Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-05-21
Political Notes.

ipg letters, which explain themselves !:
poRrI.AND, May $3.50. i
Editor Comasercial--Sir: BY the |
Hefald of this morning Illearn that
the Mu1tnomah Democratic County
on yesterday, placed my
name upon the ticket for the office OF
County Surveyor / direct that my
name shall be taken off from that tick.
ct at once. While | am duly grateful
to those who, without due consideration
of all the circumstances, and who, from
good motives. gave me their votes in
I cannot regard the nomi>
aation in any other light than bur
lesque.. The Democrats OF Mnltno-
nah county, by their duly elected del
egates to the County Convention, held
March 18th, had seen fit toreeommend to
the delegates then chosen to the State
Convention, to cast their votes for me
as the Democratic candidate for Cover
nor; and, in view Of this fsct, the idea
that | should now accept the nomina
ton for County Surveyor il preposter>
Gus. More especially IS it 50, after |
had, By letter, expressly declined to &C
cept any nomination at the hands of
the County Convention. unless upon
the adoption, by the Convention, Of
certain resolutions which accompanied
my letter to member Of the Conven>
lion, and which resolutions were, by
vote Of The County Convention, laid
upon tbe table
As my letter and resolutions did not
appear among the published proceed.
ings of the Convention, herewith en-
close cepy for publication in yonr pa
per. ". w. CHAPMAN
PORTLAND, May 6. 1870.
am under obligations to the Her
ald editor for the forced complimentary
notice Of my public services in his pa
per this morning. They are treasured
where they will be remembered when
his ro,ten sheet wiil have passed away
Us was:e paper. Had he needed or
noted my earnest efforts to eradicate
from the Democratic minl the seeds Of
Reputation which the Heraid has
sown broadcast, to,day our speakers
would be saved tic necessity Of long
aud lahored speeches in defence Of the
stk resolution, aud would haze mpie
time 10 pierce the works Of the enemy
ut tie weakest points. sr4m with they
have succeeded ii, diverting public al
iention To a considerable extent.
II W CHAPMAN.
Al remember how Grorer, IN his
speech here last Tuesday, berated the
| Cinnamon and the late Bafiingane
treaty, anil prlpheeied Of the lestruc
ton of the government ia a few years.
How he naguiicd the burdens Of ths
public debt, and how be was iu favor
Of paying il OF in grcenbaeks; and to
that eud was In favor Of putting IN mo.
ton the printing presses for The pur-
pose Of making more ereenbaeks. Now
We wish to contra-t this position with
that of b. L. Harding, who is running
on the Democratic ticket in Marion
county, for the State scnatc. Thai
gentleman said, in a speech delivered
at Waeonda, last Saturday, that:
The question of Chinese citizenship
was not ard could not he made an ISSUE
in this campaign, aud he doubted very
much whether il would ever soriou>l,
divide the people Of this coast Both
parties here were alike opposed to it
| Besides, he said there was no psobabil
/ ity that the ClIinaman wouhl ever ash
/ to become citizen, and if he did ht
could not upder our naturalization laws
| Speaking of the late treaty with th'
Chinese Empire, he said the object ant
end of that treaty, like the furmel
treaties, was to extend and enlarge
our commerce with that nation that i
secured to us commercial advantage,
that we never enjoyed before and tha
this nation, and the people Of this coas
in particular, could not afford to los,
the trade and commerce. of that grea
Empire. lie showed that our prinei
pal commerce in the future must b
with those Asiatic nations, and from
whom we would derive our CONNER
| cial greatness as
On the question of the payment 0
the national debt, he said thcrewa nov
no other way of paying that debt ex
cept in coin, since the recent decision
of the Supreme Court made coin tn
only legal tender; that We had to pa,
il dollar for dollar in coin, and tha1
all talk about paying il any other wa.
WAS twaddle. The repeal of the 14tl
and 18th Amendments was simply a,
inpossibility, he said. He diiiere
]. with the Republican party on ques
ttons of tariff and the administrator
of the affairs of this State.
-.
A boy aged fnrteen hung himself q
Exeter, England, lately. deliberatel
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