The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-22

of the Convention, on account Of ILL
ness, Mr.. Grover was elected and
served as President pro tenn.
In June, 1858 the Constitution hav-
ing been ratified by the people of Ore
gon, Mr.. Grover was elected on the
Democratic ticket, as member of Con-
gress to represent the new State mt
Washington. At the close of the
brief term for which he was elected
he returned to Oregon and formed a
law partnership with Hon. j. s.
Smith, our present Congressman. -
He practiced his profession in Salem
until the spring Of 1852 when he re-
moved to Portland and became a
member Of the late law-frm Of Smith,
Grover Il Page which for several years
was one of the leading firms in that
city.
In 1862 he took an active part in
the support of Gen. john +. Miller
candidate for Governor and Judge A.
T.. Wait candidate for Congress, ON
the Democratic ticket.
In 1864 he was President OF the
Multnomah Democratic Organization
for conducting the political campaigns
of that year. In the Presidential can
vass of that fall he made several
strong speeches in behalf of General
Mcclellan.
In 1865, Mr.. Grover was nominated
by the Democratic Convention of
Multnomah County for State Senator.
The party did not expect to carry that
county, rs Mt the previous election it
had given Republican majority OF
nearly 500 votes. Yet by the vigor-
GUS canvass made by Mr.. Grover and
his ASSOCIATES on the Democratic tick
ct the Republican majority was re-
duccd, in 1856, more than 300 votes.
In this same year Mr.. Grover being
one of the Multnomah Delegates in
the Democratic State Convention
which assembled at Portland, was
elected and served as President oi
that body. BY this Convention he
was chosen Chairman of the Den, <,erat.
ic State Central Committee, which DO
sition he continued to l.old by success
s.ve elections ur..il his nomination
for Governor ut the late Albany Con.
ven':,n.
;, For the last three years Mr.. Gro
yer has been the manager Of the vii
lamette Wooden Manufacturing Com
pany of Salem, the oldest aud mos'
important manufacturing establish
ment in Oregon and the first of the
kind on the Pacific coast. OF thi,
institution Mr.. Grover was one of the
original founders in 1856, and he has
been one of it's directors nearly all tas
time since. Many of its most import
ant works have been constructed un
/ der his immediate supervision and
much of its success has been q grea
| measure due to his efforts.
. MIR. Grover has been uniformly {
} Democrat since attaining his majority
has never lodged vote or missied III
!, election, and has been an active mem
ber of-the party. expending his ser
vices and means literally in its behalf
Nor has his Democracy been of an,
uncertain type, for while he has al
ways been Conservative, his views
have nerver differed from the enunci
atoms of any recognized Democrat,
! Convention, State or National, HI,
never permits political notions or va
carries to swelve him from the ortho
: dox Democratic faith; but he may al
, ways be found following the ancient
landmarks" and leading in the patl
worn by the feet of the Fathers who
have gone before.
/ His character as a man, is above re
proach or suspicion. He has beer
inside politics, as constantly as any
: of our public men of his age, and ye
he has not been defled but sta ID
forth "Tunstall" in partisan warfare
a stainless knight" of the politica
arena. He has attained the only un
official dignity to which Americana
can aspire-he has worn and kept tn,
character of True Gentleman.
: Gubernational honors will grace be
comingly such a man; and by th'
, help of the good people of this good
ly State, he shall wear them before
the year is out.