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Grange Mot in Politics. Tangent, Oregon, May 17, 1906. Editor Democrat. In the Oregonian of the 14th inst. I find the following in a correspondence sent from Albany to that paper: A short time aeo the Grange of Linn county propounded some questions to Legislative candidates, among them be ine the auerv whether thev would sup port the people's choice for United States Senator. At a recent meeting of the Grange council, it is said, the answers of the several candidates were read, Mr. Miller stating in effect that he would support John M . Gearin for the place. The Grange thereupon in dorsed the candidacy of Wright, a new factor was thus placed into the cam paign, and the fight became warmer than before. Now, I said to a granger, one of the most substantial in the county. "Well I see the grangers have endorsed G. W. Wright for senator." His reply was: " Young man I am a republican and a granger and I want to tell you now that 1 have not endorsed Wright and I can name you scores of republican grangers who have not endorsed Wright I and will not vote for him but will vote ; for Milt Miller. We have tried Miller and he has been the truest man to his lnd.rBsandtha interests of the farm- tMh,.l.rhnnttitlni lei?- islature from Linn county. Oh, yes, tell it to the marines but don't tell me that the erantr-e of Linn county has en- dorsed Wright.'for it has not done so. For it is the business of good men to defeat such unfit men tor omce as Wright." The youug man who3 sends items to the Orecroman should Know tnat Tne ' grange is not in politics, and that any effort to plunge the order into the dirty pool will meot with the contempt that such interference provokes. Granger. An Untrue statement. I Mr. Withycombe made the statement at the opera house Saturday evening, and repeated it, that the governor of this state has nothing at all to do in the matttorof loaning the irreducible sch oo' lunds. is it possiDio mat ur, wuny combe who is now askiug the people to elect him governor of this state is ig- norant of the laws and constitution of his adopted state in which he has re sided ever since he came hete from .England in 1871 a period of 35 years? The constitution of this state was framed in 1857 when Withycombe waB still in England and aged 3 years, and during all this time he has not learned Its plainest provisions. Is he- ignorant of the fact that this constitution pro- vides that the governor, secretary of stato and Btato treasurer Bhall consti tute a Board for the management and investment of this" irreducible school fund, or does ho know that this is the law of the state and ho chooses to mis represent the matter in order to gain an unfair advantage over Mr. Cham berlain, his opponent? In either case it shows his unfitness for the office of governor, rrsrrrrr nun f wiini.riiuii ' , fmihn,l n . Heieitis. f tho cam- Some one from Albany has tho Oregonian Bomo news, "A noteworthy feature of tho cam paign is that tho republican candidates for county offices are not traveling nw-lin.l tl.rt niMltllu IM 11 fllll-tll lllitl , . , .. ... ,,,i it..,i und holding rallies together. Instead they have adopted tho "still hunt" mo- thod, which has accomplished things for tho democrats for many years. A Bti ango coincidence is that the demo crats this campaign adopted the party canvass method which the republicans have been following fur years. Condi tions are reversed in this campaign, re publicans taking up the democratic mo thod and democrats using the republi can method us regards campaigns in Linn for years past." Now, what could have possessed tho correspondent to dish up such a mess as this? The democrats for the last forty years have been having the samp kind of campaign that they have now. At each election in all that period of time the demo.'rats have made and pub- I! ........ ...I a Ci- li.ll, II.. .Ilonno. ion at all the towns and villages in tho c nmly. For many years the twj part ies went together, but about sixteen or eighteen years ago tho re ublicans de clined to have further joint discussions. Sinco that tinio the democrat have had their o;en public discussions. Will Wot Surrender to the R. It'ii. When Governor Chamberlain ap nninted Hon. J. M. Gearin United States Senator it was made known to hides to carry them to the desired po the public that the latter would sup- sition. He is a man who does things, port the President's rail road rate pol- but ho does them with his money, icy. That policy was fully set out in He is not without tho wit to plan and the Hepburn bill which was introduced nervo to carry out, but it is not in the in the Houso and passed with only direction of patriotism or statesman seven votes in the negative, all repub- ship, or desire or ability to servo the lienns. Not only was Mr. Gearin in public welfare. hnrmnnv with the President's views on But the voice of tho people has njt nil rrmtl rates but every dtmocrat the House voted to sustain his policy. Now, in tho senate, amendments have been adopted which makes tho bill largely different from what tho Hep l.ill was as it passed the House. H was theso amendments, practically destroying the salient, btn ficial provisions of the Hepburn bill, that Mr. Gearin voted against. In view of these well-known facts Mr. Withycombe, Mr. Crawford and other republican candidates are charging Mr- Gearin with not supporting the Presi dent's rail road policy when in truth he is voting against the senate amend ments that have ut erly destroyed thi original efficiency of the bill. These are the amendments proposed by the rail road senators, and the President has surrendered to the rail road gang. These are the facts without gloss varnish. Gearin will support the principles of the Hepb urn bill for U embodies th Presidents policy as first enunciated, but he will not follow the President in his surrender to the rail roads. Frenzied Thoughts. This speculation as to what congress will do when the rate bill debate ends, ia most encouraging. It is one of the Zl:inr ma ViQira Viarl frVinf the " " IT. rate oiu oeoaus gu.,.K uuu. All things earthly must come to an end, even the Senate debate on the railroad rate Din. John Paul Jones' iroubles are now over. Mr. Rockefeller inadvertently omitted cjDher or;two from his contribution for the benefit of the earthquake suf- fererg- The first republican Parliament will be opened at'St. Petersburg in May, Czar Nicholas will do the opening stunt and then retire gracefully to a back seat. If Kansas is looking for that kind of a man for Governor we might offer Gladstone Dowie, the unkissed. That Chicago grand jury indicted John A. Cooke thirty-one times and and then stopped. Perhaps it got tired. Ohio's state food commissioner has wrought consternation among certain mttnufcturers of soda water syrups. by announcing that henceforth fruit flavors muBt be flavored with fruit. Some one makes the wholly superflu ous announcement that Carnegie will provide San Francisco's new libraries. The logic of the situation made any other assumption impossible. Japan's earthquake experts, now en route to San Francisco, should be able tn cive useful advice. In Japan, an T- , ' . , . I? -mat tne innamtant B .u..bbu...b viu.- out one. Cnn't Swallow Bourne. The editor of the Daily Chronicle, re- publican, of The Dalles, has the man- hood to break over tho slogan of the bosses to vote it straight. Ho says: There are many who profess to. bo- lieve that the voice of the people is, to M political purposes, tho voice of God -just, right and unquestionably infall- J 'ou-. jbie. It is far from fact. For years the voice of the people has uuuii luinuu ! 'ii'ii-ai tii.iiui. mu 1111.11 who went to make up the United Stales , r , . senate and tho methods used m secur- inir the honorablo position. None but millionaires had a chance and the charge of buvincr un leirislatures has been made more than once. Men with no manage the school funds of tho state, campaign ot the republican managers in tne people. experience in statecraft or ability as But Witycombo said at the opera house is already reacting because it is taken. statesmen, whose whole timo and tal- that the Governor had nothing in the bv lhe independent thinker and voter ! Since becominj sheriff three prison cut have been lent to helping tho world to do with the loaning of school 83 a confession of weakness implying ers have escaped from Sheriff White, money hogs, the insurance grafters, funds. Tho Herald is right and Withy-, that the ticket bears the name of weak Btnl?nh"t,nnr tho express robbers, tho railroad plun-' combo is wrong. The Herald editor , candidates whose only hope lies in the door'out through the kitchen in the derers and Standard Oil thieves run the knows that the constitution of the j size oI Partv majority and the ability sheriff's apartments, the other by government machinery to their own state makes the Governor a member of ot tlie nachino bosses to whip the' rank running while out after wood. sweet liking. JONATHN BOURNE, JR., IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF ALL THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRO- TESTING AGAINST. Yet he comes forth, announces him- self tho champion of what the people have been shouting for, sends conlidcn- PCT.sonnl luttors to 'i'10, e!cct,,r.a ,nt cowpath crossroads and forks of the ......I, ..l.ii,,, iviili n lmn..i nf i,i.iilini.a- :ind swashbucklc literature, parading himself as the plumed champion of Statement No. 1. and tho voice of the people speaks tho name of Jonathan houso that Gov. Chamberlain hid made , h:,m1' 11 couple of million of lifelong Bourne Jr., for United States senator ' good governor and in this judgment . democrats voted for Roosevelt to put frojn the "disgraced" state of Oregon. ' njc out bf every ten voters agree with the seal of condemnation upon the cor .l.miiilinn Kourno is not n renublican. ! noration influences "that forced the Like his prototypes, Piatt, Addicks, Aldi-ich, Clark, he really has no politi cal principles. Parties are but the ve- boen raised for Jonathan Bourno for U lited States senator -scarcely 30 per cent of tho republican primary vote. Tho voice of the peoplo will be raised on June 4. Will it be raised for Jonatha i Bourne, Jr. Mie Dr'B Mixta1 a The campaign has already had an amusing incident. In an effort to make sentiment against his opponent, Dr. Withycombe has made an attack on Governor Chamberlain with reference to the "Million Dollar" appropriation bill. The doctor says the Governor ought to have vetoed it so the legisla ture would have corrected it. Unfort unately for the Doctor's theory it de- velopes that the passage of the big ap propriation bill was the last important act of the late legislature, and that the bill did not reach the Governor until three days after adjounment. The date of its passage was February 17th.' Af ter that it went through the usual rou tine of engrossment, etc., and was fi nally tiled by the cnier clerk with the Governor February 20th. This point the Doctor had overlooked, and his in- discretion got him into the position of The eastern weeklies have had little urging that Governor Chamberlain 1 else. Perhaps nothing in the history should have vetoed the bill before it ' of the world has attracted more gener was passed. j al attention. In its ramifications there As a vetoer, Governor Chamberlain was much to make the event stand out. has been a cracker-jack having in a It was bigger as a fire than the com single term knocked out 29 bills -carry- bined fires of Chicago, Baltimore ana ing several himdred thousands of useless Boston and as an earthquake it was the appropriations; but it has remained for most shocking of any ever occuring in Doctor Withycombe to ascribe to the this country. For years it will be talk Governor the transcendent genius of ed about, being able to veto a bill before the , legislature had passed it. In Oregon politics are about all there Chamberlain did exactly the thing he i3 left to talk about, and there is a ought to have done with the "million good deal of it. In fact the air is twist dollar" appropriation bill. Here was ed right and left with politics, which the situation. The legislative session one gets for breakfast, dinner and sup was expiring, ana me monstrous Din was still in tne senate witn tne emerg- ency cjause attached, which clause for- bade the people from applying the ref- erenunm. 1 lie Governor sent in a mes- ... i .1 . c . ... - , . , - . r l , u.u.i out? uuiiiucl ui laviuua una uccii ic sage that secured the omission of the will. There is so much that is unfair practical, economical. duced from 300,000 to 95,000. The sup emergency clause. He did not veto the one gets wearv. The wire pulling, the ! ply of stations has been reduced to bill because it was not then Dassed. He did, however, secure omission of the It is pleasing in the confusion to see emergency clause, and thereby opened the splendid spirit of independence that the way for the people to show their is being displayed, in which the char disapproval of th8 bill by invoking the acter of men is given a prominence de referendum. Referendum it, they did, served, somewhat of a stranger in. the and thereby showed their approval of past. People have long been demand- the Governor's action. Tobacco by the Curtail, Scio, May 16, 1906. Editor Democrat: I we nave nau a visit irom an Albany candidate for state senator, G. W Wright by name His chief purpose seemea to De aistrmuting samples ot tobacco. We are anxious to know what house he is traveling for. Can you give us the much sought for inf or- mation? The "boys" were all pleased on one point, and that wa9 that the pieces are so small that it takes two of themtomake one "chaw." Please tell us in the columns of the Democrat !. j .1. . . ., . .. wnat nouse ueorge wiiuam travels for. Anxious Inquirers. Gucsb. Editor Democrat: A certain candiato for the state sen ate, a fow days after his nomination, said to a friend: "Now they are ac- cusing me ot K"g into the saloons and treating the boys. Well, of course, be- ,fore the Primary election I did go in and treat the boys, but I will tell you i r . .and treat tne noys, DUt i win ten you what is so, 1 urn not going into a ,oon ?Kain until nfter election, Guess Voter. Tho Herald admits that tho finvnrnnr is one of tho members of the Board of school land rnmmissionora tn loan nrd ' the boarcj, but even that does not fit him to be Governor. But Withycombe does not even know that the constitu - tion has such a provision as the one provision as above named. How much less ho competent for governor. then is Mr. Withvcombo's iiKh'ment on ons ubjectisjust and accurate and the . bn nl.ln t i.n ith him nn,l m lm.i. en to give him credit for that accuracy nf imln-mnnf tin oui.i Hi.i n.,...i Letter List. Tho following letters remain in the Albany, Ore., postollice uncalled for May, 10, l'.Mi. Persons desiring nny of these letters should call for advertised letters, giving the date: John Bradley, Louise Hurmester. Miss I la Cooper. Jack Cross. Leonard ('. Confer, Miss Anna Franklin, L. B. Gamble, F. '.T. George. Mrs. Martha llindman, Mrs. O. M. Pollow, Miss Ida Reed, 106 North Sherman Street: Miss t.vdhi Snider, P. Storry. .diss Hattie Walton, Mrs. T. M. Walters. S. S. Train. P. M. Saturday Night Thoughts Things have been somewhat lively back in Congress this week, It has been over the much talked of and much kicked rate bill. Something was done with the bill by the committee, with the consent of the Pi sident, and then when it emerged it looked some like the par rot after the dog had gotten through with it. This has set. -in action numer ous things, and it takes a general to know where he is at in the melee. The result will be that the bill as it has been passed will hardly be known by the best friends of the origi nal bill, but it .will be recognized by the railroads, who will pat it on the back and say well done. It is now a month since the great San Francisco fire and earthquake, and the papers continue to be filled with it. per, and then one doesn t get very much. The political map is a somewhat uncertain affair and it takes a' genius: to study it out.;?. It makes strange bed : fellows of people, always 'has, always nrmirmina- Vnona nnos hoar! in a auim ing that better men be put in office, following the divulsions of the past few ' years, and many appreciate the fact ' that it is up to them to act as they have manifested. Not verv loner aero Russia was on too in the eves of the world, and the Dem- ohrat for a lono- time rarelv had these thoughts without something about that country and its big war. Now some of the old matter is being threshed over, The case of General Stoessel, the brave defender of Port Arthur has been; up tn nf his dismissal in r r- . .. disgrace from the army, That ould be about the size of Russia and in keep- ing with its past history of injustice and oppression. Fldiculous Campaign Stuff. - The following from the Eugene Guard ought to make a person think: Much of the stuff printed in the par tisan press of the country during a ramm; ;a ridiculous when one knows the real facts. For instance, an Ore- gonian dispatch trom liugene tells ' abou 'can? it st: .. . about an enthusiastic rally oi repuou- at which it was deciddd to "vote it straight, conveying the impression that this was a practically unanimous decision of Lane county republicans, The real facts are that by actual count twenty-eight voters were present, in cluding ten candidates and several dem ocrats, and the enthusiasm was fairly proportionate to the size of the crowd By the way, this vote it straight , and file into line. Besides, the voters j realize that there are no longer any : f?reat issuea dividing the two great parties and that it is now largely, a question of selecting the best men to I fill the offices. The president's cabi- net. Knox in Pennsylvania and latt in i Ohio, set the examples of non-nartisan- sl,iP bv throwing their influence for the democratic candidates in those great 'states, and democratic jmvernors elected in such states as Minnesota and ' Massachusetts show the independence ot republican voters. un me uuiL-r nomination of Judge Parker. "Vote it straight" was the argu ment of the rings in Philadelphia and St. Louis, and their plundering of pub lic funds continued as long as tho peo ple listened to the siren song that has ever been used by the politicians to deaden the the righteous impulses of the honest partisan. It has been effecti ive in times past, but to invoke its power now is to hark back to days fraught with piejudice and corruption. The people of Oregon are going to vote as intelligent individuals, not as mere marionettes of political bosses mark that prediction. The railrjil r it s bill ai dn'.v.'d a fiasco. MISFITS. Dr. Withycombe has spoken at Mr. Furnish's home town. A good place for San Francisco's Chinatown is in China. There are no Jonathan Bournes to swallow in the democratic ticket. It is to be hoped there are no Joshuas in the Holy Roller camp. ine women are making a game fight for their rights. The real enemies of President Roose velt are in the republican party. John M. Gearin is making a faith ful, efficient U. S. Senator. Napoleon Davis is another disgruntled democrat who failed to get everything 111 Ulgllb. The name of the President is being wonderfully juggled these days political effect. , ., . , . . The new S. P. oil tank is going up rapidly. Will the depot move rapidly according to promise. The supreme court should be non partisan. Besides Judge Hailey is the right man for the place. The word Liar is being thrown around promiscuously back in that most dig- niged of bodies, the U. S. senate. Linn county has never had a better sheriff than D. S. Smith, un-tn.date. It is said that Col. Hofer will com- MMft deavi!10opfmewnL'heaw ' .iifi.'i Wmch Wl11! eventually kill the league. No one has ever attacked Dr. Withy combe because he was born in England. Tile republicans are simply yelling at attack for political effect. Mr. Mulkey will be U. S. senator only two months if elected. Not two years as a mistake made the Democrat say. Not much attention is being paid to the matter. I Senator Bailey says a Chicago paper "SfiTSubalWoS U; Washington correspondent in an un- whoever has hold of the end of the muck-rake the correspondent is, using, j ' ' A subscriber wants the DEMOCRAT to Dublish the names of mortgagors ,iA. H, .,,(- n't- Wl,l cause too much of a howl among the mortgagors. No papers do it except those making a specialty of records. Eugene has its first cement curbing along residence property. Great for that sleepy place. Albany has had cement curbings for years and curbed sidewalks are the thing here. The Woodburn Independent, a strong republican paper, refuses to swallow Jonathan Bourne. The top to bottom slogan doesn't go down with such a man as Bourne in the dish. The Guard, a paper published in the tyrhoid city of Eugene, says: Albany claims an unusually low death rate. Well, what's stranero about that it's hardly worth while dying if you get the na01t OI "v,nS ln "ml lown' When the east sent clothing to San Francisco it was in such a worthless condition it could not be used. The clothing sent from Oregon was clean and sotvicable. That's the difference "Cheap politics is tho rule with the democratic papers," says a paper up amined by the superintendent and as -valley that simply yells "vote the sistants in the 8th grade examination. straight repuoucan ticKet, tne cnc.ip. est of all politics, covered by a cent piece, j Guard: Candidate Withycombe's brother John took out naturalization papers in .t ebruary .It ulo")?r. i"omas in J 1880, and another une, 1883. The candidate for governor, however, voted i , tlmncrh n mihipnt th ; queen of Great Britian, till the spring r ui xooo, win-u imvin u puiuic.u uee in his bonnet- he desired to go to the legislature- he was naturalized too, Albany has an excellent prospect of having a goodsized'saw mill within a reasonable time, and alsajother manu facturing interests. There is a good outlook for a fine manufacturing in dustry in the buildings of the carriage nnd organ factory, a fine plant and lo cation for a live manufacturing busi ness, negotiations for which are said to be pending. The Oregonian on May 28, 1S93, said of Jonathan Bourne: "It would make almost any other man dizzy to be the populist secretary of the repulican state committee, a Mitchell republican candidate for the state legislature on the populist ticket and a populist can didate for the legislature on the Mitchell republican ticket. The Oregonian dif fers very widely from Mr. Bourne etc." TELEGRAPHIC. Corvallis, May 17. The Holy Rol lers from the camp on the coast arriv ed hre during last night.A Contrary to reports they were neither ragged nor hungry. They are all at the home of 0. V. Hurt. They are still faithful to the dead apostle and believe he will rise from the dead. Lewis Hartley to day begun divorce procceedings with sensational charges against his wife. Portland, Or., May 17. Love for the dead Holy Roller prophet Joshua Cref field, has not destroyed the remnants of B. E. Starr's affection for his stray ing wife. Mr. Starr today expressed regret that he had not heard from his spouse who left him afier taking $1 from his pocket one night a week be fore Creffield's murder and started for the Holy Roller camp on the seacoast near Mehalem, expecting to walk 90 miles across the mountains to reach her destination. Mr. Starr is ready, even yet, to receive his erring wife into his home again should she return. Mrs. Mary E. Anderson died early this morning at the home of her daugh teb, Mrs. T. J. Anderson, at First and Washington streets, at the age of 78 years. Mrs. Anderson came to Albany from Corvallis about a vear aero, her for home previous having been in Wyom- ing for many years. She was an esti mable woman. The funeral service will be held at 3 . p. m. tomorrow at the family residence, ! the Rooming House. Judge Wolverton yesterday set June e as tne time tor sentencing Henry Meldrum, former surveyor general of Oregon, convitcted on 21 different counts, making him liable to fines a mqunting to $21,000 and 210 years in peninentiary. Floods are causing an immense dam age in Oklahoma and Texas. Sounds odd in Oregon. San Francisco. Mav 18. -Since the army took charge of the food distribu- 1 f ; n, i, u i ninety-five. Next week the commu- ? KSiSSt& oTois; which it is expected will still furte reduce the number receiving aid. People Who Come ard Go Maryette Hulburd, Los Angeles. W A PacKard, Portland. M G Rapf, S F. L C McCoy, Portland. F E Hoyt, Cleveland. F M Rowley, Portland. C B Cement, " Wade Cyrus, Scio. F Van Patten, Salem. W H Alleman, Chemawa. A G Andrews, Mill City. W J Turnidge, Crabtree. W H Heseman, Gates. J C Garretson, Portland. E E Zeising, Waterloo. Hugh Freeland, Salem. Lee Jeffries, Mill City. C H Vehrs, Lehanon. J D McDonald, Dallas. Cal C Goddard. Mill City. John Bramberg, Independence. R G Weaver, Portland. H Clay Thomas, Tacoma. E Anderson, Lebanon. M O Potter, Portland. C M Mathews, Mili City. Ben Dill, Portland. F J West, Portland. V Grace, " Geo A Robinson, Corvallis. R M Cramer, Cottage Grove. B A Millsap, Lebanon. W K Streeter, Portland. Hugh Guthrie, Detroit. Harry Dunlap, " Ed Wade, Toledo. E G Ford, Seattle. Anna O'Brien, Sal em. COURT HOUSE NEWS. Deeds recorded: Ezra O Hanis to Lyle Howe 107 acres S 10 Ellen P Morgan to Tomlinson & Holman bl 15 Woodle's ad Albany 60 Ida M Menzies to C K Spaulding 160 acres 12 El 800- Mary J Peery to W L and M E Jackson 1 lot 'ol 42 Albany 1375 W C Tweedale to George Taylor 51 1-2 feet bl 26 Albany 3200. Mortgages for $350 and $1200. Releases for $185 and $150. c.....'.i..j..i. n:nn au... . hundred sefe. of Daners are heins- ex- Probate: Inventory filed in estate of Job L Simons: realty $3300, personal $20. The cleanup spirit has struck Oregon. Made in Oregon next week in Port land. The Democratic ticket has no Bourne in it. A heavy frost up the Columbia at a Whitycomb rally. ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE Not'ce is hen by (jivpn that the nn derticDe.l. the iluiy npuointcri ailminia irato' ot the sHie il Elizee-h Oi x, deceased, lie of Linn Conntv, Orei-oa, liBi d ed with the cltrk of the conntv e urt for Lru Count;, O'Pijon, his Uonl urcmint and the jedge of 'hi bove rntitl-d' curt '..is fixed the 6 h riV rf June 11,11', at. thu hnnr nl in I o'clojk a. m.,'l. r tun i.mpose of ha-r. 1 ire obji-ctioi s II i,v in usid account en" lor thr v'im-nt ol the same Dated thli ?8-h dv ! ' nril. 19!W- R. G. Cox, Adminii'rntor ol usin-eof Eliz.ibs'-b Cnx, decnaned WuA-inKRFOm it WVATT Att-iruija i.ir AUininiitritor.