The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-03-18

The continued and repeated attacks OF
the enemies of the Herald, in the Demo-
cratic fold, throughout the State, is bring.
ing out and successfully showing up the
truth with regard to certain Democratic
measures passed by the late Oregon Leg
islature, all of which exhibits the rotten
ness and corruption of the party and its
organs in the fullest and most conclusive
manner It is hoped that this attempt at
truth telling (probably the first attemp.
ever made by Democratic journalso, will
prove beneficial to the community at
large, even if the doses are small and ir-.
regular Even the Herald, Democratic
State organ though it be, has been forced,
by the assaults of Democratic journals,
principally the Jacksonville Times, to
make an exhibit of its talent in the Truth
telling line, marvellous as it may seem: al,
though the indulgence of this talent shows
up the rascality and meanness- Of wire
pullers Of the Democratic party.
The principal incentive that induced
the Herald to make display of a talent it
had studiously hitherto kept hid from the
public gaze, seems to have been the pub
lication of the letter written By Mr.. Sem
pie Zone Of the proprietors) 70 Mr.. PEN
noyer, ieditor of.that paperD during the
session of the Il gislature last fall, in
which Seniple talks in very plain Lam
guage ofsthose "Oro Fino fellows" and
explains the line of policy to be pursued
by the Herald Among other important
facts which We CLEAN from the Herald,
confession, one of the most important is
the acknowledgement that the passage oi
the bill by the legislature last fall, usurp.
ing the control of the Portland police sys
tenn, was secured by a pack of outrageou:
, Democratic lies, "made out of whole
cloth, to put down Phil. Saunders, the
efficient Republican Marshal elect, foist
, ing in hia place one J. II. Lappeus, one
of the .'Oro Elmo fellows" We give the
Herazds confession in full:
fi As we before remarked on principle, wer
opposed to the bill, but soon as the news OF it
introduction into the Senate WINS received in Port
land we had conversation with the Mayor OF tn
city and mem bers of the Council, upon their solic
itation, who declared that the police arrangement
were totally deficient, and that the urgency of th
case demanded the passage of the Police bill
Under these statements, and justifying the Law
, solely as a retaliative measure, We reluctantly
gave our assent to the bill But our subsequen
: disgust may be imagined, when man who ha
figured most prominently in securing its Passage
told US the most Of the statements to the insult
fciency of the old police was manufactured out o
whole cloth, simply for the purpose of Dustin,
Phil. Saunders and putting J. Ii. Lappeus in.
At the time the charges against the
city police of Portland were made, Repub
lican journals pronounced them false and
without a shadow of truth. The Herald
now goes further, even, in its denuneia
ton of the measure; in its "disgust" il
pronounces the charges above referred to-
a pack of Democratic lies-statemepts Is
manufactured out of whole cloth" /,
J was ever thus. Let the Herald go on
now and free its mind to the great edif
cation of the people. Let us have full
and complete showing up, in all their de-
tails, of all other legislation effected by
Democracy at the late session of the
Oregon Legislature, that could in any
wise be turned to the use and behoof oi
. Democrats 1t may prove refreshing and
entertaining reading to our people.
RECENT DECISION OF JUDGE BOISE