, 1862-04-19
Portland Correspondence.


/ n A.. OAALANO, OIeROH, Il Pltt 10, 1907
Oregon politics, wlrich a aqnondan1 friend
Of mine charactefizes as ''the quintessence
of everything that is mean" has again
reared its hydra head, banishing-in GER
tain quarters-every other topic SMALL
fry and Iigfr politicians-each one imag-
lining himself qualified to pocket the salary
of some ofice-have for some tine been on
the qui yirt. canvassing their chances, and
proring by loud acclaim their devotion TO
this or that party, and their Sc zeal for the
salvation of-the salaries of the Offices
aforesaid; " steaings." of course, being
always & considered in" But ;. alas, poor
Yorick = and those other poor fellows Who
got beaten at the Eugene Convention, and
those who will fall through the .trap-door
at Corvallis there are not Offices for all Of
them. The nominations made by the Tn
ion Democrats and Republicans at Eugene
city are as follows: i' f"olRDa7 mo- -5r
For CoNGREss-J JohnzR McBfide.dal
" Governor-A. G. Gibbs! to,... AL
% Secretary of State-Saml. F. May,
So State Printer-1Iarvey Gordon. ''D1a
:, Treasurer. n Cooke. o1od9 19iaa
Judge of the 4th Judicial District --E,
d. Shattuc1. ra1 fdne ...,..-
g. District Attorneys-lst Dist, = Gar
,Is.li zley; I'd Dist, A. J. Thayer Sd
Dist. John Wilson 4th Dist, w
'' c. johnson. '1 'oi lleodio5qs ba
On the whole. Iashink the ticket a good
one and that the chances are favorable to
its election. The proposed Democi attic
Convention is characterized as a secession
movement and though honest Union Dtm-
ocrats and good men aie enlisted in It's be-
half there seems too much foundation for
the charge for many DEMOCRATS to support
it. The sentiment of the people of Ore
gon is unquestionably right on the Union
Iqnestion, and it is not even barely possible
for a secession element or one believed to
be such, to triumph. -u -
Our city election. held on the 9th, re-
suited in. the choice of he following off,
GERS Mayor, w. II. Farrar; Recorder, J.
F. Mccoy: Marshal. VIM Grooms. 7Ae'l.
~ The usual stir, on account Of tie emigra-
ton to Salmon river, is manifest in, our
streets. Every boat goes up loaded, and
many are yet weiting for passage, There
are some two or three hundred pack AMI
mails now in the city .aw waitng transporta-
ton above. aiaf yi, Jdl Be- sn.o,-
Our Victoria neighbors are discussing the
feasibility of Opening direct trade with
China, while our neighbors at Vancouver,
w. T., are bound to have a direct trade be-
tween that place and Salmon river. The
mammoth steamer Sinclair is to run be-
tween that place and the Cascades, and the
Glenn Brocn is to be taken above the Cas-
cades, and the Allen viii be put on the up
per Columbia Either of these steamers
are capacious enough to carry at least.twen-
ty passengers and ton of freight. The
Lerlqthan has not been assigned a place
Wells, Fargo & Cos. Express is now
getting fairly into operation with the upper
country, and we hope to be better supplied
with news matter from that quarter than
we have heretofore been. Ned James. the
most popular and accommodating of the old
line. with his lady, has left for his appoint
ment in your city. oH''n oj bi.o.,
A new paper, styled the Democratic Reg
lister, has lately been established at Eugene
City, by Mr.. A. Noltner. tbs six of
one and half-a-dozen Of the other sheet,
and advertises fol a smart active boy.
about Is years old, desiring to learn the
printing trade frsil.q1a ua9b ye., ,., n.
2 The Standard. notice, is adyocating a
division of your Territory. This. sup
pose will not be objected to by your citi-
zens. PHENIx .9ai