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Twenty-Four Pages E3t Oregonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 21, 1916 Page Twenty-On A Last Steps in Formation of First Oregon Government (Continued from Page 16.) expect the arrival of any government vessel on the count" seemed so good "a to take part In the association." Convinced of the benefits to be de rived from union Mclaughlin only needed to act upon the Invitation that had been extended by the Oregon Pro visional Government. The way tow ard union had already been paved by action of that body. A flrBt step towards union with the Hudson's Pay Company officials had beon made In June, IS 5, by the elec tion or KranK Krmatinger, manager of the company's store at Oregon City and In official capacity its "Chief Trader" to the office of treasurer of the Provisional Government. This was manifestly Intended to Indicate to McLoughlln and his associates the friendly attitude of the Willamette valley settlers. A second step tow ards union had been made by the (fcanga made In the form of the oath by which the officials elected In June were Inducted Into office. The oath declared an obligation "to support tha organic laws of the provisional government of Oregon, so far as they are consistent with duties as a citi zen of the United States or a subject of Creat Rrltain." This oath was later formally Incorporated Into the new constitution adopted by the peo ple In July, 1845. and thus deprived the Provisional Government of Its for mer national character. In its ori ginal form such provisional govern ment had seemed to be established only until such time as the United States might formally assume juris diction over the Oregon territory und conceded nothing to the sentiments of citlsens of other countries. The changed form of the oath made It possible for the Hudson's Pay officials and other Pritlsh citizens to loyally support the new organisation. TJhc reorganization of the provisional gov ernment on a more carefully worked out constitutional plan and the In corporation Into the body of the con stitution of a land law that had none of the features objectionable to Mc laughlin or the company its contain ed In the first measure enacted In 1HS, paved the way for an offer of un,lon. A better organized govern ment, with executive, legislative and judicial departments carefully dif ferentiated and the functions of each fully prescribed In a written consti tution that had received approval of a large majority of the settlers at an election especially held for the pur pose, seemed more stable and to offer better guarantees of stability and strength to enforce Its decreps than the more loosely constructed govern ment established In 1843. The newly established constitution mav for this reason be considered as a third step In the direction of union. Afterwards came overtures of Jesse Applegate by means of private Interviews and let ter asking If "company will be willing to become parties to articles of com pact by paying taxes." A visit of Mr Lnughlin to Oregon City convinced him of the sincerity of the desire of the better part of the American ele ment to secure the Incorporation of the company In the provisional gov ernment. A formal Invitation sent by a committee of the legislature duly authorized on August 14, 1843, met with a prompt acceptance the next day, August 15 by McLoughlln and Douglas acting for the officers of the Hudson's Hay Company, "to become Turtles to articles of compact." The company's officers did not, howeer, take such action and enter Into such a compact without exact ing certain conditions expressed and implied. Among the expressed con- i ditions of the union stated in the let-' ter accepting the Invitation made by the legislature consent to the union Is bused on the provision that the Hud-1 son's Day Company be called upon to pay taxes only on such sales as may be made to settlers. It is thus stlpu-, luted as a first condition that a spe-' rial concession In taxation shall be i granted. A second condition, de-' manded by Mclaughlin and sanction-1 ed by the legislative Assembly, was 1 that the region north of the Colum-! bla river, which it had been proposed should he divided Into two districts! named lewis and Clark. Rhould bei created as one district with the name ' Vancouver. I Mclaughlin says that the "("ltra party were excessively annoyed at this being called Vancouver District, a point we Insisted on carrying: It ap peared to them a concession of Amer ican rights, and an avowal of the Hrit ish claim to the north bank of the Columbia, but the tide set so stromrlv against them that their opposition was overpowered." A third condition of the union was that all rights of trade enjoyed by the company should be maintained. A fourth implied condition and one recognized by the changed form of the oath required of officers of the government, was In di vesting the organization of all dis- tinctive national character so that It (Continued on Page 22.) DURING THE WESTWARD HO PARADE v s. ji ,- ---sabs. '-i . v t&w.. -; . i I- i : ; I -s - q :t - m MMMMTm Ill I KIM I N I I I, WMaWIIW'llBI.LlMIIIUMLLM.MllliMllUlllllO.-imllt.lMLJla MUMIJllMIUHIllHUIII II. I H e ' 1 r ...iMi.iin-iiinii-ioiin. 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