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fee ' FRIDAY.. .....DECEMT.EE 12, 1873. , , . WHO IS BESrONSlBUSI . ' Lone: aud anxiously, for lo those luany months, havo tbo Republican papers of Oregon looked for a vulner able point of attack on our pvesout ablo and cflioicut Dcmocratio citato Administration, and at last, in despair of anything belter, tlioy have scizod npon tho reoont complieations arising out of the aotion of tho Stato .Board of Equalization, and aro attempting to hold Governor Grover responsible not only for tho aola of tho Board but for tho passago of tho law by a Ro- This is as fallacious as it is flimsy and transparent, and eau scarcely fail to elicit the contompt of every intolli gent and reasoning citizen of our commonwealth. It only requires a rcforonoe to the recorded faols to show how completely falso and untcu able are tho grounds of theso charges against Govornor Grover. In tho Governor's Messago to tho last Legislature ho recommended a reformation' of tho assessment law, and stated that to covor our growing expenses there need be no inoreaso of the rates of taxation if our assessment law bo modified in the proper manner, and a Stato Board of Equalization bo croatod. Tho subsequent action of the Legislature shows that they paid no bcod to the most important point in the Governor's recommendations in this regard that of a reformation of the existing .asscssinont laws but simply proceedod to pass a law cre atine; a Board of Equalization. Ii this law bo either dolootivo or inoper ative, lot tho blsmo rost whoro it bo- longs with tho Republionn who in troduoed tho Bill aud tho Republican Legislature which ouaotod the law, In tho House Journal, p. 199, tho fol lowing record in rogard to this law ap pears: "Mr. Mallory introduced II, B. No. 80, 'To provide for a Stato Board of Equalization;' and Mr. Ginglcs moved to suspend tho rules and road the bill now tho first tinio by titlo." The mbtien provailod. On tho final passago of tho Bill tho following Is tho record (Uouso Jour nal, 876.) , "On motion. House Bill No. 80 was put on its third rending, and tho ques tion bo'rag 'Shall tho bill pass ?' tlioso voting nyo wore: Mossrs, Andrews, Uilos, Bnrin, Buslley, BlaUolv, Collier, Crawford, Corwin, Crooks, Clow, Conglo, Caplos,Darst, Englo, Giuglos, Hirscb, Ilodkins, Johnson, Laugell, Matlock, Martin, Towers, ration, Itiloy, Riddle, Shellon, Stott, Himp eon, Thorribnry, Wright, Went, Walkor, Wnldon, Washburn, Wil longhhy, Whito and Mr. bpoakor (Mallory) 87." Of tbo foregoing, thirty-seven woro Republicans aud ton wcrs DoMMiato. thrco voted against tho bill,. In tho Senalo but two vclod against the bill Democrat and ono Rcpublioau, In tho fuco of thceo facts it is tho sheerest demagogory in Ropublioana to allompt to Bhii k tho responsibility of tho passago of this law or of lis de fects. Tlioy passod tho law creating tho Board for tho purposo of provid- - ing a few inoro ofllcos for their politi cal friouds, aud their failure to go in to joint convention and cluot those oflloors loft tho Govornor no othor nl tcrbative than to appoint, as tho law required him to do. Many persons oondomn Govornor Grover for his ecloction of tho gontlo mon eoniprising tho Board, aud at tempt lo hold him responsible for tbo allegod orrors of tha Board. "Wo bo liovo bis Excellency noted 1 In tho utmost good faith iu the appointment ol theso gentlemen, and that they wero thoroughly compolout to aot as Equalizers undor a oomprehonsive and directory law.' It is oxtromoly doubt ful if any threo men in tho Stato would havo dona bettor if thoy did anything at all. But whilo thoy growl at tho Gover nor for tho appoiutinont of tho Board and tho mistakes of tho Board, thoy will cortaiuly bo suflluiently fair and consistent as to givo him orodit for tho appoiutinont of Judge Moshor who set tho acts of tho Board asido. If His Exccllenoy orrod iu ono case (which wo do not ooucodo,) ho cor taiply did welt iu tho other. . Tha Rosoburg l'hmukaler, of hat week, in closiug auartiolo ou this sub ject, very ably defends tho Governor oguiust theso unjust nsporsions mid rays tho pooplo will not bo hood winked by nil this lino and cry against tho Stato Administration, but will viow this rualtor in its propor light. "Their memories aro not so short, nor tboir grutitudo bo small as to allow them to forgot tho valuablo services roudorod by tho Govornor to the Stato, aud tho dignified, stntos-raan-liko nnd houorabla comluot that he bai exhibited in all his oillcial nets.' Thoy owo him gratudo foi bis prompt action in tho Modoo war, and after wards for bis efforts to proloot tho honor nnd dignity of the Stato and punih tho Lost River murderers, and they will not allow hia cnoinies to traducO bis noblo character without administering to them a laming ro buko. ,, A UcrM epoch J from Key Weal &nja ft hr;;o istorohouiio, for nnvul (ill!,lic.1, Will bo COWtiiCUCOll lliCVO imMcdiuloly. Pmatj' r.dvicos cr.y tbo liven of Auat;io.iU3iuJiiViiiir. inv in groat danger.. A number, of Fprtn th aro iii' iv. Tllf! DlilHOCIUT VnOUN'E" OVT. Yesterday moruing, about 1 o'clock, the DiisiociUT office was discoyorod to bo on firo, and Iho alarm being givon, tho firomon and many citizens woro promptly on hand, all of whom worked well and faithfully until tho flames woro subduod, which was not accorapliehod until almost ovorything was cither wholly or partially do stroyed, our prcsscB osccptod. , Tho firo socms to havo originated from an ash-box, sitting noar "tho stove in tho ofHoo, in which somo of tha 'em ployes bad placed hot coals during tho previous day. Tho firo burnod through tho floor and ponctratod to the Btoro of Messrs, Bonders & Stern berg, just, undor tbo offico, whoro goods to the amount of probably $2,000 woro damagod. , Tho building, though considerably damaged wns savod, thanks to tho superhuman ef forts, of Chief Webber nnd nis gallant "Onostcrs." . . We have not yot been able to osti mato our loss, but it will probably reaoh tho neighborhood of 8900, pos sibly moro. Mr, D. Froman's loss on tbo building is about $500. Loss of Sondors & Sternberg, 81,000. Total loss, $2,100. Fortunately all tho losses aro coverod by insurance. Wo had tho outsido of our papor worked of)', ami a part of tho insido in typo, consequently with what ma terial was saved wo aro ablo this woek to present to our readers tho paper in a much bettor condition than wo had imagined when tho' firo occurred,- Noxt wcok, and probably for two or thrco weeks, until wo cart got now material from San : Frnncisoo, our patrons are askod lo bo oharitablo with us and put up with just what wo aro nblo lo furuish them oven if it bo only vory light dococtious of Do mooinoy, and that "on tho half-shell." Mcanwhilo thoso who aro indebted to us aro most carnostly asked to sol- tlo up, so that wo may havo the benefit and ueo of our monoy nnd thus moro roadily adjust our affairs nnd put tho old"maihoQii" again in running ordor, Wo oan assure our many friends throughout tho Stnto that wo shall bo grinding away ns usual, as soon as tho exigencies of tho ease will possibly permit, Messrs D. Froman nnd Bonders & (Sternberg express their ' warmest thanks to tho firomon and citizens for their assistance is saving their proper- ty- ' l r.-r GIIAMJU Mill-IS. E, E. Fanning, Deputy Grange Organizer for this county, instituted a Grango at Sand Ridgo School House, in this oounty, on last Saturday, with twenty-six mcmbcre. S. Isotn war, oleoted Master, and J. W, Mack, Sec retary. , Thoio aro 12 GrangoB in Oregon, aud 4 iu Washington. i , A Grange Association for the cotin- tioa of Multnomah, Wachiuglon, Clackamas and Washington Territory, was formed nt East l'ortland lust Tuesday. Tho Exccutivo Comniitteo of tho Stato Grango of tho Patrons of Hus bandry, recommend to tho subordinate Granges in tho jurisdiction that thoy oloot their oflloors at tho last rogulur mooting of such Granges hold in De cember, A, p, 187S, and tho ofllcors then oleotod bo Installed at tho first regular mooting hold by such Oranges iu January, A. u. 1874. Hon. m. J, Dnfur 1ms beeu consti tuted a gonoral business agent for tho Granges of Oregon, to hold bis ollloo in l'ortland, beginning March 1st 1874. Tho Central Grango Association hold its monthly mooting at Pacifio Opera Uouso, in this city, Inst Tues day, The soverul Grangos of this District woro fully roprosontod. Mr. Stump of Polk oounty, has boon soloo tod ns tho ngeut for this Association, to hnvo his ofh'oo in Albany, Mr, Miltou Houston informs ns that on last Saturday Knox's Butlo Grango (this oounty) conforrod tho fourth degrco on nino candidates, aud had a feast nnd a good timo generally. That Grango now numbers 30 mom bors, among whom nro soino of our most thrifty fnrmors. Tho following ofiioora woro last Saturday clootod for tho ensuing your: Martin Millor, M,; S. W, Crowder, O.j II. C. Powell, L.: II. T. Probst, S,: L. C. Marshal A. 8.: R, Conn, C; S. Haight, Troas.; M. Houston, Seo'y; Ed. Triton, G, H.; Mrs. V. E, Houston; Cores; Mies. M. A Probst, Flora; Mist. M, C. Conn, Pomona; Mrs. V. Marshall, L. A. S After Jan. 1st, 187-1, tho regular moot lugs or thoir Grango will b hold on Iho lut and iird Saturdays of each month. '. V A correspondent ol tho Ort:jfnitvi speaks iu tho moot (hUoring tonus of tho oration delivered by Hon, J. H. Sinilh buforo tho Union Grange festi val al Junction last Saturday. Thoro was a largo attendaiioo nud a rare "leant of icitDju aud Hjw of soul'' in dulged iu. I'iuiuy people wero killed by a railway culiUou m , Knglonl b4 Wcflll'Sd'H-, ' ,'. -, '.L"J.Ut.,.l .. j AN VNPnilCKDICTTED OiiTHAOH. .Hon. A G. Gibbs, U.. S. . District Attorney for Oregon, has bcea re moved, and Hon. Rufui Mallory, of Salem, appointed in (lis stead. , This was dono by Attorney General Flax brako because Gibbs still persisted in prosocutiug . thoso IIolladay-Hipplo repeaters and their bribers, who voted so extensively in Portland for Hiram Smith. . And this . man .Williams is to bo promoted to tbo highest judi cial position in tho nationl What a disgraco to the groat names of Mar shall, Story, Tanoy and Chasel Evory lovor of our country will most ear nestly pray that the Senate may fail to confirm his appointment. ; The Orcgonian of yesterday, in re ferring to this matter, closes wilb the following suggCBtivd remarks: It may bo that the Attornoy-Genoral or Chief Justice, which ever hq is at this time, can explain tho matter consistently with bis own innocence. If bo can, it certainly behooves him to do so, for unless he does, no matter bow ex alted a position ho may reach, ho can never again hope to enjoy the esteem of an intelligent public, This act will prove a slain on bis character which all tho distinguished services of bis past lifo, and all be may render horoaftor, will never bo sufficient to wash out or hido from viow." ' QUITE A MISTAKE. Last week, in alluding totho do cision on Equalization, by Judgo Moshor, our paper said that tho caso on tho part of tho dofendents was ably managod by Judgo Clarko of San Francisco, and Hon, Goo. R. Ilclni, of this city. Thoso gentlemen rcprosentscntcd tho plaintiffs, or tax payers, and consequently won the caso! Tho defendants woro ropro scnted by Judges Strahan, Burnett, Kolsay andthonoweth. who affio pre sented thoir sido of the caso in an able manner. Grown desperate by thoir defeat in tho attempt to force tho peoplo ol Or egon to oudorso tho infamous charac ter of John Ilipplo ulita J. II. Mitch ell, U. S. Senator from Oregon, aud by tho discovory of tho wholesaled bribery aud corruption by whioh that result was sought to bo aocomplishod, tho ring havo resorted nt last to tho only lino of iutrcnchmcnls left, name ly, the dospotio intci forcnoo with tho usual course of jnstico, by authority from tho Gonoral Government. In this thoy will, of courso, succeed, bo long as tho leaders of tho ring occupy high positions nt Washington nnd havo tho car of tho Administration. But thcro is coming a timo, and that right spoodily, when tho pooplo will bavo something to say iu theso mat tors, and then those political knaves who now rido rough-shod over the rights of tho peoplo will find them- solves loo dead to bo rousod by tbo trumpet of any politioal Gabriol. Tho grnvo of tho ring is dug, and thoy may just as woll make up their minds to bo laid away iu it al tho next olootion, Orcgonian. If Mr. RuAib Mallory shall ooihule to accept tho U. S. District Attorney ship nnd shall prooeod to exoouto tho bohosts of tho Ring oauous, dismiss ing tho indiotmonts that may bo, or may havo been, found against tho ro poators, a most serious question will bo for tho first time in tho history of tins oity presented to its peoplo ono that involves the reputation of tha oity and fyato aud tho proporty rights and personal safoty of citizens. Tho aot proclaims an cud of tbo administra tion of law in this State and city, and tho substitution tborofor of the unre strained will of a cliquo of sooundrels who hnvo outraged tho moral sonso of ; tho community, disgraced tho poli tics of this city, and prostituted courts, and whoso loador is nn outlaw of society, an unconvicted criminal, who, to oscnpo punishmout, ftod from tho scones of his earlier crimes, undor au assumod nnmo. AVtm, l !..' '. . . Wb had a rip-roaring loader, a col umn long, written up on tho enbjoet of tho outrageous conduct of Old Flaxbrnko iu removing U. S. Attorney Gibbs for prosocuting tho Portland Ring for illegal voting; but tho fire burnt up our leader and wo havn't timo to write another. The intolli- gont reader will readily undci'stand our fix, and supply the vacoum to suit himself. Ox last Monday a Democratic May or was olootod jn Boston by the nu prooodouled majority of 18,023, Four ladies- wore elected on tho Stato Board. A aKWiKB down-Easier vaa lately osaayiug to appropriate a square of oxeceding tough bcof nt a diuuor in n Wisconsin hotel. His convulsive efforts with n kuifo nnd fork attracted tha smiles ol the rest in tha snuio pro- diooniont as biuisolf. At last Joun- Uina'a palionco vnuMiori under ill buooosu, when, lnyiii;; down his uton- sils, he burnt out wilU : "Stranger, you needn't lnuih;ifvou nint Rot any regard for tbo landlord's failings you oiij?ht to have somo respect for iho old bull." This Uly brought down tho house, PAvtfu: t-OAKTLna. Rov. Gustavus Hinos is dead. ; Walt. Smith was buriod at Salem yesterday. . . Wheat has advancod to lis. in Liv erpool. Good. ; -Irving, of Nathan murder notori ty, was oouviotedTuosday on a charge of burglary, aud romandod for son lonco. The Salem Statesman has boco seized by the ShoriiT, under an attach ment, and we understand S. A. Clarke will borcaftcr oonduct it. It is belioved at Washington City that all the remaining passengers and crew of the Virginius have been de livered to the officers in command of the Juniata. ' ' ' ' - Tho yind at Port Gamble was so strong last Monday that a man was blown from the raised tramway, lead ing out to where the Blabs are burned, and instantly killed. A London dispotch of the 0th says a fog of almost unprecedented den sity overhangs the city at this hour (3 j o'clock). It is so dark that all traffic has ceased, and the streets aro fillod with men and boys bearing torchcB to light pedestrians. A Corpus Christ! oourior brings news that on Monday night Indians attacked Gray & Grovor's raneho, about 70 milos from Galveston toward tho Rio Grande, and killed seven and oirriod off Gray'r son. When the courier loft fighting was still going on, , .'-..! , Latest accounts in English papers with regard to the oonduct of the of fieors and crow of the Villo de Havre are confused and contradictory. One report says: "The charges against Captain Surmont are untrue, and against tho crow gonernlly exagger ated." Mr. II. K. W. Clarko, the distin guished lawyer of San Francisco who so ably, exhaustively and successfully arguod against tho legality of the as sossmcnt by tho State Board of Equal ization, before Judgo Moshor, at tho lalo term of Iho Cirouit Court, passed through Corvallis last Wednosday evening on his way home, and was sorcnadod by tho peoplo, en masso, aocoinpaniod by a brass band. Felio itous, briof speeches woromado by R. G. Head and others. A grand counoil of various Indian nations mot at Oakarnaheo, Indian Territory, on tho 1st instant, but ad journed after a briof session without doing anything definite. Seventeen different tribes wore represented, and it is said all delegations wero opposed to tbo establishment of the Territo rial Government for tho Iudian Ter ritory, but this is brobably a mistake, as sovornl members of the council olectod last Summer aro known to havo fnvorod that project. A Herald special from Taris says a ciphor dispatch from Madrid, datod tho tHli, announces a heavy full on tho Bourso, consoqucnt upon dispirit ing news in rogard to Cuba, and Gen. Grant's doelining to accept Sickles' resignation and approving his aotion in tho case of the Virginius. His resignation was based on the fact of tho Washington Government nego tiating dircotly with Spain and over looking General Sickles, who claimed that tho Government failod to pro tect him. The Spanish Govornment claims that it is not bound to surren der tho Virginius until tho 18th of Decombor. CONUIMCS8IONAL, PROCEEDINGS Washington, Deo. 3. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, introduced a bill to authorize the construction of a Cus tom Uouso and Bonded Warehouse at Portland. . Mitchell introduced a bill granting tbo right of way to tho Canyonville aud Golovillo Railroad in Oregon. Also, a resolution providing for ascer taining and paying tbo losses sustain ed by citizens of Oregon by roason of Indian do predations, Also, a resolu tion instructing tho Committee on Commoroo to inquire into tho expodi oncy of tho construction ot a harbor of refuge for vessels in distress on the Paoifio ooean at Port Oxford, Oregon. NEAV ADVERTISEMENTS Willamette River Trnuspurlatiou Co.'i STEALERS , , WHO. LKAVS FltANDRHH' WHARF at 0 o'clock, A. 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