The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-06-28
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land administers q nlerlted eastlgatior
Oh the Portland Herald, for l,s lncon.
sistent and foolish colirse In reference
to the RAILROAD Interests Of the State,
The following Is the article,
| We like consistency In all things,
but more particularly do We admire il
In a party Journal. making pretentions
to leadership, and claiming lts ex-
pressions shall be law, and adopted lay
The smaller fry" as the lesser colln-
try newspapers are sometimes termed.
We have our reasons for this, and
they are good ones. A "leading" pa
| per, in the first place, that Il incon-
sistcnt has no force with the opposl-
tion, and can do the party no good I;
in the second. its uftemnces are very
likely to be taken for expressions Of
the party's sentiment, and place the
party IN false position; In the tlirl,
because oitcntimes the smaller fry"
are bothered IN following in the wake
of such leadership.
The Oregon Herald, as at present
managed and controlled. is one OF
these inconsistent journals. of which
we speak, and is doing all that it can
possibly do toward rinously affecting
the Interests OF the Democratic party
of Oregon.
There can be no denying the fact
that the people of This State are in
favor OF fostering railroad enterprises,
and will, whenever the opportunity
offers, lend whatever encouragement
within their power to aid in their con-
stfuetion. They know full wen that
the development of the State must
| come through railroads, and Tint the
longer their construction is delayed
the greater time must elapse before
the dSired development can be accom-
plishcd. They Of the Willamette Val
1 ley understand that the building Of the
two lines now being pushed Oh toward
completion will Increase the yalue OF
their farms and furnish them the
means of shipping their surplus pro-
/ ducts to market, and they know that
I without them, population will not in
crease nor will their farms and pro-
/ ducts be in demand or find a market.
Eastern Oregon desires Il railroad,
and the people of that section would
be willing to grant subsidies, tc any
amount within their capabilities, to
secure the building of 4 line That
would give them rapid means of com
muication with the outside world.
They are so situated that without Il
railroad there il no hope for the fiji
tire. and with one. they have all the
wealth and prosperity they may de-
sire.
With the sentiment of the people
thus fixed, and with their interests
thus dependent upon circumstances
over which they have no control, but
must cater to, the course being pur-
sned by the Hermd can only place the
party in the light Of opposing the in
terests Of the people OF the entire
State, and for no good substantial rea-
SOUS. In one breath it declares Ben
Holiday to be u wealthy monopolist,
ready AMI able to build railroads, and
control the State with money. II nee
essary; and before that Il .ool or for
gotten, 1t reck!es>ly asserts that he Is
bankrupt and his railroads worthless.
This contradiction Of itself by itself
cannot effect Holladay, but it can and
will convey the impression that if the
Democratic party Is opposing him it
is doing so merely from spite, and not
from any Just eanse or prdSocation.
The Democratic party is above such
petty Warfare, and its members of
that class who never stoop so low. II
the idea was to become fixed in their
mthds at any time that of such was
the party to which they belonged,
they would spnrn it with disgust and
turn away from it with loathing.
Cannot the Herald, in its mad raw
ings. see that it is liable to create the
impression among the members of its
own party that the intention of the
party has finally resolved itself down
to opposition to the welfare and pros
perity of the state? Does it not know
that the moment that this was fully
established that the Democratic party
would not amount to corporal's
guard at best? Can 1t not see that
Willie it is claiming to be the leading
party organ Of the party, it is really
the party's lenaiag e1iemy9 Let it re-
collect that railroads benefit Demo-
Gratis as well as Radicals, and then
perhaps 1t will see to what Its mutter-
lngs are leading it.