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OREGON hit, precox: FEB, C, 171.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
A Democratic State Convention for the
Qstate of Oregon, is hereby called by the
Democratic State Central Committee, con
vened in Portland, Oregon, this, the 22d
day of January, A. D., 1ST I, to meet at the
city of Albany, Oregon, on
ll'etlnesMlii Hie 1MH tiny of Marth,
H71, for the purpose ofiominating candi
dates to be voted for at the general election
In' June next, for Congr-'-ss and the various
State and District oftiecs then to be filled,
and for the transact ion of any other busi
ness that may properly come before it.
The apportionment of member of said
Convention among the counties is based
upon the Democratic vote cast for Hon.
John Rurnett for Congress in 1372, allowing
one delegate in said Convention for each
one hundred or fraction of fiity, so cast.
The several counties of the .State will be
entitled to delegates in said Convention as
follows :
Raker
Renton
'latsop
Clackamas....
Columbia
Curry
kjs
Douglas
Orant
Jos phi ne
Jackson.....
Tatal
Linn
Lane
Murion
Multnomah
Polk
I'nk.n
rmatilht
Ti 1 la monk
Wasco
Washiimtna ...
Yamhill
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It is suggest -d by t he ( oni ni ii tee t hat f to
several counties liolil t lieir Primary "on
vent ions on Saturday, the :;s; h.day of Feb
ruary, at 1 o'clock I', m., and their t ouitty
Conventions on Saturday, the Tt 1 day of
March, at tlie saie hour, in t lios 'contiti' S
whurj these apioiiit meiit.3 do not nie.-t the
convenience of tic Demm-racy, it j.s expec
ted that they will make the n-cessary
chan""s through their County 'ommittee.
W. I,. WJIITK.
Chairman Dm. State Central Com.
J. J. Walton, JR., Secretary.
Democratic Cmmty Convention.
TIlO Democratic voters of Clackamas
county arc requested to meet at thoir
usual places, of voting, on Sat unlay,
I'cbruary 2-th, 171, i'.r the purj oso of
electing delegates; to the County Con
vention, which will be hel l at Oregon
City; March 7th, 1-71, at 11 o'clock a. in.,
for tin; purpose of selecting seven dele
gates to attend the State Convention,
which will meet at Albany on the lMh
day of March next.and to transact such
other business as may properly come
liel'ore the Convention. The various
precincts are entitled to delegates in
the Convention as follows:
Oregon City....
T.inn City
ID
1
Canemah 1
Cascades 2
Cutting's
Tualatin 1
I "nner Molalla 4
Harding's
Lower Molalla
Marouam's
1 ' nion
Pleasant Hill
Marsh th Id
ltock Creek
Reaver Creek....
1 I Canbv
1 Milwaukie
1 ! Ds.vego
2 I s. ringwiit-r
3 Fagie ( r-i-k
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Total IS
The Committee reinnnned that the
Democracy turn out in full force and
attend the primaries.
JJy order of tic ( Viitunittcc.
A. NOILN!!;. Cliairman.
Radical I'.xtrat agisnce.
The people of our country can
hardly realize the immense expenses
of the Government at present as com
pared with those under lemoeratic
rule.- In 1SG0, the expenses were
359,81S,17.S. Such was the cost cf
Government thirteen years ago. The
country has been at peace for the
past nine years, yet we rind that dur
ing this entire time, instead of going
back to a peace expenditure, it is in
creasing annually its appropriations.
The present expenses of the Govern
ment, exclusive of interest on the
public debt, are $210,000,000. The
interest on the debt is a little less
than $100,000,000. The estimates
call for 31 0,(100,000, and for the fis
cal year of 1871-75, i:319,19S,73f..
Deducting 30,000,000 for pensions
and 29,000,000 for a sinking fund to
liquidate the debt in all .7.) ,000,000
which is an expenditure growing
out of the late war, we still have cur
rent expenses amounting to $157,
000,000. The civil, foreign and mis
cellaneous services call for $00, 577,
293? a sum in itself over $0,000,000
more than the whole government
cost in 1800. For the War Depart
ment the amount is $17,795,053. In
18GU it was a little over $10,000,0 0.
The Navy expenditure has gone up
for the period from $11,513,150 to
$27,792,151. Tor the Indians we
have $8,50S,71."j, while in 100 the
sum was $3,"55,Gss. The civil, for
eign and miscellaneous item has
jumped from $27,9G'.),!S70 to $00,500,
293. This increase in expenditure is
far in excess of the proportionate in-
crease m population. I he increase
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in population has been about tlnrtv
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per cent., and the expenditures in
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the same t:me have been nearlv (hn e
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hundred pjr cent, lhecountry can t
stand this outrageous extravagance,
and the sooner the people
o back to
the better days of the ltepublie. the
it will be. There is no reason why
the expenses should be there than
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one-third, exclusive tue interest on
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lir .U.llT IM'lWlil'W : I Till 11L-T-w f.,.-. 1
greater now than they were thirteen '
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v curs aiju. x hi - i'jii;i.Hieu ua ing
increased one-fourth the expense i
would naturally be more, but by no
means in proportion to the increase
of population should the expense-she.
In the matter of ' Indian appropria
tions alone, the people must know
there is pure stealing being done.
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While the savages are d;wly decreas-
ning. the expense of maintaining tlieni
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has increased from three to eight
millions. In the other branches of
our Government wo may reasonably
suppose the same process of stealing
is carried on. If the present Con
gress will onlv go to work and show
the thieves that they cannot longer
sqaunder the people's money, it w ill
be a step in the right 'direction.
congress insieau ui u.ou
mate made by the various Depart-
ments, should have ability enough
in it to determine what the expenses
should be, and make the appropria
tions accordinglv, and let the plun
derers know that they will get no
more, and that the Department
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must be run with the appropriations
made, and no deficiency bills shall be
passed for their benefit. Cut down
the extravagance, and reduce the
expenses, and we can run the gov
ernment on the present revenue, or
less, and instead of adding taxation,
be able to reduce it. The various
expenses in 18G0 were: For civil,
foreign and miscellaneous services,
27,900,870; for InteriorDepartment,
including Indians and pensions,
$3,9o",G80; for "War Department,
8 10 ,109,707; for the Navy, $11, 513, 150.
Now let us come back to these appro
priations and the people will no
longer have grounds for forming
themselves into secret organizations
to oust the Radical party from power.
Let voters look at the picture of 1SC0
and then take a look at 187-4. Arc
they not prepared for a change?
The Farmer's Movemenl.
The Eugene Guard, in speaking of
the Grange movement after citing
that a certain Radical politician in
Lane county is Master of one of the
Granges in that county, and that a
petition for the organization of a
lodge at Corvallis had been rejected,
says: "We believe that loading " re
publicans in this State have taken
hold of this thing with the sole
view of enhancing their prospects
for political preferment. That there
are a large number of these "time
honored" 2oliticians within the Or
der there can be no doubt. "We have
even heard it hinted that Mr. Daniel
Clark, Master of .the State Grange-,
is working in the interest of the Or
egon and California Railroad. It is
a well estal dished fact that certain
democrats have been unable to ob-
taiiFadmission, and among them are
men who are far from being broken
down politicians. An application
was recently made for a charter for a
Grange at Corvallis. The applica
tion was returned, with the objection
that lion. J. C. Avery and Green
bury Smith were not elligible, by
reason of being politicians. This
must have been done by recommen
dation of Mr. Clark, and we ask, can
didly, ate either of these men politi
cians more than John Kelly? We
presume no one acquainted witli the
men will answer in the ailirmative.
It is well known in this vicinity that
the Land Oilice here is making it
self particularly busy in procuring
the organization of Granges, and it
is no drawback to any person in re
publican neighborhoods that he is a
"time-honored republican politcian.
We say these things in all kindness
toward the Order. We would not
knowingly place the least obstacle m
the way of its success, and only speak
now for its own good. If any polit)
ci in is to be kept out, keep them
out."
I.am'aulet Williams.
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The New York lfcrald gives us
some of the items which caused the
"lloodgates of calumny" to open on
Williams. One of these which open
ed on "Landaulet Williams had for
its keeper the First Comptroller of
the Currency. It seems that a Con
gressional spy an M. C. went up
to the Treasury Building to find out
something about the expenses of the
Department of Justice. The keeper
opened the floodgate and the dark
stream floated out some vouchers
which cover that mysterious and ex
pensive piece of a Iministration paid
for under the bill of "contingent ex
penses." Our Landaulet jurist did
not think that tlio Comptroller had
any business to open tho floodgate,
and went to him and complained of
the proceeding, whereupon the
Comptroller hinted to Mr. Williams
that the public representatives, as
well as other people, were interested
in knowing how the public money is
disbursed. The Comptroller could
not therefore, refrain from opening
the floodgate, as he was paid to del
uge the people Avith information as
I.!.. .,.nn.li,,ng TTT Victim
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of slander and popular prejudice,
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i who had his intellect disparaged and
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i his integrity called m question, has.
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probablv, like JVizame, resolved to
j ,ommit-hi s n-putation to the cool
judgment of posteritv and to the
! better appreciation of the great poo-
pie that never errs. Happy man!
j As Oixiru.-The insincerity of
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' the Administration in its professions
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of reform are proven dailv bv its
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Our readers will remember
i one jl nomas Nan Jinren. who was
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one of Grant's Vienna Commisionrrs
and whose conduct was such that in
order to protect what good name we
had abroad he was removed, and
most damaging charges were proven
j against him. The President,, as a
; reward for his
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i pointed this same an Ihiren as Con-
nml th , .,
, .v. oupunauc ioreign mission
i cuuurme.i tne aiv
; llointmcnt. Tho Allmini,ration
, truly a rewardei of dishonestv and
. rascality
.Ax Important Election. The
first general State election in Penn-
sylvania, under the rew
Constitution,
,
-day, Govern-
will take place on Tues
lwi- !t-l 1 ST A U il- i .-
. . lUis election a
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nit-uieiiiiiii-uovernor. Secretarv rf
Internal Afiairs and a full Hon so of
j representatives, are to be elected
according to the division of the pop
ulation of the State by two hun-
dred. which will give a few over
i two hundred members; also, State
Senators in all the districts in which
1 there shall be vacancies
Our Special Washington tetter.
Washington, Jau. 19, 1874.
The past fortnight has been one of
great importance in the National Cap
ital. During this short period of
time the President has successively
appointed three persons to occupy
the position of Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, and such displeas
ure has been evinced by the promi
nent politicians and adherent. of the
party in power, that two nominations
have been withdrawn and a third ap
pointed. The first appointment was
that of George II. Williams of Or
egon. This was met with cries of
incompetency, and insinuations of
his being open to bribery, in fact
these both were in part true. Such
great opposition was shown that Mr.
Williams requested the withdrawal
of his name, citing for his reason
that he was thus held in a continual
state of suspense, his hands were
tied and his month closed, which
was not only vexations but annoying.
There is however A" report that he will
retire from the Cabinet and be ten
dered an important foreign mission.
The next nomination was that of
Caleb Cashing of Virginia, this took
everybody by surprise, and caused
a large amount of speculation as to
the probable result of the matter.
On the iir:-.t intimation of the Presi
dent's second choice, a general at
tack was opened by a large number
of the press, and by some prosecu
ted with great vigor and severity.
The- representatives of the Republi
can press, to the greater number,
were obliged to sustain the action of
the President. Some spoke of it as
an "olive lr:meh" extended by the
President to heal the breach caused
by the late war, though some boldly
opposed this act of the Administra
tion. Some of the leading Demo
cratic journals advanced the opinion
that Grant's reason for appointing
Mr. Gushing, was, that In;, being an
old man, would probably resign be
fore the end of the Presidential term
and thus make way for Grant's favo
riteWilliams. It is doubtful it' the
"olive-branch" excuse is the correct
solution of the problem; more like
ly it is the result of some sinister
motive on the part of th.i Adminis
tration. The opposition to this nom
ination was indeed so violent that
Grant has withdrawn it. and for
warded that of Hon. M. II. Waite of
Ohio. As in the former cases specu
lation is busy the general conclu
sion, however, is that the Senate will
probably contirm this appointment.
Congress his transacted much
more business than it was expected
it would in so short a time. The Sal
ary Dill has passed both Houses, by
huge majorities. The bill, as it now
is, provides for the repeal of all in
creased compensation (except in the
eases of the President and Judges of
the Supreme Court), and tixing the
sihi'ies a - thov were prior to the act
of March 3d," 1873. And that all
money received as 1aek-pay shall be
returned and covered into the Treas
ury. The election contests for tho States
of Arkansas and West Virginia have
had a hearing before the Committee
on Flections. Neither ease was, how
ever. Anally settled, though the gen
eral opinion is that a new election
will be ordered on the latter, if not
on the former.
There were no bills o He red which
had any direct bearing on the State
of Oregon, though two were present
ed which bore indirectly on the in
terests of the Pacific Coa'st.
The first is that of Mr. Duttrell of
California, who introduced a pream
ble, and resolution in the House, con
cerning the Central Pacific ltailro.id
and its connections on the Pacific
Coast, in which he recites the various
amounts of aid which t ' i t Company
has received from the United States
Government, and the governments of
'.the Pacific States, towns and coun
ties, .md that the director of the
Companv h ive converted the same to
their own personal profit, at the ex
pense of the stockholders, therein
defrauding them. It also provides
for the appointment of a committee
to inquire into their aflairs and the
manner in which the directors have
managed them.
Mt Clayton, of California, has un
der consideration tlio introduction of
a bill providing that oar Govern
ment shall assume the important
work of opening the Darien Sin')
Canal. If this should be passed it
will doubtless he of incalculable ben
efit to the development of the inte
rests of the Pacific Coast.
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not as yet made any active movement
toward" obtaining Congres- nal aid.
Col. Tom Seott desires to obtain the
loan of bonds bearing a low rate of
interest and convertible into curren
cy; to be issued as the road progres
ses, and to be secured on those por
tions of the road as are completed.
This plan does not seem to meet the
approbation of all, for many of the
Senators advise him to abandon the
idea, in part. A few strong lobby
ists are at work endeavoring to ascer
tain the public sentimenton the sub
ject. Among the nominations of the
President are those of Messrs. E. Pi.
Gerry of Albany, and S. P. Dee of
Damascus. Oregon, who, in connec
tion with G. A. Hurlburt of Illinois,
form a committee to examine the
Northern Pacific Hail road from Te
nino to Tacoma, W. T.
A Convention of the Veterans of
the Mexican War lias been in session
in this city, composed of delegates
from all parts of the Union, the ob
ject of which is to prepare a memo
rial to Congress asking for a pension
to the survivors of the Mexican W ar,
at he same rate as is allowed to the
icVT, f T
i Also to adopt measures for the
j formation of a National Brotherhood.
and provide for a general assemblage
on the occasion of the Centennial an
niversary, in Philadelphia. Under
the auspices of the Convention the
bronze statue of General Scott will
be unveiled during the coming week.
The Pacific States were well repre
sented: California sent five dele
gates; Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory sent two Gen. James Tilton,
and Maj. G. O. Haller.
In addition to the above the Na-
COURTESY CF BANCROFT iTRY'"
UNIVERSITY OF CALEOHNI? '
tional "Woman's Rights Convention
has also been in session. Speeches
were made by Mrs. Stanton, and
Miss Anthony, as well as many oth
ers. A bill of rights were adopted
and resolutions decided upon to be
forwarded to Congress, praying for
admission to all Colleges, JLaw, and
ieuicui ocnoois, ana, m iaet, 10 ou ,
entitled to all the privileges of male !
f tt.,;.i i
Resides the Oregonians w ho are in
the city, and, as so being, were men
tioned in a former letter, there are
now Messrs. Stitzel and Underwood
of Portland, and Moody, of the
Dalles. Mr. D. P. Thompson is very
busy in the Departments, but as yet
seems not to have accomplished
much toward the advancement of his
railroading interests in Oregon. The
other members of the Webfoot dele
gation appear to be deep into the
business relating to their plans and
enterprises which brought, them to
this city. Rut as to the result of
their labors, I cannot with any cer
tainty predict, yet expect before
another fortnight has rolled around,
to be able to give a better account of
them. An recoir, II. D. M. '
Summary of Slate New s Items.
-The Court House bell at Salem is
cracked.
The Rrownsville woolen factory is
rushing out fabrics.
The Albany llfjl.tter will be an
eight page sheet after its next issue.
The Albany city authorities have
done away with the police depart
ment. The silver wedding of S. N. Arri
goni was celebrated at Astoria last
week.
Mumps is tho prevailing disease at
Jacksonville. Nearly evervbodv has
them.
The boats -will make regular trips
hereafter between Eugene City and
Portland.
Oapt. W. 11. Cussans, of Empire
City, died at that place on the l'Jth
ult., of dropsy.
With the issue of the 31st ult. the
Jacksonville Sentinel celebrated its
eigthteonth anniversary.
Reports from Hubbard say that
the fall wheat sown on French
Prairie is growing finely.
Latest advir cs report two feet of
snow in tho Klamath R.isin, and some
stock ui having perished.
A case of "crim. con." at Jefferson
has created a good deal of excite
ment at that burg recently.
Richard "Williams has sold the
Fairmont farm in Ronton county,
bought of Judge Thornton, for the
sum of $'..). 5('0.
Umatilla county is said to owe
$10.0 )0 and makes a tax levy of 2G
mills. The debt was considerahly
l evinced in 1873.
The Oregon Pioneers expect to
have a very interesting time at Astoria
on the occasion of the annual meet
ing, February 22d.
Mrs. Duniway's C..ntenn?.d Tea
Party, according to the Portland pa
pers, was nearly a total failure, finan
cially and otherwise.
Sheriff" Parch, of Polk county, has
done a driving business at tax col
lecting this week, having taken in
$-i,G00 in Dallas precinct alone.
Articles .f incorporation of the
Albany Manufacturing Company
were tiled last Tuesday week. Capi
tal stock, i(;0,O)0; shares, $! id.
Clatsop County Circuit Court sent
two men to the Perdt -nt i.iry last
week for highway robbery. M:ir
phy fo three years, and Kelly for
for tvvo years.
The Simpson Pros. .at North Rend,
are building a large full-rigged,
double-deck clipper .ship, to run in
the grain trade between Poitland
and Liverpool.
A grand reception was held at the
residence of Mr. R. C. Kinney, in
Salem, a few days since, by Dr. Al
fred Kinney and wife, the newly
married couple of Portland.
M. II. Abbott, former editor of tho
ILvirocc ij)iorr", has canvassed
Pendleton for subscriptions, and 'pro
poses to bring a press and start a pa
per at that place at an early day.
Inaac Vadoran had Ids right hand
crushed so badly, a few days ago.
while mining. on Little Apploguto, in
Jackson county, that it was neces
sary to amputate one of his fingers.
Schooner Laura May was wrecked
six miles north of Coos Ray bar on
the 10th, on her way up from San
Francisco, and little hope of saving
her. No lives lost and little insur
ance. A Roseburger was stopped in the
road one night not long ago. by two
foot pads, who demanded fifty "cents
to buy whisky with. He thinks they
are two of the men who robbed the
stage at Redding, Cal.. a few weeks
ago.
The Ladies' Mite Society of the
Episcopal Church, at La" Grande,
has been organized just one year;
and after making a final settlement
the. other day, there was five hundred
dollars in the treasury. Pretty
good.
Ry order of the State Superinten
dent of public instruction, Syl. C.
Simpson, and in accordance with the
school law, a Teachers' Institute, in
and for Douglas county, will be held
at Oakland on the 27th and 2Sth of
February, 187L
In relation to a
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telegraph from'
Portland to Astoria, the W. U. T.
Co. offer to build it and turn it over
to the citizens of those places at cost.
Dr. Plummer will examine the com
pany's routes at an early day, and
report hi? findings to Mr. Gamble,
Superintendent of the company.
"Mr. Gaston discharged last week
all the employes. says the' Independent,
on the westside railroad, exeopt the
engineer. The reason w hy was that
they had been charging passing pass
engers two and four bits for small
packages, valises, umbrellas, etc.,
which they had no right to."
Excitement exists at Portland over
the report of a case of small pox on
oiaease oi sman pox ou
board the schooner Hera, from San , '
Francisco. The vessel. is partly dis-j ing its honorable rewards for sub
charged, but the rest of the cargo servient incapacity, the country will
will have to wait awhile. She las ! T)repare for a change, and there is no
of the wav1 bClOW bne'yard Ut I help for it. The day is at hand when
Tlieman who was arrested for 1 temporary party can no longer sub
horse stealing and broke out of the . sist upon the hallelujahs of the past,
Dallas jail some time since to find ' -with a President who, when sober
some one to go security for his ap- busie8 himself in appointing Shen
pearance at court, has decamped and ueP
left his surety to settle the bond of heril Williarases, and defying
a hundred nd fifty dollar. i the rulos he ha pretended to adopt
Its Occupation Cioue.
The San Francisco Examiner is of
the opinion that Grant's, as well as
the Radical party's, occupation is
about gone, and that Grant and the
Radical party are becoming disgust-
eu witn each other. It says that "it
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seems to be understood that the
President and some of his kite chief
advisers in the dominent party are at
irreconcilable variance; and that the
Executive is beginning to repent of
some of the acts that have brought
into odium, acts which were done at
the instigation of such men as the
malignant Morton, the corrupt Cam
eron, and other .chieftains of the
Radical organization; acts the evil
mischievous import of which Mr.
Grant, in the innocency of his nature
and the bareness of his intellect, did
not at once apprehend. Rut seeing
what effect many of these measures
have had upon the popular mind,
Mr. Grant, suffering poignantly from
unjust personal aspersions which at
tribute all the blame to him, instead
of to "his wicked partrers," is pre
paring to sunder his relations with
the latter. We hail indications of
this in his message.- In a mild way,
he alluded to the approaching disso
lution into its original elements of
the Republican party. The note
worthy 'passage to the" effect .that
"political partisanship has almost
ceased to exist, especially in the ag
ricultural regions," is a smooth way
of owning that the Radical party is
gradually going back into chaos. If
the symptoms of decay were confined
to the "agricultural regions" the
prophecy of the disintegration of the
party that now misrules the country
would have less foundation than is
now apparent. Take, the State of
New York, which is not notoriously
an agricultural region, and it has
been a Republican State, but the
last election there revealed a tenden
cy not altogether bucolic to wrest
the control of affairs from the domi
nant party. Ohio is not pre-eminently
an agricultural region, and the
Cincinnati Enquirer says the great
Republican party is dethroned in that
State. As that enlightened journal
remarks, we must go beyond the ag
ricultural regions for the philovopliy
which is to determine the duration
of life of the Republican party. The
party was originally composed of
elements the most dissimilar save on
one question. It was built on one
issue. Its whole life has been nour
ished by the existence of one dis
turbing element in American polities.
It was made up of men who differed
on every public question save one.
That question dead and hurried, the
disintegration of ihe party is only a
question of time. The colie.-ive power
of tho public spoils is the only force
that has held the party together for
the last three vears. That the IV
publican party should dissolve or
pass from power is in pursuance of
the inevitable logic of events a nec
essary consequence of the fact that
the principle on which it was found
ed has passed from under it. Rut
there are not wanting causes to has
ten its downfall. The Credit Mobil
ier business was one nail in its coffin.
The salary-grab was another. The
handling of the Virginins question
has secured for it wide condemna
tion. The party has been repudiated
within the last few months by almost
the entire Northwest, and sii ce the
assembling. of the Forty -Third Con
gress it has done nothing toward its
redemption.
What party ever cured ih'e'f of
corruption? The Radical-Republicans
spread financial panic over the
the country and straightway asked
for twenty per cent, move money for
the running expenses of the Govern
ment machine. Without the Credit
Mobilier swindle; without the salary
grab; without the financial distress
which its monetary policy brought
upon the country; without the dis
satisfaction which is peculiar to the
agricultural regions; without its
bungling of the delicate matters that
belonged to the Virginins question;
without its tariff sins and extrava
gance, the Radical-Republican party,
the creature of exceptional conditions,
would certainly pass from power.
It is divided against itself .on all the
questions that will prominently com
mand public attention for the next
decade. It 'is not alone the President
that acknowledges the nearness of
the collapse of the party that has
ruled the county for a dozen years.
Tl.o l.i.-.l iiirr A .1 ivdrdstrnt ion ortran in
A 1 1 , X y till-. .1111".." - f .
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JSew jngianoL, me jjMtm mtc .....' ,
recently male this cofession:
The events in Washington since
Congress assembled have not tended
to quiet apprehensions that the Re
publican organization is drifting to
the bad. No department of the pub-
j jc service is in a satisfactory condi-
tion, and, worst of all, there seems
to be an indisposition to work a re
formation. There is everywhere in
difference to the suggestions of wis
dom and common sense. When an
Administration ceases to trust the
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for the better management of the
civil service. The Northwest has
spoken. New Hampsire will have
something to say in March, and Con
necticut in April. Republicanism
in the South has apparently weaken
ed of late, the Administration policy
in the Virginins affair being one pro
voking cause. The defection of the
farmers will prove, doubtless, the
decisive fact, and, as most of them
were Republicans, they must affiliate
with the Democratic party in the
next National election. If the Dem
ocratic party is wise and prudent, it
will shortly and easily rule the conn
try. The occupation of the Repub
lican party is gone."
Congressional News.
Washington, Jan. 31. C!en. Sher
man was atrain before the House Mili
tary Committee to-day, and gave his
views with regard to the army in con
nection with Indian affairs. He point
ed out on the map a region of country
in Texas, loo miles wide and l.UUO miles
long, comprising halt-dozen organized
counties, which, when he passed
through two years ago, was entirely de
populated, the inhaliitantsdiaving had
to abandon their homes on account of
constant incursions of Indians. He
said he had been led to the belief that
these Indians were Comanches, but it
was prett well understood that they
were Ki.iwas, Chevennes, and A ra pa
hoes, who rai.led from Fort Sdl reser
vation. Mimilesoil', pent -tratinsr through
the military posts and helping them
selves to the horses and stock of their
Mexican friends rather than be to the
trouble ol raising them themselves. 1 le
gave a graphic account of his interview
with S witanta. at Fort Sill, w hen he
had S.oitanka, Santanta, and l'.igTree
arrested, double-ironed and. sent back
to Texas to be tried for an attack upon
a wagon train and the murder of twelve
out of seventeen teamsters, one of
whom vas bound to a wagon and
burned. S.intanka was killed in an :tt
temiit to escape, hut the other two were
tried, convicted, and sentenced to be
hanged, but certain fi umatdlarians.w ho
regarded murder, on the part of the
Indians as mere exhibitions of (-motional
insanity, had induced (lovernor
h.ivis, who ought to have known bet
ter, to commute thcirs-esitciice, and the
same iniluenees at Washington had fi
lially restored them to freedom, and
they were now on a reservation again
ready to move on their murderous
rai ls. If they should scalp CJovernor
D ivis next time, General Sherman in
timated that he should not shed many
lb
reviewed the Modoe dilii-
eu 1 1 yand gave his oj in ion t hat lei i era 1
Canbv was the victim of a temporizing
Quaker policy applied to Indians. He
favored a transfer of the 'control of In
dians front the Interior I siat t merit to
the War Department, and expressed
the conviction that the army was more
kindly disposed to the Indians than
citizens generally, and that if the coun
try demanded "extremely charitable
treatment for the Indians" it could be
accomplished by and through the agen
cy of the army better than by and
through the agency of those persons
who professed " more charity than the
soldier, I .ut who did not practice so
much.
W.xsinxoioN, Feb. K -presenta-tive
T.vuor i ep wled a bill in the I b-use
to-day, amendatory of the postal laws,
which provides for the free carriage of
weekly newspapers to subscribers in
the counties where published, also for
the free -arri.t.e oi exchanges, and lix
1 . i e i a!e o f po ge o u wici-lv a.Ts
outside the counties wheie published,
at l.wo edits for every oaiiitr of a
pouiid, and on papers .:: .1 ,iM ei 1 s:
times a w eck. IS cents : ia il ies, -1 c n ts :
lni-e,!l .UK lis i ; i.i 1 1 ' l of t ! ic 1 1 ii rd class,
including books, patterns, samples,
car N. te.. to be charged at the rate of
one cent for each two ounces, or part ot
two ounce, and fixes the maximum
weight of such parcels at four ounces.
( 'lucAiid. .bin.:. A Times' Washing,
loti special says when the 1 b ti.e J udi
ciary Committee is next called, an im
portant t ill will be reported., the object
of which is to regulate relations be
tween the t iovernment and the Pacific
K iih-oa'ls. !t is well known that those
'ompanics arc in default of payment
of the interest to the amount of several
million dollars, buttrell has already
introduced a bill authorizing and re
ipiiriiu: the Attorney ! encrul to b:i;,g
Mills ag iinsl these v 'eiiip;1 nics to obtain
the NlolleV.
Croiin., of Nebraska, lias Introduced
a bill to declare all lands granted to
railroad companies, liable to Suite tax
at ion.
Wilson, of Indiana, introduced a bill
hist Monday, amending the Pacini
1 tail road Act of I-01, so us to compel t he
I'nion I'.iciho Company and Us branch
es to charge tmi form rates for freights
tin passengers per tune, v
-bother local
or through t rathe. The bill makes it
unlawful f r any olhoer or agent of the
Company to gra"nt special rates, privi
leges r "drawbacks, or to disci immaio
in any way in the trans action of busi
ness. All these provisions are to be
combined in one bill, which the Judi
ciary Committee will report next week
and' w hich will undoubtedly become
a law.
In the debate on tho army appropria
tion bill in the House to-d'y, Nesmith
protested against tho proposition for
tho reduction of the army, which, he
said, was gotten up in accordance with
tie- views of a s-. t of humbug peace
commissioners, whose idea of mana
ging Indians was by preaching to thi m
Christ and 1 1 im criiciiied. lie said that
if Cod Almighty had gone preaching
in that wibb ine.-s, lie would not have
kent Ids hair on his head for twenty
four hours. 1 Laughter. I Iodetetided
frontiersmen against the aspersions
usually made against them, and de-el.n-od'the
first ; lfeclivo missionary the
Indians ever had wa.s Miles Stan dish,
and that his missionary work had been
continued by .Jai-kson. Sheridan, and
others. Congress might save a few mil
lion of dollars by reducing the army,
but every dollar saved would be re
sponded to hv tlio blood of frontiers
men, and by the wail of their widows
and orphans.
jror.r. Rascality. A Washington
dispatch under date of the 21 iust.,
to the New York Tribune, says that
the scandalous developments threat
ened by a New York paper, have
come to light through a quarrel be
tween the stockholders of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, the doc
uments referred to being letters and
extracts from the company's tiles and
books. Rumor " assigns to nearly
every prominent man in and out of
Congress a place in these records,
which show them to be guilty of re
ceiving bribes from the company for
their efforts to secure the subsidy in
which that corporation has rejoiced
for some years. There has been an
unflagging interest displayed all day
in all circles here in regard to the
matter. The Ways and Means Com
mittee commenced an investigation
of the matter with closed doors in
the last Congress, but soon gave it
up. As far as it was carried, how
ever, it disclosed something very
rich.
Washington, Jan. 30. The Pres
ident has sent the following nomina
tions to the Senate: D. J. Curtis, of
Idaho, for Secretarv of the Territory
of Idaho: Jos. Pinkham, United
stofo Af-ir hnl for Idaho; Jos. VY .
Hunston, U. S. Attorney for Idaho.
Telegraphic Xewst
St. Loris. Jan. 31. A daring and
successful robery of a railroad train
was committed at Gadshill station
on the Iron Mountain Railroad, ten.
miles below here, at 4.30 this after
noon. As the train which left here
at 9.45 A. M. came in sight it was sig
naled to stop. The switch was turn
ed and the train ran on the switch
track. As the conductor stepped off
to ascertain the cause of stoppage he
was met by a masked man, a pistol
was placed at his head, and he was
marched oil' and placed under gaurd.
The engineer, fireman, mail and ex
press messengers and other train men
were then seized by live masked and
heavilly armed men. and also" placed
under "guard. The robbers then
went through the entire train and
took from the passengers about S3..
000 and a large amount of jewelry,
from Adams express messenger over
S1.000, and rilled the mail. The rob
bers then left in a southerly-i direc
tion, and after the release of the train
men, the train started south.
Omaha, Jan. 31. Great apprehen
sions are expressed by owners of
large herds of cattle which range be
tween the North and South Platte,
and settlers who live near the Union
Pacific Railroad and on the Republi
can river, of a general raid from Red
Cloud's iind Spotted Tail's bands of
Sioux, and from the Chevennes, Da
kotalis, Arapahoes and others com
bined. The supply of beef furnished
these Indians bekig nearly or quite
exhau-t. d, and there being no money
with which to purchase more, they
must depredate on the settlements or
starve. These bands number 30, 000,
and would laugh at the hand full of
cavalry at Fort' Fetterman and Fort
Laramie. Large cattle owners :ul
eontracters here now corroborate the
report that the Indians' supplies will
soon be exhausted.
The Roard appointed by the Secre
tary of tlie'Treusury recmomend life
saving stations at the following
points on the Pacific coast; Wash
ington Territory Neuh Vny, Shoal
water Ray" and Cape Disapointment,
life-boat station: Oregon Capo Ara
go, Reyes, and between Point Lobon
and Point San Pedro, life bout bt
tions. New York, Jan. 00. The second
game of billiards for $2,000 and the
championship of the world was play
ed to-night between A. Garnier and
Francois Ubassy. The former won
by 000 to -17(5.
'CmAKbANo, ()., Jan. 31. -Tim
great tire in
snbdn..d
Wurthington Block i
St. Loris, February 2. The en
tire , mount of money secured by tha
rubbers of the train on the Iron Moark
t .in Railroad last eiening was SI,
40O, besides a number of gold
watches. Vigorous efforts are being
made to capture the gang.
Wasuinoton, February 3. Tho
following postal changes have been
ordered for the Pacific Coast: Cilice
established -Camas Valley, Dougbin
County, O.egon : J. L. Coon, Post
master. West I'nion, Washington
County, Oregon; S. L. Ilolcomb,
Postmaster. Alpinera, Walla AValla
County, W. T. ; Daniel Favor. lMt-
masier. jsaine changed 1A
Humboldt County, California.
OM,
to
Rohrorvilie.
Washington. February 1. Mr.
Luti" roll yesterday laid before tho
Committee on Indian Affairs sundry
letters jest ieceitl by Jiim from
Special Agent Steele, County Phytd
eian Ream and other citizens, stating
that in Siskiyou County the Indians
are hilling the settlers' cattle in order
to save themselves from starvation.
He was assured that the Indian Rn
rcau had given instructions author
izing Steele to alford necessary relief,
and that every effort would be mado
:o carry out Luttrell's recommend vd
ion to collect all the Indians of Si
kiyou County on a reservation early
in the Spring.
Roston, January 20. The Com
mittee on Federal Relation in the
Massachusetts Senate to-day report
ed in favor of recinding the resolu
tion censuring Sr.mmer.
Washington, January 30. A Bpee-
ial from New Orleans, dated yester
day, gives a report that Governer
Kedogg has issued a requisition upon
the Governor of District of Columbia
for the person of ex-Goveruer War
moth. It is said the case grows out
of transactions connected with the
Treasury when Warmoth was Got- ,
erner of Louisiana. Warmoth's
friends have heard nothing of such a
requisition, nor did Governer War
moth yesterday know of it prior to
his departure for New York, en
route for New Orleans.
Sr. Loris, January 30 The sev
enth annual Convention of National
Granges of the Patrons of Husband
ry meets here Wednesday. Dudley
W. Adams, President of the National
Grange, has already arrived. The 3
principle business of the Convention0
will bo the revision of the ritual and
"effecting the organization of the
Grange. President Adams states
that there are between 11,000 and 12,-0-0
Granges in the country, with
nearly one million members. The
sessions of the Convention w ill prob
ably be private.
Top uk a. Kansas. February 2. Ex-
Go v. James II. Harvey was elected
U. S. Senator to-day. Harvey was
born in Virginia, and lived in Adams,
111., from boyhood to 1S57, when he
went to Kansas. He served through
the war, and was elected Governor in
1S0.S. m He is a practical farmer and a
straight Republican, but favors re
form. The election is regarded as a
triumph for farmers and reformers.
Jackson, February 3. The Legis
lature to-dav, in joint session, elected
R. L. Bruce" (collored) United States
Senator for the long term, and H.R.
Pease, late Supreintendent of Ixlu
cation, for the short term.
Both
nominees Republican.
rw Havkn. February
3. The
Democratic State Convention have
adopted a platform reaffirming devo
tion to the Constitution, denouncing
oftieial corruption, extravagence, sal-nrv-rabbers,
land monopolists and
the present Administration, to whose
financial policy it attributes the pan
ic demanding retrenchment and re
form, a speedy' resumption of specie
pavnient and legislation for the ben
itit of the industrial classes, and
for the control of corporations and
stock gamblers, and expressing
sympathy with all people struggling
for freedom. o
Philomath Grange initiated a class
of 1-t members in the fourth degree
on the 24th inst., on which occasion
there were present some 40 members;
also quite a mi tuber of visiting broth
ers and 8ibter8.
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