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The letter here spoken of by the ic party; we say it because we are Guard was never written at Baker not controlled by any clique or self- City, but was written at La Grande constituted leaders; we say it because J. M . S H E P H E R D , E d i t o r . and dated at Baker City to hide the we believe that with some other man real author—a man who is the most \ as onr candidate we can carry the B A K E R C IT Y , S E P T . 3, 1873. deeply interested in any cause will, ; State on the 13th of October and al- as a general thing, write and advo ! so next June; and we carejnot wheth THE BEDROCK DEMOCRAT cate that cause more strenonsly than er that man is oDe of the above men H u s tile L a r g e t t C ir c u l a t io n o f a n y any other person. We thought when tioned or some other, such as Lafay P a p e r P u b lis h e d in E a ste r n O reg o n we first read the letter, and still ette L^ne, Geo. R. Helm or J. W. think, it was in very bad taste, and Nesmith—either of whom will, as OFFICIAL PAPER should not have been written, mnch well as Mr. Slater, receive our sup * 'o r the Counties o f less published. The Guard further port if nominated. As long as we are the conductor of says: ■ B a k e r and O rant. “ Sectionalism brought upon us a Democratic paper we intend to be V IC T O R Y O R D E F E A T ! civil war and all its horrors. Sec our own master, free to act for the tioualism ia political governments, good of the party. And when- we As the Editor of a Democratic pa like its kindred term in religion, are compelled.to abandon this inde per, we consider it our duty to warn sectarianism, embodies vindictive pendent course we will bang cur the party against the making of an ness, malice, envy, hatred, aDd all harp upon the willows and let the improper and unwise nomination uncharitableness. Let ns by all means avoid it in our discussions four winds of free heaven sing upon for Member of Congress, to be votec upon matters pertaining to the Dem its strings the death requiem of the for at the coming special election on ocratic party of Oregon. The writer Democratic party, aDd of a free and the 13th of October. To be sue referred to says, in substance, that independent press.' W b say away cessful at that election is almost the Eastern Oregon is laboring under the incubus of a grinding monopoly with all Cliques and clown • with all same as to insure viotory next June That her industries are powerless Bings, and let the honest people in —to be defeated now is certain de and languishing under its baneful their true majesty ruin—we are with feat then. This being the case, it is influence. Hence her need of a spe and one of them, and know their and all important that the State Conven cial advocate in Congress to Idok af ter special legislation in her favor.— our own rights, and will ever boldly tion, which meets at Portland on We might with equal propriety and firmly maintain them, believing next Tuesday, should be very care claim the nomination for Lams coun these to be great cardinal principles ful to nominate a man, as the Demo ty, for we are ground down by of Democracy, and that we will be cratic candidate for Congress, who monopoly as hard and exacting as sustained in supporting them. “ So any on the coast. * ‘ can and will unite the whoje Demo * * * * But Lane .coun- mote it be.” cratic party—and one who the Dem ty does not claim the candidate on ocratic press of the State can sue any grounds akin to sectionalism, L E T T E R F R O M U N IO N C O U N T Y , cessfully defend against all charges and we sincerely trust, she never will. U nion C ounty , Aug. 26, 1873. brought against him. The Conven Sectional feelings should be laid aside when we come to choose the E ditor D emocrat : — In looking tion should not nominate a man who candidate. Merit alone should gov over the widespread and extensive is chargeable with any of the frauds ern the choice. And when such a or rascalities that have been so bit choice is made the member will look ly copied communication of our late member o f Congress from Union terly and persistently condemned by after the interests of Eastern as well as Western Oregon, no matter where county, which appeared in the B e d tho Democratic press for the pas ; his local habitation may be. We few years, that the press would have have no fault to find with the indi rock D em ocr at of July 23d, in reply to stultify and declare itself now to vidual merits of the candidate being to a letter received by him from Col. advocate his election. Let the Con urged by the Democracy of Eastern T. H. Cann of Salem, we find many vention give us a candidate Who is Oregon. He is in our opinion an items of peculiar interest, at this par able, consistent Democrat and an not chargeable with taking the back honest man, than which no higher ticular time, to the Democracy of pay—let it give us a candidate who meed of praise can be bestowed up this State, especially as it is a well is not mixed up in the party splits on him. But his chances for favor known fact that our Hon. Ex-M. C. and bickerings of his own county or able consideration are being damag has, as usual, got his “ dish out” —a ed by the manner in which his section ot the State; let tho Conven friends are urging him. Being chronic habit with him, whenever tion give us a candidate who did not “ warned in advance” by threats of there is signs of an official shower, recommend the giving of the Wal “ decreased majorities” if local feel and one that he has closely adhered Iowa Valley to the Indians, in fact ing and local pride are not allowed to ever since the enthusiastic Dem to rule in our Conventions, is not, let the Convention give us a man to say the least of it, a palatable way ocracy of Union county first placed who will need no defense from the to state a case. The Democracy are his name prominently before the press, and then it will be a pleasure averse, as a rule, to having a candi people. The situation was such in to .advocate his election to the posi date crammed down their throats by 1868, that the Democracy of Eastern tion. .Such a man can and will be threats emanating from local jealous Oregon felt that they were entitled to ies. A broader philanthropy should elected; but one who is obnoxious govern our deliberations. Let us name the Representative to Congress on aocount of the charges above avoid sectional feelings as much as from east of the Cascades. They had enumerated, will certainly be defeat possible. Choose only the man who by united action, and at a heavy ex pense to many members of said party, ed. We are a friend of Mr. Jas. H. may merit the distinction.” As we said in the commencement who never asked or expected any Elater, and would prefer his nomi nation to that of any other man if of this article, as a Democratic edi remuneration in the way of office, weithoughthe could lead the Demo tor there are certain duties that de built up the party, and furnished a cratic party to victory. He is a man volve on us by virtue of that posi “ reserve guard” that had turned the ¿ram Eastern Oregon, and wore it tion, which we intend to perform tide in favor of Democracy in many not he is charged with taking the without fear, favor or affection so a hard fought political contest. On looking around there seemed back pay, and with being at the hot long as we continue to publish and .torn of the split in Union County, conduct a Democratic paper—we are to be but one who desired the nom and also that it was through his rec independent of all cliques and rings ination, and he, (J. H. Slater,) was ommendation that the settlers were —we are under obligations to none, the one. He was enthusiastically in removed from the Wallowa Valley, and will not obey the beck and nod favor of an Eastern Oregon man re and it was given up to the Indians, of any would be loader of the Dem ceiving the nomination, and more we bolieve be would be the most ocratic party. We care not how particularly that he should bo t h e available man that could be nomina pompous or self-important a man m a n . All favored a man from this ted, but, as it is, he cannot receive may be in his own estimation, he locality—none seemed to care much the strength of the Democratic party shall not dictate to us, and if he who he was—all thought he would in Eastern Oregon. We firmly be wants a personal organ he must buy do about as much good in Congress lieve that if he is the nominee of the his own material, and procure some as he would at home. There seemed Convention which meets at Portland one to run it for him as against the to be no opposition on that score, in on next Tuesday, that he will not re people instead of us. The B edrock fact there was none. All were anx ceive to exceed four hundred majori D emocrat is an Independent Demo ious in regard to our railroad inter ty east of the Cascade Mountains. — cratic Journal, and J. M. Shepherd ests, and the nomination was made— As we said before, we are a friend of is the Editor and Proprietor— no made by men who could as easily Mr. Slaters, aud do not wish to see other person owns any interest in it, have defeated as to have selected him. him defeated; he is a good man, and and as long as this is the case it will The election that ensued raised him his true friends in Eastern Oregon work for the interest of the Demo from the humble position of a coun do not wish to have him politically cratic party and the whole people.— ty attorney to one of great responsi killed and buried this fall, which We will always be found advocating bility and considerable profit— pro will be the case should bis so called the election of the nominees of the viding mileage could be calculated true frjends succeed in having him Democratic party, and do not claim by way of the North Pole. He went, nominated at this time. They, as the right to act as judge and jury af- he saw, he drew his salary and came as will be seen from the following ;er their nomination, to decide upon home. Those who enquired for him extracts taken from the leading edi heir qualifications. We are oppos during his absence were informed torial articles of the Eugene City ed to the introduction of sectionality that he was supposed to be in Wash Guard, have done all in their power into Democratic Conventions; but if ington. Those who were interroga to either kill off Mr. Slater or to de Eastern Oregon is the identical lo ted felt safe in venturing the asser ride and distrant the Democratic cality where the candidate for Mem tion, as he had departed from La party of Oregon, and, for aught we ber of Congress must come from, Grande with a pocket full of affida know, they may be secretly working ;here are at least half a dozen men vits of those who were supposed to for both the above results. In the belonging to the Democratic party knoav , the purport of which were to nomination of a candidate for Cong east of the Cascades, who can and show the proper route—the “ b r o a d ress to be supported by the Democ would poll a much larger vote in r o a d ” that lead to the National Cap racy on the 13th of October,we know ;his portion of the State than would itol was by way of Portland and San of no dividing lines as to geographi Ion. J. H. Slater. If the candidate Francisco! Nevertheless, when he cal position, and we care not what is to be forced upon us give us a got ready to start, and notwithstand portion of the State the candidate man against whom the opposition ing the fact that he had guide boards may reside in, so he is a man who cannot make and prove charges that in his pockets—affidavits of warm can unite the party, and is honest will kill him with our people, give personal friends, solemnly sworn to, us a man whom the Democratic press to inform him which was the proper and capable. Let the Convention give ns a man can sustain with its whole might route to go, as well as to show the who is able to take the stump and and main. If Mr. Slater is nomina committee on mileage' the route by acquit himself honorably, and one ted the B edrock D em ocrat will which he came, h e took t h e w r ong whose claims can be advocated by work as hard for his success as for route , or rather, he got on the stage the press without stultifying itself, that of Judge L. L. McArthur, the same as “ any other man,” and and we can and will elect him. The Judge L. O. Sterns, Stukely Ells went by way of Kelton and the Un worth or W. B. Lasswell, all, or ei ion Pacific Railroad, east. Eugene Guard says: “ Recognizing,” as he does, “ the satisfied, “ In the Enterprise of the 15th ther of whom, we are inst. appears an article from a cor would poll a much larger vote in right of the people to criticise all his respondent who signs himself “ Ver Eastern Oregon than can James H. acts,”—a right recognized by the itas,” dated at Baker City, claiming for Eastern Oregon the right to fur Slater; we say this because we be people long before he ever dreamed nish the candidate for Congress, and lieve it to bo true; we say it as an of going to Congress,—we should basing the claim upon purely sec independent Democratic paper; we certainly like very much to criticise tional grounds.” say it for the good of the Democrat and accord,all due praise to each and conduct an aggressive, instead of a We have al ways been a Democrat, always expect ! our memory fails to furnish anything to be a Democrat so long as the great worthy of either approval or censure. principles of the old time Democracy j There were but few who heard from exist, and they can never die in our him during his sojourn in Washing government, and we shall lend the ton—there would be fewer now since nominee of the coming Democratic ; the franking privilege has been abol- Convention oar hearty support, let ! ished. In most instances those who him be who h e will— nevertheless, I every act of any inteeest or import- defensive campaign. i ance to his constituency, but really, did hear from him were “ Bolters, who went off and worked for the “ Peoples’ Ticket,” and done every thing in their power against him in 1868, thus causing him to run far behind the strength of the Demo cratic ticket. Nevertheless, these “ erring brothers” have ever since been his chosed counselors, his warm bosom companions; he has been constantly courting the favor of these stray colts, trying to induce them to “ suck;” he evidently pre sumes that all that is required to carry the strength of the Democratic party, is to see that those who always bolt are bn his side, and made right and left bowers in the game. He fell far short of his calculations in this respect at the time he was elected, having run far behind his ticket in his home county., also in Wasco and Grant, where they still remember him as a Prosecuting Attorney, bus ily engaged in the capacity of a “ smelling committee.” There are many reasons why the Democracy should make choice of some more able, competent and ac ceptable man, of which she has thousands in her ranks. The Democracy have attacked the “ back salary steal,” from the Presi- dent down to the smallest steal. The People—the- laboring classes, the patrons of husbandry, the anti-mon opolists- of all denominatisras, all en dorse the course of the Democracy in this matter. This becomes » pow erful weapon in the bands of the Democracy. But should wo nomin ate one who openly and. boldly ac knowledges that he has received some Eleven Hundred Dollars under that law, which he still retains and pro poses to hold on to with a grip for which he is famous where he is best known—and thus put a weapon into the hands of our opponents that we are entitled to ourselves. What kind of a denunciation of the back pay grab co-nld the Democracy of this State expect to hear from one whose left breast pocket was stuffed with a wallet containing eleven hun dred dollars of those same identical greenbacks. The honorable gentle man seems to.try to console his con science by believing that he should have been entitled to as mmali. com pensation as any former member from this State,, although the route trav eled by him could only have-been traveled by them at the time they went with a “ bull team,” while he sped swiftly o ’er the plains and through the tunneled mountains, drawn by the- Iron Horse. Should he receive the nomination, he will have an opportunity to defend his course before the people. We will then have a eandidate Avho will be compelled to- make a defensive can vass—while it is evident to every one that we should nominate a candidate who will have no personal defense to make, but who can employ his whole time in exposing the frauds and cor ruption of the Administration party, even down to “ Hippleism.” The charge has been boldly made against Mr. Slater, and comes from head quarters, that the representa tions made to the Indian Department by him, after holding a council with the Nez Perce Indians on the 4th of July, 1872, was the primary cause, and opened up the subject of setting the Wallowa Yalley aside as an In dian Reservation, the result of which has been the loss to Union county of one of theffinest valleys in the State, and to the Pioneers, who desired to settle there and make homes for themselves and their children, the loss of one of the finest agricultural and stock growing countrys on the Pacific coast. Whether this charge be true or not, I am not prepared to say—it has been allowed to go un answered uDtil it will require an ex planation before the people in the coming canvass, which we are afraid and believe he ¿cannot successfully give. The above charges, together with the well known fact that he has been the cause of the dissensions that ex ist in the Democratic party in Union county, and which were the causes of his running far behind the ticket in his last Congressional contest, are urgent and strong reasons, in our mind, why the Convention should not nominate him, but select some able Democrat, who can go before the people in the coming canvass and we claim the right to urge upon the members of that Convention to give us a candidate who can carry the whole strength of the part, and not one that must depend entirely on the strength tof the party to carry him through. j EFFERSONIAN. Walla Walla U»- ion says: “ At the late Democratic County Convention at La Grande, Hon. Jas. H. Slater was endorsed, and the Union county delegates to the State Convention were instruct ed to support him in the State Con vention for re nomination for Rep resentative in CoDgress. It is hut a short time since Mr- Slater through the press acknowledged that he took his back pay, and did not intend to give it up. Now when, we reflect that in Eastern Oregon,and especial ly in Union county, their Democra cy is of the Simon pure quality, we are somewhat surprised to see this endorsement of the “ back pay grab and of one of the “ grabbers.” It is only to-be-accounted for by saying that the Democracy are opposed to any “ steal” that they cannot get a hand in. And if there is any steal ing going on they intend to have some of it. Sail in, Jas. H., you will need more money than your back pay steal amounted to before you get to Congress.” T h e Democracy o f Eastern Oregon do. not endorse the* “ Salary Steal”— it is only a few personal party poli ticians (that are trying to misrepre sent the Democratic party) who are corrupt enough to endors» this out rageous transaction, and the people do and will repudiate them when they liave the opportunity to do so, at the ballot box. JAS. W . VIRTUE, B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON, BROKER AND d ealer I n G -o ld . B u s t, —AND— GOLD AND SILVER — ALSO— EXCHANGE s_GREENBACKS. Office— First door north Odd Fellow’» Hi’i ¡n49v2tf] NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, E ndorsed . —The A bout S w a g . —The ASSAY E r Sheriff’s SakT y V irtu e o f » Warrant for th. B Collection o f Taxes,issued bythppnn ty Clerk of Baker County, Oregon i h„“' levied upon aud will on D8T9 A ednesday, September 2tlt A . D . 1873, ' between the hours of nine o’clock \ v and four o ’clock, P. M ., of said day at th1 Court House door in Baker City’ Ret County, Oregon, offer for sale the following described, property,.at Public Auction t the highest bidder, for cash.iu Gold c’nin to w itt l0’ That certain Ditch commencing atom«, the M outh o f Camp Creek, and convevin, the waters of Burnt River to Clarks Creel said Ditch being known as the Oregon iv nal Com pany’s Ditch and Taxed to the Or egon Canal Com pany, and indebted for tar es to the sum of §150.00 A lso , the undivided one-half of what is known as the S. B. Reeves & Co’s Ditch Situate in. Shasta Mining Precinct Taxed to S. Alberson in the sum of Seventy Fiv» D ollars, (§75,00) J v# The above mentioned taxes aro due for the year ending June 30th, 1873. A u g . 24th,,1873. JAM ES H. SHIN.V n16n2l____________________ Sheriff Summons. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregoa for Baker County. Reinh0ld.Lekeburg.PPff. Vs. B. D. Buford Def’t To B. D. Buford- the above named defc- dant. V T H E N A M E OF T H E STATE OF Oregon, you aro hereby required to ap pear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled actio«, on or before the Stli day of October K, and if you fail.to so answer, for wanttherc. of,judgem ent will be taken against)«« by the plaintiff herein for the sum of id thousand two hundred and titty one dol lars and twenty-live cents (2, 25U, in gold coin together with costs and u*. bursements of this action, you wiilaij, take notice that this summons is putt ed by order of Hon. L. 1,. McArthur Jua,i o f the above entitled Court, duly made ¡j the 15th day oi August li>7o. I Idaho World says: “ Jas. H. Slater, of Oregon, L a w k k a ' ce & D ug ax , has been heard from on the subject nlGn21. A it’ys. lor m t of Congressional swag; and he is about th6 most conclusive reasoner Writ of Special injection who has yet spoken concerning it.— He says he took it because the House T o th e Sheriffs ol'the several Count» Committee refused to>airow-hrm)com w ith in the State o f Oregon: pensation for travels via. Portland H E R E A S , A t a G en eral Elcctls on the third day of June,.!. and San FraneiseOybui instead com 1872, the held Hon. Joseph G. Wilson was (hi elected Representative of the State of On- puted the distance frem his home to gon in the Forty-third Congress of the l'« , , Washington City by Boise City and ted State*; and W h e r e a s ,.S ince the said election, sl Salt Lake, the shortest and proper office has become vacant by the dealt* J route, occasioning him. to lose, in : said.incumbent;,and W h e r e a s , By provision of the Const)»-; tion of the United States,and the laws:, mileage $1,320,. and he “ wanted to this State, it has become the duty on« get ©von,” or words to. that effect.— Governor thereof to issue his writ of w. tion to till such vacancy; Now, therefore,I, L. p. Grover,Cover, ■ It was certainly very naughty of the of the State of Oregon, do hereby cowim I House Committee to'compu.te mile you and each of you to notify the se*»! of Election within and for j H age according to law; but it is a Judges several Counties, to hold a special el«--1 “ powerful weak” reason to offer in. of Representative in Congress ton.i -i vacancy aforesaid, on | justification of an act which should Monday, the 13th day of tj not have been done unless it could tober, A. D. 1873, be defended on unequivocally moral and that you cause all .proper noticed I grounds; and none have yet been given thereof.according to law. Given, under my hand ai d th ■ found to defend the back pay grab , the State of Oregon, at h f on such grounds. Our opinion is { L. S. Tenth day ot J“ ^ AgaoVSl that the Democracy of Oregon will A tte st: S. V . C h a d w ic k , ni2n!7 Secretary oi .State oi u ^ undertake, at the next election, to secure Mr. Slater against future loss N O T IC E . es from similar causes by sending some other man to Congress. I X PARTIES KNOVUN^),^ W A NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T O W K t HTBffiSimY, H. J. GEER, Proprietor, h e it n i > e k s ig n e d w o v l d T respectfully call the attention of selves indebted to F L E T C H E li, a re requested to u“ at the office of the- undersign^^J their accounts with CASH °r I SAVE A V E COSTS! C O S IS I ijj73, Baker City, Oregon, A u g -^ ^ l Attorneys at hi n !5 tf BAKED C I T T » FARMERS and FRUIT GROWERS r n iie F all Term of the B** / Ik to my extensive and varied assortment of 1 Academy will begin September, 1873, under the sope- , Fruit Trees and S ta ie r y , S. P. BARKETT, both useful and ornamental, for which I will sell low for “ M O N ISH .” SEND FOR CA TA LO G U E . Address, H . J. GEER, Cove, Union County, nl71y Oregon' P A Y TJ3? ! ! - selves indebted to J. H . PARKER, the Tinshop man, are requested to call at once and settle their accounts with CASH or by Note, AND SAVE COST. J. H . PARKER. Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7tf A ll p a r t ie s k n o w in g them ANDREW J. LAWRENCE, Attorney-at-Law, B A K E R C IT Y , O R E G O N . W I L L P R A C T IC E IN A L E C O U R T S of the State. Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. nl7y.___________ È. W. REYNOLDS, NOTARY PUBLIC AND DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL. Office with C. M. Foster, Deputy U. S. Surveyor. Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m4 I Principal; assisted M rs . B arrett , as Prec«:^dfc The Directors feel warranted i“* our School will fully “ f ;< v ™ high reputation under* its P ment, and every effort will der full satisfaction to our pair.- T © r i n * ' i <i Primary Department, per ,, Preparatory and Academic, Latin. Extra, French, Extra, ,,ror°r-: ' Other Higher Branches m P Tuition Invariably ih»* t .. A. H . BROWN.F W m . F. M c C rary , Sec’y t h e in M R flim m Manufacture tlie C?le r -, J u b ile e an d T f > O R C A NS ill J 4^ These Organs are unsurp^f 0/1 of tone, style of finish, simp