BEDROCK DEMOCRAT, P U B L IS H E D E V E R Y R A T E S OF A D V E R T I S I N G ! W EDNESDAY, BY J. M. SHEPHERD. O ffice in P ierce’s H a ll. T erms of S ubscription • One year,....................... ' . Six Months,....................... ..........................£ VOL. 5. C orrespondence from alTp^rtionT of Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D emocrat . »nnil .commuriicati°us, to receive attention must be accompanied by a responsible name! BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 20, 1874. BUSINESS NOTICES. DRS. PRICE BEDROCK DEMOCRAT. NEWSOM, & ’ ^Uàd^fjhil,0are B33" The B edrock D emocrat has more fide , paying subscribers in Baker County, than has any other two papers pub­ lished in the State. We put no man’s name on our subscription list unless we have orders so to do. _ a TT1 „ 'î '“ i."w prepared to do all kinds o f u u n u i i i i on short notice and at reasona- e rates. For the benefit of subscribers in certain localities, we issue a second edition of the D e m o c r a t on every Monday morning, which contains ail the news of importance received at this city up to Saturday noon. M a ^ B° U1&1^Com“ unications will be charged M special advertisements. K bona H *tTTEÍÍOI1LI' * CO’ 10 ®*»to òSr I g e n í f ^ C cities6and“ areCK ^ ; r ^ n TJob Work FOK ON DEL1YEKY. m u s t b e p a id wmm KnumsarnTT, H. J. GiiER, Proprietor. I IJ X D E R S ItiX G S W O iL D ca ll the attention o f T H respectfully DENTISTS, Have permanently located in B A K E R C IT Y , O REGON , And are prepared to operate in all branches o f the DENTAL PROFESSION. The following platform of princi­ ples wa* adopted by the Democratic State Convention at Albany: J. B. G A R D N E R , 1. We declare our unfaltering devotion to the Constituiion of the United States and to the Union of the States thereby established, and we affirm that the people of the several States have the sole and exclusive right ot governing themselves as free, sovereign and independent States, subject only to the limi­ tation ot the Constitution, and that all pow­ ers not herein expressly granted to the Na­ tional Government, are reserved to the States respectively, and we deny the right of the Federal Government, through the treaty power, to permanently domicile Mongolians with in any State without the consent o f the Legislature thereof. 2. We affirm that the greatest danger with which we are now threatened, is the corruption and extravagance which exists in high official places, and we do declare as the cardinal principle o f our future political ac­ tion, that retrenchment-, economy and re- lorm are imperatively demanded in all the governments o f the people, Federal as well as State and Municipal, and we hereby pro­ claim ourselves the uncompromising foes of the salary-grab law ring politicians and land monopolists, whoever they may be and wherever tiny may be found, whether they are in or out of office, and we appeal to hon­ est men everywhere, without regard to past party affiliations, to join us in branding, as they deserve, these corrupt leeches on the body politic aud assist us to purge official stations o f their unwholesome and baneful presence. 3. The present Federal Administration, by its utter inability to comprehend the dig nity or responsibilities o f the duties with which it is charged, by its devotion to perso­ nal and partisan interests, by its weak and inconsistent management of the National fi­ nances, by its unwarrantable interference with the local self government of the people —by its support of the corrupt governments which it has imposed by its power upon sev­ eral States o f the Union, by its complicity with corrupt practices and scandals in vari­ ous quarters, and by its appointment o f no­ toriously incompetent men to high official position, has justly brought upon itself the condemnation of the American people. I. That the persistent interference by Federal officials in local elections, and the use oflarge sums of money to defeat the voice of the people through the ballot box, deserve and receives our severest condemna­ tion. 5. That corporations are the creations of law, their franchise and privileges are gran­ ted to subserve the public interests, and when these are used, not to subserve the ob­ ject of their creation, but for purposes of oppression and extortion, we declare it to be the right aud duty o f the legislature to control such corporations. 6. That we favor speedy return to specie payments, just and equal taxation for sup­ port o f Federal and ¡State governments, and that we are opposed to all discrimination in the assessments of Federal revenue for the purposes o f protection 7. Tii at we are in favor of free trade and direct taxation. 8. That the free navigation and improve­ ment of the Columbia river, the construction of a breakwater at Fort Orford, the improve­ ment of the Coquille and Willamette rivers, and the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Walt Lake Railroad, are improvements demanded by the commercial interests of this ¡State, and that the Federal Govern­ ment ought by all proper means to assist these measures: that we are in favor o f the bill now before Congress, generally known as the Portland, Dalles and ¡Sait Lake Rail­ road bill, and we also favor the early com­ pletion o f the Oregon and California Rail­ road to the southern boundary of the State. 9. That we disapprove all measurts in the interests o f capitalists and monopolies against labor, believing that distinctions, if distinc­ tions be made, should be 111 favor o f the la- boriugclass who constitute the mass of our citizens, the producers o f the wealth and prosperity of our country. We therefore ap­ prove o f the declared principles, and sympa­ thize with the avowed object o f theorganiza tion known as the Patrons o f Husbandry, and with those of all other orders having for their object retrenchment and reform in public affairs, and the social advancement of the people; that we are opposed to a m onop­ oly in the publication and sale of books usel in the common schools of this ¡State, and we are in favor o f amending the existing laws in relation to such, so as to take away from the publishers of the Pacific Coast series of readers and spellers the special privileges in relation thereto which they now enjoy. 10- That the act relating to the fees of sheriffs and clerks ought to be so amended either by mating suen offices salaried, or by reducing the fees now attached to the same, as shall make tire compensation received by such officers a fair remunerati n and noth- iug more for tlie services required o f them. That the Constitution be so amended that all printing for the State after the expiration of the term of the State Printer in office, when such amendment is passed, shall be provid­ ed for by letting the same to the lowest re­ sponsible bidder. II. That the only legitimate object of government is the protection of it» citizens in their lives, liberty and property, and the pursuit o f happiness; that to accomplish this end direct means only should be resort­ ed to; that the good resulting from a depart­ ure from this rule is temporary, the evil las­ ting. We are, therefore, opposed to the State engaging in the purchase, leasiug or speculating in property o f any kind, except such only as is necessary for conducting the ordinary functions oftlie Government. 12. That we favor the immediate con­ struction o f a good and serviceable wagon road along the south bank o f the Columbia river, from the mouth of Sandy river to the Halles. 13,. That the compensation o f all officers should be only such as will be a just remun­ eration for their services 14. That we are in favor of Congressional aid for the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad, and for con­ tinuing the Oregon Central Railroad from St. Joseph to Jnnetfwi City. my extensive and varied assortment of Fruit Trees and StaM ery, both useful and ornamental, for which I will •ell low for “ MONISH.” SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Address, H. J. GEER, Cove, Union County, pl71J________ Oregon* WATCHHAKEB AN1> JL vYELEIt, L. O. STERNS, T. C. H Y D E , M o t a r y P u b l ic . S t e r n s