itó r o ík ffle iw c r m i 3 : M. S H E P H E R D , E d i t o r . B a k e r C ity, J u n e 10, 1874. THE BEDROCK DEM OCRAT aa th e L a r g e s t C irc u la tio n of any P a p e r P u b lis h e d in E a ste rn O re g o n . C ircu latio n 1 ,0 5 0 cop ies. OFFICIAL PAPER For tue Counties o f B a k e r a n d G ra n t. D E M O C R A T IC V IC T O R Y . We have received reported majori­ ties from almost the entire State •which is of the most glorious charac­ ter. The people, at the ballot box, have endorsed the Administration of Gov. Grover by reelecting him by a majority of not less than one thous­ and over the Republican candidate, Judge Tollman, and the rest of the Democratic State ticket is elected by from one thousand to fifteen hund­ red majority. This result is truly gratifying to all true friends of re­ form and good government. The ef forts made to defeat Gov. Grover were of the most desperate charac­ ter. Every act of his Administra­ tion that could possibly be distorted into a false light was seized hold of and misrepresented, distorted and magnified into all the various shapes that malicious, designing and cor­ rupt demagogues and falsifiers could possibly think of to accomplish his defeat. The corruptionists have been defeated, and the honor and in­ tegrity of the Democratic Adminis­ tration of our State affairs for the past four years have been triumph­ antly endorsed by the people of our young and prosperous State. The Walla Walla Statesman, in speaking of the result of the election in this State, says, “ the reader who has v never lived ia a city or State con- ntrolled by a corrupt republican ring c composed of office holders and poiit i ical tricksters, can form no adequate i idea of the crimes that are committed against self government, or the man- . ner in which the people are robbed, i Oregon has made a most fortunate escape. For the next four years she ’ is assured an honest administration of her public affairs. The most sig­ nal triumph was the election of the . independent county ticket in Mult- . nomah, the Gibraltar of the Custom , house ring. The day of ring rule in «Oregon has passed away, and the . corruptionists might as well make .up their minds that in the future they must take a back seat, and with their downfall the power of ‘ coin’ in .controlling elections will no longer Ibe felt.” The Mountaineer, in speaking of the result of the election, says, “ the election returns so far received indi­ cate that the entire Democratic State ticket is elected by between five hun­ dred and one thousand majority.— This is certainly a great victory for that party when it is considered the amount of opposition that was bro’t to bear against Grrover’s administra­ tion. However, the battle was fair­ ly won, and all that remains for us to do is to “ accept the situation” quietly and gracefully, While we congratulate those who have been elected, we can also sympathize with those who have been defeated. We .acknowledge that we were disappoin­ ted in not getting elected State Prin­ ter; but console ourself with the fact that we now can remain at home and not be obliged to live for four or five months in the Willamette Valley. ‘A poor excuse is better than none.’— Ain’t it?” In our county the contest was one of the warmest which has ever taken place. Some of the opposition de­ scended to the lowest degree of falsi­ fying fo defeat certain men on our ticket, but after all the dirty work that could be done the opposition ■were only able to defeat one of our candidates, James H. Shinn, for Sheriff, by .some forty votes. To do this tpen had to stoop to the low and degrading act of misrepresenting his charitable acts, and said they were authorized and instructed to do so by members of the Church—men who profess to be good and consci­ entious Christians. To accomplish the defeat of this one man, men who claim to be Democrats stultified and belied their professions. Mr. James H. Shinn comes out of the canvass with a clear ana honora­ ble record—we wish we could say the same for some of his opponents, and tell the truth. All things will work for the best, and the people will look with scorn and contempt upon the traitors and falsifiers of the late campaign in this county, and if they ever have the opportunity will place their seal of condemnation up on them in such bold and broad let­ ters that all can read their sad fate. The Owyhee Avalanche says a company was incorjiorated last week in San Francisco for the purpose of constructing a telegraph from W in- nemucca to Boise City via Silver City. Two hundred and seventy five miles is the estimated length of the line. President, A. P. Minear; Treasurer, G. S. Dodge; Secretary, Martin Jones; Vice Presidents, Coll Deane and L. M. McDonald. Capital stock, $100,000, in 1,000 shares. The certificates states that $30,000 of the stock has been actually subscribed. The line will most likely follow the present stage road the greater portion of the distance. Our enter­ prising townsman, John Catalow, has contracted to deliver the poles along the line from Silver City to Winnemucca, and has already com­ menced to do so. He will bring the poles from the railroad this way as far as Summit Springs (which is about half the distance from here, to Winnemucca) and take the remain­ der from this direction to that point, working simultaneously from both ends of the line. It is confidently expected that the line will be completed to Silver City by the first of August, and perhaps sooner. Mr. Catalow knows no such word as fail, and what he has under­ taken to do, is, by far, the biggest portion of the job. After the poles are delivered the line can be put in operation in a very, short period of time. We rejoice over the prospect for telegraphic communication with the outside world. It will infuse new life into our camp, and be the fore­ runner of a bright future for the en­ tire Territory. The Nevada Territorial Enterprise corrects a few errors in an article in a Washington newspaper relative to the Indians Ring, and proved that the aborigines were increasing in numbers under the fatherly care of the revenged agents. It stated the number of Indians at the Pyramid Lake agency at 6,000 and at the Wal­ ker river reservation 3,000. Accor ding to the enterprise these figures were originally coi'rect, but and be- ome transposed, the present num­ ber of Indians at the Pyramid Lake agency being 000,6 and at the W al­ ker river reservation 000,3. ---- ---- ------------ C h a r i t y . —It is a bad thing for our citizens to give anything for charitable purposes—tome sanctimo­ nious hypocrites who are interested in getting the thing up may, as was done in the late election, use the contribution of our citizens for elec­ tioneering purposes. A Christian lie well stuck to is *a good thing for some knaves and rascals. A man who will try to secure his election by wilful, deliberate and malicious ly­ ing is not fit to be trusted iu any po­ sition. W e find the following dispatch in the Sacramento Union ofthe2dinst: Senate bill extending the time of representation of quartz claims un­ til January 1st, passed the House to­ day. The entire delegation from the Pacific Coast and Territories o p ­ posed the extension, on the ground that Congress should stand by the mineral law or repeal it; but mem­ bers east of the Missippi, having constituents who own works, voted against the Pacific Coast delegation almost solidly. D e m o c r a t ic C h i c k e n s . —The R oos­ ters in the B e d r o c k D e m o c r a t office do not crow over Republican victor­ ies. They are Democratic chickens as is the paper as well as the editor. Payton is elected aud our will crow and nobody can stop him. Hurrah for Payton! Of the thousands of mines owned in Utah, but ono is owned and con» trolled exclusively by Mormons, and of all the smelters and mills in the Territory, only one is owned by Mor­ mons. OUR. G R A N T C O U N T Y L E T T E R . C anyon C it y , June 3rd, 1874. E ditor D em ocrat : —The election just past was the most exciting of any we have had for many years.— The returns are not all received yet, and I am unable to tell the exact re­ sult, but the vote so far is about as follows: La Dow, 162, Williams, 200, Da­ venport, 206; Grover, 177, Tollman, 180, Campbell, 204; Chadwick, 180, Foster, 180, Douthitt, 202; Brown, 186, Clark, 178, Beach, 197. The rest of the ticket is about the same, except that Rowland is considerably ahead. Wm. H. Clark is elected Senator by 30 or 40 votes, and Gr. Reynolds Representative by a small vote; both Democrats. William P. Gray, Rep., is elected Sheriff. M. Dustin, Ind., fo rju d g e ; James R ob­ inson, Dem., for Clerk,and A. Hack- eny, Ind.. for Treasurer. Further returns will change the vote some but not the result. At least nine tenths of the votes cast were badly scratched. Yours &c., W. C o r n e r e d A g a I n . —The Sacramen­ to Union of a late date says it was a settled policy of the District of Co­ lumbia ring of plunderers to keep on good terms with all the influen­ tial officials and the prominent men in Congress. Senator Stewart is thought to have had many sly favors from them, in the way of hints to enable him to make advantageous purchases of real estate. And now it comes to light that Attorney Gen­ eral Williams was also in their con­ fidence and favor. It was charged that the Board of Works—another name for the ring—had paid out of the District treasury for work done iu the improvement of the Attorney General’s lots. The Investigating Committee called him as a witness. Williams denied the charge, “ but,” says the telegram, “ documents were produced showing that the Board paid for a portion of the work; and that the contractor who did it testi­ fied that the Board paid him $2,100, and that $1,800 are yet Hue, which Williams aud the Board both refuse to pay.” Now, here is something more than a bribe proved, unless the evidence of this contractor and of those damning “ documents” cun be overcome. The Attorney General is so far not only proven guilty of accepting this bribe of stolen money from a ring of thieves, but of having denied it under oath. Commonly this is called perjury. In the case of a Cabinet officer it may be toned down to an “ erroneous statement,” or a “ question of veracity.” But in spite of all the toning down, there are the stubborn “ documents,” sho­ wing that theBoard did pay for work which Williams swears they did not. It was documents that killed off poor Colfax, and he had ten times the vi­ tality of Williams. If this don’t kill the Attorney General and drive him out of office, the people will soon want to know the reason why and what doctor is powerful enough to save him. The Owyhee Avalanche says it is an indisputable fact that there has been more sickness in this camp dur­ ing the past three months than alto­ gether before or since its first occu­ pation by the whites. First, the scarlet fever made its appearance with fatal effect among the children, and now, the pneumonia is attacking both young and old. Last week we had a small pox scare, and the con­ sternation in relation thereto is not yet at an end. A meeting cf our citizens was held in the Court House last Saturday afternoon, and a com ­ mittee appointed to confer with our physicians and obtain their opinion in relation to the reported case of small pox at Fairview. The doctors are about equally divided in their opinion—some pronounce it small pox; others say it is no such a thing —and thus the matter stands. No one else has yet been taken down with it, but this fact alone is not proof positive that the case was not small pox. WTe have known a case where a man died of that contagien in a populous town, and no one else took it. R e a p p o i n t e d . —The Sacramento Union says Chief Justice James B. McKean, the most inefficient and at the same time the most obstiuate U. S. Judge ever sent to Utah, after serviug out a term of four years, has been reappointed by the President. The situation called for one of the ablest, judicial minds in the country, and instead of that the President re­ appoints the most incompetent man he could have found iD a year’s hunt aftaj: incompetepse. A Washington special to the New York Post says Vice President W il­ son expresses the belief that the R e­ publicans will lose the Autumn elec­ tions unless the. present policy is changed. Several weeks ago he wrote to the President concerning the growing indifference in the par­ ty, and recommending the appoint­ ment of Judge Hoar to the Cabinet in Richardson’s place, and also in Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, and Department of State.- Wilson would transfer Fish to Lon­ don, and place E. D. Morgan in the State Department. Bristow, of Ky., has been appointed and confirmed as Secretary of the Treasury. According to a late cable dispatch, Europe is on the eve of mighty events, growing out of the recent Anglo Rus­ sian marriage. The following is the dispatch: “ Another horrible scene in the British Royal family! The Dutchess of Edinburgh had borrow­ ed the Princess of Wales’ crimping irons. In returning them she pre­ sented the hot ends to Her Royal Highness, who thoughlessly took hold of them, and waltzed around with one hand between her knees for several jminutes before she could speak. Eye witnesses of the occur­ rence express their belief that the days of the Russian Empire aee num­ bered.” There are eleven woolen mills on the Pacific Coast—eight in California and three in Oregon. They have in the aggregate 28,840 spindles and 232 broad looms. W h y R i c h a r d s o n is p r o t e c t e d b y t h e P r e s id e n t . The Sacramento Union in speaking of the corruptions at Washington, says: A 'Washington dispatch to the New York Tribune reports that he heard a cabinet officer say that while it was true that Richardson intended to re­ sign at no distant day. it was also true that he would not resign, and that the President would not consent to his resignation as long as the news­ papers ia the country continued their assaults on the Secretary. A Chicago paper interprets this, if true as an attempt on tbe part of the President to establish a sort of si lent censorship over the press, and it says truly enough, “ the press of the country will not pay much heed to such an intimation.” We have never believed the President capable of such an abuse of the most sacred tradition or this Government, as that of standing for a third term We have always thought the talk about Grant and a third term the mere wind from the stomachs of otii cial snobs and monarchial flunkeys; but if he has authorised such a statement as we have above quoted, we are ready to believe him capable of running for a third term, and of almost any other innovation in the interest of personal government. There is as the Chicago paper ob ­ serves, evidence enough to convince any one not wilfully blind to the truth, that Richardson’s retirement from the Treasury Department is demanded by every interest of the country. The press has had noth­ ing to do with the investigation that explains him either wholly in­ competent or wholly dishonest. Nothing more than to publish the evidence so that the people who pay the taxes may see and know what manner of man the President has ap­ pointed to, take care-of their money. This is no offense against honor, Jedcacy, or an enlightened executive. It, is precisely what the people main­ tain a free press for. And when the President undertakes to sa.y that the papers shall not do the duty assign­ ed to them by the public, he is bran­ ded as a tyrant, unfit to hold the high office he does or any other o f­ fice in the gift of the people. The evidence against Richardson, that he is either incompetent or venal, is so conclusive that no one can rea­ sonably doubt it, unless it is tiie President himself, who must doubt it, since he, by common report, shows a wish to place this man in so high and responsible a position as Judge of Court of Claims. No class of newspapers but the venal plead the cause of Richardson. His remo­ val is demanded by Republican, Democratic and Independent jour­ nals, and not objected to by any par­ ty in tbe House; nor anywhere else, unless it be at the White House. And we now venture the wish and hope that if he does retire from the treasury and the President has the audacity to nominate him for a seat in the Court of Claims,, the Senate may ret use to confirm the nomina­ tion. We venture to say still further (such, in our opinion, from the evi deuce taken before the Committee of Ways and and Means, is the unfitness of this man for any office), that if he is nominated and confirmed by the Senate, Congress should take the very first opportunity that is pre­ sented by an honest majority in both houses to thoroughly remodel or abolish the Courtof Claims, and Cro­ ats a new court to perform its func­ tions. The Union, in another article, says: The Secretary of the Treasury is by the Constitution the officer of the House of Representatives. It is the •apodal duty of the Committee of Ways and Means to look closely into his official conduct,, and to proceed against him for malfeasance or mis­ B A K E R C IT Y , O R E G O N , feasance. If the President, by word or act, interferes to obstruct investi­ gation or punishment, then it is the BROKER a n d ASSAY El! plain duty of the Committee to re­ DEADER port that’ fact to the House, and of tbe House to act upon it. The neglect X i o . C 2- o l d . 3 3 of this duty by either the House or —AND— its Committee is a crime against the Republic. If President Grant has tried to shield and protect this man Richardson, or to conceal his o f­ — AUSO— fenses, then President Grant should himself be impeached, and that, too, without consulting the Senate as to the chances of conviction. The House owes a duty to the country separate from the Senate; and it is Office— First door north Odd Fellow’s Hall |n49v2tf] to be, above all things, just to tbe country. If it be true, as report says, that, in spite cf the proven crimes which make it necessary for Richard­ son to get out of the Treasury De­ partment, the President intends to nominate him to the vacant seat in ai the Court of Claims, we have no hes­ AT TH E itation in denouncing it as a shame­ less and disgraceful insult to the N E W STORE, country, and the act of a tyrant in First door above the Express Office. whose character insolence and stu atlies F an cy and Millinery pidity must be about evenly balanced. Goods in «tore, and Latest btyles receiv. eu oy Express every Month, and for sale at I want to know whether we are most reasonable Prices. going to keep house or board before D re ss jVIaking going into this tiling,” said a young Done to Order, and at Short Notice by lady at the altar iu San Francisco.— MRS. L . J. HUSTON. Commendable foresight. Baker City, April 1 8 ,1874.-n51m6 JAS. W. VIRTUE, IMO AND SILVER BARS, EXCHANGE 5 GREENBACKS. HEW ADVERTISEMENTS, SILLISEEY- M D I Y L jew A D ram m sT ~~ NOTICE To sch ool Teachers. T lie Second P u b lic Q u a r te rly Examination of Teachers for the year 1874,'will be held at Baker City, on Saturday, June 27, at 9 o’clock. A. M. All persons in­ tending to teach in Baker county the ensu­ ing quarter, are cordially invited to attend. C. L . MEANS, Superintendent of Schools, n5n7 Baker county, Oregon. 85,000,000 ENDOWMENT Still&IE! FIFTH AND LAST CONCERT IN AID OF THE M i a Library of Keiituety. JU L Y 31, 1874. In announcing the Fifth and last of the series of Gift Concerts, given for the benefit of the Public Library of Kentucky, the Trus­ tees and manager refer with pride and pleas­ ure to tbe four which have been already giv­ en: The first, December 16,1871; the second, December 2, 1872; the third, July 8, 1S73: and the fourth, March 31st, 1874. Under their charter, granted by a special act of the Kentucky Legisleture, March 16, 18 ?1, the Trustees are authorized to give O n e M o r e and O n l y O n e M o r e Gift Concert. With the money arising from this Fifth and LAST Concert, the Library, Mu­ seum, and other departments are to bo en larged and endowed with a fixed and certain annual income. Such an endowment fund is desired, as will secure beyond peradveu- ture, not only the maintenance of this mag­ nificent establishment, but its constant growth. Til FIFTH GIFT »IT for the purposes mentioned, and which is positively aud unequivocally announced as T H E LAST W H IC H W IL L EVER BE GIV­ EN UNDER THIS CHARTER AND BY T H E PRESENT MANAGEMENT, will come off in the Public Library Hall, at Louisville, Kentucky, K E A R N E Y ?' FLU ID EXTRACT U G H U ! The only known remedy for ,A n d a positive rem edy for GOUT, GRAVEL, STRICTURES, LIAIT- TES, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS DE- B ILITY, DROPSY, Non-retention or Inconvenience of Unine, Irritation, Diffamation or Ulceration of tbe BUBBLE and KIBNEYS, SPERM ATORRHOEA, Leucorrhcea or Whites, Disease of tliaPrss- truLo Giand, Stone in me Pladder, Colculus Gravel or Pnekdust Deposites and Mucus or Milky Discharges. K E A R N E Y ’S Extract Buchn Permanently Lures ail Diseases of the Bladder, Kidneys and Dropsical Swellings, Existing in Men, W omen and Liiiidren, NO MATTER WHAT THE AGE!. Prof. Steele says: “ One bo'tle of Kearney1» Fluid Extract Pmcnu is worth more than all otner Buenos combined.” Price, One Dollar.par Bottle, orSixBottles fur Five Dollars. lie ^ o t,. IO-i liis a n e S t., N e w Y o r k . A Physician in aitenuauee to answer con responuence and give advice gratis. Send stamp for Pamphlets, free.- Cvaite «A B r ig h a m , Wholesale Agents, San Francisco, Cal.. To The Neryous an! Debil i tate! OF BOTH SEXES. No Charge for Advice and Consultation. D r . J. B . D y o tt , graduate o f Jefferson Medical College, Phiiaueiphia, author of. several valuable works, can be consulted on. all diseases of the Sexual or Urinary Organs, At this final Concert everything will be (which lie has mau'e' an especial study) eittieer upon a scale corresponding with its increased in male or female, no matter from wiiat importance. The music.will be rendered by cause originating or how long standing. A an orchestra consisting of one hundred per<• practice ol 30 years enables him to treat dis­ formers, selected for their fame in different eases with success. Oures guaranteed.— lands, and the unprecedented sum of Charges reasonable. Those at a distance can. forward letter describing symptoms and en­ closing stamp to prepay postage. ¡Send for the Guiue to Health. Price, 10c, Divided into Twenty Thousand Gifts, will be J. B. DYOTT, M. D., distributed among the ticket-holders. Physician and Surgeon, l o i Duane St., N. Y. L IS T O F G IF T S : January 21, 187±-ly One Grand Cash G ift. ............... 5250,000 One Grand Gash Gilt.................... 100,0110 One Grand Cash G ift.................... 75,0u0 One Grand Cash G ift.................... 50,000 One Grand Cash Gift.................... 25,000 V [ O T IC E IS H E R E B Y GIVEN, 5 Cash Gifts, 520,000 each .. - 100,000 A n to ail tnose who are in arrears vvitu tin» 10 Cash Gifts, 14,000 each.. 140,UOd Academy Company for tuition, to call on 15 Cash Gift j 10.000 each.. 150,000 Mr. VV. F . Aicurary, at the Post Office, and. 20 Cash Gifts, 5,000 each.. 10u,0t)0 settle their accounts, and save COST. 25 Cash Gifts, 4,000 each.. 100,000 Baker City, April 9, lö74. 30 Cash Gifts, 3,000 each.. 90,000 A. H . BROWN, 50 Cash Gifts, 2,000 e a ch .. 100,000 n49n4 President, i 100 Cash Gifts, 1,000 each.. 100,000 240 Cash Gifts, 500 each.. 120,000 T H E B E D R O C K D EM O C R AT,. 5.00 Cash Gifts, 100 each. . 50,000 The Old, Reliable and Well Established. 19,000 Cash Gifts, 50 each.. 950,000 .Friday, July 31, 1874. ©2,500,000 N otice. Grand Total, 20,000 Gifts, all cash, 52,500,000 P R IC E OF T IC K E T S : Whole Tickets..................................... 550,00 H alves................................................... 25,00 Tenth, or each Coupon ................. 5,00 11 Whole Tickets for......................... 500,00 22 H Tickets for................................... 1,000,00 Tickets are now ready for sale, and orders accompanied by cash will be promptly filled. Liberal commissions will be allowed to satisfactory agents. Circulars containing full particulars furn­ ished on application. THOS. E. BRAM LETTE, n4n7 Agent and Manager, Public Library Building, Louisville, Ky. SÏÏTOHB T h e U n m a n L o c o m o tiv e should be carefully engineered, otherwise it may run off the track of life at any moment.— To keep its delicate internal machinery in perfect trim , or to put it in good working condition when out of order, is the peculi­ ar province of T A R R A N T 'S E F F E R V E S C E N T SELTZ­ E R APERIENT. The thoroughness with which it cleanses without irritating the bowels; the tone and vigor which it imparts to the stomach ; its appetizing effects; its cooling, refresh­ ing operation in fever; the relief it affords in headache; its antibilious propeities, and its superior merits as a general correc­ tive, justify the assertion that it is, beyond all comparison, tbe most valuable fam ily medicine of the age. Sold by all druggists. DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF Eastern Oregon, Can and will furnish more good reading, matter and reliable Local andEoreign news,. Uian any other paper in Oregon, F o r ILess M oney. 50 C E N T S W i l l pay For tiie B ed rock D e m ­ ocrat lo r the Next H ire© M onths. Send along your half dollars, or give your name to any of our agents,, or to the County Central Committee­ man of the Precincts, or to any of the Democratic candidates and you will receive your paper. Everybody can aud will take it. The price we charge only pays lor the white paper upon which the .D e m o c r a t lspirmted. Now is the Time to Subscribe. You are certain to get your paper and maga­ zines, and need have no tears of eitiier of them giving out or dying before the end of the year. The BEDROCK DEMOCRAT now has a larger paying subscription list than any other two papers publisliea in EASTERN OREGON, and is constantly and rapidly increasing in circulation, anu is ihe best Advertising Medium East of the Cascade Mountains.' It is the Live, Peoples’ Paper— it is owned by no Ring or Clique------anu works,.lor the inter­ ests of tue People, me Democratic Party, and of Eastern Oregon.