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3 glEfil)' CITV, ORtGOX, FEB. 13, 1S71.
BEJIOCB ITIC STATE COWEXTIOX.
A Democratic State Convention for the
State of Oregon, Is hereby called by the
Democratic Stale Central Committee, con
vened In Portland, Oregon, this, the 22d
day of January, A. D., 1S71, to meet at the
city of Albany, Oregon, on
Wednesday, the ltl day of Mnreh,
1371, for the j urpose of nominating candi
dates to be voted for at the general elect ion
In June next, for Conjnvss and the various
Ktate and District offices then to be filled,
and for the transaction of any other busi
ness that may i roprly come before It,
Tic:' apportionment of members of said
Convention among the counties is based
upon the Democratic vote cast for Hon.
John Burnett for Congress in 187J, allowing
one delegate In said Convention for each
2 one hundred or fraction of lUty, so cast.
The several counties of the .State will be
nntlllcd to delegates In said Convention as
follow s :
Taker ..
lUnton.....
Clatsop
Clackamas...
'olumbia
Curry
Coos
I ouxlas
t ran I
Linn
I-ine
Marion
Multnomah..
Polk
Union
I'matiHa
Tillamook
Wasco
... 12
... a
... ut
... 1-2
...
... 5
... K
... 1
... ft
... .5
Jos-'phint
Washington ,
Jackson !
Yamhill ti
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Tatat
is su$rtr-st,'-l by tli" ( 'om mitt cc that the
nev-ral counties' hold th-ir Primary '011
ventionson Saturday, the isth.ilay of Fel
ruar, at 1 o'clock I". M., and th''ir Citunty
-onventins on Saturday, the 7th day of
March, at the same hour. In thoscoiintis
wh'-r' th"S J appoint merits do not meet the
eonv ni 'nce of th" Iemoeracy, it is expec
ted that they will mak- tlx- nc"ssary
rti-in rs through their County Committee.
W. I WHITK.
Chairman Ivm. State Central Com.
J. J. Walton, Jr., Secretary.
Democrat I:- Couniy Convention.
The Democratic voter of Oac-kamas
county are requested to meet at thcir
usual places of voting, on .Saturday,
February 2sth, ls7t, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the County Con
vention, w hich will be held at Oregon
City, March 7th, 1V71. at 11 o'clock a. m.,
for the purpose of selecting seven dele
gates to attend the State Convention,
whl-h will meet at Albany on the l.sth
lav of Muc h next.and to transact such
other business as may properly come
before the Convention. The various
precincts are entitled to delegates in
the Convention as follows:
Oregon City
Linn City
Cuttings
Tualatin
I'ppiT Molalla...
Union
Pleasant Hill
Marshfieki
Hock Creek
Heaver Creek
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Harding's
Ixw"T Molalla
Marouam's
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2 I S rinLj'.vat'T
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Total
Tiie Committee recommed that the
Democracy turn out in full force and
attend the primaries.
Uv order of the Committee. .
(J ' A. NOLTNlilt, Chairman.
Party Organisation.
In a government where the power
is vested" in the people, men enter
taining similar ideas on the essential
principles of government organize
by affinity. Any political party
founded on principle commands and
receives the consideration of the
thoughtful to expose its principles
if erroneous; to commend .and up
hold its principles if correct. Truth
is abiding and forma a strong bond
of union. Judging of political par
ties in this country by this standard
we can but award to the Democratic
party a pominence to which no other
is entitled. Tor about three-quarters
of a century the Democratic party
has maintained a distinctive organi
sation, adhering to its cardinal prin-.
ciples. That : The General Govern
ment is of limited and delegated
powers; that the States are sovereign
in the management of their local af
fairs; a Tariff created for revenue,
-only; opposition to banking institu
tions, by the Government; opposition j
to monopolies; restricting citizenship
to such as may safely bo entrusted
with the full measure of the rights
and immunities of citizens.
For about fifty years the Demo
crat had the administration of the
Government, and withoutany change
in the Constitution the country pros
pered. The Democratic party was
first opposed by the 1'ederalists, then
by the "Whig party; then by the
Know Nothings, and is opposed at
tho present time by the so-called He
publican party, Ml of which, except
the last named, are things of the
past. And from present indications,
whatever may heretofore have been
the strength of the Republican party
it is now fast approaching dissobi- ; wh:lt of 1,10 apparent burden, but it
iion,whiletheDemocraticpartvwith!lLeVllent f citfn f
. 4 , , Douglas have virtually . paid more
it. old banner still hung to the breeze than their just proportion toward
is giving renewed evidence of its in- j supporting the State government. It
Jierent power, stimulating its friends' is necessary, then, to have some gen-
to unswerving fidelity, and challen- ! S, of ssment perfected
, f prevent inequality, and, as a con-
ging the admiration of every well- ( sequence, unjust taxation,
.wisher of a government of free and! Tho total of taxable propertv in
rqual laws. . j JJjri,?n county for 1S73, was 83,013,
While in this country the tiller of i foVin nSS 'V?4'318, T,'
ii , ii A lonow mg named counties pai l more
the soil has reaped bountiful harvests j state taxes iu 1873 than in K372 as
vet the management of finances, and ' follows:
the transportation
busmevs under
republican rule, is such that the pro
ducer is deprived of any just reward
for his toil; so that we find men hav
ing lost all hope of the present rul
ing party toadjust and regulate these
matters, absolving themselves from
party affiliations and organizing
Granges or Patrons of Husbandry.
Capitalists have combined, sought
and obtained control of the National,
and in many instances in the State
governments, to the positive detri
ment of the producer and the labor
er, rendering organization on the
part of those injured a necessary
measure of self-dtfenee. The Gran
gersjjabor Unions and Peoplo's Pro
tective Alliances, all having the same
object in view, naraoly : to resist the
aggressions of aggregated capital on
Hie rights of the laborer and produ
cer are some of the evidences of the
co-eallod progress which has Vven the
boast of the ruling party. The dis
tinctive principles of these several
organizations, so far a3 they have a
political bearing, are in accord with
the cardinal grinciple.3 of the De
mocracy. Less than four years ago, when
Democrats opposed the Burlingamc
Treaty, by reason of the encourage
ment thereby given to Chinese im
migration, and the consequent com
petition of Chinese with w hite labor,
Republicans said it was all buueotub,
nonsense, and an appeal to the prej
udice of the voters. Now their Pres
ident is sending messages to Con
gress asking for just what Democrats
then demanded, viz: Such modifica
tion of the treaty as to stop Chinese
immigration. "When a few years ago
Democrats alleged wholesale aud
wide-spread corruption political
wickedness in high places, Ave were
met with the reply : " It is untrue;
only done for electioneering pur
poses !" Now that the dissolution of
their party has fairly set in, the
charge is proven to be true them
selves being the judges. And to sup
pose that the numerous prominent
men and presses bf that party now
exposing its corruption, will alliliate
with the corrnptionists is to suppose
that men will stultify themselves be
yond measure. "When but a short
time since Democrats opposed the
giving to railroad companies subsi
dies of large grants of land the Re
2HibIicans said it was evidence of
their (the Democrats) opposition to
railroads; now, all parties oppose
tliese subsidies. Although tho Re
publicans have a large majority in
Congress, vet, such is the influence
of the railroad, banking, and manu
facturing rings, that the demands of
the better portion of their party are
not heard. The evils at present in
the government are the outgrowth
of the policy adopted by the Repub
lican party to retain power. These
monopolies created and fostered by
the party, viper-like have fastened
their fangs in its vitals, diffusing the
poison which the party is powerless
to counteract. "Whatever may have
been the errors of the Democratic
party, its essential principles are felt
to be indispensible in the peiqietua
tion of a truly republican form of
government. As evidence, examine
the principles adopted by the Pa
trons cf Husbandry, Labor Unions,
etc.
Then let Democrats everywhere
stand by their colors. "Ask for the
old paths, where is the good way, and
walk therein:" not for the sake of
party, but in the interest of the la
borer and producer, good govern
ment and just laws.
o.
Ci:rio-iiics of J'axation.
The Salem Stit'Ouan gives us a
pretty conclusive proof that there is
great injustice done in our State in
regard to taxation and assessment.
In its issue of tho third instant it
says :
Yesterday Mr. JJoyntou, the Coun
ty Treasurer of Marion county, de
posited in the State Treasury the
amount of State tax due from this
county as follows: Due for State tax
proper, S 10,073 5'.); and on the same
day Mr. Livingston, County Treas
urer of Douglas county, put in an
appearance with the taxes of that
countv, as follows; State tax proper,
.S17,0r.) 87; poll-tax, ?S.j2, making a
total of $17,871 88. Thus it will be
seen that while Marion county pays
for 1,-11'J polls, and Douglas county
for 8o2 polls, the latter is assessed at
its highest progerty valuation and
pays the largest property tax.
Ve call attention to these facts be
cause it shows the necessity of equal
ization of taxation throughout the
State. Douglas county is undoubt
edly a wealthy and prosperous coun
ty, but it will" not pretend to boas
wealthy and prosperous as Marion
county, because it has not the popu
lation and value of improvements
Marion county has, and its lands are
not sfj valuable because more remote
from market, so their products are
worth less money and yields less
profit.
It seems that Douglas county has
been assessed at a high valuation, as
has also a loner stretch of railroad
I within its limits which was assessed
higher than in the Willamette coun-
i ties. That relieved the peo-ile some-
viav.h.a uas, o; Columbia. 8o00-
Clatsop, c-oDO; Curry. ?2J0: T)onu,
TnY. T- ,nt' 1-U5 Jackson, 81.1
100; Josephene, 8000 ; Lane, ,.
-.uiiiiuuiaii, CIO.V'OW- IV) Ik
Washington. 82.000
The following named counties pr
ices tax for 1873 than for 1872 as fol
lows: '
Benton. 8130: Baker srt-n. t
l.OoO: Marion, $4,000; Umatilla
SS00; Union, 8400; Yamhill. 84 WO
The above figures are approximated
given.
California has adopted the plan to
assess all property in the State at its
full cash valuation, which seems to
have so far worked remarkablv well
and to have given satisfaction. Bv
the time of the meeting of the next
Legislature we can ascertain the
workings of that system then, and
judge from it what is best to do at
home. That some remedy must be
found for uneqnai assessment, is ap
parent to all.
.
The County School Superinten
dent of Marion county held an Edu
cation.il Institute at Jefferson to-dav.
Debts, Public and Private.
The San Francisco Examiner says
that according to the census report
of 1570, the aggregate debts of the
States were 8352.8CC.C98; those of the
cities and towns were $328,241,620.
These figures give some idea of the
extent to which the people of the
United States have pushed the newly
acquired habit of running into debt.
At least two-thirds of this aggregate
indebtedness of s8bS,CG0,8
boeu contracted since 18G0, or m the j
short period of ten years, being at
the rather rapid rate of nearly 87,- j
CO0.000 per annum Previous to ,
1SUU, the last year oi national jemo-
cratic rule, our debts and taxes for
Government purposes were compara
tively insignificant; they gave us lit
tle trouble, and' the friction of Gov
ernment was hardly perceptible, and
complaints were heard only in rare
and isolated cases. The people seem
ed to think the Federal Government
in some way run itself, for we paid j
no Federal taxes that we were con- ,
scions of, for the limited amount of j
duties on imports collected at the I
Custom-houses were so equally as
sessed and so remote in their effect
that we knew nothing about them.
A few of the Statesthat had embark
ed heavily in railroad building had
become somewhat involved, but in ftg:linst whom the Granges are array
thc States generally the general and 0tl If hy falsifying, that paper
local taxes were light, because there
being no large State, county, anil
city debts, there was no interest ac
count to absorb one-half the annual
levies. In one State, (Georgia) there
was no general tax at all, the State's
stock in a single railroad yielding an
income sufficient to defray all the ex
penses of government; and in many
other States the annual budget was
insignificant compared 'with the an
nual budgets now.
According to Poor's Manual the
aggregate debts of the railroads in
the United States in 1872 were 1,
";11, 578,9-11-. The larger portion of
this debt also has been contracted
since 1800; for, of the 07,101 miles
of railroad in the country, 30,409
were built since 1800. In this pe
riod of wonderful activity we more
than doubled our railroad mileage,
but at the cost of an enormous debt,
The several items of indebtedness
we have here indicated, then, stand
as follows :
State debts
County del.ts
t'ilyaud town delds..
Railroad debts
:i32.s5f),(KlS
. l-.7.:Vi,rW(
. . :iJs,2it,.v'o
. . 1,"1 1.57S,V44
$2,.m,2.V(,702
Tot:d...
This is larger than the national
debt. The annual interest on the
amounts composing it vary from five
to ten percent.; but taking six per
cent. as the average, the annual in
terest is 142,815,32, which is the
amount the country has been paying
on it for several years past, and will
have to continue to pay on it for
many years to come, or until the
whole debt shall have been extin
guished. If we add the national
debt (2,201,490,101,) we have an ag
gregate debt of 81,581,751,800, now
carried by the country, on which the
annual interest paid is 8274,905,111.
This interest item is about two per
cent, of the total assessed valtie (14,
178 million dollars) of real and per
sonal property in 1870.
These figures may assist to explain
the paroxysm and collapse under
which the country has hoe.a labor
ing. We have not only built a great
many non-paying railroads with bor
rowen money, but we have gone
largely in debt for State, county aud
municipal improvements; and follow
ing the example ont in personal ex
perience, we have contracted indi
vidual debts to build houses, erect
manufactories, and purchase farms,
blooded stock, and machinery. In
building railroads with railroad
bonds, backed -'by State, county and
township bonds, supported in their
turn by mortgages anddcedsof trust
and in using these bonds of various
kinds as collaterals to borrow still
other money on, we have acquired
the habit of treating our multiplied
evidences of debt as evidences of
wealth thus straining the system of
credit on which all rested to a point
at which it snapped asunder. And
yet there are statesmen in Congress,
and out of it, who advocate the ex
pansion of the currency, that is, an
increase of tho public debt, as the
best way of easing the distress which
that very system has caused.
With ererythiiifj to do, from mak
ing beds and biscuits to washing
dishes, editing the New Northwest,
and making speeches, to answering
calls and patching trowsers, engi
neering Conventions and sewing on
buttons, we find it impossible, to be
as promnt in business matters as we
should like. Xctn Xorthwe.t.
So it appears our dear sister has
all to do that is possible for her, and
some of this has to go neglected.
Now let us suppose that one of the
most common cares for married wo
men, not mentioned in tho above
-
list, were added, what would sister
Duniway do? Which would slid neg
lect, the little i csjKiistbilifrf, or the
conventions and speeches? We are
reliably informed that she attends to
but little of the household duties
mentioned above.
One hundred "and ninetv-nine ves
sels arrived at Coos Bay during the
year 1873, and the same number
have sailed. There was transported
from Coos Bav 42,000 tons of coal
and 12,000,000 feet of lumber during
tho ame vear.
Laggard Championship."
The editor of. the Oregon City
Enterprise is taking great interest
in the affairs of the Grangers. lie
fears unworthy members will be ad
mitted into the order, who will lead
it away from its true and.honest pro
poses; and he therefore tenders copi
ous advice on m this subject. This
zeal is wholly anew birth. Early in
January, 1873, Marshfield Grange, !
No. 1, was organized in Clackamas ,
County. It was the first Grange in
K, Gt.Xn t l r ,
were asked to "notice" the organi-I
zation. which they all did, save only !
the Entekpeise. That paper was j
furnished with a copy of the Consti-
pi.ess;'nntT itey-en acknowletlge
The above extract is from the Port
land Bulletin. How, or from where
he obtained his wonderful informa
tion we are at a loss to know. It is
true the first Grange was organized
in this county and this paper did
not "notice" it until after the Port
land papers did, because we knew
nothing of it. The Secretary did not
fnrnish ns with the proceedings, and
wo are led fco ;believo tIiat tho eilitor
of t, BUerul is trving to jllay the
part of tho demagogue with the
Granges. Our files will show whether
or not we have advocated the inter
ests of tho laboring men, and have
alwavs fought the men and measures
,opcs to gain in the good graces of
the men who compose tho Ganges,
wo advise him that he had better
change his tactics. Has not
his party of "rule and ruin"
caused the recessity for the laboring
classes to organizo into one grand
body for self-protection? Has not
the Democratic party advocat
ed the interests of the laboring
classes from the time of its organiza
tion? "Freo Trade and Sailors
llights"" have been inscribed upon
its banners since the Declaration of
Independence. It has a record well
known to every school boy iu America.-
We are proud of that reeerd.
When great monopolies were grasp
ing for plunder, and infringing upon
the Heavcngiven rights of the peo
ple, the old Democratic party made
war upon them. The National Bank
robbery was a favorite scheme of the
party now in power. It was the
means of congregating capital, and
necessitating a war between it and
labor.
Farm ProIi?s.
Our farmers of late years have
come to the conclusion that their oc
cupation does not pay. This is an
error. Farming and all industrial
operations in this country have been
a source of great profit, but the fact
is they have been drawn upon too
heavily and by taxation to support
non-production. The Kasson 7'nle
trcrpJ hits the nail on the head in
the following. It says :
Tho trouble has been that the farm
ers, the ones that produce the wealth
have not been permitted to receive
the profits of their labor, but it has
been stolen from them by a lot of un
principled speculators, politicians,
etc.
Let ns look for a.moinent at some
of the sink-holes into which the
profits of the farm have been thrown.
From the profits of the farm a
whole army of agents of all kinds are
kept up.
From the products of the farm
numerous public defalcations are
made good.
From tho profits of the farm our
railroads and all other improvements
are carried on.
From the profits of the farm, law
yers, doctors, preachers, merchants,
mechanics, and all other classes arc
sustained.
From the profits of the f.irni our
towns and cities are built up and
.peculators accumulate enormous
fortunes.
Bribed legislators have passed un
just laws whereby manufacturing es
tablishments, railroads, and monop
olies of all kinds are enabled to ask
exorbitant prices for their services,
and, from the profits of the farm
these charges are met.
From these facts is it not evident
that the profits of the farm have
been great ? Is it strange that having
so many bills to foot the farmers
have come ont at the end of the year
with very little left for themselves?
Well, now, this is unjust. From the
farm conies all that is produced; the
production on which life depends
F, iout winch all else is worth-
pen i 1 1 n "- i r ii i .T ui.i-i 1 1 1 1' I I 1 I i.n )
those who produce the necessaries of
life should have at least a fair profit?
This is the very wise conclusion that
the farmers have come to in the
premises, and they propose to unite
their forces against those who have
so long been arrayed against them.
Already monopolists begin to trem
ble and doff their caps to the tillers
of the soil; and well they may. Let
us not be diverted from our course,
however, by their concessions. Let
us still batter away at tho founda
tions of corruption until the gilded
temple reared thereon, and filled with
gold wrung from the hard earnings
of the laboring men, from widows and
orphans, shall come tumbling down
giving up its treasures to the right
ful owners and burying beneath its
ruins the vile wretches who have so
long feasted within its halls.
The Third-term Ambuscade. The
Louisville Courier-Journal, discus
sing tho "third-term ambuscade,"
says: "There is no organized party
in th'o field to resist it. If the Pres
idential election were arrived this
year Grant could walkover the track.
He means this beyond a doubt; aud
those who . believe, or affect to be
lieve, that he does not mean it, par
ticularly uch Senators as Judge Ed
monds, and Governor Morton, will
find themselves as weak in 1S7G as
Schurz, Trumbull, and Greeley were
last v-ear.
Saffraglsts.
LastMonday evening a meetinc of
Woman Suffragists was held - at the i
Court House in this city. The posi
tion of the Enterprise on this sub
ject i3 well known to be that of op
position. This subject is quietly
yet constantly making progress in
this country another instance of
the departure from "the old paths,
wherein is the good way," called
progress. Whatever may be the in
tention of the agitators of this ques
tion, the effect and tendency is to
ward Infidelity the outcroppings of
Young America. Such a medley por
tends the disruption of the sacred
ties that bind iu well-regulated soci
ety and good government, When we
consider the elevated position that
woman now occupies in the social
and domestic relations of life, and
then reflect on this Woman's Rights
movemement.we involuntarily thiuk
of the old adage, "There is but a
step from the sublime to the ridicu
lous." Though we are not tho advo
cate of Woman Suffrage, if this ol
jecs could bo effected, and go no fur
ther, then most of our objections
would be removed. But the move
ment, if successful, will not stop
with conferring the elective fran
chise, but will unsettle the whole so
cial fabric. Nature designed and civ
ilization awards the position of queen
to woman in tho social and domestic
circle. Confer the elective franchise
along with its concomitants, and wo
man is dethroned deposed of her
glory, anil instead of elevating man,
will herself be brought to a low level
and lose her present position of in
Uuenee. tendinir to elevate man. and
man and woman society will sink to
a lower and still lower grade.
Stiaiaiary ot Slate News Items.
Salcmites are getting on their mus-
el
e.
Wheat 81 per bushel at McMin
ville. The Salem City Treasury is in
funds.
Eggsaro worth 20 cents a dozen in
Yamhill.
Douglas county has paid into the
Stats Treasury 817,871,84.
Oregon has one hundred and fifty
acres devoted to hop raising.
Albany wheat buyers aro offering
90c(Tf 81 ""f bushel for wheat.
The average hop yield in Oregon
is placed at 2,000 pounds per acre.
The Weekly Oreyon St ifesmmi lias
been merged in the Will(tt tie Far
mer. Tun Stilt-: Journal, published at
Eugene City, has completed its tenth
year.
Governor G rover lectured at Trin
ity Church, Salem, on the evening of
the 10th.
Some of thecitiz ns of Coos Coun
ty are planting oyster beds as an ex
periment. Large numbers of sheep in Yam
hill County are affected with blind
staggers.
B. F. Finn, of Lane county, killed
172 deer and five bears during the
past season.
The Good Templar Lodge at La
fayette has 98 members, and is flour
ishing finely.
The Treasurer of Polk county has
turned over into the State Treasury
the sum of 81,900.
Snow is some five or six feet deep
upon the mountains between Coos
Bay and Roseburg.
A large number of books, princi
pally on law; have been added to the
State Library, at Salem.
The morals of some of the young
ster of the Dalles are very bad ac
cording to the Ilepuf,lieau.
Jacksonville hay, iu bulk, is sel
ling at from 812 to 815 per ton, ac
cording to quality and kind.
The Jacksonville Sentinel has en
tered upon its nineteenth volume,
and is much improved in appear
ance. The Jacksonville Sentinel has lost
all faith in politicians. It demands
payment in advance for election print
in rr
nip,.
A young man named Joseph But
ler, of Salt creek, Polk county, has
been adjudged insano aud sent to the
insane asylum.
Rev. Thomas Condon delivered
the opening lecture of his Geological
course, at Salem, on Wednesday
evening, the 11th inst.
Dr. L. S. Skiff, dentist of Salem,
has invented an engine to facilitate
the work of his profession, which it
is thought will revolutionize the busi
ness. The Capital Library Association
and the Society-of Natural History of
Salem arc uniting in one organiza
tion on a plan which will insure suc
cess. The petition of J. Houek, of Ash
land, for a liquor license, was again
before the County Court last week.
The Court refused to grant the peti
tion. The passenger train of the Oregon
and California Railroad, bound south
ran off the track a few miles beyond
Oakland on Saturday evening, the
31th nit.
Postmaster Sterling, of the Oak-,
landpostoffice has from -Inly th
1873. to January 9th, 1S1, issued
185 money orders amounting in t.ie
aggregate to $2,009,30.
Many cattle in the vicinity of the
Dalles are being troubled with a dis
ease in the feet. In some instances
the hoof comes off. A ash the legs
and feet with carbolic acid, diluted
with water.
The Beaver Hosiery Company's
works, factory, real estate and water
power ot Jefferson, with personal
property belonging thereto, has been
sold to J. F. Baokensto, of Albany,
for nearly, 80,500.
The Corvallis Library Association
j have elected tho following persons
; -r-v- a ii.. . .
! iirpci(irs ior me ensuing year: W
, H. Elliott, II. Flickinger-, N. R. Bar
j ber, Emery Allen, Wallace Baldwin,
I Wru. Grc-es. W. B. Carter.
Woman
Territorial Xcws Items.
Olympia has aDime Society in run
ning order.
Walla Walla is having a billiard
tournament.
A great religious revival is in pro
gress at Boise City.
Olympia and Tumwater have been
united by telegraph.
The Utah legislature has incorpo
rated Wasatce College.
A new Masonic Hall was dedicated
at Cheyenne on the 22d ult.
The Walla Walla Lvceuni is in a
very prosperous condition.
A Taeorna fisherman caught 1,000
pounds of fish at a single haul.
W. II. Newell, of the Walla Walla
Statesman, is reported quite ill.
The telegraph line between Teuino
and Olympia has been completed.
Walla Walla has been drawn off on
paper. It makes a beautiful map.
A large number of Chinese have
recently settled in Utah from Califor
nia.
Sixty thousand bushels of wheat
were raised on Cowlitz Prairie last
season.
Five hundred barrels of flour were
recently sold at Walla Walla for $2 75
per barrel.
There are fourteen Granges of the
Patrons of Husbandry in Washington
Territory.
A large 'bear and her two cubs
were captured south of Bush Prairie
last week.
Thomas S. Stevens, aged 72 years,
fell dead from heart disease, at Seat
tle, on the 4th inst,
The Insane Asylum at Steilacoom
is fuller now than ever before, hav
ing about 50 inmates.
The Salt Lake Tribune learns that
another of Brigham's wives is going
to set out lecturing.
An order called bv the name of
"Oriental Order of Humility," has
been instituted at Denver.
Nooksaek Valley, W. T., produces
tobacco that cannot be excelled by
the famous Kentucky tobacco leaf.
Mr. Peter Fisher, of Fort Collins,
shot a mountain lion the other day
that was six feet and a half in length.
A TTnitaviari ehnreh has been or
ganized at Colorado Springs, C. T.
and a Mrs. Wilkes chosen as pasto
ress.
A nurseryman living near Walla
Walla. W. T.. has an invention for
digging up trees which works admir
ably. There are over 100 families living
on San Juan Island, and the taxable
property in San Juan county exceeds
8100,000.
The office of the Inspector of Steam
Vessels for Washington Territory
has been ordered to move back to
Seattle.
News from Yuma, Colorado, states
that throe-fourths of the towu is sub
merged by water, from two to six
feet deep.
The Montana Legislature is dis
cussing a bill to punish men for sel
ling liquor on Sunday or on election
days.
The time for holding the Dirtrict
Court in OHmpia is on the third
Mondav in M irch and fourth Mon
day in November.
During the last week in January.
Steilacoom merchants imported from
Oregon, by way of Taeorna, 087 pack
ages of merchandise.
There is an increasing demand for
ship-carpenters on the Sound. A
good sirrn. Ship-building must be
o-e of the crreat means of developing
Fie great Northwest.
The area of land known to be rich
in coal deposits in Colorado, is alrtmt
7,200 square miles, lying in various
parts of the Territory, on both sides
of the main range.
An attempt was made to rob the
tore of Crosby A-Son, at lumwater.
W. T.. lat Monday night. Two
b ivs, sleeping in the store, frighten
ol the thieves by firing a pistol.
T o Taeorna Tribune devotes half
a o bimn to a complaint that no one
-;il -.o,- Tnenma trirls. Ite
isn't the fault of the girls, either,
for dear knows they have done th ir
level best to capture the young men.
A letter from H' CJcorjre It. Helm.
t noMK, Albany, O'gn. )
February 4, 1874. f
Editor Democrat:
I desire space to say a single word.
I have b'cn approached and urged by
numerous friends in my county and
throughout the State to become a
candidate and make a fight in the
forthcoming State Democratic Con
vention, at Albany, for a nomination
for Congress. I wish to say that
wl i!e I shall ever remember my
friends with gratitude and fidelity,
and whilst I would feel highly hon
ored and very proud to represent the
people of the State of Oregon, with
whom I have been- identified, and in
whose midst I have been reared for
twenty-three years, yet I am not a
candidate for Congress nor any other
position. I would not accept a nom
ination for Congress unless it were
tendered as a voluntary act of the
Convention, fairly and openly ex
pressed, as the will and wish of the
Democratic party.
I want to see the unity and organ
ization of the Democratic party pre
served, and its success made certain
in the coming election, and to this
end we shall labor as in times past.
With the success of Democratic
principles the real interests of the
State will be advanced; and by prop
er and well-guarded legislation by
the State, the already drawn scalping
knives of strong corporations and
monopolists can be turned into prun
ing hooks and plowahavcM.
Very truly,
Geo. R. Hcem.
The ladies of the Orphans' Home
Society at Salem, are making arrange
ments for a sociable to be given on
St. Valentine's Eve, Friday, the 13th
inst., at Reed's Opera House, for the
benefit of the children of the Home.
The Superintendent of the 0.& C.
R. R. offers S500 reward for the ar
rest and conviction of the men who
placed obstructions on the railroad
track on "the night of January 29th,
between Wcodbtirn and Gervcjs.
Telegraphic Nevrt.
St. Loins, Feb. 4. The seventh
annual session of the National Grange
Patrons of Husbandry met in the
Southern Hotel to-day. Masters of
State Granges of 32 States and two
Territories were present.
Annapolis, Feb. 4. J. B. Groom,
of Cecil, was elected Governor by
the Legislature in Joint Convention
for the unexpired term of Governor
Pinkney, who was elected U. S. Sen
ator. - Philadelphia. February 4. The
American Iron and Steel Association
met here to-day. The report of the
Secretary says it is the plainfduty of
Congress to repeal the act of 1872,
requiring a duty of ten per cent, on
iron.
St. Locis. Feb. 5. The National
Grange is still in secret session her.
This evening they voted 83,000 each
to the State Granges of Iowa and
Minnesota. Also $850 to Dakota for
the relief of the suffering homesteaders.
Chicago. February?. Trouble be
tween the Central and Union Pacific
Railroads and their connections in
regard to freight rates continue.
Ihe Central Pacific seems wilhug to
submit to thedemandsof other roads
allowing them pro rata rates, but the
Union Pacific still resists. One con-
sequence of the trouble has been as
stated in these dispatches last night,
the ordering by Chicago merchants
of .large quantities of goods, coffee,
tea, etc., to be shipped from San.
Francisco by the Pacific Mail steam
ers to New York, thence to this city.
A Washington special saysstliat
members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee are disinclined to give
ont for publication the letter which
Attorney General Williams has writ
ten to the Committee, complaining
about the inquisitive nature of the
investigation made into his charac
ter and acts while his nomination aa
Chief Justice was pending.
Sax Fkancisco, Feb. 7. The num
ber of deaths in this city during th
past week was 02 less than for any
week during five months past.
Salt Lake, Feb. 7. Gen. Morrow,
commanding Camp Douglass, near
this city, having recently caused to
hi laid before Chief Justice McKean
complaints of abuse of soldiers by
the police force, the Chief Jutic
states in a letter, that be has no pow
er to protect the soldiers, and that
Gen. Morrow, will have to protect his
own men.
Washington, Feb. 8. The fol
lowing postal changes have been or
dered for the Pacific Coast: John Mr
Call, Walla Walla. Union eonntr.
Oregon: James O. Turner. Orcan In
land, Whatcom cc unty, Washington
Territory.
New York. Feb. 9. The glycerine
factory of Michael Brady, at Fort
Tieonderoga, was destroyed by an
explosion to-dav. Two "men Vera
killed.
Richmond. Feb. 9. The heavy de
falcation in the office of the Sinking
Fund Commissioners was traced to
W. D. Coleman, Clerk of the Hoard
of Public. Works, and when an nfa
cer went to arrest him CnVnwn mal
an unsuccessful attempt to cut hi
own throat.
VirTOKM. February 8. One.f tlm
largest political meetings ever l.M
in this Province was convened l.vt
evening at Philharmonic Hall, to
consider the proposition now Wfnre
the House of the Assembly toameral
the terms of Union with ('.mail
without first submitting the altera
tions to the people. A number of
prominent speakers addressed th
meeting, and after passing a series of
resolutions it was finally resolved
that the meeting proceed en mas -e to
the House, which was then in
sion, and present a petition against
any alteration of the terms. Away
went the immense crowd ocr 1,000
strong toward the House. Thern
not being snffiicient room for all
about one-half had to remain out
side. Under such circumstances it
wis found impossible to proceed
with business, and the Speaker l-ft
the chair, appointing two o'clock to
morrow as the hour when the peti
tion would be received.
Victoria. Feb. 10 Yesterd.tT at
2 P. M.. about 8 Ml citizens, headed by
Dr. Helneken. G. J. Findlay and
others, marched to the Honso of Aw
sembly, there to present a petition
against any alteration of the terms of
the Union. Arriving there a strong
police force was fcuadtguarding the
place. The petition was received by
the Speaker and read by the Clerk.
It was then decided to consider it on
the following Wednesday, and tlio
deputation appointed to present th
petition to the House returned to the
crowd outside, where tables had been
placed, around which the throng
gathered, signing patitions against
any alterations in the terms. The
people soon after returned to tho
city. The utmost order prevailed all
tho time. The House adjourned yes
terday, until Friday, to allow a re
construction of the Ministry, the
Hon. the Premier, and the lion. A.
Bunster having resigned. Both left
for Nanainio this morning to canvans
Vancouver District for the Com
mons. London, Feb. 10. The latest dis
patches show a total of 2S3 Conserv
atives and 253 Liberals and Home
Rulers elected to Parliament, the
Conservatives gaining 80 and the
Lilierals 28 seals. The above returns
include tho election of 31 Home
Rulers, 10 Conservatires, and 8 Lib
erals from Ireland.
Might as Well. The EvajiSTille
(Ind.) Journal. Radical, says that
the fate of the Republican party ia
in the hands of the Ways and Means,
and Appropriation Committees of
Congress. If they fail to do their
duty, and Congressuakes appropri
ations to cover the estimated expend-,
itures next year, the party might aa
well inscribe "Ichabod" on its ban
ners, and retire upon its past laurel?
Thomas Hart, who died at his res
idence in Polk county last week, waa.
one of the old pioneers of this ooun-
try. He came to Oregon in 1845,
and settled on the place on which he
died, having resided there constantly
for near thirty years.
m m
Exhibition and Ball, In thisissuo
will be found the advertisement of a
grand exhibition, concert and ball, to
be' given by the Turn Vereins of this
rifv on tho 24th Inst. Tt I rx rwr-trl to
! bo one of the grandest affairs tlijlt -ft8
c-er taker; place !:i tliir, city, - -;