The state rights democrat., May 31, 1878, Image 2

MART. V. BROWN, EDITOR.
- May SI, IS78.
IIS OFFICIAL PAPER FOR GRE&QI
CAKTEK TBE " ETPEKT.
Sinae the Radical papers are persist
ently and continually howling on Mr.
Noltner's track on Recount of his meas
ureaient of the Sta'e Printing, it may
ha u well just now to refer litem to
the official record made by their immac
ulate (?) candidate for State JYinter,
one W. B. Carter, who acted as Expert
far Mr. Fittock.
In order to the more readily refresh
the memory of our readers we herewith
presemt extracts from Mr. Hicks' sworn
rprt which we published a few weeks
jo. Some of the items of Mr.' Fit-
tock's bill against the State were as fol
leva: ,
November 12, 1881, Incidental Pitntlng
.or session o( libs. (W. 11 farter. Kit
ten) 4,9-;S27
r.oTB. A tm was died ty Mr. 1'jt
toca, on Fb. 1, last, as fallows:
lot reams book paper at $l7.6i pr-r
ream fci.Soii
Mrtn Insurance on t '.UUO 30 t)
Dray age 1 ml -1 2,s$9 10
Now isn't here a bold, palpable rob
Very of the State in the matter of Pit-
toek's charge for paper, which Mr. Car
ter, as Expert, allowed I According to
the Oregonian's own argument, if the
State only allows 10 per ream for pa
per, will that journal please inform is
by what rule in mathematics and wnder
wkat statutory law Mr. Carter allowed
Fittock seventeen dollars and tsitfy
cento per ream t And also why Carter
allowed the marine insurance of 30,
and why he also allowed drayaje, etc. 1
But hold on a moment ! This was
Carter's measurement, put in as a bill
against the State!
And you will see that even as grand
a rascal as Sam. E. May, who was then
. Secretary of State, wouldn't allow this
outrageous swindle ! See Hicks' re-
pert which follows :
This bill was not allowed. (Sco
third not.)
January 8, 13, printing l.Onfl copies of
general Laws, (VV. B. Carti-r Expert)
Marc S9, 1S5, printing lot) copies Ad
jutant tienerars Report
Nora. On the back of the envelop-,
which contains the fore-ioin;
bill is written, "J1.S73 SS allowed,
leaving balance of (Lots 66 due.
5IS 5'
71 70
Thus we aee that Sam. May wouldn't
allow this outrageeus steal of Fittock
aad Carter at that time, but cut it down
$1,518 66, allowing only 1,873 3S
something over one-half only of the
original bill which Carter the Expert
had put in. But notwithstanding May's
honesty of purpose at the time that bill
iru filed, we find fey reading on further
in Hicks' report, that he was ia some
way induced to "weaken on it" and did
finally allow the steal, with 77 reams
of paper added ! Head :
March 1, 1866, VU reams bnok
asper for Code, at tlS 15
per ream f2,2 10
73 reams book: paper at
tt 42 ner ream 1.219 73
reams for fly-sheets . tw - $ 3,730 14
Not. This bill is evidently the
name as the one presented Febru
ary 1. I5, with 77 reams of D;i-r
added; and the charge for 'flv
aheets" is unusual.
And will our readers note a still
worse transaction in the above state
ment? It will be seen that Fittock and
Carter have again increased fhe price
of paper to $18 15 per ream nearly
twice as much as Mr. Pittock'a own
paper, the Oregonian, now claims that
the law allowed !
If thi isn't a most outrageous, vil
lainous swindle we never knew of one!
The fact is, Carter's measurement as
Expert is characterized with rottenness
and corruption throughout, and makes
a record against him which should take
fiobn him the rote of every honest man
ia the State.
Mr. Noltner's measurement and al
lowances were made under the Imw and
eannot be successfully assailed, and as
a reward for his honesty and fidelity to
the interests of the people he will re
ceive an overwhelming majority at the
pells next Monday.
ISEXCtSABl.E LTLe.
One of the worst falsehood which
Mallory gave utterance to la-- Weunos
2ay evening was that this Swate lost
nothing through the defalcation of Sam
May. In 1874 the State oU.tii-e.1 a
judgment against May's surges for
$9,852.54, and over 1000 of that
mount still remain iirmai.l. Besides
this amount the referee in the case,
Judge Deady, found tha', Hay had
itolen $2641 for which no judgment
could be bad against his bondsmen, for
the reason that it had been paid to him
while he was not acting in the capaci
ty of Secretary of State. This sum
was wholly lost to the State. Mallory
knew what he was stating was a false
hood as he was one of May's attorneys.
Any one doubting our figures can dem-
eastate their correctness by referring to
the laws of IS 74.
UC lEIES IT.
We understaad Mr. Jas. Fory dc-
aties that he has sone back cn the
Greenback ticket. He may have been
"wtiprJ in" Hiram bv Lis coadjutors,
but we ere ieriectly saiisSed that he
told vo-ii-us citizens of ''The Forks
that he had abandoned the movement
and would vote the Republican ticket.
This recantation was common talk at
Scio on Wednesday last, and several of
oar Greenback friends were very
'wrathy" at him for what they styled
his perfidy.
Bit Fory has perhaps been com
pelled to come back, for appearance
sake, and will doubtless be forced to
pretend to support the ticket in order
to keep the Deiajcratlc Greetbaekers
the traces.
vnsr t know, tot know. !
We fiad this in the Register of Sun
day morning ;
A grjat many lVrtw-rata want to know why It is
that, under leniocratic rule, taxes In Linn have stead
ily e;ne up and koi't up. AH over the county lenio
crat are anxiously inquiring why it ia that taxes are
now several mills higher than they were a few years
asro under Republican administration. A tew years
airo, when Republican Ailed all the county orSoe-i, and
when the property valuation was nearly ow-naa -ess
man at present, tne tax levy
ssi-eral mills less
than at the present time,
Now, Van, you have put your foot in
it 1 You could not have given us a bet
ter opportunity than this to take jour
"sculp." xou say that the taxes of
Linn county under Democratic rule
have steadily gone up and kept ni
That our readers may know the exact
truth in reference to this important
matter we herewith present, from the
official record on file in the County
Clerk's office, the tax levy in Linn
county, for county purposes, from 1S62
up to the present time. The Republi
cans went into jiower in Linn county in
18G2 and were superseded by the Dem
ocrats in 1866, since which time the
Democracy have had undisputed con
trol of county afFaii 8.
But here is the tax levy of each ye;ir:
LEVY UNDER REPUBLICAN RULE.
In 1862, 6 mills; in 1863, 7 mills;
in 1864, 7 mills; in 1865, no record;
in 1866, 6 mills.
LEVT UNDER DEMOCRATIC BCLE.
In 186", C mills ; in 1868, 6 J mills ;
in 1S69, C mills; in 1870, 7J mills; in
1871, 5J mills; in 1872, 5J mills; in
1873, mills; in 1S74, 7 mills; in
1875, 5 mills; in 1876, 5 J mills ; in
1877, 4 mills.
Now let any one strike a balance be
tween these two administrations and he
will find that instead of being greater,
as the Register charges, the average
levy of our county taxes has been much
less undet Democratic management.
And then let it be remembered that
during the four brief years that Repub
licans Lad charge of affairs they ran
the county largely ia debt, leaving a
balance against the county, when they
delivered the offices over to ths Dem
ocracy in 1866, of orer tuxniy thousand
dollars, which sum the Democratic offi
cials, without increasing the levy, have
long since jaid off. The Democratic
administration have " also, with even a
less average tax levy than the Republi
cans, built a jail costing $10,000, con
strueted large and costly bridges over
many of our largest streams, vastly im
proved our roads and highways, and
otherwise kept qp with the demands
which a thrifty and rapidly improving
county like Linn naturally demands.
And although the county script could
scarcely be sold at any figure at the
time the Republicans went nut of
power, under Democratic administration
our county warrants have been for
years past kept at j ar, and our tax
levy is at the present time one and a
half mills less than it ever teas under
Rejwblican administration, and by far
the lowest of any county in the State.
Thus our readers will see that the
Register is "hoist by it3 own petard."
The facts and the record speak for
themselves, and echo iu thunder tone3
a refutation of the groundless charges
of the unscrupulous gang who are at
tempting to gain control of our county
affaira by wholesale lying.
The people of Linn county don't want
a change in county management. They
are willing to forever trust the Democ
racy so long as they keep to the admi
rable record which they have made in
the past, and no amount of bombastic
lies can prevent gallant Old Linn from
giving at least 250 majority for the
whole ticket.
Say, Van, do the j-eople of Linn
want to know any more about Demo
cratic management I If ther do, spit
it out !
TBE ICHT SORT F A MA.
It seems Lard to keep run of some
fellows anyhow. The other day a cor
respondent of the Oregonian sailed into
Gov. Whiteaker because the writer
thought he was an anti-secessionist, and
now here comes prancing along the
Roseburg Plaindealer, and denounces
the Governor as a confirmed retail
No higher compliment could be paid
to Governor Whiteaker than this. It
fully demonstrates that he is a conserv
ative citizen and patriot aad has never
allowed himself to be warped by preju
dice or fanaticism into any extreme
views or measures which would detaact
from his merits as an honest man and
true lorcr of his country.
Such a man as this is as much supe
rior to the fanatic Hmes as is the angel
Gabriel to an Esquimaux Indian, and
so the people will decide on election day
by 2,500 majority.
And don't you forget it.
yi HITVEY AKB HI BLET.
We learn that our stalwart Demo
eratic champion, Judge Whitney, com
pletely annihilated Hurley at Salem the
other evening, proving him to be even
a worse schemer and shyster than has
ever been charged upon him in the pa
tters. The people of Marion county
who have suffered immense losses by
these fraudulent title: searchers, will
turn the cold shoulder to Hurley on
election day, and we would not be sur
prised if even "Black Marion" weuld
give Judge Whitney a handsome ma
jority.
THE BIGHT HAS OK THE PLACE.
For Secretary of State, says the East
Oregonian, vote for T. G. Reames, of
Jacks jnv-iUe. lie is a M)lf7atade man.
Arose from a poor boy by honest indus
try to his present position. He is a
young niah of fine ability and is just thai
man lor tee place-
TSE DIsmSIOI AT ITIUXOS.
The finest meeting of the campaign,
10 far, was held at Lebanon Tuesday.
Promptly at 1 o'clock p. m. the Leb
anon Brass Rind brought the crowd to
gether with a few appropriate airs, and
after the largo hall was filled to over
flowing Mr. R. A. Irvine was selected
as Chairman. Judge Piper, on behalf
of the Republicans, led off in a 45 min
utes' speech, three-fourths of which he
had imported from Indiana and the re
maining fourth had learned from some
Oregonian who evidently has a spite
against Piper and wants to beat him.
Truth compels us to state that Judge
Piper has a line voice and a good deliv
ery, but as an outrageous demagogue he
unquestionably " knocks the persim
mons.'' Utterly reckless in his atato-
ments, liis mendacity is so transparent
aa to need no refutation on the part of
our Democratic debaters, the people be
ing fully satisfied that a man of his cal
ibre should not be selected to represent
Linn in any responsible position.
Our gallant young Democratic cham
pion, "Wid" Bilyeu, answered Piper in
an eloquent speech of forty minutes,
and his points were so well taken and
his arguments so conclusive as to bring
forth a storm of applause at every sen
tence. He disposed of Piper a charges
against the State management by a re
futation backed by figures from the rec.
ord ; he drew a comparison from the
official record which we published yes
terday iu regard to oar csunty affairs,
showing conclusively the superiority of
Democratic management over that of
Republican, aad then in thunder tones
charged home to the Republicans the
infamous corruption ot their national
administration. His speech was greet
ed throughout with round after round
of applause, and after Hon. J. IL Smith
came in on the "home stretch" and
made his usual telling and happy hit
at the Radicals, their annihilation was
so complete as to fully satisfy every
disinterested spectator that the Democ
racy of Linn had an easy victory before
them next Monday.
Mr. Smith's admirable handling of
the financial question was especially ap
plauded. He has unquestionably made
the study of finances a Bvecialty, and
there are but few who hear him who
will not be conclusively convinced of
the soundness of his views.
The Democracy of Lebanon were
never in better fix for a gallant fight,
and we are positively assured that we
may expect an unprecedented majority
from that Precinct Rest Monday.
look mi rear aett s tickets.
It is expected that the coalition of
Radicals and Greenbackers which
found in this county to defjeat the Dem
ocrats, will resort to all sorts of nefa
rious practices to accomplish their ob
ject, hence the old scheme of flooding
the polls with spurious tickets will
most likely be resorted to.
Let every Demociatic voter scan well
every name on his ticket before voting
it, and be certain that none but the reg
ular nominees, from Congressman down
to Constable, are on the ticket in regu
lar form.
Don't be imposed upon by these un
scrupulous tricksters.
A TATIt).
The people of Salem gave Judge
Thayer and Tom Reames a grand re
ception on their arrival at the depot in
that city. Many carriages filled with
the leading citizens of the capital met
them, and accompanied by music from
the brass band they were escorted
through the city amid a perfect ovation
of salutes and congratulations.
The Republicans are really uneasy
about Marion county, and we have it
from reliable authority that some of the
leading members of that party frankly
concede the election of a considerable
portion of the Democratic county ticket.
THEY ARE rE,Y.
The Salem Statesman attacks J adge
Bonham, and the Albany Register
echoes the attack. Is it possible they
are afraid the Judge will be elected
State Senator in that Black county !
Being an honorable, high-minded gen
tleman, and a particular favorite with
the people, we cannot wonder that the
unscrupulous enemy make him the tar
get for their filthy discharges.
The people of Marion, however,
know Judge Bonham, and will show
their appreciation of his upright char
acter at the polls in June.
VOTE FOB. W. W. TB A1EK.
Brother Turner, ef Pendleton, is
"fighting a good fight" for the Democ
racy, and never lets an opportunity ge
by to flay a Radical or help the ticket.
In the last issue ef the East Oregonian
appears the following notice of W. W.
Thayer:
Vote for W. W. Thayer for Governor. He is a whole
sou ltd genial irentleman, fully competent, ooe wbo will
make a uovemor you will bo proud of. He is a broth
er o( the late Judtre A. ). Thayor, who died sonn
years ago at Corrallis. Mr. Thayer Is classed amons;
cbe best lawyera of the Stte; is strictly temperate, lib
eral and jrenerons, and is popular where he is best
known, liis opponent is said to be Just the reverse.
Those who know beekman say he is a perfect Shylock,
always demanding his "pound of flesh," never missins;
an opportunity to drive a bard bargain whea be finds a
poer man ia distress.
WHO IS DOIXC THIS T
The Rads of Oregon are afraid if the
Democrats are placed in power that the
Southern war claims will be paid. They
may jwell be uneasy on this subject if
Mitchell is returned to the Senate, be
cause the largest single Southern claim
on the Senate calendar nt this time is
reported favorably upon by Hon. J ohn
H. Mitchell of Oregon 1
EBHOet Till TBilTCB.
Be Waais to Sell Oat.
We last night receive! a letter from
a member of the Multnomah County
Democratic Central Committee which
shows the perfidy and villainy of Ed
munds, the Greenback apostle, in the
proper light. Our correspondent says :
"Edmunds, the Oreenbacker, left
here yesterday', and I think he has gone
to Linn county on some mission fur the
Custom House Ring. He has been for
weeks trying to sell out to us, follow
ing us with persistent Importunities for
money, and offering to let the Green
back State ticket go l y default if tee
would pay him. He said the Republi
cans had offered hitu money that be
had to have money, and would bo com
pelled to accept from them unless we
did something for him. Ha threatened
that if we did not help him he would
go into Democratic counties and work
up the Greenback vote. This may be
his mission in Linn. A day or two be
fore he left here he appeared to be very
much exasperated with the Custom
House fellows, and said to members of
our Committee that they had given him
(300, and had promised more ; that
they had taken a chattel mortgage on
the Labor World for the $300 ; that
they had failed to give him more money
as promised, but had lied to him and
deceived him, and he said he had a no
tion to ' How the whole thina." This
precious tale of Lis is confirmed by the
fact that there is a chattel mortgage on
file in the Clerk's office in Multnomah
county, ia Joe Simon's handwriting,
from the Labor World Company, by
Edmunds as President, to A. II. Tan
ner, for $300, dated April 26, 1878.
Tanner was at that date date reading
law in Dolph's office. Since this last
conversation with our Committee, find
ing he could get no money, he has
doubtless secured a further sum from
the Ring and started out to do mission
ary service for them, by werking up the
Greenback vote."
As corroborative testimony, going to
show that Edmunds ia in this business,
we desire to state that we saw hiss at
various points in Linn county during
the present week, and he seemed. to be
followiag the canvassers " on mischief
bent." And we now desire to warn
every honest Greenbacker, as well as
Democrat, against this man. The fore
going information ia given to us by a
gentleman in whose veracity we have
the most implicit confidence, besides
which our own observation satisfies us
of Edmunds' perfidy.
We would not publish these things
save to let our Greenback friends un
derstand who their leaders are, and to
let them know that they are merely the
tools of the most despicable and shame
less set of scoundrels that ever di-
graced God's footstool.
A 8EBEX 4DE.
Rev. H. K. Hines and Gov. White
aker were .respectively serenaded at
Corvallis last Friday evening, and the
former had the bad taste to make a bit
ter political harangue and beg for votes
from the crowd that paid him that com
pliment, bat when they left Hines and
repaired to Governor Whiteaker's quar
ters he simply acknowledged the com
pliment by praising the excellent music
of the band, the beautiful city of Cor
vallis, the promise of a rioh harvest for
the farmers of Benton and the glories of
our young commonwealth ignoring
polities entirely fully understanding,
as every true gentleman should, that a
complimentary serenade to a distinguish
ed guest of the city,' by people of all
parties, was not to be taken advantage
of for the purpose of political harangues.
At the coaclusion of the Governor's
elegant speech a Republican proposed
three cheers for him, which was echoed
by the vast crowd present with a hurrah
which struck terror to the fow friends
of the porcine purloiner.
ASeTHEK "CLASS IbK" FELLOW.
The Roseburg Plaindealer is now get
ting in deep water. In a flaming edi
torial of last week it denounces Gov.
Whiteaker tnest unmercifully for vot
ing for the lock-bill and for the Baker
City Academy loan, evidently forgetting
that Rockey Earhart did exactly the
same thing!
If Whiteaker is to be ostracised and
voted down by the people for those acts,
we ask our friend of the Plaindealer
what disposition should be made of
Rockey t
Don't put your foot into it again,
Bro. Byars.
- show rot coLons.
The great, loyal, patriotic, flag-waving
Republican party of Linn have now
a good chance to show their devotion to
the soldiers of the Union whom they
pretend so much to love. We have on
our ticket for County Treasurer Mr.
Philip Grigsby, a gallant soldier, who
now carries a wooden leg as a testimo
nial of his fealty and devotion -to the
Union, and if the Radical party of Linn
ssess the sincerity and patriotism
which they claim every man of them
should give him a voe next Monday.
DOESVT HCKT RIM MICH.
It is a high compliment to our Dem
ocratic State Treasures that all the fel
lows who failed to secure loans from the
school fund on insufficient security are
now flooding the papers with letters
against him. Mr. Brown can stand such
attacks as these, as they are only adding
votes to the large majority which he
will undoubtedly receive.
B. K. ELVES.
The falhswinji axtract from a oorres-
dence from La Grande t the Standard
show what kind of a man ths Rev,
Hines, Republican candidate for Con
gress, is:
OBTAINING XOllV.: BY DECEPTION.
Sometime before Elder Hines started
on his tour to the East, he called en a
well-to-do Republican friend Mr. M.
Sterling, of Island City, of this county
and borrowed the sum of $250, prom
ising to refund the same before lie left
the county. On the evening liefore he
he started he gave Stej-ling bis check
for the amount on Ladd & Tilton, of
Portland. Mr. Sterling sent the check
to Ladd & Tilton, and was informed in
reply, that Hines had neither deposit
nor credit at their bank. The debt is
yet unpaid.
SALARY STEAL.
Rev. K. S. Stubbs waa transferred
from the Mission Conference to this in
1876, and stationed at La Grande. Ow
ing to unavoidable detention he did not
arrive at his post for some time after
his apxintraent. Brother Hines col
lected $300 of the salary belonging to
Stubbs, and then skedaddled East, and
owes that amount to the brother to
day.
rORGERT.
Rev. II. K. Hines forged the minutes
of a quarterly conference that was never
held, and drew thereby $100 from the
missionary fund, all of which the official
certificates and records of the Boise dis
trict will show.
BOBBINO TBS DEAD.
Parson Hines was intrusted by this
conference with a fund raised by the
friends of the deceased ministers, Tyn
dall and Ellsworth, to raise tombstones
over their graves. The remains of these
departed brothers lie to day in unmark
ed graves, while Hines has only a mis
erable little sandstone slab lying around
his home at La Grande to show for the
fund of nearly f 175 placed in his trust
BROTHERS BILKED.
The political parson apears to be al
ways troubled with the "shorts," and
having bilked everybody in La Grande
so badly, he found it difficult to raise
funds on Lis check at home, consequent
ly sought a new field for his oieration,
and next his gentle voice is beard pre
vailing on brothers Brown and Wil
liams, of Baker county, to sign a note
to a money lender as securities for $800.
It is fortunate for the brothers that
cash cattle buyers are in the country,
as they have to raise the money.
POCKETS TBE PROCEEDS.
The citizens of La Grande gave a
concert to raise funds for the purpose of
procuring a bell for the Blue Mountain
University. About f 180 were raised
and turned over to Brother Hines, when
he started on Lis centennial trip. Al
though nearly two years have elapsed,
ne bell has made its appearance, and
Hines giver no account of the money.
Re?eblican.
THE OLD THIC!
rpaWUcaa Creeabaraers Catats Bark.
Two years ago, when the Peter Coop
er movement was running live'ly in
Linn, wo warned our Democratic Green.
back friends that the Republicans in
that movement would go back on them
and they did ! Now we warn them
that their Republican Greenbackers will
go back on them and they have!
In proof of this we are authorized to
state that one Jas. Forgy, a candidate
on the Greenback county ticket, has
now come squarely out and repudiates
the whole thing and says he will vote
ths Republican ticket.
This we have from reliable informa
tion, and if our Democratic Greenback
friends want our authority for this
statement they can have it.
But will they be longer deluded by
this Hippie assisting movement 1 Will
they continue to follow in the lead of
the rotten and corrupt Edmunds of the
Labor World, who has been for weeks
trvinc to sell out to the Democratic
Central Committee of Multnomah coon
tyl
It is now surely time that all honest
Democrats should look into this matter
before it is too late before they are
led into a trap which will defeat their
own principles and elect John it.
Mitchell to the United States Senate.
CITE IS A BEST OS THAT.
That imported Indiana speech of Bro.
Piper's doesn't fit the occasion at all,
and his friends are discouraged because
he is too old to learn a new one. His
bloody-shirt business is especially stale,
but as it is about all there is left of Re
publican pabulum we can't expect any
thing better. But it does seem to us
that thirteen years ef peace, with only
the rain and Bunshine of heaven to
work upon that ensanguined nether
garment, would have washed and dried
out the blood from that shirt or else
rotted it to pieces.
TO tnBE.VBAleiKetS.
Rev. T. F. Campbell, your candidate
for Congress, has withdrawn from your
ticket, and now your choice lies between
Whiteaker and Hines. The former
takes every opportunity to speak against
the National Banks, and the latter up
holds them as one of our most needed
national institutions. Greenbackers,
take your choice.
WORKING FOB Ills REWARD.
Jess Irvine, the only live worker in
the Republican party in Linn, is fully
deserving of the reward which we un
derstand has been promised him by
Beekman, the Superintendency of the
State Penitentiary, for he is doing
evarvthinc. by hook or crook, to elect
the Jacksonville curb-stone broker. i
TBE SSCOBD OF EAST. ialBLEI.
McMrnKTiiis, Ob., Kay 19, UTS,
EdUor JJemocrai:
When a man aspires to the high ernes ot beiiuj the
public prosecutor of other people for crime, and n a a.
taining ths 4!j-uity and purity ot the laws, eufkt be
not to hare a clean record himself t
Hurt. Hurler, of this oonntr, is the Republican eats-
didate for District Attorney, and his character is bat
little known outside of this count'. With your per
mission I will state a few facte th it ought to prevent
ail lovers of law and order, and all lovers of honest
and purity in ths administration of Justice, from vot
ing lor this man Hurley.
Fact No. One. He has used bis offlce ot County
Judge of this county to influence administrators it es
tates, road petitioner., and all others having- official
business ixtf jre him, to employ bis brother Andrew
(a hall-wit ted lawyer la Lafayette) in all legal business
ooming before him, and always allowed " brother An
drew enormously high fees against estates. It wss "all
in the family."
No. Two The County Court of this county nude an
order authorizing certain citizens to let a contract to
build a bridge across the river at this place, without
limit as to price ; and Hon. W. T. Newby, one of the
Bridge Commissioners, took a certified copy of the or
der as his authority. The contract was let In pursu
ance of the order and of the law, and then some ot the
d ssppointcd bridge con tractors nude a fuss at Hurley,
and he notified the Commissioners that they bad ex
ceeded their powers, ss the order of the Court said.
"provided the bridge shall not cost more than five hun
dred dollars." This proviso wss not la Newby's certi
fied oopy of the order, and npoa examining the asooi d
!. appeared in a different bandwriUng from the Jocr-
aal entry, and looked for all the world like Hurley's
handwriting. Then Mr. Newby said to bis neighbors,
That bridge will be built, or somebody will go to ths
penitentiary for mutilating public records.' And that
$500 proviso disappeared from the county record, and
the bridge eras again let out by contract for even a
higher price than the first time. Did or did not Hart.
Hurley alter a pubUc record t
No. Three Some time ago B. E. Stewart, the lead
ing dealer in blooded cattle of North YamhiU, died,
leaving a will, and his son, D. C. Stewart, Esq , as ad
ministrator. Mr. Stswart went to Lafayette to eee
Col. Brad-haw and hare the wUI probated. As it hap
pened, neither Bradahaw or any other attorney, ex
espt Hart. Hurley, County Judge, wss ia Lafayette on
that day. Finding no attorney, Mr. Stewart mentioned
to Hurley the fact that he had come down to probate
his father's will. Hurley replied that it was fortunate
hs had come that day, as that wsa the last day on
which ths witt could be probated ; but then aad there
said he could attend to the holiness (file a petition be
fore himself in violation ot law) onto his "brother An
drew returned, and accordingly drew ap the petition,
attached the will to It, and stock H in a pigeon hols in
his own law office. At that time Mr. Stewart Inquired
whai the charge of the Hurleys woold be to settle the
estate, and Hart. Hurley toldblra four or Ave hundred
dollars. Not willing to pay this outrageous tee, Mr.
Stewart soon returned to Lsfaye.te to see Col. Brsd
shaw, when, after relating his experieneewith Hurley,
Bradsfaaw told htm he had yet thirty days to probate
the will, and that a reasonable charge (or settling the
enate would be fort; or fifty dollars. Mr. Stewart re
solved to employ Bndshaw aad discharge the Hurleys,
and did so. Bradahaw then went to the Clerk's office
ti get the petition and will, and the Clerk Informed
him that no such papers bad ever been filed with him.
Mr. Stewart then want to Hurley, and the County
iadge curtly eut him off with the remark that as be
had employed Brmdshaw he taught hunt the papers.
Mr. Stewart tesaonstrated. and finally Hurley said
they were at the Clerk's omee. "So," said Mr. Stew
art, "I saw yen put them in that pigeoo-boie,twl they
are not In the Clerk's office.'' That will disposing of a
Urge estate was lost In three days, fcn Hurley's private
law ofllee, and eannot be found, and who knows but
these u-ismrnuloas Iswjers hare hud H away to make
it the subject ot a big law -suit after awhile. Will Hur
ley answer f For further InfonnaUon apply to D. C.
Stewart, Esq., of 5orth Yamhill, or CoL Brads haw, of
Laisrette.
Ko. Four. On the ISth of last month she Co-arty
Cot am tssioners Court, npoa tee petition and applica
tion of several hundred voters and citizens of the
county, made an order to give to the Dayton A Grand
Bonds Railroad 4rapany- county warrants to the
sznount of eighteen thousand dollars, the estimated
taxes on said railroad for ten years. In consideration
therefor the railroad company was to keep op sad in
good repair for ten years the bridges across the river
st Dayton and McMinnrille, and rebuild the bridge at
Dayton ; also, to transport all bridge and road material
for the county over the railroad tree of charge for ten
years, and also to construct a branch of their road to
McMinnville before Oct. 1, 1373. The order was
agreed to and made by Hurley as Count? -lodge. Ba
County Commissioner Joseph Hill, ef Devtoo, and a
was reduced to writing by Hurley in the presence of
W. T. Newby and J. Gaston. The President and Sec
retary of the railroad company were telegraphed for
and tame up from Portland to execute the eofnpeny 's
bond and contract. They met Hurley at hie office in
Lafayette in the evening, and the contract was drawn
ap. The order of the Court was produced by Hurley
a id mails a part of the contract, and then It was
s'gned by the officers and sealed with the corporate
seal, and handed back to Hurley to file in the county
records. The existence of this order eannot be a mat
ter of doubt or dispute, as it has been seen and read
by a halt dozen different persons. Subsequently sorne
bodr told Hurley that this srould make him Tsnaopn
lar, and now the order of the County Cammusnoners'
Court and the contract of the company to msintaia
and build these bridges cannot be found. This is seri
ous business, as any one can see by looking at section
S37 of the Criminal Code, the same law that Newby
built a bridge with. Some may say, why is not Hur
ley arrested for this violation ol law? Even so; but
what avails an arrest if the people elect Hurley Dis
trict Attorney. He will not prosecute himself for the
crime, and with this record we can easily see that he
woufil destroy any papers committing him from a jus
vice's court.
And these are only sample facts with regard to this
man Hurley, who has now become so obnoxious to the
people of this county that he did not dare to appear on
t ie stump in discussion with Messrs. Whitney and
rjmler in his own county.
Such a man ought not to be entrusted with the high
duty of public prosecutor. He that prosecutes others
for crime ought himself to present dean skirts; t
the voters of this District can do the cause of public
morality and reform no greater wrong than to elect
this man Hurley. He will not get the Republican
rote of this county, nor even one-half ef it-
A REPUBLICAN VOTER.
LET THE PEOPLE B50W.
An Old Line Republican is en the
war path, as will be seen by- a letter in
our columns to-day. The Republican
candidates for Representative must un
derstand that this is no child's play,
but is pure, unadulterated, double-recti
fied business, and they must come
squarely to the front and meet the is
sue. Mitchell has openly announced him
self as a candidate for re-election, and
his Custom House lackeys have set up
Radical tickets all over the State ia his
interest. The honest Republicans won't
stand this thing, and will not permit a
candidate to creep into office by any
dodging or subterfuge, who might under
any circumstances support MnchelL
Will Marion Cunningham dare deny
that he has openly stated his willing
ness to support Mitchell for re-election)
And will the other Republican candi
dates for Senator- and Representative
dare to deny that they will support
Mitchell if he is the choice of the Re
publican caucus)
Let us hear from you.
Vft vtKKai MMaVJUULX.
Yesterday, in our account of Brother
Hines' cattle transaction with West-
lake, we mentioned that he swindled
him (Westlake) out of a yoke of oxen.
We have since learned that we did not
cover the whole ground in our state
ment. We Rhould have said fAree yoke
of oxen.
That's all 1
THE OLD THLVti.
That old imported Indiana speech ef
Bro. Piper, with its bloody shirt accom
paniments, doesn't fit this campaign at
all, and his friends are terribly worried
because he hasn't learned a new one.
UQW WILL YOB VOTE!
Republican Candidates !
COME TO THE CENTER!
AM CLD LIKE REPUBLICAN WANTS
TO KKC.7 !
fiTAflt IP ASB AXSW1.B.
Browssyille, May 24, 1878.
Editor Democrat:
I was present yesterday at the dis-
eussion between the opposing lann
county candidates for the Legislature,
and was somewhat surprised that your
"Democratic champions" as yon call
them did not call the Republican can
didates out on the Mitchell Senatorial
question. I am a Republican never
voted any other ticket and would like
to keep my record clear at the coming
election ; but I cannot vote for any man
who will not positively assert that he
will tender no circumstances support
Mitchell for re-election. I had hojied
that your Democratic candidates, or the
so-called. Greenback candidates, would
openly -ask- our Republican aspirants
this important question, but since they
have not dona so up to this time I am
at a loss to know how far we are eom-
mitting oarselves to Mitchell' support
when we vote the Linn eouuty Repub
lican ticket.
You stated in your issue of a few
days ago that Marion Cunningham was
understood to. be favorable to Mitchell.
The same impression prevails with
many Republicans here, and he will in
consequence lose quite a number of the
est and most respectable Republican
votes in this section of the county un
less he comes squarely to the front and
shows Lis hand.
Wishing for the success of our full
local Republican ticket, I respectfully
subscribe myself,
Air Old Lise Republican.
Til LOW1XG BlSE."
And here is another questionable
transaction of the Rev. IL K. 'Hines
that has just came to our knowledge :
It seems thai the tame flood which
washed away his ill-gotten pork also
carried off several Lead of cattle that Le
had in some way acquired. And not
withstanding the fact that he knew the
winds blow, the rains descended and the
floods eame and washed away his kine
as well as his Logs, Le came over to Al
hany and traded off several of his cows
to Mr. Cyrus Westlake for a yoke of
oxen, ana betore Jttr. w. Knew mat
. . . . ...
Hines' cattle were drowned the slippery
preacher had driven the yoke of oxen
to Portland and sold them and pocketed
the cash, and to this day Mr. Westlake
Las received no consideration for Lis
loss.
Be it remembered that this "whole
hog" and cattle business transpired in
the immediate viciniiy of this city, and
all our old citizens are fully cognizant
of the disgraceful affair.
What honest man can vote far so
transparent a fraud as this whited sep
ulchre: Hines!
aUTCHELLVTES AT VfOnil.
Hon. R. Mallory, U. S. District At
torney, appotnted by Mitchell, har
angued the people at the Court House
last night. The attendance was quite
fair about half of them being Demo
crats, drawn thither to hear what the
Mitchell appointee would have to say.
The general sentiment after the speak
ing seemed to he that this Hippie apol
ogist was a miserable failure and that
old Governor Gibbs, whom he rooted
out of position, ought to be returned to
the place which Mallory is so incompe
tent to fill.
' WHAT BO TOE SAT?
One of the Republican candidates in
Linn says he is not pledged to nor in
favor of Mitchell's re-election to the
Senate and expects to get off on that
dodge I
Of coarse Le may not be pledged to
Mitchell, and he may not be in favor of
him, bat why don't Le and the rest of
them come squarely oat and say they
will not wnder any circumstances role
for him t That's what the people want
to know, and no amount of dodging and
equivocation will satisfy the Lonest Bo-
publican voters on this question.
ILMOCKATM; sSBKK-tBACKEKS 1
With Edmunds' perfidy and Forgy's
apostacy staring you in the face, do u
still intend to stand by the farce 1
Linn county is the on?y one in the
State where there is any prospect ef a
corporal's guard for that ticket, and
since the Republicans in the movement
are now shewing the cloven foot we
surely think it is time that our Demo
cratic Greenbackers in Linn should see
through the scheme and come home to
their first love, the grand old Demo
cratic party.
THE CAIXAXT "rOBBS.-
fl.. .liwusaion at Scio Wednesday was
largely attended, and as usual resulted
in a grand Democratic victory. Smith
and Bilyeu everlastingly sat down on
the two Fs. (Piper and Paul,) and our
Democratic candidates were sent on
their way rejoicing with the full assur
ance that The Ferks were good for two
hundred Democratic majority.
Radieaj put that in your pipe rnd
smoke it !
Hp?E3 breached in this city last Sab-
bsrth- nirii v'to the workingmen." He
couldn't afford to talk to cattle and Lof
raisers.
BOIV PAEHO.f EISFS MISTOOK BtS 11"--
sios.
Corvallis, May 28th, 1S7S.
Editor Democrat:
On last Saturday, when the Coni t
clonal Candida es were here, the Hi t'.
Hines drove Lis team into Sol Kiiig's
livery stable and immediately then t-i.-sued
the following colloquy, between
that gentleman and Sol's hostler :
Parson asked, "What is the very feust
you will keep this team until mondii
fori" "Oh," said the hostler, "It wdl
be. veary reasonable, sir." Parson
"Remember, I do not want the tet.ia
fed in the morning." "All right, air,"
said the hostler, ."your order shall I ft
obeyed, and the bill reasonable." Oi
the following morning thePurson cnUrd
for bis team, and also asked whet tiie
bill was, reminding the hostler at tJie
same time that he had promised to iixj
reasonable. Said the man of all wore,
"Your bill is $2 00, only." The Tar
son opened his eyes, scratched his hea-",
looked amazed, and said, "I have iio
miney, but will send it up by Monday
evening, next," but up to the prtsuit
writing tBe money is halo.
How is this? Did he suppo le
was running a tilt with a MetLodLit
layman, relying on his Methodietordeis
to carry him thttugh as usual, "free )"'
He must have thought the world owed
1.:... -.,. ir ..-t.- .1:1 i.
uluj a ocg o 1, cm uj liiu KiC
promise to send the bill by Monday
evetiinj; and faill
This is the query. Beston.
wnisuj.vt. so ai.i.r r if n 101 at it...
Stewart will tell you to-day in his
Greenback seech that there are hun
dreds of G. B's in the county, and that
they all intend to "stick" on election
day. This is all for effect He knows
the Greenbackers are discouraged at tin
utter failure of the attempts to iaii;r
any considerate strength to the tiektf,
and in the fear of a stampede of their
corporal's gaurd before election day, he
buoys them up with Lis buncombe as
sertions. Let no one be deceived by
that sort of balderdash.
AatlXC FACES.
Since we smoked the Register out on
its lie atiout Judge Thayer's "carouse"
at Oakland ajid its bare-faced fukeho. d
about our county taxes, it has ex
hausted its stock in trade, andlatii
nothing more to offer against our cm.,
didates, it just simply sits back, makes
faces and ejaculates "you're another T'
The poor thing is badly ''left" at
every corner, and itself as well as ii s
forlorn party will scarcely be able to
provide for the whole outfit a decc it
funeral alter the election.
AS MB -to SBABE?
Rufus Mallory, who defended Sum.
E. May, Republican Secretary of State,
on a criminal charge of having robbed
the State out of thousands of dollars,
had the audacity to ceme before the cit
izens of Albany last night and ckarge
UDcn Gov. Grover'a adminiKtmLiirivv trtA
mist wholesale coiruptions!
Goodness gracious! Has impudence
no limit and cheek no boundary
WHO Ml tlX VOTE
The law does not require that a per
son should reside thirty days in a pre
cinct before being a voter for county
purposes. It simply provides that the
person offering to vote shall have re
sided for six months in the State and
for ninety days in the county, and that
he is, at the time Le offers to vote, an
actual resident of the precinct wherein
he offers his tailor.
cood Fen aiinMiri :
A Democratic friend, writing us
from Multnomah county, says : Things,
politically, are looking splendid here.
We shall carry the larger part of our
Legislative ticket, perhaps all of it.
Hines will have no majority here to
QVWil.' nf anil on vfia rm.inj.. it.
( - " -"-ivuiuiuutl VI IIIU
State ticket their majorities will not be
large."
CAW TA.ta THEM.
Mallory 's speech on . Wednesday
evening disgusted the Republicans, and
several of the more respectable mem
bers ef that party say that they cannot
vote for a cause which has for its lead
ers sueh eminent Hippleites as Rufus
Mallory, Capt. Ciandall and Ben.
Simpson.
coim. cons cox 1
Hines, the political preacher, is catch
ing it on every side. Although the
whole Democratic State ticket will be
elected by a handsome majority, it is
generally conceded that this eminent
hypocrite will be the worst "left" m a
in the whole lot.
THAT IS ltf SIXEsS !
We understand that Capt. Humphrey
and Rev. L. J. Powell will go together
to Halsey and Brownsville to-day. Be
hold how pleasant it is for the Captain
and the IlevereuJ gentleman to lie
down together !
THE aMSCtsSIOX TO-DAY.
Don't' forget the political discussion
at the Court House to-day. Let the
Democracy turn out and give our gal
lant standard bearers a good "send of
FRESH OYSTERS
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