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OFFIClALPArEH.ru CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
Orogoa 3itjr, Oregon ,
May 24, 187-2.
jOEMOCRATIC STATE TICSCKT.
Presidential Electors,
;EO. K. Iiri. SI, if Linn County.
yV.I. CATES, of Wasco County.
Ij. F. LiAXl', of Douglas Countv.
Eor Congress,
JOHN BTJ?vHETT, of B or. ten.
For Jiidjje of First District,
P- P. PRIM, of Jackson County-
District Attorneys,
-1st. PUtrict f. . Ml, of Jacks'tn.
2d. I) strict V. Y. Kite H, of Lane.
3d. pi-trtct J. J. Sliair.
4th. )it. -' 15. Kclllngcr, of P rtland.
f,th. IMstiict. AV. Ii. I.asutll, of fjra'jt.
Clackamas County i icket.
For State Sent tor,
JO H X M Y K RS.
r'or Kcp'tsi-iitati res,
A R. KHiri.EV.J. II- MARriN, JOSEl'II
JUNG').
SJ.eriil-A. F. IIKPG'CS.
County Clerk ROI5ERT F. CAUFIFI.P
Cniintv C(tnruiiio:.criS
JOHN SAWTKI.L.
WM.
MIARF,
Tn-iisurtr-T. J. McCARVEU.
-cho. 1 S'u;.ciintcn(!eiit-A. NOI.TNER.
Ass-sor-!?. X. WORSHAM.
Surveyor JOSEI'Il A. F.FUN EXT.
Public Spt'akin'.
linn. J. YV. Xesin'uli will ad
dress the eiti.t ns of Clackamas
county, at the Court House; in
Oregon City, on Wednesday, May
20th, S o'clock p. m.
ib.ii. C. G. Curl, of Salem, will
atblress the citizens of Clackamas
county, at Foster's, in Eagle Creek
Precinct, oiKSaturday, June 1,
on the political issues of the"
day, at 1 o'clock p. m.
Cov. G rover will address the
citizens of Clackamas county, at
Stipp's School House, near" the
residence of the late Harrison
Wright, on Saturday, May 25th,
at I o'clock p. m. Let everybody
attend.
A 5areface.l Outrage.
Last Friday evening a set of
Ren. Ilolhtilay's strikers, headed
by J. L. Halletl, arrived in town
with the avowed purpose to intice
the laborers oil' from their work on
the Locks. They succeeded in
purchasing one of the foremen by
the name of Harrison, and he stat
ed that he had been entrusted with
$o00 to buy men to leave the
works and go on the railroad. On
Saturday the work commenced,
while the Engineer in charge was
absent, and the hilling oWeted
7) per day to all who would
leave. Seven men called for their
time, when the trick was detected,
and the nun were aked to wait
until Mr. Smith returned before
they asked for their time, at the
same time being informed that
this was only a political move of
Ren." I lolladay's to get them away
and keep them until after the elec
tion. The men readily seen the
object these fellows had, and they
were willing to await Mr. Smith'.
return. He returned on Sunday,
when he advanced the men's waucs
t what the Railroad hillings had
proposed to give, and the men
were perfectly satisfied. Mr. Smith
iii)i!pili')li'lv i i f i nn t . 1 1 t lui i,.tl
that he would nay the same as thev i
proposed to pay on the railroad,
ami the men all agreed to remain.
This did not satisfy the tools, and
J hey attempted by all means in
their power to induce these, men to
leave their work and go with them.
They furnished free vhiky and
talked loudly and threateningly all
day, but aeeomplihed nothing
1 1 -i- 14' -11 i-i-.-ni .in ;ieL 10 o i vert it
onl v a humiliating defeat, and they i ,. , .
c ' 1 ,1 .1 1 r 1 " ! trom tlie iir.nrovement fund to thc
tound that the honest and indus- I , , ,
trious laborers on these works
were not slaves.
The object in attempting to get
these nun to leave their employ
ment was Iwq-fold. First, to take
them on the tai'road, and on the
day of election force them to vote
the liadical ticket, or threaten
them with a discharge. They did
fhp same thing two years ago.
Jlany au honest man was thus
forced to vote
against his couvie
tions of righ
l, a.id no sooner than
1 1
, . j -- 'mull' ,l
the election was over, the men ' demagogue.
were discharged and Chinamen
put in their places. The second! Pcter' the Srt American states
object this attempt had, was to !"Un makcS a sood mouke5r h
delay and annoy the contractors I 'ln his,cfforts to enlighten the peo
- i pie of Clackamas cotmty.
A.
of the Locks m the completion of
ihe voilc. He knew that if he
could get these men to leave, even
though they came back again, it
would he impossible lor then; to
complete the work by the lime re
quired by law. He is making a
tight for the success of the Radical
ticket, and also for the defeat of
the opening of the Locks. We are
gratified that his attempt has been
defeated, and the work will be
prosecuted with all possible speed
to a successful completion. And
we are truly pleased that the men,
free white men, had independence
enough to refuse to place them
selves in the power of this usurper
of their birthright.
lix-Ciov. Ciibbs' Speech.
Kx-Gov. Gibbs spoke in this
city last Satunlay evening. The
! posters had been stuck up around
town for several days and the
brass Land sounded its sweet;
strains for about a half hour, but
it could not raise a crowd. When
he commenced speaking there were
about thirty persons present, which
was added to by a tew Democrats
coming in so as to augment the
crowd to about forty. Every ef
fort was made by his Radical
friends, but to no avail. "We
think the Republicans of Clacka
mas countv cared about as much
to hear him speak as Ren Simpson,
Dr. Rayley and a few other "hon
est"' Radicals did six years ago to
see him United States Senator.
We were not present when he
eonimence
1.
but came in just in
time to hear him pitching into the
last Legislature for loaning 810,
000 school money to the people of
Raker City for the purpose of
erecting an academy. Xow this
money we regard as being justly
and aprropriately used. The State
is amply secured in its loan, and
the money is used for the very
purpose 7it was designed. In the
very next breath he seemed to be
tenibly anxious in regard to the
education of the children and shed
any amount of erockadi'e tears
over tne school umd robbery. et
when the money is used f0- this
purpose, we liml just such men as
Gibbs are working finding fault
about it. He said the bill pro
viding for the selection of certain
lauds was passed in 1800 and that
it was tiro y;ar$ and three quarters
before lie came into oliice. The
Governor is not very good on fig
ures. There was no Legislature
after the passage of the bill, and
j"nnseo ueiit v the ( t vernor w.is !
powerless who preceded him to do
anything in the matter. Rut there
was plenty of time to make the
selections after the meeting of the
Legislgture in 1SG2. He knocked
the bottom out of the Radical
clap-trap about the Swamp Land
Act, as he said it was not valid.
Rut as most of the swamp hind is
grabbed up b- Judge loie, Willis
lion. Jesse Anplegate, Quincy A.
Erooks and a host of other Radi-
eals, we don't know that wo care
whether the bill is valid or not.
He was very tender on the Lock
question, as we suppose his train
ers had told him it would not do
to say much against it. lie put
up a pitiable face about the school
fund swindle. We believe it w.as
during his admiuist ratiiou that
Joel Palmer got some $1,500 of
this fund, which v.-as loaned to him
and the State lias lost it. lie re
garded the brightest portion of the
history in the Radical party's ex
istence that part when the nigger
was set free and allowed the right
to vote. The act is as black as the
subject, and as damnable as the
I Radical part v. He was in favor
j ot a.iorccd soldiery, similar to that
of Kuropo. It would not surnrise
us if he would not just now favor
a monarchical government, as he
constitutes one of its small wings,
lie argued that the lands given
this State for public improvements
were school lands. This question
has been settled by Congress last
CJJTi1 1 1 O f iT 1 1 t 4.1.-1 .. 1"
school It it was already diverted
wnv was the resolutn
on passed y
follow him
We have not space to
further, but we will close by savin"-,
that we were really astonished at
the weak effort made by the irreat
statesman. AVe heard him do
better ten years ago, and can only
account for it on the ground that
the Grant-Williams-IIolladay col
lar was too tight around his "neck,
- r i;ky tK. (;ovrrnnr fw 1'
1 OT IK OP.c ivnj ai,1 i' . 1 . . .
i as iohtieian h,. is r.,;i
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TO THE PUBLIC.
Lixn City, May 20, 1872.
Kditoh Exterpkise. Dear Sir :
Since taking charge of the con
struction of the Canal and Locks
as Superintendent and Engineer,
certain parties, whom it is not nec
essary to name, have for political
or personal reasons, persistently
sought to obstruct and delay the
work, and thrown every obstruct
tion in the way of its completion.
These attempts have culminated,
during the last three days on the
opening of a regular campaign,
with the avowed object to buy oif
the men, or to get them drunk and
shanghaie them while in that con
dition. Mr. Ilallet is the leader
of the expedition, and has for his
strikers several men from Portland,
a foreman whom lie has bought oil
from my work, and Messrs.
ami , and , prominent
Republicans of the county, wdiose
' names can be easily obtained, from
anyone on the streets of Oregon
City, and who are supposed to
furnish the necessary funds. The
foreman Harrison has stated that
lie h;is 8500 of whisky money, and
that Mr. Hailett has money to buy
up the time tickets of the men as
they may be discharged. He has
deposited money at the saloons for
free drinks, and is at any time to
be seen haranguing in the streets,
affording conclusive proof of the
efficacy of the whisky. This man
Harrison on quitting, voluntarily
promised not to take oil any of
the men, and to notify nn; in case
lie wanted the services of one or
two, whom he named. Mr. Hai
lett came on the works, and I
showed him every courtesy. In the
course of conversation, lie stated
voluntarily to me a perfect stran
ger that I had first raised wages;
that he was trying to get China
man, ami if he succeeded, he
would discharge ever' d (it is
not necessary to repeat the name
applied, but it contained very
st rong allusions to the parentage
of the laborers) ; that he would
bring wages down to 81 50 per
day ; that the men employed by
him were a worthless set of hounds;
Mr. Holi.tday had sent for him the
day before and wished him to go
into the canvass, hut he had de
clined, being no politician. With
out expressing auv opinion of the
merit or demerit of political in-
trigue, I think the attempt was
I ill l Iv'l Will 111 uiv: 1 I 1 V ' I.- w 1 I L i 1 1 L v' 1
iuinudeut and brtizen mtinner that
I have ever known, and if the at
tempt has lailcd, it is in part to bo
attributed to the selection of Harri
son as an agent, without discre
tion and with too much whisky
and little brains for his own good
ami that of his friends. In this
opinion, I am supported by many I
of the Uepnblican party, although
there are certain prominent mem- i
bers who have in the words of the j
vernacular "Halo sname." 1 am a
Democrat, but not a poiit ieian, and
1
have not allowed my political
teu-
dt ncies to lnuueuce me in thedis
charre of my duties; t) this, i
oh
ny
tlitnu:, every citizen ot Oregon
City or the county, who knows me,
W 1 1 1
t 1
testily.
My instructions from the Oom-
puny, at
re to luis!) tne work tocotn-
o'elion, i
irdh ss of exiK-ii'se, and
1 7
1 1
tite magnitude or tne t;i-ic witn
the limited time at my disposal,
imposscs upon me a heavy respon
sibility. I have never been able
to obtain suiiicient men, and have
repeatedly stated to the Hoard of
Hi rectors, that if I could not get
whitv men, and the work must be
linished, I must have a limited
number of Chinaman. ?dr. Harri
son (the foreman bought by Mr.
Hailett) brought me an offer from
a Chinese merchant, in Portland,
to furnish 000 Chinamen, and I
proposed to Mr. Goldsmith to
take. 150, to put on so as to work
night and day. This Mr. Gold
smith refused, and I will here state,
and those who know me, of either
part-, will believe "what I state,
that the President and Lirec- j
tors of the Company have Wen al-
ways opposed to employing China-
men, before or after the election,
but I have staled always that
. . . . - -. r
lt white men will not come, and l i
must finish the work by Jan. 1,1870, !
I must have enough Chinamen to
make up my number, without ceas
ing to give employment to all the
white men that I can obtain. Mr.
Harrison on lirst coming on the
work, was accustomed to abuse
the men to such an extent that the
better class left the work, I told
him this eoidd not be allowed, ami
he said they could not work and
he must have Chinamen, lie wish
ed to write for information to some
one in Sacramento, so that if nec
essary, L might know where to get
them and to this I consented, but I
never wrote myself or authorized
him in any way to supply a single
Chinaman, I simply allowed him
to write for information and on my
own authority.
I need 150 men more and must
have them, white men if 1 can,
Chinamen if 1 must.
In conclusion I will state, that
last night I called on Mr. Hailett,
and finding him sick requested one
of his men to say that 1 was anx
ious to prevent any breach of
peace, but that, his agents could
not be allowed to come on the
works to tamper with the men,
and requested that he would give
instructions accordingly, as IJarri-
1 COURTESY Oh' BANCROFT
son had boasted that ' he would
take the men from under my nose,
and would like to see any man try
to prevent it. Those to whom I
spoke agreed that it was out of
the question that such inteiv
ferenee should be allowed. I
have taken all possible means to
avoid violence, and will continue
to do so; but if I am pushed to it,
I have the ability and will to right
myself, and will most certainly do
it. A far as the case allows, the
effort so for has reacted against
those w ho made it, but they boast
that this is but the commencement.
All respectable citizens should
unite, if a dirty trick is to be per
formed, at least to throw a veil of
decency over it.
ISAAC W. SMITH,
Sup and Eng. W. F. & L. Co.
A Ilvrowrarn. A. C. Gibbs,
who "had never found any fault
with the Republican party," is a
political hypocrite, in his speech
last Saturday evening, lie made a
long ami sympethetic appeal in be
half of the school fund, and in the
very next breath, found fault with
the last Legislature for loaning
the Raker City Academy 810,000 j
for the erection of the buildin-. I
This fund is secured by a note
given ny tne directors ot t he :
i .i i- .
Academy, who are worth probably j
a half million dollars, and when the
building is completed, they are to
execute a mortgage on it, besides
paying the usual interest. We say
it was money righteously appro
priated, and woifid like to see j
more used in the same way in
other parts of the Stale. If our
Radical friends have such a great
effeclion for the school fund, why
don't they make up the sum loan
ed to their late candidate for Gov
ernor and pay the amount. It
would increase that fund several
thousand dollar ; and then they
could make up the amounts stolen
by Sam May. They could also
make up several sums loaned to
partisan favorites which are not
collectable and which were loaned
contrary to law. They are a vir
tuous set, especially when they
are in a condition that they can't
steal the funds belonging to the
children.
Who Pavs thk Rii.l? The
question is of vital importance to
our citizens iu-t at nresent to
j ,.n,v ' UI.A ;n
hiring voters to leave this county V
Lett Jlolladav was taxed aooO on
his property in this county, two
years ago, and a Republican Coun
ty Court remitted the same.
Will the lH'ople stand stich
transactions by electing a
liolladay Loard ot" Commis-
Moners :
1 u;s money comes out
of the pockets ot the industrious
11 IT 11 1.
i " ukn neic
; to corrupt our c jeet ions.' !c s.'ivs
1 . i . w v ' If,.-, 1.. I. .!..,. i . , . .. .
who shall he nominated by
ty. HeistryimMo defeat the I
, r , , j
istruction ot the Locks so that
;
ce,u iut his iron heel unon the!
1.
people
and say von
in 1
vtf pay Hie price demanded by
me for the transportation of freight.
Voters look to vour interests,
liolladay wants a half million dol
lars from Congress to aid him in
bringing Chinamen to this State
to take the place of white laboreis,
and he boasts that he will elect
Jo. "Wilson to Congress, when Wil
so is pledged to work for the sub
sidy. He freemen. Vote with the
party which has always stood by
the people. The Democratic
State, and County ticket is com
'posed of honest and honorable
men.
Do the tax-paj ers remember
what an interest Hen Ilolladay
took two years ago to elect the
liadical ticket in this county i
j He is doing the same thing tins
j ye.m 1)0 they also remember that
i T, , r-.,.. ..a,,.
the .ii !:i ( ountv v -o lit ittCl-
ward paid 11111 lor his services 111
the shape of refunding his taxes?
Do they remember that they paid
the sum of six thousand dollars in
taxes for this meddler in their af
fairs. Are they going to trust the
men whom he ps working for this
year, and do the same thing again?
We ask the tax-payers of this-
county to render their verdict
against such outrages. -
Gov. Gibbs had much to say
hist Saturday night about what
ie
did while he was Governor in the
way of selecting lands. Strange
that there was not a single plot on
record at Washington when Mr.
Gilftv got there last winter. He
: evidently heard what Governor
G rover said about this matter and
wrote it down, and read it for his
speech, making the mistake of sub
stituting himself for Governor
G rover.
A Liau. The fellow who wrote
the purported correspondence from
this place to the Jixlhti'n under
date of Fay 20th, is a liar.
LlbrtAiS
' r
THE CANVASS.
According to nrevious notice
several of the aspirants for county j
offices met at Rock Creek precinct,
May lCtlr, for the purpose of dis
cussing the political issues of the
day.
mi
HIRAM COCIIIIAX
Opencd the campaign. Took up
all his time in defending himself
against the charge of perjury.
Said he would not discuss political
issues,
JOIIX MVKUS
Followed. Said he had nothing to
do with the charge of erjurv
, . " 1 J
agamst his opponent. lie charged
, , T , ,.
that the Republican ticket of this
county was m the interest of Ren.
TT , riM , . .
liolladay. 1 hat his opponent was
. . , 11
in me empioy oi a company con
trolled by Ren. Holhidav. He next
spoke of the tariff being a mer
chant he knew higher prices were
paid for many articles of comsup
tion owing to a high tariff, the ef
fect of w hich was to discriminate
in favor of the rich against the poor
on all ai tides of necessary con- j
'inption. He then spoke of t he j
temperance resolution in the lie-
publican platform ; said he was aj
i-
ltK.nU)Ce ,!mn . pai,i that Mi
Paouet. one of the officials in the
Good Templar Order, drank as
much liquor as he aid if he (Pa
quet) did not any; said he advocat
ed temperance principles, but did
not bring the question in his poli
tics; said he had no right to say
what another should drink or w hat
he should not drink, that the ques
tion did not properly belong to
politics.
n. r. i:a!;i:ix
Next spoke. Said he was not a
candidate because of any particular
fondness for oliice but from a de
sire to rise to eminence and dis
tinction This ;s certainly a lauda
ble ambition. He said he
was not a tool of Ren. Holla
day, but would -not oppose his
schemes simply because he was a
rich man. He next took up the
Lock bill; said it was a swindle
iii.am il-.r. -liil -f 1 1 1 1 1 'mil went I
tl V' 111111. I- V 1 ' I ...... .
: . i ...l it t - men awav from the locks will re-
mto a legal tlisc aiion t po.e I
that the fund belonged to schools, j move that doubt. If the people of
which discussion was so profound j this county do not want to be dc
that I did not comprehend, lie j yvlv, 0 U) ,;,!,, soul ami body,
then drew a nice distinction be- , , , .
, , j let-tnem vole against every man
tween net proceeus and net prouts j ,
tiie first used in the P. T.CVs bill, i 011 tilC Radical ticket.
the other m the bill passed by tin.
Legislature (here your correspond,
cut was again muddied and wa.-
lorced to exclaim woudertu! younur
mati!) He claitneil that building
the railroad had raised the price
of rouih broken lands of thi;
country to -vin or N'lf per acre.
II.
1 o.
t !
1.4 i.'.i
1 . wj i
K . ' Ill
ie nram;
said the 73,000 dollars fraudulent- j the matter an issue, we lad to see
ly given to ihe Lock Co. would in j the necessity of this personal ex
interest amount to a stun quito suf- j pose 1!c fs evidently a political
- " "
neat ion.
1 oi'o'A ei
1. Satl he would represent
J nd ire
Ktngo; g;iv his view of
the Look Hi
1. T 1
r a ;un p .i,a;i'i act : 1
commended present State
oilieers j
for t iiieiency a ml honesty; believ
ed they had. already done more to
v;n,l'V t,,e !!u' nv1 icst
of the Slate than had been done m
,, ; ., . , f- ':x.- n 1
t!u.' t'j o 1 1 1. veins or vioi.s ami
w. ,.,,.' ,! ,'', .-n ;,o c-o',1 tl.,.
Locks
if properly managed would
j prve a safeguard to the comnurec
of the Willamette Valley ; said that
monopolies were seeking ami 00-
1 - ii
taining control of State ami Xa-
tu n legislation, gave a an exam
ple the Central Pacific Kailroad
Co.; approved of the motto, " X
privileged classes, no privileged
eapita!.,,
X. N. MATLOCK
Followed his sj eech was not flu
ent, but very calm ; said he had
acted with the Hepublican party
from its organization, t hat he was
not a practical politician. Though
he entertains the most extreme
liadical views of his party
yet lie advocated them with great j It tells the whole story in a straight,
camness; said he like, Mr. Myers, f0,.u-an ,n:Uiner. Mr. Smith's ver
believed in, and practiced temper- ; :u.;tv llot be questioned on anv
ance principles; tiioug!) lie aid not
belong to any temperance organi-
ztition, yet he endorsed the temper-
ance resolution in their platform.
"1 .1 1 1 .
i ne u.scusston tor tne urst uay u a
concluded by the eminent Jurist,
.,,,., i A,.,tnl.
iHatcsduau ami viatoi
I'KTKi: IV. fP KT.
He said that the oliice to which he
aspired was not a political oliice so
that hi1 did not speak in his own
behalf but iu order to advance the
principles of the Hepublican party.
The Litigant bill, the Samp Land
bill and the Lock bill were fearful
ly criticised. The indignation
manifested by the speaker at these
ami other unrighteous acts of the
last Democratic Legislature was
truly terrific. Judging from the
intensity of his feeling of abhor-
ance after the lapse of nearly two i nominated the foilo-.ving icket: F.r rfen
..... l. i i ator J. D. i-'eiitun: liei reseteative
years, it is dnhcmt to conceive, and Wm Ca(nv;!V ;U1,5 Chnrk,i n,U ch. Sh,.r
language is utterly inadequate to ; iff-H. Dale; Cier FJy Roger.-: Tte.is
express what must have been his j nrer: I. Dijon; Assessor ' P.nrott:
feeiin-s whi!o. lie was present par- School Superintendent Case: C;a-
ticin:aing in these legislative en- lLni "Ul
actmeuts. It is no wonder cotisia- j FoiUvaing is the Independent tirhet fur
ering what he must have suffered j M uiori cunitv: i;epreentatives. Samuel
that he did not again aspire to leg- ; jVll';n- v- K- b'ldri Ige. c. y. I.awso;,. j.
isiative honors and it is to be fear- ! ; unrl Geo. S. Downing For Conn,
. , , . . . ty (aerk. D. u. Murpliy ; lor S henff
ed that tins sad experience may ; ,faCob Consor; County Coroner. II. M
have fpienched the ardor ot this j W.ute: County Tivasuiier. llugli Owens;
aspiring and towering genius. Assessor. Thom is C. Siiaw.
Thougli the day was hot and the t :
t " i i i 1 i nere was received from U'a; hi.-.z'on.
discussion "ai.ll, J et It closed at tlie Executive Onice lat v.-eek ." I ist No.
with good teelmg en the part ot ; 2. embracing 01. 127. s:-iQ3 .acre.s of land-,
rdl present. j approved to the Willamette Valley and
.. j C iscade Mountain Military Wagon "Co ol;
For unparalleled lvin ?oe the I list 2- ton' ,in'n.? C3 4S7.(K-10:)
. , T . acres, atiproved to the Dulles Military
Oregon tun ami Jj iukiin of the Wapron Itoad. from D ilh-.s city to Fort
last tew da vs. Boise on Snake river.
Good Results.
Ren Ilolladay's attempt to take
the laborers off the Locks and
thus retard that work, has shown
the people that he is determined
to defeat the completion of this
important enterprise, and not only
control the political interests of
the State, but lock up its com
merce. From every quarter in
our own, Marion, Linn, Yamhill
and Polk counties, we hear the
the people have resolved to throw
off the yoke and support the Demo
cratic tickets.
Pltr 1 mi irntut.
! , -i , ., -, , i
! pudence of this man and his hire-
j , . , ,
! Itngs i exposed, and the people,
!f,;7o , ' 1 J .'
j those who are not slaves to this
, , ... . t
! Kailioojl jving will vote against
j , t,i- , - , t , T x
the liadical tickets which be-
longs to him. People of Clacka
mas, are you his chatties? If not,
vote against his ticket.
Cax Tin; Pi:oru: Pi;:-;? If there had
been any funtier evHcnce warning, tin
action of Ili'ii 1 lulh-.d iy"a tools and
strikers l ist 3atnnl ij am! Sunday fur-
nishi'd it. pt cniiio owneMnn of the
ihl,ylc,x tickt.t i this county. SeKlom In
thl, ical hiMorv of aRy coram.wliv
htive we or any oilier person, seen snch
foul ,.a.C;ll:.v
and l. ire-faced impudence
displayed by anyont". It appears that
this jjreat niogul thinks he owns ihe people
of Clackani'is Knot has a riht to dictate
who her officers shall be. llis on'rageons
coridnct last week has disgusted I he best
men in the Radical party.
SKLf-0?jxiEMN ki. The Radi
cal candidate for Slate Senator
! feels self-condemned, hence he se
j cured a statement of certain mat-
ej-s which were iui, and would
.1 1 T
uoL nave neon, orougnt into me
canvass, and the public would not
have been aware of anything con
tained in the circular. His own
conscience was his worst accuser.
If any one heretofore doubted
that ie;i, .liolladay owned the
Radical ticket in t his count v, his
action in endeavoring to decoy the
j Hiram, the Radical-Rendiolla-!
day candidate for State Senator.
has a lot of circulars printed to vin
dicate his character. As the peo
ple had not been informed that
there was anything wrong with
him and no one thought of making
i failure.
Vol hiiH'ii, remember that H.-d-
Ai, the man w ho wished to dc
coy
Vrm from vour work, said that.
he
of
wouhl dise'jarge every d s-
a b of voti as soon as he could
get Chinamen and that if he gave
anv of you work that you would
have to come down to -tl 50 per
day. Will you t rust such a hilling
of Hen Ilolladay's, who did the
same thing two years ago ?
t;uu. 1 c outer ui" ml s:nu 1 e
Gibb:
. .1 1 1
t,
never handled any of the SlO,-
000 secret service fund."' We did
not say he did. Hut he failed to
;ive amy larther satislaclion m re-
gard to it than that the Adjutant
(ieneral's report would show. VVe
want him to tell that part. That's
all.
AVe ask a careful reading of a
letter which appears in this issue
from Mr. Smith, the Engineer in
charge of the works on the canal.
. ' 1
l)(,it by those who know him.
j . 1
j Peter says that if he was. not a
; Good Templar he would run ahead
, of hU tickt.t Inic h.id not
, , , , t1 1
i ulated that Order no v-ccmid never
i
' got a chance to be a candidate,
j He owes his nomination to that
instution and nothing else.
S'.vKKgr.n. Old Hen, is getting
muchly sheered about the ellcct of
his attempted rascality in this
place, iu trying to rim off men
from the Locks. He has ordered
one of his tools to "explain" it to
the citizens one day next week.
Political ews.
The Democrats of Yamhill county have
Our Special Washington letter
Vashixutos, May 4th, 1S72.
Editor Extepkisk : Horace Grccle
for President qnd Denjamin Gra'z fJrowa
for Vice President, is the result of tL6
Cincinnati Convention. This will have
reached J('i long before you get this
letter. 'The gentlemen selected liUve a
liorjal reputations, and are unquestionably
able statesmen and honest men. It H
doubtful, if the Convention could havo
made better selections. Then, they are
from a class that instructs the Wor!-
b.V.h having been editors of Ieadii g j t,r.
nals. Mr. Greeley is at the head of the
editorial corps of the New York Tr;U0te
and Gra'z I'rown acquired great dii-tinc-tion
as the editor of the St. Louis I)-:no
ci'it- No doubt this sort of training con
tributed much to the greatness they lKlva
both iteheived. The nominations ru
very satisfactory to the Liberal Repnbli.
cans, and the Democrats Lave great re
spect for both geniietn&n. believing tbenj
to be honest and capable. As predicted
in my letter of the 30th of .March, "t!u
Democracy will have a ticket ;f their
owo.' and there wiil be -'three parties m
the lield."' This is a fixed determination
here us the part of the Democrats ia
Congress. Some prominent Democrats
not in Congress, insist that Ujo feeling ia
Washington is entirely different wa
what it is in the country. I cannot say bow
that is, as have been cooped up
Washington for the last five moichs. i
am aware that in Missouri and other
Western States there exists mi the part of
many beaioerats a desire that no nomina
tions be made by ihe Democrats, but tQ
acquiesce in the nominations made by ihu
Liberal Republicans, ijow widespread
such a feeling is it is difficult to determine.
Here the determination fixed to have
a Na-ioual Democratic Convention, and
next Wednesday, May 8. the Democratic
Na:i mat Committee meets ia New York,
to call a Convention and fix a day. Jjt.
Louis, it is supposed, will be selected us
the place, and the meeting to be on tho
-t;h oi July. Dut. you will haw heard a.l
this before this reaches joii.
The Democrats are in excellent spin;?,
e.tid believe that the prosp c-.i of success
a: e II itt.j; "u g. There is no question ihut
Greeley ;.nd I'rown will stick. The Lib
eral Republicans j reler the success of ilia
Democrats to Grant, and I am convit.cVl
that ati.-r the l're.-idential election is ov, r
that both of ihe.-o elements of opposhio'i
t (i rant will a -; hi erfect haummv. a;.d
i! the Democrats toe successful, Libciul
Repu'ihcaos will bo fuliy ; ecojn I. d as
brothers e;-g ig.-d in thegteat. work. of re
form. No uuKiad words v. il! be ioduvd
l.i 03 tne i H';:)ocr,,t- tovvanis
iO lioiu::nHS
ot ihe Libera! R pi:bllcauj. lionteo
('retdey and h atz I'.row u are gentlemcu
of tri. d tone.-iy and integrity. They ;iru'
men full oi br ;ve thoughts aud d ire to
ut'.er tie-;:!, v., l'e:;iocjat in ihe toid Las
a gt-ea'er u-!t-s:auon o! the eoi rup
u ..d.-r t ! is ad miui.-i rai ion ilitn the.-e
J.en 1 :rl:)e;i. l'.il' . as LerelofolV s
;u:;s
f.vo
a ted
i!.;ei- ni l 1 1 : t o! 1 ;i'Miocr,e ie vo'ers v, id
te very ' i.'hcu : t ;o : ransh-r it is ii-iprjc-tii:abie.
e.nd ihe Deoi icr.v s will go on
and make it-. mm uueis as usual ot tried
men m
! i i r cm 11 o
'iuiezation.
t :
li Ulilll
.v. iieioii .c.v.-i o .oiiana is uie tavorn.i
no.V wiih ihe pity. and will doubtless ho
ooiniu.iteil. I am e;-;i:i,'it-d that he is s
I! 1 . . I . . I 1:
gl en! a ! lie m lie
r I regard
iiim a s one ot the ablest and palest Pem-oerjt.-;
ia Ameiiei. aid i! elected Pteri-
uent. win nones. !v a im
V :t, hiiv.u'i-- it..
te goveru-
men!.
The ran 7 as? in your State is attracting
much imereii here. It lias been H ranl,. d
of .so much importune.? by I're.sideut
idr.int thai he ha" ri; his Ailortii-y (,Vii
era! to Oregon to m ui .e ihe can vass.ntid
to take the usual corruption fund in order
to boy op voters. Thousands of dollars
wiil be expended in jour Stab? to carry
She eb-cMou in June, and the Ileujoeracy
sho,.;d be ou the alert to counteract this
immense money itd'aence. that Attorney
(leoeral Williams will distribttte with "a
tree hand tjutiu his visit. It, is. also,
s:,ited that Columbus I'. iaio.!, Secretary
of lou-iio;-. will vi.-ii Oieoii. to us.-i.-'t
Wiiliau) 1 in the eHort to Carry Oregon ;or
t liMllt.
ure!v lies,
il n list: hi
rts lo
totee ua:h;-al ruje on your people will
arouse the h most yeoiuanry, and s hat
Jhey wiil spurn the bribes. The country
looks to the Democraev of Oregon with
muclt anxiety, a id h ive ati abidu,"- tiut
i c.
in their slead.'a-ttie.-s and purity, and
rot! hope ami con!idence is felt. Hint
your people wid stand by the teeord lliey
have made in Use two p:lst. ele.aioi.s
i)iir ticket is food one. no better oim
could ha e Iieett selected. a:id it s!ifiuh
receive the e.irttes! support of every JV;rr
nerat and patiiot in Otepren. Let ilio
i'eiiiociatio pi ess do its duty faithfully iu
this contest. If favorable to the Deii'mc-r.ir-y
i;i June. t;c i-esulL will have an ti
lMleratitij it.Huence on this side of the
mountains, and insp're the Democracy
with courage. Sec then that victory U
secured- spare :,o effort - let G rover.
mi:h and odier good m n turn out. and
canv.iss the Suee tiioroueldy. ( h-in
mu-t tiot. be lost, to Ihe Democracy .as
was California. Forty Ci'nUiries are not
iookiti.2 do'.vti on the contest in Oregon,
but three million of Democratic voters
have their eves tut nod in your direction,
and are praying devoutly Tor the succes
, i senator,
-.V . 'nl bepresentauve, Ir.
-re m excellent spirits in reference
.,,, i, . i , , .. ,
it the c-.tfc iti your S'ti e. Y"t
o !l:e result, and are well rdeasod with
ihe spirited m n.ner iu which the canvass
is conduced by Jude Hurnelt and Gov.
timver. The speed, of yor.r lleprepenta
tive in the IP'tise on the tariff is h:-ldy
tommended on a!I hands, and extracU
from if sire beiuy: copied in the papers of
botii parti-A. with cummendation. Tho
iVasldoton (:'lynt,':1e (Republican) puh
lishes ; he table below, wliich is a clear
sta'etnent, tU,d easily comprehended, ami
shouh ,e extensively circultted. Tho
tible v. ill be loutid ia the speech on tho
l,t p;o.;e. Ih).
Mr. hhiter htis introduced a bill donat
ing one million acres of the public lands
tor .Agricultural Colleges to each Statu
and Territory. The bid meets wiih much
favor, and representatives from every
Agricultural' College in ti,t, Union havo
been here during tha pa.-t week urging
the p i-s,ige of the bill. It will he taken
up in the couise of ten days and no doubt
the measure will puss, with pome modifi
Ca'ious. The Senate held a caucus as to
the orier of business, and agreed to dis-pof-j
of Um pending appropriations first,
bef'oi'i! cot:Ldering any other important
measures. Hence tfe delay ia action oa
he bill donating lands to Agricultural
Colleges. Ale-a of the Frefideiil of "Col
leges have gone homo, but will return
when the measure cofnes up at tho timo
designated. No doubt Mr. iilatef lias
setit ou a copy of die bill, and it would
be well to puhii-li a synopsis of il.
Piumcis.
rof-iTiCAL Si-EAKi.vt;. Gen.J. W, Nes
mith will address the citizens of Portland
oil the political issues of the day, Satur
day. May 2.3th.
Al The Dalles, Monday. May 27. Speak
ing in lh evening.
G