The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-01
PLAIN TALK.
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By A PLAIN CHAP.

By PLAIN CHAP.
Next 70 defendant Ia dog suit Is be.
ing Mayor Of Portland. Never was
Huguenot prsscuted mere than the pres
ent one /; but there 10 this difference, hs
deserves 1t 70 acerLsin extent, the Hu-
gusnots did not Not only IL he fsrdld.
den the prIvlieg gs Of going to San Fran
cisco, but Is treated 70 all manner oil
jokes and tricks that would make fox
~ the doorof hshnsry blush for hl 4
tribe. Recently he was awakened by a
bsy, who is said 10 have been q reporter
On the Ne.Os, and asked IL DIR. and Mayor
Chapman were ono and the same per-
son, and dsn being told yes, the hair
brslHed youth left. leaving dlSgusted
Mayor In the door
-
When Chinaman gets In trouble
with another Chlnaman, instead OF re-
lying upon thscourts Of the country he
Is making his home. he goes 70 the
Chinese Court at San Francisco, set up
la opposition 10 our institutions, and
asks Justl ce at It's hands, and It's decIs-
ion is law Amsng the celestiaIs. This
ls ~ bad as MormonIsn, and a. deserv.
ing ofcsnsure. Any Institution set up
that II santaaonistIcto the Institutions of
the general government, should be dis.
ceuntenanced aud most severely set
down on" 70 use q Marion county ex-
preston. Arbitration ls all right
among all classes Of people, but this IL
net arbitration.
a Yale student was recently arrested
fer s0mS disturbance. and was severIy
fined. the Judge eremarkIng that students
were ~ much subject 10 The laws
Of the United States as anyone
else and should be punished the same.
Take IL ~ . rule, ln large Colleges. and
In many small ones, they seem to think
they are privileged classes, aud commit
all kinds Of crimes deserving Of penl-
tentiary punishment, with impunity !;
but this fearless Judge has set an exam
pie deserving Of being followed. Stu
dents are citizens the same as business
men, and should be punished In the
sSme manner for their mIsdemeauors.
The dude manager OF New Market
theater In Portland has made arrange
ments for having Sullivan, the slugger
give On exhfSslIon there on February 2
This will Be = good opportunity TO see
whether the fool killer has been in Port
land or not. The regular admission fee
Is two dsllars In most places and preb-
ably will be In Portland, and at that In
some cities In CalIf6rnIa, q premium Of
81 50 was paid. Yet. naturally enough
mang have curiosity to see suck .
noted big listed lion, and are willing to
have IL said that the fool killer has net
been their way fer the sake OF being
able 10 say. 81 saw Sullivan spar"
Shades OF Hercules ! what taste the
public has
One of the Astoria papers becomes
psetIc and says that people may talk Of
hard times. but IL does not effect them,
NJ q, ,OO0, 900 will be taken during the
year from the strip OF water in front OF
that city. We hope 30, and why can
not We say that Il does not affect as, for
q, ,000, 900 Will be taken from the fertile
fields Of Linn county In selld gold dur
Ing the esming year. Certainly our
Pisapects are nearly rs good as Astoria.
for wheat gold Is as good as fish geld
and in fact does not slip out OF ones
hands quite 60 easily.
80
Henry Willard, alb, you have heard ol
him, perhaps more than you care to,
butws would like to say this, we do mel
believe he Is worth $4,000, 600, not
wlthstandIHg his failure. as is claimed
by many papers. 5000. 900 is as higt
as the figures should be put Homes
Henry. Ifhs had endowed eur Collsg,
with $50, 900 we would think his failur
was gsAulns, but - 1t Is we are skept
lcal. We hope he has made money b.
It, fer he did . great ser vice to tn
Northwest but for him It would hav
been several years before then. P. woul
have been completed. He has adver
tIsed US, put money in our pockets il
prospecto. and we are bound TO stand a
for hlu, bat that falling bushes
"stlcks in eur crops."