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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1874)
Things to -oiNMi-r.' , . ' instance has tailed to redeem those Let each taxpayer, before casting , . i ' : pledges? Let evrv tax payer answer his vote on Monday, consider well : q,0iliolrt iiwtly and eon--the effect of his ballot. The candi-' jjeuiously, and we have no fearof dates for the Legislature on the j bis answer. AM if he is goven.eJ Independent ticket have given their 1 & hi vote by a strict adherence to ,, . t , . ... I ,l,ity, we have no fear of the result Daisies that if elected thev will " .. , . .. , .'. ..I vote am work tor the reduction or . . , . . ! the princely saaries and tees now, . , , 1 paid to the Mate ano county officers, 1 in the lirst instance directly in the 1 lace of the State Constitution, and taken together are the real cause BROWNsrn.r.K, May 26, 1874. ol the present burdensome taxation. ' gi. Ukiiistkk : We, havqjhad Let them remember that the party ! a tine rai" here which will be a that has had control of affairs in great help t all kinds ot grain, this county so long, went hito the , The county candidates held forth canvass two years ago on the cry of J her yesterday, 1 Jr. tleudrix leading "retrenchment and reform," and off, and J. I!. Irvine following the the candidates promised if the peo-' hippie Dr., making him wince like pie would elect them that they I a mK turtle. Arte. Mr. Irvine would reduce taxation, pay off the j got through, the Dr. had ten min county debt, and use the utmost j lltos t reply in. The 'r. com economy in conducting the business j njetely fiw&'d out here, of the county. Every taxpayer u is, I believe, the general opiu knows how these promises have! ion here thaPthe Dr. is guilty of been violated ; every taxpayer the charge made by Mr. William knows that while the revenues of Cooper, of Sweet Home. It is the county have been greatly in-j staled that 2.U: ( ooper is a Demo- creased by the enhansed value of real estate and the increase of the annual tax levy, the cotin'y expen1 ses have also been increased, and the county debt grown in magnitude and no one to-day outside of the ring of office-holders knows what the debt of the county really is. And although these are facts that cannot be successfully controverted, yet this same ring places its nominees before the people to-day, and with the most brazen, unblushing ell rroutery, while defending it past administration of county affairs, again raises the cry of " economy and retrenchment," and with loud mouthed declamation insists that the heavy burdens of taxation (im posed upon the people by the act of this very ring) 'that is crushing the people to tlie earth, must and shall be abated, and it elected they will work in 6easou and out of season (as they did two years ago) to effect this much desired result. Having played the same role over and over again in the past, the ring has come to believe that the same protestations will again be success ful in gulliug the people iuto voting it iuto office. Judging from the past history of the Democratic office holders in Linn county, can any sensible man place a particle of re liance in the promises of the candi dates of the ring, when those prom ises touch the pockets of the ring members? No. There will be no reduction in taxes, the expenses ot the county will be increased, ex travagance and mismanagement will be the rule and economy the excep tion, should the people again lie gulled Into electing the Democratic ring nominees to place and power. And the extravagance, mismanage ment and nnkiwhi' acts of the parly in power will never lie unearthed and fully shown up until a new deal is had until the candidates of the ring are turned out, and honest and trustworthy men, who are not J ' . . bound in slavish party chains, are doubt as to tne lengui oi mm re torl tta tuitions. Can any-1 ouired to kill three whole Indians thin be plainer than this? Can not the most obtuse intellect see that 4( reform is really what the People want, the only certain mode of securing it is to vote tor the In dependent ticket vote for men who TOill go iiJto office untrammeled by party ties and party pledges ? Can wnu blace any reliance on a party fcbat b made the mae pledges of reform time after time, and ill every f the e tvtion m Linn coimn on . , Monday -next the independent ' . . ticket will be triumphantly elected, crat, and a tine man. The rest ot the candidates for the State Senate and Representatives on the Democratic ticket did not appear on the stump to let the people know what they woilld do if they were elected. The Dr. was the mouth and brains for all of the Legislative portion of the Demo cratic ticket. Nearly all of the Independent candidates appeared before the people, and told them what they would do if they were elected, and they will be, as sure as next Monday comes. One word more to my Independent friends. Stand firmly by our ticket and we will elect every man on it. Some of the Democracy here are trying to swap Grover for Inde pendent votes for county ticket. They are also trying to swap the Dr. off tor votes tor Kice for Sheriff. Our old friend, John H. Strife, of Ilarrisburg, completely skinned George R. Helm here yesterday. Smith is too well posted for George. The Democracy here did not know which side George was on until he got here and told them. He labored hard for the Democracy of Linn county, but did not have a word to say for poor G rover or Mart. Brown. Yours respectfully, II W. HENDERSON A terrible Indian war is raging in our new northern possessions, and the whole force of ihe army and navy will doubtless (?) be called on at once to stp the immense shed ding of blood. We refer to the report brought by the steamship California, which arrived at Vic toria on the 25th. She brings the horrifying report that at Sitka a war was existing between the t'hil iatoand Sitka Indians, just outside the town. Tp to the time of the sailing of the California, three Indians had been absolutely killed and two wounded ! There is no siccial time given, and we are in ; . . .t i . . . .t. .i?.! and' wound two more, but suppose it could not have taken more than a couple of weeks. Snch terrific and bloodthirsty strife as this, if con tinued, will soon decemate the A berg wines of Sitka. It must be put a stop to if we have to send Briadtar .General Martin Van Buren Brown, E., Grovel's u U do it Mind tbal now. ALBANY KEOljJu t. r. tsmpn. T. F. CAitPBKix, Independent candidate for Governor, is a mem ber ot Monmouth Grange No. 4, P. of II., in good standing in fact he is One of the trustees of that Grange. His temperance record is first rate, and his able lectures in various portions of the State has proved of vast benefit to the temperance cause. Win. M. Hand. V.m. Bt: Hand, candidate for State Printer on the Independent ticket, has the necessary qualifica tions to fit him for the office, an3 will do the State work honestly and well, if elected to the position.. He will get a handsome vote in South- rn Oregon, where he was engaged in publishing a newspaper, and Eastern Oregon, his present resi- deuce, will go for him almost en masse. Mr. Hand was a volunteer in the Rogue River Indian war in 1855, and at the battle of Hungry Hill was severely wounded so se verely that it was thought he could not survive. Hjit he survived his wounds, and did good service as Lieutenant in one of the companies of Oregon Volunteers, on the fron tier for three years. William's chances for election are first rate. Tlluion Ford. rhe Independent candidate for Prosecuting Attorney, TttMON Ford, gets the lollovVing fair notice from the Dallas R&publkm : He is a man of fair average abil ity and attainments ; of quick cr ception, and a ready debater. He has practical law in the city of Salem for the past two years with marked success, which is more than can be asserted of either of his com petitors. He is & man ot consider able force and energy, and will, when elected, perform his whole duty ; and that, too, without fear or favor from anyone. As we have before stated, Mr. Ford is a strong temperance (riant and that from a firm conviction of tie justness of the cause, and not like Ins op ponents, simply because he wishei to use it as a cloak to conceal m real character and win the suffrages of the people by false pretenses iinrimr tl spries'of vears we have been acquainted with Mr. Ford, we have not known or nearu- ui mo lieing guilty of a single mean or khonorable act. Let the people elect him, and we can assure them that the laws will be vigorously enforced that the interests ot the ill he dilieentlv looked after, and that criminals will not go unpunished with impunity. The nearer the approach oi the 'day of election, the more are we convinced that the election lies between the Independent and the Democratic ticket. Hundreds who went to hear T. 1 Campbell dis- cuss the political issues of the day prejudiced against him, came away fully resolved to vote tor him as the man to whom alone they can look certainly for retrenchment, light taxation, and general reform ir the administration of State af- tans. Aoman ever wem oeiore the people of Oregon and succeeded in making so good a record. A vote for Campbell is a voto on the winning side. The readers of the Democrat of this week cannot fail to see that Mart, is in a fearfully" perturbed state of fix. He feels, now when it is too late, that lie pinned his faith on to the wrong man -and he has gone down with him. Poor Mart. Yirv ' . ilkiM n Indian Peace CoTDmlBSioner: BishqpHareT Ana wnai a iemwwiw " wm savage to "life" Mml The Bcwdt. j 0,nft There will probably be 2.000 vntos ist in this State at the election next Monday. A good deal of figuring has been done by tim ' ed,tonal mathematicians on th probable r, umber of votes each ot the candidates for Governor will ; receive. Some of this figuring is ; pany have fitted up tne apuun n pretty "wild," while others gives cabin in exquisite i style fortheir use, p V , j k i x. i together with a state room and re evidence of a "good head." for j .,. . calculation. The Dalles Mown- taineer comes pretty near the tig- j ore when it says :" 1. t . camp-j bell will get 10,000 votes; L. F. n . qooa Ja t n Grover will get 8,000, and J. U Tolman 7,000." We differ from the Mountaineer only in thi, that we think Grover will be the hmd-! most man in the race,' and not Tolman. The vote m Linn countv will be - ,N very close on the Mate uckoc, I: H .1.1 we are inclined to oeiieve mat Campbell will get a small majority. The probability is that Dick Wil liams will lead both the other can- .li.n.t... In il.ic ...iiint luit tlie Val. .t i I.. i . - .:i.... ...iii ance or ine iiiuepeiiuuiii hckuv iMMp.r . ' T n, ',; i . , , , , , which Is certainly novel. Ore bet come in ahead of trie other two ,, tKr. tickets. There was never such a shakinsr up ill old Linn, and the vote will surprise even the most sanguine friends of the Iui'epeud- enta Newel C. Hulen, who left Mon- roe county, Mo., the 15th of March last, and is supposed to be somewhere in Oregon, is the man Willis II. Fountain, ot Sturgeon, Mo., is so anxious to find that he offers to liberally reward any per son giving him any information on the subject. Tl. v..!..ni uwl Portland iianei'S 1 1 1 V. ' fl II 11. uuu . v. i are sailing into each other in a man- ' ner beautiful to behold, i-rom tne reputations they put up for each .1 . .1:1.. tiiAvt From the Oilier, one Cll Itwiny ucnuc hikj are a condemned bad lot entirely. . On the 25th the Senate torn - mittee reported favorably on a bill .... for reimbursing Collector Adams some $20,000 stolen from him while on his way from Astoria, per steamer, to San, Francisco, in 1865. All efforts to Secure and lionize - Henri Hochefort, who recently ar. rived in San Francisco, proved unavailing. It is believed he took imaaiiib. .i . the first train from 'Frisco tor the East L".....v.. . .'I. Cttiruoi Ptrviau ment. A Wilmington (Del.) dis- Already the road has been put in patch ot May 14th says : Lewis j good condition tor wagons to the Kobinson came from New Haven, j snow line, and men are ready to Connecticut, to'this city yesterday follow up and finish as soon as the morning. At noon bo attempted snow is gone to commit rape on a little girl on! ,,, V Market streetVbetween Sixlli and ' One of the most ugmhttnt fea Seventh stree s. He was aitested j tf,e I'pendent passion rtew miuutosaftei ward and ay, at Salem, was an ordma mi to Newcastle jail. This lVm- wagon drawn by an. pr . V m 0;'i,i trkl ' 'dinary looking team contauung the raormng he was arraigned Jor trial , J and this afternoou was com icted I ,. . . ...J J d sentenced alout 6 oVlodc. ; ;;rf"8s i u , "bub" to "babv" carrvinif a banner The time betweeu we cohhtiimiou of the crime and conviction to 00 ,,.' TT Will receive 30 i lashes on Satniday, be pilloried one hour, and imprisoned tor ten lashes on Satmday, be pilloried! years ' ,. k A pRcrjLiAR Oase of Drown IN.().A special disfiatch to the Chicago Tfil'ime, dated Burling. I.. mo fav 1St.ll ksvk ; At, bull, l.iwo, Morning Sun, near this city, on m..i J--. UA .nmJ ' Jin Holland met a stmnge death. She was drawing water from a . spring near her house, aud when in the ...... i '.I act o stooping to oraw oin ine bucket, she suppen neaa nrsi into the spring, which . was only : tow feet jleep. beingxery small, she was unable to move fie find aft so dwwttJd" She wai a very mabte laaTj VMer ftiaottMdi ( Nkixik Gram's Wedding Tbip. Following appears nndei & New york daUs of May 20th: til. White House Miss Nellie Grant and Mr, Sartons-whose mainage to-morrow, wil sad for England m "f JtWflffc of t& White . Saturday at 8 P. W. rphe officers 0j-tie steamship com. lm.uy,ed very tastefully witli a heavy Brussels carpet an a hand- some suae oi lunmuio. ? r I poi-'tnients are also very It is also contrived, so that it can L cl)anged h)t0 a glee(liDJ ftpart. meilt iliafevv raumteS. The bride's ' boudoir and dining saloon, to be usea oy w pan, ...... ,g iitti.il mi an iwaflv ani)roachin(! ULVL.. I " J J I . ' appartmeits on land as can be done on any vessel. It is said that a ,.t' f1(. i i-iticc ... . U'V o lc? " preparation, it will include .ara - 3 .ntA.ninm..nK matio and musical entertainments, roadinsi. and everything that can be devised to relieve the monotony of the sea voyage. qxxvl Bets. Two of our lead- i iii(r citizens made a bet yesterday upon the election of Grover, the man. lne one wno p'av a hand oraan ; loses is to through the streets of Salem, the winner following after and is to take up a collection, the proceeds of which are to be donated to the Orphans Home. Aiiotherone made last evening is equally as novel, and it carried out will be fully in the extreme. The bet was made upon the election of governors, the loser to wheel the winner from the Chemeketa Hotel to Wades Hard ware store aud return. Statea man. A Fatai, FtoitT WITH Mail Ivonniiiis. The St. Louis Renub' Hcan of May 14th has a special dispatch from Springfield, Mo., " v. . j i i dispatch from Springfield, Mo., .... lira I n n V ft 1 I sin KHIAH mil n i ml l'S u;al a raal' carrier, anu ; j Mf wjth )jm were ,.obbei a ,j8y or two ago I ' . ... u: 1 k , m yun I iiiery, uuu ino uinii ! rifled. The robbers were tracked uy a pany oi nvcniji iuoii 10 uouuc ! county, Ark., and in a tight with .1 vi.. Ar... i.. 1 1. ., i them liev. Mr. New was killed and another man seriously wounded. The robbers escaped. Mr. New was minister of the Methodist church, and had but recently come from Iowa. TIm Vnnmnn Jmamnl .if t.ho 2IIl.ll j IIV JJJ UVIIV W V Ml i'V" y VMV WW j instant says ; From Mr. Finn, who ! arrived in this city Sundayeveniug f,T tlie $! 011 U'e XfM urn lonrn that the work on the road is progressing rapidly, and that a party will be put to work to open tlwi mail fur waarinfi in A aliAii. Lima. .. , - . - . . pjgth.-wdi "We Mean 1 1,nMnCh8' . , eKt f hursday ,it is proposed by : n,,.0 v . r ,t T ' 1,1 n i r i y in i riaiin i.v unit. uiiv. I i ' J r . r i; V i water people, who have evinced so much spirit and resolution jn work ing three days, week rjeiore iasi; on Hush Prairie, when their self-imuos j . . . eit task in their own town is prob- . i i ably too ranch for their numbers, I Vint nnt. Cif t.hpir oniirnorp. The ston wid probably be closed, and jfc will ! be ore of the greatest tnniouts wg 1 have yet had. , The work-men will .... 1 1 4 t sun m i a. m. A well known- Democrat, who is now Independent, deals with a'great many voters and makes a point., of istincf them if thev mima to' vote tor Bill Wmmi MeroorT and never can find any imkined.