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One of the first things that the incoming
Legislature should do is to remodel the State
Constitution as far as compensation of public
officer*. The idea that the Governor shoulu
receive but $1,500 a year, when scores oi
mercantile clerks in Portland and Salem re
ceive two-thirds more than that sum, is a dis-
grace to the State. Three thousand dollars
per year is enough, and yet it is little enough.
We will venture to say that the fact of our
Governor only receiving $1,500 a year has
■kept hundreds from emigrating to this Slate ;
it gave outsiders an idea that we were a poor
and groveling people. In like manner we
favor the raising of ail other St ite offi :ers to
a reasonable living rate, say $2,400 per year.
We know that enemies of the Democratic
party will charge us with doing this to help
along the Democratic party and increase the
pay of Democratic office holders. But this
cannot be done. The compensation of no
officer can legally be increased or diminished
during bis term. It will take four years to
amend the State Constitution so as to in
crease the pay of State officers, and by that
time another election will have taken place.
The idea that the Sheriff"s office tn a miniug
Couoty should be worth 8.x or seveu thou
sand dollars a year, while the governor of
the State gets but fiiteeu bundled, cannot
fail to strike the most careless observer as
unjust and ridiculous.
California pays her Governor $7,000 per
year, which is too much ; Oregon pays hers
too little. There is no sense tn this "pen
ury wise and pound foolish” economy, and it
we du not wish to remain behind our sister
Slates forever let us now submit the question
to the people : Shall our State officers receive
adequate compensation for their services and
heavy responsibility?
An Anniversary.
Insulting the Dead.
If ever there was a doubt of the meanness
and narrowuess of soul of the leaders of the
Radical party, the recent occurrence at Ar
ling ton Cemetery has set all such duubts at
rest. In that “god’s Acre” there are some
three hundred Confederate soldiers buried,
and on “Commemoration day” the graves of
these poor fellows have printed placard*,
signed by John A Logan, Chief Engineer ol
that partison machine known as the Grand
Army of the Republic, forbidiug any person
from placing flowers thereon. As this lion’s
sk in stripped from off the braying quadruped
revealed the ass, so this order of “Dirty
Work Ligan” stripn him of all pretensions
to soldierly characteristics and shows him to
be noti ing but a coarse and venal politician,
willing ever to pander to the very har&hest
prejudices of the ignorant and debased of the
bigoted party of which lie is a shining light
In all refined nations and communities,
the grave has been the great leveller of every
earthly distinction. The pauper and the
prince alike are joint heirs to six feet of the
earth’u clay, and a common resurrection
awaits tuein both. The great world with its
panoply of pride and pomp, the joys of the
rich und the surrows of the poor, are alike
forgotten when the clods rattle upon the bier
Beyond it nothing is known. It is indeed
“the last of earth.” and there all friendships
and enmities alike are interred. Lote lin
gers the e, but Hatred is never seen in that
city of the sileut majority.
In his ever memorable speech at the dedi
cation of the S ddier’s burial-ground at Get
tysburg. President Lincoln said “But in a
higher sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot
consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.
The Brave men. living and dead, who strug
led here, have consecrated it above our power
to add or detract.” So spoke the m in who
had more Cause than anv man of this era, to
hate those who fought beneath the Confed
erate banner. But do we find him casting a
stigma upon the Confederate dead ? No, all
tho*e distinctions had been swept away in
death and the Pres dent was not the man to
revive them. When we cons der his moder
ate and elegant language on that occasion,
while the war was still raging with unabated
fury, ln»w cowardly does this behavior of Lo
gan seem by contract. Their Radical pro
fe*siona of reverence for Lincoln’s memory
would seem more genuine if they would imi
tate his impartial and Christian-like example.
The name of Logan w^l henceforth be more
execrated in the South than that of Butler.
This day, fifty five years ago, the battle ol
Waterloo was luugbt, and the pride of Napo
leon forever humbled. The standards that
had waved victorious from the Neva to the
Nile, were driveo in disgrace!ul rout bef re
the legions of the brutal Biucber. Europe,
long drenched with blood ot her noblest sous,
breathed tree again as the word went torn»
that the Corsican was crushed. Mourners
thronged every cottage and pale cripples
A T empest in a T eapot .—Jacksonville
crowded every street. It was time that this wu thrown into excitement last Monday
Carnival of blood, to gratify one man’s ambi by the announcement that Judge Tolman was
tion, should be quieted. The sun at last ruse io town. The cause of his visit was the sub
one day in peace, but the eagle-eyed man ot ject of much conjecture. Some said he had
destiny was now a captive. The sequel is come to commence a $20,000 suit for bastardy
kuown. The modern Alexander, who sighed against Bill Ish, who begot the tusion ticket.
fur worlds to conquer, died an exile aud a It turned out, however, that he just came in
captive ou the barren rock of St. Helena.
to hear the votes counted, for his own satis
His treacherous queen, Marie Louise oi!
faction. 7 It is not true that he voted for Fay
of Reichstadt, spurned him as an adventurer, for Senator. The fact that he employs a Chi
and it was to marry her that be bad divorced narnan named Ben Holladay in his tannery,
Josephine, who loved him so truly aud so probably gave rise to this absurd rumor.
well. Alone he lived the rest of his wretched
D n ’ t agree with H im .—An emaciated
life, alone he died.
But mark the gigantic revenge of time. individual with dyed whiskersand a demoral
The grandson of that very divorced wife to ize I plug hat, interviewed Ben Holladay in
day sits upon the same throne from which Portland the other day. He told the man
Josephine was discarded ; and he is a greater with a cold nose that he had been “bund
ruler than the man of Marengo ever dared to ling” down in Jacksonville, with Old Dowell
be. He has made Frauce the greatest of Eu and Bill Owen, and that he had been badly
ropean nations in sciences, manufactures, stayed with. A gentleman who was present
while be allows no relaxation of her prowess says be looked fool ish, acted sheep-ish, talked
as a warlike nation. The darkest staiu upon gibber ish, and his name was bill ish. Ain’t
Napoleon’s character vim his divorce of Jose that misery enough for one day ?
phine ; the brightest glory ot the whole Bo
A M istake .—When Bill Ish sent to Grant
naparte dynasty is that the son o‘ Hortense county for his hay makers to go to G*me
should resurrect that dyuasty from poverty, Like and Cast fraudulent votes to defeat th
exile and disgrace.
will of the people, he was evidently thinking
A st 'BY with a M oral .—Down in Cali
fornia, during the war, they had a regular
old-fashioned Methodist South camp meeting,
and a seventy-horse power preacher was going
it wide open. After everybody had been up
to the mourner’s bench, he called out, “Are
there any more who are desirous of marching
to glory in the army of the Lord?” Here
an inebriate individual replied : “Rev’n fa
ther, ef you want any more (hie) recruits for
th’army of the (hie) Lord, you’ll have to (hie)
draft'em!" That’s a good deal the way with
the black-and-tan ticket sired by Bill Ish and
dam-ned by Dowell, If they want any more
voters for it, they’ll have to “draft ’em.”
of the old proverb “Make hay while the sun
shines.” But William badly overshot bis
mark when be thought because all flesh i*
grass that he could make hay of Fay and
Klippel. Those corpulent individuals don’t
see it in that light.
O bstetrical .—The rumor that Dr. Hyde
would open a lying inhospital for abandoned
bolters after the 7th prox, needsconfirmation.
This recent abortion on the fusion party has
somewhat d.scouraged him.
A ttention , F< u » l K illers .—The Fool Kill
ers are requested to in^et at the Hall over
the Union Livery Stable on Monday evening
next, nt 7 o’clock, p. m., for the purpose of
organization.
C amhivatb . —We learn that W. K. Ish,
Esq., is a candidate for United States Senator
from the State of G<xne Lake. He feels eon-
fident of being elected, as the Republican are
all in his favor. The party has an over
wbeloitiig majority, and consists of nineteen
■oldiera and a McCormick’s reaper.
G ot E nough .—It is said Owen refused to
•at some broiled chicken the other day be
cause it was a “Dominick.” He Mid it re
minded him too much of the fusion ticket.
Is it Tari ?—That Duwell has got a milk
leg since the election ? '
Charles Dickens-
The Gospel of Railroads,
A ccording to S t . T homas .
This distinguished novelist died at his res
idence at Gudsbill, Lindon, on the 10th iost.,
1. In those days it came to pass that the
from a stroke of paralysis. His age was
fifty eight years. For the last thirty years people of Origon began to be jealous of th*
he has been (in the shape of bis novels and people who dwelt in the land of Kaliphorniu,
hits Christmas stories) a welcome visitor at because they had roads of iron and wagon*
every fireside where the English tongue wa* ihat run thirty miles in an hour. And the
apoken. Geography prescribed no limits to people, which were Waders in the marshes
his sway over the hearts of those who read and therefore called Webplieat, envied the peo
his works, and while the gold diggers of Aus pie of Kaiiphornia
tralia were seeking in their midst for the
2. Then came among them one Benjamin,
original of Wilkins Micawber, Magietri te, surnamed in honor of the holy day on which
the speculating denizens of Boston were cog he was born, and he had been muchly eu
itating as to which of them was meant by d<>wed with the goods of this world.
3. And he was desirous that the Webpheai
the eccentric Jefferson Brick. As a writer
he had no successful in itators.
He wa* should have a road of iron like unto those
emphatically a man of the people ; the aria of Kaliphorna. And he desirel but two
toe racy feared his candor, though they pro things more.
4. He desired first that the people of Ori
fessed to worship his genius. Every novel
in which he attempted to depict the higher gon should build the road of iron for him, and
orders of British society, was a complete fail secondly desired he that the people should
ure—witness “Bleak House” and “Great pay him for riding upon it.
5. And he said unto himself “Am I not
Expectations.” But when he came to speak
of every day men and women, then he show wealthier than was Leland, the soup boiler,
ed himself the great fiction-painter. Not when he began to build his road in Kaiipbor
only did he contrast the virtues of the lowly nia ? Yea verily, and I have more riches
strongly with the vices of the rich, but lie than Charles, the crockery man, had. And
was instrumental in reforming many serious I will obtain a gift of bind from the govern
evils. For instance, there were many case* ment, which is called Unculpsalm, to aid me
where orphun heirs had been sent to board in building the road. And I will impos-
ing schools in the north of Englaud, and iributes and subsidies upon the people oi Ori
there starved and beaten into death or idiocy. gon, to pay me io advance for building the
His “Nicholas Nickleby” was the meun* oi road.”
reforming that abuse, by amending the laws
6. “And I will run the road with a cold
relating to guardians, llis “Sir Mulberry nose ; yea, verily, with a cold nose.”
Hawk” showed English parents the danger
7. For Benjamin was a strange man, and
ous character of many aristocratic men whom when he walked before the world he was a
they admitted to their home circle. Mure straightforward man ; but when he was uo<
ever, his characters were all representative before the world he was “slantindicular.”
8. And he remembered the Saboalh to
men. 'Fake the bluff old one armed sailor in
tu “Duiubey & Son”; is he not as he keep it holy by turning jack from the top ol
himself says, “Ed’ard Cuttie, mariner oi die deck ; und the other six days be turned
England?” See how bis greut manly heart it from the bottom.
9. And he mude unto himself many friend*
bursts with homely grief as he tells Florence
that “Wally is drowued!” Take “Daniel among the tribe of the Summerites und the
Fegottv” in “David Copperfield,” with hi* Gorhamites who love the descendants of Ham.
10. And he said I will spend my wealth to
gentle and holy love fur his fallen niece, or,
Agnes Wickfield, the pure, true English Wu elect unto the council ot Unculpsalm George
man, whose only claim to aristocracy is the the lawyer whose surname is Pnlaxbrake.
nubility of the soul; and Uriah lleep, the
11. For be is the friend of Uly«ses the
cautiug hypocrite, whom we see every day in King, and of Sheridan, the Philistine, and of
lite. Indeed, we Can call up hosts of his Sumner the eunuch, and of Benjamin, with
pen-statutes which stand out in bold distinc the slautindiciilar optic, whose surname is
lion from the characters drawn by other' Butler.
like the bus reliefs ot Thorwaldsen.
12. ANo of Sickles, the adulterer, and ol
And he is gone. Gone to slumber beside Forney, the fornicator, mid of Hoar, the
the great and noblest of earth in the storied whoremonger.
halls of Westminster, this man of humble
13. And Benjamin said to George, the law
birth whose early life was a battle and a s g yer : “Be thou my servant and I will enrich
nal triumph over frowning poverty. Future' thee. Thou sh ill h ive great possessions oi
generations, that shall laugh at Sairy Gamp,, hou-es and lands, and be a ruler among the
shudder nt Bill Sihs and weep over poo nation*”
blind Bertha, shat! learn a lesson from his
14. And George said unto him “I wil
splendid contempt of misfortune.
obey thee to the end.”
llis domestic infelicities are nobody’s busi
C hapter II.
ness, even if Harriet Beecher ¡Stowe does see
1. In those days there was a certa:n mnn
fit to insult decency by unearthing them, a* in Jaxonvil and his name was Jimphav, and
she did those of Byron. The man is dead ; he wns a mighty captain in the hosts of Bed*
therefore perish ins vices, from which none rok.
of us are exempt. His virtues a grateful na
2. And he was of the earth, earthy, which
tiuu shall deiight to perpetuate.
We know caused the hosts of Bedrok to say that be had
him but as the Auou Beu Adhem who ‘*lpved the sand.
his fellow meu.” May the daisy that blooms
3. For the men of Bedrok were of the tribe
over the nameless grave of Little Nell waft ofWebphe.it and were possessed of a peculiar
its fragrance to the sculptured uro where re virtue called Bakbohn.
pose the ashes of one of Albion’s nubiesi
4. And they repudiated Georgell, whose
sons.
surname was Woods, as well as George,
“Breathe for his fleeting soul a passing sigh,
whose surname was Phlaxbrake.
Ob, happier Christian, while thine eye grows dim;
5. And they set up unto themselves a
In all the mansions of the house on high
leader named Grover and depised the pilgrims
Say not that mercy has not one for him f”
and the Palmers, the chiet among which wa-
T. B. M.
Joel.
Ashland, June 15th. 1870.
6. And Jimphav hated Benjamin, because
he would impoverish the people.
C elebration M eeting —The citizens of
7. And it came to pass in those days that
Ashland and vicinity mtt at the Ashland
one Henry, a disciple of Tubal Cain, a w«»r
House on June 15tn, 1870, at 7 p. m., to
ker in metals, wished to be centurion of Jax
take preliminary steps towards appropriately
onvil ; and Jimphav loved him muchly.
celebrating the coming Fourth of July. E.
8. And there was also a man name«)
Emery was called to the Chair and 0. C. Ap
Billowen, oi the tribe of Grundy, and he wa*
piegate was elected Secretary. It was unan
a rival of Henry.
imously decided that we make use of our
9. And he had many friends among the
most zealous efforts to have a rousing old
Ephephrees and the Palidees, but Henry’*
fashioned celebration at the Ashland grove ,
friends were the children of Unculpsalm and
that we have a basket dinner, and that we
of Jirmanee.
extend a general invitation to the people of
10. Then Benjamin sent word to Jimpbuv
the country. Committees were chosen as
and said to him, “Verily I nay unto the.
follows : On General Arrangements—A. D.
there is g"Id in my coffers and wine in m\
Helman, Jacob Wagner, George Patterson.
vaults; and there is fine raiment for the.
On Orator, Reader, Chaplain and Music—C.
even store clothes, if thou will worship me.”
K. Klum, S D. Whitmore, S. J. Downing.
11. And Jimohay answered and said unto
On Toasts—J. M. McCall, 0. C. Apnlegnte, nim, “Ill see thee damned first before I will du
C. K. Klum, T. B. Merry, L. B Applegate. this thing.”
12. Aud he girded up his loins and went
E. Emery, II. M. Thatcher. On Reception
to take cour sei of Silas, the scribe and ol
—S. J. Downing, S. D. Whitmore, S. Booth. Fomshiplee, the chief pedagogue, that be
The Secretary was requested to forward a might overthrow die designs of Benjamin.
(Here endeth the first lesson.)
copy of these proceedings to each of the
papers of the county for publication. Ad
G en . Joseph Lane, “the noblest Ro
journed, sine die.
man of them all,” made a congratulatory
E. EMERY, Chairman,
speech to the Democracy of Douglas on Sat
O. C. A pplegate , Sac’y,
urday afternoon last, at Roseburg.
Hayden and Fay.
I t is a great source of gratification and
congratulation to the Democracy of Jackaon,
that in the recent bitter struggle against Geo.
H. Williams’ corrupt influence and Ben. Hol
laday’s money bags, combined with traitors
in their own ranks and open enemies without,
their Democratic brethren throughout the
State, and in California, watched tbs contest
with earnest sympathy, and from time to time
cheered us with their words of hope. Every
Democratic paper in the State, with one or
two exceptions, have congratulated the gal*
iant Democracy of Jackson upon their recent
glorious victory. In to day’s issue wo re
publish the-e cheering words :
To-d.iy the Press under the management of
the Association of Gentlemen (so called) is
suspended, perhaps forever. Our mission is
ended. We have triumphed over all of our
political enemies. It is but just that in con*
elusion we should say something in merited
praise of the worthy heroes of the Oregon
Democracy. This campaign has been fought
through against the most feaiful odds. Our
veterans have stood by the party colors with
a heroism deserving of the highest admiration
of our people. Perhaps no two men were
ever in any country opposed with such bit
terness as those which head this article. The
combined influence of men and money were
brought to bear against Mr. Hayden in Polk,
and Mr. Fay in Jackson, by Ben Holladay
ano Ge »rge II. Williams, but both these gen-
tlemeu with a courage worthy of emulation
led the gallant Democracy to the charge and
triumphed. With Fay and Stout in the Sen
ate, and Hayden Whitaker and Helm in the
H >use as leaders we need entertain no fears
but that the members of the Oregon Legisla
ture will prove faithful to the confidence en*
trusted to them. Democracy has proven
itself invincible and the names of our gallant
leaders will long be remembered for their
heroic deeds iu the campaign of 1870.— Sa
lem Press.
E lected .—Notwithstanding the strong op
position made bv the Radicals and some Dem
ocrats to lion. Jas. D. Fay in Jackson county,
he has been triumphantly elected over all hie
enemies. Ils will make a live member in
the next State Senate, ns his pr.at record fully
proves. When he was the only Democrat in
<he lower House, he was more than a match
for the Radical crew that invested that body.
— Oregon City Enterprise.
In Jackson County no effort wa« spared to
defeat Fay and the balance of the Legislative
ticket, but the people, with an instinct, truer
rlmn the cunning of some of their would las
leaders, scouted the proffered coalition with
the enemy.— Yreka Union.
Jackson County—Official Vote.
Congress—Jus. 11. Sluter 771 ; Jo. Wilson
520.
Governor—L. F. Grover 793 ; Joel Palmer
490.
Secretary—S. F. Chadwick 785 ; Jas. El
kins 500.
Treasurer—L. Fleischner 782 ; M. Ilirsch
500.
Printer—T. Patterson—786 ; II. R. Kin
caid 500.
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District Attorney—H. K. Hanna 684 ; E.
B. Watson 561.
S ate Senator—J. D. Fay 611 ; A. H. Mar
tin 600.
Representatives—Jackson Rader 663 ; Jos.
Wells 653 ; A. J. Burnett 683; J. C. Camp-
bell 556 -. Orseu Stearns, 558 ; E. II. Green
man 552.
Sheriff—Henry Klippel 635 ; W. A. Owen
573.
C. unty Judge—T. H. B. Shipley 603 ; C.
W. Kahler 593.
Commissioner—John S. Herrin 647 ; Thoe.
Wright 705 ; John Bilger 596 ; W. A. Chil-
ters 502.
Clerk-S. J. Day 614; Max Muller
588.
Treasurer—John Neuber 718 ; G. Karew-
ski 422.
School Sunt.—L. T< Davis 563 ; Wm. M.
Turner 655.
I n P oor H ealth .—Old Granny Dowell,
•«ince the death of his hopeful brat, the Fn.
-ion ticket, has lost his appetite. It is said
oe intends to take another trip to Washing-
ton, to look after her mules and aparejoe.
Having rid the nation of Stanton on his last
trip, she will now turn his attention to wor-
tying Mr. Grant into a coffin. Bully for
Dowell. May her years reach fourscore, and
his Shadow grow never the lees. We aek
pardon for the indiscriminate use of personal
pronouns in connection with his name, but
-ince his seduction by Bill Ish and bis ac
couchement by Dr. Hyde, bis sex baa been
most oonfoundedly mixed.