The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-07-30
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T;.s caiiee er tse C:ieaxs Convention rsr
E8ec President.

Gen. Chester 4. Arthur ~as born IN
Franklin county. VI, Ot 3. 1880.
He is the oldest of Is family ,,f two son.
and I've daughters. lis fsiber was
the Rev. DR. William Arthur, Baptist
clergyman. v bo enaigrated t. this coun-
Try from the County Antrim. Iteiand,
in his eighteenth year, and died oc.
y, 1879. in Ne@;ou,illr, near Alfany.
Gen. Arthur vas educated ~ Union
College. aud was s,a,luated in the Class
Of 10. After leaving college he taught
a country school during tao years in
Vermont. aud thea. iiay.Sg managed by
rieil economy to aaee sl.out $500. he
s'srted for As@ fott, and entered the
is~ oliee 81 ex-Julee I. D. Cul.er as
a ,sarl..nt After iring Admitted 10 The
ser b- i5frued partnership, &is' his
iali,ns'r friend ani room mate, Henry
- tlareiiaer, aud the two i,tag on: their
j,int si.iog.e. and eats4ei npon Il saic
i,,eef-l ca,eer almost froH the start
Gen. Arthur soon aftereara married a
,lanshter of Lieatenant E!erudon, Uni
tel States Navy. y 10 wax los. M sea,
anl his wife del only short time
since.
Gen Arthur was delegate 10 tbt
Convention AZ Saratoga that founded
The Republican party. In 1861 he be.d
the post Of Inspector -GrncrrA If ,t,
State Of NeR York, and soon after, ar.
WAS advanced to that Of Qaartermaas,t
General, which he held until the clos,
Of Gov. Morgan's term Of Office.
At The expiration Of Gov. Morga,. :
term, Gen. Arthur returned to his lag
practice. business of the most lucra
tive character poured in upon him, and
the firm Of Arthur aud Gardiner pros
pered exceedingly. Gradually he was
drawn into the arena Of politics. When
Hon. Thomas Murphy resigned the Col
lectoVship Of the port of New York, on
Nov. 20, 1871, President Grant nomi,
mated Gen. Arthur to the vacant posi-.
ton, and cepr years later, when his
term expired, renominated him, an
honor that had never been shown tc
any previous Collector in the history o.
the port. He was removed hy Presi
dent Hayes on July II, 1873, in orde,
that the office might be honestly admin
istered.
It is true that the 0regogttaa, th,
leading newspaper OF this State, say.
of Arthur that .'his reputation. has no
been assailed and is above. reproacb,
but MS to that onr readers can ludge
We here make some quotations from
Republican authority which We canno
possibly oonstrue into anything like
recommendation of good character;
"You have made tho Custom House
center of partisan political manageme nj.
-R. y. Hayes 10 Collector Arthps, Jan. 81
!. 1879.
"with deep sense of my obligation
under the Constitution, i regard II as M
plain duty TO suspend you In order tha
the Office may be honestly administered.
-R. y. Hayes TO Collector Arthur, Jan. o.
1879,
ssGross abuses of administration hav,
continued during your incumbeney. =
John Sherman to Collector Arthur, 5ap
Sls 1879.
'sPersops have been regularly paid b,
) you who have rendered little or no service
: the expenses OF your Office have Increased
white its receipts have Diminished. Brides
! or gratuities in the shape OF brides. hay
7 been received by your subordinates il
several branches of The Custom House
! and you have in no case supported the ei
i, fort to correct these abuses, ,u-Secretar.
sherman to Collector Arthur, Jan 81, lS7s
r The spectacle of Arthur paraded on ths
) platform with its civil service plank is on
. that the best Republican down this wa,
! cannot, at once. contemplate with patienct
8 Springfield Republican.
The nomination (Arthur'sl was anwis
as representing hostility to the administrs
ton Of MIR. Hayes, and kind of polite
/ not acceptable TO discreet Republicans.
: is but right to oacknowledge the disappoin
I ment with which tho news of the compile
! lion of the ticket was aivsd.--Harper
s Weekly.
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