CALL FOR AM INDEPENDENT sjjjtf
CONVENTION.
Tho Doug tfiH enmity Independent Tax*
Payer* Convention li m u ; assembled this
2^th «lav of February ,H M . and nominated
ft full W s la t i v e and county ticket « u,l
having udjourtied in full harmony, a huge
majority 9! the member» theu assembl« d
and
jMjiiu/od for tho pnrjw'se of
'I'll
liM lr p m iln il O u tlo o k .
lu e success c f the Tt»<lcpen«lent
party ia O regon in the co irin g elee-
.
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tion is every day becom ing tm i e c u
tain.
The eourso of tho I)em oerntic
plain this Hr.rr. You area very con­
sistent man. Davis. On which side
of the Rubicon are you? You are a
very competent sort of a person to
conduct a newspaper, you are. You
would pretend to advocate the inter*
j e sts "of the Grangers, vet support a
j railroad Ring that is making open
postpone any further mitico of the
goose and let him indulgo in his
siptnwking propensities to satiety,
and proceed to notice a few of the
wise sayings of the man of “ Luck
and Happy H oller.” We don’t pre-
‘ .
tend to know who this man is.
.
cohunum.-ution roads so much
like
.
contents. I also told Mr. Davis that the , ! hi s own good.lias been doing everything in his I
power agéhist me in un undermining, sneak- I
j town of Hiiisb-ru was full of sn*h lettor
in g manner, first l»y asking mo to write
and Mr. J. Hi ller of Hillsboro told him the articles fci ti e benefit ofli niself and others,
same, and te prepare himself with the prop- | and then exposing it, (of which I wi'l at
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1 some day explain more fully.) lie liar also
L,r vouchers to
prow the contrary. Ih e , withill
bistfew days, been circulating it
i i matter passed until \ received a letter from j al><mt ti,a£ i was tho author of the article
a Southern man of Missouri of undoubted I j in
In the Oreqoiiutn of tlie 21st March, under
I veracity, ftssertirg that Mr. D. L. Davis had tin1 caption, “ Something about Sneaks,’.’
the production of an old Inend that | be, n iu th)1 lMjt4 ,inny und h;ill deserted and also that I went to the lNi>KrKNi>Ev~
with said article and that you refused
we once knew that we ha\e not the the army and gone into *1 e business of office
to publish it. This rebel deserter has had
war upon tho farmers. You “ in­
heart to indulge i.’. the lmrsh lan­
verv much to say about whisky drinking,
dorse” an Independent move in the guage his letter suggests. If we bushwhacking. 1 then wrote a letter to AY. when applied.to uivself and others, while he
X. l’ ickeril 1 of Clinton Missouri whom I
«•utility while you act as a delegate I only had his hurt Is i."w wo would know to be it l-.anof ululonided veracity win» himself runs a gi> mill under the guise of a
drug store, which was bought with another
from a Hippie primary to nominate make them yearn for 1dm. It cer­ is « huirm.ui of the It -publican Ci ntr.il Cuun- mail’s money, and started with a reform
tain'^ cannot be the humorous l*. M. ty Committee, editor of the Clinton Ad co­ whisky license posted in a conspicuous
Hippie men for office! Bosh. The
at vour town, for it has been but a ca te and for six years Prosecuting attorney place, and who wends his way home Icte ir
tliinnest kind of deceit.
the evening bvthe luminous light of « Lis
own
short time since some of these ring
i
for his district. And as those charges beautiful j-eil ‘ nose; then returning in the
Davis is afraid that tho Itidcpend- j men who are 011 tho call V ere labor­
against Davis had come to light since I morning to his editorial sanctum (comiiuf
er, t party ui the »State v m defeat the ing to get him removed Horn o Ilice.
had left, 1 knew Mr. Pickcrill would h hi/ tl„ Jruii store J and then with his lingers
| ]{j ipplo pat! . That is just what the .
, . ... I dripping with tin- blood of bis countrymen,
il* llis hi; ,0!'-v ^ ; ’ bimunced all posted. Mr. Piekerill wrote me
writes editorials to the Republican party,
. , .. , .
that class. Ami vet ns letter is so
laaependents want. And if the In- c iuiractt.ri.stic L(f that gentleman’s af- letter stating that lie did not want the mat­ h ailing it by the hair of the head, und says
ter made public. I apprised Mr. Davi- to others, ‘ Thou Bolter O, what a ln-auti
dependents cannot carry tho election fable and exuberant style, and gives
of the faets again, ami still urged him to re­ ful specimenthis is to sav “ bolter.” Aow let
then we hope and pray that the Do- such unmistaka leevident-oof a lux­
him go mid write another article on bolters.
fute the charges if not true Here is the
Tours,
uriant
brain
that
almost
any
one
fa­
mocracy will win the victory. This
J. B B in h a m .
miliar with him would say he was its letter:
convention at Albany last wee a, in
recuir.Bo uoitat »a Tuthp» tult-no Mute tiik igu*»ringuttorly the grange element
ot, the following n ,« i
on motion was •im| the disaffected within its ranks
unanimously adopted:
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llrsoiitti, That in the opinion 'f t';is bv putting out an unpopular ticket,
Couveutiou the inter* sts of the j>< -]>1«- >f
wtl nUso a great defection which
Oregon will be b« ttcr substrved by ii.de-
i*eudent political action than by strict ad- wi ¡11 s J opl 'T' or irto the reform mOve-
nereiice iu existing party «'rgniuzatu'n. r.n ’ ment. It is to he expected as a mat­
tffr.t the people of the itv. ral counties of
the State be, and hi reby are, reiiu«‘st» d to ter of course that the H ipploeonven-
•elect delegates to ail Independent Mate
tion will put out a railroad ticket
Convention to be held at Satem on the 1 >th
day of April, a . i >. P Tt, at t«»o el > a a . M.. which will insure the triumph of the
for the purpose of nominating 11 'tate ticket
• to be presented to the voters at the coining Independent party. In fact the course
»lection.
of the Democratic cons cut ion T.as in-
This Convention recommends that in se­
su r </ our success because we did ex­
lecting such delegates, the basis of appor­
tionment lie one d legate for «“Very 2i H1 pect H at they wouM do better for
votes e»st at the election of 1 **7'J for Wilson
own
and Burnett, and one additional delcgat* themselves than to cut their
for a fraction <>f l'*) votes or over. Upon throats. They budded worse than is the ground we stand on.
Wo
this basi** the number of delegates from
they knew. But it takes no very ac- \ prefer Democracy to Hippie Repub
the respective counties will be a« foP<*v *
1 cute mind to penetrate the Hippie licauism.
Total Vote. Ddt
a
Baker...... .............................
D45
millstone. That the Custom house-
Benton.............. . . . . . . . . . j *»■>•»
6
Rr.riULiCAX P rimary F. auce .— T he
11 >11 a lay- otli •elioldcrs-ring will put
«IfackamaM
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C* atsop ............................... .. 3 m )
out a Hippie ticket is a foregone Republican primaries lust Saturday
ÔM1
C “ >oa........................
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conclusion. The leap of that frog were a complete fizzle. At this place
1
Curry
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22H
burelv enough“ straights”
Columbia ..........
220
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is known. Bat that the Democracv . . there were
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1.H54
Douglas ........
r
to
make
a
similar
mistake
l
,rM
f
nt
to
complete
the
delegation,
1
were
gom
«»rant
3
641
Jackson ..............
1,357
?
■ wasnot « p e e le d . So mu-Vi the better i At UilM>oro there wore net enough
Josephine.
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331
2
tor the Iml.eprn.ienU. Now we have for a delegation and they had to elect
Lane..........
1,859
Ci. inton , Mtssortti, Doc. 28, ’73.
.author. Wo do not think so, but
J. B. B imiuam ,
Sir: Yours of Dec
regard it as one of those singular
was rt “l ivi tl some time since uml, nc-
coincidences that we timl sometimes 8th
cortliug to your wish. I proceeded to collect
wlii>n two men look so alike and :dl the reliable information 1 could concern­
write so near alike that no difference ing the previous history of Mr. 1». L. Davis.
ip discoverable. He seems to think It seems that the evi l nee in relation to his
career from boyhood is ¡dmnd.mt, conclusive
that we are hurt because he did not and uncoutradicted. When I received your
disembowel him self f«n the inspec- | letter l went tip into White Oak township,
lion of “ His rovul majesty.’
\\ C | Davis’s old neighborhood. I went to th •
i iufer froIIl tllia t l ’ ,t lie is a* man of best men of all part it s in that towrishipto sueli
men us Squire
P. lilb y , ( opt. Sandy
portentous bowels ns well as brains j Low
A inci-nt Lane at.-i many others of
— another strikin;.' coincidence. But «■mini veracity. Have also sivii many parties
lie is mistaken in opr being; hurt for here ill town who concur in tho statements
Answer to il.»7.
E ditor I ndependent :
It is said that the most untruthful
man will in a given t’ me tell ten false­
hoods to onetruth. Taking this State­
ment as correct, the D ’srrtrr that
professes to run the Hippie organ at
Forest Grove slatinnevidently passed
theliat around to the“ Wapato States­
man” the “ Forest Grove Granger,”
the anxious man from Hillsboro and
others, of the same sort for contri­
butions to bis truthful columns
then clipped from the ban Ueoi falsc-
hoodsaud misrepseutations sufficient
to fill his delectable sheet. Hastily
glancing over it 1 will poi.it to a *e
of liis reckless assertions. To com ­
mence with the inventive genius of
the said editor whose reputation
L r bolting is as wide as the
conti­
nent extending from the South C’ar-
lina swamps to the Pacific Coast,wbo
Cr'ci holds one political faith longer
TELECRAPHIC !
C ity or M exico , March 15.— On the night
of March 7tli u Catholic mob attacked a
Protestant house in Pueblo, smashed the
windows and furniture, destroyed the Bible,
and »tom d the pustor, ltev. Antonio Corral.
C leveland , O. March 20.— The Women
Crusaders visited« number of saloons to-day,
attracting the usual disorderly crowds. The
Mayor, this evening, issued a proclamation
warning citizens to abstain from all assem-
binges calculated to disturb the peace of th®
city under p* nalty of the law. This applies
, to Crusaders, us well as to ethers whe create
sensations.
W ashington , March 23.— A movement is
maturing here to concentrate and organi/.a
strength in Congress and elsewhere, in fa­
vor of Newton Booth for the next President.
Prominent men in labor organizations, say
tln-re can be massed 3,(H)«( societies through­
out the country, in his support.
V ienna . March 22.—Baron Schwarts has
been appointed Austrian Minister at Wash­
ington.
C hicago , Mrach 23. A Washington special
says Mrs. Attorney General Williams is ly­
ing dangerously ill at her residence in that
citv^of nervous disease.
Aden, March 23.—The steamer Calcutta,
with the remains of Dr. Livingston?, has
arrived.
BcsroN, Mar li 21.—The filial result of
tin- ballot for Senator was as followsdlouse
— Hoar *i8, Dawes 61, Curtis 63, Banks 4,
Adams 12, Sanford 16. Senate— Dawes 14,
Curtis 10, Iloar 10, Adams 2; no choice.
OREGON.
A Chinaman and an Indian woman were
joined in wedlock at Corvallis last week.
as given by hisn. ighb jrs. I’roni the mouth
li.ivis’s ynunger brother, :is stated bv him
The! *• is one case of smallpox at Oregon-
fer himself to become disemboweled ' to f the
people here, 1 get the curly history of
City
uml one at Salem.
the sight would bo calamitous to nil him, ( Davis.)
Beef on foot is bringing Sets, perlb at the
beholders. No “ N ,’ yor had better
1>. I P.ivi-; \*a- bom and raised in S mth
Dalles; mutton 3j^, aud polk 7. _ .
keep them where they are. D on’t. Carolina, llis father and relatives were
Ben Simpson »*‘ 1 i ^ >n'c in® duties of
1 olT the leeches that aic suck;ng their , B ob P or a.u’s post office and the You will need them to yearn with. all shiv-holders and of course went for Hu.
Surveyor General of Oregon about the first
South, and in the y« or 1 siil J» J Davis
blood, mocks them continually.
of April.
; W o m a 11 S u lira ge business have’ Tixed’ Keep them so that you «•an have enlisted in a South (’ nolum i- I • 1 regiment
The Democratic aud Rcpubli an nn Independent in the Grove, con­ bowels of compassion f«»r those who under one Caj.t. Clark, ala* served in the
Th«’ amount of lager beer made in Oregon
Votai ........
last year was 24U,iKHI kegs, not quite a keg
Southern cause for about nine month-,
will
sell
you
out
by
and
by.
Anoth­
.'or tho in­ sequently lie is a “ straight” now.
Un motion, the Conventi i'll fuithe r rec­ parties are responsible
l> T Da» is ,.iel another soldier by
il piece for the people.
er very weighty thought in his letter when
oramemled that the peoplle through uit the crease of the Sheriffs’ ,and C’lorks’ fees
tie
mone
of
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and
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sup-
Reports from all parts of Willamette val­
Another mnrtvr. “ Y’ our fellow .”
that we notice is the following: “ And jtose in dis-tust. I i*i* s. an* lie s|.u Hu nts
StateJass.Mubte in their r* «pective pr*t'cinet-
ley,during
the past few days, are to the effect
(■n Satnrduv March 2Sth, and elect *1. le­ for the litigant act, for tho unconsti­
again his old .s/iirUaoun mlviser,a cer­ made bv D. I». Davis’s oiv . brother, who
that tin* greatest activity is to be seen on
gates to assemble in eountv Conventie'll s on tutional increase of salaries of Judges
tain Mr. Porter, has clan ged past­ s.ivs hi* st to d three y*firs in the (.«mf- dt r-
every hand, in agricultural matters.
A JUST REBUKE.
Saturday, April 4, I 'd «•xeept in tho«»
ute armv and is ti *t ashumcil < t i ■. 1 his is
ures
and
doesen’t
run
with
‘
Dow
n
A correspond* lit at Fort Kalamrtth, tinder
of
the
district
courts,
tho
enormous
:*lrc:uly
beell
t.i
rr.i'nti«*» where steps h iv
all that is known of Davis until about t!
date of March 7th, says that it Las been
in llie Sticks any more.’
True. d ise of tin« v :'.r when be t imed up in
kef. to ch os, «(el«-gat»“s for meet:ing ui price paid for public printing, the
s;i"\» ing there without cessation since Feb­
Forest Grove, March ‘27th, 1ST»..
some other time!.ana tlar*i' clod d, leg.it« -
He has too much other running now Illinois as .1 South' rn loyalist win-re h* n |i-
ruary 2->th The snow by actual meusurc-
fat p erou V ics of the l reasuver’s of-
ftccurdmc ti' the above :q»porti« nniei.t. i
j
n
vented
that
In
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’.Ito
h
*
c.e
his
native
State
to run with “ Down in tho Sticks.”
i mint, is afi-et 3* finches deep upon the pa-
me i in Mate Convention te n »minate State* tice, lug road jobs, and unconstitu­ E ditor I ndependent :
¡onaeeount <“f l.'is loyally. N* \t. to H lay
• rude ground. It is very cold also, the ther-
Otti “ers.
*lr. Davis in his review of tlie com­ He runs with the man of ‘ T uck and ! I'.iuntv. M 'l e i * his history is well known
Happy Holler
we don’t mean that ! until tie* d iv h** took his d -parture for Uri - tliun lie thinks it profitable to ad op t mmueter ranging below zero.
Ou m »tion. the Convention adjourned, tional invasion of the School fund,
munication of “ Vitides” which l?c
W - learn says the Jacksonville Times,
there being 7n delegates present, and the tho Military fund and the
’ aughing -Tusie of your town, but his I gon. When he « unie lu re he was very loyal, another, is strength to any political
Swamp
tlu.t sui’li has bel li the loss of stock in Lau-
proceedings marked by complete unanimity
and some others have foolishlv at­ counterpart; one that looks just like ! ext remi ly radical and s* • nu 1 to think the
question. Some of us who have read g< D.s.Yitllcv.that it ist stiiuated that but,one
Land fund, and that outrageous grab
and h i^.u<mv.
tributed to me has made a statement | him, is juT like 1 «ini. He runs the j Republii-an party was vary much indebted
R. M. GURNEY. Chairman.
to him and on many occasions > \pr* -* d a his arguments to show that tbe eou- In ,i 1 eb* i>f i*vi*rv ti n will survive the '- m-
the Swamp Land act. F or these and
,tr. Many persims in this county, whoso
that needs a passing
liotiee. He > Hippie ring and a portion of the ln - 1 willingness to .¡e« I i*jit
¡it an
anodi
•( at th ir hail Is
I
tesi in the Presidential
campaign only wealth was in their cuttle, arc nearly
other corrupt, unwise and unlaw charges me with havingdirected“ the t deiiendents. H* is R s lv o l d f o x a n d i At th* It ! I ml
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Ben •« C ui' ■ ntion of
bankrupteil. .stock of ull kinds will un-
Y o l u m e Second.
ful acts these parties ought to
die. j ...... T
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, . I will run them all if tliev arc not-carc- 1 s 7 ii In i’ !'i -* ’ !>is I luims tu tin* li»»in>v ot was only a struggle between the ins doubli **ily be much higher than it Las been
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course of the I ndependent for the List I . .
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r* |*r* m l.lilig this »'•.rnt> ¡nth State Hi*gi*--
, „ T •* .
«• .1 1 lu l- But the most running he does lutiir**. but in this hr fat!** I, xvliiTriijuin be and the outs will come to tlie con­ fur some time.
J And if the people of t this State should ,
With tins issre begins t*e «econ
o« ! ' h™c w€t’k s* 1 " lsb to 8a.v fur the I is said to be at the saloon at Doruel- bream** verv ivrutli. w**nt lmtiit* acain dis- clusion that a man who is governed
An Bllcnsburg coi respond* ot of *8* Jack-
be so l»!iud to their .........
own ¡ntnrnOj
interests as
suiivilh Scntlwl says: .Salmon fishing .s to*
1 - lh v. rh *.v ( fftli** bandii' - bulti il thi>
volume cf the I ndependent . Since it to support citlii r of them with their j benefit of that distinguished gentle- | ius where lie 1 'econ.es sufficiently
by such notions in his political actions coining quite an extensive business at the
irtv w. :!;• d and vut. d fur the (iratz
came into our posession
we
have present corrupt record we have m is-; man that there is not a word of truth . charged with electrical influence to
t.
atld
ink
Blair
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tiri;
is at home in the amis of the Hipple- mouth ot Rogue River. There were about
r.'ivii-l’i
in it.
Mr.
Davis
is either keep up eoinmutvoa ion with his
d iv funvav 1 was a l>riuo •rat ei
seventeen hundred barrels of salmon shipped
doubleil its circulation in this Coun-
interpreted the spirit of the times
friends on all subj ot» pertaining t tin.* first wah V, .1
1« I v ■ I I - ! 'l.l' l'» Holladay ring, m ither are they sur­ fromtl is place last Fall, and great prep«.*ra­
,
guiltv
of
misrepresentation
or
he
is
tv. W e have been justified in our „ (hey Jo th„ Jescn.e t0 b. sw ill- 1 0
to hang prise l that he, his master, an l the tions are now being made to catch the
the interests of the ring, 1 il'’ ll t I 11i• 11 -• if I
1
.
Mi ; suini,
.Spring run of salmon. J. R. Norcott A Co.
expectations that an independent and j ^ ' ¿ ’ * ' ¿ ¿ ' ¿ 6 independents have ^ r a n t of the facts. Charity m- mean that Mr. Porter that runs the ill tb urtln rii nini t-ba*.
rest of his masters and understrap­ of Sail Francisco, are now employed in put­
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r.
tic
C“invan­
an
il
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<ly
it
th#1<
and
dines me to believe the hutcr. But P. M. utyour town, I mean a certain
t o t e s t course would give us the sup­
tion of is 72 in tins <' • iu ' v h»* ii!* «ni threw pers are endeavoring to corrupt the ting up a Lug«* «“aiming establishment aud
; to do new is to work, l ’ ut men of j
1
port of the working classes. And we unquestionable honesty, good iutel- even then, he is not free from cen- Mr. Porter ti ri d on ’t nr.* with the tii’ll •«-If up im ♦ 1 *> 1 r of llis e*>uiitry and Independent movement in thiscoun- wili employ about fifty u-eu during th
.Nprir« a; cunning ■Jmuu.
“ Down :u the Sticks.” The
man I d r*- trïlvh r.*d !II - : Oi*s t » hi> o >111 j t ry and
l
hope by hard work and a fearless i ligenee and thoroughly temperate, on ! sure, for ignorance is not a suffi -ient
The water in the Upper " ’ “'bunotU* ;s get­
tbit li^cs :n the ‘ ‘ If')ll‘ *r" thinks that tiu* ; >.*nio —ntic Ihn tv in anv c q*a ¡ty’ tli- y ty to their own base purposes. But
excuse for departing from tlie m il-
S*l\Y tit t » ‘Lwe lii. 11. t»ut it «ee ms that th"
advocacy of truth to make the I npe - j
ting wrv low, and b o a t s will nrol-a’ Jy n ■*.
wo
supposed
we
had
so
muddled
the
! our County, State and National tick­
not ce» it in tlx.it light. I much mistake the sentiments of the g t up to Harrisburg very much longer.
i mon courtesies of civilized life. Mr. call that the ten could not explain i ('.tli »eliti' h <b* . * fim
penden t desired by every man woman \
i a i s ;. i -t» 1 un \ ■' »re Independent, honest voters c f -this
;:lin
Tion* li* r;
ets and the victory is ours. And litre
Pendletoiiiaus are raising money to build
1 Davis commenced his
personal at­ it, and therefore Me wore di-animinl- i that
i>, q J
; . dit es w; ta :i fi il il!id w■.“.S g ‘ìllg t >
and child in "Washington county.
hen
a
1« vc ua the Umatilla river. l«st
,]
county
it
they
«lo
not
spew
these
men
1 is a chance for the Grange and the
! at th v t 1 hii n to il '11 oa, un!
»It
W e h ad n o i l i ng to
tacks on m*'1 soon after I returnc 1 to ed. Not
the lii l h wnU r from the uniting >;uowa
The position of an independent
h
*
slemld
Ult.
,
îy
1
it
i
î
r
! Vi! \vh(‘n « i
out of the party before the evening coitus it sh.'.ll ovirlluw their town.
Templars to unite their strength and
my old home and have continued with muddlingthe < • a ! I. All th** mud­ Î1 IV» Il • C i itou i\ O. W ! ' Ve * 1M '[* he
journal is a difficult one. Partisan
of next
June.
dle t ure was about it came from
Mr. William Wells, of BlltU.t Vista, rt.itra
shape the legislation of oureumm«»n-
t t » w‘ •rk itl ^ * *l a"U ;t, and it i '-.ri 1 of tlm 1st dav
+
«jr
them ever since. What have been the plastic hand of < ne of the ten. Well hr- \v -rk*
feeling and prejudice
warp
the
that
tln rc w ill bo a largely inoreai.tal r.cr.- -
ai.J
j
;
j
n
-t
and
da>
night
■
that
Amongst his clipping's from one o age* of
v.cdlth, to make statutory provisions
li >ps grow n this aeaaon in the Wil­
his motives for
thus attacking a
judgement
Criticism of the old p o­
"r «boi t menu tho man in tho “ H .il­ «put «doct: 'in* •nu,' \lit il fi u- days aft. r
“ How ìsìl that iam* tte Valley. This is u growing inter­
give force t*. their
peculiar views.
h
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\
y it v. i s tha t < ri-airi 1. at :r>7 I tin i li.J cumy
î<
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1
1
.
Au
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«
.i-
verv lirici.
stranger who lias In 1 nothing to *1 > l« r but on»? that
litical parties shoots envenomed darts
est iu Urcg-'ii, ami promiseKa profitable r« -
.il. -1 . *U n o ; . is a my *t ry to
\ ! »
Let the outcroppings of personal
our taxes have been increase« f'.'oni fr.rn to ih-'.-e tugag* <1 in it. Mr. Well*
like
him.
The
history
and
tl
Aiid r OW It S. flIlS
with him in any way has excited sur­
11 ry co : ; i ' v ’ P
into the proud flesh of Democrat or
1 hatred and spleen be smotliere 1 for
.... f• *- of “ W ” wa quite • “ut
planatoli
satis fao- t Dit li«' r4;
le a:u )[ ;1er tl«►p in tic* ], litie.il ?I0. lob. IP in 1S71 ,o $ JO,(177.12 in himself has m.- n 1*rofit.«bly engaged iu hop
prise. If I was iu any public posi­
Republican, and he is looking and
v
is
m
i kills' îmoti ♦ r fi* «rt for un
il
lui
tore ti> v«»u and the ] ! ublic but both p n
the common good. Let the i ffice
many culture for bcvi.ru] ye.'.r^ j‘,..’ *
tt ■r givo him a I*s»7o?” How did this man of
tion there would he some
excuse. contained anti-Hipple
voii hai
I
think
ItH.ving to tind whether tho
inde­
*
ti-
sentimi-ntsand
seekers’ .small discord be drowned in
X 4Vp * or h will SI.. S j - p agi in. The aliases learn that the tax is increased
Ilut even then then I would expect a were very distasteful to this cla-s of li: tl*
THE HAWAIIAN IS L A N D ^
pendent paper is not after all a sort
the gran .1 song-triumph of reform.
l*«"'l df 11* io alid U] u U’ ilit. Ouk sav y«>u to $ 50,077. lo when it falls short of
hightoned gentleman to «leal in ar­ men who. wcie political enemies to Si 1 «
r tie y have no u-, f*>r
of underhanded attack on his favor­
“lie t. hi.a
We cannot afford
to
waste
our
, \»t, ! h an« 1 rouu. -t y«'U t<> ke<*p liis statement nearly ^1,000. “ Again
iil
tl.
him
the
nian
about
tl.e
size
of
the
“
il
l-
f^r. tli- 1 *tu nit., when it was an­
gument and not in those bltle per­
ite notions.
strength in petty quarrels when all
ler” mau as well as politiigil enemies him : Vit mv a ;.. \Netlu ne t » 1« t i in go. “ If the per cent, of our taxes is l"*1, nounced itt Honolulu that Prince
sonalities that only slicw r. depraved,
so« »11« r tlu b ttCl ; fn th. l‘"ig. r voli
Whether we have preserved an in­
to ourself. And hence ti.** linai expla­ the
cur power is heeded to eepe v ith en­
î h» ■ vorst* \i»U WlIl b • off: all ì as mills on the dollar, this 1 >. b .1 t j]ie David Kalakanu had been elected
k.*j
or to say the least, a very
narrow nation which was full and complete, ym > h him
dependent course or not our readers
King of the Hawaiian Islands, a mob
t\ ••state 1 fn \o\ir l. tter. it is nothi.ig
emies trained and
confident from
mind. I would suppose that
his for we understand if to explain awav 1U"I than ri ..lit tha the B-pi i1 »1 i■ **iii party rate it was ia LS71, could they have who were not pleased w ith the result,
may judge from the position we have
past victories. We have not much
\our d »unt\ ih 111 know the full history increased tlie revenue S ll,2 1 L 0 o :i in but desired that
G ue<;1i Emma
.
,
it
own manhood and selfrespect wouh
taken and the cause wo
support.
mid all opposition to any of tlie Hijiple *'f
of the m:l ! 1 Wl o rui tleit pu liticai orgau.
to fear from the fiipr>Ie haru-shells, i .
.
. ..
W e have advocated an independent
,
.. . . , i induce him to let a private citizen ring and to take in anything that will an 1 f<>r this rea ni, I have had the fullest 1*71?” The School tax was in 187:5 should be the sovereign, made a
and tho
result of the “ straight 1
1
vote against tho pre .-»cut Judge.
nu 1 fairest inv itigatiou of his case, l ’or raised one mill on the dollar making rush at the Council Hull, bloke ill
Linn..................
M arion . . .
Multnomah
................
Polk.......................................
T lllamook
U m atilla............................
Washington
Wasco
Yamhill . .
2,107
*2 -1(0
3.249
. 1,170
167
. 939
. 8»7
. 9‘M
1,212
11
12
16
6
1
5
4
5
6
! a square tight and no reason for sup- . •»*'“ * ho " eie ,," t ilt “ *0
porting either of tile ol.l fossil p a r-!
it is reported that some will not
ties whoso corruption has condemned Mnr®* In nearly all the other pre-
. them and whose imbecility to throw , « i » * » no nteelmgs were held at all.
it seem s to us that if he
shou ld stif-
i 1 C
r’ l
1 ~
I alone. I have come to t^o conclu-
party in the Nation, denounced mo­
But the most remarkable passage | my own p u t 1 know but 1 itti** about the ui.m
and demolished the furniture and
Democrats in their convention has
nopoly, and the salary grabbers from
1 sion that all I hate read about Soutli- in thntlelter is wl ìcre ho charges that personally, bat h ive known him by i* putu- an increase of i l ,(»00 more school t ix records, badly beat some of the »up*
broken the center of our strongest
as ;• political weither-epck, and what and this and the s l.o in al*o\ve stated
from Grant down, fought the whisky
ern manhood is a myth or that Davis the Douglas Cull * was gotten up by j lion
porters of the new King, attacked
1
!.
ivi
it fit i isasit i
tic o. .1 . ¡ti
opposition, and, if we will, we can
interest from the begiuiug, and have ,
• h a very poor specimen of that class. I ilomagouges living in Portland and /eus of li nvv county of dill' ì ut politics, in ike over i ‘>,0 K). J) • 1 u*t tiiis from the carriage of the committee tha^
! march to the Capital in June.
t it is disputed by il ‘in . and with this i l l . 211 0 »; leaves ^o,(>00.05
over ha«l been dispatched to notify him
advocated the interests of the
Pat­
Sometimes I think that he is so>itua- endorsed a sorehead living in Doug­ an
las county. Poor fellow. What a care­ explanation, von are at liberty to do with it 1S71 «i-»,000- i s «piiie a difference of his election, and tore it in pieces,
rons of Husbandry and demanded
teJ that ho cannot help
himself. ful reader lie must be? Jt was the a^ von sci fit.
k‘ A W ord l o G iaiii;er!iv
lh e authorities called on the “ ariiiv”
| but a man who talks honesty sc much
for them a fair representation in tne
That he is compelled to write what­ | People of Douglas county that en­
—
which consists of eighteen men—
J. K. C li ne .
| we think shoal 1 practice a little cf it to quell tli«' rioters, but a part of the
Such is the heading of a washy ever he is instructed to
halls of legislation.
and gets dorsed the sorehead. But it is re­
N’«>to tint the man.Vill Thomson.r.ffi mil ;is well as preach so much.
troops lmd been tampered with a id
We depend on the farmers
for article in tho Progressionist of this paid fordoin g so. ' It is the only markable that a man of such gi ! i n -
to
in the above letter is a S >ut hern g« title*
tic
brains
and
bowels
would
could
not be relied on. The furv of
take
a
K
c
m
t
ix
.
his
personal
support. Our interest was with them week. Like all of Davis’ stuff it has way I can reconcile
oidi gotten up by demagogues living ! man of v* ra'.ty an l \v is m o .U • 'r in the
the rioters continually incroased,and
in the past and though now engaged no back-bone. It has a point to it, ! flouts at me with the opinion I had mi Portland to patent after, and af­ ' R**bi*l army. Before re ■ i>ing i 1*-tt r freni
tin* King and Cabinet were obliged
Hillsboro March l'Jth,lS71.
in another calling our sympathy is however, aud that point is, the per • formed of what constitute 1 a frjmk, ter conforming to that patera almost i Mr. Piekerill. I a l In -s *l a letter t»M r. Mr. E ditor :
to call on the foreign war vessels in
with them still.
i petuation of tho Hippie ring for courteous, highminded editor, tf my tothe letter to turnaround aud ridi­ i J. K. Clim of I’linton M .. a man whom I
In the Progressionist o f the 12th port for aid. A company of marines
j could e«»r fide in for wh it li • w .»nid s \ . Il**
cule
and
denoir
ee
it
just
t■
>
give
a
The I ndependent is tho best piper which Davis is the gong in this conclusions are correct I pity him.
iii-it. I noticed several queries in re­ was furnished by the Birds 1. ship
little spiee to his eomtnunieation. ! took tl e ji -,ii s o e *t 1:fr the f.i ! -. from relia-
lenedos, and another by the United
in the county. It contains more countv. And lie is a very cheap sort I very much prefer to be in that con -1 ‘ »«- 1
,
, • , .
in t
puliti«*:*!
]>ivtii’ S. gard to t ixes in Washington county,
J
;
4
I . . J
. 1
1 \\ e are charged with t i n c o n s i s t e n c e ! ®’B* m«-» <*f
States men-of-war Tuscarora und
county and local news than our co- of goug too. He writes for the Ring dition which ho in his chaste
lan­ because we said we would support An i Ie r is Mr. « Tin i s let '*r v.Tiii h l will and after careful examination of the Portsmouth. On their appearance
his
J ust guage desribos as a “ headless roos­ thè move. Our mimi is t«»o obtuso also stati i> like tlir* i* etr four others tint 1 finances of tho county we are pre­ the rioters dispersed. Seventy-three
temj>orary at tlie railroad station and for
board.
we do all tlie legal advertising, an look for a moment at the inconsist­ ter” than to he obliged to throwaway to see thè ineonsistcncy. It is trac bramai:
pare 1 to say, that rrery query in were arrested and a number com­
muted for trial. Nobody was killed,
wc
npposcd
tho
wav
thè
cali
was
important kind of news that the ency of this puerile driveler. Sec mv manhood in tho service of a mas­
Olite of P ickfkili . J* Bt *o ror.D,
regard to taxes is false. The writer
but some of the King's adherents
made for it viri nuliy inviti li nien to
Attorneys-A-Latr,
Progressionist docs not get. There­ the blundering Hippie bladder col ter. If however it affords him anv
niav
have
been
intending
to
state
the
i't.iNToN,
H
nry
«'•>..
Mo..
\ov.
T>,
’73.
were
severely beaten. The Hono-
,
. the primaries who are well known to
for© subscribe for the I ni - eieni e . v i . ; lapse. He advises thelndependonts gratification or pleasure to continue be opposed to an independent move
•I. B. B inciii . vm . F,“*q.. Dear S'r: 1 have truth l>:it he failed and the records j lulu (iazette intimates that Emm aeu-
letter of n reeent (Lite. Am well an 1
! to be sr.tisr»ed with a county organi- ■ his flouts, why I should not perhaps only just so far as ...........
to i«isp!;»rc mie or your
Although wc are per- j courage*] he supporters in the out-*
gei* 1 to hear the saint* of voti. I shonH nut w ill show it.
IfiilcpciK leiit l >rin ta rirs .
: zation and to support the Hippie ; interrupt that little pleasure for it two mon m tins C oiiuty. A u d « s- j ]K*rliq>.-> suy Iiuytliing about tliis man D. L. fectly uninterested in the matter so I Break, or at least Housed to restrain^
peciallv did we except to the m d is- Davis. Ifi'liat«*s nn* *uipri'’iu ly i»i>8 I gm*ss
! them. The Legislative Hall was
To-day the Independent primaries State ticket. "What good would i must be little he has in such a state orimi nàte aitar/,-u pou all the olìiuials ! f'"" "..tliing but my r* fu-li to supp.'i-t bini. far as those who have had control of i completely gutted, and it was almost
. *• (u: . . ... . 4 . . i
i*
i
for r« pn s* ìjtiMivc, n<r iinst Col. M ’ I/iin. our county finances are concerned,
W . B o w i . by .
meet. Let good men be chosen to that do? Nothing. It would only >f servitude.
OI tìlis COllllt
Il OSO . frioiuls con sti-
*
f l '
, I \1 I,
. . * \
L4 l i i I was soim ttim
ì f i a t rvis m in nutil \\ ili not having voted for either of
the a “ revolution.” Says the Gazette:
lliero is no use in dissembling the
tute Olle hall o f tlie liulependi nts ot , Tliornt,.n j.-k. il me ni“« ut snppurting a
go to the county convention. We elect men to hold office in the countv
COMMUNICATION.
>od rebel.” Whi n I ask« him what lie men who now compose our county fact that the most intense indigna­
the
County.
But
tlie
Call
was
made
who
would
draw
the
pay
the
law
gives
want men who are known, and re­
and we propose to go into tho
pri­ nn ant. In* told in that Davis’*- bn thn pjv'd c'-iut. And I say further in justice tion was felt and expressed during
tin* Doctor was a bi tter r«*b«*l than he was
sponsible tind who ha**e tlie inter-, them, just as tlie present countv
D ow n in the S ticks .
maries and urge the selection of suit­ and lie had served ill til»“ Confederate arinv. to the court that tli^ expanses of the and since the riot against the noble.
ests of the people at heart. The officials do, and exactly what tho
March 27th 1S7L
able men
for the County. And Then* is no doubt but he work* 1 against county in county matters aside from b»dy who was the rival candidate for
man who shall be ubien» frAm tlie new officers would do. lluw would E ditor I ndependent :
the throne. That she did not act dis­
we think it doubtful whether
any most of our < 'utility ticket the fall of tin*
building the court house, have not
Liberal
revolt;
and
I
semi
you
a
lb-nry
they
effect
the
needed
reforms
which
\
\
e
see
from
the
last
issue
of
the
creetly in not seeking l*» stay tiic
one else, except the inau of “ Luck
primaries wni r.ssist tho ring men to
county ft-ni'ic'lit of July 22, 1 n 73. in which been any greater for the last four destruction o f property and injury
Progressionist
that
our
communica­
am
l
Happy
II
o
lh
r
,”
and
tlie
indefi­
arc
dentandeiD
How
can
the
fee
manipulate the ejections, increase
there is an article entitled, “ I'lie Bolitii «1
tion to your paper produced quite a nitely postponed goose have dis- Outlook.” over tlie initials ‘ D. L. 1).’ which years than they were for the same to the persons of the Représenta-^
bill»,
the
unconstitutional
salaries
the'burdens of the people and c< n-
i commotion and they are down on us covered anv inconsistency in it.
Dr Davis evidently wrote. That will show number of years
preceding their tives, by calling off ber supporters,is
tinuo the corruption of the times, i and the monstrous jobbing Hvstem “ like a thousand of brick.” The
You til it he colisi* «‘red himself i l -lititied
also evident, but what her reasons
V l M 'E X .
The records of tho
with the Ur, * ly party, and h* i citainly didn’t term of office.
M'e are all largely tv -j , a.:,i,i0 fl>,. of our partisan legislature he affected I editor of the Peoyerssinniet, unable
were we do not know.
inanift st linuh lovo f.»r (irant or tlir county will also show that every
to
dispose
o
f
us,
iuis
called
to
his
aid
1
v
a
countv
clerk,or
shcriffor
iti«l"o'*’
the present condition of the country
THE PROGRESSIONIST EO TOR PIL­ R< publican administration. I hope you will
The s^phUniore class at tho M es-
v
J O
and it is time that wo examine more Come,riddle us these questions,Hip­ a quondam friend of his who has LORIED BY A STRAIGHT REPUBIICAN. not mix my name up in your matter, because cent of revenue that has been raised levan University “ embraces f«jur
I have eivon v >u this on your promi««“ that by tlie county lias been legitimately
just retired to the town o f“ Luck and
young ladies.”
closely into the character of aspirants pie-singer.
you would not. I want nothing to do with
Happy H oller.” We have read with
applied.
It
is
true
that
men
may
“ NN'liat animal has the most
this
man
Davis
or
liis
paper.
11"
has
no
use
\\ o understand your tricks and a grout deal of care and amusement
for office so that this ord* r of things
Davis' Rebel and Bolter Record.
for a party that don,t w* rk for him individ­ ; honestly differ about the propriety brains?” “ The
hog. He lias a
may have an end. When we jmt
•nr manners,Uriah H ek . p . You want ! the criticisms of both those worth-
uai Iv.
hm/shead
full
of
’em
.”
1 of building the Court house, but
—
Yours truly,
Cons km rs Ogn. Mur, 27th ls7'
men into office who are liars, liber­ the Independent Republicans to ies ami am reminded of the story of
W. NT. Pu-KKRtl.1,.
i there is not tho slightest grounds to
tines, drunkards, swindlers or hood- voT; for the Hippie candidates in the tlie boy who when he was whipped E ditor F orest D rove I ndependent :
P.
f».
Davis
wasaregulareontrihutorami
turned with tours in his eves and
M ill you permit nu* thronqli your columns con e pond'at of the Henry count y liemorral base any charges of dishonesty on
THE INDEPENDENT.
fihrs v;e rfav expect to have our State. Aud you and certain office- said 'well iT f can’t whip you I can
to say a few words to th< people of Wash­ for a year or mo
I
think
there
me
other
against
those
who
hud
control
of
tho
rCBLISHED AT
treasuries deplete! , ,,Ur substance seekers in this county want to put make months at your sister.” As is ington county eotuvrnin.q Mr. D. 1«. Davis things still im>r< xpressivo that can bo pro-i
j
finances
therein.
duced.
wasted by taxation and the morals of up a mixed ticket that will give a i common among a class with certain th'“ present editor of the Oregon /*/•<>,/»•«•-■
Forest G r o v e , ..............
o,.Cg 01
That the county is in debt $7,000
instincts,
they
have
m
tli**ir
eriti-
The
newspaper
referr
oil
to
in
Mr.
Pick-
p:’
"tiul
supp
>rt
to
your
libertine
and
!
the community and nation debauch­
iniiist.
I will contincucc by sayin' fjr»„
HQ. L U O
B (
i « 'icgade Senator and Holladay’s ! oisms indulged chiefly in ridicule when 1 left Missouri my acquainUiiie' viih erill's letter, which coutai ncil Mr. Davis’ I deny and the records will show
ed
and personalities. They are not to
Editer am! Proprietor.
and his history previous to his Democratic letter I never saw, from the fact that I am correct in tho denial.
candidate for Governor, T.R.Cornel- , blame for this for they can’t help it. him was limited
__
that
Mr.
Davis
was
postmaster
at
this
place
nnino to Missouri was unknowu. But af-
I base these statements upon the
W hisky
Gut s.\i»r..— The whisky
^ e 'lo not blauie them, for such men ter Mr. D. L Davis arrived ft*, this place I at that time, but I learn that the pap« l has
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
crusade in Portland has resulted so
One year,..................................
m ,
L u t y oii aro in (avor of an Inde- seldom rise above that kind of argu­ commenced receiving tetters from «tiff, r* lit been shown to many Democrats of this county records.
K imtux .
Six
months,...............
| ¿¿j
far to the advantage of the saloon pendent ticket in this eountv, win i ment. W e have not the time to at- porti» s in Missouri charging him with great place but to no Republicans.
Three
months,.......................
1
0>
| tend to the goose and the man cf
men. They are having a larger run are you a Hippie
I will stale in conclusion, that I perhaps
m ppie delegate
tieiegale to the
tlie Kc-
He- ** t Mr.|.
If, .« “.7
“i
vtotlu- Itpublicuu party, all of which
M
Scotch papers aro warning their Single copies,..........." ! ! ! ! ! . . ! ! . ! ! ! !
would n \ <-r h i\c stated these facts had not
o f custom than ever
this
poor unprincipled man, ever since I papers that waste of coal is fuelish
RATES OF ADVERTISING
' * " * ............. .
" * * • ■ * - «.* ■
fir. t made meiitiou cf thebe facta to buu f or : extravagance.
REASONABLE