The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-11-21

hceoEulnElyi uileE WHicht - "by So'tSos "t'0
presentedj the House would pass upon the
'clcction returns and qualification ofits own
MEMBERS
TO say that the House had no right to oust
member from scat, upon contest just
because the Committee had reported him en-
titled to scat, would be to deny it the right |
Of being the 'iudge Of the qualification Of
It's own members"
how could any gentleman contest the scat
Of another One gentleman cannot contest
the seat Of another until that other has been
declared entitled TO scat. Hence Mr.. Bel.
lingcr could not contest the right Of Mr.
Bensal to q seat until Mr.. Bensal was dc.
cIared entitled to seat. And who had tho
right to declare Mr.. Bcnsal entitled TO scat
The House, most assuredly.
So that, with all duo respect to the scced
ing members, must insist that this objcc.
ton is the merest buncombe, and that, too,
Of an cxceptonable character. The state.
ment that they wcro "detcrmincd to proceed
as rapidly rs possible with buaness and ad
journ within the shortest space Of time con.
sistcnt with the interests Of the State," Is
as fallacious and sophistical, if possible, as
tho one recited and refuscd above, and is
eontradictcd by their daily action in tho
House. Boing aware Of the fact that Dem
ocrats would, in great degree, DC held re-
spousible for the legislation Of the session,
they began, early in the session, to clog leg.
islation by making numerous useless motions
| in order to defeat those important measures
demanded by tho interest Of the State at
large. Reference to the journals viii show
that in one mornings session they made no
less than eight motions to take up n bill
which had been referred 10 committee, and
hence cas- not in possession Of the House,
and that, too, when they we'll knew that the
bill had been 50 referred, thus showing that
all the interest they seemed To have in them
was to prevent the perfection Of that lcgisIa.
ton, imperatiyely demanded by the people
Of the State including those whom they
claimed to represent. To show the people
0A At41 tStAAE Aa8S0 AtE AAAgStAy &sASAE9tGA
bringing those eonspirntors 10 the bar Of
I public opinion) how fallac,ous and unblush.
ingly false are many Of the statements made
by these republican sccessionists in their
" address" it viii only be necessary TO re-
fer 70 tho statement that "after the most
criminal delay ofothcr business, this Joint
Resolution s. j. Il. No. 4. was passed ex-
clusiyely by Democratic votes" &c. Now
the House consumed about three hours in
the discussion and passage Of that resolution,
Mr. Galley Ia Republican, occupying more
time than any two members. Where, then
is the a. criminal delay - Il only existed in
tho minds Of thase whse criminaiity was then
being held up to public scorn by setting
forth the facts connected with the ratiIca.
ton Of thc 18th Amendment, by Radical
Legislature two years ago. To use com.
mon phrase. " There's where the criminal
part came in" The appropriation already
made by the House, and for which no pro.
vision has been made in the general appr6-
priation bill, foot up the fearful aggregate oi
S20s ,000," This | pronounce to be un
qualifcdly false and challenge an an
swer." Then complaint is made that the gen
ernl appropriation bin calls for the fearful
sum Of S225 ,527, which needs no other re
ply than TO say that the appropriations made
by a Radical legislature two years ago. foo
up the fearful aggregate" ofs26l 900. Their
where are the = monstrous exccsscs" charg
cd by these loyal secedcrs2 4 difference o
Sc, 900 IN favor Of Democratic economy
Ii is certainly not in very good taste fo
Radicals to charge Democrats with extrava
gance, when il is patent TO every thinkin,
man, that they have entailed untold millions
, of taxation to support hordes Of lazy negroes
who live comparatively in afiuence, whil
the white laborer tolls the year round ant
then has nothing to show for his weary toi
but his tax receipt, il lucky he has save,
enough topay his taxes. Again ''Wh,
this general appropriation bill was no
brought forward and passed within the tim
allowed by the Constitution, is somcthin,
which, at present is involved in mystery
How wise these seceders have become
They now limit the session of the Legisla
ture to fortysdays, yet they were ".willin,
to serve the State beyond shat timo and al
low the Democracy to erd their session
with some appearance Of decency."
, Ifit be true that the session is limited t
forty days by tho Constitution, why wer,
they willing to thus violate their oaths9 VIII,
did they not go home and thus break quo
rum, instead of resigning? If the session
, expires by Constitutional limit at the end 0
forty days, they might have gone homo ans
the House could have no authority to :. com
pei their attendance. The truth is tn,
Consultation makes no provision with regart
to the length of a session, but very wisel,
leaves that question to the discretion of th,
{ Legislature, but limits the PAY per diep. o
members TO $l20.
come now to one statement in this Radi
: cal address which, for audacious disre
gard of truth and fairness, has no parable
/ even among Radical politicians of Oregon
quote faom the q address, "A Demo
crat offered one of the most insulting resolu
| tions that could be conceived, the substance
of which was, that our present Governor ant
? Ex Governor Gibbs merited the contemp
, and condemnation of all honorable men. -
el Whv do mt those Radical 60 rcheIs y tall nj