The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-03
VOLUME III

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First. 1 will not take up the time of
Congress with long, windy speeches,
nor the time Of Committees with tales
or anecdotes.
Second. wiz not vote for nor take
back pay.
Third. will not vote for nor use nv
influence, directly or Indirectly, to ad-
vance the interests of any Railroad
Company, Steamship or Steamboat
Company, or capitalist, at the expense
of the people, or any Of them, nor un-
less, in my judgment, general good is
to result to the masses Of the people.
Fourth. will not be any mans man,
but will strive TO be independent and
free from all alliances that would pre-
vent my laboring for the general good
Of the whole State.
In reference to Indian affairs, / am
opposed, and always have been, TO Civ
ing the public domain 10 Indians at the
rate Of thousands Of acres per head, while
acItite men, who brave the dangers of pi-
oneer life and build up our civilization,
are restricted 10 a limited number of
acres, and compelled to pay for them,
either in money or in years of toll. /
have always held TO the opinion that
the Government was too liberal i'm the
former case, and not liberal enough in
the latter; that an unjust diserimina-
tion is made in favor Of the Indians and
against the whites. l believe that
peaceable Indians should receive the
encouragement and protection of law;
that every reasonable effort should be
made on the part Of the Government to
teach them the arts of civilization and
to enable them to take care of them
selves And believe that Indian out
laws and marauders should, on convic-
tion, suffer the extreme penalty Of the
law at the end of rope.
believe that the laboreF is lcOrtIy Of
his hire; that whatever tends TO degrade
labor degrades our civilization and
throws an obstruction in the way of our
prosperity. 1 am opposed, therefore, to
the present COolie system, whereby
thousands of Chinese are annually
brought TO our shores as mere SegJs and
employed at nominal wages, and 1 am
in favor OF its suppression by Congress-
ional enactments, under severe penal
ties; and while 1 would advocate any
measure tending to secure to this coast
the commerce of China and Japan, /
would never be willing to do it at the
expense of flooding this country with n
population whose presence among us
can but degrade labor, keep back Euro
pean emigration, and retard our pros
! perity as q State.
The present wealth of Oregon is i'm its
agriculture. Every additional facility
for marketing our grain will enhance
our prosperity. To this end am in fa-
vor Of all measures calculated to in
crease our facilities for transportation.
have this year raised twelve thousand
bushels of grain, and expect to do so an
nually hereafter. And self-interest, if
Influenced by no higher considerations,
would lead me to guard the producers
interest in the great question of trans
portation.
I am in favor of additional Congress-
ional aid to our State Agricultural Col
lege, to the end that that institution
may be placed on firm basis.
Some objection, it is said, is made to
voting for the nominee of the Albany
Convention, because Of the adoption OF
the resolution in reference to Mr.. Mitch
ell. The resolution is, in my judgment,
wholly an outside matter; it is no part
of the platform, nor was it intended il
should be; and its adoption, as ] under
stand it, had no reference whatever tC
the proceedings for the nomination of q
candidate for Congress. 1t is simply an
utterance of a majority of the COnven-
tion in relation to Mr.. Mitchell.
neither apologize for nor attempt to ex.
cuse any wrongful act in Mr.. Mitchell
or in any other man. l stand upon the
broad principles of the Republican par
ty, as defined in the platform adopted
by the Convention. These make up the
only issues in the present campaign.
Having said this much to the voters
, of the State, shall, in the name and on
: behalf Of the Republican party Of the
State of Oregon, go forth as its standard
: bearer in the present contest, believing,
e as ! firmly do, that every true Republi.
, can in the State will on the 18th of Oc-
: tober vote for your humble servant, and
p thus preserve intact the organization OF
the Republican party and aid i'm perpet.
4 uating its principles.
n Very respectfully, HIRAM SMITH.