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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-10-10


On the fth Of November the election
for President takes place. and il need
noF % SAID that until that time both
parties Will use their best cndeavors to
win q victory So far as the Democrats
are concerned. the campaign appears
y De ia a good shape as could be
wlshe'- They are. 81 course. few
Democrats who prefer 70 take a gloomy
view 81 the prospect. but. in our opin-
ion. the ontl0oS has never been more
favorable 70 Democratic success since
the war
Tho Nationa. Committee has carried
on the campaign cautiously and quiet
IN, but. thus FAR. effectively. No false
moves have been made, no blunders
committed. and everything Is in shape
Tor pushing matters vigorously from
now until the day Of election. The
Democratic campaign, for the first time
since the war, ha- been an aggressive
onr- All the explaining that been done
has been on the part Of the Republic
ans Circnm stances have consp red to
place their corrupt party on the dcfcns-
i've. and no part Of this advantage has
been lost by the Democrats When the
Republicans have found II impossible
y explain they have lodged. The New
lork Irrt'ne. for instance, with the in
stinet o. veteran campaigner. has per-
s,stentiy avoided al reference % the
Muliigan letters: indeed. its policy in
This ressect has been 80 firm and con
sISten. that i has ignored even the au-
tnorixfd explanations Of the Mulligan
correspondence, which is not 70 be
wondered At. seeing how lame and i'm
potent these explanations are
Brother Blaine. i viii Be borne il |
mind was nominated with whoop \
and = nurrah The enthusiasm for him
AZ the Convention was Of the warmcst |
and most Intense variety and il was
supposed g BE- thoroughly representa-
i've. but hardly had the echoes 81 the
yeiing dfeu away before the eNperi-
eneed campaigner began 70 discover
that the Elaine enthusiasm was Of the
purely professional variety. Il cooled
down - once. and has been growing
colder ever since ne nomination
pleased NOBODY except thc rag-tag AMI
ooo-1ait pohticisns' VINO iift up their
VOICES n tne saloons ana aliude 70 their
candidate - I'm.
me honest and respectable kcpub-
leans immediately served notice on
their party that they would under no
circumstances support the nominee
me honest hrpuDiican newspapers
nane similar declarations, and this was
oioSeh w the 1erman revolt. All
nese iac.s m perfectly wei known -
az Icaaers' anu W. aiiude 20 them
,sre W emphasize the statement that
ne b'aine campaign. which vas weak
y NE start nas steadily grown weaker
'ver since II there y anything hopo-
NJ " ocyonn me power ana the
xluinsne II "a ne hepuoiican leaders 70
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-10-10

The chance concoctions OF ignorant men
have sometimes brought disrepute not only
on their own worthless medicines that de-
serve no credit, but sometimes, with much
injustice, on really reliable preparations.
Ladies' should nothesitafe about Mz. Pink
haru's Vegetable Compound. for this RENE.
dy has been tried, proven and praised for
years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-10-10
BLAINE rnE FRIEND or RAILReADe

/
HE Oppositien % inc Thurman nul H.
quiring the Psciac Railroads % Pag
Thetr Indebtedness 20 the UsitsA states
-oouid % - FiiI tho Lobbies. Whils
Blaine Lc.ds the Attack % the Floor.
The most important act over passed
20 check the power OF railroads and 70
compel them % fulfill the obligations
entered into at their incorporation was
che Thurman act. approved May z.
1879.
To prevent the passage Of this bill
was arrayed the whole power Of the
railroad kings, Gould. Huntington. ef
u onn> genus; the Hobbies swarmed
with their agents. and their representa-
tives on the iloor BY voice and vote
exercised their utmost energies 10 com
pass lis defeat. Indeed, Mr. Gould was
there and in person directed the opera
tons Of the lobby The cause Of the
people, however. was in the hands Of
that great leader. Allen q. Thurman.
earnestly aided b. Mr. Edmunds, and
no subterfuge could blind and no spe-
cious argument swerve him from the
accomplishment Of the object il view.
Among those in the Senate who most
stoutly resisted the passage Of the Thur
man act was JamesG. Blaine. In fact.
In the ionO debate that affontlx.d ~
In -. 80 ~. I.a ~ 80
o'is' No Vs. the teaucr ~ the oppose
ton.
IN the Senate Anr;1 1919 AZ,
80 rP. y 100. Az.
Dtatue oHcred the following amendment
10 the Pacific Railroad Funding Act:
yr,a' ~. ~ ~ s 1nk ~ s.io Nentre racine end
s ..s'.n as,.S satSso snnil tatn.
10y .omr,S Win inc provisions 81 the SAID
49, - 49, M - Nn1 q tbs ACT relating
~ sns n, nT % tns nitca statcs on 20
so1Is y. 'xc uonos nlshuccu, ana " sinking
u.seS W ~ 1g ~ - hioreseso sucn
sompt .ncc ruaI, ~ ocemcd ana takcn - sur
ns.En. - me-. tne eoIknt,ons q eaio com
~ son"s " sucn ponas prior 70 tne
e<. ..;sy ~ rrs's, -. .-..~, -
.*'ms ,o tuAt tne annual payments from
800 - .ar , 0.mpeny, " euation 70 tne
49,. txe ~ account ana the uvc per /
sc..s Y. ~ .nc nj eAsn,nks presently tpphcautc
~ s.s W. nna me nones snail never .
49, 111n sv,-rH IhciuulnE the etuer nall ~ Il
sne INTERPRETATION sccount applicable 20 the
snkiuk Iun1 hrrln established and thai
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-10-10

HAll Ladies' Should Know That Hoods.
scarfs, ribbons and all fancy articles can
DC made any color wanted with Diamond
Dyes. All the popular colors. 10c 81
druggists. None equal them. Wells,
Richardson & Co., Burlington. VT.
UDE y womsn-All the Joy and much e
the misery Ia the world.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-10-10

The microbe OF cholera Is said to resem-
Die comma. Is that why 1t 50 soon brings
man 20 full stopl
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-10-10

~ makes had work with spelling when
ne =" Il out q sight and out Of mind. ---
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-10-10

FAT people keep away from the mount
aims n the summer They DO not like the
climb tn q. Picayune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-10-10
The acute mind Of Mr.. Edmunds VA
not deceived. He said:

< lie fBlancl. as said before. IL the original
4 father; there 4 no grandfather and no cor
Iation Of this country of the Congress Of fhc
! intel states, since the tine when the evil OF
\ the hands Of states ma Of Congress has been
discovered IN the 1st few years 70 provide
X thar I'm any respect or under any circum-
stances the HAMS of the Legislative power
snail Be held on from The exercise of their t.
'nas saa ccn,o a oyer pno
TELL sir, what viii happen; you can not tell
who Will MANAGE these corporations; you can
not toll how long there viii be any net income
or NOT. depending not upon the lair progress
OF dcvc opmcut aud natural competition bur
depending upon the evil de .iIjry Of etocx-
about all these corporations, aud vet my hon
orabic friend from Maine, IN that sweet limo
cenre which characterixes his character. that
~ IL j. wiling TO fold UP his arm ana be tied
up In y bag by the Union PacIf1c ana Central
Pacific Railroad Companies for TWENTY-FIVE
tabli~n sinking Fund
The amendment Of Mr.. Blaine was
deteated-yeas. ~. nays, 81.
The bill was then passed-ycas, 40,
NAYS. 20
Mr.. Blaine voted mo"
See Congressional Record. Apr 2 to
.. 1873.
That the object OF Mr.. Blaine's amend
ment was understood in California q
shown BY the following editorial:
The bin Or the senate judiciary Committee
providing thar the UnIon and Central Pacific
ksisroA Companies shall esch ere ~, d sink
inx fuftd. with which ~ rnally lAludatc their
Indebtedness 10 the Gosernnient. passc.I tue
Tined safes Senate yesterday. ~ the de-
c.~ivc vote ~ ~ 10 ". II passed without
nuIlifs IL force. and indevd. without amend.
mcnts OF any kind. TbiS u the fIrst real AMI
erectiNc sarck which the arrogance or tho
rairoah companies have yst tcce.vcd: Re-
fuption- neither sham nor compromise u en-
bosicd IN this bill. II u 4 pain. str4lrhffur.
ward. compulsory demand that these com
lpaillcs which have grown 80 enormously rich
from the prodigai donations ~ thc country.
and from their opprcSS " tatin exAtions.
snaI! now meet ,he ohirs,ions they have
evaJcd - long. The House Committee on
Railroads has been instructed n rep ri II sim
liar bill which wi undoubtedly pass Hiaiue's
amcndnle q was defeated ~ 4 vote o. 5 % p.
80 sttH fraAcfsty fNfv~Fc a. .tma ~ i,st.
From the foregoing debate il will be
seen that Il was not without proper
knowledge that Mr.. Edmunds wrote 70
: friend in Vermont:
II 4 my deliberate opinion thst NJ. Blaine
Mr. Thurman ana have settled upon Irrris!a.
ton 10 bring the Pacific Railroads 10 terms az
equity with the Government MP has jumped
the hreasiworks q Goulds lobby. 10 ire ilSto
our back"
The law thus treated Of. having il
operation discovered some defects, 4
bill TO amend the Thurman net and cor
rect rs defects was passed in The House
- the last session. under the leadership
81 Hon. Phil. B. Thompson, Of KEN
lucky. The Republican senate failed |
al. 49,. a n Ii II
most other measures where the poopls
action and the corporations
desired dslay.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27

There IL growing demand OH all
sides for remedies agreeable TO the taste
as we'll as beneficial In effect, and the
leading physicians and druggists gladly
Welcome TO the list of now remedies al
preparations possessing real merit and
pleasant taste. 1t Is now admitted
by all who have tried the new remedy,
which Is having such an immense sale
Syrup Of FIgs-that II Is the most
efIicacIous preparation ever discovered.
II you want the best Of all liver medl-
clnes and purgatlves, Syrup OF Figs IL
your choice. Trial bottles free and
large bottles for sale by Langdon & G,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27
SheriR's Sale.

In Tie Circuit Court Of he STATE Of Oregoa.
for he County Of Linn
A II Baltimore, Plaintiff.
VS..
j M Meizler and s II Althouse, + Back
ensto and w NJ Ketcbum, partners doing
business under the firm name and stvie
Of Althonse, Backensto and Ketehnm.
Defendants.
DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION
ID and order Of sale issued out Of the
above named Court in the above entitled
suit, TO me directed and delivered, will
on Saturday the 26th day Of July. 1854, at
the Court House door in the city Of Al.
bany, Linn county, Oregon, at the hour Of
O'Clock, p. M, sell at public auction for
cash in hand TO the highest bidder the real
property described in said order Of sale IS
follows, to-wit Lot No. 2, in Block II. I.and
the west half Of Lot No, 3, In Block IL, In
The city Of Albany Linn county, Oregon,
as the same 10 designated, numbered and
described on the maps and plats Of said
city, now on file In the ofIics or the County
Clerk Of Linn county, Oregon. The pro-
ceeds OF sale 70 be applied first 10 the pay
ment OF the costs ofsuit taxed at 1z7. .05 and
/ accTuiDg costs. Second 70 the payment to
the Plaintiff the sum OF 3662, ID with accru-
| ing interest on 800 thereof at one per
cent per month from September 18th, 1883.
Third to the payment 10 the Defendants.
s II Althouse, w NJ Ketchum and +
Backensto the sum Of S6S. .65 and costs and
accTuing interest from the 18th day VI
| March 1881, and thereafter II anything re-
main the same 70 be paid over 70 the Dc.
| fendaDt Metzler or bis assigns.
Dated this 2Gth day Of June, 1884.
GEo. HUMPHREY,
/ Sheriff OF Linn county,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27

HArarY, On, June 24Lh, 1884.

HAfsEY, On, june 24th, 1884.
Eds. Democrat.
Mr.. M. T. Bassett has been quite
III.
Mrs. Clifton will move to her par
ents soon.
Farmers arc hauling considerable
lumber now.
Campmeeting began at Roberts
Bridge on Tuesday.
Mrs. NoffsInger and daughter, OF
California, are visiting at Halsey.
Mr.. Newton Yarmouth has just
returned from q trip TO Eastern Ore
gon.
The Linn County Lodge I. o. q.
T. will meet at Shedd, July 2. w.
G. Il. King will bo present.
Messrs. Rector, Davis and others
were In Corvallis attending the Grand
Lodge Of |. o. q. I. last weef,
We understand the Shedd and
| Halsey boys will play match game
OF base ball at Halsey Saturday.
The Public School closes here on
Friday, the teachers will attend the
State Teachers Association at Salem.
Mr.. J. w. Callihan and mother, of
DAnvIlle, H., are visiting their rela-
tive, Judge Stewart and family. at
Halsey.
Hon. T. l.. Porter Il expected home
Ia O few days, before starting for the
National Democratic Convention at
Chicago.
Judge Stewart and family started
for the coast, but did not get farther
than the Judges farm on account oi
the rain.
Mr.. Ira Vauters and Joseph Worth
are home from tho University. The
boys look as though they had been
hard at work.
Mr.. II. B. KenIston Is attending
campmeetIne at Roberts Bridge, Miss
Lillian Worth has charge Of the store
In his absence.
We learn that w. w. Francis, form
erly q druggist In Halsey. Is noT
joint editor Of the Chchalls Bee, In
Lew Is county, w. T.
The editor OF tho BugLe Informed
us that he will not issue any more
copies OF the Bugie as several other
matters deserve his attention which
necessarily cannot be sighted.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27
THE THIRD CHARGE.

Third, That Dir. Blaine la 1870 made
an offer, as appeared y bis own letters
to one of his railroad friends, Mr.. War.
rem Fisher, of Boston, to sell him a
half of one twenty-fourth interest in
thu Northern Pacific Railroad, imme.
diately after Jay Cookies contract chad
been perfected and the additional legis.
lation had been Obtained" he having
he said, come into control of this inter
est "by strange revolution of circum-
stances - that the amount of stock
which this ,"ould represent, he said,
would De S425, 900, and the number Of
acres of land "nearly 275,0c0" "The
chance" )" he said, "was very rare one
be couldn't touch it," but he offered il
to Mr. Fisher for $4,000 that Mr..
Fisher accepted it and paid the money,
but for some unexplained reason the
stock was never delivered, and Mr..
Blaine subsequently returned the
amount. This transaction was a yery
peculiar one, f,r the following reasons :
1t appears from Acts of Congress re-
lating TO the road, none of which are of
older date than Ju.y 2, 1864, that the
authorized stock was Sl00,000,000,
with land grant estimated by the COM
missioncrs of public lands at 47,0OO.-
600 acres, or "A, 423 square miles. The
line of the road was 1000 miles LONG.
and at the time of BIaine's letter to
Fisher it was, he says, being built on
bonds at s25, 900 mile, which should
have made a bonded debt of $50, ,OOO..
900. Mr.. Blaine, as member of Con
gress and Speaker Of the House, must
be taken to have known about the cir
cumstances Of the road and there there
fore seems no escape from the conclu.
sion that bis offer was based on the
expectation that he would receive al
most as gifs share ia an enterprise
dependent for its value on legislation
in which he had taken part. Mr..
Blaiae's defence in the cass Of this
transaction consisted at first of denial
that he bad ever had any transaction
with the road at all, but hs afterward
rested on the fact that he had no be.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27
TuE rArTooED CANDIDATE.

We have been requested TO exp.aiA
why Mr.. Blaine is called the tattoocd
candidate. There Is comic, cartoon pa
per published 10 New York called
"P'sck." Some Tins in May when the
anti-Blaine republican papers were Gu
gaged in pubIishing his crooked record
to convince the party that il would not
do to nominate him, Puck published
full page, colored cartoon, entitled
Gloves Labor Lost" The central fg.
ure Of the cartoon was the distinguished
politician ftem Maine who Is represen.
ted to be seated on threc-legged wood
en- stool. His facs wears look Of the
mos. intense rgony, while bis body,
which il covered oaly BY blue colored
clout ornlmented with massive stars,
is ta.tooed witb frauid, the works Of the
artist, spelling out in bold letters the
numerous frauds with which The name
of Mr.. Blaine has been CO injected. On
bis back ars written the words: "Little
Rock Railroad B1nds, "Mnili gan let
ters,' Northern Pacific Railroad
Bonds" "Anti- Chinese" while on his
arm in glar'ng characters are the words:
"Guano statesmanship" and "Bluster." I"
On the left leg Of Mr.. Blaine are the
words: "Dsmagogism," "MsuopoIy."
Standing on the floor jas, 10 rear Of the
tattooed man Is bucket, from which
cloud of steam is rising, labelled: s"Ttii-
b,ns Cleaning Fluid" while near by is
lying new scrubhing brush, supported
by cake OF "Eslmundshine," and a
huge black bottle lab.lled "T.ibune Ed.
itorials." Just in rear Of the IA B o. d
man, Whitelaw Raid, editor OF the New
York Tribune, is standing with the per.
spiration rolling in grea; drops from his
forehead while with a Tribune E<-
cuses" scrubbing brush in his right hand
and an "ExplAnatiVe punice stone" 10
his left hand he is trying yainly To wash
the stains out of his hero's hide. X aeel-
ing 10 front of the tattoce man is Will
liam Walter Phelps who is trying TO
rub out the danning spots on the NJ 4ine
statesm ans leg with "Vindicative sand
paper" Mr.. Phelps is supported by
an immense basin of "Sophis:ry acid"
and volume labelled ''B ,rax- False
Arguments" In commenting upon the
cartoon, Puck says, addressing Mr..
Phelps: "You want to show Mr.James
G. Blaine, of Mime, to the public as
pure and spotless statesman, do you :?
Well, do you know what that under.
taking implies? Il implies the recon-
atruction of all known principles of NOR
atty ,aud numerous alterations in all ex-
isting dictionaries. II involves the
transformation of black into white, and
the making of job such as Lacifer un-
dertook, according to Milton, when be
announced his intention of performing
his celebrated transmogri6cation trick
act with Evil. The contract is a little
too large for you, Mr.. Phelps"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27
TuRKgY GeBBLER sTRrT.

Mr.: Biaine's quarrel with Roscoe
C1nkling dates back to 1876. Il orig
mated with Senator Conkling's refusal
to yield the floor 10 Mr.. Blaine. Mr..
Conkling remarking that he "did not
wish to have anything to do with the
member from Maire, not even. to yield
him the 1,or." Mr.. Blaine replied
with promptness and vim which
showed that be fully returned Mr..
Cenkling's animosi'y.
GAS to the gentleman's cruel sar-
casm." he said. al hope it will not be
too scvero. The contempt of that large
minded gsntloman Is 10 willing, his
naughty disdain, his grandiloquent
swell, bis majestic, supereminent, over
powering -gobbler strut has been
so crushing to myself and all the men,
bers of this House that l know It was
an act of the greatest temerity for me
to venture on o controversy with him.
But sir l know who is responsible for
all this. / know that within the last
five weeks, as members of the House
will recollect, an extra strut has char
actsrized the gentleman's bearing. 1t
is not his fault. It is tho fault of anoth.
er. That gifted and satirical writer
Theodore Tilton of the New York In
dependent, spent some weeks recently
in this city. His letters, published in
that paper, embraced, with many SER
ious statements, little jocoss satire a
part of which was that the mantle of
of the late Winter Davis had fallen
upon the member from New York.
The gentleman took it seriously, and it
has given his strut an additional POM
posity. The resemblance is great-it
is striking: Hyperion to a Satyr ];
Thersites to Hercules mud to marble :;
dunghill to diamond a singed cat to
Bengal tiger whining puppy to a
roaring lionl Shade of the mighty Da-
Wis, forgive the almost proclamation of
that jocose satire"
Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Conkling have
not spoken to one another since.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27
THE REVOLT AGAINST BLAINE.

Among mere partisans there is al.
ways disposition to belittle and
Ignore the strength and numbers of the
opposite party. The opinion of par
tisan as to the result of an election is
generally to be found grounded in the
wish and hope that such result will
obtain. The present outlook as to the
presidential election is no exception to
the rule. The enthusiastic, ardent
supporter of Blaine will tell you that
he is the very strongest and most popu-
lar man that could have been nomina-
ted. He utterly ignores all stumbling
blocks over which Blaine aad the party
might fall on the road TO the white
house. On the other hand the entbu-
sIastic Democrat sees nothing in the
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27

We have often remarked in these
columns that the great body # g
voters of the Republican party are
honest men like those OF any political
party. They are not differeat 10
that respect from other political par
ties. But we have often maintained
that the organization of the party is
In the hands and under the control of
designing and c6xupt men, and they
dictate the nominations and control
its policy. We are sustained in this
vieV by dozens of independent Re-
publican papers all over the country.
The better part of the party Is utterly
powerIess to do anything to better
the party or the country. Let the
old hulk sink.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27

Upon hearing 1t said that in con-
sequence of the Republican bolt in
Boston against Blaine, his managers
would be unable to get money in that
city for his campaign, Meen, the rich
owner of the barbed wire fence mo-
nopoly, said that he stands ready to
make up any deficiency in that direc-
ton. If Blaine should be elected he
will be the tool Of every monopoly in
the country. The danger of Blaine'e
foreign policy and his confidential
relations with railroad and other mo.
nopelies will cause many a Republi-
can to hesitate when they come to
vote. The heaIthiest sign of the
times lies in the fact that there are
thousands of men all over the country
who have been acting with the Re-
publican party for years who new de-
clare that change is needed, and In
consequence OF the very objectional
record of Blaine they will vote for
the Democratic candidate.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27

Tie real grounds of objection to
Blaine on the part of Independent re-
publicans are found in bis susceptibility
to corrupt methods in politics and gov
ernmental affairs, as shown in his ruI-
ings In favor Of railroad companies
while speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and in the danger of his IL
volving the nation ia foreign war, in
case he should be elected President.
By the more far-seeing republicans he
Is regarded as possessing unbounded
ambition and people generally are afraid
of such spirit in the executive Office
of the nation.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27
The twelve Apostles OF Fraud.

"The Ten White Men and Two Ne
groes who Defeated American People
out OF their Chsiee for President In 1870
is picture 20x2s inches, just issued by
the Advance Publishing Co.. Nos. 8
and7 Murray street, New York. n Y.
II makes honest men thrive and the
fraud conspirators wrlthe. Price 30
cents copy, prepaid 10 any address.
Twelve copies to one address, prepaid,
three dollars.