The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-03-03
MISFITS.

NIAoE -
The Astorian says Portland is one
horse town. This settles the matter. i
The streets Of Portland fill not be closed |
up for awhile, nevertheless.
The Telegram says the ownere OF nick
el-in. .the'slot machines are making no al
rangemenis to retire their machines that
they expect TO be able to continue TO run |
them. The DEMOCRAT predicts that they |
will not. The law as passed will un.
doubtedly stand.
Governor Geel vetoed the new equal
ization board law, declaring that the pill
bore no evidence OF having been we'll di-
gested and since poor law for the equal.
ization oil taxes ie woFee than none he Te.
turaed the bill with his dissent. Good
what do We want Of a state equalization
board anyway.
A crowd OF Albany boys, on the hobo
list, were ditched here last Thursday
evening. They tried TO make it out ON
the freight the next morning but were
again put off. There were about a doz.
en- OF them. Seeing that they could not
make 1t out on he blinds, box care, ETC.,
the whole crowd started for home on tie
tickets. Such boys should be looked
after by their parents, and II they have
none she city authorities should take
them in charge. Bulletin.
Legal opinions cay Nr. McCourt can
hold the Office Of deputy attorney general.
He was member of the legislature that
created the place and f6ed the salary.
They cay the constitution prevents him
from filling the Office; but as he has the
appointment the constitution may be
overlooked. as was zone ct the special
session VII N It was voted TO pay the hold.
up legislation ia full. Constitutions like
platforms are not made to stand on any
way.-Salem Sentinel.
The first person in Salem arrested for
violating the new spit ordinance vas
Jack Rogers, who paid his fine with q
smile and money. Several Albany men
had better keep away from Salem.
Chief OF Police Lee has just received
the following letter from Gold Hill, Or.
.'Do you know oI an elderly gentleman
living in your city or any Surround
ing cities, who is single and wealthy. II
80 kindly give me the name and ad-
dress" Signed by Miss Z. DUNCAN
Governor GeeF has come 10 the front
again and vetoed the Mulinomah county
tax collector bill, one evidently ia the
interest ot lot OF men who want office
The Governor though did not veto the
state fair grsfts. about the wor@l Of the /
entire legislature.
Alter all the soc led hold up legisIa-
ture that didn't organize did less injury /
than the recent one. 1t was q case OF |
lobhery from beginning TO end. and the j
only men who will receive credit for i
having been members OF it will be those 1
who fought the gratis and Jobs.
In lSS5 Judge Whitney vas a member !
Of the state legislature. At that time |
bill was introduced providing for an ap.
preparation for slo, 600 to pay of the So
called state fair Indebtedness, and every
two years ever since this same thing has
been done. and the indebtedness con-
tlnues just the same. In opposing the
present Outrageous graft that finally pass
ed by the worst i0bbing in the history
OF the state Judge Whitney gave these
and other facts. but the trades we're made
Just the same, and the people Of the
state generally are pretty disgts;ed ever
IL
There % an editor down the read who
tells the truth. He runs the Independ-
ent OF Salem. and ssys: az cost The
Salem delegation . great deal 10 get an
appropriation for the state fair. With
the exception cf MuCuIioch, every mem
Der Of Ihen voted for the sugar beet graft
OF 500 600, and for two normal schools
in Southern Oregon. Had the beet sugAi
bill passed is would have been saddiing
tremendous taz upon the people. all for
the sake OF . state fair appropriation al
Salem, And thia is called statesman
ship.
There has been big change in the
vote at Sacramento for L. s. senator.
One man who had been voting for FELTON,
changed his vote 10 Barnes. This Is con-
sideFed worthy Of special comment.
Hundreds Of parodies on Kipling's
white mans burden poem have been
| published. The DEMocRAT was guilty Of
presenting one. The theme Is 30 sug-
gestiye OF 50 many things one can hardly /
help indulging.
The DENocRAT was the first paper 10
the northwest 10 publish poem on ex-
pansion, which begins: MET feller 4
'toiher morning-most amusing kind Of
cuss, taken from an eastern paper by an
Albany school boy and handed the DEM-
ooRAr man. Sinre then il has gone the
rounds, and yesterday appeared in the
Oregonian.
Several newspaper men who can't
make ten dollars a week at their own
business have been down at Salem re-
ceiving ten dollars q day or less for clerk
ing. correcting journals, etc. The DEN-
oCRAr is glad OF Il. They deserve it, for
they do more for the state than can be
computed in day, and If any body is to
receive the small:grafts they are the ones
who deserve It.
BORN.
MARkS.-On Wednesday evening
Feb. % 1899, in Albany TO Mr. and Mira
A. W. Marks, boy. All well and
happy.