The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-02-20

vention is called for March 9th.
BERcnEn is out for Grant. We sup
posed he would, as usual, support Vic
toria C. Woodruff.
Tell all your friends that they can
get the DRAocRAr and Ne,O York Week
iy World for one year for s3.o5 in adj
vance.
"How doth the littlo busy Bee inn
prove each shining hour" in stinging
the 0rsgoniaa, especially on the public
school question.
OLD BEN SIMPSON now holds the po-
sition of Postal Agent for Oregon, the
Office being procured for him through
the influence of Mitchell and Geo. II.
Williams.
JAMES GoRDoN BENNETT, of tho "
Y. Herald, gives 100000 to the suf-
fering people OF Ireland, The gentle
man who draws Mr.. Tilden's salary of
$4,000 gave nothing.
ATRs. DuNrwAY viii jump up and
crack her heels together now The Su-
perintendent of the Census has just de
cided that women are eligible to ap-
pointment as enumerators.
The Oreyoaian says that no one can
be more in favor of free schools than it.
That is very strange; its readers up
here have all arrived at the conclusion
that it wished them abolished.
THEY infict terrible punishment in
Russia. Adjutant Baronoff, who was
recently found gailty of insulting the
Russian Minister of Marine. has been
sentenced to the command of Russian
cruiser In tbs Pacific
AS soon as Davis proclaimed that
there was ''actual rebellion" in Maine,
Blaine ''lit out" for Washington. He
IS even more cowardly now than he
was in 1861, when he wouldn't go to
war bnt did send q substitute.
IT seems that the Oregoaiia1, is still
after Mitchell. A communication in
that paper last Tuesday gave him ter
rible raking. From this we should
judge that things are not running very
smoothly in the Republican camp.
TnE business of the San Francisco
postofice is increasing enormously. The
institution is profitable enough to the
General Government to warrant it to
encourage it still further by erecting a
a decent building in a more convenient
portion of the city.
WE hear a rumor to the effect that a
stalwart Mitchell-RepuLlican daily news
paper viii soon be started at Portland.
1t viii be fully as large, if not larger
than the 0reyonian, and viii furnish
the dispatches. If this Is correct we
may look for lively newspaper war in
Portland.
VERMONT has elected her delegates
to the National Republican Convention.
Their first choice is Edmunds and sec
ond Grant. One more State in the
Grant list, and if ConkIing puts up
New York for him the great free pass
travellers chances for nomination viii
be good.
The Benton Democrats have called
their County Convention for Saturday,
April Sd, and their primaries one week
prior to that date. They do not like
She idea over there of man coming
into the Convention with pocket full
of proxies, so their Central Committee
passed a resolution recommending that
each delegate should not accept more
than one proxy.
LEGISLATURE is nov in session in
California. A few days ago the Senate
refused to employ a chaplain h. a vote
OF 10 to 16. It Is reported that they
wsH try to pass a joint memorial ask
ing Congress. to order the inscription
ssIn Cod we Trust7-takea from. the
dies used in coming our money. The
people down their put their trust in
nothing but stocks and Dennis Kear-
ney.
GENERAL GRANT was presented with
live eagle at Fernandina, Fla, on
Monday, and responded to the presen-
tation speech by saying that he hoped
the American people would soar above
all sectional strife, and thus initiate the
bird of freedom. IF Grant is really sin
eere in that sentiment we would fan
rather see him IN the White House
even the third term than have Blaine
go there. The latter is a perfect shys
ter and no more fit to govern the Amer
lean people than Geo. Francis Train.
OUR Greenback friends will have tc
cease talking now about their Republf
can brothers. Two of their prominent
leaders in this county have received