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o o 'o THE'EHTraPWSE. 0tM3Xm0KEC05,.U-CKTJ7tlS7S. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Congress, LAFAYETTf LANE, u Of Doufjlns C.'imtjr. pitiu.ic SPliAKIXG. Hon. I. V. T-nnp, Democratic candi date for Congress, will address his fol low citize ns at the following times and places, to-w it : Unkvillo September 4th Jacksonville j. Kerhwille i Jto.sc L-ur" loin Opposing candidates are invited to join hit". 'D Will the People.Endorse 1 One of the planks in the Radical platform, "approves of the present National O Administration." This brings the main issue before the people for wbicli die Democracy have been fighting. JlBy approvin lio Administration. J I included the frauds which have been perpetrated under its very eyes; the outrageous interference in State elections and the overthrow of tho State Government of Louisiana and ciher Southern States by tho military authorities, which, at the time, was condemned by the Independents and a large por tion. It is an endorsement of "the illegal Civil Eights Bill, and the infamous Force Act, which was pass ed by the Lower House, and only defeated by the management of the Democratic Senators. It is an en dorsement of Delano, who lias been charged with the most infamous crimes, and who Grant dare not re move because he threatens to "blow" on him and his brother; it is an en dorsement of Grant's connection with "Boss Sheppard," and the District of Columbia Ring in their pecula tions; it is0 an endorsement of the high protective tariff and the steal ings perpetrated by the Federal offi cials under it; it is an endorsement of every crime for which the present Administration has become so infa mous. It also carries with it the present financial policy of ths party in power, and endorses the banking system, andTthe peculations in mail contracts, and the speculations of the Government in its paper money with the coiii in the vaults. It also endorses the frauds in the Depart ment of Justice, which have cost the nation over three millions annually, which immense sum lias been used for electioneering 2u'"Poscs- It en dorses the appointment to oflice of defaulters to the Government, and every other crime of the Administra tion. These are some of the issues now on trial, and it remains to bo seen whether the people will endorse them at the polls. Tho Radical press is endeavoring to divert the present contest from these issues. We are not surprised at this. They aro enough to sink any party. Never, since the forma tion of our Government, has there been so much extravagance and ras cality perpetrated by an Administra tion in every department, and yet the office-holders ask tho people to endorse it. Should they elect Mr. Warren, it would be an endorsement. The breaking lip of the Louisiana Legislature by military force is en dorsed in this resolution; the Civil Bights bill, which has been pro nounced illegal, and for its infamous provisions should consign any party to oblivion, is here sanctioned. It was placed on our statute books by tho present Administration and a Radical Congress. The Force Act, by which Grant and his followers could over-ride the States and secure a re-c-.ocuon, va3 also a pet measure ot the Administration, and Grant is charged witn having used all his ex ecutive power to have it passed, and lias since appointed every member of Congress who voted for it and who ' has been repudiated by his constitu ency, to some Federal position. De lano has been openly charged with being a party to extortions from land claimants to enable them to get their patents through his office, and yet Grant dare not remove him because Oioville Grant is engaged in robbing the Indian Department, and Delano threatens to "blow" the whole mat tor. Grant is notoriously connected with "Boss Sheppard" in his frauds. The infamous tariff system, which is created for the benefit of the rich and to the detriment and ruin of the producer, is one of tho main features in the present Administration, and the Radicals are called upon to en dorse it by their votes: The system of banking and paper money are Radical inventions, aad the present Administration is responsible for them, and a vote for the Radical can didate Is an endorsement of these pet schemes. In short, the resolution, in a modest way, endorses every act of the Administration, even to tho desire of the third term. By giving your vote for the Radical candidate, you even endorse the salary grab and tho raising of the President's salary from $25,000 to S5C.000. and the othr robberies committed on the D puV.io tnv.sury. Yon say that you a.L'i: f.ivir of pavinc: an fxtravacrant Radical Administration 160,090,000 tion of the Repubhcfcis as well as the entire Democracy Vind was only endorsed by the prescP Adrninistra- per annum, wmcn oniy cost, uuuci Democratic rule, SG0,000,000, and which was regarded as extravagant. These are some of the issues, and we ask the laboring people whether they will endorse them at the polls in October by the election of the Radi cal candidate, who stands pledged to their support if he is elected ? -- "A Daniel Come to Judgment." It seems to us the Oregon States man would do well to change its name to tho Oregon Oracle. The foresight and power of prophesying manifested by its editor are truly marvelous! We are informed in the issue of the 18th inst. that if the Democrats come into power, another decade will show us the Catholics buckling on their armor in defence of sectarian school appropriations; and if this question is brought squarely before the people, Mr. Lane will lose a thousand votes. Bah! What balderdash, what Delphic twaddle! Will Catholic Re publicans withhold their votes from that nominee because there isaDem ocrat in the field of their own relig ion? Certainly not; and we should look upon them as weak-minded im beciles should they meditate such a course. Church and State are as distinct with all upright, honest vot ers as field and flood. Would the Oregon Oracle advocate all people not of Mr. Warren's per suasion to vote against him ? Does the Oregon Oracle propose denomin ational instead of political nomina tions for Municipal State and Nation al offices ? Shall we run Cardinal McCloskey against Bishop Simpson for the Presidency, and Revival Moody against Oily Hammond for tho Senate? What consumate trash! As if men were blocks, stones, worse than senseless things! Because we have been taught to take off our hats in the houso of the Lord, is that any reason why a Quaker is not as good a man ? Because we choose to com mune with our God through the Is- realite ceremonies, is that any reason i -1 i i way we snouia not uo trusted in public office, why we should not be subject to fulsome abuee? But pshaw! Men of sense, .what ever their politics, whatever their religion, will hold each separately dear; never allowing the one to inter fere with the other any more than we allow to clash, in our domestic lives, the love we bear a wife and the love we bear a mother. But in the name of common sense, and all that smacks of political chi canery, what has the Congressional election to do with school appropria tions? A Congressman is a United States officer. The schools are man aged entirely by State legislation So, even if Mr. Lane should be elect eu, ne woum nave no more voice in settling this vexed question than the modern Jeremiah who prophesies through the Oregon Oracle. So the Republicans have come to this! To resort to such puerile trickery displays a weak hand indeed. Theirs must be a desnerato came. when they try to hoodwink sensible voters with children's subterfuges, and when they sink so low as to at tack the manner of a man's worship ping his God. Free Trade and Grangers. We think it was Wendell Phillips who said," the more we simplify an abstruse subject the more readers. if not followers, we gain." We have act upon this hint and in few plain words try to reach the understanding of the many. No one will deny that agriculture is the backbone of a country and that upon it the wealth and power of a nation depend. Should not there fore the system of commerce be so arranged as to meet the wants of those to whom we are chiefly in debted for the flow of life blood in our institutions? If the farmer gets his clothing and farm implements for one hundred ;icr cent, less than the present prices, of course he can af ford to sell his products for less money. This will make food cheap in the large cities, aud in conse quence, of course, labor will fall in price and we will then be on the threshold of the political economist's millennium. hat do Thet Mean. The Radi cal press is engaged in making war on the Christian Church because Mr Whitney is a member of that denom ination, and on the Catholics because Mr. Lane belongs to it. Had not Mr. Warren better tell these Radi cal writers that ho is a Baptist, or they may start in against that Church. If the Radical editors had any hope whatever to elect Mr. War . 1 1 ren, tne course tney are persuing would destroy that hope. They must mean to defeat him, and they will do it. Mr. Warren may ex claim, "save me from my friends, I can watch mv enemies. Read It. An interesting letter from Mr. Whitney, the Independent candidate for Congress, appears in this issue. It shows up some of the dark tricks of the Federal crew, and it is evident that Underwood, Mal lory & Co. are fully up to the "hea then Chinee," of which Bret Harte gives such a glowing description. If there is au Independent who will vote for the Radical candidate after readincr this letter, he is unworthy of the name of an American freeman. In A Bad Fix. Ever since the Oregoniatt passed into the hands of Hill & Co., that Radical faction have tried to beat the office-holders by a bush-whacking course on the outside, and the Ring baa always managed to get away with the outs. The leading editorial in last Thursday's Orcgonhin puts us in mind of an old story which will bear repeating here. In a certain county in Kentucky, where the Whig party had but a few followers, they tried for a number of years to de feat the Democrats. Finally, after trying again and again to defeat their opponents, the Whigs were called together for consultation, and after much discussion as to the course to persue to defeat the Demo crats, no definite plan could be reached. Out of the half a dozen that were present, a committee was appointed to report at a subse quent meeting tho best means to take in the approaching campaign. This committee reported tho follow ing day, and was in substance about as follows: Gentlemen, jour com mittee have concluded that there is bnt one way of defeating the De mocracy, and that is to join them, and we recommend that the Whigs vote the Democratic ticket at the next election. Now this is about the case with Hill. He has not been able to defeat tho office-holders and they have refused to divide with him so, in order to defeat them, he has gone over and joined the party. If that don't beat them there is no use for Democrats to "kick against the pricks" any longer. The editorials in the Oregonian of Thursday, Fri day and Saturday have not been quoted by any of our Radical friends as good election documents for Mr. Warren and by many it has been as serted that Hill had j6ined the Radi cal party for the same purpose that the Kentucky Whigs did the Democ racy. It looks so. To Tho Point. The Dallas Itemizer, which has been from the first organization of the Independent party, one of its most earnest supporters, and through whose infiuenco Polk county was car ried by such majority last year does not appreciate the OregonlaiCs sell out, and in its issue of the 20th inst. gives that paper the following point sd notice: The Oregonian has about got its sails trimmed for the campaign. In a column and a half editorial on Thursday it settled the question in its own mind and now it launches out for Mr. Warren. It says in this article: "We have concluded at last, to end tho suspense, so far as the Oregonian. is concerned. We shall accept Mr. Whitney's last tele gram that to Owens as a finality, and take it for granted he has con cluded not to run." Then it goes on with a review of both of the can didates Warren and Lane and enus up iy saying "we preter War ren." "It is not" it says, "without great reluctance that we take the stand hero indicated." Indeed! 'That will do to tell the marines you can't stuff it down a blue coat." But we suppose it woum not do lor that pa per to go through the campaign without a candidate, and its choice we hope suits it, but it is a dirty shake to its former party. To our mind there is considerable trickery going on somewhere, let it be where it may. Can He Stakd It? The course the Radical press is taking in mak ing war on the Churches has brought out a protest from some one at Salem signing himself "Campbellite" which is a lick at tho Bulletin. It would be well for the Bulletin to publish the card and change the name of tho paper, then the name of the Church, and iuscrt Lano for Whitney, and the rebuke would be fitting for tho Statesman. The writer says: We aro heartily disgusted with the course tho Bulletin is taking in saying discourteous and uncalled for things about the so-called Camp bellite Church. If Mr. Campbell, a Democrat, and acting in the inter est of his party, can succeed in in ducing Mr. Whitney to so far forget himself as to accept a nomination for Congressman, under the circum stances, we cannot see how the Church of which they are members can be brought into the contest. Consequently we protest against the Bulletin's course in this matter. If tho Bulletin has anything to say against Mr. Whitney or Mr. Camp bell, let it say it, but for the sake of decency and respect for the feelings of the members of the Christian Church in Oregon, we hope it will not again so far forget itself a3 to in clude the whole church in its as saults upon an individual member of it. The Vancouver Register has just found out that the Radical party has a glorious record. That is news to most people in this country, as the story has only been published about a thousand times by each Radical paper on this coast, and this is about the entire stock in trade. But when this glo ri-ous record is opened for inspection, we find that it consists of all the rascalities that any party can be guilty of. It is only glorious on paper, or in the im igination of Radi cal editors who are being fed with fat printing from t'.oit master's table. Hill of the Oregi'i'in, has gone to tho mountains until the political at mosphere clears up, s he will prob ably know whose boy he is by the time he gets back. Instead of being censured, he deserves the sympathies of his friends and enemies, for it is seldom a poor mortal gets in quite as uuu a preaicamem. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, TT" TV hT?C TTV flt PAT Tnrm-ri No Use to Protest. The Salem Statesman protests against Mr. Warren being held re sponsible for the trickery of Mallory and Underwood which they perpe trated on Mr. Whitney. That pro tnef linrl fr. l-w wri tten on buck- skin, so that it will last, as a warn ing for future Radical Conventions. It makes but little difference wheth er Mr. Warren had a hand in it or not. His name was the property of the Radical Convention, and what ever sin that Convention committed can only be reached now by voting against Mr. Warren. That is the only show the Radicals and Inde pendents have who aro honest enough to repudiate such trickery. It seems to us that the Radical Conven tion was not satisfied with piling on Mr. Warren the sins of Grant & Co., but even those of Mallory, Under wood and Ben Simpson, the latter alone would be enough to consign him to his quiet retreat in Yamhill, where this same corrupt crowd sent him a short time ago. It is too bad to have as good a man as Mr. War ren fall into the hands of such a set. But we apprehend he will see the er ror of his way after the election. Why is the Land Office flag Dem ocratic? Because it went up for Lane but Warren (t) hoisted for the Republican nominee. We take tho above extract from the Plaindeahr, . (a Radical paper) of last Saturday. We have hereto fore stated that it was our opinion that a certain class of Riug officials would secretly work to defeat Mr. Warren, lhe above little straw in dicates the sentiments of the Rose- burg Land Office. Had there been tho least chance to elect a Radical Mr. Warren would have been the last man the Ring would have se lected, but as it was a foregone con clusion that Lafayette Lane would sweep the board by a handsome ma jority, they coaxed him to lead them out of their troubles. Alas! How sad are the disappointments of this wicked world! Likely. Our friend Savage of the Dalles, who went to the Sound on the Masonic Excursion, tells the sto ry to the Journal that "they have a different way of raising clams on the Sound from that of any other place simply grafting them on the trees, and pulling them afterwards when they are one, two and three years old. Savage wants us to believe he saw clams over on tho Sound, grown in that manner until they were three years of age, and weighing twenty pounds when pulled off expressly for the Masonic clam-bake." That story is almost as good as our friend Mc Elroy's, who says that he cultivated one until its neck had to bo measur ed with a yard stick. Savage can prove his story by McElroy and tho latter by Savage. Don't try to deny it, Mr. Journal. They will bring the documentary evidence if you do. Our sprightly Democratic cotera porary, says the Evening Journal, the Eugene Guard, says that it is requested to announce that Dr. Gill and Judge Risdon will at an early day hold an "experience meeting" on the political character and tricks of Ben Underwood. We would sug gest to the Guard aud the gentlemen named that "White eyed Rufus" be called on the occasion of the meet ing to relate his experience in con nection with the other "Slippery Dick." Like the Siamese twins, they are one and inseparable "in ways that are dark and tricks that are vain," and so long as one heathen is to be called, do not, in the name of all fairness, slight the other Chi naman. COKKECTIOX.- -The following ex- tract occurs in the speech delivered by Hon. Jas. H. Slater in this place and pnblished in the issue of the 13th inst., is entirely unintelligible as it was published: How much coin then is in tho hands of all the people in the United States? I am not able to tell exactly but it is about $3,000,000 per annum and have been exporting fully that amount, so that the product of our mines have been sufficient to make up the balance of trade against us. This extract should read as follows: How much coin there is in the hands of all the people of the United States, I am not able to tell exactly, but it is about 300,000,000. We are taking from our mines from 50,000 000 to 00,000,000 per annum, and have been exporting fully that amount, so that the products of our mines have been sufficient to make up the balance of trade against us. . . Take That, Mb. Bulletin. The Dallas Itemizer, having apparently no candidate in the field, goes after the Ring supporters. In the issue of the 20th, it says: Yesterday's Bulletin came out with an article under the caption of "Call the Independent Convention Togeth er," in which the editor, in compar ing Mr. Whitney to a juvenile canine with its eyes just opened, shows too. plainly that lie is more of a hound pup than the man whom he assails. He goes after the Campbellites as office-seekers, very scurrilously. But if he would get some of that crimson hue off his nose he might present himself to the public with a more respectable countenance, and then there might bo a chance for him get ting a hearing from respectable peo ple. We would advise McDonkey to go and soak his head for a week not in whiskey, however. Good Average. The average yield of grain to the acre in French Prairie was 35 bushels. - The Masonic Excursion The Masonic excursion which took place last week, is an event which will long be remembered by those who participated. On Monday morn ing, the 16th inst., we got aboard Hm' cars at this place at 7:30 with about twenty others from this city, and found already a jolly crowd aboard from Corvallis, Albany and Salem, in all about sixty. At b:ou we reached Portland, and found tho steamer Welcome at the railroad de pot ready for the excursionists, and in a few moments we were all aboard. There were about one hundred and twenty five from Portland in the company. About 9 o'clock we were on our way to Kalama, and reached that place a little after 12. Here wo found the cars ready to take us to Tacoma. While the railroad com pany had not enough passenger cars to accommodate tho large crowd, Gen. Spraguo had endeavored to do the best he could under the circum stances to provide for the comfort of all. At C o'clock we arrived at Ta coma, after a dusty and warm ride of 103 miles on the railroad. The steamer North Pacific soon after ar rived, and all wero on board for Olyrnpia, which place we reached at 11:30, and the excursionists were re ceived midst the booming of cannon and burning of lire-works. The Olympia Brass Band met the excur sion train at Teniuo, aud going from Tacoma to Olympia, tho line music with the delightful sea breeze mn.lo it a most nleasant .trip. The reception at Olympia was most hear ty, and the generous hearted peoplo of that place did all in their power to make the visitors at home. On Tuesday the reception and celebration took place. The grounds which had been selected were near the Capitol building, under a most beautiful grove. At 11 o clock the various orders of Masons met at the differ ent halls, and forming in proces sion, led by the Olympia Band, marched through the principal streets and then to the grounds. Here speeches of welcome were made by the proper officers, and a histori cal address by Hon. S. F. Chad wick. Space will not allow us to go into detail. Suffice it to say that they wero all good and appropriate for the occasion. Not being a Mason, we had tho best of those who were, as a number of them placed their ladies in our charge, and we, of course, had a fine time, and did not have to walk to the grounds. In the evening a grand ball was given at the City Hall, which was one of tho finest affairs it has ever been our fortune to attend. The beauty and fashion of Olympia were all out, and the excursionists had some hand some ladies with them that added to the largo crowd. The supper was excellent and the music could not have been better. All who attended were highly pleased. On Wednesday was the clam-bake which took place about one mile below town. At an early hour the participants went down to the grounds selected and at 12 o'clock the clams were announced as ready. Tho dry-land chaps from this side made a rush, and the one hundred and odd bushels of clams were found to be insufficient to satisfy the appe tites of those present, and a second bake was necessary. We came to the conclusion t iat Oregonians had no mouths for clams. At 3 o'clock the clam-chowder was served with an excellent dinner which had been prepared by the ladies of Olympia. Short speechess were made and a most happy day passed by all pres ent. Tho Victoria delegation was here introduced by Grand Master Congle of Oregon, having arrived that morning on tho Favorite. About 5 o'clock tho crowd began to move towards town and soon Olympia was filled again with the pleasure-seekers. That evening at 8 o'clock, the excursionists embarked on the North Pacific and many of them on the Fa vorite, for Victoria. There were about 230 persons on the former, and 140 on the later, making near 400 in all. The trip from Olympia to Victoria was not as pleasant as it might have been, owing to the fact that tho male passengers on tho Pa cific could get no place to sleep, and most of them had to sit up all night. Yet Billy Crosby, the obliging Pur ser, did all he could to acommo dato the largo crowd, but he was powerless to satisfy all. We stopped at Steilacoom, Seattle, Tacoma, and other places on the Sound, but it being night, could see but little. Thursday we arrived at Victoria, where a large crowd was in waiting at the wharf. The time for the re ception was fixed at five o'clock, and at that hour the members of the Or der formed in procession and marched to the Philharmonic Hall, the visiting division being led by the Olympia Band, and the Victoria Grand Lodge by the Band of that place. At the Hall, speeches of fraternal greeting and welcome were made, when they dispersed until in the evening, when a most magnificent ball took place at the same hall in honor of the visitors. The attendance was very large, the music excellent, and the supper a perfect banquet, and the ladies beau tiful, agreeable and gotten up in the latest siyie. ine ball broke up at 4 o clock in the moraine, when all retired to rest for a- few hours. On Friduy, the excursionists visited the Various places of interest around the ! city, and the beautiful drives about the town were taken advantage of, while the fine government buildings were "done" by most of them. A portion of the company left on the Favorite at 10:30, and the rest at 3 o'clock on the North Pacific. At the wharf, the big-hearted people of Vic toria sent up cheer after cheer in hon or of their visitors, which were heart ily responded to by those on board. Our friend,' Mr. Frank Richards, sauj? the good old song "Good-Bye," which was joined by many voices in a hearty chorus. Midst cheers," mu sic and waving of handkerchiefs, the steamer left the wharf, and we were soon on our way home. On reaching Port Townsend, we left our old friend Major G. O. Haller, and Gen. Nes mith being called upon, paid him a very high, but fully deserved com pliment, as well as to his estimable wife. He spoke in high terms of that gentleman's services as a soldier and depricatcd the outrage which was perpetrated on him when he -was ignominously removed from the ar my, and hoped the time would soon come when he would be again restor ed to his rank and station in the army. In saying this, Gen. Nesmith but expressed tho hearty desire of every person -on board. The Major made an appropriate reply, when three cheers were given him, which were replied to by those on shore, with hearty cheers for their Oregon friends. We reached Tacoaia at 4 o'clock in the morning, and after taking breakfast, were placed on board tho cars for Kalama, which place we readied in about three hours' ride, and arrived at Portland at about 3 o'clock, making the entire trip from Victoria to Portland in twenty-four hours, including ..stop pages. We were landed on the east side, and in an hour were at home, having had more excursion and seen more sights m six days than it has ever been our fortune to witness in twice that length of time before. The several arrangements were all well made, and everything went off to the entire satisfaction of all, with perhaps the fact that the committee of Washington Territory had agreed to pay more than the regular rates. of fare on the North Pacific. This was an imposition, and has not been ex plained to the satisfaction of those who were required to pay the extra sum. Yet all returned highly pleas ed with their trip, and the warm hearted reception the exeuisioni t-t received everywhere will long be a source of gratification to the mem bers of the Order, smd will have ;v beneficial effect on the inlltienc'.? of its members. Both at Olympia ai.d Victoria the people could not do too much for their friends. We regret that our space will not allow us to give some :f the addresses and notice other incideuts, but must clo.se by saying' that the Masonic excursion of 1873 was a most magnificent success. In conclusion we return our thanks to Missis. John Mightyright Mur phy, I. V. Mossman, Win. Crosby, of Olympia; Geo. A. lVase. of the Welcome; Frank Richards and wife, of Victoria, and others for courtes ies extended to us, and we can assure them all, that we shall be more than pleased to find an opportunity to re turn their favors hereafter. We had a most enjoyable time and returned feeling much gratified, and only hope that wo shall be able to attend simi lar excursions hereafter. The Oregon State t'air. Already preparations for the State Fair of 1S73 aro being made at Sa lem. Every effort will bo made to make the corning exhibition one of the most extensive and successful af fairs that has taken place on tho Northwest Coast. Since the reduc tion of faro n tho railroad to half rates during the week of the State Fair, the Executive Committee have been compelled, in anticipation of a largo attendance, to increase the fa cilities for visitors. In addition to the arrangements heretofore planned on Saturday last the ground was measured for a new Grand Stand at the track capable of. seating 1,500 persons. It will be commenced this week and completed in thirty days. The improvements on tho grounds, now in progress, will meet the ap probation of every person attending the coming exhibition, besides in creasing the revenue of the Society, in the matter of rents, nearly 1,000. Dal by & Co., of Victoria, write to E. M. Waite, Secretary of the Socie ty, that they will visit the Fair with stock, and think quite a large at tendance may be expected from that section. While our State is so pros perous, our crops and climate so fa vored, it is naught but right that a week should be devoted by tho mass of our ieoplo in viewing the select productions vouchsafed our State by Nature aud Art. Let the Associa tion progress until the exhibitions aro looked forward to from their close until their next annual recur rence. Bulletin. Deputy Assessor. Silas J. Day, Esq., has been appointed Deputy by Assessor Childers, and will assist in completing the assessment of the county. An excellent appointment. Wo take the above from the Jack sonville Times. There is no man in the State better qualified for the position than our old and valued friend Day But the various County Assessors should remember that the Courts have decided that they have no authority to appoint a Deputy, and assessments made by a Deputy are illegal. . A change. It is expected that the Eastern Oregon Tribune will be re moved some time in September from Pendleton to the Dalles. To the Indeneiirtoiif - The very unnleasnnf .. i i -r l " , 1 O,iuatlon which T liavi K.t.n . lion een placed luplicity of preS 1 corri, ,(;J , tnMea people by the d friends and the - IIIWII I T . 1 - . . . pOIlu. nation, which I now submit toT with the facts which led to thS tr ation: , lua sitn- On Tuesday evem'no- nt.t., , while at mfhomej S1 bv a messenger ih,' ufoT Required in tho city VmmSS?T' When I arrived in town I was a & by a Republican.friend tbe7e ai tions First-Has any person ever 8poten Cfinillil.lt A fnr r,-ir, n T "o ed : N o. answer- Second Have you conferred ; th i-". u icitsrence to thi ierr j. repnea: JSo; I hav mat- e never tiiougut ot such a thino- I was s then informed that the tw ions in Salem, the Tn,i.... , convent ent and the Republican, were makuS efforts to concentrate upon one man and I was asked in the event tW should select me whether I Wonri accept? After partially recovering from the surprise, and with such de liberation as the time would permit I answered affirmatively. He then showed me a telegram in which tl16 question was asked by an Independ ent iu Salem, "Will Whitney accept the nomination of the Independent party?" I authorized him to reply affirmatively. It was too late to send the answer through that night. I went on Wednesday morniu" in search of machinery to harvest mv grain, and as I approached my houso on my return, a little before train time, I was hailed by a party who informed me that a telegram had reached tho oflice requesting rne W be at the depot when the train arriv ed. I was at the depot in time. Two parties immediately laid hold of nio in a familiar and friendly manner. rushing me into the car, and gave me to understand that they had been sent by the Republican convention, and saying, in substance, "your nair.o was brought forward first by your Itepttbl ican friends; we claim yon as our man; tho Republican convention is awaiting action until it hears from us; if you will say that you will net accept the Independent nomination and will accept from the Republican you can be nominated by that body in five minutes after the telegram leaches the convention." I said I would do no such thing. The prop osition was then modified in this form: That I should agree to accept both nominations or neither. I re plied that I would not turn my hand to secure the Republican nomination; that I had agreed the evening before to accept both, and had promised to accept the Independent nomination and would not go back on my worJ. The cars passed on, taking one leaving the other Republican deputy still insisting for an answer to seull back, which would be satisfactory to the convention. I finally consented to give him a simple statement of facts pending the preparing of which the followim telegrams were roec-:y- ed and answered: Salem, August 11, I S75. J. J. Walton-, Eugene: A story ia circulation Whitney will not accept. Telegraph me the truth. W. L.AIIJ II ILL. Erc.ENE City, August 11, 1S75. To W. L .ii 1Iil,i.: A hitnov v ill accept. I have talked with him. J. J. Walton, Jn. Not being satisfied with this, Mr. II. Y. Thompson telegraphed to J..T., Walton for something over my sig nature, to which I replied as follows: Eugene, August 11, 1875. To H. Y. Tnonrsox: I accept t!io nomination. G. M. Whitney. After sending these dispatches to my friemls, I stated the matter as follows: I was asked last night at .t late hour, if the Independents aixl Republicans should li-rht upon ir,o as a candidate for Congress, whethtr I would accept. I answered affirma tively, but did not then expect to ho called upon to accept the nomination of cne without the co -operation1 of the other. The drjm ty wiote, nioili fied and interlined and rewrote, aul I subscribed my n :me to the follow ing, with the understanding that it was a private dispatch to a friend, aud was not to be used to my injury: Ei GEXE, August 11, 1ST5. Hon. Jason Owen: I was aske.1 by telegraph last night, with the un derstanding that if the Independents and Republicans should agree on for Congressman, if I would accept. I answered affirmatively, but did not then expect to accept tho nomination of one without the co-operation of the other. My understanding is that my name was first mentioned by le" publicans. I deprecate the strife of three candidates before the people and if nominated by Republicans shall accept both nominations. . G. M. Whitney. Immediately after signing this tel egram I went to my saw-mill, fift?e" miles distant, where I heard nothing more of what was going on until Thursday evening, when I learned for the first time the question of my de clining tho Independent nomination that had been raised. I could not understand how my friends, with tne repeated and unqualified acceptance over my own signature and nothing from me to them indicatingany other purpose, could have been seen so precipitate as to jump at an ungener ous inference, or so indiscreet as to reach the conclusion implied in the rumor which had then reached me I left my business at once to correct this impression, but found my11 confronted everywhere by this ques tion: "Have you concluded to run . implying it had beeh a question in my mind, when the fact was IB" reached a definite conclusion on ine day evening before, and had not from that uttered or authorized or act to any member of the ma pendent party to raise siic'i a tion. I accepted the InPlii nomination in good faith, an1.. ,l0 make the canvass unless I sba" required to draw off by an atb0" . equal to that which put me in now ination. G. M. Whitnet. The parties who played the trick upon Mr. Whitney were j " Mallory and Postal Agent wood, members of the Portland Cas tom-house Ring. . Annual Address at State Faib--- Rev. B. R. Baxter, of Ueniou - ui . . 1 J.oo At will deliver the Annual r c v Mr. .i ufata run. . "T ' . me coming uregou ' iar. B. is a practical farmer, and win u vest 200 acres of wheat this year. 0