The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-02-21
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The CAPITAL Jcnv nal lndulgcs In TRADE
of abuse OF democrats because, (as Il un-
tFushfuIly aIleges,) they have''always stood
ready to sacrifice public duty TO party ad.
vantage, and caps the climax by saying
that athe history Of the democracy OF Or
egon shows plainly that as party It will 20
farther In abandoning public interests to
advance the chances Of party success than
the republicans ever have. These same
charaetcrlstlcs Of the party have been
shown this winter In Ohio, in Iowa, and
Montana, where dcadiocks to secure DEM
ocratlc advantages have been maintained
Cor months At public expense" II Is bare
ly possible to secure greater number Of
misrepresentation In so few words. The
Jeurnaf editor has been In Oregon but a
few weeks. and this accounts for his ig-
norance OF the history OF the dernocraeyof
lhls state. On the contrary, the history
OF the republican party In Oregon shows
plainly, that,as party, Il will 20 further In
abandoning public interest to advance the
chances Of party success than the demo
Gratis ever have. To prove this, we win
aay for the information Of the IvHyaai that,
n 1858, the Governor Of this state, a re-
publican, entered into a eonsphaev with
the republican members OF the lower house
Of the legislature whereby Il was agreed
that sufficient number OF members should
resign to break quorum. This was dooe
and the legislature was prevented from
making u.e necessary appropriations to
pay the expenses Of the state government
Tor the next ensuing two years, which cost
the state In the way oi interest and other
Wise $4,000. Can the JOs1Nai point to
any act ofthe democratic party In this state
wherein they thus abandoned public duty
10 gain a patty sdvantagel II can not.
Again; Only few years ago a United
States Senator was to be elected and the
republicans had a majority In both branches
Of the legis lature, but they split up into
wrangIing factions and could not elect a
Senator, and, so bitter did the matter be-
come that they spent the whole session
without an election, thus abandoning pub
lie interests and duties to such an extent
that the governor had to call spec ial ses-
sion Of the legislature at an expense Of
$1y.ooo. Can the yosrRai show where
democrats IN Oregon have been thus
derellct Of public dutyi II can not AS
10 the charge that democrats have caused
a deadlock in Ohio for months at public
expense, we can only say what every one,
at all eonversant with current events
know that there has been no deadlock in
the Ohio legislature, at all. The deadlock
IN Iowa Is as much the fanlt OF rePub-
lcans as democrats, in fact more 50, for
the democrats have made several offers Of
compromise but the republicans nave re-
jected every offer. Neither party has
strength enough to elect speaker. Each
party can muster so votes. Are the dem
ocrats to be blamed because the republicans
have no man popular enough to get a
majority Of the votes for speaker' The
JoHrsai is very unfortunate in lis choice OF
weapons of warefare. As 10 the action OF
the democrats In Montana, we have only
TO say that they are resisting, at all hazards
the contamination of as foul a crime as was
ever attempted, always excepting, Fraud
first triumphant In American history
the stealth VI the presidency in 1876.
This they are fully Justified in doing. The
throwing OFT of the note of whole pre-.
einet and then refusing every offer Of the
democrats TO investigate into all charges
Of wrong. places the republicans of Mon
ana In an jndefensib:e attitude, one in
which they are absolutely estopped from
complaining at the course of the democrats
Decrease Of their own wrong-doiags.