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Party Responsibility.

III" Republican party is Responsible;
lur those measure, and acts which it en-
dor>c> on uettnd7 70 hold it account
able Tor every act OF il, servants. is to
cundc'nn Il community Tor every trans
9rcr>!pn OF the law. No code OF laws
eau make men honest no organization
can be entirely free from ra>calitv.
Laws can restrain the disordcrly and
PunIsA dishonesty; organizations can
fcpudEtc rascaiity when found. Beyond
tins. neither law nor organization can
be justly held responsible for the short-
cohiu@s OF those who are dishonesty
inclined. Human judgement i, often IN
ciroi confidence, apparently well found
cd, i abused, men Who hold GOOD repu-
tailons fail; the trusted turn out ruscal-
| his ha, becu 80 from the Foundation OF
t'iiic, amt WILL III all probability, con-
tnluc To The end. The best we can hone
Iot l. that bad inca, as soon as known,
alidIl BE- driven from power; that quc,-
uohAbIc puhlc measures shall be de-
puncCd; that good men shall bc select
cd to rSht the wrong done; aud that /
al.arP Watch be Kept upon those who are
Iot The time beng called 10 represent
ana protect the people interest. The
purtst individual that ever lived ha,
hadc mistakes; has ropOscd confidence
III unworthy men. 10 expect other
wise Is To look Tor perfection in human
nature. HE best party hat can be or
9ahlZed by the wisdom, Intelligence,
and patriotism OF the nation will at
times be led into the support OF men
who Will prove unworthy OF public con-
ndence. 10 endorse the acts OF these
men would be to transfer their inquitr
To The party itself; to promptly repu-
dlatc them Is to elevate the party above
reproach OF censure. We should draw
broad line betweeen the bad faith OF a
servant and the good intentions of his
master. The Republican party has had
lis iaIthless servants, but i'll no case has
1t attcmp,e ed to shield them from the
punishment they earned. As soon as
discovered the party has repudiated
them, and entered before the people its
earnest protest against their acts. The
record OF every Republican State con
yehtlon gives evidence of sterling NOR
allty among the masses of the people
Never i'll its history has its standard Of
public Integrity stood as high as it does
to-day. Ii demands honest men for
public positions and is determined to
to have them. No measure, no act, no
character can hope to be whitewashed
by the Republican party. Both man
and measure must stand upon their
merits. If they are just and true, the
party will be quick to support and ad-
vocate them; If unjust and dishonest,
they will be consigned to oblivion. We
have faith i'll a party that stands guard
over the actions of its servants; that is
ready to repudiate whatever is wrong;
that is independent enough to exact
from its leaders the highest qualities of
personal character and official integrity,
The Republic can never be in danger
when SO true and loyal a power guides
the administration of its affairs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-10-16
1)ortrp.
Memorial Ode.

Written by J. q. sake and read at the nm.
''ilng Of the bust of John Howard Payne. au.
thor Of "Home. Sweet Home
To HIM who sang Of Home. sweet Home"
IN strains 80 sweet the simple Law
HAS thrilled million hearts, we come
A nsiion's grateful debt 10 pay.
~ rot for him the bust we raise:
:, An. no. Can liceS> lips prolung
5nt' : trumpet voice: The poet, praise
Lives III the music OF his song.
be noble dead we iond,y SEX
10 honor with arplaudng bfcath:
nhr'dt fa't the words we speak
pom the du /. cold car of Death.
= not IN vain the spoken woId.
Nor Vain the monumc at We raise:
Nl;h quic Acr thrph> our hearts ar. stirred
To catch the uohieness we praise,
toiumhia'> son>-we shar, his fame:
'II> for ourselves the bust w.. rear
nat theN who mark the craven name,
May know that name To- IL i, dear.
p,ar A. the home the exile secs
The fAirc-t spot beneath the skv-
W here first upon n mothers knees
Ile slept. and where h. ycarn> To- die.
But not alone the lyric fire
NJ a. M; The dramas muse czn tell
lil- EenIu, could kean inspire:
h'mh!e owned his magic spell.
\ hesn. 10 "Brutus" scif 20 true,
A. true 10 Art and Naiurr's laws
lie seemed the man the poet drew,
And shared with linn the town, applause
'.
h nd hr1rt> and brave. with truth severe
lie arcR, unconscious. from hi, own;
@ nature rare. But pilgrims here
W III oii"nesi lay. in pensiyc tone,
" iih rrNcrcni face and liit.d hand
Iwss hc-by fortune forced 10 roam
" no. homeless. in q foreign land
- >wceily sang the JOYS Of home'''
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-10-16

II is said OF Western editor that he is
fearful penman, the style of his hand
being cross between a twisted wire
close-line and Virginia worm fence
One editorial does for several DAYS, the
compositor deciphering it from the head
down the first day, then tail up the next,
and crossways on Sunday.
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carpenters, but slgnifying literally
"handcraftsman."

fipropos Of trading, newspaper notice be-
fore me says: Twenty persons. including
women Qades in Burmah are priyilegec) have
formed themselves into mercantile firm aud
obtained from the Woon Of Bhamo monopo-
ly for the sale in the Bhamo district of salt for
the Shan States.'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-10-16

Written by J. g. SAKE and read n, the nm.
''''ng oi The bust of John Howard Payne, au-
thor Of 'Homc. Sweet Home
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-10-16

To make tall man short-Try to bor-
row five dollars of him.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-10-16

An Ohio reporter, desperate for an
item, has given the world the avoirdu-
pois of the Grand Jnrv.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-10-16

A circuit court-The longest way
home from the singing-school.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-10-16

The Shah scratches his head with the
corner of a salt-celar.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26

"Bill Arp" writes Gentlemen
there IS one thing about drinking.
almost wish every man was re-
formed drunkard. No man who hal
never drank liquor knows what a lux
ury cold water is. / have got up ii
the night in cold weather after / hat
been spreeing around and gone to the
well burning with thirst, feeling like
the gallows and the grave and the in
fernal regions were too good for me
and when | took the bucket in my
hands, and with my elbows trembling
like had the shaking agne, put the
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26

DDN'T GET A RIDE. THE day Mr..
Ruby, across the way, was to be
buried, Mrs. Moriaty told her daugh-
ter Clarinda that she guessed she
would attend, as she wasn't feeling
very WE'LL and q ride would do her
good. She knew there would be
several covered carriages furnished
at the expense of the family, and she
was equally confident it could be SO
managed that she would occupy o
portion of one of them. She was
among the first nt the house, and oe-
cupied prominent position. AS the
other friends arrived she took occa-
sion to recall "reminiscences of the
late Ruby that brought tears to their
eyes, and when the services were
over, as the first coach drove up for
its load, the distress Of Mrs, Moriaty
at the death OF Mr.. Ruby was 80
marked as to excite the liyeliest sym
pathy. Then the second coach drove
up. Mrs. Moriaty had got down to
the gate by this time, and as the door
Of the second coach was opened, and
a call made for the occupants, it
seemed extremely doubtful If she
could hold up another instant. She
leaned against the post, and stared
into the coach, and over its rich up
holstering, and said the late Ruby
seemed more like son to her than
q neighbor. Whereupon the usher
looked appropriately sad, and called
up the third and last coach. This
had yellow cushions and pink straps,
and Mrs. Moriaty didn't hesitate to
protest that in the death Of Mr.. Ruby
the community had met loss ii was
not possible TO recover from, and
that She would follow him to his last
resting place If she had to do it on
her hands and knees, and would feel
grateful for the opportunity. Then
The third and last coach filed and
drove off to take it's place in the line,
and Mrs. Moriaty dried her tears,
choked back the sorrow Of her heart
with one mighty gulp, and strobe
into her own house, shutting the
front door without the mid Of the
knob. She told Clarinda that it was
the scaliest affair she ever went TO,
and had II not been for the body
there would have been no funeral at
all. Danbury Netos. b
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26
oIp.EAskloNnp lprMochAdY.
Hon. Allen O. TISurmnn's Rennnflrs 10 th
Democratic State Convention Of Ohio,

Do.VcENhc StNte COhVont1On OF OHIO,
IINHfNN HIIilllE NI l----- +UIIi.iiI4. f3ftifl Z
A Gentlemen of the Convention Il
:. / was in the best possible condition tc
speak Would notinfict speech on YOU
at this late hour ofthe day; but am
not in condition 10 make speech
4 The severe sore throat under which
am suffering forbids that, but have
voice enough TO promise you that you
shallnheareme to yodrohearts content
between now and election 1t has
happened that the men the most mer-
itorious, and who have deserved well
of their coIatrymen, owing to the
effect of the prejldices Of the land,
have not received commentator. l
car say with gratitude that | have
been Tar more than, rewarded by the
good feeling and commendation OF
the Democratic party II will be the
most grateful recollection Of my life
that the Democratic party has said to
me: %Weli done, thou good and
faithful servant" [Cheers.1 Gentle
men, ! need not say that / am proud
of this day, thatI am proud Of this
Convention ;nbut / will say to you
that, while others may be surprised at
the outpouring of the Democracy to.
day, l have not been surprised, for
precisely what / expected has oc-
curfed.W bug nldl Ylilal @ t9ao
But l am proud of il for many rea-
sons, and first and above all that it is
cohclusively and irTefragibly proven.
that we are party Of principles; IL
is oonclusively and irretragibly proven
that we will not, whatever biandish-
ments may be thrown around us, sur
render our principles, Measures may
die, but principles are eternal. We
may have advocated measures, and
they may bave been defeated. We
may have opposed measures, and they
may have been adopted. We may
have been defeated on issues and
measures, but on principles we have
never beendefeaSed and dnever will be.
The most remarkable fact now exhib-
tied is that no party has ever achieved
success for any length of, time save by
filching Democratic principles, and no
party can succeed in this country that
is not based on Democratic principles,
for they are the principles Of free in
stitutions, of free government, on
which this republic is founded, and
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26
A TERRIBLE scANDnL.

The New York Tribune, of the
9Th, closes an article with the follow
ing allusion to terrible scandal It
is evidently levelled at Matt. Carpen-
ter: ai U-a Dol 7,l.9A l-t
"The last grand scandal, touched
lightly by the press, is not of avarice
and greed, but Of intemperance and
lust. Open, public, brazen, Haunted
in the faces of decent wives and
mothers, and OF pure daughters and
sisters, q shame, foulfronted, sicken-
ing, beastly. Between the sensual
sot, of brilliant intellect but vile asso-
Citations and depraved habits, who so
lately set himself and paramour on
public exhibition III this city and at
Long Branch-bctween him and the
Presidency of the United States are
but two lives, and one Of them of
frailestten1re. Is the nation drunken,
that it sees this large Disgrace paraded
under its very eyes, and takes into its
nostrils the stencil Of the ofense, and
makes no sign OF nausea has dead
and buried decency no resurrection I?
Who and where is the clear thinking
statesman-no, not statesman, com
mon nran-every.day man-bard-fst-
cd, rough and hearty but honest way
down, true TO wife and family and his
own manhood, who will roll away the
stone IRON the sepulchre of public
virtue The time calls out for him.
The country waits his coming. A.
nation bowed down with shame
brought on it By its trusted servants,
with It's face in the dust, prays IN its
anguish for some coDvulsion that shall
rend the heavens and purify the air.
And the United States Senate-what
is its datys Has it aDy self respeet
ieft n
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26

The DEAD BABY.-It was a tiny lit
tie thing as it lay in its coffin, and
the people who looked at it with the
eyes of strangers, wondered why the
parents were so 10th to giveitup. It's
small hands were meekly crossed over
the breast; the best little dress its
poor mother could afford was placed
onits form, and then the undertaken
came aud carried it away out Of the
city, The head that once found no
harder resting place than the breast
ofthe mother; the idol of the house
hold; the petted darling Of the fami-
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26
scIssoRNlea.

NHi ally BGI5Ou VIII WcufS lNl3G nNlL
is not fit person TO sit il The house
: Of the Lord said an Indiana preach
er in his sermon. Immediately as
one man every woman in the house
= rose and went out.
A southern negro. knowing the
profits of Internal revenue olncers,
exclaimed, when he heard that
Rothschild had left a fortune Of foai
= hundred millions, "Golly, he must
had a good deestrick."
A Pennsylvania man owns Bible
III years-old that had never had its
leaves cut. If such careful usage
continues, the sacred volume viii
answer for his descendants for twice
as many years to come.
Charleston street cries: Shrimp
gwine by, byas. Here's your big,
fat shrimp. I'm trying to make On
honest living now, and ef l can't I'll
have to go back to stealing. Raw
shrimp gwine by, byas. Here's me-.
Sarah DeCamp was laughing and
giggling in church at Grand Banks,
coIiv rSmorI,ad sitf6a dev;I hos M
eve on Won sarah DaCamn ! and
Sarah DaCamn want right pnt and
drywhaa berself
4 aosao,., ,.os;,a;, I, ,,,;,,;a IL h,..
- e~. 49, ,f $500 nn,ns;o',s m aI,;a'..,5 NJ nv y
the organ nnrohasad 10 h;s chnrch
and when called mon to close tbe
service with nrayer said: "Cal on
the machinel If Il can sinr the glory
of Cod Il can pray too. Call Oh the
machiner'
..wNo+ a. ~, ,,,oon IL GoE sn5
,;faSS ~ ~ ! ~ oE,sl,a,,,,o % ,,;s @.u e.,.,
I ~. M ssioaIsot I c,r,n 80 T;,tS asieeayy
ON 10 NC tonather II w;sh mep
l;ved balf 90 1eacsf,,lv with thsiy
wiyes--'' siStop /" said tie lady ntie
them together and then you'il see
how thew will aoree,ng
H. hst ,Nf;ss TS;tty A. ! l,al, Aetey
toil;na ei oIi,o,t tba bolloon ascanaions
,ha weeother and cher tbings he
osIod I obr,,ntir. nSvhere 4 yo,,r
,nntharsa i.0hS so;d tbe ew ,oi
asmsei iVo ,srloft ber n home T gamer
ollv 10 ,vben 7 come toIa hall what
is home without a mother"
A oorntrr youth ,Sho y;s;ta5 4ya.
tro;t oftar ;ndnlo;ng IN e;ght glosses
of soda wata,. seSe,5,l iagsps : onort
of - Ior" na,', msaohss ma, lor,5e nslnsr IL
cborrissi % bolf dozsn bot9les II non
two @ ,,cvnds I Of nearnt candy andi
some o balogna md crackers was
snr,r;sed t5at he ,.d;dn't feel vell y
80 aI5L,.a.aa rS,onat ,,,oa.ho,
sermon upon the duties Of wives,
said II see in this congregation u
woman who has been guilty of DISC
bedience to her husband and 10 or
der to point her out l will fling my
breviary at her head" He lifted the
book and every female head instantly
ducked. a ag mii gor
Az Anbrrn Nav York n ;nrv of'
twelve good and true man afier lonp
and ardnous consideration Of the
snbiect have formally decided tbat h
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26
M sSIrTH.I

The candidate OF the great mora
4 principle party, Hi Smith, failed tc
4 put in niappearance here last Mon
day. Col. Nesmith sent an appoint
ment here to speak on that day, ant
also an Invitation TO Hi. to be present
4 Considering His well known procliv
tiles for talking, ii appears passing
strange that he did not come to time
The subject Of Hiram's eloquence re-
minds us of little story. In earlier
| days, before railroads were thought ol
and the only means Of public loeomo-
tion was the REMEMBERING stage coach
Hiram had occasion TO ride from Sa-
lem TO Eugene. He obtained seat
on the outside, with the driver, and,
as it was a cold night wrapped him
self up warmly in Salem blanket
and prepared to do the agreeable to
the driver, Clack, clack, went His
tongue, all night long. AT first the
driver whistled cheerily to his team,
but as the stars came out and the
moon sank behind the coast range his
spirits began TO flag, Clack, clack,
still went HIS tongue. The inside
passengers reused themselves occa-
sionalIy to growl out their disgust at
the din outside. 1t made no differ
enoe to Hi, In the Long Tom bot
toms the driver noticed that the
fiocks of geese rosein wild flight long
before he reached them, dismayed by
the din kept up by the loquacious out
side passenger. With a hardened
look Of despair out of his weather.
stained face, softened Just a little, per-
-haps, by feeting thought Of home
and mother. this gallant driver gath.
cred up his reins and with last effort
started his team on the home stretch.
just as the suns rays tinged the sum.
nit of the Cascades and began 10
shed mellow light over the valley
the coach drew up in front of the ho-
telin Eugene, The lnightwatchman
was athis post, reused iromlhis usual
morning nap not by the drivers horn,
but by the hum Off distant voice,
which as it drew near developed into
a 'discordant clack, claek Tie team
stopped mechanically at their aceus.
toned place, their coats steammg in
the cool morning air, and every nerve
trembling with fright. But alas ! the
poor driverl he sat upright in his seat,
his CLASSY eyes staring out vacantly,
and the reins still gripped in his stiff
ened fingers-stone dead The Cor
oner's jury returned a verdict of
qtalked to death "--Eugene Guard
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26
IYo1 WtELLAslET ~ 7
TRANSP0RTATIaM COMPANY.

ENRON AND AFTBR DATE UNTIL RUR-
thor notice, The C6uipspy viii dispatoh !
Boat ffom Aibaay 70 Corvallis on TUESDAY
and RREn Ak o. Oaeh week.
Also VII dispatch ! heat from Albany To-
Rortlahd aud intormedihte places on same duYs,
having Con Sl6ek Z Cas- wharf.
FsFs at reduced rates. ). D. BILBs,
Dsss 1s, Iefls Agpnt.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26

II wish. your reverence, /" said Cur.
ran one day to father o'Leary, "that
you we're ST. Peter, and had the keys
Of heaven, then you would be able 70
let me in" "By my honor and con-
science, replied OLeary, "it would
be better for you that I had the Keys
Of the other place, for then ] could
let you out. "
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26

"Don't put too much confidence In
a lovers VOWS and sighs," said Mrs,
Partington to her niece; "Let him
tell you that you have lips like straw
berries and cream, and cheeks like a
darnation and eyes like an asterisk,
but such things oftener come from q
tender head than . tender heart
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26
ALBANY BATH HOUSE!

1tNHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
fully inform the citizens Of Albany and vi
cinity that he has taken charge of this Establish
ment, ind, by keeping clean rooms and paying
strict attention to business, expects to suit all
those who may favor him with their patronage,
Having heretofore carried on nothing but
First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons,
he expects to give entire satisfaction to all.
Gn-chiIdien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut
and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBER.
y3n33tf
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26

.''WhGt the opposing lawyer has
saidcau't do no harm" whispered a
man on trial fof stealing hog, and
whose case has just gone 10 the Jury
"for ! shan't be convicted" "Wbat
makes you think so2" asked his own
lawyer. "Because" answered the thief
eleven Of them jurymen had . piece
Of that bog"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26
LOOK OUT, FARS1ERs.

C@sarism is beginning to work. l
may amount to nothing but it is wei
to- be prepared, We Clip from thC
} published interview of o Herald re
porter with the editor OF prominent
Grant journal Of st. Louis, Mr.. Jos
eph B. McCnllagh of the Democrat
the following indication of the growth
Of C@sarism thus far. and what tits
| to be founded on, 1t is expected ia
he the great coup de main of the
bondholders, which is forever to an
initiate the political power of the
ballot=boxes, and most especially that
power so distastefulto the capitalists,
The Oranges Of the West: Il
''%HAF DO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE wANT2'
f0 Reporter DO you believe there is
any considerable number of tie
American people who desire a C@sarP
Mr., McCullagh-I think there is,
and / will give one illustration. The
railroad interests OF the West are
afraid of the people. Tne farmers
oranges have frightened them into a
fear Of communism, and made them
believe that the government is not
strong enough. Every dollar of rail
road stock in the States where
oranges exist represents the idea Of
its owners that the government is too
weak, and as capitalists love their
money better than their country or
its Institutions, they look for some
body that will lay q strong hand on
the people, and give them security
that their property shall not be de-
stroyed. This may mean empire or
it may mean monarchy but it means
stronger government than at pres
ent exists. Il know a man who rep
resents several millions of dollars in
two of the wealthiest railroad corr
porations Of the West, which are
worth in the aggregate $50, 900, 900,
and he says that every dollar in
both of these companies is in favor
of what he calls "a strong govern
ment," I once asked this gentleman
what he meant by "a strong govern
ment' and he replied, Anything
that would put down the commun-
istso meaning the farmers oranges
of Illinois and the West. A meeting
Of western railroad nagnates was
held in New York city some time ago
to arrange the timetables and tariffs!
After those present had transacted
their official business, the subject Of
the farmers movement In the West
was informally discussed, and it was
generally agreed that the people Of
the different States would prove in
imical to railroad property and that
the railroads must look to the gen
erai government for protection.
There you are, farmersl oAnd how
is this element of Gesarism to be
squelched out ? By local fights in
your States against railways ? ByI
no means. The despot which
will forever squelch you out, as Nc
Cullagh says, will be the "iron gov
ernment at Washington. 1t is the
national bondholders' government
which is to strengthen railroad pow.
er, and that power in turn impover-
ishes you Break down the Grant
dynasty-move now at once to break
down the Grant party, and then you |
will in time get your local railroad
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26

We gently, and as it were, uncon-
sciohsly pushed paper weight TO-
ward tho end Of the table where she
sat. Directly it attracted her atten.
ton. she looked at it, took it up,
looked more earnestly, and then lay
ing il gently down, she calmly rose,
gathered her ample skirts about her,
and stfaightway took her leave, with.
out even saying good bye. We hope
she was not angry. Certainly moth
ing was farther from our intention
than to give offence. We merely
wished TO attract her attention TO the
paper weight as work Of art. We
regard it Gs q fine work Of art, and
value it solely for that reason; bui
the effect it has on some visitors is
remarkable and inexplicable. 1t is
small slab of crystal, through
which may be seen q sketch repre-.
senting Q skeleton, surrounded by
this legion: "This unfortunate editor
was talked to death. p Lebanon,
Tenn. Herald.