Daily Democrat
JUK SAU.M l.KTTKIi.
Feb. uth.tSSo.
Editors Dctnocrat :
The Portland water bill in the Home
created a good deal of interet. Many
ladles and gentlemen were there from
Salem and other placet to hear the debate
and receive the vote. Judge Dcady was
within the bar and manifested close atten
tion to the proceedings. He could not,
however.influence the members either way
if desired. The ball opened by Mr. Geer,
of Marion, who voted for the bill but now
sustained the veto. He wanted to know
if he held a promissory note for Siooo and
a water bond for $ioco if they should not
be taxed alike. No one answered him.
Messrs. Gilbert and Northrupt championed
the bill, while Miller of Jackson sustained
the veto in a creditable speech. Several
others had something to say pro and con.
The vote finally came, 37 for the bi;i and
32 against it. Belknap absent. The ex
citement was great and the Governor re
ceived many congratulations. Taxed or
n ot, the bonds would be all right. They
would go to a four and a half per cent
market and never be assessed in Oregon.
Though if not taxed our banks would buy
them on a speculation, and sell them at a
premium.
Condon's bill placing the State Universi
ty on a free scholarship basis passed the
House. It provides that a tax shall be
levied annually of one-seventh of one mill
on the dollar for University purposes to
support the University. From and after
the first of January, 1S90, no charge or fee
whatever shall be made or collected from
any person or persons residents of this state
who passes the necessary qualifications to
enter the University for tuition of the lit
erary departments threof,provided a sum
not to exceed ten dollars per year may be
collected from each student for incidental
purposes. I his is as it is in other states
and it is a good bill. It gives all merit
orious boys a chance those who cannot
pay tuition.
The dome of the Capital building should
be built, but there are none to see it. Lib
eral wagon road and other appropriations
can be made, but nothing can be done to
d to the appearance of the State Capital,
a rion county delegation has never been
known to be very leading in matters bene
ficial to Salem or state. It is said that it
did not support the appropriation that was
given to the Agricultural Society a few
years ago. It is not expected to favor the
purchase of land for state house grounds.
It is credited with refusing to present
bill for a small appropriation to extend a
county wagon road to the east line of the
county, taking in a large number of new
settlers, stock ranges and the mining re
gion, a road that was to be a county road
and ene absolutely demanded by the indus
tries in that region. It is predicted that if
the Asylum gets an appropriation to build
a new wing.or the Capital a dome or Salem
anything else, that Multnomah county will
secure them for Marion county. Why
Marion county cannot take the lead in leg
ialative matters and secure these things
that will benefit the valley or Salem Is a
wonder.
Dawson's Rlilroad Commission bill
passed the. Senate. Elkins' bill to allow
Eugene City to extend its credit and Issue
bonds in the sum of $60,000 to build a
Court House passed the Senate. Three
road bills, Crook's for $14,000, road In Cur
ry county j Fell's bill for $io,ooo,road from
Heppner, and Maxwell's bill for $10,000.
road In Tillamook.have passed both houses
and will go to the Governor for "further
Instructions." Jsapton's bill preventing
marriage of second cousins, etc., failed to
pass. Marriages of first cousins should not
be permitted.
Sojourner
accident ; and that it may wreck the coun
try, but surely wreck 'tself. Four years
of schooling in the deep ruts of rdversity
ill not diminish a simon pure democrat's
ardor one lota, for had we not a quarter of
century of almost monarch al rule ? The
South is not gretdy, only the rights of
states and Individuals as guaranteed by
the constitution is all they demand. Their
solidity cannot be broken and most surely
HI have a tendency to be strengthened
nder the Harrison-Dlaine-Mahone dy
nasty. It is a poor rule that cannot work
to an advantage more ways than one, and
ur memory recalls the fact that many
voted against Cleveland because he called
Lamar and Garland into his Cabinet. Now
Southern republicans are clamoring for a
place for Mahone. Who is Mahone ? Uur-
ng the war, no braver or more true an
officer unsheathed his jword in the service
of the confederacy. Since he jumped strad
die of the political fence, posing as a Re-
adjuster and was elected to office from Vir
ginia. Compare Lamar and Garland with
Longstreet and Mahone. Can it he done ?
Impossible for the former remained tiue
to party teachings and commands the re
spect and admiration of all thinking men
ever) where ; whilst the latter are held up
as political martyrs by the party to which
they now give their allegiance, and we be
believe not even respected by a majority
of the republicans.
February 10th, 1S89.
Yocxo Democracy.
When Dawson's Railroad Commission bill
came up in the senate, Senator Irvine offered
the following amendment: "The said Board
shall have the power to fix maxiimrn rates of
freight to be chafed by the varions railroads
of the state between all points within this state."
The senate voted it down at once which clearly
shows what the feelings of the senate are to
wards railroads.
Tea Party To those who enjoy a
good cup of tea and to those who wish to
Uvea healthy and long life we recommend
the Emporer Mixed Tea. For sale at the
w mamette racking Company's Store.
Albany Ope.a House
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OUU PKEDICTIOXS.
(Written for the Democrat.)
In our first article written for the Dem
ocrat over our present mn-ilc-flume, v
remarked that if Mr. Harrison wanted
peaceful, beneficial reign as President of
the United States for the four years after
the 4th proximo.that Grandson Ben would
let the wily schemer from Maine severely
alone. Recent authentic dispatches seem
to verify our prediction that James G.
Bluine will rise to the surface as Bayard's
successor, as State Secretary. For the
country's good, we regret it J for In truth
that great American tail twister will in
volve us in useless strife with foreign pow
ers and probably well nigh wreck the Na
tion. Blaine's conduct in the past, his
altitude toward Roscoe Conkling, the
meteor of the republican party, his feeling
toward that portion ( the United States
lying south of the Mason and Dixon line
ah combined is sufficient to lower that gen
tleman In sven a respectable republican
estimation. Butyettodemocracy.Blalne's
very probable return to power should not
be heralded as an ill omen. It will serve
to verify the '.ruth of our past assert). 11
tli.it the republican party is a war party ;
that it sprung from the dying embers of a
sectional strife of which It was the luck
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Samuel K Young.
Albany, Oregon
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