The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-10-31

railroads up into Southern Oregon for
the purpose Of keeping the trade of
that country conferred at the Golden
Gate.
THE Bee says "Gen. Grant represents
an idea" just our sentiments to a dot.
Il would be AS impossible for him to
more than one idea as it is for
a camel - pass through the eye of a
needle.
EASTERN OREGON ought to give about
three hundred thousand Democratic
majority next year, if wo may judge
from tho number of Democrats that
have recently left Linn county for that
region.
Ar Virginia City, Nevada, Grant
was received with firing of anvils.
That was appropriate, for from the
specimen of the speech he made all IN
telligent people would consider him
Black Smith.
The Workingmen are having bad
time of it in San Francisco. The Board
of Supervisors has raised the londs of
all officers elected 10y the Won kingmen,
and they are having great difficulty in
finding bondSmen.
MASSACHUSETTS, with her 10000
soldiers, Las not one soldier representa-
tive in Congress, and only one soldier
candidate ON her numerous State tick
cts, and that is General Batter How
the Republican party does love the sol
dier.
TuE wife of tie Sheriff Of Sacra-
mento horsewhinped female black
mailer, who came to her house to tell
stories against the husband, and a jury
not only acquitted her Of assault and
battery, but sent l,er home in car
riage.
THE most eNtno, dinary feat ii bill
lizards on record has just been per.
FORMED at Moscow 10y Young Japan
ese, who won in twelve houis a game
of 5,000,s in the course of which lac
once scored l,S00 "carombles' in sue
cession.
THE oflicia, count Of the guIernatorial
vote in Ohio shows the total vote cast
for Governor was Cos, ,637, OF which
Foster received 1862 Ewing. 3l9.-
1872; Seward (prohibitionist), 4,l45,
and Piatt (nationaD, 9,O2l. Fosters
majority over Ewing, 1879.
NEXT Tuesday elections occur in
Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
New York and Wisconsin for State oiii-
GERS and members Of the Legislature /;
in Mississippi for members /, + the Lcgis-
lature, and in Pennsylvania for State
Treasurer aud members of the is.gisla-
ture.
LIKE the ''nills Of the Gods" Judge
Harding's Count grinds slowly, but as
to the ineness Of the grit We have
nothing to say. We simply refer our
readers to the proceedings of The Su-
preme Court when that body was work
ing upon appeals from the Thi,d Dis
trict.
AFTER entertaining Grant with a
$4,000 reception at l,is fine San Fran
cisco residence, Senator Sharon went
with him to Nevada and introduced
him 10 his constituency. Sharon is
about the only man wl,o can reside in
one State and buy Scpatdrsl.ip in an
other.
CAPTAIN DoDcE, Of the Ninth Cav
airy, the officer Who took the Iosponsi-
bility of leaving his post at Steamboat
Springs without orders and marching
to Captain Payne's relief, is a nephew
of Ben PerIey Poore, the well known
journalist and compiler of the Congress
sional Directory.
IT is about time for the Republican
party to quit bowling about war issues.
The Democrats put in nomination war
worn veteran soldiers on their State
tickets in Iowa and Ohio, and IN both
States they we're beaten by men who
stayed at home like the intensely patli-
otic Republican editors of Oregon.
From the Ist of October all the pro-
ducts dealt in at the Produce Exchange,
New York, except grain, have been
under the GENITAL system. The grain
trade will come under that system Jan
uary Ist, 1880, il having been found
TO change the methods at
the press NJ time. Il would be a good
idea If Oregon would adopt The same
plan.
THE Massachusetts, Republican pa
pers are charging against their trouble
some antagonist, General Butler, that
he voted for Jefferson Davis fifty-six