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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18
DEATH OF Ex-sENATon GREEN

Tho veracious telegraph, which is
great in small things, never deemed it
of sufficient importance to announce
tho death of ex-senator James $.
Green, OF Missouri He died in st.
Louis, we SOC from q notice in the
Union, on tho 18th of January, at the
age OF fifty.three, under circumstances
of comparative poverty. We quote
from tho paper named +" He was q
Virginian by birth, having been born
in Fauquier county, on tho 28th day
OF February, 1917. In 1896 he re-
moved to Alabama, but here he only
remained o year. He next took up
his residence in Missouri, and it II
with that STATE name will be as
sociated." The lew York Herald says
of him
His only reliance was on the ben
Gifts he received from good common
English education, and upon this
foundation and daring spirit he es-
sayed success and won it, but not
without severe struggles. In 1910 he
was admitted to tho bar and achieved,
after some time, lucrative practice.
He soon after entered the field of pol
itics and was also fortunate, as We
find him In 1874 Presidential elector,
and in the following year he was ap-
pointed member of tho Convention
for the revision of the Constitution oi
Missouri. In 1916 he was elected q
member of Congress and served two
consecutive terms. In 1943 he took
the stump against the late Thomas II.
Benton, and attracted considerable
attention by the vigor and force of his
arguments. President Pierce mp
pointed him Charge d'Affaires and
subsequently he became Minister Res.
ident at Bogota, New Granada. In
1850 he was again reelected TO Con,
gress, but before taking his seat ht
was chosen TO represent the State oi
Missouri in the Senate of tho United
States, where he remained until 1861
During his Congressional career ht
served on several important commit
tees. As a lawyer, his course hai
been somewhat distinguished by hi
argument before the Supreme Cour
on the boundary dispute question"
Many will recall him to mind a
having had many contests in th'
United States Seaate with Stephen A
Douglas on the Lecompton question
in which he maintained his side of tn,
the question with surprising ability
As q close, logical reasoner, read,
with all the weapons of effective de
bate, he had few superiors.-S. I
Examiner.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18
THE OTHER OK GonED.

It certainly does make marvellous
difference with Congress in these days
which leg tho boot is on. When Mr..
johnson asked fer s3O3, 900, 900 to de-
fray ordinary expenses, the fact was
made ground of impeachment -
When Mr.. Grant asks for much lar
ger sum he is proclaimed the great
modern retrencher. And we all re-
member that when Mr.. Seward bought
Alaska, although no did not presume
to pay q single dollar upon the pur-
chase until after Congress had given
assent, he and Mr.. johnson were
dreadfully abused because Congress
was not consulted in the negotiation.
But behold Mr.. Grant has consumma-
tod nice littlo job with one Baoz,
calling himself President of the Dom
incian Republic, and has paid down,
cash in hand, S150,000 in coin, with.
out consulting anybody. This We
suppose was to bind tho bargain. II
was in any event q great assumption
Of authority and il Congress were
now half 80 virtuous a. whom Mr.
johnson was President, tho whole Re.
public would bo reverborating with
tho anathemas Of loyal Congressman
II 10 only tho littlo difference betwoer
my OK and your bull, you see.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18
LINN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

In pursuance of the action of the Democratic
Central Committee Of Linn county. the Demo
cratic Convention will be held at the Court House
IA the city Of Albany, on
Wednesday. the 16th day Of -Narch, 1870.
at IL o'clock, =. m. for the purpose of electing
IL delegates to the State Convention, 10 be held in
the city Of Albany, the 23d day Of March, 1870.
II II hereby recommended that the Democrats
Of Linn county meet at their usual places Of yot-
Ing in their several precincts, on Saturday, the
18th day of March, 1870, for the purpose of ehoos-
Ing delegates to represent them in the County
Convention.
The ratio Of apportiOnmcnt is based on the vote
east fer the Democratic candidat for Congress in
the year 1858, giving to each precinct dele
gate, and one additional delegate for every thirty
Demoeratic votes cast, and one for every fraction
Of fifteen votes or over, rs follows, viz:
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18
rnE rARmrD,s DRoKER's TAX.


After all, the telegraph was nearer
the truth concerning the Farmern
Brokers Tax for selling produce than
the Oregon Revenue officials in their
report of the matter. After constituting
the law with the utmost liberality, Com
missioner Delano still finds that farm
ers who make a business of selling the
products of their farms, from stall or
stand, arc required to take out a
Brokers license. Mr.. Bolden, the Ore
gon Deputy Collector, was consider
ably muddled when he declared the
law to mean that, If farmer sells the
produce of other farms thaa his o,cat, he
is then produce broker and must
pay special tax. The following from
Commissioner Delano shows that it
makes no difference whose tho farm is,
the necessity for the license is only
qualified by the facts of selling for q
business and the manner Of doing 80 ;
We quote from the n. z. Tribune of
Jan. Goth:
Commissioner Delano, writing 70 sn Internal
Revenue oGicer In Ohio abOat the tax on faamsrs.
says However desirous MAY be to relieve fArsn-
ers from tax for selling the products Of their own
farms, am unable TO hnd any legal authority to
do Il il Il Is their occupation 10 sell thsm unless
they fall within ono of the exemptions or sxcsp-
tiOns above mentioned. Tho ruling under which
person who makes il Ais occupation 10 sell ths
products of his own farm from stall or stAnd Il
required to pay special tax as produce broker
should be construed reih Rs utmost ibsrahty, Civ.
ing him the benefits of all doubts respecting hi,
liability
The exacting and oppressive charac.
ter of the law is moro severely felt IL
the older States, where produce sell.
ing by farmers is subjected to munich.
pal regulations; where market places
are established and farmers are com
PEELED to sell at q particular place. Ii
all such localities it will be seen thai
the provisions of the law have sweep
ing application. Commissioner Delanc
himself is guilty of severely condemn
ing the law when he indicates a de
sire ''to relieve farmers from tax foi
selling the products of their own farms,
but says, he is unable to find any ,au
thority to do so. We doubt if more
infamous civil enactment ever dis
| graced the Statute Books of an,
country than that which exemptl
bond holders from any share in the
burdens of taxation, and taxes farmerl
for selling the products of their owl
farms. It is only one degree remov
ed from wholesale confscation of th'
effects of the poor for the aggrandize
ment of the rich.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

SENATOR Williams has introduced, IN
the Senate, resolution instructirig
the Secretary of the Treasury to en-
quire into the expediency of erecting
a lighthouse at Yaquina. It is high
time for the Senator to be looking af-
ter Yaquina. We are daily looking
for some 'tmoye" for Corvallis and
Yaquina Railroad. The Oregon Leg
islature memorialized Congress nearly
twoyearsago on the Yaquina lighthouse
matter and we should like to know
why the Senator has reserved his mani
festation of interest in the subject until
this late day. All the interest Viii
iams has in Yaquina is confined to the
votes of its inhabitants. He belongs
wholly to Portland. He has quite
recently invested large sums in real
estate there, and neither he nor his
Portland constituents viii tolerate the
rivalry of Yaquina or any other point.
Portland is the goose that lays the
golden egg for Williams, and if any
body votes for that Senator under the
absurd supposition that his influence
viii be exerted In favor of . light
house and railroad, and for building
up commercial interests antagonistic to
Portland, he has an undisputed right
to take prominence with Thompson'a
historical colt.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

IN the case of Georgia, Gen. Terry
it seems after expelling large num-
Der of members of the Legislature, de-
cided or caused to be decided that the
persons receiving the next highest
number of votes should be sworn in.
And these were the votes that ratified
the 18th Amendment and that will be
instrumental in cramming if it sue
ceeds- that obnoxious measure down
the throats of the unwilling people of
Oregon. And what has Oregon done
that she should beforced to share with
Georgia the penalties for ofenses that
the latter alone is charged with? u
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

THE Oreg0nian goes back on that
colored man and brother from Missis-
sippi, Reveals, the negro Senator. 1t
declares that no man can be United
States Senator who has not been cit
izen of the United States nine years /;
that negroes were not mado citizens
until the passage OF the Civil Rights
Act in 1866; that therefore Reveals
has not been q citizen for ninc years
and "that no negro has been for nine
years citizen, therefore, no negro Is
now eligible to the Office OF United
States Senator" The darkoy Senator,
like all of his color, has only been
worshipped at respectful distance. -
And after all these Amendments and
Civil Rights Bills and Reconstruction
measures, after all this effusion oi
loyalty, after all this blood and ali
these tears, is it possible that Reveals
viii knock in vain at tho Senate por.
tails? Only think of loyal newspa.
per fourishing the Dred Scott decision
in the faco of tho man from Africa al
the capital gates, and proclaiming In
this day and age of tho world "thai
no negro is eligible to tho Office oI
United States Senator" Deluded
Ethiopian! Unnatural brother.
"He came to his own and his owr
received him not.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

AND still the Oregonian keeps up a
dreadful din about the extrayagance of
the Democratic Legislature of Cali
fornia. That don't "bodder" people
here as much as things nearer home.
Besides, there is nothing of it.
Generalities are confusing and per-
picking. Put your finger on the items.
You can't keep throwing sand in the
peoples eyes until after the election.
They viii learn your trick before that
time.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

Mr.. Judd introduced bill TO constFue
section of the act exempting certain
manufacturers from internal tax, so as
not TO treat as manufacturers hog pack
ers, lard rendercrs, or pcrsoas engaged
in saving hams or canning meats, or in
the provision trade, &c., and to refund
all such taxes already collected. The
bill was referred TO the Committee on
Ways and Means.
Garfelde, Of Washington Territory
introduced bill tn grant land for a rail.
road between the Columbia river and
Puget Sound.
Morgan has introduced a bill in the
Senate to call in and cancel the Treasury
notes. and authorize the issue of $500.
000, 900 in gold notes.
On motion Of Wood, the President wa
asked by what authority the Spanisl
war vessels were TO bo repaired in tn,
Boston navy yard.
Carpenter introduced bill increasing
the salary of the Chief Justice to s12,
900, the Associate Justices to $4,000
the Circuit Judges TO $1,000 and Dis
trict Judges to $1,000.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

SENATOR Williams has been in Con-
gress nearly six years, and yet, Ssnaz
tor Williams foundno time to attempt
any thing in behalf of Yaquina until.
within three months of an election
thatis to decide upon his claims for
reelection. # Yaquina will consent
to be his s.cat's paw, then we very
much mistake the mettle of the people
who live there.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

NoTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN aTHATs Trr.
IN undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of
I las A. Johnson. deceased pursuant to an order,
of and froW. the Couaty cssrt made on the on
day of February, 1870, will sell at pablic auet;on
to the highest bidder at the Coupk House aaor II
the city of Albany, in the ooanty of Linn lar6
State Of Oregon, on Monday, the 2Sth slav nf
March, 1870, between the houSs Of o'clock 4. \.
and o'clock P. NJ, the following described Reai
Estate of said Estate. 70 wit: The South half of
the Donation Land Claim Of Elias A. johnson. 8
described on the plats aud maps Of the Uuise4
States Land Office at Oregon City, Oregon. na
Claim No. 81. Notification No. I'LL, 10 Townshin
No. 10, South of Range No. I, West. IN Linn
countys Oregon. containing 160 aores--excenk n
acres in the southwest corner Of said tract. AIso
8 acress described IS follows: Heginning GO roaa
North Of the half mile corner, dividing section IL
on the West at the Southwest corner Of Wm. All.
Phin's land in said Section in Township "a. sonsh
Range 4, West thence East rods: thence e.,s1Is
50 rods, thence West 40 rods; thence Nerth .aq.
rods Is the place Of beginning
Terms of sale viii be for gold or silver. asssf;soA
half Of the purchase money to be paid down. s.s,
credit for the other half will be niEe mopths ~
giving note and the land purchased 10 Be vivS,, *
mortgage for the security Of the last pavnen
ABRAHAM MILLER. in.
Adm'F OF Estate of y. A. johnson. Decd.
Also, at the Same time and place, viii BE sold IN
tho same manner and on the same terms. the !.
North half Of the same Donation Claim. conta;r-'
ing ace acres. By Eliza Johnson widow az DEED.
By KEQUEsT or ELIZA Jonxeow
Feb. Is, 16to-v5n27w4
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

CoSonEss will surely never get en-
tirely out of its troubles until it plucks
up that Supreme Court, root and
branch. Here now is tho Georgia
ratification Of the 18th Amendment
forced. upon tho people by men
whom Gen. Terry elected to the Leg
islature. And the danger is that the
Court may some day undertake to say
that this pretended Legislature was
not Legislature, but that it was the
very same bogus arrangement that il
is, without any power whatever to
speak for the people Of Georgia and
not fit to represent any body. And il
that State should happen to be still
needed in the count, what muddle
would our amendmenters be In.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

The Democracy of Indiana have
made plank in their platform call
ing for the taxation of stock in Nation
al Banks. That is just what ought to
be done in every State in the Union.
A bill was introduced and passed the
last Oregon Legislature for that pur-
pose, but was never signed by the
Governor. OF course the out-and-out
Republicans are all opposed to taxing
National Banks "on principle" but no
body will do SO who wants the rich to
pay taxes as well as the poor, unless
Providence for some inscrutable pur-
pose has created him fool.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

THE Oregonian is making great hub
hub because the bill for the admission of
Virginia passed both houses of Congress
by strict party vote. Why should
Democrats vote to admit, upon tho most
degrading and despotic conditions, .
State that according to their belief has
never been out of the Union But tpass-
ing that, if the vote in the House was a
strict party vote, will the 0regoaian OK
plain the following speech Of Ben Butler
in the House, January "a, replying IN .
little sct-to between Bingham and Butler:
Mr.. Butler (Mass.) eaid that no would begin
where the gentleman from Ohio left off; not with
misquotation, but simply to say that he had
never threatened to read the gentleman out Of the
Republican party. Nobody could do that but
himself. Whether he had done that in passing
tho Virginia bill through the House by a "snapV
Judgment, and lcih the aid Of his Democratic atiies
tho country would judge. Whether the gentle-
man was TO have an ovation VIXEN he went to
Virginia ho did not know, but be had seen some
hint of that kind Ia the papers. lie should like
to be present in spirit. where he could look ON
fnot eInbodicd) and soc the Virginians toasting
tho man whom all their papers announced ms the
murderer Of Mrs. Surratt. [Excitement.1 What
d sight "The lion and - no, not sthe lamb"
but another animal. Laughter.]
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

SYNOPSIS OF LATEST NEWS.


ALBANY, Feb. 9.--The Assembly re.
jected the motion 20 appropriate s249,-
600 to pay the anti-war debt ID coin.
RICHMOND, Feb. 10.-The House Ju-
dietary Committee reported adversely on
the resolution referred to it in October
last, proposing the ratification Of the
18th and 18th amendments.
James Mcdonald was elected Secre-
tary Of State, and William i. Taylor 1st
Auditor.
RICHMOND, FEB. Gov. Walker
sent supplementary message to the
Legislature to-day. referring to the diff.
Guilty Of finding Judges not disqualified
by the Fourteenth Amendment. He
recommends that Congress be petitionad
for general removal Of disabilities. The
establishment Of an asylum for insane
colored people Is also recommended.
HARTFORD, Feb. 0.-1n the Republi.
can State Convention to-day, Senator
Buckingham presided. They nominated
the present State ticket, except the 1t.
Governor. Morris Tyler, of New Haven,
was nominated for that position. The
resolutions express gratitude for and de.
yotion to the Republican party, to equal
rights, and re.afirm the Chicago platform
They congratulate the President and the
country upon the completion of recon.
struction, and the adoption Of the Fif
teenth Amendment; praise the Nationa
Administrative for its economy aud fideI
lity in reducing tho debt favor the pay
ment Of tho national debt in coin, and .
speedy return to specie payment; de
lnounce rcupdiation in all its forms
whether by taxation Of bonds CT their
payment 10 paper; call for continued
economy 10 National and State affairs
for an impartial levy and prompt col
lection Of taxes, the removal of taxes
from the neccssaries Of life, and the i'm
position of taxes on luxuries endors.
the tariff for revenue, but so devised al
TO relieve labor and encourage it, ant
Iavoid strengthening monopolies, and ad
yocate the generous discharge Of all OBJ
litigation 10 disabled soldiers.
The Banking Committee examined
Gen. Porter. The facts are private
With regard to his knowledge of tn
gold conspiracy, they obtain importan
cyidence, showing the efforts Of the rim,
to involve the President and his famil
lin the scheme.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

oners we're found to be armed Il, All eases.
PARIS, Feb. 13.-Fauville, the friend
Of Victor Noire, and witness Of his death.
has been discharged from custody. The
other editors Of the Marsei1ioise are still
in prison. Rochefort is not permitted 10
see his fellow prisoners A proposition
TO impeach the Imperial Ministry was
sent in last week by Rochcfort to o Dep
uty, 10 be introduced in the Corps Leg
islatif, but the Chamber refused to hear
it, and after the sitting the Deputy sent
Iit to Schneider, the President Of the
Corps.
The chances Of Duke Montpensier for
the throne Of Spain are vastly increasing
lately. France, it is said, Is quite ready
to espouse his cause. so far as her in6uencs
may 50, and Prim has promised his
support.
Another American, Vincent Dannsy,
has been brutaIIy murdered, without
Iprovocation, by the Spanish soldiers 1t
Havana.
Order has been restored in Paris and
the police has ceased making arrests.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

The House, by vote of so to ~,
declared that tariffs should be for pro-
lection rather than for revenue. which
means that it is not for the purpose Of
defraying the ordinary expenses of
government that the Radicals make
tariff laws, but to enrich manufacture
ers, to foster and strengthen monopo-
lies, to establish an aristocracy of
wealth, to give the blessings Of gov
ernment to the rich and heap it's heavy
burdens upon the poor.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18
THAT SENATORIAL NOmrNA.
TION.

The proposition to select In the
Democratic State Convention the
Democratic candidate for United
States senator seems to be generally
endorsed. There has been but one
obiector and that one assigned no rea-
sons. II the Democratic Convention
is not competent to select q candidate
we should like to know who is. The
people are to elect tho Senator and the
people ought to select tho candidate.
Very likely, such a course would be
death to few Senatorial candidates,
but the man who depends for his
election upon his chances to manipu-
late Legislative caucus, ID not just
tho man to mako Senator Of. The
choice of the Democracy of the whole
State is the man we want. There ID
no way TO find that choice that is 90
simple and unobjectionable as that
which brings the matter before the
primaries and gives o certain indica-
ton Of tho wishes OF the Democratic
voters in the State Convention. That
Convention will represent those votors
It will represent thOm faithfully. II
will bO above tho suspicion OF subjec
ton TO improper Influences. It is the
highest, bost and safest authority II
the party and there Is no apparon
reason why it should not DO preferred
in the selection OF candidate for on.
House of Congress as well as for th'
other. The practice of doing so wa
originally adopted in this State ant
should have been adhered TO.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

Tn telegraph says that they are
impeaching State officials in Louis
lana for using State funds to buy
Treasury warrants with. But what
would be done down that way if they
used the funds to build brick houses
with9 That is what annoys us over
this way. We don't mind the buying
of warrtnts with public funds. We
have get used to that insignificant
sWindle.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

A new Tariff Bill is the latest Con-
gressional item. The new bill like
the old ones, only more so, is in the
interest of tho manufacturers and
against the consumers. When popu-
lar clamor against these odious tariff
laws becomes 80 great that it cannot
be disregarded, Congress remodels
the law with a great show Of concern
for the people, but it always tfanspires,
as in this instance, that the people
don't gain anything by it and the mo-
nopolists get rich the faster.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-18

A few Republican papers in this
State are still on that lively old strain
about the unheard-of extravaganza
and peculation of some Democratic
officials in some Democratic State q
few thousand miles away, wherefore
they trust people will beware Of giving
the Democrats power in Oregon. But
did they ever hear that those same of
fcials or any of them ever stole es-
cheat funds-say 81, roo coin. Please
answer this, wont you?