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THE G. A. K. ON HARVE SCOTT. 1 o ur broken constitution and in vio tq choose a successor to H on. John States senate it carries th e effects lation of the well settled precedents H . Mitchell, from the second Mon of the conspiracy into the whole t at Forçat Grove, Or. aa •M e te d at th e poet-« ___________ _________ Resolutions of sim ilar im port to’those o f th e Jac k so n county veter conditions of ____ not established by th a t body during day of January, 1897, to this hour, fu tu re political mail m atter. only tb iT sta te b u t finally of every here published have been adopted by th e posts o f th e G rand Arm ! the p ast h alf ce n tu ry . H e will and will he claim that he has ever TKRM8 TO SUBSCRIBERS. the R e p u b li c th ro u g h o u t the length and b read th o f O regon. find the U nited S tates senate above during that period had an y p rovis state in th e U nion. I t is a revolu Postage Free. the reach of his venal touch or ional prerogative as execu tiv e of tion w hich will sweep aw ay re p T O THE H O N O R A B L E , T H E O R E G O N DELEGATION IN CONGRESS, Orna year.................................................... M l B o o t h s ......................................................... tain t. H e will find th a t its m em this state to even tem porarily ap resentative governm ent, a revolu S e n a t o r G e o r g e W . M c B r i d e , R e p r e s e n t a t i v * T h o s . H. T o n g u e ; Tfcree m onths..................... ...................... bers love liberty no less ardently point a successor to S en ato r M it tion fatal to co nstitutional liberty R e p r e s e n t a t i v e W m . R . E l l is , In Advance. than the founders of th a t august chell for an y period w hatsoever, itself. Is o ur governor blind th at G E N T L E M E N : UMablUhcd for tbe dtMemination of W ashing-, -, I M county new., the eieration of hum anity and body, who were the descendants o f during or subsequent to th e failure he cannot see these trem endous Your memorialists and petitioners are your constituents and members of Ik* money we cmn make. the A nglo-Saxon race, a race w hich of our legislature to discharge its realities, th e consequences of his Grand Army of the Republic of the State of Oregon, and your atteution is res- Ite m s of g e n e ra l I n te r e « g ra te fu lly re c eiv ed . fully called to the reasons set forth in our preamble for the resolutions that foil a d ito r - e h o b b ie e e n d o p in io n , o n th i s p a g e , a ll I loved and guarded every guarantee duty under the m andato ry provis acts? Ike rest facta— im p a rtia l a n d u n co lo red . of liberty as well as liberty itself ions of th e constitutio n of the H en ry W . C orbett, Joseph to-wit: Editor is a t h o m e in h ie s a n c tu m , H a t c h e t t-f W h e r e a s , Your memorialists have witnessed with profound regret and in in w hatever form it m ay have ap- ; U nited States? Sim oa, H arv ey W . Scott and Jo h n B u ild in g . F o r e s t G ro v e , fro m 6 a. m . to io p . m nation the shameless and graceless attack of Harve Scott, the editor of •* e ac h w e e k d a y and always glad to U lk and pearC(l tQ them in the progress of W e charge th at W m . P . L ord, ath an B ourne entered into a con Oregonian, deliberately perpetrated as we believe to wound the pride of the Grr; tait»»!to.________________________ . hum an liberty; and their descend- governor of the state of O regon, spiracy to produce a vacancy in Army of the Republic of this state and to dishonor the memory of a comr; has no such prerogative nor ex ecu th e U nited S tates senate which our whom we regard as one of the most eminent American patriots, soldiers and sta i s s u b d e v e r y w e e k i n t h e y e a r o n ants, w hether in the senate, at the T h u r s d a y f r o m t h e h a t c h e t plow o r before the A m erican m ast tive fiower in the prem ises. And g o v ern o r can not fill w ithout a men; and with fiendish atrocity Harve Scott has assailed the tribute of hotjor p r in t e r v . will not now abandon our own we further charge th a t W m . P. violation of our constitution and our comrade to degrade the character of the fame and services of the late M General John A. Logan whose silent but eloquent lips, it appears, have failed If you tail to receive your paper it will A m erican liberty guarded by a Lord, governor of the state of O re violating th e express provisions ot teach that prince of copperheads and cowards respect for our heroic dead, but be a favor if you will notify us at once, constitution w hich is o u r paternal gon, has usurped the co n stitu tio n al th e co n stitution o f th e U nited now, like an assassin, thrusts his slandering, blaspheming dagger into the gr ------- • U | inheritance, a liberty to w hich the powers and duties of th e leg isla S tates, b u t all of this has been a t to wound a hero who in the estimation of all the armies East and West stc: AUSTIN CRAIG. E d i t o r a n d P r o p r i e t o r . U nited S tates senate is chiefly de ture of this state in choosing a suc tem pted and entered into th at they the head of the volunteer leaders upon a thousand battlefields of the late Civil _____ _ and who now stands as the peer among the heroes of all ages before the sapph’ C o u n t y O f f ic ia l P a p e r . voted, and the constitution for the cessor to S enator M itchell and we m ig h t scat one o f th eir _ num ber, in the*IInite<J ^ clouded throne, a transcendent scene of glory around him, which Harve Sc ; preservation of our rig h ts th at dis- also charge th a t his app o in tm en t of H en ry W. C orbett, U shall behold like shining mirrors of crystal water, but untouched and untas EADABLE . . E ight tinguished body will use the ut- H enry W . C orbett as U nited States S tates senate. T his conspiracy j whild he th¡rstjng shall perish to a lipless fiend on burning sands, an outcast fr was entered into to peace the abso Heaven whose treachery like a deadly blight shall curse his memory forever; EPUBLICAN . . W eekly , m ost o f lts P ° wers and fortltude to senator for an y period w hatsoever lu te control of th is state in the W h e r e a s , M any o f your p etitio n ers w ere e y e -w itn e sse s to the splendor of m aintain and defend. was and is an u nconstitu tio n al act, hands of a shoddy aristocracy and m ilitary sk ill and incom parable heroic valor d isp layed by our com rade, John “ If we regarded the fate of our therefore null and void. Does not THERE 18 RETRIBUTION FOR THE rig h ts to select our representative th at distinguished ju ris t, W m . P. they deserve the retrib u tio n s which L ogan, at C ham pion H ills and from D on ald son to A tlan ta, a score o f lesser WICKED. battles of the «reatest war for liber‘y and c° " st;tutional government in in the U nited States senate to be as Lord, late chief ju stic e of th e su will follow a t th e b ar o f th e Uni ted ! 8reat history of the world; And T he defenders of th e nullification doubtful as they are im portant, the prem e court of the state of O regon, S tates senate w here th e details of W h e r e a s your memorialists and not that vile poltroon Harve Scott were par oi our co n stitutional m ethod of approaching session of congress know th at th e presence of th e O re this seditious plot will be unfolded, ¡pants in the mighty struggle which by an hundred battles swept the hosts of t choosing U nited S tates senators would be to us a period of the gon legislature at his capitol, o rg an in all its d epravity, before the n a son out of the valley of the Mississippi and brought a gallant army under m ust sooner or later show by w hat deepest solicitude. B at public ized or no t organized, d u rin g th e tion. T hese conspirators have command of onr polished and accomplished McPherson to the gates of Atla where he fell, but was succeeded at the moment of greatest peril to our ar rig h t o u r governor assum ed the opinion is becom ing aw akened to constitutional period for a session crossed th e R ubicon. T h eir battle if on the field of battle by our immortal hero, John A. Logan, who with hat powers of th e people to select their (the late conduct of our governor, of the sam e, forever barred his e x fought w ith o u t unconditional s u r sword in hand, with the eye of an eagle instantly grasped the situation and led senators as ordained in the c o n sti-, our people are reasoning upon it as ercise of the provisional pow er to render m ust be fought o u t on its Army of the Tennessee in person against the military foundations of that doon tion. T hese defenders m ust show becomes intelligent citizens, and appoint a successor to S enator M it m erits in th e full blaze of an inves city w hich he lifted out of their places and planted “ Old G lo ry ” upon their ry is amid the acclamations and cheers of fifty thousand comrades of the Grand At by what rig h t our governor has \ n e x t J u n e this state w ill put a chell? N o reasonable do u b t can be tig atin g senate. I f refuge terfu g e of a of the Republic. This act of peerless heroism of that military genius, John sought to unsettle an d overthrow | period to his au th o rity and place entertained th a t our g ov ern o r did so ught th ro u . g h th e sub . . . „ i L ogan , in d ep en d en t of any o th er act o f his gloriou s and e v e n tfu l life on the fi w hat the people have established the seal of condem nation upon know th at he had no con stitu tio n al ratification 111 a specia session o t aad jjJe w oul(] lm ve en titled him to the ad m iration o f th e world and and adopted as th eir m ethod of an adm inistration w hich has prerogative or provisional pow er to the legislature then will sw ift retri- j endeared his immortal name to us ami to our posterity forever; And W h e r e a s your constituents have silently borne the taunts and insults of Ha choosing th eir representatives in attem pted to pierce the body of appoint H en ry W . C orbett, or any bution follow every vile conspirator th e U nited S tates senate. T he ad liberty th ro u g h the shield of our o th er person, to fill a vacancy in this state and C orbett, Lord, Scott, that brute-beast who deserves not the name of man, vrho boasts that would if within his power repeal every pension law enacted through the untir vocates of nullification m ust show constitution. caused by the failure of our legis Scott, Sim on and Bourne will each efforts of Senator John A. Logan as a recompense to our infirm comrades, to by w hat au th o rity our governor W e w arn our governor th a t the latu re to tak e the constitutional ac exclaim in the language of th e arch widows and orphans of the countless slain in battle, and for the sacrifice of h as attem pted to break up w hat consequences follow ing the unlaw tion required by the suprem e law tra ito r o f H eaven, \\ h ic h w a y 1 ro|jUSl health and rugg-d constitutions of our comrades, ruined by the hards look is H ell, m yself am H e ll!” th e people ratified because these ful exercise of constructive or inci o f o ur state and nation. and exposures incident to their long service in behalf of tho Union of the sti are the term s w hich express the dental g ra n ts of pow er w ill couple T he conduct of our leg is'atu re “ 7 he Senate o f the United States shall while cowardly traitors like Harve Scott were iiecing troin the draft and the ] will of the people in a constitution his nam e w ith conspirators who sw ept aw ay our co n stitu tio n before be composed o f tw o Senators fro m each of war that he might survive the war to tell posterity what he never knew, lied a bout the great leaders of the Civil War, and without the capacity to uni w hich has ordained th a t their rep- have sought to bring the ruin of a his eyes and w ith it forever disap State chosen by the legislature thereof, stand the true standard of estimation by which distinguished leaderaare judged resentatives in the legislature shall common catastrophe upon succeed- peared all executive prerogatives fo r six years-, * * * * * an d i f Vacancies their comrades who followed them to the cannon’s mouth to save constitute happen by Resignation , or otherwise ditr- choose th eir senators, and now here ing generations. conferred by the term s of th e con in g the Recess o f the Legislature o f any liberty ami the Union of the states; Therefore tie it Resolved that the attacks of Harve Scott on the character of the life and pn( does either our state o r federal con T he ruthless hand of a governor stitution in the case pend in g before State, the Executive thereof may make services of the late Major General John A. Logan as published in the Oregon stitu tio n express a g ra n t of power I w hich affixes th e great seat of this th a t body. N o th in g is clearer temporary Appointments until the next on Sunday morning, Oct. 3, 1897, is the unparallelled utterance of the ba* 1 to our governor which will, in the state to an act violating o u r consti- th an the act o f duty left for our meeting o f the Legislature, which shall copperhead, coward and hypocrite that survived the late Civil War, and h then f ill such Vacancies." rem otest degree, relieve our legisla* 1 tution m ight as well attem p t to pluck governor to have perform ed for the — Article I, section 3, Constitution of hereby arraigned before the bar of this state where he deserves to be brande tn re of its sw orn du ty to choose a star from the blue field of our preservation of our constitutional the United states. the most degenerate scoundrel of the race. T » •*. r l i t H --J J A .. Resolved that the groundless, unprovoked and insolent attacks of Harve Sc_ o ur representatives in the U nited flag. T h e foundation of th is state m ethod of electing U nited States ' THAT SPECIAL SESSION. ott repeated in his vile epithets in The Oregonian, assailing our pensioners a9 S tates senate. j governm ent was laid in the light senators. T h is sw orn defender of “ A t a m eeting in P o rtlan I last as the national pension laws and their just provisions for our comrades, t" O ur governor m ust show th at o f those stars w hich illum ine the o u r constitution saw it sw ept week the R epublican editors o f the wid?ws, *nd, orP.hans- ia inspired by a spirit of malevolence hitherto undis o u r constitution has provided for ! pathw ay of every citizen in this aw ay. T h is officer, sw o rn to obey mushed 111 mstorv of n t journalism n ml T llP n r o r m n i o r . » is a l hereby i a r a h i . / denouneec U .m tin^ - guished in trie the history and The Oregonian an event w hich m ay be preceded state and nation, and it is o u r un- th e constitution of th e U nited state agreed, am ong o th er things the completest masterpiece of piracy against humanity and the honor of our by its own destruction by the re j broken and unviolated state con S tates, saw its m andiates tram pled t h a t they would labor to prevent tion, The Oregonian is denounced as the most flagrant enemy of the Grand A fusal of th e legislators to obey its stitution w hich gives our people under the feet o f a law less and u n a n y proposed special session of the of the Republic, a newspaper destitute of every sense of patriotism or admira' constitutional government, regardless alike of truth, justice and honor. m andates, m andates w hich he is title to th at sacred blue ground restrain ed m ob a t his capitol when O regon legislature, T his, t o g e t h e r Resolved by j-our memorialists that we do hereby petition the Oregon delegai, sw orn to enforce. In o ther words w here stands the im m ortal sta r of a single appeal from our governor w ith the well know n fact th a t re in Congress to resist all attempts inaugurated by The Oregonian or others to re; w hoever attem p ts to defend our Oregon. H e who tram ples our to the people, the source o f sover publican leaders recognize th at a the provisions of the pension laws which justice and the logic of the law of c . governor in his appointm ent of constitution under his feet tram ples eign au th o rity in this state, would special session would b e a serious and effect ordain and constitute the vested rights of those who served our gov] H en ry W . C orbett as U nited States tipon our national flag w hich is a have replaced th a t mob by re p re m enace, if net a barrier to the suc ment and nation during auy and all wars, and that the rights of the widow senator m ust show th a t our gover cognate em blem of o ur federal con sentatives chosen at a special elec cess of th eir p arty in n e x t y ear’s orphan be not impaired or abridged by any legislative action whatsoever. An. conclusion be it nor has th e rig h t to revolutionize stitution, onr liberty and o u r laws. tion called by him for th a t purpose. cam paign m akes it ex trem ely im Resolved that a copy of these resolutions be executed by the Commander of our co n stitutional m ethod of repre- A people who will subm it to the T h is would have been th e result probable th at a special session will Grand Army post and countersigned by the Adjutant, and forwarded to the Ore delegation in Congress. entation in the United States sen-1 nsnrpation o f constitutional powers had our g o vernor been faithful to be h e ld .” — T im es. T h e republican editors did not ate, and if o u r governor has th at forfeit their rig h t to th a t liberty his obligations and faithful in the W . A. B IE D L E R , Commander of James Luttrell Post No. 71, G. A. rig h t he has the rig h t to revolu which the founders of this govern exercise of his pow ers and p rero g a agree to labor to prevent a special Department of Oregon. tionize our co n stitu tio n al judiciary m ent defended w ith a faith, courage tives w hich are subordinate to the session of th e legislature. T hey G. W. S L E R R Y , and declare him self king. Adjutant of Post. and m anhood that m ade m ortal suf constitution a n d w ere ordained for sim ply gave it as th eir opinion th at Dated at Gold Hill, Oregon, Nov. 6, 1897. As this asto unding doctrine has fering sublim e. W ill the descend ' its perpetuity, and not for its it would be futile to u rg e such ses m ade its first appearance in this an ts of those m en of iron perm it nullification. T hese pow ers and sion. T h ere is no assurance th a t the state we shall do all in our power any power in this state to arm a rti j prerogatives w ere conferred upon to make it fatal to th e political ficial aristocracy w ith a weapon to him , including his m ilitary pow ers, m in o rity th a t prevented organiza hopes of those who advocate it. b atter dow n our rig h ts u n d er the for the preservation and defense of tion last w in ter, w ould do their Onr governor has pursued a course federal constitution which, by sec the constitution of the state, pow d u ty if called to Salem a second derogatory to his acknow ledged tion three of article one, m akes the ers and prerogatives w hich he is tim e, and w ithout such an assu r reputation as a ju rist, and in a choice of U nited States senators the sw orn to exercise in defense of ance it w ould be costly folly to call high degree also derogato ry to the m andatory du ty of o u r legislature? every rig h t of o u r people w hen th e th e leg islatu re together. A gain, it is said to be a p art of character and honor of this state, W ill H enry W . C orbett be heard fu n d am en tal law of our sta te or na- th e agreem ent betw een Lord and by his execu tive endorsem ent and to claim th a t our governor can ap- j tion is th reaten ed or im perilled by anpport of schem es of an am bitious point a senator to com m ence a new an y power, person or co-ordinate C o rb ett th a t no special session be artificial aristo crat. T h e cause term , under an y assignable circum departm ent of our state g o v ern called. I f such be th e case, the In order to enable our numerous friends and custo which he has espoused finds no stances or conditions whatsoever? m ent, for he is arm ed and m ade the m atter rests in th e hands o f C or mers to pay us a visit and examine our N E W basis in eith er our state or federal W ill he deny th a t such a u th o rity is Sam son defender of the sta te to b ett, and he can have no possible S T O R E with its entirely N E W S T O C K we have constitution a n d he will find no suc- exclusively vested in o u r state leg g u ard and defend every gate in tere st in h av in g th e legislature concluded to give them an opportunity o f doing so cor from public endorsem ent of his islature? W ill our governor a t against assaults from th at w orst of I organize. H e will not give his career, a career which will aw aken tem pt to m aintain th at his power evils to the state, the law less a r j consent and no popular dem and F R E E O F CO ST. no enthusiasm am ong the patriotic o f appointm ent in any case w hatso rogance of th a t artificial aristocracy I will affect him . T h e republican people of O regon. O ur governor ever can be su b stitu ted for an elec w hich thundered dow n our co n sti editors sim ply decided not to w aste J words. has no foothold on w hich he can tion of an U nited S tates sen ato r by tu tio n , the citadel and fortress of T h e g reatest blam e for th e dis stand. W hile he m ight have d is o u r legislature? W ill o u r g o v er our liberty. B ut, alas, before th is graceful scenes in th e legislative Every one visiting our store from Washington played th e pow ers of a great ju rist nor contend th a t he can legally dis m ig h ty power of avarice and m al j failure last w in ter, lies w ith the county who makes a purchase from ns amounting to he will yet find, if he has not al charge a d u ty w hich our federal ign am bition o u r governor fell into populist m em bers elect, one of ten dollars or over, and presenting a copy of this ad, ready discovered, th at everything constitution has im peratively en the harlot-lap of venal treach ery whom was from th is county and was endorsed by th e dem ocrats. will have the amount o f his or her railroad fare to Port- beneath his feet is hollow and joined upon our legislature, be and now, shorn o f his stre n g th and T he direct Sim onites would be land refunded by us. treacherous. cause that body has for any reason virtue, he stands silent, confounded equally to blam e w ere th e y as Mr. Corbett also will find th at failed to obey its m andates? W ill and stru ck m ute by th e g u ilt of num erous. T h e few dem ocrats To those not acquainted with us, we beg to say hr is struggling in a m orass, every our governor assert th at his ex e cu his cow ardly record of desertion of sim ply flirted. T h e a ttitu d e of that we have but effort to extricate him self will only tive power to appoint a senator e x a confiding people, desertion of his th e republican m em bers can n o t be criticized. T h e republican p arty sank him deeper and deeper, and tends to any case w hatsoever be oath of office, his m anhood and his has no cause to blush o r apologize ONE PRICE with him self he will drag our gov yond a vacancy caused by some honor. for th e action of th e real rep u b li and that the lowest. A ll goods are marked in plain ernor down into the bottomless unforeseen event which makes it What a spectacle has this gover- j cans. A n o th er session w ould em gures. We sell only at Popular Prices. depths of political degradation, | oat o f the power o f the legislature nor made by his apostacy! It dis phasize th e sensible and business like position o f the republican lfr . Corbett w ill also find no pow to fill at that time? Did our g o v honors his administration and blots m em bers, b u t an y a ttem p t to urge o f u l deliverer in the United States ernor appoint Henry W. Corbett out the testimony for law and order the calling together o f tíre legisla- , ■ s a te who w ill advocate and lead to fill such a vacancy? W ill our which he delivered from the su ture would be useless and the re- 3d and Oak Sts. for seating a represen governor deny that it was the con preme bench. If this c o n s n i r a r v Public*u editors knew this and ü r i ü ü ü í , “ id th is.—Corvallis Gazette, N ov. BEN SELLING, Manage1- of shoddy arsistocracy over stitutional dnty o f onr legislature is successful before the United THE HATCHET. 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