The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-06-14
CORRESPONDENCE.
NEAR D4taAs; June 10th, 1872.

ENsCi"hy3 "ho go Wv s'ss''sf O't' SS'''
ty partially under the jAsisslietion of
the State, thought l wosdd chime in
with an election item.
Monday mornings sun peeped over
the Cascade range into the balny pre-
chlcts Of Polk OH two jubilanS and
noisy, yet friendly parties, who tsere
very anxious to stake their last sCad OIL
Polk giving Burnett or Wilson, as the
case might be, n clean hundred, and
their county ticket tIom fifty to sey-
enty-flye majority. Each party hasi
counted noses. AMI could not help but
know what the result would be; yet
they knew the cllicanery of each other
so well that they conld not help but
view such blagadocio and proposed
lavish bet as OF bad omen. Both eyed
the capital they believed to be at the
others command with the eyes of Il
snake, but time proved that there were
but five surplus bits in the county and
they imbe,lded in the heads of the NOM
inee's canes.
The polls opened in due time, and
all went off quietly, with the exception
of an occasional outbreak from few
drunken men, till two ladies, both f;.-
males. presented themselves to the
judges, claiming their rights to suf-
tiagc under the nigger clause of the
l4th and 18th Amendments to the Con-
Stitution. The judges, who were mar
ried men, thought they could imagine
shades difference between buck Mig
ger and white woman. but our brave
females claimed the difference, fiat all.
to he invisible to the naked eve, and
proposed an immediate and proloug-
ed war between the sexes unless their
votes were recorded. Rather than rise
en- n,asse against the women of Dallas.
who We're unskilled in the Use Of
firearms, and cause rivers ofblood AMI
such like to flow from the bodies Of
wounded and dying sisters, the judges
called upon =. G. Sullivan, WHO had
been making the woods ring in illun-
der-toneS against ex-senator Williams
since the opening Of the campaign. IL
throw his respIeudent legal talent into
the public market, and decide on such
cases as might arise during the day, re-
sIRcting the rights Of women and chill
dlrn. The call was n welcome one.
Sullivan was originally a Republican,
falling to get Office, had flew the track.
and knewthat ifhe should 60 into the
Democratic ranks his position would
not be bettere'l, for years atleast. hi,
long string of abuse and personal WITH
peations against the Democratic wing
for years back would entitle him to but
little standing and fewer perqnisites II
he should make the s,nnmersilult into
that party immediate and complete.
and he desired TO avcnge himself for
not being especially noticed when his
own party had a Congressman to
choose. So he waited TIL Williams
had finished his speech in Dallas and
started for Portland, when our friend
of long suffering, III a long and e,o-
quent speech, completely flayed VII
lams and all his acts While in the Sen
ate. The Republicans of this county
say that Sullivan has Hoped over to
the Democrats, and they are ''glad 10
see the curse removed" &C.. while
Democrats are downcast and aggricvrd
that such topper should have been
imposed upon them.
But to return to the subject nn.hr
consideration, the above prelude being
a synopsis Of Mr.. T.. $ political status
at present. When called upon to en-
plain the occult and mysterious things
in the books of legal knowledge con
ccrning the right OF female women.
Hon. 2. G. Immediately repaired 10
his wardrobe and adjusted his harness.
breeclin'. seized Il COPY nj
Ayers almanac, which contained tie
to the constitution. mn
for lIclmbold's Bu,ltu
and many other valuable legal doc,,-
mentS, and made post haste for Tie
scene OF hoStlilies. When he arrived
he found weeping, snufiing at tlls
nose, and mashing of jaw teeth among
the judges and women. lie COM
manded peace, then reld from his al-
Imanac the 18th and 18th amendments.
a clause from the Buchu motto, where
It Is recommended aS number ftr.t
for the kidneys. &C.; then told the
women to stand firm. pull on the bit.
fneel he: be Of strong kidney like
Ilcir defender; favor him for Con-
sress OH any AMI all occasions, and lw
would see that their votes would echo
md re-echo from hill to dale. They
moaned at his bidding. The oatll
was administered about as follows.
DO you and each of you. pledge
your word and beauty that you are
Ireeborn white male citizens of the
United States, and always have been.
and are in advance Of the age in which
YOU live, 80 help You JehoSsifat!
Response: You bet your old clothes.
Be it said to the praise, legal attain
nentS. and personal appearance Of
Hon. =. &. the judges had to wilt.
md to come and register the votes Of
,ur heroines.
After the turmoil was sufficiently
luellcd, and peace at the polls pro-
'laimed by the constable and his hui
lreds Of deputies, voting was crowded
'long till evening.
As the shades Of evening began to
lover around, and the polls from the
litterent precincts accumulate. the re-
ult Of the days work struck both par
les as an electric shock. 1t was scl-
rally understood that the county was
'ery close, but that If one in either
,arty was elected all would be. Dis
abstraction was hardly known, but
he unfolding of the poll-books disclos-
d the tact that the Republicans had
'lected the Senator, one Representa-