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Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10
THE CENTRAL IDEA.


History and observation alike teach
as an axiom, that political parties can
not long exist without some central
idea round which 20 rally. and for
which contend. They arc not, as
many would inculcatc, simply formal
but are living things, born of sentiment,
and endure so long as that sentiment
remains popular, and no longer. AZ
ter that they must perish.
SIS As fast as parties discard living issues
they are disregarded by the people and
are overthrown. The Wing party, or
sanized in 1884, ran we'll until their
g new departure = the Baltimore Plat,
form, in 1852, when they met Water
loo defeat and never recovered. The
Democratic party with Andrew Jackson
at their head, made history by op-
posing National Banks, gigantic mo-
nopolies, and confronting Notification.
But it drank in the secession principle,
and during the war extended it's sym
pathies with the rebellion, and thus in
sured its defeat The political cam>
paigns Of 1864 and 1868 proved that
its central idea was not in accordance
with the wishes of the American peo.
pie, and that as political organization
it had run its course. II is matter OF
no. wonder that they are now east
ing about for new lead RS, and endeav-
oring to make new conditions. The
New Departure" was either a.blind, or
surrender b, b,forehand Ii the former,
the people will discard it as containing
the germs Of the principle against which
they have been fighting. If the latter,
there is nothing to be gained by a
change, and the people will so view it,
The cndeavor to affiliate with Chase,
in 1868, proved abortive. The en-.
deavor to affiliate now with the oppo.
nents of the Administration will meet
with no better success. They offer no
new, or central idea, upon which To
substaDtiate their claims. The contest
upon their part, then, resolves itse II into
a personal sqnabble for Office with
which the people have no sympathy,
nc cohesive power of plunder" will
not avail with the people, aud cannot
be supported.
The Republican party have, on the
other hand, been true to tie principles
upon which they organized, and which
have been supported by the popular
voice. That dishonest man viii oc,
casionally creep Into so large an organ
ization, must be expected But those
Instances cannot and viii not be The
measure of the party, That the party
has beeu. and is still, building up the
interests of the country, is admitted by
their continuance in Office, aud as long
as it continues SO to do, it may with
reason expect to receive the support OF
the people. " heneser it fails to do
this, defeat is deserved, aud will IN,
doubtedIy he received.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10
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10 1T sOs

"A late writer i'm an exchange COM
ments lenglhily upon the decay of po,
liteness. Are we really becoming less
courteous and polite than formerly? Let
us pause and see. Certainly VIC live
faster, do more business, travel more,
and haye more to occupy our time than
people did years ago. We rush through
ppr meals, rpsh through our business,
Fush firth to Church and back, in
factEa ARE in q rush from the cradle to
sfhe grave. Perhaps in our rush We
rush over mapy Of those little tokens of
Tespec. which characterized our fore
fathers, not SO much from want of re-
spect TOR each other, as from lack of
TINS 10 attend thereto. In either case
We shoald amend the fault if il exists,
.as politaRess smooths many Of the rough
places ip life, eases many Of the jolts
with which we meet in our daily inter
course, and renders life more pleasant
and happy, both y those who give
md those who receive its courtcsies.
We, .shoHld consider well this matter,
and five are becoming impo'ite ard
careless let US reform
~
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10
Tor Sale.

rEyEN ACRES OF LAND. with good House
! and Barn. all fenced aud under good Im>
prosetnent. situated in tno Town OF Dallas,
Polk County, an extraordinary opportunity
gEvwo HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX
Acres of Land one Mile North of Eola
Polk County good House. good Double Barn,
and other Buildings. All under fence. with fiue
Orchard, aud in high state of cultivation.
HOUSE AND LOT IN CENTRAL
a Salem, near the two Central School
Houses The House contains Eight Rooms,
all Plastercd, with Hard Finish Barn, Wood
iIoase aud all eonyeniene.s TO make it
desirable.
A FARM OF 100 ACRES. 25 ACRES IN
n cultivation, 10 acres Of fall wheat acres
of meadow, good orchard. and wpll supplied
with water. Situated three miles soathw 81 of
Simpsons bridge on Big Luekiamute. For sale
at n bargain If sold soon.
A FINE MILL SITE IN SOUTH SALEM,
"a on Willamette Slough. A block of Six
Lots, enclosed with Board Fence, good House,
Barn, Re.
A GOOD STOCK FARM, CONTAINING
"a $50 Acres, good House, two Barns.
Orchard, &c. situated on Upper Salt Greek,
miles from Dallas.
A FARM CONTAINING $50 ACRES, 100
~ acres under fence. 60 acres under the
piow; good House. Barn, and fine Orchard,
situated II miles west of Dallas.
VEvHREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES
of land, 200 acres under fence, 25 acres
cultivated, good log barn, with lumber for
house, good orchard living water near all the
year round. 3 miles south west of Simpsons
Bridge, Big Luckiamute.
A FIRsT-CLASS FARM, SITUATED AT
"a Pleasant Hill about two miles from Sher-
ilan, in Polk County, containing $50 acres, all
under fence, 200 acres in cultivation, good
Barn, Orchard, and comfortable farm House.
For sale ut the low PRICE of fifteen dollars per
acre.
GOOD BUSINESS LOCATION AT
n Buena Vista, Polk county. Warehouse
with capacity of 10000 bushels trade already
established with the interior, and connection
with the Willamette Transportation Company.
Good dwelling house, and everything ready for
occupation. A splendid opening for business.
For sale cheap.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10

. The State Central Committee recom>
mends that the several counties hold
their nIinary election on Saturday
March I'd, and their county conventions
for sAeefioG Of delegates to the State
Convention, ON Saturday March 9th
ISL.
Il ! assss r.. B. ODENEAL,
Chairman State Central Committee.
C. P.itCRANDALL, Secretary
SALEM, Feb. !. 1872.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10
FOE RENT.

A GOOD COMFORTABLE HOUSE AND
~ Barn, with plenty of FIRE wood convenient
Situate about two miles southwest of Dallas
For Particulars enquire of r. II, Tyson,
REPUBLICAN OFFICE.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10

[Gleanings from State Exchanges.

Nineteen ladies OF Eugene, chew
gum.
No ice is being put up in many of the
valley towns.
A Democratic paper is to be started at
La Grande.
The Oregon and California stages,
now stop at Crcswell.
Four boats arc running on the upper
Villamette.
The Republican State Convention is
to meet in Portland March 20.
ii. IL. Northrup, of Portland has
been appointed Notary Public.
Mrs. Brady, of Portland broke her
arm by going down stai RS too fast.
A farmer, near Corvallis, has planted
an acre and quarter, of strawberries.
Two drunken Irishmon were painted
rcd by some mischief lovers in Corval,
lis.
j. ID. Biles, and Ben Holladay Jr.,
are to start tub factory in Oregon
City
VIM. Thompson late of the Plain
deofer, will sooa assume contro. of the
Mercury.
Mr. NJ. G. Myers, Of Jackson county,
is IN the east purchasing liue stock for
Oregon
\ man was rnn over and killed BY
the cars, near Crcswell Que day last
week.
A Justice of the Peace, in Linn
county. has sent his resignation 10 Pres
ident Grant
\ Portland unfortunate attenps
ted to suicide last Friday cause, un>
requitcd love.
y Linkville correspondent of the
Democratic Times reports the Modoc
Indians very Troublesome,
4 lamp exp osion which came near
being destructive, occurred in the Mes
se"ger Office one day last week,
The heaviest rain of the season fell
in Salem on Thursday night aud lasted
till ten A NJ. on Friday
= couple OF young ladies' d1nnti male
attire, and promenied the streets OF
Corvallis, one day last week
Accounts from Willow Greek and
antelope valley report that stock has
suffered very little thus far
IS" watches anu a deru"ger were
$'"ie" 'f"" ne = hari.s Hotel ~ Al
'''9' '''s - - ''s' N''"
David Matthew the man who ran the
first locomotive IN the United States. !,
said 10 Lc resident Of Por,lupa
The new Steamer Alice Is rnuuiu. on
'hc upper Willamcttc She Is sail -
he The finest boat on that portion Of the
river.
Last Saturday man was arrested
in Oregon City. charged with a murder
committed IN Wisconsin some months
since.
Mr. K;1d ce,,Iemon from Co.,
land has nnre,.ssd farm IN v,,nh;ll
eouniy and saws savera, ather. arc oo,n,
inc on soon
arnnke, ,ox occurred :, {, Hi
:, c,...la -
was stabbed and il is fsareI fat,lv in !.
iured
Ill, =. Q. Hin =, .,
~. = - -: - - - -, IN ''''''''I .l',
- -, ~ I'u''e' - - = y =, .'""' Set1'n' ,s.n
and nresen,ed 10 her
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tH3 itltf DI tue AbuIt EIOtlSt. III
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10

The cotton crop of the South is one
million bales short Of the average be-.
fore the war.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10

The Valla Walla Uaaon reports snow
two and q half feet decpin the Kittatas,
stock for tho most part dQing well.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10
cARMlNITIvE CORDIAL,

This is pleasant antacid, and in large doses
iaNatiVei In small doses. an astringeut medi-
cine: exceedingly useful in all bowel affections.
especially of children. 1t is a safe. certain
and eifectual remedy for Cholic, Diarrhna.
Cholera Morbns, Summer Complaint. Gripping
Pain, Sour Stomach. Costiveness, Wind on the
stomach, Crying and Fretting of Children. In
Teothing, there is nothing that equals it.
softens the Gums. and renders Teethinc easy
II is no humbug medicine, got up to sell,
but really valuable preparation, having besn
in use for several years il recommends itself.
Do not give your children the asooth;ng
syrups,F tor they Supply without doing any
permanent good.
PREPARED by
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10
Mothers, I've Found Ii!

lyon YEARS / HAVE SEARCHED FOR
4 remedy that win CURE your children
by removing the CAUSE, and at last l can saw
Eureka TRY 1T.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10
Dr. w. WATERHOaiSE.

MONMOUTH, OREGON.
For Sale by Druggists. The trade supplied
on reasonable terms. Hundreds of Testimo-
mails can be given if necessary.
l3-u DIR. w. WATERHouSR
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-10
PATE N'I'S

ton If the scleEtuc American. inc uudei * ned
conduct the most extensive Agency IN the
World Tor procuring pateIts.
The besl way TO obtain an ansyer TO the
question. Can | obtain patsnt? ? iS to write
- MUM 4 CO, II Pprk Hsw New York
NJ charge Is male Tor opiui,n aud advice. A
pen nna lax sketch, or iu.i written description
Df the inycnt0n should be seat,
For Instruction concerning American and
European Pas,uls-C Ca<c,.is = Ke-issucs In
reference Ru.cs aud Pr,ceelinss Of the Pat.
eut Offices fine New Patyat Laws etc. etc,
send ior INSTRUCTION 80 III, which will
be mailed Tree, application. All business
strictly confidential. Adaress
MUM & CO,
Pabfishsrs aad Proprietoys of The Scientific
Iasersca., "a fax Eotc Nem York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-06
INVESTIGATIONS.

Politicians by trade (and poor trade it Is!
chafe i'm view of the multitude and variety VI
Legislative Investigations now current. IicIo
ara Committees of Congress and OF alinoS1
every Legislature poking their sharp noses
into matters that instinctiyely shun the hgh'
and ask only to be let alone. Custom-houses,
Syndicates, Quarantine, Harbor management
Sales of Arms Elections of Senators, Elec-
ton Frauds and abuses of all kinds.
Canal repairs, Prison contracts-in SNORT
almost every form and phase Of gain
ful abuse of public trust, challenges
inquiry and receives more or less honest
and searching ventilation. clerk can hardly
bag few hundred dollars worth OF Postage
and Revenue stamps wherewith to pay his
tailor's and tavern bills without having a
Committee baying on his track. so the poll
tician by trade wonders while he execrates,
and asks if there is never to be an end oil
this vexatious folly.
Patience, good Sir! the end is not yet
in sight! When your tribe stops steal
ing, you may reasonably hope that 1t Is not
far off. Until then, it were safer and wiser
to presume that it has barely begun.
For the average condition of public affairs
who pay taxes and do not consume their pro-
ceeds. More Offices, higher salaries, larger fees
and allowances, bigger jobs, heavier assess
ments, topped out by frauds, embellishments
and populations innumerable, had driven the
tax-payers nearly crazy with their multiform
exactions and high-piled extortions. Ra-
| pacity and venality in public trusts had be-
| come all but universal. Even the justice and
the constable of modest rural township have
been known to lay their heads together and
swell their several bills to quadruole the
charges of twenty years ago. The smart
youth who worms his way into $1,000 place
forthwith buys stylish carriage and pair
| and launches upon the sea of fashionable DIS
spation, as though he had opened a diamond
mine or fallen heir to dukedOm. The body
polite is deeply diseased, and searching IL not
heroic remedies are plainly indicated.
| Let us rejoice, then, that Congress and many
Legislatures are giving so much time and
thought to investigations. They might be in
much worse business they could hardly be Ill
better. Factions may suffer; regulations may
| be furnished; gains may be retrcnched; fast
| horses may fall in price but the public Will
| be the gamer. Taxes may for the moment be
higher, for there must DO fearful deficiencies
| to be made good and arrearages to be brought
up but We shall win through all this with
persistent resolution, and find ourselves the
better for it in the end. SO let Investigations
be multiplied and vigorously prosecuted to the
utmost!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-06
CONTRACTH-

Judge Selden objects 10 the bill lcgislating
Jay Gould and his comrades out of their
usurped seats in the Erie Directory, because
he believes that il imDairs the validity Of a
contract. and is therefore unconstitutional. 1t
has been often observed that the trained legal
mind acquires a tendency to rest unduly upon
forms and minor technicalities, and becomes
thereby unsuited for the business of practical
legislation. In one sense it is true that the
election of director and his acceptance of
the Office constitute q contract between the
officer and the company but the contract is
made subject to the limitations imposed
by the charter Of the company and the
general laws of the State, and also, to q
certain extent, by custom. For example,
director can resign without render
ing himself liable in damages for breach OF
contract; and again it is admitted that the
Legislature has power TO amend or even an
null the charter of a company, and thereby to
inyalidate contracts made in accordance with
it. All such contracts are formed under taclt
conditions. They depend upon the stability
of the charter; while Judge Selden seems to
assume that the charter depends upon the
contracts; and if bis view is sound, no corpo-
ration whose duration is not expressly limited
in the organic act can ever be legislated out
of existence.
But the gist of the complaint OF the Erie
stockholders is that no valid contract between
JAY Gould and the Enc Railway Company, by
which he is to hold the dmectorship Tor i've
years, has ever existed. They complain that
he was not fairly elected, and has never been
the choice of a majority of the owners OF
shares; and the violence with which he has
resisted all attempts to put this question to
The test by fair election, is proof that he
knows their complaint to be founded in truth.
The arguments of all his Dartisans show the
same thing. They oppose an election for the
avowed reason that the shareholders will not
reGlect the present Board. Is not that evidence
enough that a new election is justly required
There is probably no hope that the COM
mittee will be induced to report the Attorney
Generals bill; but the Hustled bill can be
amended, and we warn our Legislators that
the people will expect them to make thorough
work of this Erie reform. There are certain
rogues to whom no legislator can afford to
sell himself, at any price, and the Erie roSues
are among the chief of them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-06
A SHAM COMMITTEE,

Conkliug g. Co. have spent two or three days
considering whether they shall permit a fair
and square inquiry into the Arms Scandal, and
have at last made up their minds that the
risk is too great SO the Senate takes the bal
lots from their hands and elects a committee
from which it is hopeless to expect genuine
investigation-a committee headed by Mr.. Ham,
lin, who has put himself upon record as a
most Incorporate adversary of any inquiry at
all, and including several other prominent OPP
ponents of the Sumner resolution, without
single man who has appeared in its favor
There is one independent and moderate Repub-
lican (Mr. Logan) and one Democrat orr.
Steyenson), but neither of these gentlemen,
We believe, has given much attention to
the pending inquiry, and it is morally
certain that Messrs. Hamlin, Carpenter, and
Harlan will have the matter all their own way.
That is to say, tho investigation is to be
quiet little family arrangement, war
ranted to do no mischief to anybody in the
clique. Now. we do not PREJUDICE the case
and, so far "a Gen. Grant is personally con-
Germ ed, we are convinced that the most rigid
investigation would rebound to his credit
but We know that injurious suspicious are rife
of tho completely of his chosen friends in dis
creditable practices, and when Grants cham
pions in the Senate insist upon shielding these
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-06

The manager of the Geneva Watch Swindlc
at No 763 Broadway wants "full and COM
"plete retraction" from THE TRIBUNE of its
exposure of his roguery. The principal of this
gang, who is named Ellis II. Elias, and who
resides at the Metropolitan Hotel, applied at
this Office year ago for a similar apology,
and was recommended to call on the Police.
We recommend his brother and partner to
apply there also for information about him.
self. Meantime we elsewhere advise the public
in regard to other frauds perpetrated by these
fellows. and shall continue to expose
them until they are driven to seek other To-
calities or the Police are forced to take action
against them. The simple truth is, that Ellis
II. Elias and his brothers are swindlers who
have discretion and ingenuity enough to sail
as close to the law as possible without break
ing its letter as they violate its spirit. They
cOncOct daring schemes and submit them to
shrewd but INSCRIPTIONS lawyers, who advise
them how to avoid the legal consequences of
detection. 1t is thus they have been enabled
so long to avoid conviction by the Courts. We
shall now test the question whether they can
also escape the consequences of full and re-
peated exposure by THE TRIBUNE. Meantime,
"the full and complete retraction" is indef-
nitely deferred
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-06
Nelo-2lotk Daily Gribmo1e.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH G. 1872.
TRIPL L S III E Z T.

NJ Pouycr-Qucrtier the French Minister OF Finances,
has resigned NJ GOulard the present Minister OF Agi-
culture il. TO become Minister OF Finances "a meTm
- The noI-arriva of the steamship City OF Washing
ton at Liverpool causes much anxiety. - John
Bright accuses the British Government of want OF
economy.
In thoU &. Senate yesterday Messrs Caldwell and
Pomeioy made personal explanations concerning the
Kansas Bli5cry charges. The French Arms lnvesti-
rntine Committee was elected =- In the House, a
supplement the AppOrtionment bill was reported,
giving additional representatives to several States
Tic late storms very severe along the coast and
several marine disasters reported, with some loss OF
lie - An extensive fraudulent issue OF bonds has
been discovered in Missouri. 60 Gen BabcOck will be
examined by the Customs Investigation Committee to-
II day. =- Tho Raritan. n. j., Bridge injunction has
been dissolved. === The Union Pacific Railroad is
again open.
one OF the fraudulent Carney warrants admitted
evidence in the Hall trial. -= Thrty-twO sailor
boarding house keepers have been indicted. The
Bar Association received the OF inc c"rittNe
on ExtOrtiOns. go Mr.. Parsons of the percentage
frIn testified in the insurance investigation - In
elements found against numerous Jersey City
officials Gold, ITO, no., llOs. Thermometer, Co. 81,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-06
cry GOVERNMENT.

From letters sent us by the Mayors Of a
number of the chief cities of the United States,
we have prepared synopsis of the general
features of charter government in various
parts of the Union, and it is printed in this
mornings paper. This interesting and valua-
bic information, obtained by circular Of in
qIiry sent out by us some time ago, has been
unavodaby delayed, but We canpOt regret
this circumstance since we are enabled to
present it at moment when the condition
of charter-refOrm at Albany makes it particu-
larly pertinent. We need say little in order to
recommend it to the careful study of our
readers. The points to which our inqui
rics were chiefly directed were the
methods of elecing legislative officers, the
appointment of Che executive branches, the
division of responsibility, and the regula-
ton of the finances. The general drift Of the
answers will confirm the experience Of our
own citizens that Common Council elected
by wards or small districts will inevitably be
composed of the meanest class of politicians,
and that swindling and corruption are insep-
arabic from irremOvable Boards, especially in
the executive departments of the government.
Some of the reforms suggested by these COM
munications from the Mayors Of sister cities
have been embodied in the charter of the Com
mittee of Seventy which is now before the
Legislature. We have approved this instru
ment as q whole, for VIC are satisfied
that in several particulars it marks an
important advance in the science of
municipal government. It is now open to
amendments, and before it leaves the Com
mittee Room we beg that it may be carefully
studied by the light of the experience of other
communities. If anything can be done to
strengthen the safeguards which the Seventy
have devised against reckless expenditure,
OF to raise the grade Of Aldermen and
COuncllmen, or to settle the response
bility for misgOvcrnment, and enable the
people to reach official malefactors, the
Senate Committee on Cities have it now in
their power to introduce the needed improve
ments. They can hardly fail to draw some
help from the information which we publish to-
day