The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-09-19
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KALLocH's authority In San Fran
cisco viii amount to very little as the
Board Of Supervisors is composed of
Republicans with but one exception.
THE political pot is beginning to
simmer little in this county already.
Several candidates for county offices
are beginning to shake hands very
ffeely.
LORD DUFFERIN, The former Gov
ernor-General of Canada, has proved
to be such q skillful diplomatist that
he is to be removed from st. Peters
burg to Constantinople.
THE 0regoaia,, Of last Wednesday
says that "the ballots of only enc par
ty go into the ballot boxes in the
SOUTH" Please tell US, Mr.. Scott,
how it comes that there are three Re
publican members in the 10th Con-
gress?
While our foreign ambassadors
are complaining that they cannot
live on their liberal salaries, the en-
tire pay, from all sources, of Prince
Bismarck is only $500 a year, and
yet the great chancellor contrives to
make a decent figure.
GEN. HooD, one of the best gen.
erals in the Confederate army, died
Of yellow fever at Memphis a few
weeks ago. His wife and two chill
dren died of thesame disease at about
the same time. He leaves a large
family in rather poor circumstances.
NEARBY all the troubles in the
South which Republican papers are
now trying to make political capital
out offs the outgrowth Of the viii
famous reconstruction policy inaugu-
rated by the Republican party, and
which bankrupted nearly every state
south of Mason & Dixon's line.
THE Oregoniaa stip keeps firing
away at Tilden, and the old gentle
man seems to be In blissful ignorance
Of it all. In fact We suppose he
would not know even of theiexistence
of such a journal had not one of its
editors had one-third interest in a
So, 600 draw which was made on his
famous ssbar'I."
CORVALLIS is still having trouble
about the location of the railroad and
depot buildings inside her limits.
All the ads siee we have to give is for
the citizens to make as good q bar
gain as possible and then close it. The
railroad company Is the biggest. has
the most money, and it will be bad
for the city to get into fight with
WHAT would the public think Of a
newspaper that would charge Port
land as being a city in which it was
dangerous to reside for the reason
that one of the editors of the Oregon
ian's tail organ had deliberately muir
dered the editor Of a rival sheet.
And still there would be just asmuch
sense in the statement as there is in
any of the Orego,sian articles on IA.
zoo. etc.
THE Democracy of New York is a
present in rather bad condition fol
q tussls with the enc my. At theil
late convention Robinson was nomina
ted for Governor, and the Tammanyitei
Withdrew and nominated John Kelly
for Governor. This move is perfect
ly suicidal, and it is a perfect shame
that they cannot throw aside theil
petty spites and go in with a vii
and win.
BOB INGERsoL is now organizing Z
political party, the purpose of which
Is to do away the Sabbath Day b,
legislation. The party was to havs
been organized at CINCINNATI las
Saturday. We think he has tackled
something now that will even b
harder to accomplish than the tasl
be undertook of nominating Blain,
for the Presidency at the last Repub
lican National ConyeBtion.
ONa recent Sunday evening ,2oC
persons in st. johns Roman Catholi,
Church, Rochester, Minnesota, stool
up and repeated, after Father Turn
er, a solemn pledge of abstinence
from all Intoxicating drirks for on,
year. How much better it would b
for some of our protestant churches
they would follow this example in
stead of wasting so much time il
Waging war on Roman Catholics.
JUDGING from fhe looks of our ex
changes the rust has not affected ii
some localities as much as others
The Junction Republican comes t.
US enlarged and looking very sprighi
". The Standard now prints an en-
larged size of its daily every Sunday
and It fairly bufies over with news