The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899, December 23, 1876, Supplement, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCITY ESTABLISHED FOR TUB DISSEMAT10X OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES, AND TO EARN M DOXEST LITLNG BY TD.E SWEAT OF OCR BROW WHOLE NO. 477. EUGENE CITY, OR., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1876. Ulfh Supplement. $2.50 per year IN ADVANCE. Site 5flfW (City 5uard. CEO. J. BUYS.Pro'p. OCR ONLY BATES OF" ADVERTISING. idrertiaaments inserted u follow. : hit square, 10 line, or Ira, one insertion 3; each glv,equent Insertion 1. Cash required in advance Time advertisers will be charged at the following rate.: Ob. square three month. 16 00 " six month. 8 00 ii one year 12 oo Transient notice, in local column, 20 cenU per line for each insertion. Advertisinu bill, will be rendered quarterly. All lob wo' must be -aid ron on uelitkut. TOSTOFFICE. Offire Hour. -From 7 a. m. to f p. m. Sunday, ft, 1;S0 to 3:30 p. m. Hail arrive, from the south an'I leave. roin(? north 10 a. m. Arrives Irom the north and leaves iroing rath at 1:33 p. m. For Smislaw, Franklin and Long Tim, clomat 0 a.m. on neuuesuay. rururawteruw illo. Camp Creek and Brownsville at 1 r.u. letter, will bo ready for delivery half an hour after I rival of trains. Letter, should be tM hour before mails depart. A. B. s left at the ottico , PATTERSON, P. M. SOCIETIES. Kttgenk Lows No II, A. F. and A. M. Meet, first and third Wednesday, ia each month. SrENrTH BrtTTE Lodoe Tfo. I. O, Meets every Tuesday evening. WlMAWHALA ENCAMPMENT No. 4, The Late State Senate, BT A HEMDER OF THE THIRD ROUSE. SENATOR LEE, Of Benton, is abont 30 years of age, but looks younger; rather over medium size, well built, with regular features, heavy dark hair and side whiskers. To those with whom be is not intimate (and he is ia oo hurry to make acquaintances) be is a study, thouch nis brain power is evident at first sight. In the Senate he talks but little; sometimes moved to adjourn; is industrious and luith ful to his trust, honestly and intelligently representing those be represents. The doc tnrisatrue friend -and genial companion, and, when necessary, a generous foe. He is a Virginia Republican, but never allows bis politics to interfere with his friendship or his public duties. SENATOR C0LV1O, Of Douglas cvunty, is probubly 33 yeurs of age, and rather under size, veighing about 135 pounds. He has a sallow look, a if bis health was not very good. lie was ab sent part of the session on account of bad health. Mr. Colvig ia rather an active mem ber, and frequently addresses the Senate on WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Washington, D. C, Dee. 4, 1876. It is now just 12 o'clock, and as I begin this letter both Houses of Congress ore about being organized. The programme of proceedings in the House of Representatives is pretty generally known, it having been de cided on at the Democratic caucus on Satur day night last. The roll having beon called, Mr. Saylor, of Ohio, will announce the death of Mr. Ksrr, the late speaker (I will state, by the way, that the Speaker's chaii iB draped in mourning commomorativo of Mr. Kerr's death), Mr. Adams, the Clerk, whose duty it is to make that announcement, hav ing begged to be excused. This announce ment having been made, the House will pro ceed at oiwe to elect a Speaker. Mr. Sam uel J. Randall having received the Demo cratic nomination will of course be elected, the Republicans simply by way of compli ment having nominated Mr. Garfield. The selection of Mr. Randall for Speaker givs the liveliest satisfaction, and ia accepted by the defeated candidates and their friends with perfect good feeling. The well-known firmness of Mr. Randal!, his thorough knowl- erln-H of nnrliamnntftrv law. nnil hil snnt.lers THE lMttSIDKXtY. Where Cur F.lertorul Hjnttm l I unity Rii l Inadequate. TheConstltutloual Revision Needed to Secure a sVa!rreunt-A Urest Legal Authority's Views. New York World, Professor Tlieoilore W. Dwight.L. L D., head oi tho Columbia College Law school, lias obtained a reputation throughout the Union as the greatest living American teacher of law. His opinion trpon the prevailing question which has urn? arisen in re gard to the election was after somo preliminary conversation last evenin sought and obtained by a reporter of tuo World as lollows: "First then, as to tho advisability of any change in thepreseut method of choosing President V" "I think there should bo a chnngo, t'ndoubtcdly ?" "What changes aro practiblo ?" "Threo vrayo of clectir.sr tho Presi dent present thomselves : First, by discarding State lines altogether, r.ud allowing tho peoplo to vote eu masse; twn.iM ho nri flection by popular method by in tho present MACHINERY OK KLKCT10NS ?" "I can so no objection to keeping np tho existing electoral machinery tinder tho district system, if desired. In other words, tho people may vote for Electors and have them meet in electoral colleges as now. It is only a chango of method instead of vot ing for Electors by general ticket they voto tor. them by district tick ets. With that modification a large part of fho existing machinery might remain." "Now in respect to tho altered conditions of tho country during tho last hundred years its vast uxpan- terian I'lmrcu. Chas. HI. Horn, PRACTICAL G Utf SMITH. .DEALER IN GUNS, RIFLES, and materialn. Remirinz done in the neatest style and Warranted. 1. Sewing Machines, Safes, Locks, etc., repaired. Guns loaned and ammunition furnished. Shop on Ninth street, opposite Star Bakery. I). LAKE. Purchasing Agent, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. JEWELIIY ESTABLISMENT. J. S. LUCKEY, SEALER IN Clocks, Watches, Chains, Jewelry, etc. Repairing Promptly Executed, tir All Work Warranted.. J J.S. LUCKEY, POST OFFICE BUILDING. Willamette k Eighth kits.. Eugene City Bonk and Stationery Store, POST OFFICE BUILDING, EUGENE City. I have on hand and am constantly receiving an assortment of the Bent School and Miscellaneous Book, Stationery, Blank Books, Portfolios, Cards, Wallets, Blanks, Portmon nses, etc., etc. A. S. PATTERSON. CALLISOH & 0SBURN ARE OFFERING TO THE PUBLIC SUGARS, TEAL, COFFEE, CANNED GOODS, TOBACCO k CIGAKS, GLASS AND QUEENS WARE, WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, BREAD CAKES AND PIES, And in fact everything usually ke;t in a first class Grocery Store or Bakery, at BED ROCK PRICES for cash or ready pay. Satisfaction guaranteed. Goods delivered to any part of the city free of chary. NEW HARNESS SHOP. CHAS.HADLEYf At Dunn's Old Stand, KEEPS CONSTANTLY OS HASD A GOOD assortment of of Hack, Buggy & Team Harness, Saddles. Whips. Spars, Halters, Collars, Carry Combs tod Brushes And ewythlax osoallv kept la a Brut class Hir ess Shop. Jst pie, aa arueui uesuo 10 suppiy muse wa:ts, together a peculiar aptitude for business, the Major is especially fitted to represent those two important counties, with the vast and growing interests only known to those who reside in their midst. He is a Democrat. SENATOR HEIiRIN, Of Jackson, is a portly man, weighing over 200 pounds; but with this there is little ad ipose; has dark hair, with regular foatures and an agreeable countenance. He is a modest man, and appears to be very con scientious. Mr. II. is not talker, but quiet ly looks after the business conQded to bis trust; seldom, if ever, absent at roll-call, al ways knows which side of a question he is on; is a man 01 sound practical seDse. Though a very iudcpendent'man he is a good Democrat. SENATOR GREEN, Of Josephine', like most other sensible men, is quiet, and looks after the interests con fided to him. lie is rather above ordinary height, bat well proportioned; dark hair and pale complexion, but manly in bis general make up. He seldom intrudes speech upon the Senate, and when he does it Is be cause be bas tometbiog to say and be says it and sits down. No one could tell his oc cupation simply by looking at the man. He is a Democrat. I have r.ow given a brief notice of each Senator as he appeared to me from day to day for the greater part of the session. That I have mistaken ages or failed to note some prominent points is very probable indeed, most natural. I have done it for my own amusement, and hope it may cot be distasteful to those of whem I write. That I have fallen far short oi doing justice I am aware, but more space with roa and more time with me might have remedied ttis evil. Let me add this one word,'which is that the late Senate was the most orderly body ever assembled in this State. This is not my judgment alone, ;but the verdict of all who saw it. University Subscriptions. The Timet' Washington special represents Grant as steadily weakening in anticipation of impeachment. Tha town baa been ex cited all d.y about bis interview with Hew itt Republicans abas him roundly as spiritless ingrats who desert tha party that An mV-;,;. tn th- Sit rmvermtT m ! made Dim. Ulaine bis indicated tbat be aai aow orer doe. The pr-pertT has ba accept! a great surprise 10 stort for his friend;, which by and tnraed over to the Stat, and I am in- it is surmised ' a square rejection of the aracttrjl by the pmp? autixTities to procwd 1 p,rt signed ih. Senate in the counting in and cuIVct all sum. a . r j eoospiriey. Other rumors, painful to Re- Attincw-sa-Law. J poblicaaa ara afloat ilia rumor is still current tbat Mr. Fish intends to wiibdraw from the Cabinet. This report grows out of tho foci, that there was quite a spirited discussion in the Cabinet oa Tuesday night last, durioe which Mr. Fish took strong grounds against the action in South Carolina. When the question of fur ther interference by the Federal authority in tbat State came np, Mr. Fish declared tbat be could not sanction any such proceed ingi, and said that be thought it was a great misfortune tbat t ie military had been used to enable one party to obtain possession of the State House in Columbia and keep out the members ol the other party. As part of the rcvealod pngrammo of the House it may be said tbat the investigation of the whiskey ring frauds will be prosecuted with renewed energy. It is known that many persons are ready to come forward nuw an! reveal facts in regard not only to the whitkoy frauds, but the Pacific mail robbe7 that will be perfectly astounding. It is difficult indeed to offer a solution of affairs in Columbia just now. Bo'h Legis latures are in session, in tha State House, Mr. Wallace, the Democratic Hpeaker, in the chair, and Mackay, the Republican j Speaker, occupying the Clerk's dek. Xsmo. Abraham Lincoln's View. The following views expressed by .Mr. Lincoln eleven years ago in re gard as to who counts the Electoral vote we presume will bo taken lor good authority by our Republican friends. In a special message- to the Secate and House, bo said : "To the Honorable the Senate and IInn 01 nopreaeniaiives : 1 be joint resolution en titled 'Joint resolution declaring certain States not entitled to rnpresentation ia the Electoral College' has been siened br the Executive, in deference to the views of Cnn. gri-ss implied in its pasaage and presentation 10 mm. in us own viewi. however tha Houses of Congress, convened nmloe th. twelfth article of the Constitution, have com plete power to exclude from counting all Electoral vote deemed br them tn h. ill. gal; aod it is not competent for the Execu tive to defeat or obstruct that power by a veto, as woeld be the case if bis action were at ail essential in the matter. He .liUim. all right of the Executive to interfere in aov way 10 the canvassing or counting Elwtir.l totes, and also disclaims that by signing said reflation, be has expressed any opoimoo on the recitals of the resolution. Abiahah LDfroL." Executive Mansion, February 8, 1865. Ramor nrs that Hon. J. fi. P.im ..t Rentoo county, ia to sn-t Snn.pintl-i eot Watkins in the charge of the peniten tiary. r .0D r. "1 have said that it should in my opinion, 00 cnangea. There ia one advantage winch ought to be nlludei to in connection with it. It add greatly in tho concentration of th vote upon two or thrco candidates, since it is quite impossible to prepare a mil electoral ticket tor a small scat tering vte. Under tho third, or dis. trict plan, which I am inclined to fa vor, thero would be more scattering votes, yet any disadvantage from this source appears to mo as ot little im portance when compared with the great political excitement derived from the workings of the present svs icm wnen parties are closely matcliec and political feeling runs hiirh," 1 lease explain what you mean by T12K UISTKIGT PLAN, And its advantages." "Under tho system of electoral dis tricts, where in each district the peo ple would'vote for their own electors'. 1110 states would no divided instead ol appearing ns units, and where there was anything like equality in the par ty vote of tho State each party would bo likely to have one or more repre sentatives of its own views. It would rcscmblo tho difference between the old mode of electing Congressmen by States nnd the modern one of electing them by districts. It would tend to diminish the intensity of nolitieal ex citement engendered by tho present method." "Could this system be adopted wmi out a lormai AMEMDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION ?" "It is true that it may be adopted as the constitution now stands, it being proved that each state 'shall appoint the Electors in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct.' This would plainly include tho district system, which did, in fact, exist for a considerable time in a number of the states. It however went out of use owing to tho fact that uniformity could not be secured. Those states acquired a great advantage which ap- feared as units in the electoral col eges, whilo others were divided by the district aystera xtu by other causes. If, though, the system were provided for in the constitution, there would, of coarse, be uniformity, and the objection referred to would no longer exist. The substance of the present y stern could be maintained by giving the states the same electo ral representation as now, and by providing for the choice of two EIcc- tors-at-Large, perhafu by the people of each state. "Would the district plan necessa rially iuvolve a coiftldtrablo change .11011, tlio tact that eiglit or 111110 states hold tho majority of tho popu lation, while a minority of tho peoplo in a majority of tho states havo on several occasions eloctdi the 1 resi dent does f.tl this furnish 111010 of an argument for a popular voto or for the district svstem 1 "Tho district system wouhf rather tend to reduco the inequality. It would permit THE MINORITY TO I1B REPRESENTED IN EACH STATE. Tho states, not appearing each as a whole, would not bo so imposing nor so powerful as they aro now; Tho 'cilibritiDi of tho Government is likely to continue if that system ipted than if the present 0110 be id in. It would tend to keep . tho domination ot a few As for tho popular voto, that rrow more and moro dan the country grew more pop 1 better to" preserve the gold to protect both states and the lovernraent, to preserve the active and eilicieut organiza 1 trno popular voto would rerthrow that arrangoment g to a consolidated govern no franlors of tie cpustitu rawing up the articles con bo elootion of President, an t did not havo in mind a dt lon by the people. There h to each stato legislature X to provide its own mothod. jrobably supposed that this iad to variety that somo sould resort to tha appoint Atlleotora ly tho Leg'iBmturo, to appointment by a select 111 iiate body chosen by the Lcgis' 1. others to election hv tho peo N Had this diversity of method . vailed, thero would liavo boen great advantages in it ; but tho pro r . 1 1 . 1 grcss 01 society nas maue a praotica election by tho people an nbsoluto ne cessity, and no statesman would now tbink ot suggesting a method winch did not have that element in it. Tho only question which could occupy Cs tnoughts would bo how to secure an election by the peoplo of tho whole country and at the sumo tuuo to best probably agree upon somo proposi tion which would bo acceptable to Congress and which might bo sub mitted to tho States for adoption, when thero would bo strong reason to think it would bo passed. The com mission could probably succeed bet ter in framing such a plan than Con gress could in tho existing excitement by the ordinary methods of legisla tion. If suoh a suggestion as this should bo adopted tho members of tho coinmitteo should bo men of great candor and intelligence, with a duo sense of their obligation to subordi nate all partisan views to tho perma nent well'aro of the country. It is cer tainly a disgraceful thing that our representative system of Government should now bo endangered, not by any inherent weakness of our cardinal principles, but from mero incapacity on our part to work successfully a delicnto pieco ot political machinery required for tho periodical selection tf our executive." I'KESEitVE THE EQUIMlllUrjM OP GOV' EIINMENT, And tho least objoctional mothod seems to bo the district system. "It should bo added that tho sys tern of election bv districts would ml mit of the State being presented ns a unit in tho case of great emergencies. For example, if any attempt should bo made by the larger States to disturb tho balance ot the Constitution, the voters 111 tho smaller States could fasten upon candidates for electors who would represent the interests of the state, and then in their respective electoral colleges, acting in concert, could represent to the nation and tho world tho general purpose and lecling This would, of course, only happen in extraordinary instances, since party feeling would in general preclude any such feeling. It would be likely only to happen when tho dignity and sate ty of a Stato imperatively required a sacrifice of party sentiment tor tho public welfare." "Concerning frauds in elections and in election returns, would they bo pre vented or controlled under tho dis trict system ?" i hey would bo less likely to exist. Tho opportunities would not bo so great and tho motives not so power ful. Political power would bo moro distributed and frauds could bo more readily detected. Hesides, in framing a new constitutional plan thero would bo room for the adoption of moro effi cient measures against fraud. I he whole subject, instead of being left at ooseends. as now. might bo carefully provided for, or at least sufficient power given to Congress to legialate on the subject." "What preliminary procedure would you recommend ?" "It seems to mo it would be wise to lave a commission appointed by Con gress, ch irged with the duty of fratn- ng a constitutional amendment to meet tho existing exigency. It is A FAVOlUm.E TIME AT PRESENT,' he two Houses being of opposite po litical character. If a plan could be lopted in which they unite, it would nadily win the confidence of the country, which could with difficulty be obtained for any plan which was solely produced by one political par- r air minded and moderate men appointed on such a commission could Interesting Figures. litre aro somo tiguros which think ing mon as well as politicians, and es pecially Radical politicians, will do well to digest : Tho inoreaso of the popular voto of 1872 is in round numbers evjht hundred thousand. Tho inororso in tho Domooratio vote of 187G over that of 1872, in round numbers, is eleven hundred thousand. In othor words, tho sDomociats have polled over a milliou more votes for Tildon, Demo crat, than they polled lor Greeley, Liberal liepublican. . Tho entire inoreaso ot too popular vote nas been gained by tho Democrats and more than a quarter of a million bo sides, which is, of oourso, a loss to tho Ulidical party. Take tho two great States of Pennsylvania and New York. . In tho first nomod the Demo crats cast one- hundred and twenty five thousand more votes than in 1872, and in New York over ninoty thousand more. In theso two Statos, where resido over eight millions of peoplo or ono iourth'of the population of the Nation, tho Dcmoorats havo a majority of over twenty thousand. Take next the States of Ohio and In diana, whioh enn boast a poulation of 4,8 15,000. The voto of these two Statos is almost exactly divided be tweon the two parties. Missouri and Illinois havo a poulation oi 4,200,000, and in 'these Mr. Tildon has a major ity of over G0,000, In the six States namod, with an aggrogato population of 18,000,000, or but a fraction less than half tho entire population, the Democrats havo a majority of 70,000 votes. Missouri is as much a North era State as Illinois, and is porfectly fuir to oonsidor her in such a connec tion. Tho "Solid South" does not figoro in the calculation. It is the solid North thst we are writing about; and take away tho powor of Federal patro nago, and tho desperate valor of ono hundred thousand office-holders fight ing tor poll or broad or butter, and the Democrats would have carriod evory Northern State except Ver mont, Massachusetts, Mictrgan, Iowa, and Kansas. A party with strength so well distributed and to over whelming as this, bo sure, Mossrs. - Radicals, can inaugurate any i'rcsi- dent they elect, remarks tho St. Louis 1 mm. null-Doze. Wo aro being plied with queries about "bull dozing" and tho "buli- dozed" parishes. Wo confess that tho meaning of tho word in its several forms is not as clear as it might be. It is variously applied, and appears to havo ono meaning given to it by tho Democrats, and another by tho Republicans of L uisiana. Tho Ho- lublicans claim that it has been tho - practice of Democrats in Louisiana to cowhido negroes who refused to join their political organizations. Tho blacks aro said to have been giving a "dose" for a "bull." which came to be known as a "bull's dose," whenco tho verb to "bull-dozlo" or "Bull doze. A 'dull dozer was one who used tho argument of the rawhido to in stall political convictions into tho re fractory minds. In its broader mean ing tut applied by tho Republicans, tho word is applied to those parishes in which it is charged that violcnco and intimidation were used against ' tho negroes. This gives us tho "bull dozed parishes. Tho Democrats have taken up the word and aro using it to apply to thoo parishes in which the carK't-baggers are manufacturing outrages preparatory to counting out the honest voto of the people. In this sense a "bull dozer" means a man who if an' elaborate genius for lying atiiHifiding outrages in the in-, terest of the Republican party. Baltimore Gazette. The EnUrpriie says: A young man named Shoat, livir.ir near Needy, in Clackamas county, has brok.n out with smallpox, aa-l ten or filWn persons have been exposed. The exposed persons have been placed in j quarantine.