, interest
and rights, and the Republican party
will be their ally in every just effort
to attain that end.
7. That the interests of this State
demand in its commercial relations
with the other States of the Union,
both present and prospective, and will
warrant a liberal expenditure on the
part ot our National Government in
fhn t mi nrni'umoi if ii f mil li-i dti i- on1
of our channels, and it is the fine pol-'
icy of our people that tliey should be
so represented in Congress as shall the
most effectively secure this result.
8. Tlrnt true economy in the man
agement ot public lands of the United
States, as well as the settlement of our
vast domain and the development of
its resources, tiemaniis liberal grants
oi tne puouc lands to am in tne con
struction. Of railroads and other public
works, with such limitations and re
strictions as will secure the ultimate
sale to actual settlers.
9. That we are in favor of Congres
sional aid to the Portland. Dalles and
Salt lke Railroad ; tor the improve
ment ot the Columbia river at the
Dalles and Cascades; to aid the exten
sion of the Oregon Central Railroad
from St. Joe. through the counties of
l'oik and Benton, to its Junction with
the Oregon and California Railroad,
and the improvement of the Willam
ette river.
10. Ibat we favor Congressional aid
for the construction or n Wagon road
from some point in Rogue river valley
to tin nearest practicable point on the
coast and that we favor the immediate
construction of a good and serviceable
wagon wad along the son bank of
tlie Columbia river from the mouth of
Sandy Co the Dalles. - '
11. That we are opposed to the
purchase or leasing by this State of the
canal and locks at the foils of the Wil
lametterlw. vj j . ? u".'
11 That wetaBMd the repeal of
tlie litigant law, Portland Police bill,
the Oitcomtitutioaal, . inarpHdag
emoluments ant salaries of State and
Judicial officers, frtfimmsitw the
fees of clerks and sheriffs, arid the
tnod! tkaUon of tfee ibooLtawi mi as to
relieve the people of the school book
monopoly.
II. That we are In fervor of fhe
speedy payment In full of aH jnst
claims or citizens and volunteers for
supplies furnished snd services ren
dered In tlie suppression ol Indian hos
tilities in Southern Oregon in uie years
1872 and 1873.
14. That we are in favor of such
"legislation to regulate the sale of in
toxicating liquors as will restrain the
abuses growing out of indiscriminate
license, and operate as a needful check
upon the growing evils of intemper
ance. 15. That we are in favor of open
ing Wallowa vallev to settlement.
, JAMES CHAMBERS,
Chairman Committee.
('row for Uranfcem.
The late Democratic State Con
vention resoluted strongly for the
"farmer's movement," and then to
show how far their sympathy really
extended towards the farmer, they
placed upon their ticket three law
yers, one printer, one merchant and
one minister of the gospel entirely
iguoring the claims of the class of
people they had so recently ex
pressed so much sympathy for.
Any of those six offices, with the
exception, it may be, of the office
of State Printer, could have just as
well been filled by farmers. The
delegates to the Democratic State
Convention seemed to think the
agricultural class of Oregon are
willing that the average politician
and time-server shall hold all the
offices of honor and trust, if the
Conventions putting them in nom
ination will only pass resolutions of
sympathy! Ir the estimation of
Watkinds, G rover & Co., crow is
all the farmers want, aud therefore
the ring gobbled all the turkey and
kindly tiirew the crow to the Pat
rons of Husbandry. We are in
clined to think that so much crow
has sickened the farmers, and that
the June election will prove it.
Everybody has heard of Harry
Meiggs, the Railroad King of South
America. Harry disappeared from
San Erancisco years ago, very sud
denly, leaving a number of people
minus a great many thousand dol
lars which had been entrusted to him
for safe keeping; In his railroad
contracts in Chili and Peru he
amassed a colossal fortune, aud
those whom he had defrauded in
California were repaid every farth
ing. It would seem that bis career
in California made him amenable
to the laws, and as ilarry probably
wished to return, his friends and ad
mirers introduced and passed a law
relieving him from anest and trial
for past misdeeds. Gov. Booth took
the broad ground that Harry
Meiggs, the wealthy railroad con
tractor, should be held just as ac
countable to the offended laws as
though he were a poor man without
a friend or a dollar, and he vetoed
the law. The Legislature passed
the law over the head of the Gov
ernor, and Meiggs now has the im
munity he desires.
Every now and then as Grover
perambulates over the State speech
ifying, some impertinent Democrat
puts hard questions to him ques
tions that cause the Governor a
mighty deal of trouble. This ask
ing questions of Grover, expecting
an answer, is the highth of folly,
for every school boy in the State is
aware of the fact thai Grover dare
not answer any question of moment
until he has asked the advice of
Bill Watkinds.
The Sentinel observes that if the
temperance crusade meets with any
success at all in this State, it will
prove the death knell of Democracy.
What Wm Bone at Nnlem.
Elsewhere in the Register will
be tlmnd the platform adopted, and
the nominations made, by the lie
publican citato Convention at SaLm
on Wednesday. We have but little
space and less time in which to give
our view of the action ot the Con
tention, tnis week. Of the nomi
nees we shall speak briefly. Rich
ard Williams, Esq., the nominee
for Congress, is a young man who
has already made his mark, and
takes rank among the foremost
lawyers in the State. It eleeted he
will make an efficient, working
memU'r, accomplishing much good
for Orci'on. J. C. Tolmau. of
Jackson, is unknown to us. He is
highly recommended as an able, up
right, conscientious man, who once
made an excellent County Judge
for Jackson county. He is a stock
raiser, and is said to bo always
ready to ''back up" his judgment
on the winning horse; and as an
evidence ot his excellent judgment
as a horseman, it is said that Tol
man has never yet put up on t'le
wrong horse. C. M. Foster, Cie
nominee for Secretary of .Itate hails
from Baker county; he is personally
unkown to us, but wc suppose he is
qualified to till the jiosition to wliich
he aspires as well as his opponeut
at least. Dave Clark, of Clark &
Wyatt, hardware merchants of this
city, a resident at present of Cor-
vallis, enjoys a good reputation,
and would doubtless take as good
care of the State's coin as anv one.
E. M. Waite, of Marion county,
candidate for State Printer, enjoys
the reputation of having always
been a consilient Republican. At
the last city election in Salem, and
at the previous one also, he ran as
an Independent candidate for Coun
cilman against the regular Republi
can nominee. It is charged that he
has always had "conscientious scru
ples" about voting a straight ticket,
and therefore has generally voted
for men, not principles. This is a
good record, certainly, if true. lie
certainly is, as a printer, far better
qualified to till the position than
his opponent, Mr. Brown. Trof.
I. L. Rowland, of Wasco, candi
date for Superintendent of Public In
struction, we know nothing of what
ever, and therefore shall say noth
ing. The ticket as a whole is a fair
one, much better, in point of talent
and honesty, we think, than the
Democratic. Should the Taxpay
ers endorse any portion of the ticket,
that portion will lie elected. We
await the action of next Wednes
day's Convention before predicting
general results.
'Hie other day Grover remarked
to a Democrat, when asked for his
opinion as to the result of the can
vass, that there was an "undercur
rent now at work amdng the people
that he was afraid of. It the Peo
ple really intend to have a say, then
I have little hopes for the Demo
cratic ticket." This is tlie substance
if not the exact words of the Gov
ernor. He sees the handwriting on
the wall, but is compelled by Ms
masters to continue the canvass,
much against his will.
Connecticut has gone Democratiq
as usual. The Senate stands 17
Democrats and, 4 Republicans;
House, 143 Democrats, 96 Repub
licans and Independents.
Secretary Richardson said on the
6th thai When he decides to retire
from the Treasury be will notify the
public,
3e
Peter Andrew Hanzek, the Ger
man astronomer, is dead.
Luttrell is gathering much start
ling testimony regarding the opera
tions of the California Postal Con
tract Ring.
A teaiful disease similar to dip.
theria has made its appearance
among the children of Willard City,
Utah. It inflame the throat so
that in a short time breathing be
comes a death-struggle.
There is a report that ex-Judge
Ilogeboom, General Appraiser of
the port of New York, is about to
resign, and Alexander R. Ketchum
is to he appointed his successor.
The Directors of the Chicago
and Canada Southern Railroad are
considering measures for the com
pletion of their road, and will issue
bonds as soon as satisfactory prices
can be obtained.
Efforts are being made for a com
bination in the Senate to defeat in
flationists. It is still nncertain.
therefore, that the scheme will suc
ceed for increasing legal tender and
National Bank circulation, each by
tour hundred millions, unless accom
panied by some plan looking to
ward a gradual contraction.
A New York World's Washing,
ton special says it is confidentially
stated that the President is prepar
ing a secial message to Congress
on finance, calling their attention to
his views as formerly expressed in
favor of redemption and the pledge
given by Congress in the Public
Credit Act of 1869.
Frank Smith's profit under the
Washington King Contract, which
he held by assignment from his
agent Colton, is proved to have
been over $25,000 in the construct
ing offences. Colton fi3s produced
Smith's books and testified fully, so
Smith can remain in California on
the duties ot the Indian Peace Com
mission. From Spain we learn that the
first active operations before Bilboa
since March 28th were resume- on
the 3d of April with the bomtard
ment of Abanta. Serrano is reor
ganizing his forces, and the Carlists
are strengthening their positions.
A letter from Mazatlsn, dated
March 15th, announces that about
halt the children of that place had
died of small pox, aud the whole
community was in mourning.
Similarly frightful reports have
been received from other cities in
the interior. The Mexican Pacific
coast is rendered unusually un
healthy this season by the miasma
from the inundated plains, the rains
of the Autumn of 1873 bavins:
lasted much longer than in most
years.
The Board of Directors of the
Pacific -Mail Steamship Company,
at a meeting yesterday, concluded,
in view of the unusual demand now
made upon their carrying capacitv
on the l'acific coast, to enter into a
contract for building four new iron
Steamers of such capacity as to iner t
the increasing business. Of these
new shifts it is anticipated that two
will lie constructed by John Roach,
bnildor of the ( 'it; o f Fvjciny and
others of the line, rhfl remauim,
contracts will be awarded to other
builders.
Mr. Stearns, one of the Cormni
siouers of Charities, says Tweed w
in the safest and most strictly guard
ed portion uf the primin, from which
he could not escape unless twenty
two keepers, constantly on ijnard,
were bribed. Furthermore, lie d.H
uot think it devolved upon the
Commissioners to wake a martyr of
Tweed, or to exercise any unneces
sary severity toward him during hi
term of imprisonment. Foster .
Dewey, formerly TweedV private
Secretary and now lib bUsiileM
agent, says the room occupied by
Tweed is certainly morooointortabU
than the cell, but its furniture .was
not worth more than $50.