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THE ENTERPRISI
OREG'JN inr, OREGON, AUGUST 11, lS7j.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
J For Congress,
LAFAYETTE LANE,
Of Douglas 'Jonnly.
The Tariff Question.
One of t iG best planks in the Dem
ocratic platform is that relating to
free trade.0'' The tariff, or home pro
tection, aa our Radical friends term
it, is one of the mo;jt infamous and
tyrannical exaetiorte which has
brought labor at thyVoot of capital
and has oppressed 111 tho various
trades and occnp .-ions. During
Democratic rule in this country,
which continued almost uninterrupt
ed for over fifty years, o ir manufac
tories of every kind, prospered much
1 A I A 1 IT. 1 T 1 .
said that we have augmented our
manufactories on account of the pro
tection. This is not true, from the
very fact that while under Democrat
ic rule our exports were much in ex
cess of our imports, and yet we car
ried on our own manufactories with
profit. But this protection iniquity
is not for the purpose of helping tho
laborers in the factories, but it is to
give exorbitant and outrageous prof
its to those who havo their capital
imployed in them. See over the
country the many millionaires which
have been created by this system of
protection. They may be counted
by the thousands, whlo tho laborer,
mechanic and farmer are to-day
poorer than they wete fifteen years
ago. Why havo ,-,thel large number
of protective societies! grown up in
our country withinLlhe past ten
years? Why do we . ar of almost
daily strikes among the laboring
classes ? Simply because one class
of our wealth is protected at the ex
pense and to tho detriment of an
other. "We see since the protective
system has been inaugurated in this
country, tat the wealth has becomo
concentrated into the bands of a few,
while the masses are . the sufferers.
Tho advocates of the protective
system place their argument on the
ground that Fufopeaa labor being
so much cheaper, they cannot com
pote ngain.st it successfully. This is
entirely too flimsy to even the most
obtuse mind.., If it is impossible for
them to compete with foreign labor,
it certainly would bo much better
that our operatives should cease and
find ether employment There are
only about one mihionlif the people
of tho United States Auterested in
what manufactories Ire are pro
tected. Tho operativl Ind mechan
ics are not protected. VJ is only the
lordly owner. It does certainly not
look possible that the question of la
bor should figure so prominently in
this matter. No facts can be pro
duced to show that wo cannot suc
cessfully compete with foreign mar
kets. The European manufacturer
has to pay freight on his goods, lay
out of his capital for a number of
months and must necessarily add to
his piofits a per centago for this de
lay in getting his returns. If we
can buy cheaper of foreign manufac
turers even with this difference
against them, why not let them sup
ply us with tho manufactured goods
and supply them with such material
as they need.&nd for which we have
received a fair price? a
But this is not the true cause for
the protective system. It is to put
millions in the pockets of the aristo
cratic factor' owners, at the expense
of the people, and especially of the
consunvers, who number forty to one
of those protected. The protective
system works in this wise: Wo place
an important duty on the necessa
ries of life equal to thirty or forty
per cent. This virtually excludes
imports from our country of such
taxed articles. This enables tho
manufacturer to place an exorbitant
price on his goods, and instead of
being a source of protection to the
manufacturer and a. revenue to the
government, it is used as an instru
ment of extortion by those engaged
in the business. If ire pay from
nine to ten millions annually to the
government as a protection," on our
cotton fabrics, these imjports being
but a small part cf whatJtve use, we
pay thirty or forty mill lis annnally
tb the home manufactiF" Thus it
will be seen on this article alone we
pay from forty to fifty millions per
year for the sake of being protected.
Now if this duty was off this sum of
about fifty millions aniAally would
be saved to the cont-ners. The
same hold.- good in everarticle pro
tected. While we protect the man
ufacturer ten million dollars we give
him a license to tax the people thirty
or forty more. The American people
? being a producing community, their
interest lies in selling where they
can sell for the best price and buying
where they can buv thj9 cheapest.
This is their only salvation, and di
rect taxation for mainlaining the
General Government is . their true
and best policy and do awav with
protection. Then thev iwill "find a
new prosperity in this country and
there will, be no need Q; protective
societies, Grangers and cjther organ
izations to protect the plple against
the oppressions of fVionopolies.
These re but the lef timate off
springs of the protectee system.
Let us support a man o Congress
C"who is pledged to do away withthis
infamous outrage on our mechanics
farmers and laborers. The Demo
cratic candidate is TLa Radical
candidate belongs to the prty which
and etd tho law and
necwftnlj faror it,
ft,
A
Wise Discovery.
From the tone of the Radical press
one is led to think that they have
just made a wise discovery, one that
they have heretofore failed to see.
It is the fact that on account of most
of the Catholics voting the Demo
cratic ticket, therefore the party is
in favor of allowing the public school
money to bo garbled up by that
Church. Does it ever occur to these
Radical editors that for upwards of
fifty years the Democracy ruled the
nation and that during that entire
time they controlled the larger num
ber of the States of the Union, and
yet not a single instance can be
pointed to where tho party attempted
or advocated the building up of sec
tarian public schools? But on the
contrary, the Democracy now, as in
the past, are opposed to making tho
school question an issue, or bring
ing religion into politics. This whole
cry of sectarianism in our schools
has grown out of the fact that the
Democratic State administration of
Ohio bought sixty-eight dollars'
worth of religious books for the pur
pose of having them read by tho
Catholic convicts in the penitentiary.
Some people would fail to see any
combination in this, but the little
brained Radical editors find positive
evidence in this fact that the Demo
cratic party is allied with tho Popo
of Rome, and we see that because
Hon. Lafayette Lane is a Catholic,
they have further evidence that the
party is a religious concern. Strange
indeed, it is, that the Democracy,
while it had undisputed control of
the nation, never sought to establish
that creed as the religion of the na
tion. Rad:calism must have a hob
by, and now that the nigger is out
of tho way, a religions war is their
next. Let us give these fanatics a
little advice and that is: A relig
ious war is not as easy to carry into
a successful political triumph as the
nigger question was, and they will
find this out to their sorrow. Dem
ocratic principles prescribe no man
for religious belief, aud when a par
ty seeks to make that au issue, it
shows its lack of jirinciples and
shows its utter unfitness as a party
to receive the confidence of a free and
liberal people. We have no particu
lar defense to make for Catholics,
any more than we have for any other
Church, but in common with Demo
cratic principles, we are ready to de
fend any and all classes of religious
people in the enjoyment of tho right
to worship God as their conscience
shall dictate, and will not hold any
disqualified for public position.
This Radicalism is not willing to
concede.
Ooor. A friend of ours was argu
ing with a Radical the other day, on
the question of what would be the
probable policy on the finance ques
tion in the next Presidential cam
paign. The Radical said that the
Democracy would place themselves
on a rag-money, while the Radicals
would place themselves on a coin
platform. The friend replied: "If
the Radicals are for specie circula
tion, being in power, why don't you
pay specie?" This was a clincher,
and our Radical friend found his
bottom knocked out. That is just
the point. If Radicals are for specie
payment, why don't they resume, in
stead of leaving from one hundred
and thirty to one hundred fifty mil
lions in the treasury to be used by
pet banks all over the country? If
the Radicals take the hard-money
theory, they will only bo giving the
lie to their acts, and will do so to aid
them to bridge over the next Presi
dential campaign. Actions always
speaic louder than words, and the
Radical party has spoken too strong
ly on this question to b able to de
ceive the people. Tho Democracy,
in tho National Convention, will go
for a hard-money platform, and their
past record will be sufficient evidence
of their sincerity.
He Can- Lie. The demagogue
Hammond denies over on the Sound
.that he offered a "free pass to
Heaven" provided you paid fifty
cents to go to Oregon City. Now
this thing of a professed Christian
lying when there are thousands of
people to prove it by, looks to us as
though the old fellow was cracked
and does not know what he says.
Instead of him asking the prayers of
his congregations for this paper and
its editor, we think the sinners
should turn in and pray for Ham
mond so that he could learn the com
mandment which enjoins upon him
not to bear false witness.
Speech of Hon. Jas. II. Slater.
We call special attention of our
readers to the able speech of Hon.
Jas. H. Slater, made in this city on
the 3d inst., which we publish in
full on our first page. It is a valua
ble and comprehensive document,
and we trust our friends will pass it
around among their neighbors.
Ratification- Meetings. Grand
ratification meetings were held by
the Democracy of Marion and Linn
counties last week, at -Saln on
Wednesday evening and Albany on
Thursday. The Attendance was large
ana emnusiastic. rpeecnes were
made by Hon. Xi. F. Lane, Governor
-Grover, Hon. Jas. H. Slater, Hon
Geo. R. Helm, and others.
LETTER FKOM NEW YORK.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
New York, July 27, 1875.
The principal topic of interst in
local politics, at least during the last
week, has been the clearing of the
decks of the Tammany Ship, pre
paratory to the coming elections.
Hon. John Morrissey, State Senator
Sedwith and others of that "gang'
have been, or are now being "un
loaded," and Tammany, at last thor
oughly reformed, will press in the
van of the Democratic column, whose
well deserved and well earned victo
ries will once again secure to our de
spoiled country a lasting, real peace,
and honest, permanent prosperity
a prosperity founded on the doubly
golden rule, that a nation like an in
dividual must live within its income,
incur no expenses that it cannot af
ford to pay for, borrow no money
that it cannot afford to pay for the
use of, and force no one to take its
note, which the holder has to get
discounted at a rate varying from
ten to twenty per cent., if he wishes
to turn it into real money.
Perhaps you at the far-West, al
ways enjoying such immunity from
that politico-economical insanity
known as the "rag-money mania,"
that you are not frightened when it
becomes epidemic in certain locali
ties, as the recent Ohio platform has
shown that it is malignantly so there
Alas! when so able and upright a
statesman as Senator Thurman is
obliered to use such exertions to clear
himself from suspicions, it is indeed
a sad and touching spectacle, and
more than one leader of a proud con
stituency will bo musing in rwtire
ment over his shattered hopes and
wasted ambition, sadly acknowledge
that indeed honesty is the best policy.
The press is at present much occu
pied with and exercised over the de
cision of our Court of Appeals re
leasing Tweed and the criticising let
ter of Mr. Chas. O'Conor in regard
to the same. As is the caso with
every conceivable question that can
be raised, no matter how apparent
the answer may be, both sides are
championed by ardent advocates.
The indictment against Tweed on
which he was tried and convicted,
accused him in many counts of as
many various and different offences
against the law. Judge Noah Davis,
in sentencing him, held that if the
law said "for committing such an of
fence, you shall be sent to prison one
year," and if the criminal committed
such offence and nino more like it,
ho could bo put in prison for ten
years. In this construction of the
law the General Term, consisting of
tnreo Judges of the Supreme Court,
upheld him. Tweed appealed to the
Court of Appeals, onr Court of last
resort, and J udge Davis' decision was
held to be error and Tweed was re
leased, as far as that sentence was
concerned, though he was immediate
ly ro-arrested in other actions begun
against him, both civil and criminal.
Now, as there had been a great deal
of feeling as to the conduct of Judge
Davis on that trial, for various reas
ons, aud among them especially for
finning the leading counsel of Tweed
for contempt of Court and reprimand
ing the junior counsel for the same
offence, which occurance is probably
fresh in your memories, this reversal
of the Court of Appeals of tho sen
tence imposed by tho trial courl,
seemed, in some degree at least,- to
reflect on the condemning Judge as
inflicting, from motives other than
judicial, a tyrannical, excessive and
illegal sentence. I say seemed, for I
do not seo how it could be twisted to
have that effect, but that is how those
opposed to the course of Judge Davis
contiued it. The Court of Appeal
in its opinion, quoted with approval,
an argument of Mr. O'Conor's read
before it some time previous. Judge
Davis wrote a reproachfully toned
letter to Mr. O'Conor, aski ng him
why ho had not used it on the argu
ment before him. This is regarded
by some as a thin device on the part
of the Judge to secure Mr. O'Couor
as a champion; but right royally did
he answer the summons. In a letter
published in the Tribune several col
umns in length, he attacks the Court
of Appeals in a very ingenious argu
ment, in the course of which he
makes the very serious charge by
means of an insinuation, that that
Court were not all influenced in their
decision by disinterested motives.
And now comes ex-Judge Comstock,
formerly of the samo Court, who ar
gued for Tweed before it, and in lan
guage quite as personal and intem
perate as that used by Mr. O'Conor,
accuses him of using personal and
intemperate language. And so the
combat rages, and everybody, when
discussing that subject, seems quite
to have lost their heads. In the
meantime, Tweed lies in Ludlow
Street Jail, waiting for some ono to
go bail for him to the extent of three
million dollars.
The weather during the past week
has continued delightfully cool, with
the exception of one or two warm
days, but it has al way beeu possible
to sleep comfortably.
A hw wrinkle iu tho amusement
line, is to take a lrge steamer, such
as are used for travel on the Long
Island Sound or North River, and
equipping, ber with an orchestra and
sometimes even a dramatic company,
to float down the bar, or up the river,
enjoying at ouce tno cool breezes,
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA,
fine moon the music or the play, or
in the between times, chatter with
your fair companion of the dim,
though beautiful .view, sipping ices
in the mean while.
With the past week ended the "Book
Fair," and a most successful substi
tute for the old "trade sales" it has
proved, exceeding, I am informed.the
expectations of the most sanguine.
Under the old system, it was almost
certain that towards the close of the
sale, the books were apt to be sacri
ficed at a price for which it was often
impossible for the publisher to re
place them on his shelves. ; Under
the present system the publishers
send to the fair room such samples
as they please, and offer special rates
for the fair week only, in this in
stance as great a discount as forty
per centum from the list price was
offered, and the sales have been large
ly in excess of the old trade sales.
News reaches us to-day of the un
timely death of George H. Mumford,
Vice President and Secretary of the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
who displayed such tact, judgment
and executive ability while in charge
of th interests of that corporation at
the Pacific . Coast. He was born in
Rochester in 1840, was graduated at
Harvard University, and during the
war was on the staff of his uncle,
Gen. O. II. Palmer. He was a fine
classical scholar and thoroughly con
versant with the literatures of France
and Germany. His death is a great
loss to the Company. H.
What is Said of tho Platform.
The Democratic papers of the
State, thus far received, are extrava
gant in their praise of the platform
adopted by the Convention. The
Mercury nays:
The Democracy of this State have
never presented a platform which
embodied sounder principles of gov
ernment and a better general policy
than the ono which we publish to
day as eminatiug from the Democrat
ic Convention which assembled in
this city last week.
Upon the general powers of the
Federal Government, the dividing
lines of its several departments, and
upon the rights of the several State?
it holds the Jeffersonian doctrine,
clear, distinct and consistent. The
fifth resolution calls for those admin
istrative reforms which are absolute
ly uecessary for the further life of
this government and for its future
permanency.
The Albany Democrat says:
The platform of principles adopt
ed by the Democratic State Conven
tion last week, and published else
where in these columns, is a statesman-like
document, a credit to its
authors aud to the Dmocracy of Or
egon. Indeed at tho Convention we
heard it pronounced by able politi
tians the best platform ever put forth
by any party in Oregon. It is a
comprehensive compendium of all
the issues properly before the people
at this time upon which a member
of Congress is expected to operate,
without .v trace of deuiagoguery or
an evasion of a single point affecting
the public welfare of the people of
our young commonwealth.
Of our standard-bearer we speak
elswhere. The platform is one on
which he can 6taud before tho peo
ple fairly and without the necesssity
of apologizing for a line or a word
therein contained. Seldom has a
caudidato been so fortunate in hav
ing a solid, impregnable base to
stand upon as this platform affords
Hon. Jb. J: . Lane.
The Eugene Guard has the follow
ing in relation to the platform:
Tho platform adopted by the Dem
ocratic Convention at Salem on the
29th tilt., contains the gist of tho
true faith as it was enunciated be
fore new departures and policy
dodges were recognized in Demo
cratic tactics.
A strict construction of tho con
stitution; a sacred regard for the re
served l ights of tho States; no inter
ference of Federal authority with the
domestic affairs of the States; econo
my and integrity in the administra
tion of public affairs; subjection of
tho military to the civil authority;
a hard currency and a tariff for rev
enue only, constitute the true princi
ples of our government, and when
strictly and honestly adhered to, are
a cure for all the ills chargeable to
misgovernment.
When justice is administered equi
tably and the peace of the commu
nity preserved, the object and end of
government is attained. The at
tempt on tho part of government to
foster auy business, trade or enter
prise, may result in temporary good;
but it is a sore that always conceals
a thorn. When it departs from the
business of governirg, it enters a
broad field and assistance to ono
branch of trade or enterprise, brings
into existence a thousand others,
each claiming equal merit, each
clamoring for aid in the name of the
public good and each with a corps of
advocates, skilled in the art of per
suading or corrupting, as the case
may require, and thus the public
treasury becomes the prey of politi
cal cormorants, speculators and ad
venture Ti. If the people aie ca
pable of self government, they are
capable of conducting all enterprises
necssary to the public good, and
will do it at a much less cost to
themselves than if done by the gov
ernment. The idea that the exercise
of parental care over the people by
the government is necessary to their
well-being, is the strong argument
in favor of monarchy and against the
capacity to govern themselves; that
government is only necessary to keep
the peaco and administer justice, is
the true Republican theory.
From the La Grande Sentinel:
Want of space prevents us pub
lishing the platform adopted by the
members of the Democratic State
Convention. We will endeavor to
furnish it next week, feeling confi
dent that the principles therein enun
ciated will find favor with a large
majority of the honest voters of Or
egon, irrespective of party ties or
past affiliations.
Win, Go.- Hon. L. F. Lane will
shortly go to Lake county to spemk
on the issues of the day. Mr. Lane
proposes to visit every county in the
State.
Summer Resorts.
Editor Enterprise: While many
of your readers are preparing to
spend a few days or weeks at the sea
side, perhaps a few words from one
having just returned from a trip,
would not be out of place. Now we
would not advise any where to go,
preferring to let every one follow his
own inclination, yet we are fully
convinced that the Astoria route is,
all things considered, far preferable
to any other. We take the steamer
at Portland, and after a pleasant trip
down the Willamette and out upon
the broad waters of the Columbia,
fairest of rivers, sailing quietly along
amid the most enchanting scenery of
any land or clime, we arrive in the
evening at Astosia, having paid the
nominal sum of one dollar as fare
for the entire trip of one hundred
and ten miles. Arrived at Astoria,
we of course take rooms at the Occi
dent, where the genial host, Charley
Wright, spares no pains to make his
guests comfortable and happy, and
whose table is always supplied with
the good things of this life suffice
it to say that Charley has been a pu
pil of that model hotel keeper, Arra
goni, and he does not disgrace his
tutor. The next morning you may
take the steamer for Clatsop Beach,
where will bo found all the apurte
nances of a fashionable seaside resort,
some good people and abundance of
shoddy; or you can get Capt. Gray
to take you in his cosy steamer Varu
na, or if you prefer, his fast-sailing
little sloop, across to the Washing
ton Territory side, landing where
onco stood Pacific City, the would-be
great city of the Northwest. Here
you will flud Hunter, the genial and.
good-natured landlord of Bay View,
or some attache of this popular sea
side resort, ready to welcome you
and conduct you to Bay View, which
you will find one of the pleasantest,
cosiest and most homelike places to
rusticate in the world.
Hero the raw wiuds of the Pacific
are broken by tho sheltering cape
and wo get only the soft and mellow
airs of tho sea-breeze off the bay, or
filtered, as it were, through the
spruce groves that cover the bold
headlands rising far to the north and
west. Baker's Bay, on which Bay
View is situated, and from which it
takes its name, is one of the most
beautiful sheets of of water in the
world. Calmly reposing under the
protection of its "great sea-wall," it
seems to partake of the rest and quiet
of this delightful nook of creation,
and sends its great waves, like romp
ing "children to play "hide and seek,"
among the sea-caves and weird rocky
caverns of its northern shore, or la
zily laves tho broad sand-beach to
the east, as if washing off the marks
and foot-prints, and making a new
play-ground for the numerous chil
dren that bathe at all hours, or bask
in the sun upon its pebbly shore.
Those who prefer the open sea for
surf bathing can fiud tho most beau
tiful sand-beach by going across
the peninsula about a mile by a
good wagon road, where a hack runs
every morning carrping those who
prefer to ride rather than walk. Here
ono can spend hours strolling along
the most magnincent sea-oeacii in
the world, stretching away to the
north without a break for more than
twenty-five miles, broad, smooth as a
floor, and firm and hard as a race
course. Whilo to the south, you can
pick your way along the water's edge,
among the overhanging crags and
precipices, watching the seals and
otter play, till you reach Beard's
Cove, the place where the crew of
tho ill-fated Vandalia met their terri
ble fate and were found, eleven of
them, stripped of their surplus cloth
ing, whore it seems they had swum
in their desperation, after seeing that
it was impossible to save the old ship
amid tho fury of the tempest, and
sought these unhospitable shores
only to find watery graves, and to
have their brains beat out by being
dashed against these awful rocks,
till finally in the dark recesses of old
ocean's waves,
"They sleep, and move with the mov
ing ships,
Change as the winds change, veer with
the tide."
But we will turn from this melan
choly picture, which so long ago
brought bitter sadness to so many
hearts, and recount some of the other
attractions around this place, so full
of mystery and wild romantic beauty.
Across the bay from Hunter's, a
pleasant row of a mile and a half, is
Cape Disappointment, with the fort
and light-house, both objects of in
terest and curiosity, where you can
profitably spend hours, viewing the
batteries and other military works,
or being initiated into the mysteries
of the interior of a light-house by
the kind and gentlemanly keeper,
Mr. Munson; who, for the thousandth
time, seems to take the same interest
and pleasure iu showing its works
to visitors as though it was the first
time in his life. There is, besides,
plenty of hunting for the followers
of Nimrod, and fishing for the deci
ples of Isaac Walton, from all which
excursions we return with appetites
capable of doing justice to the table
spread with good things and super
intended by Mrs. Hunter, the esti
mable wife of mine host, iho is well
acquainted with the habits of excur
sionists, and always spreads a table
to suit the most epicurean taste.
Let others go where they will, we
think, hereafter, we will take our
seaside rusticating in the vicitity of
Bay View, and shall iayer remember
the days spent there as among the
pleasantest in our life. -
What They Say of lion. Ar. .
Lane.
The Democrats have gone to work
enthusiastically for the election of
Hon. L. F. Lane. Seldom , has it
been our fortune to see the press so
hearty in its support of a nominee,
and this is an omen of the sentiment
and feeling of the masses. The Salem
Mercury says of the candidate:
To-Gay we fly at the head of our
columns the name of the Honorable
L. F. Lane, the Democratic candi
date for Representative to the 44th
Congress, that meets in December
next. We think the Convention act
ed wisely and well in the nomination
of Mr. Lane, and around the stand
ard of the Democracy borne by him
will gather tho Democratic hosts
from every city and town, from every
plain, hill and valley in the State of
Oregon, and with one acclaim will
triumphantly elect him to the halls
of Congress.
Mr. Lane is abont thirty-three
years of age, of classical education
and fine legal attainments. He was
born in Indiana, and came with his
father, Gen. Josoph Lane, across the
plains when but a small boy, and has
grown up to manhood in this, his
adopted State. He is identified with
our interests, for a long residence has
given him a general knowledge and
thorough acquaintance with our nu
merous wants. His name and fame
are not unknown to the people of
Oregon. His father held many prom
inent positions from the people in
ther early settlement and develope
ment of our Territory. To his exer
tions while a delegate to Congress
from tho Territory of Oregon, we
owe our admission to tho sisterhood
of States of the American Union,
and after our admission ns a State he
was one of our first United States
Senators.
The Albany Democrat speaks as
follows:
It is with special pride that we
this week run up the name of Hon.
L. F. Lane, of Douglas county, as
the Democratic candidate for Con
gress. After a spirited contest, in
which the names of other able gen
tlemen figured conspicuously with
his before the Convention, Mr. Lane
received the nomination by a most
flattering vote, and the choice of the
Convention was then made unanimous
amid great enthusiasm.
Lafayette Lane is the youngest son
of Gen. Joseph Lane, and is aged,
we should judge, about 32 j-ears. His
public political record is not exten
sive, but that which he has made is
highly creditable.. In 1864 he was
elected by the Democracy of Uma
tilla county to the State Legislature,
and only came of age after his elec
tion and before the meeting of that
body. During that session and the
special session of the following year,
he was one of only three Democratic
members of that body, the other two
being Fay, of Jackson, and Cox, of
Josephine; and most of our readers
will remember how those three gal
lant and intrepid Democrats held
the wholi Radical body at bay, by
shrewd parliamentary filibustering,
thus preventing them from j'-issing
an infamous registration act and oth
er odious partisan meaisuses.
Naturally elegant in manners, ur
bane and affable in disposition, com
panionable and genial in his inter
course with his fellow men, Mr. Lane
is personally very popular, and as he
is a good speaker and keen debater,
we confidently expect that he will
make an effective and popular cam
paign and be elected by an over
whelming majority.
The Eugene Guard thus hand
somely endorses tho nominee:
Mr. Lane was elected a member of
the Legislature from Umatilla county
in 1864 and served in that capacity
at the regular session of that year
and also at the special session of
1863. Although he and one other
constituted the entire Democratic
strength in the Oregon Legislature
at that time, his conduct was neither
that of a factionist nor a craven, but
by his lirmuess, candor and gentle
manly bearing, lie won the respect of
all opponents. In I860 he was the
Democratic candidate for Secretary
of State, and made a general canvass
of the State during that campaign.
He received the nomination for Pres
idential elector in 1872, but on tho
nomination of Mr. Greeley, he de
clined. He was also one of the Com
missioners who compiled our present
Codo of General Laws. His integrity
is questioned by none; his Democ
racy is of the Jeffersonian stanlp, aud.
his fidelity to principle without in
yariableness or the shadow of turn
ing. He is a gentleman of fine
attainments, good ability and excel
lent social qualities. We do not
think he will lose a single Democratic
vote, while his popularity in South
ern Oregon will secure him the sup
port of large numbers of Republicans
and Independents.
Principles first and then men capa
ble and honest to carry them out, is
the true motto for every friend of
good government. That the recent
Democratic Convention has been for
tunate in the application of this rule,
we doubt not that the future record
of Mr. Lane will fully demonstrate,
should ho be elected. A result of
which we feel confident.
From the Umatilla Tribune:
Personally considered, Mr. Lane is
a genial, whole-souled gentleman;
and possesses those rare magnetic
powers which all feel who come with
in the charmed circle of their influ-
ence.
Mr. Lane is a
ant and fluent
lieve, will make
is not a resident
clear, logical, pleas
speaker, and, we be
a good canvass. He
of Eastern Oregon:
but having
once lived in Umatilla
county and represented it in the
Legislature, he is very well acquaint
ed with our wants and necessities,
and we believe he will do all in his
power, if elected, to advance all our
local interests.
From the La Grande Sentinel:
The action of the members of the
recent Democratic Convention in
selecting Hon. Lafayette Lane, of
Douglas county, as the candidate for
Representative in Congress, and the
Democratic standard-bearer in the
approaching political contest, which
is to take place in this State, should
meet with the hearty approval of
every Democrat in Oregon. No se
lection conld have been, made that
would be calcnlated to harmonize
the different - sectional preferences
more satisfactorily to the entire party.
mi. uauc a laiauiarnv With n,.
of the people of Eastern Oret?
make him a great favorite in th 1
tion of the State, he havinn : bi?1p0r
of the first settlers in Union co ne
n.nd beinsr norsnnnllv o i llntr
'-J j. j ci u i l lr ;r.. i
known to many of our old citi, 'T
especially in and adjacent to r?"'
whr he livod tvli;iA i wllOD.
where he lived
to the people
Avhile hero . '
to the people of Umatilla oZ?
whom he ably represented
Legislature many vears
'a tin
a a 1
"go n-
out a youui.
He is young, ambitious, and Wlv
along and useful life before JiT
seeKs not tne omce for the sal
but that ho may render efficient IS'
vice and build up the iiormn .
interests of this State. We K
pleasure of spending an evening
his company but a few weeks aV0
andlvnow that wo speak the senti'
ments that fill his heart. Let tb
Democracy of Oregon, in solid pliai
anx, go to the polls and elect him h
an overwhelming majority.
SUMMAKV Ol" STATU Xlivs.
Ben. F. D orris, Grand Representa
tive to the Grand Lodge of the United
States, left Eugene on Monday last
for the Atlantic States.
A surveying party were driven off
a straight line which they were run
ning near Goose Lake, last week by
two grizzly bears which stood in' tho
way about 20 yards ahead of them
and showdd fight. -
Last week, says the Yreka Union
the elder Mr. Bartol was iu town
exhibiting a very rich piece cf cinna
bar from a claim he has discovered
in some part of Jackson county. Tho
whereabouts of his location hewould
not divulge.
Colonel Bc-al writes the Roseburg
Plaindealer that the new vein of cin
nabar struck last week is turning out
handsomely. The lead is six feet
wide.
The Lafayette Courier says: Mc
Pollen, a few weeks since, had one
of his sons tried for stealing a horse.
Through the instrumentality of able
counsel, the young man was cleared.
Prior to this, the old man had his
wife and so;ne of his children bound
over to keep the peace. Now he is
in jail to keep him from committing
crime. He is old enough, and ought
to have known better.
"A man named Henderson left Can
yonville, h-.st Sunday evening, in
company with a halfbreed girl, car
rying off a fine horso ' belonging to
W. F. Briggs. The parties havo
been traced as far as Trasks' ford, on
tho North Umpqua river. The house
of Mrs. Briggs, near CanyonviHe,
was entered some two weeks ago, and
over S200 stolen. It is thought that
the man Henderson who stole tbo
horse from Mr. Briggs is the guilty
party.
A man . named Whiteman, living
near Jefferson, became jealous of a
man iu his employ named Watkinds,
and while riding out with Watkinds
on Monday last, he lassoed him and
dragged him until senseless, and
then castrated him. No further par
ticulars have been received regarding
this shocking affair.
Baker county decreased her connty
indebtedness about throe thousand
during the last fiscal vear. She hovt
owes about SS.D00.
John r. Hutton. of Silverton, Mar
ion county, has been adjudged insans
and sent "to the East Portland asy
lum. Just now there is a great deal of
building going on in Eugene, ami
most of the buildings are of a sub
stantial character.
Cass Humphrey and Billy Mans
field have made their everlasting for
tune in the daily Albanian ami retired
to the shade of private life, and Thos.
Parker is now chief engineer of that
spicy little shettt.-
The Mountaineer- says; We learn
from several sources that it is tb?
belief of the ministers composing tlie
Eastern Oregon conference that the
mission will compromise v?ith prop
erty holders at the Dalles on very
reasonable terms not asking any
thing for improvements?, on a moder
ately valuation on real estate. Amen.
The Statesman of last Saturday
says: Wheat in the Salem market
advanced, a few days since, to SI
per bushel, and after staying at that
figure about two days receded, ow
ing to a sudden advance in river aDJ
ocean freights, to 00 cents. Ycst'r
day, Salem advanced the price to P
cents, but what caused the advance
we are not yet advised.
A short time ago, the wife of a cit
izen of Jacksonville, accompanied by
her five small children, left that
place for San Francisco for the avow
ed purpose of visiting a sister in that
city. Some days after, the husband,
little knowing of the wife's infidelity,
received a letter from her, in which
she coolly informed him that she
had determined to leave Jacksonville
forever, and that with Chas. Milk'ri
who, until within a few weeks past,
was a resident of Willow Springs
she intended going to New York.
Mr. T. B. Wait informs the States
man that many new settlers are com
ing in and locating in the vicinity of
his place, which is located near Zena.
Polk county, about seven miles west
of Salem. Most of them came from
tho grasshopper regions, and ther
are a thrifty, enterprising class ot
people. They are buying or renting
small farms and going to work
a will.
A gentleman writing from Wood
burn to the Stfdesman, under date oi
the 2d inst says: Harvest has no
commenced, and in this part of tw
country the fall wheat will reacu
above an average and is of very n
quality. The spring crop wi
short; oats will be much below toe
average. New wheat is coming v
to-dav.
The farmers of Wasco county hae
about completed their harvesting ana
sold their wool and are now in ea .
circumstances.
Daniel
F. Smith,
tb,. well kno-
citizen of
Salem, died at
last Tuesday.
tabbed
The man uayior, w"" y. bt
Twionrl last . Friday, is
and is not going to die this time.
Mr. Thos. B. Jackson baf been w
pointed Assistant becreiar d
vice David Fleischman who resig
- ir. Toj-tson emc .
ome clays since, nfficial
ed upon the disciiarge w - - i9
duties last Monday morning. b
an accomplished penman, a Wi&t3&
accountant, and eminently qaa11
for the position.