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4. DALLAS, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 24. 1873. NO. a: 3K StkeYal'JBitjii'Wi tan OFFICIAL PAPER plUNTV. FQU POLK ; Xf Isstttd Err Sarj Mjinung, it Sat!! a, Folk Count, Oregon. P. C.8UIXIVAN PROPRIETOR. STOSCSIPTIOH BATES. sJINQLB COPIES On Tear, $2 00. Six IIaat.hi.il li loree Months. tltW tit 3M f U ot i or ft 75 per annum. MmjiVit wml l jmk 'tctjr in advance ADVERTISING BAT$. aaeqnara, (1$ lines or test), first insert'n, 12 SO ten tuTiiiqaent insertion....... 1 r. 5 i " .... A liberal deduction will be mad to quar- y early 4v ertisers. Professional earda will be inserted at $12 fer an nan. '" ,: Trnnsient advertisements must be paid for l 'advance to insure pafc-lioation. All otjier ad rerilsing bills must be paid quaiterly. - Legal teaders taken at their current value. pianka aad JabVlVork of every description rnibel at low rates on short notice." v THE ILLUSTRATED PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, ia in feij ct a .irst Ctass Magasine. Its articles are of the highest 1'aUreet t alL It teaches what we are and how t otake the most of ourselves. The informa tion it contains on the Laws of Life and Health Is well worth the price of the Magaiineto every faSSBjH It is pwfeUfted. at 2 00 year. By speeial arrangement we are enabled to offee the Pikolooical Joe r.hal as a Premium tor m new lubseribers to the Orkqox Republican, r wiU Varn's'hi the Purksolooical J6jiV:al ui Oaaooa Rbfcblicax together for $4 00 we eemmend the Julrsal to all who want a food maguine . - PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC R P Bomb P L Wilus DOISE IV I L Is 1 8 Attorney st Iv OREGON.- TTill praetiee in all the courts in the State FM5 73 ly JOHN J. DALY, AtVy & Conclep-at-Laiv, DALLAS. OREGON. : Will praetiee in the Courts of Record and In- it " t etior Courts. Collections attended to promptly. OFFICE In the Court House. 41-tl . t P. C. SULLIVAN. .ttorney & Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Oregon, Will praetiee in all the Courts of the State. 1 Tt C. SIMPSOM I B STORE I HIP SO X & STOItf E. Attorneys at Lair. Will practice in all the Courts of the 3d Ju dicial Distric-t. ' c, OFFICE -In Executive building opposite Cheiek'eU Hotel Salem v ayl0 73 1-j " Ji K, SlTkS, X. D. ( CIIL'BBS, A. U., M. D 3?hysicians and FFER TniER PROFESSIONAL SER vieei to the citixent of Dallas and vicJp itr. 1 OFFICE In rer of Nichols A IIjde Pro Store. , ' Febh73tf DR. fl UDSON L M. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. OFF CE. Over Souther's Store, J. 9t Commercial k State SU., Salem, Ogn With Dr. Richardson. Tot 9, tf NEW ADVERTISEMENTS REAL ESTATE. GEO. H. JONES Real Estate Broker i J. U. PATTKRBO Notary Public JOIYES fc PATTERSON REAL ESTATE AEHTS. Negro t late Loans, Make Collections, AGENTS; FOR UKIfjj FIRE INSURANCE CO- of Sao Francisco; and MUTUAL LIFE INUSRASMCE CO , f New tfork. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK SALLM - - - - tHEGON. OUR RULES : Webay or sell only oncoinukUsion charging a per ceutage for he" amount which the prop erty is loM or tradod.Tor our services, due when tbe''etrrt'of iito or tfade is uiaJo We will introduce purchasers to the owners of the property, and leave them free to tnako thti best bargan they can, without auy interference cili'onr part We pay all advertising expenses, depending on our eouiuiiision, wLea a sale di trade i made ' We show all property, where within reach, or give letters of introduction to reliable parties Hiring near'wbo wfli show it All letters of knuiry promptly and fally an swered ' H5 We have m.iny applications from good, promj t paying men, who will pay 12 percent for money, and give fir t class personal or real estate aecuri ty,ard pay all the expenses attending making out paperV, fco. '' Parties baring money to loan will do well to apply to us before placing it else where Wc charge the lenders nothing for our services ; the borrowers pay us Kntire Satisfac tion given regarding the securities. Attention is called to description of property for sale i n the Weeklv States Was. Feb 15'73 ly GOOD NEWS qpo tub: pkopli: or POLK COUNTY J3imeymaii Bioh. sali:m.. OH I1GOM Are now opening a Fine and SelecUd stock of Goods comprising DRY aOODS OF ALL DEi-CIPriONS LADIES CHOICE DRESS O00DS 1 LADIES FANCY OOOD3 I- AND I LADIE'S, MISSES, CHILD REN S HATd. ALSO QENT3 and BOYS CLOTIIINO OF ALL. PESCRIPljlONSaod PRICES to SUI.T. XIIE TIME3, also a LAUOE and vfell ASSORTED STOCK OF - CARPETS, MATTINGS OILCLOTH, WINDOW BLINDS and CURTAINS. ALSO ORCERIES, QUEEfSWARE in.fact, any thing pertaining to House Furnishing goods'. Having bought our Stock in San Francisco and New York in person we can hold out Superior inducements to purchasers, CALL aod SEE for yourselves. Jlrcymaii II ton. Mar 8 73 3m ALL KINDS OF WORK, SEWING Washing and Ironing, Ac, done by Mrs Burnett on short notice and on reasonable terms. All orders left at the house, south-west part of DaUas will be immediately attended to Tllli PAltTV AND T1II5 NCIVS- papi:s. There bas been a gooil deal of talk in certain quarters since the President tial election about newspapers without a party. The drift of the public concern in this regard seems to hare changed, and the trouble is now about a party without newspapera The notion that a newspapoc which is not a party organ is like a ship without a ru$42r i a relic ot the, paleozoic age of journalij-mj but it was found desirable! and thought. t be particularly cute, to revive it for application to the inde pendent press. The newspapers in cluded in this category have not exhib ited any special alarui at the terrible state of things which was predicted as a result of the independent position in which the late election bad lift them. They have, without a single exception steadily progressed in prosperity, ia crend their usefulness, and found a wider field of inflates in the unbiased and unconstrained expression of opinion. Now, however, an Adminis tration paper comes forward and aeknowledes thut the shoe pinches on the other other foot. As the independ ent press fout'd no cccasirn for alarm, and refused to be wipped into a servile poiilion. while their independence and frcedem were at once profitable, con;en and popular, the stare was trans ferred to the party. The Washington Republican, an or,. an of the Adminis tration at the Capital, has sounded the alarm. Commenting upon ceitam ut terencts of Congressman kcofi.!d, in which he expressed the opiuion that the Chicago Tribune, the New Yoik Tribune, the Ciucinuati Cothttiticiol, the Courier Journal, and the St. Louis Republican only five papers "were able to put the whole 1U public an party to its trumj s,"the Waidiington Rf publico a conessca that one of tuc dangers that threaten tte party at the present tim j is tie loss of its newspapers. It points out thkt the New York Time has ut terly failed to fill the place as n party newspaper which was vacated by the New Yoik Tribune, and sa)s, further, that, "in whatever direction we turn, we ii.d that the r ewspaj ers that form- a erly stood by and sustained the party have either aumcd an attitude ol hostility cr ere cold and indifferent to it." 1 be Ri publican is determined that it shall no, be misunderstood, aid desirca to impress upon the parly the full significance of the situation, lor li; repeats; "It it is plain to any oae who ftver Pa's the slightest attention to the ; subject, that te Ilepublican party is losing its newspapers day by day, and for tie most obvious reasons in the world.'.' It may cr may not be that "the most obviou3 reasons in the world'' to the Washington Ripublicnn arc th 0 same that would be cited outside the party; but the fact remains, attested by a leading Administration organ located at tho look-out of the political citadel, that the newspapers ar.e g radually lesing , their loyalty la the party, and that the I t ' f t . ' .t " :r. 1 cnange is iraugui witii wigniucaueu auu danger to the party. In rcprodticting the article from the Washington Republican, and the views oi Mr, Scolield who further says that "we tho party can't afford to keep up the effort" against what is pleased to call "a powcrfu! press syndicate," The Nation con cludes that no party can maintain it self with the whole intelligent press of the country arrayed against it for three years. The Nation also says, that, if the editorial statement made by the Ad ministration paper bo true, "then it s certaiu that a movement has begun spontaneous, unforscen, long before a i'rcsideqtial election, and on the bee's of a disastrous defeat, which is laying the broadest and strongest foundation for a future psrty, by drawing to itself the sympathy, if not the support, of the entire intelligence of the jcople." It will be remembered that tho Nation pcted with the farty during the late election, and rendeied it efficient and valuable service on the basis of prom, ised reforms that have been entirely tenosed. One obvious reason why the party press is powerless in defense of the party is. that independent journalism is the great demand of the people. Tjiey are tirejl of organs. They want papers that not only tell the truth but the rhole truth, and that without re' ference to whom it wil hurt A pary 'organ outside of the circle of office holders 'and cfuc feckers is regarded as a uicte official bulletin wtitten to order, from which cytry thing that might reflect ujon a partisan is ex cluded,, and everything fa'se or true affecting the adverse faction is conspic uously displayed. The public read tl.p uierc party papers just aS they might read the hat-dbills of rial quacks. They look to other class of papers for information and intelligence, tor dis cussion, for fair trcutsncrit.cfall per sols and questions, and for an honest summary of facts. However convinced a mau may be upon political questions, he has iw re confidence in his judge ment when he finds himself supported ly a press that is free and inder indent and not the yurc uioutl. piece of the last county convention. 1 l.c weakness of a mere party pres trns never so con stiicuous ts when etntrastcd with the lio dr viicii ts riil ri.tnlntltv r.T tli'' iuut ii.uiui i tco. j. ilia is iu j the utt'r fui'uie of that press to justify t lie party men involved in the various expos utes of scandalous cor i uption, The law of self rre.ervatu n is as conspicuous an.eng newsppers uiiioog ibuitiuumt., ui.u iiciiujc em a to have ci me when, with the most loyal dispisitiou in the world, th party press di not approve of acts that haVJ outitgid the whole terp'e, and brought into conteu pt tt.d distiust the political orgnnization that is rcson'ble for them. The situation is interesting in many respects, tut f riucii ally so for two reasous : First", because it "in dicates that a movement of incfcUtille force k has lcen inaugurated to break j . down j ublic aluscs , and Fect r.d, le cause it teaches what is valuable for the public to understand that news papers are more nctcssiry to the party than the party to the newsp:. pers. Chieajo Tribuue. i-'orncj ou the political situation. The Philadelphia Presshns an article in which Mr. Forney, the editor, makes an urgent appeal to the people of Pen sylvania to unite, without distinction of party, to pave their Plate from the headlong corruption of the Republican party. In summing up the business of the Last Legislature, he finds a series of overt acts ngiiimt the I eoplc, a fnilurc to makft even the attempt of giving Philadelphia a fair election law and an extension of the State Treasur cr8 teim of e Sice for the express pur pose of providing the means whereby the next election may be controlled in the interest of the rinss. What ' i Pennsylvania politics has been for years pat it is yet. The conduct of the recent Legislature was as corrupt and defiant as that of ifsprcdccessor, Mr. Forney dees not heitat to fix the rcsponsibilty where it prorcrly belong in the Republican party of the State. uThe Reformers,"he sayp,'as a single or ganization wit h all their noble works and noble men, can dp notl ing." lie there fore calls upon the leading Republicans of the State, who are not connected , with any of the rings and who do not approve the corrupt practices ol the party, to cut loose from the organiza tion, and to join with the Democrats and tho Reformers in the effort "to rid the State from the incubus which as eo long ruled it to Us ruin." At tfie close of the late session of the 1'eunsylvania Legislature thp Awepibly passed a resolution, in a spirit of derision, asking Col. McClure to the Editor of (he Chicayo Tribuue. - i to- come over from the Senate and iSir. T,e attcmpt on the part ..of. a! address tht jn on the subject of Iteform. j p0rtion 0f the Western press to did Col. McClure, contrary to expectation, I courage and stop discussion on tbo accepted the invitation, and talked to ' tariff will be as futile as the effort, of. them in a manner which the men bers ! jrr8. Partington with her broom to will not be likely to forget. He told them to their faces that he had never j mcTS 0f tlio West will not stop at raiJ known of a body of men, past or ! r( u,i ,,lilf nr.nl Knt thr wi,f.L, l.mwl i.f present, to thcreyghTy given vp tu individual and official profligacy. He poiuted put that there were many mem- Lvrs who t;au never teen elected, and ; some who had net even Lcen nomina-j ted, to the plaits they held. le reminded them that he had sent in reform measures all during the Eesiou ; wh.ch were yoted down with a jell as J as Ast as tha r-hs would pe.mit. He ! charged them with creating ; muhiiMying local offices to which they j hoped and propped to retire. Kt tully, j he found but one act of the session j w!iieh couliLrncct with the appioyal of 'r I the people, and that wa, the vote to ! adjourn. The Legislature even passed j an act calculated to defeat, by mean j beet known to Pennsylvania politicians 3 ' i the safe guards that will be oflered to j thepcopU by Constitutional Coo- j ventiou uudcr the act authoring the! Convention, it was decreed that their the pcofde next October. This would determine the acceptance or i rejection of the new Constitution be ! fore the next sessioti of the Legislature and would leave the politicians no ... . i. l. .. i. l ! happen to be direful to them. The legislature, therefore, parsed an act Sjprat,dlg that tho returns shalj be sealed, and neitlicr opened nor counteu before tho convening of the next j rob fry if.fl;ctcd upon them by tha Legi-hture, and then in their presence, j l0pi;zcd viilainly of the tariff. Ite This Legislature was chosen in the j mMs (f le tKQ palies 4, year of the Presidential elections. ; hvy in Xutional Convention, solemn -Mr Forney made an eftort to defeat it- ; jy rc0JVed, "That we will IWn on without prejudice to the national isue. ; any attempt, in or out of Congrm, to The other paity leaders of the Stato revive the agitation of tho sliver held that this could njt he done, and ' question. And yet, in a few months jrocccded to carry the cicct'na by fraud ; nothing else was talked of or discussed. Mr. Forney now renews his aprcil for j you may do your host, gentlemen ; the coming year, when there is no Presidential election and no party interests to he aflf. cted. P it he com- mil the sama error of confining the i movement for reform within the limits of his own State. It h not possible to; oly in every form. Cheap Transporta retain an allegiance to tho party and feu and Free Trade will be the rally, at the same time work carncs.ly and ing-cry of the future, always excepting actively iu overthrowing Us machinery, j sufficient revcuue for the rcquirmenta " StiiS together," is the motto of ourofthe Government, and that can bo good party man. ' Fall apart," is the adjuration of Mr Forney. Mr. For m-y tried to ttfoim iiit ide the party last year, and failed. If he tries again ! this year on the sane plan, he will j them "frown" this will stimulato fail again. The interests of the Re- j rather than retartd. The movement wi"i publican party of Pennsylvania are ga 00 "Dl1 gather headway, like a common so far as that State is concern J tucuntaiu torrent in its course. Gain ed, and sooner or later the Penusylva-l 'S it advances,' it will become a. 1 nia Rcrublicaiis who desire the reform i i of the State will find it so. Mr. Forney has gone too far for a party man not far enough for a Reformer. The Indian 3gent who was appointed on me cnrisuau principle to uiaac peaeo withthcShosbones,isnotaspihinthrop to as he used to he. As soon as the treaty had bceu sigced, the principle chief conducted him to a wigwam and ; ; $ made him change shirts on the spot lie pleaded that the chief had the most" valuable garment, but it was of no use. The' chief had worn it for two years without ever taking it off; and now the agent most be his brother and make the exchange or be killed by him- The agent finally consented. ' The railroad tunnel at Raltimorc which' is to unite the roads " on the north" aiid south sides ef the city, is tu be completed before the end of June and, until the completion of the Rroadway Underground Railway in New York, will form tho largest un - derground railroad posfesed by auy I dishonest, if they only lad the 'opor ci'y iu America. j tunity. THE VAItSliftt" IOVE3;iiT. The Tariir (Question. l0SS p.atte Co., Ind , Adril 22, 1873. 6wcep back the Atlantic. The far- vampires that are eating cut the Titate of the honest industry of the; nation will receive the. ssmo searching ir,veav tigatl0. Time will socn show this. . ' :Tie pica js, wc Farmers will become' (ivi(lcJ jr JC tarjff ig trou;,ilt fn.. Rest Jn r;tieKCC i?ou aisinterestcdJ frieIJts , he Rrcat rub,ic mM of the Wcst u growiDg up to to the of.t.a..ion . itg vipion 5s expanding, and can in-rtckia? up one monopoly , j(at QnQ u Ut (he brother f(f th() otiicr. A few advanced thinker ccuJ a, cxpccU.d . . . it ,. that this " J aiders question wouM havc gtaiffd Eooner lhan itMia9. A Jtw ytry Many eou,a KQ I)(jf hit;g wr( ng Jn the ni0ncpo1y. aml , ,i , i extortion of the rai. roads, and now see diffvrt.ntly . m wilh t) c of p3pc th,t iaye riofcttd prfat rf?ar)7 r the intcrefes tf lUir , but ,,aW in fact, more care for sustaining the pres. ent tar id legi.-Ution of the court try, have always heretofore labor d hard to make it appear, especially during ths ! last few years, that the country was never so prosperous, and that every- I tain" was lovclv. These to dav are i . ' v , determine J ; U at llon ihall na V j d;ccu.Ktl atjd dtmunce those vho ; flin tlr ,i rflfi. i frt fLp yen, may " frown on an denounce the j oppomcnts of the tariff; you may rcvila j them as much as you please; nothing i to step the let.waid R;Sith of tke I ; people in the uprising against monnp.-. iasca on lew articles. Frtm rolitieions tr frrties at present the jecplc niust exjett nothing, ami will get nothing, but opposition. Lc ryw9n "le na ; anu, a.recieu oy wise counsels, will achieve success, and exert an ir.Uucnco for tha best interests of our country. A Story with a Mos.Lr A story is told of a Frcuch gentleman, who, fbc lljk of g rrppfrl it!rTmi . lo racc..,ities .0f friends in j .c.. i f r, a u n i loss of Jiis mental balance, and for th-, remainder of his dajs found his only delight in riding in ctmnibusea and passing fares from passengers to ihr driver,, taking care wheu change was returned to add to. it a sou or two from his own pocket, and watch the effects on the receiver. Id nine cases out of ton, as the story goes, the -passenger tUUUUll VUI 1113 V llillli;, flllU lUlUlll, as he supposed, that the driver had heated himself, would look bewildered. , tor a moment, aud then pocket tho change with a quiet chuekel. The special delight of the -lunatfo wis iu satisfying himself in this way that ! nine-tenths of his felh w men wore i