The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-20
ADDITIONAL LIGHT

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Of this State, and q prominent meln-
ber in the Republican party, writes
and publishes ii The OregoaiiaB an
open letter to Attorney General
Williams. The letter is valuable
addition to the history of Radical
election frauds and outrages in this
State. Ii will be very interesting
reading to our friend, the Custom
house editor Of the Bulletin. While
it reveals nothing beyond what has
long been known of his character DIS
q eolTupter of elections, it gives sonic
interesting details Of his agency nj
the little outrage Of 1870. The let
ter also refers to the Meld1um sur
veying contract, so fully exposed in
the Nacs, showing thai the writer is
acquainted With that transaction.
Another matter that it mentions will
be somewhat new to the people Of
Oregon; it is the attempt BY United
States Attorney General Williams, to
sell D, 7. Thompson an interest id II
stone contract at Washington,
through Kincaid, This last item il
in confirmation Of the charges made
in the New York San Of Williams
partnership in corrupt Jobs Under tho
Washington Boss Shepherd Ring.
We quote from Mr. Pengln's letter.
In April, 1870, and atsthe Nation
al Hotel breakfast table, III Washing
ton, you handed me q dispatch and
asked me, did I thiik it genuine
The dispatch was from Oregon, and
was signed by resident Of Corvallis,
and H. w. Scott, now editing the
Bulletin, but then the Oregonidn.
1t contained a call on yo@ for more
money, stating that the amount sent
was insufficient; that it would take
at least 1000 more to carry the
election. Prior to my leaving here
in March, reports were circulated
through the medium of the Demo-
cratic press, that You had sent homo
money to corrupt the election to
come off in June following. In
answering you, called your atton-
ton to those reports, and being in
some measure convinced by your
question that they were partly true,
and thinking that the gentleman o.
Corvallis had better sense than to
send such an open dispatch over the
wires, and therefore that some Dem
ocrat had sent it TO entrap youJ lLdso
answered. At that time there was,
or had been recently pending, a
measure to parifl the elections in the
city 81 New York, which had your
support. Icalled your attention tb
that fact, and to the further fact that
the Republican party Of Oregon had
not began its being, nor gained its
victories up to TINT date, bye bribery
and corruption; that no party ought
to succeed by such means; and that
public men couldn't succeed pei1na-
nently who resorted to their use. i
advised you not to send money, nor
have anything to do with parties who
resorted to it's ilse for such purposes.
You received my counsel in silence.
Afterwards you informed me-. upon
inquiry, that the dispatch was gonu
inc. l saw developing in You then,
what | had never seen before, and
knew what treatment myself and
others who had made you Senator
must thenceforth expect at your
hands. From that time, except your
treachery in overthrowing tie Hum
boldt Railroad Bill, no transaction OF
yours has been q surprise to tne,7
Your bargain with Holladay in refer
ence to that matter; your contract
with Mr.. Meldruin; the attempt to
sell ID. p Thompson an interest, in
the stone contract at Washington,
through Kincaid; your removal Of
Gibbs for the faithful performance Of
duty; the attempt BY youf dogs here
to blacken my reputation, by ASSERT
ing TINT had attempted to brihe
you with 0, o. 7. G. r. r. stock,
are, sir, the bits Of history that will
remain as fresh in memory as the
name Of George II. Williams.
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