The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-30
THE BoDY OF THIS DEATH"

st Paul, the apostle in writing to the
church at Rome bewailed the terrible in
fluence of the law Of sin, and cried out:
"Oh wreiched man that / ami who shall
deliver me from the body of this death
Learned bible commentators say this re-
u.arkable expression wss based on Gus
tom which existed in the oriental coun-
tries. When a eertain crime was commit
ed they did not put the man in peniten-
tiary, as we sometimes do; they did not
hang him, as we seldom do; they did not
turn him loose, as we generally do; but
they took the body of his dead victim and
lashcd IL TO his back and sent him forth
with this burden Of death on his shoulders
Wherever he WENT by day OF night,he bore
the evidence Of his guilt and his own great
punishment until, overcome, he sank
down IN death, excIaiming: "Ohi who
shall deliver me from the BODY of this
deathi" The republican party. when il
! onina, ID Thompson for governor
took upon its shoulders load as offensive
in the noslrils of most self-respecting re-
publicans as was the carcass of his victim
TO the criminal in the patriarchal da ys
above referred.to. And the conscientious
republicans all over the state are crying
out, "who shall deliver us from the body
of this dead load of Thompson and his
crooked record. And what pray is this
record'
David Is worth more than a cool million,
and when the remarkable suffering and
distress, caused by the JOhnstown foods
and Seattle fire appealed 50 loudly for help
and The hearts and purses of generous,
kline hearted people all over the country
were responding freely, David in his ac-
customed miserly way gave to the suffer
ing OF each town the Insignificant sum of
$50. For his services as receiver of the
Hollacay estate he charged aud was al
Lowell the sum Of $500 per month. Thick
of # farmers, more than many of you can
make in year. WorHiDgmen t1ink of
this. 5000 per month"; This ought to
have satisfied the avarice of even rniser.
But it did not satisfy the grasping, money
getting disposition of D$yid. After get
ting that sum he tried to wiring out of a
manufacturing company in which the H1l-
ladly estate had three. ffths interest $3.50
per month more, although at that very
tine he was getting the $500 per month
Dawes generous fellow; he only wanted
$3.50 per month for his services. He sued
TO collect the 525c per month, and the case
went to the supreme court where his suit
was dismissed, Judge Lord, republican
deciding the case against him. He voted
against proposition to repeal the Burlin-
game treaty aud then his friends attempt
TO say that he Is the friend of labor peo-
pie. When the assessor assessed him last
year, although he is known by every cap
italists in Portland to be worth cool mil
lion, yet he swore to his assessment giving
in only $r7rooo worth of property. He
voted six tin,s fDt the non-taxable
water bond bill, all In the interest of build.
ing up his own property In Portland at the
expense of the tax payers Of the state.
All his lie he has been, as his history
shows, grasping and reaching out for
money, money. 1t has been his God
at whose shrine he has worshipped de.
voIedIy lie has bent every means placed
- his hands in the direction of dccumula-
RnIisuii. elected governor he