Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-09-18

oI nate, anu dlSunlOn. In this he IS
about to verify his own prediction, and
find himself without party and without
support He has eulogized free trade
and voted for high duties in one session,
and he has advocated protection and
voted for free trade in another In lS-
&C he spoke against reducing the duty
on tea and coffee, and in 1872 he voted
against placing them on the free list In
1856 he replied to Mr.. Stephens by say
ing:
Against the abstract doctrine of free
trade as such very little can be said, but
it never can be applied to values except
in time of peace.
Yet to-day he is paraded as the advo-
cate of protection, while i'll 1870 he voted
to reduce the duty on pig-iron from, 50
| to s. per ton, and in lS7. he voted
for the bill to reduce the duties upon
woods, iron and steel ten per centum.
In 1880 asa member of the Committee
on Ways. and Means, he voted against
the bill reducing the duties on salt, print
ing paper, and wood-pulp. He has ac-
knowledgsd, in emphatic terms. in his
place in the Federal House, the gross
partiality and injustice of the Federal
election Laws, and, amid the derisive
laugter OF hisasseciates, has voted against
his OWN proposition to amend them in
the interest Of justice and fair play.
He has vigorously and uniformly de-
clared against extra vagancc ami waste
In the bills for internlL improvement for
rivers and harbors, alAI has uniformity
voted for tho laws to increase and create
them. He has spoken fos general amnes-
ty but when the party LASH WAS applied,
he voted against it. With the broadest
theoretical views Of union, peace and
harmony i'll his public utteranc.s, his
practical application Of his own doctrines
has been to perpetuate sectionslisn and
disanion. He voted III Congress against
the dill for the Electoral Commission, be-
cause it authorized that Commission togo
behind the returns of a State, and as Ont
of the commission he voted and decided
that the law gave NO such power in the
cases Of Louisiana and Florida, while it
dldin the case of Oregon He earnestly
denounced the abuses OF the civil service
decla~ing that congressman had heeom.
the distributors and brokers' Of Isablit
patronage, while in Ii. letter Of accept
anee he gives his unqualified assent te
the continuation of the abuses he before
assailed- He has assumed to be che
friend Of Legislation for preventing dis
elimination in freigk' charges, and has
given like assurance to it's enemies His
personal record in matters that are now
so public, l shall not attempt to deaI
with They are before the public, and
they must judge him by the record in
regard thereto. We present candidate
born on your own soil, to whose support
every feeling of local and State pride
prompt us to rally; Union General
who was found at the supreme crisis o.
the nations peril, equal to the occasion
who repelled the advancing enemy from
his native State, and saved both it an(
the Republic. One with stainless per
sonal record, with a magnificent military
} record, is the candidate of the De:nocra
cy in this contest. He is the represent
ative of unionism against sectionalsm
of the rights of the people against thos'
of power and centrallzation