The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-03-28

lie would be an unnatural parent who
failed In the eladdening recognition OF bis
own offspring. An old man now, with
memory Of the years that have gone. re.
call the establishment Of the Ssas Righb
Drmocruf In 1866 when democrats OF weak
heart In the doctrine OF Jefferson and In the
faith Of Jackson owned that State Rights
was unreasonable heresy." They bended
the knee to the occasion and prostrated
their forms In the mud OF political mire
Without the backbone doctrine OF State
Rights. the federation " the sta tes ls
rope Of sand. Union, What is Unloni
Il is confederation Of eqnal powers mu-
tually agreeing Ia respsct to defense and
offense a. toward all other powers COM
blned. State Rights is the spinal eo.umn
Of this union II Is the rudder of the ship
OF state. Departure from the doctrine will
be as floating upon the sea Of circumstance,
the haven Is In the accidents to probable
safety, TO possible disaster. To take State
Rights from the states Is as taking the
backbone from the Union. "Old Linn"
used to be the banner county OF Oregon.
Marion was It's nearest peer and Lane was
debatable. Tbs young generation do not
remember DelaEon Smith. lie was for
years the foremost representative Of Linn
county and ended his life after he held
a place in the United States Senate. Do
the dwellers In Linn county generally
know that the name off the county was the
grateful compliment OF the early pioneers,
who cherished the memory Of Lewis f
Lima, Unied States Senator from Mis-
souri,, colleague of great Tom Benton from
1888 until his death In is43l Linn county
l. central In the mighty valley OF the VIII
lamelte. The towering Cascade Range
guards Il. I'he Willamette laves Il, aud
It's tributaries help In the fruetifying pro-
cess. Linn county will forever be the
key stone county Of the Willamette. I re
call names and persons. 1t Ia afriendly
communication. These were solid men Of
albany. The name was given to the
town BY Walter Montellh. lie was OF Al
bany, New York, sturdy whlg In politics
and honsred In all his life. time. His
younger, brother, Tom Monteith was like.
wise conspicuous In Albany. There was
Mcconnell, strictest of democrats, honest
irom his toes up to his poll. Martin
Payne, the Burkhart brothers. good old
Matthew Fountain Of Harrisburg, and
Hiram Smith, old man Haley of Peoria,
and straight John T Crooks OF Syracuse
and the cabtrecs Of "canada," (the Forks
Lordi what democrats they were. Old
John, avoridupois, 100, that Of his little
bunch OF wife a4a pounds. There was a
fair division Ia the marriage. She was a
Virginia widow OF nine children, Johny
Crabtree a widower with nine children.
They married ard emigratei to Oregon
settled In the forks Of the Santiam and In
creased the household to twenty-boys
and girls. The Crabtrees and the Bilyeus
were noted stock IN the "Canada" (Forks,)
region. Hugh L Brown OF Brownsville,
Enoch Hoult and willoughbY Of Harris
burg and "RoS" Cochran OF Lahe and VIII
liam of Linn. the Price brothers, John
Crawford and his intense Seotch-IrIsh
brother who would always pronounce
isn ~fash" estimable DR.. Hill, his good
son, Lindsey, boy of mine, In enduring
memory, held because Of his intelligence
and worth, solid ard rcticent John Conner
the banker. II Vas a remarkable incident
that on his counter, when he kept hard
ware store away back In iS63-4 there
rested undIsturbed package OF $4,000 In
gold coin, forwarded from Jacksonville,
directed to Portland. by Tracy * Co, who
afterwards sold to Wells Fargo s. Co. and
dispatched by c c Beekman OF Jackson
vile, Of first class responsibility. The
package reached Albany on a Sunday
morning about 6 O'Clock and was duly
checked. The next stopping place was
Salem. J c Bell was .he Wells Fargo &
Cos agent A clerk atten lied to the ex-
press matter. There was no package Of
money as way billed. The money did no,
reac.I Portland. The $4,000 was the
missed quantity. Wells Fargo & Cos A.
gent at Portland paid the sam. The clark
Of c Bell at Salem was suspected and
dismissed. He was innocent. One year
afterwards on taking an inventory OF stock,
honest John Conner picked up weighty
package from his counter, supPosing 1t to
be hinges but upon tearing open the wrap
ping, he discovered II to be $40 pieces
one hundred Of them. The missing $4,000
had been for the year on the counter Of
John Conner's hardware store in Albany
in its wrapping of strong paper as only so
much hardware. John Conner was strict.
ly hone.t in the find. He immediately
communicated the fact, Tracy was reinstat-
ed and made happy. John ConneI's thick
eyebrows never concealed wrong OF
which he was cognizant. / started to pay
a compliment to your fine newspaper.
have strolled into "reminiscences. will
cease. There nsed to be a Rainwater
across the Willamette from Albany. /
fear any further down--pour this season J.
Here in California we have had enough.
1t is not the thing to "take wafer save
with discretion. 20 take leave Is better.
JAMES O'MEARA.
Santa Rosa Cal.
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