The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-09-29
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SALEM. Sept. 25.h, 1882.

h1g. Denaocrdt
The State Fair closed with Saturday
last, and the tired multitude was glad
TO seek n needed rest. The attendance
on the Fair was very large and orderly.
There were no less by a fair estimate
than 10000 persons on tho ground
during the week aud on Thursday the
estimate ran a. high as $4,000 persons.
There Is much about this Fair that n
public journal should notice. As usual.
public enterprises, conducted In g great
measure, without compensation, but
from a love Of the work, are open 10
great criticism when IL would 10 un-
charitable TO critieise them very msch.
But there is ''poke-easy" gate to our
Fair that we must notice. Scarcely =
leading citizen Of Salem, or Of any other
city Ia Oregon. takes any interest IN
the Fair. hence there was poor display
in the pavilion. This department be-
longs properly 10 our farmers, mer-
chants and mechanics, and but few OF
these men seem to know this fact. This
neglect un the part Of our business men
is a disgrace 20 tho State. And wre
Il not that some leading ladies OF Sal
..m at the last moment. decorated tho
ladies' department, the paTillsn would
have loeked like deserted dove cete
These ladies arc known IN our city As
che most active and paihs-taklng ladies
IN Salem when the public arc to te
served. But they need help" hile
they have the sIi,it ard determination
~ DO all they can, they want the means
10 do IL with. Oar State at large 70
~ blame as we'll ~ Salem. Portland,
the grand center Tor everything CONNER
cially, actually forgot that there was q
State Fair. Outside Of Few photo
graphs. patent medicines and sewing
machiaca, Portland had nothing on s1-
hibitien. After all, tha work OF tho la
dies and n few trades,nen made the pa
villon somewhat attractive, but ~ no
sense what IL should have bon. Moth
ing advances q State 30 much as l'rid'
in her annual exhibita Aud thaIe Ia
no State that can make ~ hns show
ing as Oregon in ell the products that
are the glory oi State. We hsP" TO se'
no moro Of this neglect. We have nos
new officers, and we will 80. bow thsy
act. They have . grand vors bsior'
them. Great complaint Sas ntds o.
che management Of the Fair The
races were protractad, aud Thousands o.
people were compelled 70 undergo ter
rible hardshiI's FROM exposure 70 th'
Gun and sHtfocs.ing heat IA the grana
stands. A tro.tiag Iace--three heats -
aud a running race of balf-a mile tool
up the afternoon ei one day. from l:30
the tisae announced N cosnmsnee, unti
after ak o'clock, four hours and-i hai
IL was intimalsd Ia one Of our dali
papers that this delay vas in the later
eat Of the bar near the grand stand 10
the license Of which . thousand dollar
vas paid. Races were protracted our
ing the week beyond all decency
whether ia The interest Of poor whisk.
or not. Ansther evil should De correc,
ed, and that Is the management Of th
, finances. Those holding securities, an
they are we'll secured, Madam Crund
says, have ossn favored At the cxPens
Of those whs have made exhibits an'
been deprived Of their premiums. Thi
scrip that the society Issues for cash
which it will not receive Ia return fo
any purpose, has aoated ABBOTT father
less 20 long that iG has got name Le
wise ereditAble 70 The society. Refnsin
10 pay interest 10 another objection
the old management. The idea Of tn
State Agricultural Sosisty dodging II
premiums, and putting The contributor
of with promises, while thoss holdin
securities get all the cash, II correctl
stated Is not good one. We hope th
, new management will stop these CAUSE
, of 10 much complaint and disgrace. 1h
receipts Of the State Fair will not ia
short of eleven thousand dollars (Sll
0OOl This, with the $1,000 asked 70
from the Legislature, win place the Al
ricuItural Society on hrm and ind
pendent basis. Tho Legislature shoul
help the Society and pass the bill fc
, relief. The theatre season, taking /
: the circus, has been profitable IN the q
] trsme. Our merchants and all trades
have done we'll in pecuniary point
view. The State holiday week havin
closed under prosperous and hopefE
J circumstances We drop back to the Les
: isIatiye proceedings for little recrs
1 ton.
r How true Is the old saying, that whe
| the pot boils the scum comes TO the toI
The way candidates are traduced 10 q
tonishing. Ben Hayden gives q b
witching claim to Mitchell for Senate
and likes him, = qualification by :
D means to be despised. The PoIaris we
= remarks that Mr.. Mitchell's faults a
ell before the public, but those Of b
traducers are covered up. But IN son
: cases the character Of Mitchelps tradu
}. ers are before the public and the scu
Il comes to tho surface as the pot boi
!, But this Is Oregon politics. The spin
is too vicious to be ereditable to man
D State. The outer world must think tn
u Oregon is run politically by set
irst-class devils. Will 1t ever be Q:
4 erwise
!. Candidates are becoming less. Il "
. supposed by a very few, that Boise "
. candidate, but little time has sho'
II that his pretensions have vanished in
thin air. II is pretty hard 70 ask
Legislature to commit perjury, no &c
tlemaL would do such . thing. A.
:, it looks as If this rumor about Bois'
:. candidacy is all fable.
A. One Of the most important bills ]
troi iuced Is Senate Bill No. Is, by