The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-07-07
ANTHONY NOLTNER.

also a fact, and an invariable consequence.
that it is their own ignorance, their own low
cunning, their own dishonesty, their own
mendaeity, and their own egotism, which at
last eompels them to be the tearers down and
destroyers of the temporary fabrics they have
reared for their own gloriRcation.
OF this class of contemplate individuals is
anthony Noltncr, who reioiccs in beholding
his name figure as editor and proprietor .
of the Weekly Democratic Review at Salem
Had this little fellow been content to occupy
his proper sphere in the line for which his
attributes and impulses, his natural and ed,
ucational abilities qualify him, perhaps even
the reporters of police matters, of petty lar
comics and small rascalitics, would have let
him off with the ordinary mere passing
notices: but in an evil hour the demon of
vanity got the mastery of his other bad traits,
and, by first elevating him from the position
of dish-washer in a Corvallis hotel to that Of
. devil +" in the printing ofiee there, put
nim on the road to ruin; and now, though
we dislike very much to descend to so low
subject, a sense of duty to the Democracy
eonstrains us to present some facts in con-:
nection with his newspnperial career.
; The little man is never wearied of articles
in his own paper glorifying himself, and
obtruding upon his readers how much he
has done for the Democratic party, of the
great and manifold sacrifices he has made
] for the party, and how much the party is in
idebted to Iim for his wonderful services
during the past FIVE or six years. The truth
is. that for all this time he has subsisted
upon the bounty of the party and the exceed
ling good nature CT his employees, without
ever having given anything like an equiva
| lent in either instance. Reclaimed the use
| Of the material upon which he printed the
! Register by false pretenees, and it is by the
same arts he has ever since maintained his
connection with the Review. The fact is, he
cannot write a grammatical sentence. nor
does be know how to spell the simplest Of
words Of or over two syllables. We have
heard that he did once undertake TO pass
himself off as ian orator at Democratic
meeting in Union county. two years aga,
but hat attempt suf6ccd hin-the fellow
could not han,blg the Yeoplo that way.
/ lie talks particularly about dis devotion to
Demoeshoy. It certginly did not crop out
very surprisingly wien he tried to sell the
Eugene City ReyisFw to the Abelitionists in
1861; nor did Democrats of Eugene City
Precinct tilin}5 5fmueh Of his Democracy when.
lin a full C.yb meeting that same year, they
u.saninloykly passed avote Of ceasure against
him fsr{h;ssiolation Of Democratic duty
and iaistDemcoras5-and business integrity
lalso-#as somewhat questionable when he
made midnight Journey 70 Salem in the
!. Wiate4of lSG4-5 to sell cut the Democracy
Iof Lane ard the ofiiee which did not belong
70 him, to infinica1 parties.
But. further, as to his Democracy. lie
was a candidate before the Democratic State
Convention at Portland, which met April
4 9TH Of this year, for the nomination Of State
Printer It's a well known rule that when
ia person presents his name in candidacy in
a Dezocratic Convention, he then becomes
pledged to abide the issue, and is in duty
aud honor bound to support and yota fer tbs
! nAlninees of that Convention, without regard
to his s#n personal dislikes or feelings ID
the matter A. Noitner received e vote:
for the nomination of State Printer. The
: successful candidate over him received 81
votes. The little nan returned to Salem
: vastly detected, hugely disguised, amusingly
enraged. First, he declared he would moi
t support the ticket at all. Next, he protested
that he might vote for Kelly and possibly
for Lane ), but never would he vote for Fay
Bell, or o'Meara. A change was some
kouo wrought in The little man, however
8 He condescsndsd to eeme cut with an edito
rial notice-written for him-of all the can
Ididates on the Democratic ticket, except tn,
candidate for State Printer. Other speakers
E who visited Salem during the caapaign-
even 4 Abolition speak kera-received mentor
in the columns Of the little man s paper, bu
mot word or line would he or did he say O
Z i " -i1cdktts EtttS OLC tDSltHCS WutTG Wtl
:. likely to injure that candidates. chances q
election. lie published no unkind word, NJ
damaging truth against the Abolition candi
date for State Printer. Neither did h,
i against the Abolition candidate for Stat,
] Treasurer, nor in favor of the Democrat.
candidate for that Office. We DO not asser
E that the loan of a certain $50 from Mr.
: Cooke to the little man had anything to d,
S with the business, butwe do know that som,
very good Democrats in Salem believe tha
! it bad. But let all this passive come nov
to the fact: the little man did not vote th,
f full Democratic State ticket on the day 0
/ election. lie scratched his ticket, and, a,
8 his reason for not voting for o'Moara, h,
e since declares that he does not thinl
: 0'Meara is a Democrat Faith, we ar,
i very sorry over this. Yetit is some balm t,
Jour laceTated feelings to know that if tn,
e great little maa-or little great man-of tn,
a Review thinks weare not Democrat, Of ou
T of I34 delegates in the State Convention
E and nearly ten thousand staunsh Democrat,
f lin this State have most signaIly recognized
US as one worthy of their support We re
: nenbeT.aa certain campaign in 1862, il
: which, although wo procured the nomination
s Of one anthony NoItner as the nominee fol
9 State Printer in Convention-=by rery hart
e fighting, too-and although the Bemocrati,
papers Of the State worked hard to secur,
: bis election, he not only was defeated, bu
ran farther behind his ticket, propsrtionate
q y, than the terrible { secesh, JEFF. Davis
t Roman Catholic, traitor, disloyal Demo
i cratic candidate for State Printer did in til,
d late election. When the same little man il