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About Albany daily democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1888-192? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1888)
Daily Democrat WILL HAHKISoy DO IT f The republican party , for years,has main tained stoutly that, par excellence, it is the friend of the neuro. It claims to have been the exclusive ii.trument In breaking the shackles of the colored man and setling him free. 1 1 claims to have waged the war that carried the colored race from slavery to freedom. It claims on all occasions that it with great and patriotic disinterestedness lifted up the negro from a state of degrad ed servitude to the plane of political equal ity with the whites. This party has, by its conduct, laid claim to the negro vote because of the great obligation that race owes to it for doing this great, good thing for it. No mission or purpose of the republican party has been more strongly asserted than the one of establishing the perfect political equality of the negro with the while race- Buf has that party been faithful to the pledges which it has made to the negroes in consideration of the votes which that race gives the republican party ? The negro is keenly alive to the fact that this pretend ed friend has not kept these pledges. Where has it elected a negro to olhce and thus shown Its sincerity in promoting his politi cal equality. Neither time nar place can be pointed out. But on the other hand scores of opportunities where this might have been done have been willfully neglect ed, aye, worse than neglected, opportunities that the party has openly refused to em brace. Why this course on the part of re publicans ? Simply, because all these pro fessions of intei est in the equality of the negro with the white race have been and are now insincere. The republicans knew the negroes of the South would vote the republican ticket, and they were perfectly willing that they should hold the effices in the South and dominate over the whites there, but they knew their people In the North was too insincere to permit colored men to rule over the North, hence that party has uniformly refused to elect ne groes to office. But the time has now ar rived when the republican party can no longer put off a proper recognition of the services which the negro has rendered that party. Nothing short of a place In the cabinet would be a proper recognition. Will Harrison doitf Will he place some intelligent negro in the cabinet ? We pre dict that race prejudice among republicans is M strong that he will not dare to do it. lie will scarcely be able to overcome this race prejudice sufficiently to enable him to da as much for the negro as President Cleve land has done. And this predicament of Harrison's is directly traceable to the at most universal insincerity of republicans with regard to political equality for the ne gro. The republicans would have political equality between the whites and blacks of the South, but never between the two races in the North. This accounts for the fact that so many intelligent negroes, both In the North and in the South.are leaving the republican party ,and if, during the term of Harrison, there is no change in this matter, then the negro will desert that party by the hundreds and thousands. The question is being asked quite f re. quently. "Why should Portland have both U. S. Senators?" This is a grave, a serious question. Is any other part of Oregon buj Portland ever to have representation in the U.S. Senate? Why should Dolph be re elected? Portland with its railroad arid money power can override the balance of the state anyway. Let republican members of the legislature seriously consider this matter before electing Mr. Dolph. Of course a republican will be elected. But has not Eastern or Southern Oregon or the Wll. lamitte Valley some suitable republican upon whom the party could unite and thus prevent Portland from taking possession of the whole state? The nail maniifacturcrsof the SchuykillV.il ley, having helped to secure a perpetuation of their tariff bounties by threatening their work men with less work and lower wages if "Demo cratic Free Trade" should prevail, now propose to cut down the hours of labor, and to reduce the pay correspondingly, as a part of the regu lar policy of "restricting production" in order to maintain prices. The workingmen are get ting their education on this question in a dear school, hut it will be complete before 02. Vea, verily. A cobbler at Petersburg, Va., whittles out his own shoe pegs, makes his own lasts, melts his own wax, pulls his bristles out of his own hogs and makes a uniform charge of twenty fiva cents for a job, no matter w hether it is a new sole or only a patch. A petition is being circulated at Pendle ton asking the legislature to repeal the mortgage tax law. The tax question will attract a great deal of attention at the next session of the legislature. THE P01TLAR VOTE. Vhe following is the official popular vote cast for President : States. Cleveland. Harrison. I r'isk. Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Hamp. New Jersey New York N. Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island S. Carolina Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin 117,810 05,90 2 117,729 37.5-M 7-t.92oi 16,414 39..l6i 100.47 348,272 261. on '79.S77 102,73s 183,800 85032 50,481 106.16S 5.55 213.404 oo.66j 85.476 201.597 00,552 5.'49 43.358 51,493 635,1161; 148,336 39&.4"5 26,524 446,934 ' 7.530 65.025 '5S.779 234.S83I 16,788 151.977 79.25o 155.82 57.197 58.752 1 24,809 50,706 74.5S4 12,073 26,659 40.443 370,473 '63,361 211.598 102,914 155.134 30,701 73.734 99.986 183,892 236,270 136,354 30,096 236.52... 108,425 7.0SS 45.720 '44.344 650,337 134.709 416,054 33-293 526,223 21,969 13,740 138,988 88,280 45.192 150.43S 78.100 76,553 Total 5.534.867 Ci.l6.68c Cleveland's plurality over Harrison 583 614 5.761 1,265 4.234 4o 403 1,802 21,695 9.8ri 3.550 6,779 5.225 127 2,691 4.767 8,701 20,942 15,000 218 4.954 9425 41 1.592 7.904 30.231 2,787 24.356 1.677 20,756 ,251 6,075 4.74 1.460 1,678 500 4.277 248.355 ,SS,i85. Holiday AND It is said that the prairie dogs come into Osage City, Kan., and sit around in the back door yards until the housewives shake out the table cloths. ' The largest carpet in the world has been on exhibition at the Cincinnati exposition. It con tains 2,7CO square yards, Babies. The finest line of babv carri ages in the Valley just received at Stewart & Sox's. Prices are remarkably cheap con sidering the superior qualitv of the carri ages. ' Removal. Misses li. & C. Howard have moved their millinery store into rooms in the Pearce block over J. J. Dubruilles harness shop, where they invite old and new customers to call on them. A full linn of Chri.tm.. . .!,'. will be kept by Brownell & Stanard. Artists' 3IATEBIALS AT DR.CUISS & SOUS. G. L. BLACKMAN, Successor to E. W. Laufdon. DEALERJIN DRUGS, MEDICINES1 CHEMICALS, BRUSHES, SOAPS COMBS ETC. FOUND. Just the place to get Xmaa things cheap and nice. in the latest art,iaaf hooks, tripods. thermometers, banner rods and hat marks or crowns painted to order. Nice oil paintings on hand, iust the nicest thine yon could se lect for a present. Call and are for yourself at Mrs. li. rjtYHAH a First door east of Young'a old stand, CLOTHING For Fall and Winter -AT- L E BLAIN'S. Rubber Coats and Boots, Shoes OVERCOATS,--Fine Assortment, Pea Jackets-Chinchilla. Astrachan Pull Line of Duck Suitings, ALL GRADES WOOLEN OVER SHIRTS Big Stock Cardigan Jackets, HEAVY MERINO AND ALL WOOL UNDERWEAR. Winter Gloves and Mite ALL WEIGHTS LEATHER BOOTS AND SHOES. UMBRELLAS, HATS, ETC. Last but not least . Urge stock of CLOTNING AND FURNISHINGS RECEIVED. FOR THE HOLIDAYS NEW SMYRNA RUCS AND PORTIERRES. NEW TABLE COVERS. LINEN TABLE SETS, NAPKINS TO MATCH, A LARCE ASSORTMENT OF LINEN AND SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. FINE LACE HANDKERCHIEFS. TRUNKS AND VALISES. SILK DRESS PATTERNS. COLORED AND SILK WARP HENRIETTAS. SILK UMBRELLAS, Boot and Shoe Department. ADIES AND CENTS FANCY SLIPPERS. LADIESAND CENTS FINE SHOES. MISSES AND CHILDRENS FINE SHOES AND SLIPPERS, FELT SLIPPERS OF ALL KINDS. CROCKERY DEPARTMENT. 6H0ICE NOVELTIES IN DECORATED CHINA- TEA SETS. FRUIT PLATES AND SAUCERS. DECORATED BEDROOM SETS, LAMPS. SALAD BOWLS FANCY PITCHERS FANCY CUSPADORES- CAKE DISHES AND A LARCE ASSORTMENT OF NOVELTIES IN CHINA FOR THE HOLDAYS Samuel E. Young. Albany, Oregon. BARGAINS! First-olass good, at bottom prices is wait the publio wants. Tbeaa I have at my store in this city, Bought at Hank nipt sales I can sell my stock of General Merchanise consisting U dress goods, gents.furnishing goodB, clothing, etc., AT COST. Cashfor goodiwill be aidfor all kinds of countryfproduce. ft IV siiiPsnY Albany, Oregcs. R A. J. ROSSITER, V. S. Graduita of Ontario Tet3rinary uoiiege, Is prepared to tretf disMias of all do msatio animils on acisntlSo principle. Residence and office two doors east ol Opera House. Albany. DR. C WATSON MASTON Physician and Surgeon. Office opposite the'Dsmocrat Office. STOCKMEN AND FARMERS BEAD I hereby certify that Dr, I. N. Wood! nan aucoessiuny operated on my nairnm horse, ISAAC HAY3. For farther reference In regard to rid ings Inquire of Win. Peterson, DaTS B; tenon, Lebanon ; John Hanlman, 1IW Wolverton, Albany ; Sara Gaines, Win. Foster, Prlnevllle. I practlo vtw Inary medicine in Albany and oountrj surrounding. Office and residence oorW 6th and Washington Sts. I. N. WOODLK, Veterinary Surget
