The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-10-12
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The Orcgoniaa is on "high horse" be-
cause we convicted Il OF moral forgery In
changing the meaning of resolution In
the democratic platform Of 1886, by cutting
off and leaving out material part of Il.
This forgery was one of design. II Is In
perfect accord " ith dozen others of which
Il has been guilty during this eompaign.
The DEMOCRAT said that In 1883 the dem
ocrats opposed the tariff bill because Il ye
dncof the duty on wool and iacyoasod Il on
woolen goods, and that they were In favor
of reducing iton both. This the OyegoNiaR
with characteristic disregard OF the truth
denies In the face of the evidence afforded
In the Congressional Record, When the
tariff bill OF 1883 was about TO be voted on
Mr.. Carlisle said; al have announced here
more than once during the progress Of the
debate on this subject that stood ready to
vote for an average reduction of even 20
per cent. justly and equltably distributed
among all the articles subject to taxation
under our custom laws, The same de-
claration has been made Substantially, ut
least, by several other gentleman on this
side; but Il has so far failed 10 receive
favorable response from those who con
troll the legislation Of the house." Again
Mr. Carlisle, who opposed the bill. said;
"Then, again, this report proposes to IN.
crease the duties upon large classes of cot
ton goods, and upon very large class of
wooleu goods" Again he said: "Then,
on large class Of wooden goods another
very material increase of duty Is proposed
The above extracts conclusiveiy show that
the DEMocRAr was right, and that the Ore
goHiHa Is the one guilty of lying about the
matter. This species of Justification of
facts and mutilation of statement Is by no
means the only one of which that paper is
guilty.
In Its issue of Aug 2, it said editorially:
Thurman, of bandana fame, said in 1879,
In the United States senate, Free immi-
grafton would be advantageous as furnish
ing class of cheap and efficient laborers."
1t could not have been otherwise than that
the OyegOmaH knew this was false as this
was n badly mutilated extract from a
speech that Thurman did make at that
time, and the OyegOHian had the means of
verifying It had 1t desired to do so. Now
read what Thurman did say and the ami
mus OF the Orcg0RiaH viii appear at once:
"rheir (Chinese) presence in our coun-
try, although II might be advantageous
furnishing set of cheap and efficient lab
orers, carries Evikh IL sHe6 disadvantages fkGf
they more than e0EHfeyval all the benefits ne
could deyivc from their presence" (See page
1906, vols, part ?, sess-, 4Sth congress.)
On the strength of the starement made
by the OycgOHiaH about Thurman's speech,
Mr.. Alexander gentleman in Tacoma, a
republican, made bet that Thurman had
used such language and wrote to the q 6.
goHiaH to furnish the proof of the state
ment. But the editor of that paper know
ing full well that the proof could not be
furnished, remained silent. Mr.. AIexan-
der not receiving any answer wrote to the
OregoRiaH again, and again the OycgoHias
refused to answer, whereupon Mr.. Alex
ander grew impatient and published all the
facts saying:
"This leads me to believe that so far as
my party is concerned the campaign is
conducted solely on falsehood and mis-
representation. The organs of the party
make statements which they must know
to he lies and deceive their friends as the
OyegOHias deceived me into making bet
on its statement about Thurman and los
ing it, In order to prevent any one else
from betting money on the editorial state
ments of the OregOaiaH, / hope you will
publish the above in your paper"
This was reproof richly deserved so
far as the OregoaiaH is concerned. II
shows thatintegrity of statement is as much
a stranger to the editorial columns of that
paper as belief in a Supreme Being is to
Bob IngersoI.