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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Mr. Davis is an old man, not with
out The garrulity and the vanity of his
years. He is all unconscious of the
new generation which has sprung up in
the south. This generation is not in
the least concerned about the war of
the sections, and is abundantly able to
take care of itself without the help of
either history or dictionary OF the
southern confederacy. Old women and
crippIes only need such consultations as
may be had this side of the grave to
which the living have long ago con-
signed the dead. The race that is
looks forward, not backward. It sees
in the united country hope. It sees
in the end of slavery a blessing. It
has placed its flowers around the graves
of its heroes, and there they are deep
ly rooted, fresh, and sweet, an,l odor-
Gus, in the early spring.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
DISPOSITION or rmE "BLIxD P,oL."
New Company Proposed 20 Csafroi the
Stock OF tbs n. r. n. e and ..
u, d n. 60.

A meeting OF the subscribers to
Wizards "blind pool" was held in
New York last Friday to receive his
report as. to the disposition made
OF the eight millions. He reported
that he had invested the money, and
about as much more, in all about six
teen millions, in the purchase of
common aud preferred stock of the
Northern Pacific Company, the larger
part being preferred, and had accom-
plished the object which he had In
view, namely, uniting the Northern
Pacific and Oregon Railway & Navi-
gatien Company's interests, SO as to
prevent conflict in the valley of the
Columbia river, and to secure TO the
Northern Pacific great advantages Of
traffic controlled by the Oregon Co. Is
lines, which now include the rail-
ways in the Willamette Valley and
their extension to California. It was
proposed now to form new company
called the Oregon Trans Continental
Company to acquire a majority of
the stock of the Northern Pacific and
Oregon Co.'S proposed capital, fifty
millions of which the proportion
represented by the purchases already
made as above mentioned, shall be
Immediately issued, and the remain
der from time to time, as required
for additional purchase.-sStandurd.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
E0W TuE WEATHER INDICATIONS ARE
DETERMINED.

At the signal Service Bureau In
Washington tho weather Indications
are recorded Mt n. m., IL n. M, 4
p. m, and l r. m, daily. \ re-.
porter undertakes TO tell how the
work is d,,ne, md this IL what he
says
Take q seat in tho indication rom
with me, and we will SEE how the
weather Is gotten up. II IL now 4
o'clock, Washington time, and tele-
grams are pouring IN FROM all parts of
tho United States, Canada, British
America, West Indies, Nova Scotia,
and falling into the lap of tho SER
geant in charge. The territory GOV.
cred Ia from Olympia, In Victoria, on
the northwest coast OF British Ameri-
ca, across to Sydney, above New
foundland, thence down to Havana,
across to San Diego, California, and
thence back again. There's a girdle
for Puck. At certain hour OF the
days o'clock Washington time
observations are taken a; all the sta
tions, and then they begin TO come In,
chasing each other over tho wires
pellnell, like crowd Of unruly school
boys. These dispatches are called of
TO six gentlemen, each OF whom sits
before a map, one noting the ther-
momeler, another The barometer, n
third the condition Of the weather,
and so on. These are transferred 10
one large map, and then Old Pr0lnl-
bilities makes his appearance. lie
glances over all sees where y storm
was at n. iu., and notes where 1t
was at o'clock. He fakes iato con-
sideration the wind currents, tho
humidity, and oil the minor detail Is
which his experience and learning
have taught him. Not a word Is
spoken In the room. Old Probs Is In
a deep study. In a moment he will
speak to fifty millions cf people, and
a few more over In Canada. His
stenographer appears, and the IndIca-
tions are dictated for New England,
then the Middle States, the South,
West, Mississippi Valley, then, per-
haps, a storm. bulletin twenty-four
hours in advance TO warn some spe-
ciaI section of tho country.
Among the innovations made by
General Hazen Is the furnishing TO
sections of the country special reports
of the floods, the condition of rivers,
and their probable rise or fall within
the tweniy-fonr hours following at
given points. Then again reports
are made fJr the Southern States on
the weather during cotion picking
time, signals being displayed from
the telegraph stations denoting clear
or bad weather coming. It Is In
contemplation 10 furnish the agrIcul-
tural sections with indications for
harvest time, so that the farmers will
know when to take II In. The idea
was to have small cannon at tele-
graph stations, and If storm should
be discovered In the night, which
promised great damage, to awaken
The farmers so they might save what
they could. But 1t has been found
That most country telegraph offices
close at such an early hour that this
cannot be carried out.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
TT NEVER PAYS

1t never pays To fret or growl
When fortune seems our foe; :.
The better bred Will look ahead
And strike the braver blow;
Your luck IL work,
And these who shirk,
Should not lament their doom,
But yield the play,
And clear the way,
That better men have room.
II never pays TO wreck the health,
In drudgIng after gain,
And he is sold who thinks that gold
Is cheapest bought with pain.
An humble lot,
A cozy cot,
lave tempted even klugs,
For station high,
That wealth Will buy,
Not oft eontentment brings.
RI never paysi A blunt refrain
Well worthy Of a song,
For age aud youth must learn the
truth
That nothing phys that's wrong;
The good and pure
Alone are sure
To bring prolonged succGa,
While what In right
In heavens sight
always sure 10 bless.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
s.sGs CONTRIBUTION TO HISTORY.

To public supposed they were done
~, & l.. Hayes ben they heard
thai h. hsrl s.,t hs.ek tn Fremont and
settis.i down 10 the enjoyment of his
savings. On the contrary be thrusts
l,imseit iutn notiee with fussy eaeerness
whenever he can.
When occunsing Mr.. Tilden's place
In the White House, Hayes hated and
dreaded Dir. Conkling more, perhaps
than any individual of the forty mil
lions WHO were swindled. The Senator
hail carefully reviewed the method by
which HAYES had been counted in. He
WAS able TO show that the title was as
false as tue man, and he had conceived
:. profound aud honorable contempt for
both. Hayes now makes it matter of
complaint against Mr.. Conkling that he
had prepared Il speech on the finding of
the Electoral Commission. and that its
delivery ~as prevented by the plottings
OF Senator Morton, one OF the judges of
th,t unconstitutional tribunal, who was
..,i xlilirs to subject It's judgments to u
fair s.n.i o,,eu review. This confession
frusli HAYES Is Interesting, and if Mr.
Aorl.n we're ,dlve lac would hardly
tllsnk hiin far stnpidiy seeking an el-
I,ortsnity 10 babhle the secrets of the
conspiracy uf 1867.
But Hayes has still another and
worse charge against cnnkiiug. Hayes
SAYS: There never would have been
a Potter invest ication eommlttee ii it
had not been for e,akiing. The Demo
Gratis were lu,th io 2, into il, aud only
did so a. the earnest solicitation of Conk-
ling / will Lot say that he falsified
in this case, Tor | think he really be
iieve.l that the men on the Louisiana
Board h.,.l entered into a bargain for
the saIe of thar State, and C7nkling
assured Soutbesu Senator's that would
for very shame leave ths White House
IN Thirty days after the inveStigation
had h.eun."
It is Il wonderful stretch of charity
on the part OF Ha,es tn coucede that
Nr. Coukling 'reslly believed" there
bad been sale of the votes of Louis
lana, when every other intelligent man
In the United States knew it to be a
fact, and when the price bad been pub
licIy paid in Federal patronage to every
radical engaged in the job.-4f. Z Sam.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
DOUBLE NUMBER.
smaKEspRaREAN.

To be Senator or not, that is ths question
Whether Ills better to suffer the sings OF
blaine,
That proud mans eontumely,
BY remaining in my seat and doing
My duty like an honest statesman,
Or, by one bold coup-de-etat,
Resign and get reelected
BY the Stalwarts through chicauery
And superb Bossism, and thus
Show Blaine and Garfield my primacy,
Puzzles my imperial will.
If remain in my seat and
Suffer an inglorlous defeat,
In securing my friends fat positions.
By tho over-topping influence oi Blaine
With Garfield; will be no longer Boss
or the Senate and Administration.
But il resign myself in high dndgeon
And draw my plat aiier me,
And throw myself into the arms of
The Stalwarts, and by mastery strategy
Secure a recollection and thus show
Blaine and Garfield that am primate.
'Tis accnsummation devoutly TO be wished.
I know by such a course the Senate
WIN n.n into the hands of Democracy
Till return again with
My Senatorial toga amnliiied.
But wha. of that what are ten thousand
Seuates to a fame like minee
When return las return willy
Ny Csesarian tread will be echoed
Rack from Dome to Hall. AMI
With bated breath the Senators will mewl
Mighty RoSsoe has returned to reign.o
w. +. II.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
rrSxY FaAcIES.

The fox Whose tail WIS caught in the
trap was one Of the iiist Individuals
who severed his connection
An average Of 1000 lns,nl cards are
daily mailed in this country without
address on the face. We are bccominp
an atsent-minded nstien.
"Longfellow wears his froek coat
buttoned TO the chin" The question
now is, Who sewed the hutton ON the
poets facial extremity
The Government has spent $250,O0O
in investigating the locust. army worm
and grasshopper and the only result
thus far reported is that none Of them
wear spectacles.
When poor Tom Hood was dying, he
could not resist the temptation to say to
a melancholy clegyman who visited
him : "My dear sir-I hope your re-
ligion-hasn't disagreed with you r
"What is the greatest charge on re-
cord :" asked tho professor Of history.
And the absent-minded student an
swered "Seventeen dollars for hack
hire for himself and girl for two hours"
81 shall die" said an old English
doctor the other day, "under the firm
belief that human science viii yet
lengthen the years of life from an
average of 20 to l00." That's what
we're waiting fer.
A poor lady died and somebody gave
her good funeral. "Who furnished
this funeral :" was the question, and the
reply of the person most posted was.
81 don't know, but the deceased furn-
ished the corpse"
They say that General Sherman has
great weakness for wanting to kiss
all the young and pretty girls he meets.
Great minds must run in the same
channel give us your paw, General.
Teachcr-"A quadruped is an animal
having four legs. Now, who will give
me the name Of a quadrupedl" And
thirteen shrill voices piped out, "a
table. There is nothing like object
teaching, especially when the object is
just before the pupils eyes.
"Ms," exclaimed the boy, gazing
into the back yard, where the yosng
lady next door was talking to his sister
''come ard look at the bonfire" Sh,
came and looked. and then exclaimed
"My son, that isn't bonfire; that's
spring bonnet"
/ "Trust men, and they will be tru
to you," says Emerson. We showe'
this to respectable grocer. Hegre'
livid with rage, seized a club, an
wanted to know where that Emerso
fellow lived, anyhow. There ws
murder in that grocer's eye. We di
not tell him.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01

- Fridav's .Skandnrd sars.

Last Fridays Standard says:
Senator L. T. Grover returned
from Washington by Thursday s
steamer looking fine and enjoying
better health than he has for many
months. He was rejoiced to meet so
many friends again and oyerioyed at
being home once more. He was
serenaded in the evening at the Hol-
ton House and spoke to an immense
assemblage at considerable length,
his remarks being loudly cheered.
The demonstration in his honor was
more of an ovation than the quiet re-
ception which his admirers intended.
Everybody was pleased to see his
frank. manly face and shake again
the hand of an honest statesman and
courteous gentleman.
It is hoped that Mr. Grover
will take trip through the valley
before long. We can assure him as
hearty reception from his constitu-
ents in this section as he received in
Portland.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
an ~.r Esa OF BATTLE.

4
II you're waking, call mo early, landlord
OF this big hotel;
want to rise before tho sun and start
Stalwart Yell
And start Stalwart yell, my boy, that all
the world may hear,
For to-morrow'll be the biggest day OF this
eventful year.
So freely will the whisky fiow, and beer
will be on tap,
And cash will pour as freely nto t.lany .
fellows lap;
For It's make or break with Conkilug, and
It's win or lose with Plat,
And you may bet that both of thom know
just what they are at.
To.morrow's muss Is bound to bo mighty
lively fight;
With Jim Blaine's nitro glycerIne md
Roscoe's dynamite;
And, though II end In smashing up the
party's old, machine,
It's going to be the gamest mill that ever
yet was soon.
We don't care what's behind us, and w0
don't fear what's before,
And we have rolled our trousers up, and
mean 10 wade In gore;
For when our leader finds himself In such
an awkward fix,
wo offer him the blood and Drawn OF the
stout Throe-clpher-Sl:-
II you're waking, call mo carly, landlord
of this big hotel:
For want to rise before tho sun aud start
aStalwart yell.
mean TO take rouslng horn, or two, be-
fore I'm fed,
And thon want to wander out and punch
Half. Breei's head.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
ANOTHER RAILROAD TO on EGox.

We understand that negotiations
pending between parties representing
Eastern capitalists and Peter Dono-
hue for the purchase of the North
Pacific Railroad from San Rafael TO
Cloverdale have failed. We further
understand that corps of engineers
will be put in the field at once for
the purpose of selecting a route for a
railroad from San Rafael or SauceIito
TO connect with the Oregon system of
roads. The North Pacific being con.
trolled by these parties, we may look
for through connection to the east by
this route within three years.-Eo-
cLna1ne.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
Msra.oa Psisns..

The "solidiiy" OF the Soulh Ter Ia,-
iilical purposes Is by no means 50
thorough "a that OF Uiah. Even In
Mississippi and South Carolina there
are organized political parties opposed
TO each other and at least the show OF
"A contest OF election days. But In
Utah there are entire counties in which
only one ticket Is voted, and where,
year af,cr year, no Gentle nomIna-
tions are made. Thus the Mormon
Church rules the Territory more abso-
lutely than the Bourbops rule ffny
Southern State. The political asceD-
dancy or Mormonsm In the Territory
has an additional security in fact that
all the married wsmen have the right
Of suffrage, so that patriarch with
an extensive harem can neutrslize the
votes Of q dozen or moro Gentlles.
General Bane, who was recently con.
firmed by the Senate as Receiver OF
Public Moneys In Utah, declares the
existing statute against polygamy
utterly ineffective, because II makes
IL necessary, In order 10 maintain a
prosecution under II, 10 give proof OF
the performance OF the marriage cere-
rnony. No such proof OF Mormon
marriages can be furnished, since the
ceremony Is secretly performed In the
Endowment House, and the Mormon
witnesses will not testify to the truth.
Dora Young, a daughter OF Brighans,
who abandoned the Mormon faith,
declares that the first circumstance
that shook her confidence in the sys-
tenn was the wholesale perjury resorted
to by her father and other leaders In
the Church fer the purpose Of circum-
venting the Federal laws and screen
Ing their co-religionists.
General Bane suggests the anne nd
ment OF the present law so as to
dispense with proof of formal marrl-
age In prosecutions for poIygamy, and
make IL sufficient to proove the fact
of living together and common repute
that the parties occupy tho relation
OF husband and wife. With such a
modification of the law he thinks It
could be made operative. But In
order to break up the political power
of tho Church 1t Will be necessary to
dlsfranchise polygamists, and make
them incapable of holding Office. II
this were dOnethe vast wealth and
tremendousm powerof the Church
would be neairallzed for political pur-
poses, and polygamy would be gradu-
ally abandoned. President Garfield
In his inaugural address spoke em-
phatically on tho Mormon question,
and in terms which would fairly imply
that he would favor the most stringent
Act that can be drawn for the sup
preston of polygamy in Utah. 1t II
certain that the almost unanimous
sentiment Of the people of the United
States would approve of any measure
however rigorous, that may be founC
necessary to wipe out system 81
abhorrent to the civilization of th'
age. .-Ex.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
luxlGaArloS rms YEAR.

As has been frequently stated tie
immigration into America is this year
larger than ever before, aud the arrivals
during Nav were larger than those Of
many whole years in the past. The
Superintendent of Castle Garden gave
a reporter some curious statistics the
other day with regard to the nationali-
ties that are represented among the
thousands now arriving. lie says,
athe most remarkable exodus ut pres
ent seems to be from Sweden. We ex-
pect at least $4,000 Swedes over here
this year. | am told that entire vii
lagos and districts have become de-
populated, and this may be true, as
the population is only about 1000, 600.
Compare the number we expect this
year with the 139 arrivals from Swed-
en- in 1917 Before last year, our an
nual reports rarely showed more than
5000 emigrants from there. In 1873
we had only 1000, and in 1879, l2,-
600. In 1880, the number rose sud
denly to $4,000, and this year We ex.
pect more than twice as many. In
1851, 10000 Irishmen arrived here.
Since then the number has heen
smaller. In 1877 it was only 1921.
From that time there has been a steady
increase until last year there were over
66,o0o Irish arrivals. There have
also been some remarkable fluctuations
in German immigration. When France
paid the enormous indemnity after
the Franco Prussian war, we supposed
Germany would be so prosperous that
the Germans would remain at home.
Bat in 1872 we received over i32,-
600 German immigrants, or more than
have ever arrived here in a single year.
After that the unmber fell of to be-
tween 10000 and $4,000, until last
year, when it ssddenly went up to l04,-
o65."
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
xAHoNl.s FAIL
How Great a Man TIE Was and New How
small.

Perhaps no individual who occupied
half the public attention Malone did
ever ilattened out and became nothing
so quickly as he. Springing suddenly
into national notoriety as the man who
held the patronage of the Senate in
his grasp and had the power of the
President and the goodwill of the Re
publican party at his back, he was be-
set by all sorts of people who wanted
al. sorts Of things. He was besieged
at his hotel at all hours and was the
recipient of more cards on the floor of
the Senate chamber than any other
four Senators. On the street, even, he
was followed and bored hy the public.
1t was considered foregone conclusion
that Malone would command, through
Gorham and Riddlebargei, about two
thirds ofall the patronage of the Senate.
The IDEA of this immense power brought
with it the belief that his name was
omnipotent at any of the Departments
''Nohody would dare refuse Malone, I"
Uas he saying, as il his anomalous
isnition was to i.e used for The purpose
ri rxtoiting species cf political black
mail. On every hand bis name was in
great demand for recommendation for
oiiioe, high and low, and the most tor
tuons circumlocution and strategy was
not too laborious whereby to- obtain IL.
From this pinnacle of greatness Ma
hone fell in a single day. His fall was
heavier and more hnmiliating than the
mighty Conkling's. To-day the name
of Mshone is only mentioned with
ridicule and eontempt.-Er.
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ceRRrPT EsGLIsu.
The Chicago Times says

The Chicago Times says
THE appearance upon these shores
OF hordes OF MongolIans, subjects OF
his Infinite nIagniilccnce the emperor
OF China, Is having an unfortunate
influence in corrupiing tho purity
and Impairing the elegance of the
United States language. The base
jsrgon OF these ieathem has crepl into
newspaper use, with most demoruliz-
ing effect. Witness that upon the
same day, over similar matter, two
Cincinnati newspapers arebetrayed in-
10 use OF "pIgeon-English," thai be.
Ing tho slang designation Of the
attempt OF the Chlnaman 10 speak
the American tongue In It's native
purity. Tie Enquirer has IL: "But
IL Is believed the world will move on
alice samee;" while The Commercial
says: GMuch talkee-taikee by tele-
graph" When such Is the pernIc.
ious influence OF the presence OF these
ridiculous barbarlans; when those
pure wells OF English undeiiIed, the
newspapers, succuInb TO the evil and
catchee on In this fashion, Il Is high
time TO resurrect Dennis Kearney aud
cry with him that "the Chinese must
go" Our language Is ruined by
Chinese cheap English. Let Us 60
for those heathen Chinese.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
DzaERssfuD T4EETst:.

While travelling through our fertile
valley the stranger is forcibIy struck
with the sameness Of the prospect pre-
scented by the various falms through
s*nich the railroad passes. At each
farm is the ssme round of orchard;
small garden, meadow and wheat fields.
Nowhere do We see, as in the East, an
attempt to raise crops of peas, beans,
root crops, buckwheat, or any of the
theusand and one articles which GO to
make M the diversified hnsbandry by
which the Eastern farmer will make
his sixty ar seventy acres yield an in
come equal to that which onr o regon
farmers reap from wheat farm of two
hundred to three hundred acres. When
the farmers of Oregon are prepared
with diversity of products to meet
the demands of the market, then, and
not till then, will we cease to hear the
cry of hard times. This year wheat is
very low, while hay brings high price,
and every farmer has wheat to sell,
while only very few have hay. 1t
has ever been thus since Oregon first
entered in competition with The world
in the race for wealth. Our farmers
prolace and sell wheat; and frequently
pay out all their surplus for Eastern
hams, lard, butfft, etc, and far carly
California vegetables. When our far
mers can supply our own market
with all these things; and when home
manufactures can supply our wagons,
carriages and machinery; then we may
hope to see The flush times; but until
that time comes we my look for periods
of financial depression similar to the
one through which We are now passing.
-Rirerside
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
GEN. si:EaalAN's VANITY.


A correspondent, in Tie SIN of yes
terday, called attention to the circum-
stance that Gen. Sherman. in bis adj
dress to the graduating class at West
Point, advised them not to despige
civilians.
This under ei.r fee and equal inssi-
Iutions
The poor yonng men, fed, clothed,
and educated By the bounty Of a gener.
GUS people, are respectfully cautioned
by veteran of their own order not to
look down with contempt on theirbene-
factors.
Is there any occasion for such ad-
vice If there be, then We say, with
omr correspondent, it is high time that
West Pint should be abolished-N
7. Sun