The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-03-25
AsroaIA IKTTER.
AsroalA, March is, 1892.

AsTonfA, March IS, 1892.
| Editors Democrat;
The demands for railroad communica
tion with some place, has been, and nov
Ii the great object for which q liy,
Astol Ian lives And now we think II i
to be sure because n subsidy has beei
raised. and contract signed by some
body that II supposed to be able 10 &C
compllah iile work, which IL 10 bt
completed in two years. The engineer
are In the field q should say the woods
and the bosses eay the work will b
pushed I'LL the scfeam of the Iron horse
and the imbie Of his train will WAKE
Nehalem's silent Wales from their Ions
secludcd silence, and enliyen them with
the burr of industry, and the March D
progress through this wilderness Of un
developed wealth. But don't ask ms
who IL going to build II / won't tell
however, / wiii say that IL IL not Ber
Holiday nor william Reid, neither is Il
the Globe company, therefore IL must bt
somebody else. Now Is II not prettS
near time for Albany 10 get 4 move on
Portland has already organized and Ia
corporaled two companies of railroad
capitalists, one Of four million dollars
capital, or bune0mbe il Is hard 10 tel
which, but In all probability II will be
the latter, because II II much less vaIu
able and eaaier handled. Talk Il cheap
Captain Flayei has sold Tanzy point
which comprises large portion Of ths
land adjoining new Astoria. The deer
water terminal If The great Albany and
Tiliamook railway. Portland IL frightrn
a ~
mossbaeks. and nothing bat fifty fooI
channel from Sand island 10 Morrison
street bridge can possibly save the port
OF Portland. Her boneyards will be
crowded With the Union Pacific'e old
tubs that have long outlived their use
luiness, and her bilious citizens and
bucholic millionares will bic them tc
the sea by the pullman, two hours route,
10 get gu.p Of fresh air and Clatsop
clam Ne an appetizer.
The great centennial celebration OF
the discovery Of the Columbia river
should be an occasion in which the web
feet and clam-diggers should show their
hospitality to visiting friends from the
east or less favored lands, Who may
chance 10 be present at the festivities
that comes only once In lifetime 70 all
OF Us, or any Of us maybe, though long
eyity ranks high, III this favored land.
Az 10 politics, ! think the less saidsthe
better. Reform, Is the watchword, let
the good work go on.
Court has been in geesion, but the
grand jury could not fnd Davis Norris,
nor anyone that knew OF his where
abouts. However In the case Of the state
OF Oregon vs. the editor Of the Town Talk,
or rather EImo!e agt Dunbar, 1t seems
the paper man got the worst of IL. You
see, sometimes witnesses will swear
more positively on the street than they
do on the stand. and thus II happened
In this case, however the defendants zeal
In journalism aroused the animosity oi
number Of those who differed with him
In the character Of bis publication politi-
cally or otherwise. In all such cases
the court Is unpaeiudiced and in sum-
Ing mp desires 70 be fair and just, the
court knows neither friend nor foe. and
sentence Is pronounced according 10 the
Nervousness Of the crime II q man
steals two salmoa to eat, send him
where he can be boarded for nothing at
the states expense for two years. II he
kills another man send him for one year.
there is only one man killed. But il he
calls man q rascal and thief and can't
prove Il, give him all the Law will allow,
its seyereHt penalty. notwithetan ding he
may have family that need his care
and support. Oh, no, il amt justice
that ID blind, II 10 some other fellow.
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