The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-10-13

sELEM. October 8. 1865.

ence to the character aid abilities of the
members of the Oregon Legislature will
doubtless prove interesting to the constit-
uents who selected them to come to the
Capital and lcgislate for the good Of the
State.
Sterns, in the Senate from Grant
county, still holds on to his seat. by a
vote in that body, strictly partisan, the
hearing of this contest was postponed
for 30 days--long after the session closes !;
thus cutting off Mujor Dribblcsby from
any further prosecution of his Claims
Sterns was the Rump candidate for the
place. He was a brazen ass before his
election, aud has not improved since, and
is now the butt of hatred and contempt
Of all men whose eyes fall upon him. He
is dcspised by the Abolition party for in
flictiDg himself upon the Senate, thus
forcing his party friends to come to his
rescue, and confederate themselves with
him in this monstrous crime, so promptly
condemned in the lower branch Of the
Legislature in the admission OF Knisely
and Mccoy, upon the same vote, over
Brents aud Mexican, whereby this unmit-
igated vagabond holds his seat adversely
TO the just claims of Major Dribblesby.
Sterns is drunken, besotted yagabond,
without honesty and without decency /;
with disgrace, depravity and corruption
bursting out upon every feature. lie
only wants the huge ears and switch tail
to make him an ass complete he brays
TO perfection, has the conscience and pas
sion Of the ass, but destitute Of the same
standing among his kind as that of the
jackass among other animals.
w. Cary johnson was most instrument
al in holding Stcrns in his seat under the
forged and fraudulent certificate from the
County Clerk of Grant county. John
son was attorney for Brents and Mexican,
in the House, knew all the facts, saw the
poll-books, counted up the votes, aud
knew. if he were not blinded by partisan
madness, that Dribblesby was fairly elect
ed by more than 40 majority, by the
sovereign voters Of Grant county, over
Stcrns, tho whisky bloat and hummer
Yet johnson marches into the Senate
aud procures the adoption of the resolu-
ton to postpone the contest for 80 days.
johnson is Il rcligionist by profession, and
hopes thereby to find justification for all
his villainy in the good graces of his
brethren. Let US strip the cloak of hy-
pocricy from him and leave him exposed
to the light OF censure, hoping thereby
that little of honesty may yet be infused
into his frozen conscience.
Little Jim Pyle is too weak, mentally
and physically, to stand much criticism.
Since Gibbs defeat he has more the ap.
pcaraucc Of walking corpse than a live
man. Pyle is now a Radical-if he has
sense enough 10 know what the term
means, but he is too feeble to ever do the
Democracy any injury or the Radicals
any benefit; therefore | conclude that
further criticism is dangerous, lest under
the criminal statute VIC should be indict.
ed for 'cruelty to dumb brutcs"
Dolph, of Multnomah, and Cranston,
of Lane, are two of the greatest nuisance.
to be found in either branch. Dolph has
a supercilious. egotiscial air about him
while Cranston has a striking" all
about him. Dolph looks as though he
was part nigger, while Cranston feels a,
though he was whole nigger. Dolph
has many pretcnsions without ability te
support them, while Cranston has nc
ability to supportany prctensions. Dolph
has supcrabundance of cold jawbone
while Cranston is the perfect pattern o
the jawbone of an ass Dolph, / should
say, is renegade Democrat, associated
with the niger element in this country
for the spoils of political favor, being un
able to win public office in the society o.
gentlemen, while Cranston appreciate.
the oderiferous scent of the amalgama.
ton party of this State, that cannot boas
that all of its standard bearers and Office
holders have pure Caucasian blood cours
ing in their veins.
Chencwoth, of Benton, is the Speaker
of the House, than whom more confused
and obtuse individual could not be found
Chenewoth has the faculty of employ,n:
dozen of sentences to express a singl,
idea with confusion, when it could b,
neatly and explicitly stated ere he is hal
done the preface. He is a man of few
ideas aud has verbiage in expressin:
them that always renders them the NOR,
ridiculous to his hearers. He will star
in and pour out food Of words aud sen
tcnces that rattle and jingle like the in
harmonious discord of dozen ram
horns in the mouths Of unlettered musi
clans, without the merest idea of what h,
intends to say before he gets through