The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-11
1.-THE RAILROAD OPPOSITION
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effort of the Commercial, to make cap
ital for the Radicals out of the vote in
the Senate on the McMinnville and
Astoria railroad bill, we find the fol-
lowing in reply in the Oregonian:
The following from tho Eremiay Commercial ro-
lntive to the opposition shown In tho SENATE by |
Democrats to a measure which is Of great impor- |
tanee to Oregon Is pertinent at this timc, and rs
reply to the Albany Democrat Is well calculated |
to mako that paper vince:
The Albany Democrat tries to glamor over the
oppe sition Of Senator Thurman, particularly, aud
the other Democratic Senators, generally. to tho
Portland, Astoria and McMinnville Railroad bill,
because that oppos tion Is very damaging to tho
Demoerat's party In Oregon just at this critical
juncture, when the campaign Is opening for the
next June election In the State. And then states
that 'the vote in tho Senate just before the pass
age of the bill showed only three Senator's against
It," The fact is Aat three Senators, besides Thur
man, casseriy Dari. and .Saai.tury. roied against
The biU, and that those -four did not rofe because
they had paired If eid other four Senators 'eho
,cosid Aare roted for the Liii--in which event tho
vote would have stood forty ono In favor to seven
against, instead Of thirty seven In favor to three
against, rs tho vote was actually cast.
We have italicised a portion OF the
extract, and now we ask the reader to
compare the italicised language with
thesdispatch published in the Port
land dailics, announcing the passage
of the bill, and which is as follows:
A motion To indefinitely postpone was rejected.
and motion to strike out the land grant was do
feated by n vote of three to thirty seven. Ayes
Ca..eriy, Dari. a#d !Sami-bery. Thurman Aaring
| paired oE. Tbs bill was then variousy amended
and provision was adopted prohibiting tho com
pany from taking land containing iron gold.
The bill passed Ha.hiaytoa Dispatch. FEB. 2i.i.
And what is more towards establish
ing the truth of history, the S. +. En-
aminer, which arrived at more recent
date, published dispatch similar to
the above in essential particulars, ex-
cept that Sherman, not Thurman, is
named as having paired off with one
Sims. This is doubtless q mistake OF
names. We suppose il was Thurman
who paired with some man, not Sims.
there being no Senator of that name.
Now then, who are the three Sena-
tors besides Thurman, Casserly, Daris
and .Saulsbury who voted against the
bill? What are their names, and
from whence did they come? =? And what
authority has the Commercial for the
statement that "those four did moi
vote for the bill, because they had
paired off with other four senators?
There arc ten Democrats occupying
seats in the Senate. and the object thai
|, gentlemen in the interests of the Re
publican party have in attempting tc
make it appear by fabricated state
ments, that seven of those were op
posed to the Oregon grant is obvious
Such an achievement would make NJ
Independent newspaper doubly dea
to the Radical party in Oregon. Th'
well known amiability of the Oregonin,
enables us to hope that that pape
. will trouble itself just once more will
this subject, and that it will particu
larly call the attention of its reader
to the teiegraphic information publish
ed in its own columns relating TO tn
vote at the passage of the Railroad bill
In commenting upon the fact above
- we canrot do better than to quote tn
{ identical language of the Commercial
5 upon the DEMOCRAT substituting th
u name of that paper for this. i
!. addition to its excellence and ap
propriateness, we are induced to do SC
because it enables us to pay to tn
: Commercial the compliment of quotin
from him:
..If the Commereiai erfs and misicads its rcadc
G through ignorance, the bIundcr Is parionabe, a
L though II exhibits want Of thought discrmini
\ ton on the part Of the blundercr such dcgr'
that any ything he says should be received wit
great caution but If the error s ono OF intention
deliberately made for the express purpose Of eva,
l. ing the true statement Of facts and thcrein fass
informing its readers In its efforts TO dodge bio
at its party, the papor is not worthy Of credene
% on any part. In either it shows itself to
/ unsafe and unreliable guido and organ for an
= who depend on it to lead or champion the
70 cause."