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the expenses, losses, and damages necessarily arising 

 from its course of dealing with the Indians ; and we 

 demand that our fellow-citizens in Eastern and 

 Southern Oregon be indemnified by the Government 

 for their losses and damages in the Modoc War. 



14. That we are in favor of such legislation on the 

 subject of the liquor-traffic as will allow each precinct 

 to decide by a vote of the citizens thereof whether 

 liquor shall be sold in that precinct or not, and which 

 shall make the venders of intoxicating drinks respon- 

 sible for damages which may be done by the abuse 

 of that privilege where sale is permitted. 



15. That the uprising of the agricultural classes, 

 and their organization into a compact society for 

 mutual protection against the extortions of oppres- 

 sive monopolies, commends itself to the favor of 

 every just mind, and cannot but result in ultimate 

 good to the whole people. 



Early in May a State Temperance Conven- 

 tion was held in Portland, and the following 

 resolutions were adopted : 



Whereas, The Temperance party of the State 01 

 Oregon, in convention assembled, declare that the 

 purpose of government is to secure equal and exact 

 justice to all its citizens, the protection of the weak 

 against the attacks and inroads of the base and 

 strong ; and as this is most signallv and continually 

 defeated by intemperance in all its forms : therefore, 



Resolved, 1. That we most emphatically affirm our 

 full belief in the principles of total abstinence from 

 all intoxicating beverages as affording the only basis 

 for any permanently successful temperance move- 

 ment. 



2. That we, with all our might, and by every law- 

 ful means, will try to induce our congressional and 

 legislative bodies to enact laws prohibiting the im- 

 portation, manufacture, or traffic in intoxicating bev- 

 erages ; and that no party nor candidate for public 

 office shall be supported by us at the ballot-box, or 

 otherwise, who will not use all their influence to carry 

 out the spirit of this resolution. 



3. That we regard the public-school system as 

 grand in conception, and vital to the life and honor 

 of our country, and we desire such a change in our 

 common-school law as will give at least six months' 

 free-school instruction each year, in every school 

 district in our State. 



4. That we are in favor of a liberal expenditure on 

 the part of our national Government in the improve- 

 ment of our harbor and river channels. 



5. That we favor aid from Congress to the Port- 

 land. Dalles & Salt Lake Railroad, and in the ex- 

 tension of the Oregon Central Railroad through to 

 its junction with the Oregon & California Railroad. 



6. That we demand the repeal of the litigant law, 

 and all laws increasing the salaries of State, judicial, 

 and county officers. 



7. That we are opposed to the purchase or leasing 

 of the locks at the Willamette Falls by the State. 



8. That we invite the hearty cooperation of the 

 noble and earnest women of our State in the cause 

 of temperance, until, by the power of the ballot, we 

 may the more effectually banish the curse of intem- 

 perance from our land. 



9.. That it is the sense of this State Temperance 

 Convention that it is important to the interests of 

 our cause that we organize by nominating a Con- 

 gressman, and State and district officers, to be sup- 

 ported at the coming June election. 



It was decided that the candidates to be pre- 

 sented by the friends of temperance should be 

 selected, as far as possible, from those put forth 

 by the other parties. The following nomina- 

 tions were then made: For Congress, T. W. 

 Davenport; Governor, J. C. Tolman; Secre- 

 tary of State, S. F. Chadwick ; State Treasurer, 



D. G. Clark; State Printer, Enoch Turner; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, L. L, 

 Rowland. 



The total vote for Governor at the election 

 held on the first Monday in June was as fol- 

 lows: Grover (Democrat), 9,713 ; Tolman (Re- 

 publican), 9,163 ; Campbell (Independent), 

 6,532: total vote, 25,408. The total vote for 

 Governor in 1870 was 22,821, of which Grover 

 received 11,726, and Palmer (Republican) 11,- 

 095. In 1872, 11,819 votes were cast in favor 

 of Grant for President, and 7,730 for Greeley. 

 The vote for Congressman in 1874 was: George 

 A. La Dow (Democrat), 9,642; Richard Wil- 

 liams (Republican), 9,340 ; T. W. Davenport 

 (Independent), 6,350. The vote for other State 

 officers was as follows : 



Secretary of Slate. 

 8. P. Chadwick, Democrat 10,977 



C. M. Foster, Republican 6,603 



J. H. Douhitt, Independent 5,733 



Treasurer. 

 A. H. Brown, Democrat 10,228 



D. G. Clark, Republican 9,043 



Demas Beach, Independent 6,132 



State Printer. 

 Martin V. Brown, Democrat 10,301 



E. M. Waite, Republican 9,078 



William Hana, Independent 5,721 



Superintendent of Public Instruction. 



L. L. Rowland, Democrat 9,730 



E. J. Dawne, Republican 9,690 



M. M. Oglesby, Independent 5,657 



The Legislature is constituted as follows : 



The question of woman's suffrage has re- 

 ceived no little public attention during the 

 year. The annual convention of the State 

 Woman's Suffrage Association was held in 

 Portland, on the 14th and 15th of February, 

 when the following resolutions were adopted : 



Whereas, The Government of the United States is 

 based upon masculine superiority instead of the in- 

 herent rights of human beings, regardless of sex, 

 thereby causing much dissatisfaction among the 

 taxed'but unrepresented citizens of the non-voting 

 class, who feel aggrieved because of the political 

 disabilities to which they are forced to submit : 



Resolved, That the first duty of the voters of the 

 nation is to inaugurate 'such legislation as may be 

 necessary to endow, the disenfranchised half of the 

 people witli all the rights, privileges, and immuni- 

 ties of citizens, such as can only accrue to any peo- 

 ple through personal representation. 



Resolved, That the motto of the Association, copied 

 from the war-cry of our forefathers, is, and shall be 

 till the victory is won, "Taxation without repre- 

 sentation is tyranny." 



An effort was made to secure the passage 

 of a law by the Legislature, at its autumn ses- 

 sion, securing to women the right to vote, but 

 the measure was defeated. 



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