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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Congress,
LAFAYETTf LANE,
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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.
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