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MART. V. BROWN, EDITOR.
FRIDAY , 'MAY
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A WHITEAKER BOOH
Old Honest John PuUinr in (iooil
Work for Oregon.
Read the following dispatches :
"Washington, April 2$. The House
.Naval Committee ni-eed to-uav to' re-
port favorably to the House of Repre
sentatives hiteaker s bill
for the appointment of commissioners
to seloct a site on the northwestern
const for a naval station.
Washington, April 29. The House
Committee on Commerce, after hearing
arguments from Representative White
aker, have agreed to recommend an ap
propriation of $50,000 for the improve
ment of the entrance to xamuna bay,
He is also sanguine of obtaining an ap
propriation for Uoquille harbor.
Xow, readers, can you aflord to send
any other man to Congress so long as
John Whue'itker works so faithfully for
your interests? True, these projects
have not vet been brought to a success
ful termination, but the fact of his hav
ing prevailed ujon the committees to
report in favor shows that his influence
is great and that he is exerting it in be.
half of our State.
You all have the opportunity of re
warding Lim for hia faithfulness next
June.
Don't forget him.
THE OITLOOR.
The New York Herald of April 11th
says :
The firm of Dun, Earlow fc Cj. is
sued yesterday a mercantile circular
which exhibits in a very surprising way
the degree of our commercial prosper
ity. Against J.jj lailures throughout
the United States daring the first three
months of ISiG, and 2,524 in 1879
there were during the fame quarter just
past only I,4:M failures. Ibe amount
of liabilities represented by these fail
tires at the beginning of 1SS0 was only
about 10,000,000, against $82,000,000
in 1878 and $13,000,000 in last year
during the corresponding periods.
This is a very gratifying showing. It
i tu be 1 oped that thl condition of f-
lairs will continue. As for our own
little corner of the country the outlook
is in every sense of the word encour-
? rm ...
aging. ine terrible backset we re
ceived last year ha3 not been without
its compensations. The people of Linn
county are not likely to be caught nap
ping again. We have satisfactory as
surances that the grain crop of this
county is at least four weeks ahead of
last year. The fine weather of last
week enabled our farmers who neglect
ed fall sowing to get in all their seed,
and the showers of the past few diys
have supplemented their labors effect
ually and satisfactorily. There is every
reason to take a cheerful view of the
situation, not only in Linn county, but
throughout the State. Evidently
prosperous year is before us. Creditors
can afford to be lenient without fear of
losing their money, and debtors ought
to rejoice in the prospect of being able
to pay. J
HIESE SATt RlLIZ4TIO.
The dispatches inform us that on the
29th of last month five Chinamen filed
declarations in the Sujerior Court of
ssew York City announcing their intcn
tion of becoming citizens of the United
States. The N. Y. World, in referrinrr
to the matter, declares that no alien of
the" Mongolian race can be lawfully
made a citizen of the United States un
less a Mongolian can bo correctly de
scribed as a free white person. On what
grounds can jersons of the Mongolian
race be called "white persons" does not
appear. Section 21G9 expressly ex
piessly excludes all aliens but " white
persons" and persons of African nativ
ity or descent. One of the federal
courts has decided that Chinamen can
be naturalized in the United States, but
the probability is that the New York
Courts will take the opposite ground.
"We earnestly hope they may, for if
they are allowed to become citizens we
can bid good-by to all our Republican
institutions, for in one year they can
deluge our country with their heathen
hordes.
THE MIESOK Of UK1TCC
The dispatches infoim us that a ma
jority of the Board of Engineers, to
whom was referred the location of the
harbor of refuge on this Coast, have re
ported in favor of Port Orford. This
doesn't exactly suit the people of this
part of the country, but thpy will have
to stand it. '
, SHOWS run CLOVEN FOOT.
After reading the communication en
titled "How it was Done,"in last week's
Herald, can any one suppose that Mitch
ell doesn't own the concern ? "We
warned you all several weeks ago that
it would fchow the cloven foot before
the campaign was over.
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F.TIUIIil.
Alba xv, May 3, 130.
Editor Democrat :
If any one heretofore has born so in
credulous as not to livlicve it to be the
purpose of the Republican party toccn
tralizo all jowir in tlio Federal Govern
ment and strip the several States of the
last vestige of State aovereignty, let
him critically analyze tho sixth resolu
tion of the Republican platform adopted
by the State Convention of that rarty,
held at Portland on tho 21st tm.l 22d
of last month. That the render may
t!he better digest it, I copy in full. The
italics are mine :
"Besoltrd, That thia is a nation
formed by tho wia thereof, and not a
mere league or compact, and that we
reaffirm tho idea of the unity of the
nation, tho tujiremacy of the National
Government in all matters placed by
tho Constitution under its control, the
preservation intact of all the rights of
municipal self-government otherwise
ijuanviteed thereby to tho people or to
the States respectively. At the name
time we arraign tho doctrine of State
sovereignty as the baleful mother of
nullification, accession and anarchy."
Iu the analysis of tho foregoing reso
lution there are threo very prominent
constituents of it to bo examined
though not in the exact order in which
they appear. They are the "supremacy
of the National Government," the utter
denial of "Stale sovereignty" and the
mere "municipal" character given to the
State governutprts. There can Ik no
doubt that the doctrine intended to be
taught by this resolution is, that the
State stands in preciweK the same rela
tion to tho Federal Government that
the County does to tho State Govern
ment, and that the restrictions njon the
powers of tho general government (if
any) are of the same character and em
anate from tho saruo source as those
placed uon the State government in
its Constitut ion m ado and adopted bv
the people. The saving clause, " in all
matters placed by tho Constitution un
der its control," coupled to tho avotvev
of national supremacy ," are idle and
meaningless words, taken in connection
with what immediately follows, and
runs thus : " tho preservation intact of
all tho lights of municipal self-govern
ment otherwiso guaranteed therebv to
the eole or to the States respectively
At tho same time wo arraign the doc
trine of State aovereignty," Ac. The
facta that all sovereignty originally be
longed to the individual States ; that
tho general government is the creature
of the States, and can exercise no pow
era not delegated to it by the States in
tho Constitution, and that such jowers
as were not granted, the States reserved,
are not ouly totally ignored but emphat
ically denied 1
The Republican party of Oregon by
thu resolution patronizingly say to the
people of the Slate that they may con
tinuo to enjoy tho lights of municipal
self government guaranteed by the gen
eral government ! So may tho people
of the city of Albany by the grace of
the Legislature of tho State rest
equally secure in their municipal rights
of local self-government, for the Legis
lature has guaranteed the right ; but
only during its good pleasure. Is the
tenure of State existence made alike de
pendent upon the will knd pleasure of
the General Government I Is the State
sovereign only to tho extent of a rnu
nicipality? Such is all the Republican
party acknowledge, and that, too, in the
face of the tenth amendment to the
Federal Constitution, which reads thus:
"The powers not delegated to tho Uni
ted States by the Constitution, nor pro
hibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States resjctivelv, or to the
people."
I stated abovo that the saving clause
to tho claim of "national supremacy"
was composed of idle and meaningless
words. I now go further, and say they
might just as well have been left out,
for in times past and if the Republi
can party ever gain tho ascendancy in
Congress, they will in the future claim
that any power a Republican Congress
or a Republican President may choose
to exercise "is placed there by the Con
stitution," even to the disfranchisins of
a State, unseating by military ower
Dutnocratic members of a State Legisla-
ure and seating Republicans in their
tead. Scores of such acts of flagrant
usui-pation cau be cited in their past
history, and may be looked forward to
in the future if the physical jower is
placed m their hands.
My countrymen, all other political
issues sink into insiguificanco compared
with what is couched in that sixth reso
lution. wiLLAMirrm.
GIVE BOISE A tllAVIE.
It is very discouraging to the Demo
crats of tho West Albany Precinct to
now that J udge Boise wasn't here to
take the nomination for Justice of the
Peace. Judge Baldwin didn't want it,
and really expected that the place would
bo open for Boiso 1
But to Judge Baldwin's surprise,
Boise secured the nomination for Dis
trict Judge, banco Judge Baldwin, be
ing a patriot, kindly accepted the honor.
However, perhaps if Boise fails of elec
tion, Judge Baldwin will resign and
give Reuben a chance of appointment.
The followers of the great and pure
Hippie-Mitchell crack the party whip
in last week's Herald around the ears
of Geo. W, Sill because he proposes to
vote for D. P. Mason. Theso youn"
men have quite a job on their Lands if
they propose to malign every Republi
can who will not support their candi
date. " ' I
STATE SOVr.REir.STY OR
TIOX.
YUillVtOlU.
Editor Democrat
I have read tho com m it ideation of A
T. Hawlcy, Esq., on the subject of an
outlot at equina Bay with very much
interest. His tribute to the lute Mr.
tarter is deserved and handsome. The
comments on that Uiwpalch are conclu
sive, and every friend to haibor im
provement who has read them will be
more hopeful of the outcotno of tho Ya
quina entrance to tho Bay.
luquina id a better natural bar har
bor to-day than several on the Atlantic
coast, especially those found in th
South. Of these wo hear but little,
They aro understood and managed.
With the improvement asked for Yi
quina would become one of tho best en
trances on thm coast. These facta may
all roceivo favor and bo admitted to bo
true, but there is another view of the
case, or rather ono of two conclusions
to bo considered. Ono is that the conn
try ih small and would not warrant tho
expenditure required for the improve
ment of the Bar. Ho who makes this
objection knows nothing of the subject.
The other is that thia section of country
may by this improvement I brought
into competition with other cstabliahed
points, to their detriment. ThU ia the
apparent objection. If the facta are
ptesented at Washington fully, there
will be no question cf the final success
ful outcome of thi whole matter. We
offer a few reasons for our faith :
The only entrance by water to this
portion of tho Willamctto Yalley U by
the V illainette river. This is from the
north by we y of the Columbia and Wil
lamctto rivers, and is about two hun
dred mites from the ocean, and one bun
dred and seventy-fivo miles by water
aud rail. Thia Yalley may bo entered
in a two hours' run from tho ocean by
railroad from laquina Bay. This rail
road would sustain more territory in
thia Yalley than lies in the northern
Iortion. For instance, if we add to
gether tho qnaro utile if Benton,
Lane, Linn and Tolk coitnti.-i", tho lec
tion to be benefitted by thia road to
Yaquina, we havo 9,520 aqunre mile.
Tho counties remaining, Multnomah
Clackamas, Washington, Yamhill and
Marion, havo together but 7,1 1G square
miles. This give the odds to tho Ya-
qutua section of the Valley. If the
railroad ia built to the Bay wo should
then add Douglas county, which is
larger than tho Stato cf Connecticut,
and which when added will give to the
Yaquina computation 1 1,470 square
miles.
Wo refer to these counties as frac
tional jwrts of a whole body. But if
wo compare them with some of the
States of the Union we will find that
Denton county lacks less than 200
square miles of being as large aa Rhode
Island. Lane and Linn counties taken
together are a lutln laigct than Massa
chusetts. The population of Rhode Ld-
and and Massachusetts i quite 2,000,
000. Wo do not wish to be undent!
to say that this harbor improvement
will bring 2,000,000 j-eoplo here at
once, but we do aay that it will give us
live jr cent, of that number in a very
short t ime, with a rapid increase.
Theso count k-s that would bo directly
benefitted by thia improvement now
contain upwards of 40,000 iopu!ationt
and all look for the coming census to
show up 50,000. Linn county has five,
Lane two, and Benton five tcrsons to
the square mile. Massachusetts h
two hundred persons to the equarc mile.
Ten jH-rsons to the nquare mile in Ben
ton, Polk, Linn and Lane would give
over 95,000 population in those coun
tics.
Here is a territory capable of sus
taining a million of people, and only
two hours' run by rail from tho Pacific
Onean. There is no better climate, soil,
or more varied and extensive resources
in tho world. This is entirely inde
pendent of tho Columbia river. The
commerce of that river and of thia val
ley through the Yaquina aro in no sense
conflicting. If there are narrow and
selfiah views entertained on this point
wo ask for a general and philosophical
examination cf the subject. Nothing
could be more beneficial to tho Stato
than to open out this highway to tho
ocean through Benton county. And in
considering tho' subject wo should not
think for a moment that thia is for the
benefit of Benton county" only. It is
for all tho counties joining Benton.
And these counties fchould bo heard,
and loudly, too, on this subject. Open
that bar harbor. Then will follow the
railroad. Had we time we would show
by this improvement once made how
rapidly property would improve in value
and our towns build up.
If we are still sitting on a log wait
ing for our Messiah to come, let us take
up our budget and go forth to meet
Him. JORDAN.
Lane Co., Oregon.
THE NIPPLE OBCAM.
' Our space is too valuable to devote
any more of it to answering the silly
falsehoods of tho Democrat, charging
us with being a Mitchell organ. .Our
readers do not want to be bothered with
any arguments of self-justification, and
we propose to conform to their wishes
rather than those of the Democrat ;
hence tho public may attribute our si
lence on this point to that cause.- Her
ald.
Probably your silence is best, for the
Bible says that "even a fool, when he
holdeth his peace, is counted wise." But
your silenco on this question will not
avail you much bo long as such commu
nications appear in your columns as
that one last week entitled "How it was
Done."
Tim tabu r Qi Krrio.
Whatever elao may bo doubtful
about the intention of tho authors of
our tariff laws, they undoubtedly
meant to plnco on the free list nil ma
terials used la th manufacture of pa
per. It happened (hat pulp of wood
which U by far tho most Important
element in tho mannfacturo of paper
usiea by tho dally anil weekly preM
of the country, wns not specifically
and by itamo exempted from duly
Under a Treasury decision which
held that this verbal omlsHlon wds
fatal to tho free ndmllslon of wood
pulp, a low manufacturers of that ar
tlclo have been ablo to Impose an ex
orbltant tax on tho cencral body of
paper makeru, by whom it It of
courso shifted on tho consumers, the
newspaper publishers of the country
ana mo burden falls wltlt Bpeclal
hardship on publishers utsldo of tho
great cities we, coriHcqnfntly, being
Impoverished so that n handful of
monopolists may grow rich. The
most powerful champion of Uicho
monopolies Is Represontatlvo Gar-
Held. Wero his opposition to tho
bill withdrawn, tho restoration of
wood pulp to the freo list, where It
belongs, would bo accomplished in a
few days. Wltllo his opposition con
1 1 nuns tho monopolists aro secure.
Can Mr. Garfield afford to contlnuo
his support of a moot odious and op
pressive tax which brings in no rev
onuo to tho Government, but which
Interferes very decidedly with the
dissemination of knowledge among
tho pcopl
WBOU A(UI.
The States of South Carolina and
Arkansas, rccogrui.cd as two tower
ful factors In tho election of a Repub
lican rresldent, aro limtruetod for
Grant Together thev will throw
twenty-six votes In tho Chlcnco con
vention : and then tho Republican
party In them will go peacefully to
weep, to bo heard of no moro for four
years. Orfjoman.
It Is true wo are ouly a 'cow coun
ty" newspaper, and probably- ought
not to differ with audi a great Jour
nalistic light as M. Keott, but we
think he is wrong In his strictures on
tho Republican party of the Houth.
Mr. Scott evidently forgets that this
desplsod section furnishes the Repub
lican party with its chief campaign
artillery the WW Mrt without
which the party could not exist.
That section will not Mgo peacefully
to tdeep" arier tho convention ; oh
the contrary you will at once begin
to hear of tho moat t err i bio outrages
all over the South. Kvcry thieving
negro who Is horso-wbipped for rob
bing a whlto mat's hen-roost will be
changed Into a political martyr by tho
time talo reaches tho north, and RUza
Plnkstons will coma to tho front In
Vfry "oollon, front VlrelnU ta Von
as. Oh. no. Mr. Scott : it won't do
for you to go back on that locality
you need It In your business What
would become of your god Blaine
If you would rob him of his bloody
ehlrt speech ?
OSLf A Q ESTIeS. m
If you would create somethlnir you
niut ixj something. Gottut.
ics, mat was really what was
thought when our excellent friend,
Mr. George, was nominated for Con
gress.
Goethe, when ho said that "You
must amount to something," If you
wanted to be anybody, covered tho
ground, and our young friend, Mel-
vln George, will not dispute the
question with us.
By-the-way, we hear It stated that
Melvln, because ho is a Linn county
bey, will receive a largo vote In Linn,
Tho presumption is that ho will re
ceive the Republican vote and we
even doubt that. John Whlteaker
was nominated because tho people
believed In him, and wanted a man
of experienco In Congress.
We all speak kindly of Melvln
George, but Honest John Whlteaker
will get the votes, all the same.
COCIESiaAL CaYdIDATE.
It will be observed that M. C. Georgo
is to talk to tho eoplo in various sec
tions. He is a candidate for Congress,
and it is not denied that he is an excel
lent young man. Wo would not "damn
him with faint praise."
But the people vote that is tho dif
ficulty with our young friend George.
They want John Whiteaker, and th'eir
ugly disposition will probably stop our
young friond from securing his certifi
cate of election.
By referring to the Cles of the Dem
ocrat our readers will find that White
aker has been constantly at work for
tho people of Oregon, and has never
faltered in his efforts to secure aid and
help to our young State.
Alex. Brandon, one of the gentle
men nominated for tho Legislature by
the Republicans of this county, is not
willing to be "offered up," and tho man
agers are now hunting for some new
sacrifice. Cbas. E. Wolverton, Esq., of
this city, will probably be chosen, for
the purpose of pouring balm on the
wounds he received in his fight after the
nomination for Prosecuting Attorney.
We question somewhat the quality of
tho "balm," Charley.
From every Part of the third Dis
trict we hear of Republicans who
will not support that old political
hack, Judge Boise. He Is a perfect
'trimmer." Whenever ho thinks
his party Is beginning to fall behind j
he changes his politics. I
A WICKED MAZE. "
Dflriiy Fwnr Newnpapcr Offlrtu, nek
Blnnrry nrallari sure.
4, fire destructive in Its results to
tho parties Interested occurred at 2:30
o'clock last Friday morning In the
building on tho southoast corner of
First and Ash street, occupied as
printing offices by the Standard, Wit
lavtxtte Surmcr, I'urul Srint, Jlenaurett
of Ortrjon and Wathington, Walllng's
book bindery, and on tho ground
floor, tho auction store of Oilman &
Crocker. The forms of the Standard
had scarcely gono to pross and the
compositors left the ofllco before the
flames burst forth in every direction
and destroyed tho typo and every
thing they reached. Tho depart
ment succeeded In saving the build
Ing which was only damaged about
$1000 worth. Tho corner belonged
to W. K. Smith, who was insured In
tho Ph.unlx for 2,000. His loss wax
appraised at $:J0 land the costs paid
befuro noon. Mr. A. Watson owned
tho adjoining store, which was fully
Insured; his loss will probably reach
toOO. Mr. Waiting's loss will ap
proximate $.100 or $400; fully cov
crcd by Insurance. Mr. W. Wi 11a
ker lesos 100; no insurance. Mr. 8.
A. Clark, of tho Willamette farmer,
lot everything in the office; Insured
for $1,000 In the Hamburg A Bre
men. Ho succeeded In saving $100
worth of papor hllghtly damaged,
purchased Friday and stored on the
premises. Mr. A. Noltner Isa heavy
sufferer, losing all tho material of his
office, valued at $3,000. Ho was
only insured fur $1,000, In tho Home
Mutuul. We extend to him, as well
as tho rest of tho sufferers, our warm
est sympathy and nloccrely hope he
will weather tho gale and soon re
cover, by Increased patronage, the
law experienced. Tho ouly property
ho saved from tho wreck was his
four forms in the press room, worth
not moro than $00. The paper was
out on time yesterday morn log, with
an enterprising account of the blaze,
and tho cataitropLe will not retard
the Uscunco of that journal. The
furniture firm of Gllman tc Crocker
will lose In the vicinity of $4,000,
uamago to stock by mo and water ;
not Including furniture stored on
commission by outside parties. Tho
firm Is Insured for $2,000. The fire
Is supposed to have been caused by
tho explosion of an oil lamp left burn
ing over tho battery when the fore
man left tho composition room of the
Standard Offlce at 2 o'clock A. M.
Mercury.
... .
ke rf wrra the.
Linn county has the honor of con
tributing two candidates for ofllco on
tho Republican ticket of Lane. That
county is so firm In the Democratic
faith that the Republican at dU-
gusicu, and some of them at least.
come over Into Lane, and immediate
ly fall Into position of the best fodder
at the rack. The Republican nomi
nees for Sheriff and Coroner of this
county were citizens of Linn at the
last election, and had hardly brushed
the Linn county fhud from their bro
gans before they were asking recog
nition at the bands of a convention In
Lane, Their assurance Isastoundlne.
and Is only equaled by that of the
convention that calmly and placidly
sot aside the claims of parties who
had delved and labored in the vine-
yard for years, and bestowed the' gift
on those that came In at tho eleventh
hour, or iKMsIbly later. Euaene
U uara.
Don't bo too hard on those two em
igrants, Mr. Campbell. A Republi
can's nlckinsr in Linn count v la
mighty short, and we don't blame
them much for seeking other pas
pastures. But we can't seo how the
old Republican wheel-horses In Lane
will let those emigrants take a front
seat so soon.
VERY tSJlST.
mo ravenous Democratic crew
who wrestle with a mighty buntrer
xor the position vacated by tho un
timely death of Mr. W. B. Carter
has Impudently, and In a manner to
tally uncalled for, brought the name
and circumstances of his widow be
fore the public, Insultingly declaring
that It she Is in needy circumstances
she should be "cared for by the socl
eties to which her husband belonged
or by public charity." Bee.
Tho lies Is very unjust In Its
charge, as not a singlo newspaper has
made any such remarks as are quoted
from it above. Some obscure corres
pondent of the Standard was tho au
thor of tho words quotoe, but we be
lieve every Democratic newspaper
has favored the plan of appointing
some one to tho position of State
Printer until September who wily
give the profits to the family of W.
B. Carter. The Bee may gala a lit
tle political capital by its action, but
no other paper In the State would
stoop so low for the reward.
TWO HEW CANDIDATES,
We this week have received intel
ligence that two new papers are to be
started in Oregon one at Ellensburg,
in Curry county, by J. II. Uptod is,
Son, and tho other at Silverton, in
Marion county, by II. C. Guild. The
name of the former will be tho Curry
County Toat, and the latter tho Silver-
ton Appeal. Both will bo neutral in
politics.
Jcdcie Boise pledged his word to
Judge Powell of this city that he
would not be a candidate for Circuit
Judge, and relying upon this pledge
Mr. Powell cams out for that office,
but was beaten by Boise. Who
would want to try a case before such
man? ' -" '
nut ide or E. e. Ti asi;
We take the following from the
Portland Slamlard of Wednesday ;
On last Thursday evening, shortly
after 7 o'clock, Edward E. Turk, a.
prominent merchant of Canyon City,
committed suicide, tho fact of which
was published In yesterday's issuo of
this paper. By tho mall, arriving
last evening from Eastern Oregon,
the following details of tho suicide
were received: During tho day Mr.
Turk had been much depressed, and
In tho evening was In his store at
hU desk, where, after bitting a short
time apparently in a deep study, he
arose and went to a room at the rear
of the store. A Mr. Stanislawsky,
who was in the store at the time,
asked him as he passed how he felt,
and Jn reply Turk said he was
no better. He opened tho door of
the room, wont in and closed It, and
a moment after the sharp report of a
pistol was heard. Mrs- - Turk and
Stanislawsky wero the only ones In
the store at the lime, and the latter
rushed to the street door and called
for help. When the door was opened
the body of Turk was lying at full
length on tho floor of the room, and
a stream ot blood flowing from a
wound in hU head showed but too
plainly how well ho bad accompILib
ed tho frightful act which ushered
him Into tho presence of his Maker.
Fifteen minutes after tho report was
first hoard, 11 fo was extinct - A coro
ner's jury was auramonod and a ver
dict rendered In accordance with the
above facts.' Tho following letter
written by Turk an hour before his
suicide to ono of his friends, explains
tho cause leading to his taking his
own life :
Cantos City, April 20, C:0 a. k.
Dkab Bao. Jf Azeiros : Last night
1 was robbed of lodge funds amount
Ing to over four hundred dollrrs
God knows I would not wrong my
lodge out of a cent If I do not re
cover It to-day I am lost Remem
ber mo kindly to the members of my
lodge. Last night I did not bleep a
moment thlnkinr over my misfor
tune, bat I hope I will not suffer
much longer. I have but few friends
and you are one of them. God bless
you and look out for my little onas.
This Is my last.
Yovrs In V. L. & T.,
E. 11 Tear.
The funeral of the unfortunate man
took place on Sunday afternoon un
der the auspices of the Odd Fellow's
fraternity, of which be was a promi
nent icember, being Warden of the
Grand Lodge, and had but just been
elected as a delegate to that body by
the subordinate lodge of which be
was a member. Deceased was 1
brother-in-law of Hon. C B. Bellic
ger, Judge of this Judicial District,
and leaves a wife and six children toJ
mourn his loss.
A SISAL KC-tftlS.
The supplement to Hie Oreyonian
of Saturday last contained the full
text of tho decision of tho Supreme
Court of the United Slates on the
long pending case of James Vance et
al. vs. A. B. Rurbank et. al. This
case Involved thu titles to a large
portion of the land on which the
town of Lafayette, Yamhill county, is
situated and the decision of the U. R
Circuit Court of Oregon, which was
adverse to Scott and those claiming
undei him, was confirmed by the U,
S. Supreme Court Tho opinion of
tke Supreme Court was delivered by
Chief Justice Waite. The Court
said: "The operative allegation In
this bill is ef false testimony only,
That testimony Scott had full oppor
tunlty of meeting , If tho
evidence was not all consider!
It was clearly his own fault"
Thus ends one of tho causes ctlcire of
this State. Several interesting ques
tions are discussed by the Court. We
have not room to present them at
length.
THE CBAST BODSU
A special dispatch to tho New York
Evening Pest says that Senator Conk-
ling only a few days ago said that he
had Information from Illinois which
made him confident that the State, at
its coming convention, will declare
for Grant, and lie considered Grant's
nomination at Chicago absolutely
certain. A special to the Herald
gave a column and a half of Conk-
ling's views on Grant's prospects, de
livered with a view to publication.
Ho says that Grant will be nomi
nated and elected by a great majori
ty. He will carry - New York and
four Southern States.
ANSWER THIS.
Why Is It that the Herald has but
one candidate on the Republican
ticket? At least many Repub
licans are asking the question. N.
Baum U a first rate man; nobody
doubts it, but the wonder Is among
the Republicans why he should be
advocated in preferenco to every oth
er candidate on tho Republican tick
et Is It possible that help has been
secured and that thus Mr. Baum gets
the support of the Herald ?
As a rule we don't ask conandrums,
but this is ono . that deserves an open
answer. ,-
: AN EKKOK.
For several days the Standard has
published the call for the meeting of
the Democratic Stato Central Com
mittee, putting the date at Tuesday,
May 8th. This Is an error the date
is Tuesday, May 18th, at 12 o'clock.;
BIHO( B.tTIC STATE CF.VI U IL 01! HIT
TEE. A' meeting of the Democratic State
Central Committee will bo held In
tho city of Portland on Tuesday, May
IS, 1880, for tho purpose of placing
in nomination a candidate for State
Trlnter, fo bo voled for at the ensu
ing June election. A full attendance
of tho committee I urgently request
ed. C. F. Beatik.
Chairman Dem. State Cen. Com.
Democratic papers please copy.
AI IvttORH.
It xow looks like nothing can keep
Grant from securing tho nominate n f.r
President.
The death of Mr. K. I'. Turk, of
Canyon City, in something that our peo
ple in Iinn will regret very much.
Ova candidates for Judgea of lie Su
preme Court have already an cfctah
lished reputation, all lit thcrn having
been on tho Bench in 0 gon.
We HUAtt of several localities whete
Republicans exjcct to "scratch" Charl
ton and rote for our candidate Miller.
They could not vote for a belter man.
We congratulato the Polk county
Democracy on tho tplcndld ticket'
they havo put in the field fur the
election next June. It uliottld a!l bo
elected.
Tujj publication cf the Corvallls
Castile will bo continued for the ben
efit or tho family of thy lato W. B.
Carter, and will be edited by Ja. A.
Yarul.
Wjscoxmis Republicans aend anti
Blaino delegates to the National Con
vention, and the delegates fiom Tenths
see arc solid for Grant. Delaware and
Now Jersey will bo for Blaine, while
Maryland will send Grant men.
Ol'E readers hhould by all means c
ruse tho communication in another col
umn tntitled "Yaquina Bar." It waa
written by one of tho leading men of
the State, and he has handled his sub
ject well. We would like to hear from
him again.
The Deix:uat in the only Demo
cratic pajer in the C:titrid Willamette
Valley. Hence wo have to figLt all the
Republican papers. However, that is
nothing. We liars fought with them
all for fourteen years, and wo exject
that tho satno course will le pursued in
the future.
We hope our Governor will ap
point somo ono State Printer who
will turn over the profits of the office
to the family of the deceased. The
person who U appointed will hold
until the first day of tho next session
of tho Legislature, and during- that
time all the reports will be printed.
A LCTTK& from Hon. T. G. Owen, of
Maiftbfield, informs us that J. M. f'ig-
lin, the Democratic candidate for Joint
Senator from Coda and Curry, will
probably not havo any opposition at the
election. Ilia Republican opponent has
withdrawn from the contest, and no one
seems anxious to secure the msttinn he
has vacated.
We understand that tho ronwm Mr.
Brandon will not run for tho Legisla
ture ia that he has hoard his Rcpul
lican brethren are going to act iu this
campaign like they did in the Iat.t
trade off every other candidate (escept
Baum) for some preferred one. Last
year they centered on Charley Johnson,
and this time it ia Sylvandcr Dawson.
It seems that tho Republican party
managers have concluded to try to beat
Dr. W. F. Alexander, De mocratic can
didate for tho Legislature, with S. A.
Dawson, and to accomplish it e.ect to
trade off almost any other candidate.
Lt Democrats take due notice and
checkmate thts game. Dr. Alexander
ia too good a man to bo beaten by. an
such "gqnsie came" as that.
We this week received a letter from
a gentleman in Portland, in Bujioit of
John B. Waldo for Supremo Judge, but
as we are trying to assist in tho election
of tho tchole Democratic ticket wo will
havo to refuse fo publish it. The cor
respondent Btates that wo wero incor
rect ia stating last week that Mr. Wal
do had been a J ustioe of tho Teace.
We cheerfully make tho correction.
We hear from very good authority
that tho Greenbackers in the Forks
of tho Santiatn, or at least a great
many of them, expect to vote for
Charlton, tho Republican candidate
for Sheriff. We thought their Con
vention was a kind of a Republican
job, and it is beginning to work out
in that way. Mr. Crabtreo, their
candidate for Sheriff, will likely not
have a very exalted opinion of his
party after the election.
Baum's money now helps to sup
port the Herald, and that paper not
being able to "bleed" any of tho oth
er candidates, ' loses sight of all of
them and works almost alono for him.
Even their canvasser, a sleepjvlook
Ingman named Felton, whilo out
through the county speaks for Biuret
and no one else. Baum is tho only
one who Is fooltah enough t- spend
money on tho concern, and lhat ac
counts for it all.
NATIOXAI. COXYKYriOXS.
Democratic National Convention,
Cincinnati, June 22.
Republican Rational Convention,
Chicago, June 2d.
Grant will be nominated for presi
deet, and all the gate3 of Perdition
can't stop it.
Ot R 1 F8F..1IE rOt'RT.
' .. . May 3d, 1SS0.
hd i tor Di'nutcrul ;
Dkaij Si:: ; Information U much
needed on tho euljwt of fiur tVurls.
Affer .residing Judge Dcady's ahlo
opinion I havo come to tho conclu
sion that we have no courts. Ho in
timates that they are, by some twist
of tho f en we suppose, (Je facto
courts. That Is the Judge hold
offices in nnmo only, under which
they discharge the duties of judge,
and after they havo held court all
their aii3 are to remain sound 1k;
cnu.Ho they uro called judges. Tho
decision of Judge D. looks as if It
was intended fo fcmolher a volcano
and no doubt the Judge felt it fo ho
his duly to put cut the fire. Had
tho case before him been the fir.-t
eafso fried under cur present fystcm
It would not 1C loo much fo say that
tho whole thing would have Ucrt
condemned. As It now Mauds it I
admitted by all lawyers that tho
courts ere not constitutional, henco
illegal. - What U to Je done? ,An
election will not make them legal.
The Supreme Court organized as tho
present cute was could have been cre
ated m well ht tho Legislature that
followed tho adoption of the Consti
tution an now. Tho entire require
ment. i of the constitution are eet
aside. In H,o wo had IG-LOHO
white lopu!ation. The present cen
sus will ritow not to exceed 12 1,000.
The bill due not claim that there U
tho constitutional population in the
State before the people shall vote and
elect a Court. If there ia no ground
for thi.-j law now, how can courts be
conf inucd under it? Is there no way
to stop this judiefcd blundering ? Ah
Leo's counsel desired thut their client
should b bung according to law, but
they filled to havo him m hung.
Again I ak for information on this
suljecf. Have we court that citi
zens arc lonnd to roq ecl? Out w ith
all forces f.tve n sound constitu
tional -furfj.
IAi;a "si.
jtx itm;r. illB.
The new gold
about tlx itule
mines discovered
from Baker City
about a month ago, has been pros
pected o'.T and on since ISGt. Us
rlchnca Is now declared to be im-mens.-,
while its extent i as yet un
known. It i owned by Geo. Hayes
and sou and John Cavena, who are
working it under the name of Hayes
& Co., and are said to Ix? taking out
of the pocket with a hand m3.-t.tr .J 10 )
per day. Tho ledge increase-i i.i
width aud richness as they n-rr-d.
They have already taken out .?2i,t. Mi.
It Is of course impossible to estimate
tho 'aluo of tho mine, and its di-ov-ery
is regarded as astonNning, be
cauo 6 long delayed. Indications
are that Biker City will divide the
mining boom with Seattle, with
chances largely in favor of the for
mer, because of the close proximity
of he mines and their easier access.
From present appearances "there's
millions in it."
. , ;s
KCrOKItti COHPLICATISJ.
M. I. Do Yonng, tho surviving
proprietor of the Chronicle, was ar
rested at noon on tho SOth on com-
plaint or Mtyur KUloclt, chirgtng
him with libeL An editorial which
appeared iu tho New York World;
which accused Mayor KillfK-h of sub
ornation of perjury in connection
with tho testimony given by Ch'in
ent Shaw at tho inquest on the bmly
of Charles De Young, is the cnu.se
of tho complaint- The prisoner
was released on bail. It U tho sup-
position that this matter will not end
until either Kalloch or the other Do
Young is shot. "
CES'l CLIC-iX CeXVCXTIOXtt.
Following is a list of tho dates of
tho Republican Stato Conventions to
bo held this month :
May 4th New Hampshire.
Mty 3 th Mississippi, Tennessee
and Wisconsin.
J"ay Gth JJew Jersey and Mary
land. " May 12 West Virgin i.-t, Florida
and Michigan.
May 19Illinois.
May 20 Alabama.
Mpy 24 Louisiana. j
The Tattalaa Bay Kal trust!.
The steamer A. A. JfcCul'y passed up tha
river t Corvallia last Wraluesdsy morning.
having on board scveaty-live tons of iron nl
a locomotivo for tho Vaqnina Itailroail, and
tho same steamer has the contract for 1-ring,
ing ap sis hundred tons more,' which U all
there ia at present at Portland. The otiiorra
of tho boat inform us that work w ill at ones
be 'commenced ou tbe railroad, and ln rajnliy
pushed until all the iron is laid. I'oi valH
will begin to feel proud now with two rail
roads. A Ql KSTlON OF Lit UU TCIS.
"Let those laugh who win."
Wo presume the republicans think
they can afford to laugh. Democrats
aro in dead earnest, andtherx P no
laughing business with them. In the
election now pending every Pernor
crat will bo at the polls and the larg
est majority ever given Will bo cast
for Hon. Jno. Whiteaker.
Oua old timo Democratic friend,
Milton Shannon, of Monroe, has boon
nominated for Senator by tho Denton
county Democrats. There is no bet
ter man in Benton county, and v
predict his election by a large major
ity, .
Wonder what Scott will do with
Mitchell? Doth are delegates fo ihp
Chicago Convention, and they donf(
ppeak !