The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-10-17
80 ,,,l,,rNoDrAu WAS CARRIED.

7 now rrUbTN0MAH WAS CARRIED
!, The Oreqonidn, whose devotion ana
/ fealty to the Republican party canno'
be questioned Is terribly severe IN i'S
! castigations Of the HOlladay-hipple
/, Ripg which carried Mnltnomah last
, Monday by the most gleripg andpaiP-
+ able frauds. That paper tells the pub
lie that a corruption fund OF Sl,ooV
was raised for the purpose by assess
! ments upon the various members o. tne
Ring. 1t charges that Senator Hip
nle contributed 81 800, Hiram smith
q 600 and the balance was made up
among the Custom House and olner '.
Federal officers in Portland. With
this fund they succeeded in securing
the assistance of large gang ofrum-
ans and repeaters who managed the
affair so successfully as to give Ill
and Nipple 600 majority in Multno-
nah, Here is what the Oreyonlan
has to say about it:
\ IT may not be uninteresting to the
. people Of Oregon to hear Just how
Z these plans we're carried out, and how
the planners we're caught in their in
famous schemes. -Four men were ar
rested yesterday, all charged with il,
LEGAL voting. On being interviewed
these individuals related their story
Of bribery and fraud, duplicating, as
we are informed, one NJ. +. Mulkey,
City Attorney for PortlanI, and sew
eral mem ers Of the Custom House
chain gang. One OF our inf0rmantss
tells a very plain, straightforward
story. He says that when be was ap-
preached by the Senator Mitchells
creature he was told that If he would
vote for Hiram Smith be should re-
ceive five dollars. He took the ticket
furnished him, wentto hepolls, voted
for Smith and returned to the
scoundrel who attempted to brlbe
him, with demand for his fee, He
was then furnished with card and
was told that on presenting this to
certain party be would receive five
dollars therefor. Instead of going
direct for the cashier Of Senator
Mitchell's bank of corruption, he went
straightway to a prominent citizen,
and showing the card, certificate of
indebtedness, or whatever you may
choose to call it, told him of the
whole transaction. Afterwards, he
called on the cashier and received
his five dollars, surrendering the
card. ..
There is another feature in this
transaction illustrative of the intense
patriotism which characterizes the
Custom House ring even in its brib-
ing processes. The card to which we
have referred was adorned with a
picture of President Grant placed in
the center On one upper and one
lower corner was printed tie mystl-
cal word Gold. When the party
to have been bribed deman-
ded has pay, the brlber wrote over
the portrait of President Grant the
hpure &C." He WAS then informed
that certain member OF the ring
would pay him five dollars for the
picture. We are further informed
that there are now in custody four
men arrested for repeating, all of
whom received these pictures and all
of whom presented them for redemp-
ton. In every instance the price
paid for Mr.. Grants portrait cor
exactly to the stipulated
sum for which they had agreed to
vote.
This is the way in which Multno-
nah county was carried for Hiram
Smith. That honest gentleman
would not like to have his name con-
nected with such infamous frauds, nor
10 we feel disposed to regard him as
IN accessory to the crime. The Cir
cult Court for Multnomab county is
now in session, 1t becomes tle duty
of District Attorney Durham to in
'titnte rigid inquiry into the truth
)f tho factc hara ototoJ onJ L,,;,, IL !