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WEEKLY STATESMAN
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STATK REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Tor Cnnire-w
KI.Ni.KK HKKM ASK. of Douglas.
Tnc Supreme Jiidae
JOHN )l. W ALPO, of Multnomah.
For Governor
YUOMAS R. CORNELIUS, of Washington
For Secretary cf State
OKoKtiE W. McBKlDK, of Columbia. .
For State Treasnrei
HEXKVL MAR8T0K. of t'uiali.ll.
For iipt. public Instruction
E. B. McELKOY, of Benton.
For State Printer
KK ANK :. BAKER, of Multnomah.
For J mice of Third lnstric
R f. HOISK. of Marian.
For -Prosecutina Attorney
C. A. JOUSS, of Polk.
COUNTY KEPUBL1CAS TICKET.
Tor State 9enator-J. B DIMICK, M. L. CHAM
BEKLIK. J. B. LOO KEY.
For Representatives J. T. GREGG, C. F.
HICKS. D. J. PENDLETON, W. B- CCLVER,
A. M. LAFOLLETT. SAMVF.L LAYMAN.
Vt County Judge T. C. SHAW.
ya-roaMnbaijner . ...G.P. TERRELL,
J. N. MAVIS.
For Clerk , M.V CHAPMAN.
Far KkerMt . JOilX M1NTO.
For Treasurer ACli. UIESY.
For School Sup.-..- GEO. A. PEEBLES.
For Assessor BENTON PATTON.
For hurvovor JOHN NEWSOMfi.
ForCoroner . C. WAKINNEK.
RPl BLICAN COCXTY CANVASS.
THE CANDIDATES ON THE KKITBLIOAS
eounty ticket will meet the citizens of Mar
ion county at tee places, and ou the day he re-
matter tnenuoned
Jefferson
Turner
Atunavilie
Hiarrton
Mehama
Whitaa&er
-silverton
ML Antel . .
(terrain
Woodburn
Hubbard
Aurora
ButtevUte
Champoe?
eic Paul
kiroofcs
Monday, May ii.2p. m
... Tuesday, lay'i 10 a. m.
Tuesday, May 2 p. m.
. .Tuesday, May 25, s p. m.
Wednesday, Mv 36,5 p. m.
... Thursday. May 27 2 p. m.
Friday, Msv 2S, 2 p. m 1
j Saturday. May 2. 10 a. tu.
. Monday, May SI. 2 p. m.
. Monday, May XI. Sp. m.
Tuesday. June 1, 2 p. m.
Tuesday, June 1. p. m.
Wednesday. June 2. 10 a. ni.
. Wednesday, J uue 2, 3 p. ra.
. ..Thursday, June o. 2 p. m.
Friday, June 4. 2 p. m.
. Saturday. June .V S p. in.
iSalem
The candidates m she democratic ami prohi-
btiiun county tickets ate most respecrfully in
cited to join in the canvass.
PAYID SIMPSON,
Chairman Republican County Central Com.
Dated at fsaiem. May 15th, WSu.
DEMOCRATIC COINTY CANVASS.
rrUIE DEMOCRATIC COI NTY CANDII'ATES
X will meet the voters of Marion county on
the days aini date advertised by the republican
nnty central committee, above mentioned, in
joint discussion with the republican comity
candidates. T. L. GOLDEN.
Chairman Democratic County Committee.
4'alem May 1SW.
A KECOMMKNJDATION.
Wuid it not be a good idea iorthe next
grand jtrn- to look after 2Ir. T. W. Iaven
part. lie has now in his possession cer
tain papers that belong to the mate, to
which lit lias no. righl. They cost tin
state of Oregon over !00 in the hire of
tlerfcs io et them up, and incidentals.
They are the papers of the swamp land
invest ipsfion of the Tegular aession of the
legislature aud the written rejort of !ie
clerk of tlie eoanmittee. Davenport was
cfaainiianof that committee, the report
writteu out by tie .clerk was given into
his possesion, and was never presented
to the lejrwlatnre. This was a joint com
mittee of tite two houses, and every meni
ler of it knows that Davenport atolutely
egkcteil hie dhrty. " He woeid not call
the committee together without beins (er
siatentiy notified, and he did not seem to
take any interest in the matter at a time
when his work might have been potent
for good. .Bat now he is fighting a fierce
war thrciMih the Oregon: an and issuing a
pamphlet from the data furninked him by
the cierk of that committee in hm report,
whose hervireg were paid for by the tax
payers of the state, bat -who, "thrown
Javeniort' almost criminal negligence,
neef derived an iota of benefit there,
from.
What aSl he has now to howl on the
cold trail of the swamp land fraud" '. Why
did he not present that report and why
did, he heglect his dnty in eo critical ft
time '.! Ji i!r. Davenport willkindly write
to Oregonian and tell vb all abent tiie
reasons why lie neglected this important
work and pocketed this report, which re
flected very unfavorably upon pome hold
era of wx-alled wamp land, he will con
fer a lasting favor upon manv readers.
That gentleman who writes to tb-i the
gonian under the initials T.. "W I."
wants a democratic adminmtratton' lx-r-alded
in to correct the alleged wamp
land frauds. It was a democratic adminis
tration that make these frauds cpou actual
ettlers possible, and now that gentleman
wants another democratic administra
tion! Whebs is tlie monumental liar tliat
said Marion county is $50,009 in debt ?
We fancy he has crawled into bis hole and
pulled the hole in after him.
The Oregonian aud "Prohi" -tar tiave
formed a mutual admiration society. No
other paper has, or is likely to desire to
become a member.
From all over the state comes the sheer
ing news that Col. Cornelius is gaining
strength with the people wherever he
goes.
The Chinese most go, and why wat
hein ? Why not tie an Anarchist to each
pig-tail ?
Politics and the weather are standing
in together both hot, aud still heating.
Dom't vote
"pledged."
for aov man that is
STATK FINANCES.
The successful management of the fi
nuKces oi a state administration is safe
criterion by which to judge of its claims
ujtou the suffrage of an intelligent com
monwealth : the way to the heart of the
average uiayer being after all more di
rectly reached through the re
cesses of his pocket than by
any other source. The republican party
of this state just closing an eight years'
management of the affairs of state
government, which viewed financially is
marked with flattering signs of succesu in
its varied details, and is deserving of
words of commendation. A glance back
ward over ttie history oi the state fur a
period of sixteen yearn covers four admin
istrations of four years each, equally di
vided between the democratic and repub
lican parties in the management of state
affairs, and the teachings of "the item of
"state indebtedness" alone are such as
should forever darken the ihistory of the
democratic party and illuminate that of
their more successful competitor, the re
publican party of the state of Oregon.
It was in the year 1S70 when the-admin-istration
of state affairs passed into
the hands of the democratic
party. The official reports to the legis
lative assembly of that year showed the
bonded indebtedness to 1 $ 109,583 in
curred by reason of tite issue in lSti-4 of
bounty and relief bonds to the Oregon
volunteers. When the legislature met in
1S72 the reports showed the indebtedness
of the state to be f:!(T7,;5fiO.(9, an increase
during the two years of $257,777.69. In
1S74 the reports showed a further increase
of $228,8!5.4S, the indebtedness being
fWG.25ii.17.
During the two years ending September,
lS7ti, the increase of the debt was $11,
tjt'il.21, the amount being asshown by the
official reports $007,fl7.41.
In 1S7S, when the republicans assumed
the management of state affairs, the lia
bilities of the state amounted to the enor
mous sum of $737,714.34, exclusive o! ac
crued interest on outstanding warrants,
etc., amounting to something like $200,
000 more, and inclusive of the Umatilla
war debt. Thus, during the eight years
supremacy of the democratic regime, the
! actual indebtedness of the state was in
creased to the colossal proportion offtiOS,
5:U;.4l, or at the rute of H',211.79 per an
num, exclusive of the interest thereon.
As an offset to this, however, there
was in the hands of the state treasurer
the sum of fll2,Wo.H4. Of this amount
but $;il),30K.tR) was (subject to appropria
tion, the remainder being trust funds.
Of the record of the democratic party
in other imrxirtant matters it is hardly
necessary to sjieak at the present time.
Its exorbitant extravagances are a matter
of history, depicted and immortalized
fu!!y in the published report of the com
mittee of investigation appointed pursu
ant to resolution adopted by the demo
cratic legislative assembly of 187S.
Suflicient is it to state that tlie commit
tee having Tioroughly examined all the
books and records on fiie in the various
offices, and examined such witnesses as
could be obtained under the authority j
conferred, found that $!b.817-27 had
either not been accounted for or had been
paid out without authority of law.
Tlie official reports, as already stated,
show that in lrt78, when the newly elect-!
ed state officers took their seats, the lia
bilities of the state amounted to $737 ,717.
04, exclusive of accrued interest on out
standing warrants, etc. The legislature
of that year, which was largely demo
cratic, made appropriations to the amount
oi 42,352.29, an amount $5$.908.:i;; in
excess of the revenue derived from the
four mill tax levied to meet the current
expenses of the ensuing two years. This
discrepancy, however, found relief in the
sum of $23,370.11 turned over by Mate
Treasurer Browa and subject to appro
priation, together with the further amount
of tW.5HT..04 collected by tlie diligence
af the sitting; state officers from various
outside sources, increasing the amount of
revenue from the general fund to $4.i2,
605.0i. The expenses of the state govern
ment were not only kept within the limits
of the appropriations, but an unexpended
balance wan reported of $37,115.78, which
amount was subject to re-appropriation.
The indebtedness of the state was reduc
ed to $511,367.15, showing a reduction
during the two years of $220,341.19. The
balance in the hands of the slate treas
urer amounted to $138,402.85, including
an increase in the general fund subject to
re-appropriation of $27,485.66, and in the
aggregate $23,507-21 more than was turn
ed over two years previous by the retiring
state treasurer.
Tlie legislative assembly of 1&H0, which
was republican, reduced the levy for state
taxes from seven to five and one half mills
on the dollar. This included a one mill
tax for the erection of a brick insane
asylum building and a small tax for
the redemption of outstanding warrants.
From the revenue thus derived, augment
ed slightly by receipts from outside
sources, the republican administration,
ujion reduced taxation, paid in full the
running expenses of the state govern
ment ; erected a brick insane asylum at a
cost of $100,fXK); paid outstanding war
rants and interest thereon to the amount
of $20,;j7.7, and redeemed Umatilla war
bonds to the amount of $87,534.59, with
interest. Swampland warrants were also
redeemed to the amount of $15,OT3.i2 ami
canal bunds to the amount of $83,X0, the
aggregate reduction of the state indebted
ness during the two years being $207,:!5fi.-
37, leaving a balance ontstandingof $U04,
019.78,' allowing a reduction during the
fouryeaiaof republican management of j
$433,7!)8.27.
In thiaconnection it is but just to sny
tliat a democratic governor occupied the
executive chair, the remainder oi the state
officers being republican. Inasmuch,
however, as the democratic state conven
tion that met in I'ortland in 1SS2, to nom
inate a successor to Gov. Thayer, refused
to endorse his official acts, simply 1h
cause he was a representative man of an
opposing faction, aud possessed the cour
age to press the investigation of a preced
ing corrupt administration, that party
surrendered all right, title or interest to
whatever of reform or credit that even
they as democrats might concede to the
administration.
The election of Governor Moody and
the re-election of crvtary Earhart and
State Treasurer llirsch took place in 1S82,
and they followed out the reformatory
plana already adopted in their manage
ment of tlie afl'airs of state. The legisla
tive assembly of the same year was large
ly republican. It made appropriations to
the amount of 1(150,8(11.54, including S4,
000 for the completion and furnishing of
tlie insane usylum building. '
Owing to a change made in the time of
the meeting of the legislature, a fact lost
sight of by the members, no provision
was made for meeting the expenses of
the state government for the eriod of
time between the second Monday of Sep
tember, 1884, and January 1, 1885, the
commencement of the new fiscal term.
This ne,essitated a considerable defic
iency, which was rejsjrted to the assem
bly. To meet it, there remained in the
hands of the state treasurer the stun of
$-185,747.30, of which amount $2(18,212.45
belonged to the general fund, subject to
appropriation. Of tlie appropriations of
1882 there was also rejiorted an unex
pended balance of $;!G,021.1ti, sis well as
$'18,077.44 in the insane asylum building
fund. The asylum being completed and
furnished, the latter amount was trans
ferred to the public building fund, and is
now being expended in additions to and
tlie completion of the penitentiary and
capito! at Saletn.andthe purposes oi the act
creating the levy having been coiisunimat-
ed the act was repealed. The increased
revenue derived from an increased amount
of taxable property justified a further re
duction of tit1 state levy from five and
one-half mills to three and seven-tenths
of a mil! on the dollar, which was made
under the supervision of a board of levy
commissioners appointed iorthat purjtose.
The official reports for 1S85 showed a still
further reduction of the state indebted
ness to the amount of $101 ,222.81, the
balance remaining unpaid being $142,7'.W
81, an aggregate reduction during tlie six
years of $5!i4,!20.5:5 and interest thcreun
to tlie amount of nearly ?2fKi,iN more.
Of the indebtedness reported to the leg
islative assembly of 1885 but little' remains
unpaid at the present time, the ar.iount
of surplus in the genera! fund alone iieing
doubly suliicient in itself to cancel all out
standing liabilities. Tlie soldier' iunty
and relief bonds, the Modoc war bonus,
the Indian war bonds of 187, aiul the
Oregon war bonds of 1881, are either al
ready redeemed or funds areon hands for
their redemption, representing as shown
by the official reports of 188o, toe aggre
gate sum of $54,754.17 and accrued inter
est, while outstanding warrants have
been paid to the amount of about $20,
000. It is safe to predict that, notwith
standing the unprecedented appropria
tions of 1885, together with the expenses
and necessary appropriations of the spec
ial sesaif-n, when the legislative assembly
meets in January, 1887, and the present
state officers close their administration of
state affairs, the liabilities of the state
will lie literally canceled and the state
be once more free from debt. The pres
ent appropriations will not have leen
overdrawn, tlie state will be provided
with an insane asylum, a building of its
own for the use of the blind and another
for the mutes on which rest not one cent
of indebtedness, its state capitol will nigh
completed, and its credit as a cornmoa
wealth firmly established, with the fur
ther consciousness that all has been done
without impairing its good name by either
repudiation or compromise in its finan
cial transactions.
Compare the records of the two admin
istrations. .
Vndet democratic rule eight years' in
cumbency of office involved the state in
debt to the amount of $008,530.41, which,
under republican management, has been
paid off, together with interest thereon to
the amount of over $225,000, and the
state left once more free from liabilities.
Not only lias this been accomplished, hut
the state taxes have during that time been
reduced from seven mills to three and seven-tenths
of a mill upon the dollar, a
trifle over one-balf the amount deemed
necessary 'to run the state government
under democratic extravagance. lo not
these figures speak for themselves and
show conclusively which of the two
leading political parties is safest to be
trusted with the management of the af
fairs of the state?
Our retiring state officers have cer-
; tainly faithfully, and w brieve conscicn
i tiously, discharged the trust impf"! on
' them by the republican party of this
state, and it remains to be seen whether
j a majority of the intelligent voters will,
! by their right of suffrage, once more turn
' the administration into the hands of the
democratic party, whose eight years'
management was so marked with profli
gate extravagancy, and a willful waste of
the public funds ; or whether they will,
by their votes, condemn such willful
extravagance, and sustain and continue
in power the candidates of a party whose
record is one of economical management
and an honest administration of statu
affairs. There can lie but one conclusion
arrived at, and we firmlv believe
that the standard bearers of the republi
can party will 1h elected by the people of
Oregon to manage for the ensuing four
years the interests of the tmople in our
various detiartments of state. To do so
will lie to insure an honest and econom
ical state administration, and the financial
prosperity of our young mid growing
state.
OUR SATURDAY NIGHT.
r.nrroK Mtatksmas: tins is truly a
laud of boundless resources. Yon can
grow anything, from moss on the inhab
itants backs to mortgages on their farms,
or wool over their eves. The numlterof
openings for men of enterprise and push
practically unlimited. This country offers
the most glorious inducements to imtni
gration. The latest thing for men of en
terprise and push is damage suits. And
it is not confined to men ouly, either.
Anv one can go into the business. It
don't require any capital or experience
as moot other trades, and professions.
There are some splendid otienings. In
fact the business depends on opening?
in the sidewalks. AH you've got to do is
to go perambulating around the streets
miming lor a noie to mil into, it s uie
easiest occupation imaginable. After you
full into the hole and sustain your requisite
bodily injury, you want to camp onto the
trails ie the city councilmcn, and ii they
don't compromise, and come down w ith
the amount, prayed for, sue the city ! To
be successful in tiny business, you have
to push it, and this damage trade is no ex
ception to the rule. It's rather a new
line of business, and now is the time to
strike, for competition is liable to lienmic
brisk soon, a it isliettcraudmure widely
known. Strike while the iron is hot, and
fall into the hole and get your claim lie
fore the prnjier authorities lfore the re
turns are ail in, or you urc liable to lie neg
lected in the wild scramble for damages.
Hunt voiir botes.
Tlie prohibitionists have put the name
of John Long, of Gmut county, on tiieir
state ticket for treasurer, to fill up the
blank Williams made when he hauled of!".
It will ins a Long time Iw-forv the new
man holds the state's suck oh this lay
out he will is l.oi!g ou name ami siiorl
on votes. There is a bare isossibility
that he wiiTbc lieat 1fore he hears of
his uoiuina'.iou ; living in one of those
deep canons up in Giant county, it is not
at all probable that he will know he is
martyred I'ctore the 4th u! July, and the
ruturns vi . 1
nil I it- in Ixing liefure that,
He won't have time to withdraw, so he 1 tlie brutal proiMHition. Had Mr. Pennoy
wilM.H' the candidate, dead sure, whetle- j er occupied Col. Cornelius' place and a
er lie is willing or not. It is quite likely : measure had iievii introduced providing
that if any more of the candidates resign , for slitting tln Chinamen's cars and
they will put on men from California, I piercing their noses be would doubtless
Textts or Tillamook county, and they w ill i have (supported it. He churges Col. Cor
have the mortal cin-h on them, the same ! nclius with employing Chinese laliorers.
as they no doubt have on tiie martyred j He has dune the same, und he dure not
Long. It's a wonder there isn't a damage deny it. !! sneers at his comjwtitor's
sail, or something. 1 haven't picked up i ability because be has always led a rural
a pajier for two months, without the j home Lie. Mr. J'uimoyejr runs a saw
awful fear that I would read my name j mill, and fieri ah llrown once distinguished
running for governor, or constable, or j him "chief engineer of a log raft and
sheriff, or something on the "prohibi
tion" ticket. I can't sleep for the fear of
it. I shrink from such a fate as though
the shadow of an awful calamity were
hovering over me. I know there are
many others in the same fix, and the next
legislature should pass a law making it a
penal offense to thrust an unwelcome
honor upon an unsuspecting and unwill
ing subject, as has been so often done
this spring. Some people are loni can
didates, some acquire candidacy, hut
many have candidacy thrust titHm them.
Why, even you, dear reader, arc liable to
get up any rooming and, taking an inven
tory of yourself, find that you are a full
fledged candidate for most any office w ith
in the gift of the people. Tlie line must
lie drawn somewhere.
A young man of Salem in passing a
certain Commercial street store, noticed
what to him was a strange kind of plant,
and asked the proprietor the name of the
"flower." He was told that it was a to
bacco plant. "Does it ever have any to
bacco ou it?" he asked. He supposed
that it grew in plugs, cigars, and cigar
ettes. I bite off a big hunk of satisfaction and
chew it with a relish tiorn of a love to
chew, as I think of the grand eight-hour
movement. Go in, boys! Force it down
to eight hours, by all means. I5ut don't
stop at eight. I'm sitting on the carpet
tack of expectancy, waiting for the move
ment to come alo"2 that advocates the
doctrine of not woociiit.' at all. When it
come, I'm going to jump in and be one
of the wheel-horses of Uie procession, one
of the bell-wethers of the flock. Force
the grinding monopolies, soulless corpo
rations and thieving capitalists, the vam
pire" that are siiclun our life-bhi'sl fit
we cit by and let'em suck), and taking
the bread from our children' mouths,
to come dow n and bow in the dust of hu
miliation liefore us, and let us not work a
lick, from early morn to dewy eve, and
then, only then, will we have our rights.
Nei. H. Fp.i.l.
COKM IU S ANI rKNNOYKR.
F.iirroR Statksmas : The democratic
and republican candidates forstatc oHiee
are now in the field, and engaged in an
active canvass. The chief struggle is for
control of the state government, and to
this end tlie democratic managers are
bending all Udr energy. Sylvester IVn
noyer is their standard bearer, and in his
speech, made at F.ast l'ortlund and in
this city, on Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings of tliis week, lie took occasiou to
assail the record of his republican eouiiet-
itor, Col. T. H. Cornelius, both personally
and politically. "Mr. Pennoyor would
probably deny Uuit ho said anything re
fleeting; on Col. Cornelius' iersonal char
acter. It would lie in harmony with the
characteristics of the man. He has no
conception of the amenities existing
among men who subordinate their
prejudices to tUoir judgment and a re
Bitct for tho sensibilities of each other.
He charges ins com put i tor. with Isiing a
Chinese lover, h not this personal?
He charges hiiu, w hil holding a scat In
the state senate, with voting for corrupt
measures. Is this not a gross personality?
The enlightened judgment of mankind
will so pronounce it. Now let us draw a
comparison between tlie two candidates,
from the record, and leave the public to
determine who apears in the most unen
viable light. Col. Cornelius has resided
in Oregon for thirty-nine years. During
twenty years of that jH-riod he held a scat
in the territorial cuuiu it and in the state
senate, !eing twice honored by his elec
tion as president oi that oodv. I us legis
lative career is without stain or blemisl
When the Indian war broke out in 185,"
he was among the first to rescind to the
call lor volunteers, and in consideration
of his cx;i"rieiice and general fitness for
the istsition he wasehown colonel oi bis
regiment, and be led bis men to victory,
and when they were disbanded he ictired
to his home carrying with him the esteem
o: every memberof his command. When
the w ur of the rebellion burst like a fiery
cyclone upon the country the voice of
Col. Cornelius was heard in hvliall of
freedom and the I'nion. When theSani
tary und Christian commissions were
organized to give aid to wounded soldiers,
Isith Confederate and I'nion, he cave lilv-
' erally of his means to the patriotic and
! humane r:ir.- In cverv walk of life,
both public and private, he has won the
esteem and confidence of his fellow men
w ithout distinction of party. I lis judg
ment is clear, every motive honest, and
his experience extended. Such is the
character of Col. Thomas li. Cornelius,
This is the num I'cntioyer charges with
voting against n bill, introduced in
the state senate in lHoH, by Jas. I), l ay,
or Jaukson county, to prevent the influx
of Chinese into the state. Fay's bill pro
vided that all Chinumen coming into the
state should la- subjected to having their
(ucues cut off, and Col. Cornelius and a
j large majority of senators voted ugainBt
oracle of alum'ieryard. rennoycrwas,
during the war. a blatant sympathizer
with the rebels. He claims to have lieen
an editor. The only writing he ever did,
that will live, was a scries of communi
cations to the "Arena," a pa i Hit pub-,
lished in this city in 1SG4-5, in which he
voiced tlie bitterest venom against the
government and the tendcrest sympathy
for treason and tiaitoin. lie stigmatized
Lincoln as a tyrant und the brave Union
soldiers us "hin d Hessians." In referring
to the president's proclaimed intention to
save the Cnioti al any cost of life and
treasure, he .wrote in bis disloyal exasper
ation, "Tyrant, beware!" and this was
but a short time liefore his brother in
sympathy with treason, Wilkes booth,
sent a letulen missile crashing through
Lincoln's brain. Mr. I'ennoyer will
scarcely dare deny the truth of these
statements. He wrote over a star as his
nom deplume from Portland, but the Ore
gonian unearthed aud exposed him, and
he lias since boasted of the authorship of
the uommuuicatiuiiH. At home, among
men of standing, Mr. I'ennoyer is regard
ed as a crank, whom it would be danger
ous to entrust with the reins of the state
government. He is self-willed und arbi
trary. The tax-payine people who know
him will not support him. With this
record, can any republican vote for him?
Not, and retain the slightest degree of
self-respect. On the other hand, Col.
Cornelius is a safe man. No man in Ore
gon doubts his honesty and his ability to
fill the office of governor with credit to
himself and interest to his constituents
Vote for that loyal old veteran, Col. T. K.
Cornelius.
Thk fact that some scoundrelly and
mercenary republicans and newspapers
are supporting Strahan for supreme judge
should make the friend of Judg.- Waldo
stand all the firmer. It would be nothing;
less than a public calamity todefc.tt such
.. . . . . .
a man as Judgo aldo with Strahan.
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Political thermometer iHi' decrees in
the shade
A 111 WlH.
The very latest rumor is to the effect
that Mr. G. M. Miller, the "prohibition"'
atididatc for congress, will not keep bis
side-show along with the main circus,
withlVmioycr and Butler. The two lat
ter gentlemen could not stand the press
ure, so they dissolved partnership with
the side-show. Reason: The side-show
promised to lie the chief attraction. It
afforded letter entertainment thnn the
main ring tierformancc und IVniioycr
and I'.utler thought it best to scmratc,
ud travel us two distinct attractions.
Then, again, they no doubt considered the
consistency of the thing. It might not do
to show up the '"prohibition" wing of
the party too prominently. So they de
termined to let that wing of their forces
"slush around on the outside." The main
circus, however, will furnish awful jioor
entertainment. It will jworly pay for
the time invested in hearing and seeing
it.
INCONSISTENT.
"The election of I Ion. U. 8. Htrahali to
the supreme ImuicIi will give lis a judge
whose decisions will combine law, justice
and common sense, instead of the jicdnn
tic scholasticism and unjust technicalities
which have too often illumined Judge
Waldo's judicial efforts."
The atiove is from the New Northwest,
of I'ortland, Mrs. Duniway's pajier. If
Stnihan's decisions would always be based
upon justice, why is it that the unscrupu
lous eorKirtttintis favor his election? Do
they always want justice? The writer of
the article above knows as well as any
body else that ho, she or it, tells and inti
mates nn untruth, and if this is a fore
runner of w hat will lie the future course
of that puHir, decency and fairness will
lose much of the resiect formerly enter
tained for it.
W HAT II K 11.
Col. Cornelius does not talk like a rrois
ttetwccii a Websters Cimbridgcd diction
ary and a high-school grammar, he don't
part his hair in the middle nor wear a
cane be is just a plain, everyday, sci -ble
mini of the cople, with a sound, lc. I
head, and a pun- heart He is not a grad
uate oi Vide, but !. is a graduate
of Hi" school ; i!.l pioneers that
hewed our the v. ay for i iii.ation in this
great Mtule. faced the dangers of the fron
tier, and fought back the savage foes of
progress. He should he honoie.d for his
noble work, und he will he honored.
DAT: t II AM. Ml.
They have come to an understanding of
the situation, and the county democratic
central committee has decided to change
their dates, and for the candidates to meet
in joint discussion with the republican
candidates, thus making one meeting in
each precinct answ er for both. The cam
paign, then, will is: lamy opened on
Monday next, May 24th, at Jefferson, at
2 p. m., at Turner on the 25th, an I so on
through the county, winding up nt Sa
lem on the 5th of June.
ot ttrrriciKNT.
Knrroti Statesman : J see by a card in
your patjer, signed by Mr. It. O. Thomas,
that ho is not pledged to anv one us dep
uty if elected. Now, this is all right, as
far as it goes, but it docs not answer the
question that I asked him In Sulem the
day the democratic candidates met, and
that was, "If you are elected, will you or
will you not ap-ioiiit Mr. Jue Cavauaugh
as your deputy." Dkmockat.
Hov. ei.i. I'k.mhie, Alay Kith.
Xai-olko.n Davis, Washington county,
has been placed on the state demociatic
ticket, for superintendent of public in
struction, vice ltev. J. R. N. hell re
signed. Who ever heard of Davis before?
Hut some of the democratic candidates
Would run Imtter if less wore known of
them.
KMTRAYKII.
i HMALL 1ILACK MARK, WHITE KKKT.
M Mayjid face, branded "h"ou the hip. Anv
information iu rt-aard to itaid animal will be
thankfully received. Addrew
(.'. ALUliliSON.
Hulem, Oren"n.
Forslner, Tiffany it Co,
Sole ajtnnu, (or
MUBA'M) BROS.
Hand made bootn nd nhoer, Columbia Hirer
J-ajier Company, Anhland Woolen Mill.-.
The hictivt market lines paid iu
C-A-S-H F-0-RW-0-U-L.
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Pure Linseed Oil.
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oil who denire good durulile work, in Her
Ull.T called tttouroll.iumlwHVa rellulile lor
purity, und Kural exoell.,i- .! nunlll v
thHt uu not be excelled.
our iioIWmI oil ia all (enuiue kettle boiled.
The market are full f Kasliirn mid Cali.V.r
niaolieap oil. inoktlv adulterated, all of inter
ior tiuality, ami w, he old at alnun,. any price
f if fr.ni ,-u. u it i, ..it .
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miiiuinjri nre iidvlMeri to line none but -MA.
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