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VOL. 26. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1876.
NO. 12
WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN
TELEGRAPHIC.
,
Very Latest Nows Eepoits.
I.urullment ulliiri Inn at Stuinliiii; lloi-k.
Bismauck, Sept. 11. 'I'lio complete en
rollment of Indians at Standing Rock
shows only 450 lodges and a total of not
over 4,000 IndlaiiB. Rations havo licreto
foro been Issued on a hauls ot 7,000, from
which It would appear that nearly 3,000
are abpeut or else a largo amount ol steal
ing has been done. 1 milium are known to
have returned from the hostilos, hut go
stealthily they could not be caught and
tho attempt to disarm the hostile has
therefore proved ahortlve. Grass, chief of
the lilauktect, wan arrostod Snuday for
harboring and supplying hostilcs. The
Indians threatened to rescue him, hut the
garrison was too well prparod to resist,
and so the attempt was not made.
Niimliinled lor iiKi rNN.
IlAiiTFOui), Ct,, Sept. It. The Repub
lican convention to-day iiiianitnoiHly nom
inated by acclamation General Joseph
Hawley ior Congress from the first dish-let.
rowl Ht tlie 4'eiitvHiilnl.
Philadelphia, Sept. 1 L Massaclm
setts day at the Centennial and the attend
ance promises to he tho largest oluny since
the opening. The grounds at an early
nour wore crowded with the delegation
from tho ISay State. The State building
was tho scene of busy life. Scores ot visit
ors are thronging tho rooms and pausing
in and out in never ending numbers.
Governor Rice w'lh his shift" held his re
ception In tho building at one to continue
to three f. m. There was no other pro
ceeding ol formal character to add to the
interest of the occasion, l'ror. Widdowcs
ot tho Chlneso and the first brigade ployed
a grand duet. j
liurrli tnrnwl Itilti n Muieiim. I
liosTo.v, Sept. 15. The sale of Old
South Church for $400,0(10 was perfect-!
ed to-day. The building is to be used
as an historical museum.
Tire.
Kaki.vui-iki.I), Mass., Sept. ,-.--Watson
A Chamberlains' brick paper
mill at Londonville, Northampton,
wan. burned by an incendiary early
this morning. Lohh, $5i,0O0; insured.
IMrfLMnlie I'rwwdiurn lu n liurch.
New Yokk, Kopt., 15. Forty-live
girls and young men, together with
Hov. Albert Mlelensky, pastor of the
Polish Catholic Church, were arrested
and taken to the elation IhhI night for
holding a dance In the hall of the
liurch. The pluejhns became so o
torlmiH mm m ritrfaancle to the neighbor
hood that an abatement had been or
dered that morning. All tho prison
ers except, the minister were released.
I'hII l an lilevntnr.
St. I.oi ik, Sept. 15. Geo. Imarborn
was killed by the fulling of an eleva
tor in P.aum'H boot and shoe house
here this afternoon, and two other per
sons were budly hurt.
PACIFIC COAST.
hiileKle.
.AS Ki;.vis-o, Sept. II. -At Oakland
a carpenter, mime unknown, jumped over
hoard oil' the steamer Alameda, between
the ferry slip on the San I'lanclseo side
and Goat Island at noon to-day. Moats
were lowured and an unsiiccessliil sear.-h
made for the man. A bystander states
tint it was a clear case of suicide.
Jiitttlce Murk ANpMd H5 Kr Miwi'f.
The manager of Justice have levied an
assessment ot f 5 per share ou their capi
tal stock. They allege they have only
done this to pay ofl the if.KHl.OOO nlebted
ness tlmt occurred under the former man
agement. This once done, the mines,
they claim, will bo on such a profitable
basis that will pay dividends within a
mouth alterwardfl.
J on l ( nne.
ThetrialoftheJosteu.se continued to
day, revenue agent Crane on the stand.
A comparison of the steamer's and distil
lery's books was made, showing discrcp-
iies.ust asat the last trial. It was also
shown that certain private books kept by
Jost at his wholesale liquor hou-e iu this
city, and used in the last trial of hi.s case,
lmvo disappeared: also his liquor 'honks
used In the same trial, which showed that
fhe stamps were used two and three limes
have been scratched and otherwis cumulat
ed, nnd one liquor book of the same
kind, kept by Jot, cannot be found.
I lie I. li k TriiHl.
The new memoers of the Lick trust,
Mastick. Sherman, Plum and Schoeuwald
have held several interviews with the old
trustees in order to hasten a satisfactory
adjustment ol nfl'airs. All the old trustees
sive John Lick, ha vo dignified their readi
ness to resign, and have requested their
attorney, Mr. Fulton, to do ail ho cm to
facilitate their retirement. It is reported
that a telegram was sent to-dav from flu
retiring trusti es in tills city to John Lick,
ol PensylvHuia. requesting tin; latter to'
resign. I flic fails to comply, h-gal step,
may be taken to force him out.
ANNItSHIlllltlOII III H l l'I'IH h j-
KAN FHANclsco, Sept. 15. Jennie:
bonnet, a French girl, was assaHi,mt.v """""l,!,:Ui,s "H.V.
ed about (I o'clock last night at (he! .In the lii-us-els exhibition there is
Sun Migual saloon near the station of l''"'"'-lry "in with tlie inscriptkMi: '-J'lie
the acio u:uc, ou tL,
xoart. Deceased came to the saloon,
wayside j
inti, on Tuesduy evening in company
with another French woman in a hir
ed buggy. On Wednesday a boy em-
ployed at the utable In the city where
the vehicle was obtained, catno to the
station and took the buggy back to
town, Jennie refusing to pay for the
use of it. Later in the name day the
stable keeper hlnriHelf went to Ban
Migual, and told Jennie if she did not
pay hi in $10 he would put a bullet
through her; but lie left without his
money. Last night Jennie had just
gone to bed in a room on the first floor,
and her companion was preparing to
retire when a Knot was fired through a
window, Htnking Jennie in the bri-nst,
producing instant death. During tho
confuHion which ensued, the asHassin
e icaped unnoticed. Officers have been
sent out to work up the case. De
ceased was a well known character
abont town, having for many years been
in the habit of wearing male app irel,
for which she was frequently arrested.
She always- alleged ishe (lid so for its
greater convenience in pursuit of her
occupation, which was catching frogs
tor use hi the city restaurants. She
was about 20 years of age. The name
of the stable keeper, from whom the
team was hired, has not yet been ob
tained. Further particulars concerning the
murder of Jennie lion net, render the
theory possible that the fatal shot may
have been intended for here companion
Blanche Iteunon, who was in the
room with her. The latter had re
cently been living with a Frenchman,
name Deneve, but they had quarreled
and separated a short time ago, Den
eve going to France. A man named
Karnest Gerald was the particular
friend of Deneve, and it seems lie was
under the impression that Jennie
caused the Reps ration between his
friend and Blanche.
Accural n ir to
Blanche's statement, (ierulil made
threats that he would kill Jennie and
herself. She says she knows of no
other enemy of Jennie, and her opin
ion that Gerald had a hand in the trag
edy is strengthened by the fact that he
tool; every occasion to insult her. Jt
1 not certain hut that the 'shot was
intended for Blanche, or for both her
and Jennie. The weapon appears to
have been a shotgun loaded with buck
shot. No arrests yet made.
Tiie Frenchman, (lerald, heretofore
mentioned in connection with the as
sassination of Jennie Bonnet, was ar
rested this evening on suspicion of le
ing concerned in the murder, lie
stoutly avers, his Innocence. There
which in kept as a kind of
appears goiMl'jrroniid tot; the llief lhat.date"M-ei-e cittafly worthy ot the places
if he did not commit the deed, lie
knows who did. He is known to have
rejieatedly threatened her life, and he
Is thought to lie the same person who
shot her some months ago, when she
refused to disclose the name of her
I ass u' la nt.
! 0IMI M ATIO.
Sii.vi;i(nx, Sept. 15, lST'J.
Lihtoi! .Statesman: Is it true as stated
In the report of H'atkinds to the Gover-
ernor, that the aclual cost to tho Stale for
keeping prisoners, is 1.! '., cents per day,
orijU'J 12 per anmiin'r Oris this oncof Wil
liam's figurative statements (or ell'eet?
If it costs hut $10 12 per annum for
each prUoner, is it not reasonable to sup
pose that a large portion ot that ten thou
sand doll irs which the Superintendent
oilers to wsger ou his houes'y and purity,
was reserved for contingencies!1
"As my management as Superintendent
ol the Penitentiary lias always met with
your Kxcclleney's approval." Is it not
strange that the same cordial approval has
not been accorded by an overtaxed people?
Hoes not, this doughty Superintendent
show a remarkable self sacrificing spirit to
waste his youthful cuei-srius. fur a term ol
six years, at one thousand dollars nett
! profit?
Is not tins tlnan-aal statement of "my
m;i ifiirin Vl-ljr iriie."
How does it, come that this remarkable
financial i-.gent of the State prison has re
duced the poor uiifortunntes wages from
4.011 per day. the amount credited to the
State last year, for waiting on the table,
cleaning lanip--,etc, to 50 cents per day?
Has he changed his mind us expressed on
page of his report in 1X72. that a man's
labor inside prison walls was worth as
much as outside 11 properly managed?
Is i, reasonable to conclude that inas
much as wages have been reduced to fifty
cents per day, that the institution has not
Imcu propeity managed?
The people are becoming very tired of
hearing of these sell-sustaiiruiginstitutious
thai require large biennial appropriations
hi foot their bill. Let us have reform.
J HON CIXI.K.
ni.vr iiiniiiHAin ioi.imjk
At Corvnllis will be investigated and
we trust all tho facts in connection
Willi its creation and absorption of
State fuuds be brought to light. That
it is u cross swindle on the people
, meiecuii ue no (iouul.and there re-
mains but one question to settle, viz
: how to Mtop the leak tntd
V '.""", U,-'L'" Stolen. Let Unit
n-in:, .11 jmi I ' 'I 'II I: V"ClllIJ;li.l.i,'
i l...i - .. .. I . . - .i
-V .ais i
ed lltty kilogrammes."
lie weigh-
i.i i i men o-.meaiia.
San Fkanoisco, Sept. 11th, 187G
Ki'iTOH Statksman : In my last letter
concluded Unit part ot the review of
Lafayette G rover's political or public life
which had its lapse from the Tall ot 1800
to tho midsummer ol 1S0I, the time when
he next appeared in the party arena
learn that his Mfrcitnj eilitoi and it is for
a very bad disorder mengenerslly have
recourse to mercury in any form, as G ro
ver well knows has declared it to be
"one of O'Meara 's lies" that Grover re
frained from engaging in political affairs
during the interval I have , lust above
stated. Now, I do not profess to make
history, but when the unbroken and faith
ful records of the incidents nnd events
which I state, bear out the correctness and
fidelity ot my statements it Is beyond the
power of even soadrolta casuist as Grover
or of so awkward a knave as his Mercury's
tool, to successfully deny or controvert
what I set forth. And tUe Democratic
party of Oregon has many excellent and
truthful gentleman still in it to attest the
tru'h o" what 1 have already stated in re
lation to Mr. G i over, and also to wliat 1
shall now proceed to state :
After the refusal of Col. Nesmith's par
tisan associates and supporters, in 1830, to
allow die substitution of Grover in place
ol their greater favorite, as the candidate
to be voted for as I'nited States Senator,
and Xesmith's own declination again to
sacrifice himself in Grover's behalf, La
fayette Grover withdrew altogether lrom
Democratic association and action, and
not until lie, with many others, became of
the opinion in 1804, that McClelland would
be elected President, did he resume his
connection with the party. Succeeding
the general election of 1S0O was that of
1802. The Convention was held in Cor
vallis. Grover had no part or lot in the
preliminary meetings to it, nor was he at
it. His triend of many years standing,
Gen. John i Miller, who had devotedlv
served Grover iu his political aspiration
on every occasion in the past, and who
never hesitated to come to his assistance
in every campaign or eveut in which
Grover was individually concerned, was the
Iiemoorstic candidate forGovernor. Judge
Wait, v,hi had likewi e bei n an omlei it
ing and earnest supporter lor G rover
even against his law associate and bosom
triend. Col. Kelly, in the first State cam
paign of and whose Democracy was
iniliptita.lle, was the candidate lor Repre
sentative in CoiiCTcM. The other canwll.
iissigneU to them, on the ticket. The
candidate for State Printer, A. Noltner.
was publisher of the leading Democratic
paper of the State. Sow, where whs Mr.
Grover In that campaign, and what was
his conduct? Dare the Mercury lie now
maintains answer? Dare Grover himself
:e'l? I will state,andhui;drvidsol Democrats
who were then either astonished and mor
tified or inteased and disgusted with him
for his eourse and w ho then belelved him
to be what Bush had characterized him,
"a sexual mistake," will bear witie?s
that I state only that which is true. It is.
that during the campaign of 1SU2, hi that
time when the souls aud nerve and integ
rity of Democrats, bound to their princi
ples, were so desjierately tried, Lafay
ette Grover refused all inyitations anO
apieals to have him come out in support
of the ticket, to make one public speech In
It.s behalf, to give the enise the sanction of
hi name or identification with it ; and to
the last he persisted in refusing and turn
ing a deal ear to every effort and the per
secution of the Democracy to lend his sup
port to the ticket and the cause.
In the Legislature which sat iu Salem in
the Fall of 1862, there was but one Demo
erat in either House. He was in the lower
branch of that body. There he alone and
courageously upheld and championed the
cause of his party. Lafayette Grover had
not then removed to Portland and was a
resident of Salem, living In ease and en
joying a good social portion. Inside the
Halls ol State where his position, con
ferred by his party, and gallantly main
tained by himself, that solitary Demo
cratic member felt himself prepared and
competent to withstand aud defy the
IKiwers and the bitter hostility ot the hosts
to which hesfood oppsru. " But outside.
in the weary aud lonesome hours he was
ohlig-id to pass away Pom the Assembly
Chamber, as he walked the streets he left
himself to be for his party's sake and his
unflinching devotion to his principles
the object of tho scorn and hate of the
multitude. It was in those hours, so pain
ful to him as a man, so trying to his pa
tience, as the defender of his party's honor
and cause that he needed and yearned lor
the companionship, the sympathy, the ap
pioval of some one on whom he could rely,
iu whom he might confide. Above any
other in Slein it devolved upon Lafayette
Grover to tender him tills sympathy, to,
invito him to such companionship, to
assure him of that confidence, and gener
ally to encourage and sustain him in his
most unequalled political position. But.
instead ol doing anything ot the kind.
Lafayette Grover studiou-ly avoided that
sole Deiiiiiualic member and spurned
rather than sympathized with him. Ilej
tillered him only that savage hospitality !
which he bespoke .fudge Nelson-'-1
iH-ltlier shelter nor toi, nor iieeniiiuiii 1 i
I im.ii. jn.ii w.is iiih welcome wiueii i
that IK nwciMlie Kepres-Mitalivn met at i
j ijiiuci nanus; me only notice be i e- -
: ccivcii iioni mm ior i; rover s association
tlna were entirely with those w lio be
tonu'Utl to rile rlominnnf nni..,.
l rom 18t!2 until IHiU Hiur ivae nn .tin.
tiou campaign hi Oregon. Meanwhile Mr. J
Grover removed to Portland. In the pre
liminary movements of the State campaign
ho not only did not participate, but he
refused absolutely to hear part or lend the
use ot his name, lie withheld entirely
from association with the Democracy, lie
had no idea that the cause could succeed.
Aeeonllngly he had nothing whatever to
uowiinme fttatc ixiuveutioii, winch met
at Albany, nor did he appear on ,the
stump or at any public meeting of the
ucmocracy during that campaign, although
so unexceptionable a Democrat as Col.
Kelly was the candidate lor Representa
tive in Congees.
But after the State campaign had ter
minated in it Democratic defeat, there
came such word ol encouragement from
the East from the Democratic managers as
to Inspire their party brethren on this
coast in Oregon, at any rate with the
nope or Delict that the election of the
Democratic candidates for President aud
v ice President would be elected. Grover
sniffed the hopeful breeze of victory and
it aroused him Iroru hi, four years of
lethargy. With his accustomed audacitv
and selfishness when ever he moves In Ins
own behalf, he at once proceeded to
place himself in the very front rank,
though to do so he knew he crowded those
who rightfully but with becoming mod
esty, held the place by 'popular ap
proval and their own ju;t merits. In
Portland, Judge Stout had organized
an active Democratic Club. Grover
had not participated in the steps to its
organization, but had on the contra
ry, held aloof from it. When lie became
convinced that a Leiiioeratic victory was
more than probable, however, he imme
diately set the machinery In motion to se
cure to himself the coveted leadership held
by Judge Stout, his former victorious rival
in the campaign of 1850. With charac
teristic magnanimity and thoughtful solely
ot his party's success in order to plac
Grover where he would not refuse to aid
in the cause. Judge Stout withdrew lrom
the leadership to which he was entitled
and helped to elect Grover the President
ot the Club, and that was the first and only
open connection which Lafayette Grover
naa witn ttie Democratic party In (Jregon
from the November election ot 1S00 until
the Presidential campaign of the stated
year, iWi.
In the fall of the same year Messrs. Ca
ton and Curl, then law partners and active
Democrats in Salem, arranged for a Dem
ocratic meeting in Dallas, Polk county.
l ney, ami one or two local speakers were
announced to address the meeting. But
on the appointed day Grover. uninvited
and unexpected, appeared, mounted the
stano, and bore away the honors Iroui un
der tb very no-es, as one might say, of
tiie wen who had prepared the party ban
quet It is his "winning way," a way he
lias never failed or omitted to nraelice to
obtain for himself the lion's share of the
Eiwrs orispoils of political maneuvers or
conrl'sfs, regardless of every impulse ot
gratitude, devoid of the sense of magnan
imity toward his fellow laborers in the
cause, aud unmindful of every sentiment
which graces, lionors.uiEinnes or ennobles.
I'.LCAI'ITfLATIOS'.
And inw. to sum up the catalogue of
Grover's political shortcomings and trans
gressions of his party crookedness and in-
n'teiity; airJ ot his partisan and individ
ual weanesse-', mea-mess, tergiversation,
treachery and utter selfishness, as I have
in these letters related the record, the sum
and substance ot all which Grover's Mer
cury dispenser characterizes as '-O'Mea-ra's
lies," result in the following truths,
to-wit:
Grover's early and shameful act ot in
gratitude to his lienefactor, Judge Nelson.
His ingratitude aud selfistmess in his
conduct toward Mr. Bush in the campaign
ot 185S.
His tergiversation and subsequent un
Democratic and ungenerous course to
wards Judge Stout as the Democratic- can
didate In the campaign ot ISj'J.
His atrocious betrayal and infamous
slander ol Delazon Smith in the Senatorial
contest ot 185!). aud his anti-Democratic
aud perfidious conduct in the campaign
as against General Lane and his party in
Salem, at Champoeg and in Yamhill.
His ingratitude, perfidy and duplicity
toward Col. Nrsuiith, iu the Senatorial
candidacy of 1S59.
Ills Insubordination and sefishness in
refusing to support the Democratic candi
date in 1850 unless he was hiiuselt first
elected to the United States Senate by the
Democrats in the legislature, of June that
year; and his attempted treason toward
his party at that session iu scheming to
have himself elected by the Republicans.
His causeless and censurable efforts,
after the campaign of 1853 had closed, lo
divide the D.-imicia'.ic party, by his speech
at Dallas in August of that year, and in
other ways.
His .disorganizing and baneful autl
Detuo.Tatie conduct in thii State campaign
of l.SOO; his refusal to speak in aid ot the
success ol the Democratic nominee for
Congress that year; aud his subsequent
leadership of the faction which seceded
from the Democratic State Convention
that met in September at Kngene City
by which the party was divided and ca t
into defeat: the election ot Coi. Sliiel as
Represeutative ignored by tfi3 Grover fac
t oi; anil tl. laide'a-y aud pretended
election tif Judge Tyner waseffected.
His latlure and persistant refusal, dur
ing the period from t lie Presidential elec
tion of ISiH) to the FresidvMith campaign,
to iierfotm his duties and ob-erve his ohlil
gaiionsna Dcmoc a hv his declination
i .i.. i-.... tt ..." .
. I.. tmi v.m,r, ;.o canvass ior or
publicly avow liiinsell in support of (he
! Democr tic eauili lati s. or in any way to
i prove us ainnuy Willi the party or hi
li.ieii'v I) its principles.
I'lu're -tan ls the cat.-il
with its
..lanv nl
grave i-biii-res and i ilhu-
li.m-, eviiy one tx which is true and .-us-
-eiitihle f proof, by the te-riino'iy of hun
dreds of Bound dud substantial Democrats
shaken d votion and unfaltering zeal for
""'"i". were oatiung with un
the Democratic cau-e through ail the dark
and desperate period in the life ot the old
psrty, whilst Lafayette Grover, who had
enjoyed its richest prizes and ,Us highest
honors in its days of sunshine and success,
was either conspiring with the disaffected
faction lo divide ami defeat it unless lie
and they should be allowed to control it.
or skulking away froni the field of contest,
or plotting with its foes to destroy it. The
catalogue contains no lie, ot O'Meara's.
or of any other person's. It is all true, In
general statement and in its detailed par
ticulars, and all the drenching or dosing
that the Governor's Mercury quack may
administer cannot make tiie contrary ap
pear. And only those engage in -'lies"
who assert that what I have stated is not
true. James O'Meara.
flt'EVriOXtt TO XOKIIILIt
von us
Ed. Statesman: If a "United South"
gives Tiideu 133 electoral voles and 52
Northern votes completes his election,
which power will expect to cnitrol his ad
ministration, the 52 or 133; the less
than one-third or the more tlnn two
thirds ?
If in 1S53 the Democratic party elected
fhe rich old bachelor, Buchanan, President,
and run his administration, will they d
less than run Mr. Tildcn, if they elect
him in 17! ?
If Harrison and Taylor and Lincoln
found the atmosphere of the White House
unhealthy for them, when the South had
no particular claim on them, how long
yvould Mr. Tilden live to run an adminis
tration on 52 Northern votes ?
At what age would Mr. Heinh u-k's die
if he refused to run his administration In
the service of the 133 votes?
133 votes is nearly three-quarters of the
Democratic strength and on the Jackson
ian dogma, "that to the victors belong the
spoils," the South would be entitled to
nearly three-fourths of the Cabinet: ot the
foreign ministers and consuls; of the U. S.
Judges, district attorneys and marshals;
and the arinvninl nnw wonnl nm nam! m
be over-hauled: and the revenuecollectors;
woum tnree-iourtlis ol these appointees be
Northern or Soiifbpi-n immv iimv
offices would Northern warDemoerats get? I
i oum mere oe any gntta perclia canes
and Brooks in Congress for the benefit of!
the Sumners, Potters and Bnrliiigames of
the North, who might venture to onen 1
their mouths about the barbarisms of
slavery."
IT by means of Ku Klux, White Liners
and other terrorisms all the Southern
States in the last four years have been
cleaned out of Republican, and thev
have found that it was- better to vote tlie
Democratic ticket than to be taken ontVrt
bed at midnhrht and shot: il.v.vn lu.fi, to
their helpless wives and children; how
many Northern S'ates would give Repub
lican majorities at the end of the next
four vears. after Soiifhorn .Imliroc anil
Marshals and Confederate army officers,
and the Jones family and the Knights ot
the Golden Circle had vnt in toll eniirrnl nt
the Northern States?
W ould it do the Northern States any
particular gooti w nave een mil, of Geor
gia earrv nnr. bta Ibroaf ilwf flia AVf ......
J - ' - " ' " W I 1 1 V, ,
the South would make would be within the
government and with the aid of the army
and navy and revenue ot the United
States? Do we want these Northern
States devasted by war. overrun with
tire and sword At tha hAnii? nt W l.Tr,v
and other revengeful ministers of South
ern vengeance for past defeats at North-
ci it iiaiiii.- ij we nam to arm tnose
lOrO-ivPll. hilt, lllltorrriviiln. rhalo f .l.n
n - ........ n. ... i'.u.,i3 v. wj;
South with our weapons, and disarm our-
sciytrs, aim ne uoivn iu tneir leer, to oe
kicked and killed as they please? Would
it be safe v-en with Mr Til.l..,i'c
frail life standing a month or so between
uu uur iiouuir
What, is tbfl mitft. n iili Variku,itt .n,l
Maine? Have they beetf asking themselves
nnr, t H. I, . ,
nujr ui me ituove questions, aiiu answer
ing them as every Northern State ought
to answer, a "united South,'" for they can
see HyArkansasand Alabama what becomes
ot Republicans in Southern States under
the magical conversions of their Ku Klux
and White Liner Democracy.
Proposing to ask more questions occa
sionally, as I see tilings hard to understand.
I am yours truly, etc.
G. W. Lawson.
OROVI K AM II IS .III ItC K Y IUIKIII.
San Fraxoisco, Sept. 12, 1870.
A fiieud at Salem has sent to ine the
Mer. ury ot September (hh, in w hich Is an
editorial to show that O'Meara "is at his
old tricks," and the burden ot the article is
tlmt I have been telling tilings on Grover
which are true. I conless the fact, and as
it is somewhat of an "old tiick" of mine
lo show up avowed hypocrites, consum
mate demagogues and political or other
knaves, by publishing truths to prove that
they are so. I don't see how I could verv
well omit Grover lrom the catalogue, in
asmuch as he is about tlm vvnitnf o,, I
ever knew or read of. I.; rover's Mercury
Bristow I hope no one will think I meant
lo w rite h'ish --remarks that I am so
pressed lor nialeii;.! that 1 have gone
bu-k twenty-five yeais to find some hiiig
to say of Grover, his master, and vvii,.;
collar It-! we irs. D.mbiless he has disc. .y
ered by this tiiii.i that it was not fir u;-,v
dear.h oi materia! i went hick so I'.u, hut.
r.ithor. that to begin at tho b -ginning of
liluirl" 9 imscobas HUli fcV'.l tioill
1 Was 1
obliged to date my series of prools from
ins earnest arrival lu the Territory. ILid
lie pot so bad a r -cord So long ago I would
not have bcci' .,dcd lo show he was so
aged and so imUurm or conspicuous in his
duplicity, hypocrisy nnd corruption. But
I am pretiy well satisfied that, Mercury
man how pitting the employment.' as
Mercury was the patron tt liars and
thieves did not write the editorial, or
that part of it which treats of Grover's em
ployment ol Jud2e Nelson. I think Grover
himself wrote that, lie would not trust
his willing mid obedient but very clumsy
tool to I mine tho language In which that
part of the article was written.. It is Gro
ver all over in its style. It admits enough,
however, to prove the truth of what Col.
Kelly told me of Grover in tho case, and
now that Col. Kelly is himself ou tho
ground to verify the facts as I gave them,
I am quite confident that Grover will no
longer seek to conceal his confession by
diverting tlie reader to immaterial points.
The dirct point charged by me, as I re
ceived it from Col Kelly, was, that Grover
did wait upon his benefactor, Judge Nel
son, and deliver to him the barburoisly
inhospitable message that he would be re
fused shelter, food or accommodations in
that place. How does Grover. through tlie
intestine of tlie Metcury, reply? Why, by
going on to say tint "we believe Mr. Gro
ver was clerk for six months," etc., and
dodges the main and only issue entirely.
It reminds me of his reply to the question
put to him by the Linn county delegation-,
as Bush told it. '11m delegation asked:
"Mr. Grover, did or did not Gen. Lane do
ids Whole lllltV ill d-0'vees', TirntTOr'c
answer was, "such is my opinion, gentle
men.
In this matter ot twisting or wricirliuo-
out of any thing, either by dodging the
question or squarely lying Ids way out, I
might apply this to Grover the caption
line of his Mercury's tool to mvsnlf tVirfot-
ed that he '-is at his old tricks." And
a notable instance of his shamlessnrss lit
the business w as that which occurred in
his vetool the Portland raili-nul Entalifv
bill in Octnlver, 1870. In his veto messasa
to sustain his views, lie proposed to quote
from a decision pronounced by the Su
preme Com t ot the State of New York.
All examination Ot the deuTMsinn. anhas.
queiitly. from the. eery tonne vheiwt Grover
'I'.iiitnd it. nmvnd that tho W..i
adverse to his veto argument and in sup
port ot tne subsidy, and that Grover had
deliberately mutilated mul
and prevented the nnhlUbwl " rnnns-.
if the decision. MV Clrnroi.- ia
by profession, a lawyer, he 'was therefore
aware mat bad he committed the foul net.
Ot Which lie Was. us a nnpnnr
guilt vbclore any court of law. his name
would hsve been stricken from the
roll ot attorneys allowed to practice be
fore the court. As the case stood and so
it yet stands. Grover in tint instance wis
guilty of willfully mutilating the lecords,
of perverting the senso of tho quoted lan
guage. and of wnntonly lying to stioiaiu
bis two preceding base acts. 1 admit
that in SO doilltr he was simi.Tv "a! In a
old tricks" hut. they are not tiie tricks
which reflect Credit Oil thn Individual, or
that should ha found In nnn tvtm ia o
Governor and aspires to become a Senator
of the United States. They are of the or
der of "us o il trick," in thn Delaxnn
Smith slnndei iiiflr ease : in hia
conduct toward General Lane :
and in manifold ntbpr hiat.mroa liAwnrop
anil it is idle to expect tlmt he will ever
cease their practice. And I very much
mistake it the Legislature now in session
will not discover provided the investiga
tion shall be made in earnest that it Is
becuse of hi.s practice of one of
these old tricks of his tlie peoplo
of the State, now find themselves
so grievously swindled in tlie" Canal
and Locks of the Willamette Falls. Had
he, as Governor, been half as careful to
guard the State from wrong or fraud or
loss iu that measure, before lie signed tlie
bill, as he was to discover or to invent a
reason to sustain him in tlie veto ot the
railroad subsidy in Portland, the freight
ers and tanners of the Willamette Valley
would not, at this day be in the sorry pre
dicament in which they find themselves.
But who doe3 not know the motives which
actuated Grover Iu the two cases? He
ascertained that Ben Holiday would not
support him for the Sena le; therefore he
vetoed the subsidy bill. In the Canal and
Lock and Dam swindle he hud the uutler
jhtndiHff it not the actual promise lrom J.
Teal, Goldsmith and the others then prom
inent iu the big job that they would stand
by him in his efforts to attain the Senator
ship. Hence he approved their bill and
in doing so deliberately allowed the State
to be swindled lh n out of the $200,000
in gold, aud now nnr. of the Gtnal and
Locks altosrelher. A lid thus hp SAncHnnprl
and forced upon the people and the tax
payers the measure whicli actually not
only robbed them ot their money, but also
bound them helnless mul fust. 1
clutches of the monopolists- who can now
extort from the wheat growers and freight
ers of every class whatever charge they
please lor transportation. Who will say
that he did not likewise In all tliia ,o,.ull-
sliow that he was "at his old tricks." But
will the Legislature, orhis party, approve
his conduct- and these wicked tricks by
electing him to serve the State in the Sen
ate ot (he United Stats. iJ.vl fm-hbl
James O'Meaua.
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