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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1874.
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JU'LTXOMAII LOIXM: XO. I.A.I'.
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iiiifnirations on th' l""irst and
Taird Saturdays in e:
t 7 o clock from tin
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KAM i:CAMI'MKM NO. I, 5.
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PORTLAND, - - aSECOK.
tV( )KFKK--fdil Fellow's Tcmple'orner
Fimt niul Ald-r Mrects. liesidcnc.- corin-r
of .Maui ami Mveiit!i streets.
Drs. Welch A: Thompson,
DENT'ISTS, f
of fiji-: tx -LiUJLi-iJ
O I F E h L O rs TKM P L K,
Cirner of j'irot and Aider Str-ts,
pouri.xi) ' - - t)Ki:ox.
b jeVWill be in Ori'jmi City on Saturdays.
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Oregon City, Oregon.
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OFFICE IX IWTOFFICK nUILMXG.
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zjr, unit Orrjri.ii CUv Orders
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NOTARY PUBLIC.
INTERPiSE OFFICE.
. OHEOOX CITY.
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A IK1NKIXG SOSC.
BY LOSOFEr.LOW.
Come, old friend, sit down and listen
How the waters lauT'li and irlisten
Iu t,ie luiul of old siienus.
Old Silenus, bloated, drunken,
! iei oy lus inebriate satyrs ;
' On his breast his head is sunken,
j Yaeantly he leers and chatters.
Kound about him fair Bacchantes,
K.-aring cy 111 bals, flutes, and th vrses,
vVHd from axian groves, or Zante's
Vineyards, sing delirious verses.
Tins ho won throilh nll the 1)ationS)
liloodless victories, an I t!ie farmer
pi0r. us trophies and oblations,
v nies lor uanner.s, plows tor armor.
i Judged by no o'er-zealous rigor,
i M ueh this mystic tlinmr exrir-ssiw :
JJacchus was the tyi.e of iiror.
And .Silenus of excesses. "
', These are ancient ethnic revels
Of a faith long since forsaken ;
! Now the satyrs, changed to devils,
1'Viirliteil mortals wine-oVrf akfii .
Snv to rivulets from the mountains
Youth perpetual dwells in fountains,
Not in Ilasks, and kegs, and cellars.
i Claudius, though he sang of flagons,
j And huge tankards tilled with
Rhenish.
From that tiery blood of dragons
Never would his own replenish.
Even ltedi, though he chav.nted
itueeiiusju me xuseau vaiievs.
rsever ilrank.the wine he vaunted
1 In his diihyrambic sallies.
Then with water fill the niteher.
i Wreathed about with classic fables ; tion. some other must pay the ad
. ! Ne'er Tah rnian threw a ri.-her ! vance. The exemption of millions
Light upon lueullus' tables.
Come, old fr
iend, sit down and listen
pasvs there between us.
XIow its wavelets l.ir.'jh and g.lsten
In the head of old Ndetms.
Figures ViJl Ide.
T,. ... , -, ,
I- lgnres will lie when made for the ;
ach month, ' 1"""P deceive as well as Dolph, ! hmuanly unscrupulous and dishon
joth ofSej). j or anv other Radical. Hut we ro- est. There in one who asks the
i
pose to stay closer at home
Two
years ago, an exhibit was made to
me people by the present candidate
for. Clerk on the Radical ticket, I
which showed that the county at that
j , . - . , . rn .
date was out of debt. The present
county Cleric soon ascertained that j
j,;s exdbit was not in accordance j
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.w. m. - vw... ,x .
to make tins statement good, even
by the out going Clerk. Rut the
I facts showed that there were a eon-
I siderable number of county orders
i
! outstanding and no money to pav
them with. One nositivo nrtiof of
them with.
this fact that the county was in debt
is, that the county warrants were
worth just W) cents on the dollar and
no more. If the county .had been
out of debt, they would have been at
par. They are worth that sum now,
and have been up as high as 5.
Rut in addition to this, the Radical
retiring oilicers had contracted for
bridges to the amount of several
thonsau'd dollars which -the present
Roard have paid. Resides, the
Clackamas bridge has been built and
that alone is more benefit to the gen-
, , ., ., . .,
eral tax-pavers than anything the
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Ivadicals did while m power, ihis
little expense should be charged to
the Radical Roard. Had they done
their duty, the Clackamas bridge
could have Deen saved and the fund j gaged in the carrying business ought
of the county would now be bet- j to be subjected to legislative control,
teroll'. No doubt the Radical orators ! S'J faV as freights aud fares are con-
of this countv, headed bv the great ?0r"f!t1' nrul h: ;' vote, if elected
, - i to Congress and the question is pre-
American statesman of the age, Peter, j sented; j.rorhlo.f, that his opinion
the great intellect of the Radical par-j remains Use same then as now.
ty, will assail our county adminis- I When Tim Davenport asked Wil-
L- i i i " -,i 1 liams what assurance he could ive
tration, and Rrokcr Apperson will1.. , , ., . , . , l o4
, ' 11 . the people that his mind would not
r.ui,.i.in K11L- some inunanmoii on
this subject. The Democrats should
be prepared to let the people know
just the condition of affairs. Two
T, . , , .
yenrs ago. Fruzer packed an exhibit
all over the county, though incom-
plete and incorrect. (Jive the peo
ple the truth of our county affairs as
managed by our present Roard, and
we feel assured that the Democracy
will be endorsed by the voters. Rad
icals will lie to get into office, and
Democrats should be on their track.
Watch them.
Axothek. The Radical cry is in
favor of the repeal of the " fee bill."
The Radical candidate for Clerk of j
this county expressed himself about ;
as follows before he went out of ;
office: "The reduction of fees fori
this county is-an outrage, as a man j
can't niako hardly a living at the j
present rate, and I shall do all I can j
to have the bill repealed and the old i
ees re-estahlisi,,,.! i.c !
. j-iicou am ma
ords as nearly as can be remember-
ed. Do s any sensible man suppose j
if he is elected that he will favor the :
repeal of tl , ,, ,
present bill. Not
much.
The Coos Ray Xeirs savs ihat it i.
' 1r1het' or sou of a prophet.
I a . . x
but we w II ven t re tV
"tiirethe prediction,
i t ' IDlPcndents elected .
i oe.j.uige hhattnek and Prose-
"u0 -iiiornej Ihompson, in Port- j
.c WK.I.U uu- i
r by about 500 and the two !
ernor
Browns, for State Printer and Treas- j
urer, resnectivelv.' nbonf sams ;
j.nis is the opinion of a paper which
. is neutral nn :inii '
and talies no prt in the" fight. : 1
From a Voter.
Editor Enterprise: Now that
the Convention is over, I shall feel I
"w lu tjio ""ents, us 1
was a candidate .and vas defeated
I take this method to thank
my friends.for their kindness, though
the favor was' unsolicited hy me, I
shall ever feel thankful for their sup
port. We have a good ticket nomi
nated, and I hope if there is any ill
feeling, that it will give way to a
patriotic desire for the success of
Democratic principles, for it is the
success of principle for which we
should labor, for if the success of
true Republican government is not
to be attained through the Demo
cratic partythe prospect is gloomy
indeed, as the history of the ' past
twelve years will. prove. While I
entertain the highest respect for
some of the members of the Repub
lican party, the principles advocated
by them are inherently dishonest.
The protective system, though legal
ized, in the eyes of God is dishonest.
Iu order to illustrate; Suppose Con
gress would tax manufactures for the
benefit of the farmers, how would
that be likew. The facts are, when
any business is lostered by legisia-
'I'
! of the niost jiroductivo wealth,. the
; bonds from taxation, is a swindle on
j the common tax-payer,
i There will be an ellbrt made to re
I peal the usury law in this State,
j which cannot help working an injury
! to nearly all branches of business.
Some of the men on the Republican
;i.i.,.f ; n, ....,,,- ...... ,
people to place hi:n in a most respon
sible )lace, who has evaded and vio
lated law. and thereby robbed some
want to put tour or live thousand
111 ,'1 mo iJi
'wealthy man in the county i one
....... , tilkfn m)(VS on jeno.sit when
Til 1 T Til
he knew the promise was they should
run as long as the interest was paid.,
and demanded payment or six per
ceJit. usurv, when lie did not need
tj, m0nev, and then say boastinglv.
these are hard times, and now
is
my chance to make money."'
INI out; Anon.
A !iucl Comiitlatc thv Cc -ngrevs.
The Jacksonville TiHr
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says an
outsider, having heard Dn
WD.
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iiams speaiv, HDiuu n,;iciniiiv en.i-
elude tliat he was running for ihe
Governorship or for the Legislature.
1 eoi rooorates exactly an iormer
i -counts - of "William.-,' canvass.
Judging -solely from the speech he
j niakes, it would never be suspected
! that h'" is :l candidate for Congress.
j Von the vital questions now oeru-
j RYS tlie attention Congress, Vsil-
j liams seems not only to have no
opinion, but to be utterly incapable
J of fijrn"o He has expressly
stated th. it-he knows nothing about
4! .... . ., .1
nrrenev question that he can t
'i-i
tell whether he is in favor of resump
tion or inflation, and can only
jiromise to think about, it and come
to some, conclusion; that he thinks
railroads and other corporations en-
change, he was d uni founded. Of'
; course he could not, aud cannot give
j an.v Klua assurance. Those who
wiih be VVrU1','-'11 t'" l'?iut.
' must consult Mr. V, nhams prmci-
palthe notorious Hi-mle at V:, sh
ington.
Tin: 800 legislator of the Stuhtsmn.-
says that we were elected Mayor last
year. lie is badly mistaken. Mc
Cown beat us 43 votes, while he suc
ceeded in beating Myers this year 38.
Oregon City is Radical and always
has been. When wo were elected
Mayor, we received 101 votes to our
opponent's 'J7, just 11 votes less than
McCown received last week. The
facts in the case are about these: At
that election, which was the first
time the Democrats have carried the
town for twelve years, there were
more voters here, and they were of
a laboring class. A number of Dem
ocrats were t ion employed in the fac-
a 1.-4- I . -wr i -.ivio tuaaiia fli'if nef ifn
"r, ui,
tion is now nearly entirely runny
Radical employees. The factory,
railroad, steamboat aud corporations
Pnerully run this town. The people
iliaveuiu mue iumhuuiciu.
Frank W. Foster, the Democratic
candidate for County Clerk is a far
mer in Eacde Creek precinct, is well
. .. .. - -i :n
qualified for the position ami
djseharge the duties of the office to
the entire satisfaction of the tax-
pavers of the county. If farmers
are in earnest about desiring farmers !
in oirice vote tor x ranis. ruiei. i
ob'tieinr! hence not gener-
anv-known to our people; but he
i ii.:.. nn.1 tlio in- '
, t , i t or,! tv oavprs
terests of the farmers and tav.-pa.jers
arejhxs interests. Vote for Foster, I
priTOTTCY HTT RANHROFT LIBRARY,
Republican Economy.
It is a remarkable fact, that not a
Republican journal or speaker in
Oregon has a word to say about the
enormous National debt that is accu
mulating with fearful rapidity. Not
a word explanatory of the fact that
since the close of the war the expen
ses in the maintainance of the Fed
etal Government has increased to
millions. Not a word is pronounced
against those expenditures outside
those consequent upon the war being
higher than they wer,e prior- to the
war, and still they have increased
beyond all proportion. The 'expen
ses of the navy which have doubled
and the army which have trebled
are received as matters of course as
the legitimate result of peace. The
war has ended, and the legacy of an
increasing National debt is bequeath
ed to the laborers and tax-payers of
the nation by this Republican party.
We present the case from ollicial iig
nres, and give the expenses of the
Government' since the war, outside
interest on national debt, drawbacks,
pensions and the cost of the army
and navy these national expenses
have been increased from ."jr':il,0I5,o58
up to i)l.(i8,r01 74 in 18(18, and
again to j?75.7Vl .125 05 in 187:5. The
actual appropriations for the fiscal
year 187:3-4, were :J05, 0(10,250. For
the ensuing fiscal year the estimates
presented to Congress were $13, 138,
18b' 82 increase upon that enormous
sum. If our Government had been
honestly administered since the war,
we would not be troubled with green
backs, specie payment would be re
sumed. Every man who has the best inter
est of his country at heart, should
well consider these facts before he
casts his vote for the party that is
loading the country down with the
increased debt. 3f'rcti-.
The School 3f:iey Swindlers.
The law requiring the a-uuual dis
tribution of the interest of the irre
ducible school fund, was passed in
1800; but strange as it may seem,
and the people certainly know it to
be a fact, that there was not a cent
received by the districts or counties
until 187J, the following year after
tiie present State Administration
went, into power. The question naf
urally is a:.ked, what was done with
the money? "Wevill tell you. The
Wood's administration speculated on
it. and po 'keted tl." money and then
left for Halt Rake, and finally one of
them was returned to be tried, but
we presume that under the Union
Ieagnu pledge, the Radical jury
which tried him had to let him go.
Jb-niocrats. yon have the best set of
oilicers in the State Department that
have ever been iected in this State.
Not one charge can be brought
against it that there is any truth in,
and they have been honest and faith
ful to their trusts. Do you want
another set tiiat will again rob your
school funds ? Let Democrats vote
the straight ticket.
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'I hat S5,)0! i'ce.
And now, says the Xcn-s, while
Ciovernor ( rover is being charged
witii every Regislative act without
regard to the. politics of the Legisla
ture authorizing it that has proven
unpopular with the people, and with
all the burdens of Portland's munici
pal government, we desire to ask
wnether or not he is to blame for the
act by which -'-, i( 10 were voted from
the treasury of that city into the
pocket of Mr. Richard Williams, the
Ring candidate for 'Congress, as an
attorney fee V Perhaps Mr. Williams,
whose theme, upon the stump is the
prevailing extravagance of the times,
will give this subject his attention.
It will be remembered that the city
has an attorney, or pretends to have,
at a salary of 1,800 per annum, and
tiiat Mr. Williams, for his services
in a single appeal case, which ought
to have been attended by the City
Attorney, if the man holding that
office is lit to hold it, was voted this
enormous sum. It may as well bo
remembered that one of the oldest
and most capable attorney's of this
city offered to take the case for ."(()
one-tenth of the Williams fee. A
more outrageous piece of profligaey
eannot be found in the records of
the Government, State or citv.
Court House Mobilier.
A correspondent from the northern
end of the county, asks us to remind
the voters of this county of the little
Court House Mobilier game played
four years ago, in which the present
Radical candidate for County Clerk
played a very prominent part, and by
which the county has been paying at
least two hundred dollars per year
IV ore than the rooms formerly occu
pied could have been had for. This
two hundred dollars per year would
amount in the four years past to just
tight hundred dollars. Charge this
sum to Radical manipulation.
Our correspondent states that a letter
was kept back until the present con
tract was entered into, in which
Dr. Thessing proposed to let his en
tire building for any sum the county
was willing to give, and that he
would have taken even two or three
hundred dollars.. - Do the people
want to re-elect the Court Houso
Mobilier? -
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Washington, April 27, 1874.
The political results of the Presi
dent's veto are' likely to be of great
importance. The leadership of the
Senate is henceforth vested in Senator
Conkling, and the Republican party
is disturbed to its very centre by this
financial conflict. The question will
undoubtedly enter into the fall cam
paign, and some very marked changes
will be made in the personnel of the
next House of Representative. The
inflationists propose to try again and
this time to effect their object, if pos
sible, by means of a free banking sys
tem, by which the various National
Ranks will be authorized to inflate,
under certain restrictions. It appears
to be conceded that t: ere is to be no
addition to the four hundred millions
of greenback currency; but as the
South and West will insist on a re
distribution of the currency so as to
allow those sections to obtain their
share of the baud issue of the coun
try, it is thought the consequence
will bo the" introduction of a free
banking bill which will give the
country banks sufficient currency to
satisfy the demands of their business.
It is believed that a bill similar to
this can be framed which cannot be
vetoed by the President and which
even if vetoed can be passed by the
required two-thirds majority. The
only obstacle in the way is that Pres
ident Grant insists if any system of
free banking be inaugurated it be
coupled with some clause tending to
a resumption of specie payments.
On this subject, however, all the
leading Senators are very reticent,
though the Pacific Coast members
appear to be the
the people will
most confident that
su
port this action
of the President.
One of the most obvious results
should the President not have vetoed
the Finance Rill, would have been to
open the door to all sorts of extrava
gances in legislation. The power
that could have manufactured "mon
ey" at pleasure would not need to
be scrupulous in parting with it.
Evidence of this has been afforded
by the revival of the Centennial Ap
propriation Rill, en last 3Ionday,
with a better prospect of its being
passed than ever before. The Cen
tennial Roard of Finance have, during
the past week
for popular
made
a
fresh appeal
subscription to their
stock, they do not however abandon
the more direct plan of seeming aid
and still announce that they rely on
Congress for assistance to the tune
of :5, 0(XM '00. This being the case
it is expected if they are unsuccess
ful in their present endeavor to re
cent) popular support, they will use
their disappointment as another and
more conclusive argument in favor
of a Government subsidy, and may
possibly succeed in persuading Con
gress to take a similar view of the
matter. It is hardly necessary to
add that so far from justifying a na
tional appropriation their failure
now to prove that the centennial
scheme has any hold on the public
feeling outside of Philadelphia would
deprive Congress of the faintest ves
tige of excuse for appropriating a
single dollar; that in fact a more un
warrantable levying of a tax on the
property of the nation, could hardly
bo perpetrated. Moreover, if it is
proper for Congress to give at all,
there is no reason for its stopjung
short at .ro.0!0,000, even if it was
ever supposed that it would be al
lowed to do so, the prosjiect, however,
is we shall soon hear this question
discussed both pro and con. as the
House have decided to devote the oth
of May to its consideration.
The Massachusetts legislature have
succeeded in electing a Senator in
the person of Mr. Wasburn, the
nresent Governor, a man with a de-
cided views about
perfectly sound on
3'utlerism and
financial ques-
tions. It is generally accepted with
satisfaction, but it required thirty
two ballots to prepare people for any
solution of the solemn problem, as it
was considered to be, of selecting a
successor to Charles Sumner. The
Simon-pure Rutlerites in the legisla
ture proved in the last analysis to be
small, and the Essex statesman ap
parently loses popularity and power
at home as he acquires it in Wash
ington. Nearly all the time of the Senate,
during the past week, has been de
voted to the discussion of the Louis
iana case. Mr. Rayard has offt-red
an amendment to Mr. Carpenter's
bill, ordering a new election, and it
is now pending a decision. It may
be as well to say first as last that it is
useless to refer to either bill or
amendment, for there is every indi
cation that the administration party
intend to maintain the
existing
Statas.
R
D. M.
Rrainarp's Musical World. The
April number of this popular musical
monthly is out, and, as usual, filled
with beautiful new music and interest
ire reading matter. Address, .S. Brain
ard'uns. Cleveland. Ohio. :
Our Special Wahiugton Letter.
Tel man as a IiObbjIst.
An ' exchange says the " Little
Joker," who is now playing the farce
of running for Governor on the Re
publican ticket has heretofore given
substantial proof of his devotion to
the interests of the Ilolladay -Hippie
Ring. He " has done more service
and they know it,"
for his nomination.
which accounts
At the session
of the Legislature in 1870, Tolinan
was an iudustrious,
prominent member . of
though not
the Railroad
Lobby" he couldn't be prominent
anywhere and he did his little best
to get Williams elected to the Senate
through the purchase of Derooerntic
votes. He was an active co-worker
in this dirty scheme with Ike Moores,
Geo. Cole and Dr. Loryea, those em
inent Republican leaders. Rut the
enterprise failed for the very ob
vious reason that there were no Dem
ocratic votes for sale. Again at the
session of 1872, Tolman was present
with the same disreputable crowd,
contributing according to his ability
to the election of another of Holla
day's attorneys to the Senate. This
time he and his confederates were
more successful; for it chanced that
there were " votes for sale" though
not Democratic ones. And there
was no lack of buyers; so the trade
was made without difficulty ; and that
public indecency, the election of
Mitchell, was consnmated. It was
by congenially small work of this
kind that the : Little Joker" endear
ed himself to the Ring and secured
the doubtful honor of his present
nomination.
. n lApcfisivc Justice.
The luxury of a Radical Justice of
the Peace in Oregon City precinct is
very apparent. At each term of the
County Court we find more or less
bills against the county for some In
dian trials or other frivolous offences,
which could as well be settled as to
put the county to costs. At the last
term of Court two Indians had been
arrested S our months ago for stealing
a bottle of cider. One of them gave
bonds, the other has cost the county
about 100 for board, while he could
have been released on his own cog
nizance and the county saved that
much. Rut that is not the end. At
the trial, these Indians were set free
and the verdict of the jury was " not
guilty. The trial and expense at
tending this case does not, probably
amount to less than -100 to the coun
ty. The indid vidua! who might have
at least saved the tax-payers one-half
tins sum is a candidate on the Radi
cal ticnet for Countv Treasurer.. His
name is W. P. Ruins, and was for
merly hneriif. The people probably
will remember this at the polls next
June.
From Salem.
A private letter to us from Salem,
under date of the 21st ult., gives us
the following in relation to Gov.
G rover's and Proxy Dolph's speeches
in that place:
" We had a' good time here last
Monday night in seeing the Govern
or skin Dolph in the discussion at
the Opera House. Dolph was the
worst used up man I ever saw. He
made the same old . charges against
the State Administration that he
made at the Radical ratification meet
ing at Portland the evening of the
Republican Convention. Governor
Grover was armed with the facts and
the record to prove them all false
which he did in the clearest manner.
As Dolph was forced from his false
hoods, the immense audience testifi
ed their appreciation of the Govern
or's convincing logic, by storms of
applause. Dolph was utterly dis
comfited and sneaked home very
early next morning like a whipped
cur. The people of this city are
highly delighted at Dolph's rout and
many Republicans who have hereto
fore believed these infamous slanders
published by the li'illcfin vand ped
dled by the railroad attorney, against
the present Administration, but are
now convinced of their entire falsity,
openly declare they will vote for
Guv. Grover and the whole Demo
cratic ticket.
The Rev. Thos. Campbell, the In
dependent candidate for Governor,
has proved himself a liar, and when
a gentleman who professes to be a fol
lower of Christ, is found and proven
guilty of telling lies, his statements
should be taken with great allowance
thereafter. It appears that he denied
when he was charged with being a
political weather-cock and anything
for office, that his name had been us
ed by his consent in the Democratic
Convention for Superintendent of
Public Instruction. At Albany the
letters he had written to parties ask
ing their support were on hand, and
the Reverend Campbell took a hugh
hump on Jus back and came out like
a little man and acknowledged the
fact.
In 1S70, Dick Williams canvassed
tha Second Judicial District against
John Kelsay for Judge, and in favor
of the late A. J. Thayer. We are
anxious to know if he will now
throw his influence against Kelsay,
who is again the nominee of the Re
publicans for Judge, and 'whether
Judge Kelsay will now use his influ
ence for. or against Williams? Like
produces like.
' A Serenade to the Governor.
The Eugene Guard says that Got..
G rover was serenaded by the brass,
band on the evening o5 the 1st inst.t
at his hotel in that oity The Guard
gives the following account' of the
speech made by the-Governor on the
occasion: "A crowd gathered in front
of the building,, and the Governor
being called outr delivered a telling
speech some liftven- minutes in
length, in whiali he showed that
this no-party cry was simply a snare
to lull the people into security and
the better enabla the opponents of
Democracy to- permanently engraft
upon the Government their theories
of high tariff, irredeemable curren
cy, a strong centralized government
supported by rxjaaepoly, an aristoc
racy of wealth asd the corrupting
influences of vast executive patron
age; that the questions of Govern
mental policy that shook the nation
when Gen. Jackson throttled that
monster of corruption and centraliz
ation, the National Bank, were still
before us with strength renewed and
increased by the fact that during
the excitement and confusion of the
late civil war, they had ceased to be
discussed, and now instead of one
national bank, weiiave tvo thousand,
and instead cf protection for a-few
branches cf industry, we have pro
tection for everything tluit was like
ly to come into competition with
foreign manufactures, while inonop
ly and credit mobilier had increased
a thousand fold. His remarks were
received with loud applause, which
indicated their effect."
Cikcclale Democratic Newspa
pers. The Examiner has frequent
ly urged upon Democrats through
out the country the inqiortance of
circulating local as well as metropo
lital Democrat journals. It is only
through such medium that the hon--,
est. but bigoted, members of . the
Radical party can learn the true con
dition of public affairs. The news
papers of the dominant party, of
course, represent everything on
their side in favorable light, and tha
nnthinking masses of its adherents
blindly support it in all its damna
ble corruption, until a preception of
the truth presented in . some. Demo
cratic journal causes the scales .to.
fall from their eyes. If Democrats
will yield a hearty support to their
party press. Radicalism will soon be
swept from the land. Kxmniner.
A Bad Example. In his reply to
Davenport, says the Times, we were
sorry to hear Dick Williams rehearse
a very vulgar story, which was neith
er witty norpointed, to the audience,
among whom were a number of la
dies and young persons, aud also to.
denounce Mr. Davenport as a liar..
In this denunciation, however, 3Ir.
Williams merely follows "the rery
bad example of Judge Tolman, who
repeatedly denounced Mr. Daven
port as a liar, and his author as a
liar. All this in the presence of
ladies and young persons. A very
bad example, indeed, and one we
hope will not be followed in our com
munity, although set by gentlemaa O
over sixty vears of age and a candi
date for Governor of Oregon. ';
Disgraceful. The Radical breth
ren on the Independent and Custom
House tickets don't get along very
smoothly. The Jacksonville Times
in its account of the speaking at that
place says:
The meeting was finally ended
with a most disgraceful scene, in
which Tolman and Williams de
nounced Tim as an unmitigated liar.
Other displays of vulgarity, etc.. en
sued, all of which did the participa
tors no little harm. It is the candid
opinion of many that the candidates
lost votes instead of gaining anyf
-5
Good Mex. Messrs. Joseph A.
Field s and A. J. Cason, the Demo
cratic nominees for County Commis
sioners, are both old citizens of this
county, and are men of unimpeach
able character. Roth possess good
busines qualifications, as their suc
cess in their own business affairs
amply proves. They are both trell-to-do
farmers, and if they are elected
the interests of the county will bo
faithfully and honestly guarded.
The facts and figures show that
the expenses of the Executive De
partment of our State, notwithstand
ing the extraordinary expenses of tho
last Legislature, are less under tho
present State Administration than
they were under the Woods-May
administration. This should be suf
ficient evidence against the lies which
are being circulated for electioneer
ing purposes by the Custom House
Ring.
Rums, the Radical candidate for
County Treasurer, while he was
Sheriff, was allowed carriage hire
while he was collecting the taxes.
He charged it, and a Radical County
Court allowed it. He is now a can
didate for Treasurer, and the people
should remember his short comings
when he was Sheriff.
From all parts of the State we hear
cheering news as regards the pros
pects of the success of the Democratic
ticket. There i3 scarcely a doubt but
what the entire ticket will be elected.
Democrats should do their dnty as
becomes men who have principles to
fight for, and not let personal HKes
and dislikes
get the better of your
judgment.
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