The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-12-26

sAsrlAM FoaK., osn. Dec. a., 1880.

sANrlAM FoRKs, 0gn, Dec. a, 1899.
Edaon Dsmosrafs
II The many honest republicans will only
keep their eyes open. they will notice from
time to time, admissions made by repub-
lIcan leaders and journals, that well illus
traie The hollow pretenses Of the repuhll-
can party leaders Otto day. For instance,
the Oregonian In an editorial OF recent
datei severely abused the farmers, and
took occasion to say that the scheme Of
Senator Stanford for the government to
loan money to the farmers on their lands
was unjust and class legislation, and fur
ther stated that Senator Stanford oweshis
eighty millions Of money to the special
class legislafion that has enabled him az
well as many others TO accumulate money
by methods corrupt and dishonest.
Now right here is an admission-one
which admits truth Iehg claimed BY the
democratic party, to wit; that the republl-
can party by lls class legislation, enacted
by h during the las. twenty Eve years, at
the dlctatlon Of capital and In the lnteres.
Of favored few, Is directly responsible for
the existence OF such miiiIonaires as Sena-
tor Stanford, who, the OregaiaH says, has
been enabled to acquire great wealth by
means Of corrupt and special legislation
II must be remembered though that when
election times roll around the Oregoni,ss,
with the other republican journals,are very
ready 10 call on their allIes--the mouopo-
lists, tariff protected industries, ,trus.s, and
such capitalists as Senator Stanford
with the suggestion to all such, that they
must contribute part Of thslr wrongly ac-
qlired gains to that party which created
and stands by them, that Is, the grand old
party Of Lincoln, which has now degener
ated so far from It's FIRST principles as to
claim the tight to fry the fat out of the
tariff protected capitalists of the country
II the tolling, hooes. masses OF the repub-
lican party who are still voting "for Lin
coin and prosecution Of the war" could
only find time to brush the cob-wcbs from
their eyes, and Rip Van Winkle like, real.
lEe that the party OF Lincoln and loyalty
had drifted from It's earlier mooring into
the strong grasp of monopolists and the
stockholders oftariif protected combines =
they, the farmers, and laborers of the re-
publican party would but read the effects
OF the special legislation and the impusi-
ton Of the high tariff on their business,
they would tum In disgust from The party
whose political key notes are sounded by
the favored few who, controlling the re-
publican party, seek to make the laboring
people believe that capital Is not yet ready
20 take care Of itself but still needs that
fostering care produced by a protective
tariff which makes the rich only the richer
and the poor but the pocrer SIN.
Another instance Is that of our esteemed
friends Of the Albany "Hyald" who In the
issue Of 7Ist instant under the head OF
"foreign immigration" said the restriction
Of foreign "would also supplement the
wholesome operation of the protective
tariff in maintaining the high standards Of
American labor" and In the same article
says "foI the unskilled laborers who crowd
to America and by their willingness to
work for a pIttanee dePress the wages Of
American mechanics" Nov lie last
statement Is truth which the democratic
party has maintained for the last twenty
FIVE years and longer, and the republican
party Is juss now admitting the truth Of i,
and next thing viii be claiming that the
doctrine started with that par ty. Il Is a