The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-05-08
THE TRUE SPIRIT.
M11LER's STATION.

- l-f~NttpSf A(STeOCIAbs
b Yesterday I heard that you ha
0 been informed on Saturday that
/. goodly number of the Democrats o
: Syracuse Precinct would vote for all
y or a part of the candidates on th
e Independent ticket. This I feel con
/ strained to contradict, and woulC
: fain hope that you had not been thu
informed. If you have been SO in
7 formed, your informant was ignoran
OF the facts in the case, or am very
much mistaken. Also, I learned
that my name was used as one o:
those dissatisfied.
Let me inform you, if such is the
fact that you have been thus inform.
ed, that you informant must be will
fully wrong, either in head or heart,
and in either case pity him. can
here say, that not one bearing my
name will vote any other ticket
than the old time-honored Democrat
ic one. We will support the whole
ticket to man. I think that / can
see design in this statement in
tended to injure me. from the fact
that my name had been before the
Convention and defeated.
The only thing that has disturbed
my feelings any, arises from the fact
that I suffered myself to be de-
ceived, and my name used through
dattery from the outside. The Con-
vention did nothing wrong that I
know OF. The ticket is q good one,
and shall use all my influence to
have it elected. I would like to say
here that I hope all Democrats who
have joined the Independent move
ment, will consider before they cast
their votes, whittier they are going.
Are they willing to support those
men, who by their acts and votes,
have been the cause of all the bur
thens Of taxation, both State and
under which you are now
How can you have conf
dence in their offering to, reform
that they are the taxpayers party
when they made the tax either direct ,
y or indirectly. Will they place the
Weight Of one finger to remove that
'urthenS Probably some may be
Wiling, if you will give them fat
'ffice, not otherwise. 1
The Republican party sees that s
heir corruptions are known, and in v
onsequence thereof, they know that !
omething must be done, therefore o
ley inaugurate q new party. You a
i'll discover that the straight-out IL
are not going to hold tt
ny County Convention in this coun- IL
:, therefore they design to tail on W
the Independent party, hoping
ith the help of those Democrats d
lat may join them to prolong their b.
". - ID
In the last Legislature the Repub- SC
'ans had II majority in the House. til
he fee bill was presented by Re- bi
lblican, and mostly voted for by tn
EN-. They worked strenuously for of
0 bill for raising the fees Of Clerks sa
d Sheriffs Of the several counties. to
I'M proud to say that the full rep tai
'entation from Linn county in both ne
'uses voted against the measure. e. IN
aw that the bill would become q
:, and asked that Linn county be ed
'epted from tho operation of the th'
|, and | think Mr.. Blakeley joined ma
in this request, but our request ha'
) not needed. Yet they claim to mo
the taxpayers party, in favor of nal
and reform. What mel
den changes sometimes will take car
eel ent
Tut took up my pen to correct in
misstatement relative to the eie'
rse that Democrats will take here bei
'yracuse Precinct, We are aware tam
good men are often placed upon tha'
tickets of opposing parties. But and
1ocracy has principle that must gro'
will live while this Republic lead
:, and we cannot serve and love men
principle when we give aid and to IL
'uragement to those who oppose how
principle. the
submit what / have written to sens
Judgment, whether to publish
not, ! feel proud that I have w
the confidence of the Democracy ana
inn county, and / hope I shall Tsn
re do anything to destroy that tn,.,
dence. wa :,
Yours with due respect, 10 L.,
JouN'T. CRooKs. roo5,
= 0'egonim finds fault with the n's 7
raph operator of this place, for ~
g in his report Of the proceed iIoVi y
Of the Independent County Con- - VI
on, which came off last Satur- : una !,
that there was ,to rreo4 daol 20 SouVi