'
.OFFICE IN THE
BEDROCK d e m o c r a t b i i i w x g .
T erms of S ubscriptio n :
One year,......... .........................................4 00
Six M onths,........ ....................................... 2 50
C orrespondence ' from all p ortion s o f
E astern Oregon is solici ted fo r the D em ocrat .
A ll com m u n ication s, to receive attention,
m u st be accom p an ied by a resp on sib le nam e.
P erson al com m u n ica tion s w ill be charged
as sp ecial advertisem ents.
BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 17, 1875.
lNT e w D r u g S to r e .
Mo H .
C o r n e r D r u g S to r e ,
BAKER CITY, OREGON, >
8 . M . PETTEN G II.JL & CO., 10 S ta te
Street, Boston, 37 Park Row, New Y ork,
and 701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, are
ou r Agents for procuring advertisements
fo r the B e d r o c k D e m o c r a t , in the above
cities, and are authorized to contract for
advertising l our lowest rates.
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J O B
O R K .
We are now prepared to do all kinds of
JOB WOBK on short notice and at reasona­
ble rates»-
" N. B.—All Job Work MUST BE PAID
FOR ON DELIVERY.
P R O F E S S I O N A L CARDS.
L.
O. STERNS,
T. C. IIYDE,
N o ta r y P u b l ic .
W ould respectfully inform the public that
he has recently received a well se­
lected and fresh Stock o f
Drugs,
Chemicals,
Paints, Oils,
Perfumeries,
Patent Medicines,
Soaps,
W ines,
Brandies,
Whiskies and
Cordials,
For Medicinal purposes. Fam ily Medi-
1 cines carefully prepared. Prescrip­
tions accurately compounded,
at all hours o f the day pr
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night. Give us a call.
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ilL L IIE R Y AID M C T GOODS,
S te rn s & H y d e ,
AT THE
N E W STO R E,
A t t o r n e y s a n d C o u n s e lo r s A i-h a w ,
B A K E R CITY', OREGON.
"First door above the Express Office.
L. O. S terns will attend the Courts of the
ailies Fancy and M illinery
Fifth Judicial District, and of Idaho and j
Goods in Store, and Latest Styles receiv­
Washington Territories.
ed by Express every Month, and for sale at
Water Rights and Mining Litigation a most reasonable Prices.
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S p e c ia l t y .
Attorney-at-Law,
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MAIN STREET,. ............................... .BAKER CITY.
B A K E R CITY', OREGON.
S , V . K N O X ,
Attorney at Law,
(And Notary Public,)
W E S T © N, © M E G O N .
Will practice in the Courts of this State and
Washington Territory.
Q F E C IA L ATTENTION PAID TO LAND
O Business, and Collections.
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H . S H I If N,
Notary Public
AND
Conveyancer,
Will attend to Conveyancing and making
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.
Baker City, Sept. 11,1872.
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E. W. REYNOLDS,
. AND
D E P U T Y U . S. M A R S H A L .
Office with John Brat-tain, Three Doors
South of B edrock D em crat office,
on side o f the Street. .
Baker Gity, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m4
A, J, TillBODO, SI. A. SI, D.
2,1. A. Queen’s University, \ Canada,
M. D. Trinity U niversity,/
1854.
P h ysician , Surgeon, & c.
O ffice and Residence, at A. H. Brown’s
former residence, nearly opposite the Bed­
rock Democrat Office.
Baker City, Oregon, Nov. 10, 1871.-y
T. JST. Snow, M. T>.
Physician and Surgeon,
O f f i c e —I n th e n e w B u ild in g im m e d ia t e ­
ly S ou th o f th e W e s te r n H o te l.
MEDICAL E X A M IN E R
For the New Y ork Life Insurance Co.
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M. I).
¿T . 3 P .
(Graduate of the College of Physicians and
Burgeons New York aim ot the Medical De­
partment oi the Willamette University,)
P H Y S IC IA N AN D SU R G E O N ,
Terms cash, or no patronage solicited.
Office one door north of City Drug Store.
and
Joiner,
B A K E R CITY', OREGON.
Designs and Specifications Furnished.
Estimates Made. Terms Liberal.
Baker City, Nov.Y7, 1871.
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S J M’CORMiCK,
Importer and Dealer In
Boob, Stationary, Toys, Basic M i
N E W SP A P E R S,
FRANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS’
Headquarters, Fire-proof
Briok Building, 105 Front street, Portland,
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Oregon.
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e a v e r
informs the Public that he is prepared to do
all kind of work in the Undertaking Business
on short notice and at rasonable prices.
Baker City, Oct. 1 , 1873.n21tf
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Sewing M achines— A l.io v e r
& Baker, and a Florence, both new and
the very best—for sale. For particulars, en­
quire at tbts office..
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& U M fU d M M
TOILET ARTICLES
Of Every Description.
Prescriptions prepared at all Hours. City
and Country Trade Solicited.
Best Brands, o f F a m ily G roeev ies, T o -
I r a c e o s , C ig a rs, & c., constantly on
Hand, at the Lowest Prices.
Baker City, Oct. 7, 1874.n221y
J. B . G A R D N E R ,
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W A TC H M AK ER AN D JE vYELER,
ESTABLISHED IN BAKER CITY IN 1867,
Keeps constantly on band a well assorted
Stock of
.
, CLOCKS I JEW ELRY,
JAlacksm itlis
AND
Liquors, Wines and Cigars of the best
quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables
ail in good order.
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E A R E G E T T IN G O U R T IM B E R
N.
B.—Those indebted to either the Hotel
direct from St. Louis, Mo., and none
or Saloon are requested to appear at the but the very best is Purchased, we are there­
Captain’s office and settle.
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fore prepared to Warrant all our work.
We are now fully prepared to complete any
lanufacturers of B in t s l Wagons.
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RAIL ROAD HOUSE.
C LEM EN T & SIC O R D , Proprietors,
Baker City, Oregon.
ire P roprietors respectfully
inform tnu Public that they havo pur-
enased the Baker City Hotel, and have fitted
itupas a First Class Hotel, where they will be
found at all times ready to attend to the
wants of.the
H u n g r y a m i W eary,'
In a manner that will give satisfaction.
The Table will be supplied with the best the
Buggies or Wagons
On short notice, and we can say we have the
Very Best of Workmen in our employ.
Every one wanting a Buggy or Wagon will
save time and money by giving us a call and
examining our work for themselves.
H
o r s e =
Special attention is paid to Horse Shoeing.
All repair work done on short notice. We
are thankful for past Patronage, and still
solicit a continuance.
GAINES & BOATMAN.
Baker City, March 11, 1874.-n44tf
MARKET WILL AFFORD.
B la c k s m i tilin g
Give us a call, and then you can judge of
our ability and capacity to please our custo­
mers.
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CLEMENT & SICORD.
HOTEL RESTAURANT
AND
W AGON
FR A N C
JOSEPH MAN AIDAS, Proprietor,
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
JL the H otelsKestaurant, nex’t door to
the Post Office, formerly kept by Sicord &
W hitcom b, and has fitted the same up in
the best style as a Hotel, on the French
Restaurant Style. He is prepared to ac­
commodate the Public, and iS determined
to give entire satisfaction.
The House is open from five o ’clock in
the m orning until twelve at night, during
which time customers will be supplied
with the best o f everything to be had in
the
M
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Baker City, July 4 ,1874.-n9tf
LIVERY STABLE
m &
espectfully In form tlie Cit-
X aj izens of Baker City and County, and
the Public generally, that they have pur­
chased the.
X a i 'u r e r y
S t a la l©
Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that
they are prepared to furnish customers with
the best of
I
Head o f Main Street,
B A K E R
UVERYSTABLE
GEIER & K ELLOGG
Having completed ¿heir New Stable,
have now the finest and best regulated
L iv e r y Stable
STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Baker City, Nov. 13, 18Y2. nlStf
OREGON.
3? 1 o w s
Manufactured to order.
S. B. McCORD.
Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874.n40tf
Buy Y ou r Lumber at the
Old, Reliable
E b e l l ’s O ld M ill.
E H A V E R E F IT T E D T H E
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Mill and make the best Lumber in
the county, at prices to suit the times.
Any bills left at our Mill receive as prompt
attention in the future as in the past. We
saw everything from a Lath to the Heaviest
Timbers.
Clear and seasoned Lumber always .on
hand.
Bills left with J. W. Wisdom will receive
immediate attention. By strict attention to
business, we hope to receive our share of
public patronage.
An unlimited amount of Grain taken in
exchange tor Lumber.
ELLIOTT & VAN PATTEN.
March 1 1874.-n34tf.
Lumber— New Saw Mill.
c C
ORD BROTH ERS HAVE
their New Saw Mill in complete run-
M
niug order, and it is doing the best of work.
It is located at
^ P o ca h o n ta s,
Where they are prepared to fill all bills for
Lumber at short notice, and at as
R e a s o n a b le P r ic e s
As any other Mill in the county. Orders or
Bills for Lumber can be left at the Black­
smith Shop of 8. B. McCord, in Baker
Gitv, and they will be promptly filled.
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S. B. McCORD,
R. D. McCORD,
J. P. McCORD.
P. S.—All business in connection with the
Mill will be atended to by
R. D. McCORD.
November It, 1873.-n27tf
In E a s t e r n Or e g o n ,
Where they will carry on the Livery Busi­
ness in all its branches.
CITY,
He will dajas good work, at as reasonable
Prices, as any other Shop in the Country.
Single or Double Turn-outs,
Either night or day, with or without drivers,
at the very lowest rates. First eiass Saddle
Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the
best o f care bestowed. We keep nothing bui
the best of Stock and Buggies.
Our stable is at the upper end of Main
Street, Baker City, Oregon..
Come and see us, Everybody, and we will
do our best to please you.
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KILBURN & PERKINS.
February 10, 1874.-n40tf
M A K IN G ,
n A ll tlie V a r io u s B r a n c h e s
carried on by the Undersigned, at their
Shop, at the
c í o
"W a n te d ,
try
e v A A Pounds o f W h ea t
( ) U » G U w at the B edrock D emo ­
Office immediately, fo r which the high­
est Cash price willbe allowed»
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Close up tlie heart’s door,
The fond dream is over !
W hat fate can restore
Faith to the lover?
Henceforward, forever,
Dream again shall he never
Of his love—lost forevc rmore I
Bury the last hope,
Best hope of Earth—
Where its grave shall not ope,
Till the world hath new birth !
Shovel the clods in
The grave, on the coffin
That shall hold it—forevermore I
Shut the halls o f the past,
Look not longingly back
On the loved one who cast
The cloud o ’er thy track [
Gaze not tearfully on her,
Across the dark river
That divides you—forevermore !
Earth hath no sorrow,
Hell hath no pain
‘ For the heart, that no morrow
Can bring love again—
Throbbing despairingly,
Thro’ a world wearily,
That is darkened—forevermore 1
T H E B E D R O C K DEM O CRAT.
p
S A L O O N !
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J o h n F . C h ord ,
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For Medicinal Purposes.
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B A K E R CITY', OREGON.
Carpenter
T
R E ID & F L E T C H E R , Prop’r.
and is prepared to do all kinds of work in
his line of business.
r p HIS HOUSE has been enlarged and re- :
X fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory
Umatilla and Idahcrstage route.
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Pricos
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Stages leave this House for above and be­
low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado,
GEO. J. BOWMAN.
S. A. GAINES.
Gam City and Sparta.
Connected with the Hotel will he found a
GAINES & BOWMAN,
first class'
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P U B L I C
h a n d
kinds of !
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Baker City, Dec. 1, 1872.n30tf
-A -t t o r n e y -a t -L a w ,
on
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
PAINTS and OILS,
W INDOW GLASS,
VARNISHES,
BRUSHES, and
o
Grover & Baler’s S e w Machines.
"W e s t e r n H o t e l .
c o n s t a n t l y
H
IS AGENT FOR
J. M. S H E P H E R D ,
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
e e p s
K a Full Assortment o f all
Goods, consisting in part o f
Mrs. R. C. Shepherd
R A K E R C IT Y , OREGON .
ILL, P R A C T IC E IN ALL COURTS
of the State.
Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. n!7y.
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[Written at the request o f a ‘.‘ Disappoint­
ed Lover” to show “ Ollie” the other side of
the question.]
Done to Order, and at Short Notice by
MRS. L. J. HUSTON.
Baker City, April 18,1874.-n51m6
ANDREW J. LW vIlEXbE,
N O T'A B Y
FOREVERROBE.
ID ress M a k i n g
Collections promptly attended to.
June 18, 1873.nGy
J O S E P H
J. I , WISDOM, Proprietor,
Corner Main street and V alley Avenue
Southwest Side,
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON ,
H m tH O T S T »
Corner o f Main Street and V alley Avenue,
S> (ID B V* IR T
The fact has been noticed by all our read­
ers that there has been a great im prove­
ment made in tlie appearance of the B e d ­
r o c k D e m o c r a t with the com m encem ent
o f the year 1875. We had intended to en­
large our paper, but awing to th i fact o f
the new postage law going into effect by
which we,are com pelled to pay postage in
advance on all our"papers we send out of
the county, and tbe hardness o f the times,
we concluded not to enlarge, but,, instead,
ta.set up the D e m o c r a t 'in smaller type,
thereby giving to our readers as much
reading matter as we could have done, by
enlarging our paper, and we are satisfied
o«r subscribers are as well, if not better
pleased with this arrangement than they
would be to receive a large blanket sheet
with nothing in it. A small paper well
filled is like a small farm well tilled—it is
mure profitable to all parties. During the
year we intend, to continue m aking im ­
provements which will, before the end of
the year, greatly, increase the usefulness
and influence o f the paper. It is now con­
sidered, throughout the State, as the organ
of Eastern Oregon in all matters pertain­
ing to tbe interests o f this section of the
State, and we are determined that it shall
still maintain thaffproud and enviable-po­
sition.
Tîse M ines
shall receive our attention in the future as
in the past. In writing about, or giving
information in relation io the mines of
Eastern Oregon, we intend to give publici­
ty to nothing but what we know to be re­
liable, thereby-making the D e m o c r a t the
medium through which will bs sought cor­
rect information in relation to the mineral
wealth of this portion o f the State. In this
connection we ask our friends to furnish us
the facts in relation to the mines in the
different sections where they reside, and
we will be pleased to give them lo the
public. This will result in great good to
all sections o f our rich , mineral country,
by cdlling the attention o f outside capital
to our vast and rich mines, and cause cap­
italists to seek profitable investment with
us for (heir surplus capital.
Tï»e A g r k a ît a r t îî
facilities o f this portion o f the State will
receive due attention, and from time to
time we will give authentic accounts and
descriptions of our valleys and their pro­
ductions. W hat we publish on these sub­
jects will be as we see and know them to
be, and will be suitable and. desirable to
send to enquiring friends in the Eastern
States who wish to acquire correct inform­
ation in relation to this portion of Oregon.
T lie F o c a l N ew s
o f this section o f the estate shall receive a
large portion o f our attention, and to aid
us in this matter we ask our friends in the
different sections o f the State to keep us
advised o f passing events in their locali­
ties; by doing this they will confer a great
favor on us and largely enable us to make
them a better paper..
G e n e ra l News.
We have made arrangements by which
we receive the làtest news from all por­
tions o f the world in advance of the regu­
lar mails, which we will give to our read­
ers in a short and condensed form, thereby
making it unnecessary for subscribers to
the D e m o c r a t to subscribe for Eastern
papers to procure the general news o f the
day. In fact we intend to continue to make
the D e m o c r a t a welcome weekly visitor
to the fireside o f our farmers, miners and
business men, who now so liberally patro­
nize the paper. In polities we intend to
pursue the same course we have hereto­
fore maintained. W e believe that the
principles advocated by the
D e m o c r a tic P a r t y
are best adapted to the wants o f oui peo­
ple, and the welfare and prosperity o f our
county. We will continue to condemn
fraud and corruption in whatever form re­
place we may find them, and the more ef­
fectually to enable us to do this we ask
the aid and support o f all good and honest
men. For the aid and patronage they be­
stow upon the D e m o c r a t , we will, to the
best o f our ability , return them the full
value. Our subscription list is now large
and constantly increasing, far which ive
thank our friends, and hope they will con­
tinue to aid us in extending the circulation
o f tbe paper, thereby enabling us to do
more good in our endeavors to benefit the
people both at home and abroad.
A lth o u g h we b a v e to pay p ostage upon
our p ap er in advance, we h a v e not ch ang­
ed our subscription p rice . Subscribe for
the D emocrat for your own reading and
also »end a copy to your friends— th e y will
NO. 41.
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Each adflit
One square ffilwe
Business Advertise*»-. -
Quarter column.
Half column, ............................ - • -
One column,..................................... • •
Ten per cent, additional on advertisements
to which a special position is guaranteed.
trr*Tho space of one Inch, up and down
the column, constitutes a square.
N. B.—All debts due this office arepayable
in Coin, unless otherwise expressly agreed.
gain mors information from it in relation
to Oregon than they possibly can from
any other source, and they will thank you
for your thoughtfulness o f them.
To those who have paid regularly for
their paper we return our thanks with our
best wishes, but to.tbose who have not did
so we have no thanks to give—and think
we would be better off without their names
being on our list than with them, if we are
to judge the future by the past.
tee it was proposed to begin anew the work
of reconstruction, with a view to remanding
the South to a military rule. Here occur?,
however, the first hitch in the programme.
The report of the sub-committee sent to
Louisiana is not what was expected of
them. It exposes the rottenness of the Kel­
logg usurpation, tho illegality of the Re­
turning Board, and the frauds committed
by it. The Alabama Committee will submit
two reports. The majority report will be as
D isfra a eiiisia s; F ou r States.
partisan as even Attorney-General Williams
The Washington correspondent o f the N. could wish. Tho Mississippi committee has
Y . Sun o f Jan. 20th . says, now that the not yet returned. The intention was, and
plot against the South and against the lib­ still is, to reconstruct these three States so
erties of the American people has been as to hold them by tbe bayonet in the next
fully developed, It may be well to enquire Presidential election. I f the preliminary
when and by whom it was originated. It
movements are successful, Arkansas will be
may be clearly traced back to a date ante­
rior to the October elections, when the included, and a reign of terror inaugurated
slander m ill was running up to its full ca­ throughout tbe South.
B a y o n e ts a n d F r a u d .
pacity o f manufactured outrage dispateb-
But bayonets are not alone to bo used to
05, and a Grant newspaper, which proved
short lived, was established in New Y'ork control the South in the interest of Grant.
to print them.
Early in the present session bills were in­
Attorney-General W illiam s, through his troduced in tbe House by White of Alabama
emissaries in the South, led off in this ne­ and Wliiteley of Georgia, to legalize repeat­
farious scheme for maintaining the su­
ing and to place the absolute control of
premacy oftne Radical party and securing
Grant a third term. I f other means failed elections in the Southern States in the hands
it was determined to place the South once of the creatures of Landulet Williams. Un­
more under bayonet rule. Early in Octo­ der White’s bill, the voter is permitted to
ber,'1874, the W atchm an, a weekly news­ vote anywhere in the Congressional district.
paper, printed it M obile, and edited- by a A negro from Wilcox may vote in Mobile, or
colored man named Philip Joseph, advo­ one from Pike may vote in Montgomery.
cated increasing the powers o f the Presi­ He proposes a Federal, supervision of tha
dent, the proclaiming of
votes. His Supervisors are to receive and
M a r tia l Daw in tiie S o u iii.
count tho votes, aud make a return of tha
and the establishment of drum-head election. In other words, tho whole ma­
courts martial. This service the President
chinery of elections is to bo taken out of
rewarded a short time ago by tlie nom ina­
tion, at the''request o f Joseph, o f L. W. the bands of tho States and placed in tlia'
Parsons to the'Judgeship vacated by Bus- hand's of managers to be appointed from
teed. In so doing he ignored the whole Washington. Whiteloy’s bill1 is. of similar
Alabama Delegation, even to Spencer, his tenor, though less skillfully drawn, aud Is
willing too!, and Judge W hite, who now to apply only to tho Southern States. An
aims to lead the carpet-baggers in the attempt was made to secure action by tha
House, but who having failed to secure Judicial Committee on these hills during
his re-election wanted the place himself.—
the absence of Mr. Potter in New Orleans,
The President had been greatly perplexed
but it failed. They.are now in tho hands of
over this appointment, but when Philip
Joseph came to Washington with a peti­ Gen. Butler, who has been authorized to re­
tion signed by negro Itu Klux, and de­ port them, and they are likely to be adopt­
manded the appointment o f Parsons, as a ed as party measures and passed.
man ‘‘ upon whom the colored people
The Civil Rights bill is another carpat-
could depend,” it was made forthwith.
bag weapon. No one pretends to say that
The slander m ill outrages having failed either the original or the emasculated bill
of their effect in the North, and the carpet­ can give to the negro any rights he does not
baggers finding when Congress assembled
now possess. But tho chief and only value
that they were rather.'looked down upon
of the Civil Rights till, in the estimation of
and despised by respectable Republicans,
recognized that a/1 was lost unless they its advocates and supporters, is that it may
made a desperate move. Having first se­ incite hatred between tho races and serve as
cured as an Organ the National Republi­ a fire-brand in the South.
The Radical loaders in Alabama are so en­
can o f this c ity , a paper which has laid
claim to, serving the President in that ca­ couraged at the turn, of events that they are
pacity, they held a caucus and resolved openly boasting they will have the State nn-
that, unless the Republican-party followed dei martial law inside of thirty days, and
ou t for the next two years Attorney-Gener­ that they then intend shooting the Demo­
al W illiam s’ policy toward the South,they cratic leaders and turning all Democrats out
would leave the Southern States to take
of office.
Grant’s message on Louisiana
care o f themselves, and that would bo the
will
give
the
carpet-baggers further en­
end o f republicanism down there, at least.
Most people.regarded this as mere idle va­ couragement. I ; clearly indicates that there
poring on the part o f a Lot o f adventurers, is to be no letting up on this third term nor
who saw place and power slipping from upon the south.
them, and were ready to resort to desper­
ate means to retain them. Democrats
J ournalism .—A news papor, as a general
laughed, while conservative Republicans thing, is a good criterion by which to judge
regarded their proceedings with silent con­ of a community. Yflien you pick up a news
tempt. But the carpet-baggers meant bus­ paper and see it well filled with business ad­
iness, as has been proved by recent devel­
opments. They have arrayed on their side vertisements and sprightly articles, you
tbe President, with.the army and navy at may be sure the locality in which it is pub­
bis back, and the revenues oftlie courftry lished is a live business place and is in a
at his-com m and. They control, through growing and prosperous condition. A newB-
Attorney-General W illiam s, the United paper is also, as a general thing, a criterion
States courts, they have the eastern hous­ of tho moral standing of a community. But
es and the post offices of the South ; and, we are sorry to say that in some instances,
finally, with the aid o f Senators Morton, if a community was to be judged by the
Conkling, Sargent, and others, they have newspaper published in their midst the
fully committed the Republican party to
judgement of the public would be against
their policy of
them. We know this to be the case in rela­
P ro scrip tio n , O p p ression , a m i H ate.
tion to Boise, Idaho and Silver cities, tho
The Southern States have 108 Congress­
people of which are a3 moral and well be-
men in the two Houses. Forty-six are Dem­
haved as can be found on the Pacific coast,
ocrats, and the remaining 62 are carpet-ba%
but the papers published at these localities
gers and-scalawags. Of this number per­
do not indicate such a fact. At the present
haps a dozen are honest, fair-minded men;-
time, the World, Statesman and Avalanche
so that fifty carpet-baggers, representing
are a disgrace to decent journalism and cast
only ignorant negroes, actually control the
reproach upon the communities where they
Republicans in Congress, and have commit­
are published. These papers, in tic^BS past,
ted the Republican party to a pernicious pol--
have had considerable to say about the low
icy, which, if it does nothing more, will .re­
and degraded standard of Oregon journal­
vive sectional prejudices, create an antagon­
ism, and in some isolated instances, at tha
ism of races, place a blight on agriculture,
time, their strictures to some extent, may
and embarrass trade end commerce.
have bees,.well merited, but we must say
Every tbiug has favored this plot from its
that never in our life before have seon news­
inception. When it was decided to consid­
papers degrade themselves as low as the abovo
er the appropriation bills during the recess,
named Idaho papers have lately brought
and the Committee on Appropriations was themselves. Decent people should not per­
authorized to sit for that purpose, it was ex­ mit them to be read by families or children.
pected that the Democratic members would
T iie B e s t M e n .
fail to attend its sessions; and this proved
to be the case. Gov. Swann capae over a
One difficulty with the Democrats Is,
few times from Baltimore, but alone - could that they had been down, so long as to
drive« all their best men to the R e­
accomplish nothing, and the other Demo­ have
publican party.—Sacramento Record.
cratic menfbers of the committee remained
In answer to tho above tho Salem Mer­
at their homes. So the Radicals cooked up cury says: “ ‘Their best men I’ ” God
the appropriation bills to suit their purpos­ save tho mark l Men w ho always desert
es, and when they were introduced on the their friends when trouble com es and their^
Men
first day of the session not a Democratic money and influence is all gone.
member knew anything of their contents. who are seeking for the “ ¡oaves and fish­
Moreover, they have been allowed to pass es” o f public office, without one single
principle o f honesty, integrity or consist­
without senftiny and almost unchallenged.
ency of purpose. Men who are always to
It is already known that the Naval Appro­
be found on the.win.ning side, without ref­
priation bill contains a very convenient fund, erence to their past political record. W o
which Secor Robeson can expend when and have a few of these first-class sons-of-guns,
where he sees fit. I f is reasonable to sup­ in our m ind’s eye no\v. Grant, Butler and
pose that the other bills have been made Logan belong to that class. But the “ best
useful in a similar way, and how useful the m an” of them all is Oregon’s Representa­
country will never know, perhaps, until a tive in the Cabinet—George H. W illiam s.
Democratic Administration authorizes and Once a blatant Democrat, who did cot hes­
carries out a thorough investigation of all itate to preach the most ultra pro-slavery
doctrines, but when tho Democratic party
the departments.
“ was down” and bad no power to give him.
T iie P l o t t o R e - e l e c t G r a n t .
Grant struck the key-note of his third- an office, he was “ driven,” by his love of
plunder, from it. Discarding his pro-sla.
term campaign in those portions of his last
very sentiment, as easily as he did that o f
annual message, written by Attorney-Gen­ his party, he has becom e one o f the most
eral Williams, endorsing the slander-mill bitter, venomous and remorseless perse«
outrages, raising anew the cry of Ku-Klux cutors o f the helpless Southern people.—
and White League,rand recommending the These “ best m en ” lost to tbe Democrats,
appointment of a committee to .investigate invariably turn up as leaders amongst tbs
the South. On the report« of this commit­ Radicals.” '
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