The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-05-14

INTERESTING STATE OF AFFAiRs.--
Col Chapman, oe Portland, delegate from
Mnltnomah county TO the Democratic
State Convention, and candidate before
that Convention for the nomination OF
Governor, being endorsed by his own
county, was candidate before the NUT
nomah County Convention, recently held
at Portland, for the State SENATE, proVi-
ded the Convention would adopt series
of resolutions written by him and which
were substantially the same as those
adopted by the ''workingmen's societies"
of whom Col Chapman was the acknowl-
edged leader The convention not only
refused to adopt these resolutions of the
work1ngmen's associations, offered by the
Colonel, but entirely ignored the Colo
nel's claims for the State, Senate But
for fear the workingmen might take UNI
bragg at this cavalier treatment of their
acknowledged Leaders and champion, and
to heal whatever of ehagrin ard pique
the gentleman himself might feel,
the convention very complacently and
condescendingly rendered him the nomi-
nation of County Surveyor! In note
to TIE editor of the Commercial the day
succeeding the convention, the Colonel
directs that his name shall be Immediately
taken from the ticket, saying, in view of
all the facts above recited, he can only
/ view his nomination III the light of bur
lesquc But to cap the climax and make
the sarcasm of this nomination for the
petty office more keen and palpable, the
Herald. in its notice of the nominees of
of the convention, discourses as follows
of Col. Chapman:
For County Surveyor, Col W. w.
/ Chapman, a lifelong Democrat and dis
/ tinguishcd citizen, is named. The name
/ of Col. Chapman is connected with the
history of Oregon from the early days,
and no one has taken a more distinguish
ed or honorable part in public affairs.
His voice has always been heard in de-
fence of the people and the public, and
against monopolists and tyrants.
This touched the Colonel to the quick
Forbearance ceased to be,a virtue. Like
man and a politician he had stood up
brayely under defeat, without word of
complaint, but when the Herald attempts
to add insult to injury it rouses all the
lion within him, and he hurls back atthe
Repudiation concern the following scorch-
ing bu. truthful response:
PORTLAND, Friday Morning, May u.
I am under obligations to the Herald
editor for the forced supplementary no.
tice ofmy public services in his paper this
morning. They are treasured where they
will be remembered when bis rotten sheet
will have passed away as waste paper.
Had he needed or noticed my earnest eff
! forts to eradicate from the Democratic
mind the seeds of Repudiation which the
| Herald had sown broadcast, to-day our
/ speakers would be saved the necessity of
/ long and laboring speeches in defence of
/ the Sth resolution, and would have ample
7 tine to pierce the works of the enemy at
/ the weakest points, from which they
have succeeded in diverting public atten-
/ ton to considerable ex ent
w. W CHAPMAN.
L iie we are ~ uTaW ITOlil MS
recital is, that although the Democratic
party always make great professions of
love for the working man. and is con-
stantly promising to extend its mighty
arm in defense of his threatened liberties,
! yet the moment the working man or his
/ champion comes forward and boldly asks
for this proffered aid and encouragement
and the right to be represented in the
councils of the party, that moment he is
snubbed, and informed that he must taxi
a back seat. How many more cases OF
| similar duplicity on the part of the Dem
oeratic party will be required to prove to
sensible men that all its boasts of love and
veneration for the g noble workingmep,
the g bone and sinew of our country
are the veriest clap-trap, hunibug and
pretensc, and are only made just on the
eve of election to catch the ignorant and
prejudiced?
KILLED BY HIS HoRsE.-Jesse d.
Walling, an old and respected citizen oi
| Polk county, was killed by his horse run