The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-05-30

OuaPihs . nali idst evening. luo uuii was
well filed with anxious listeners to the speak
ers. Mr.. Hogue opened the debate, and took
| the ground on national affairs as has all the
candidates of the Union party. On local is
sues he showed, and we think to the salts
faction of all present, that in regard to the
petition for the reduction of the salary of
the County Judge, that it was gotten up
through personal and political motives, and
not for the benefit of the taxpayers of this
county. He stated, on authority, that some
of the names attached to the petition were
forgeries, and, as good authority, he men
toned that of ]. K. Kelly, who, he said,
never signed nor authorized the signing of
his name to the document by any one. We
also noticed in the reading of the names that
J. W: Blakely was not satisfied with his sig-
nature once, for his name appears three times
on the petition. Thus it will be seen that
the whole thing was gotten up through po-
liical and personal prejudice, as stated by
Mr. Hogue. On the matter of county finan.
ces he showed that when the present county
officers came into office that this county had
a heavy debt hanging over it and that now
we are out debt and the county scrip is
worth ninety-fve cents-the value of scrip
four years ago was forty cents on the dollar.
His position on the Senatorial question is as
we noticed a day or two since. He is thor
oughly friend of ]. W. Nesmith for re-
election-a friend that will be found when
he is wanted not bound up by party eau
cuses, but free to cast his vote for the man
who is by far the choice Of the people of this
county.
Mr.. Humason followed Mr.. Hogue through
his argument in national affairs. He said
that the Democracy was always on the side
of the Constitution and the laws he did not
want red handed traitors admitted to Con-
gress until they were pardoned-the he was
in favor of admitting them. This, he said,
is the position of ]. D. Fay and his party.
Now, this sounded rather bad, coming from
Judge Humason. Did he think two years
ago that the Democratic party was on the
side of the Constitution and the faws2 We
think not. If he did, he certainly acted
wrong in his opposition to and denuneiation
Of it at that time. Was not the Democra ic
party the same then that it is now2 They
say their principles never change. IF they
were opposed to the Constitution and the
perpetuity of the Government two years ago,
, as then advocated by Mr.. Humason. are they
not still opposed to them? We cannot see
by what presto change arrangement this par
, ty is brought to be the Union party of the
> country if we take their doctrine for it--tha
| their principles neuer change. Mr.. Humasou
5 grossly misrepresented j. D. Fay's position
on the admission of Representatives to Con.
5 gress. Mr.. Fay has declared in every speech
Q he has made that he is in favor of admitting
q everybody who presents credentials with.
n out questioning their loyalty; and We
i are compelled to take his as the doctrine oil
the party. We have not space to follow Mr.
Humason through his entire speech. On oul
county affairs he dealt some time on his pc.
q tition-he said he was the author of it he
4 drew it up and had it circulated, but he failed
q to explain how the name of the Democratic
: candidate for Goyernor-J. X. Kelly-camt
!. on it, aud how it was, that ]. W. Blakely's
r name appeared on it three times. He though
y the salary of the County Judge was too high
r that 5000 year was sufficient compensation
did not know why the salary had been in
creased ISL 200; no persons petitioned OF
asked the Legislature to do it. We are cog
: infant of the factsi in the case having been Sec
}, retary of the Convention that put Judge Den
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