The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-02-06
TIE EAST SIDE OF THE FOUNTAINS
IN THE FIELD.

Salem. Ttis occurrence may C considered
the first step in opening thc political cam.
pa!gn for 1866, and it has evoked some dis
cussion on the probable appor ionmcnt of
the lbnvcs and fishes, and the honorS and dig =
mites of Office to he Two great sections of
the SITE It is very reasonably u gtd that
the candidate for Congress SHALL come from
claim Of this character, we do not use the
argument of friend of rominent Oregon
politi, ian in l9GO who insisted Oregon was
enti led to the next President because she
had not.yet had one chosen from her con-
fines. Its upon higher grounds that we rest
our ella NJ to the candidate for the honor of
representing the State in Congres'.
The legislation necessary to the dcvc op-
ment Of our mining resources; the initiation
Of new mail and commercial fhcili res and
the recognition Of our ielatve Importance to
should share somewhrt more largely than
heretofore in the spoilS Of office and the gen
cral direction of affairs. The Great VILLAIN
ette already has the two Senators, and us
one Of them is to have successor tlec ed
next fall, wc concede that he shall come
from tie same section. In fact, we ave no
senatorial stock on hand in this direction;
or, if there arc any among US calculated to
fill place in the hall made illustrious by
having been filed with the utterances Of
Clay, Calhoun, Webster and that gle OF
men, they are at this present writing care
fully conccaling their lights under n busLel
1t is true that we have some who could cope
with the little white eycI Sprague, of Rhode
Island, drunken McDougall, of California,
or 'peanut John Conness," but they lack
the essential impudence to offer themselves
for senatorial honors at this time
We are then for the lack of senatorial
material, compelled to be more modest and
offer ourselves as Congressmen, being con
tent TO bide our time for the hig or place
In Congressional asp;ran,s we are great
many. Some are just old enough to be quail,
| ify; others are too old o be qualified 70
anything else, and while there is diversity
of talcnts-a variety of measure. of ability
several marked distinctions OF o,inion
The is great unanimity on the main pom
tile desire to make the racr next June.
Some one OF the many worthy gentlemei
who arc aspiring to the position in question
on this side of the mountain should be thu
nominee of the Union party. Otherwise i
would seem as if he Western di,lrict wa
somewhat voracous, not to say very hcggi
about he matter.
For the benefit Of the uninstructcd in tl
western section, We will state hat the 'ecl
ing Of sectionality up here is not as stron
as'some of our co-ahorers in the Willamette
have thought it to be, 1t extends, for tn
present, not far her than a pardonoblc jeAl
ousy OF u gohbling up style of arrange
ment which has so far chara cterized Urcgo
politics. Until two years past, it must b
allowed that Oregon aud Marion Count
were almost convertible terms; then the i'm
peral purple fell upon Multnomah County
and now we want to have q hired of th
sacred Carmen given to one of our youtbfr
geniuses.
1t cannot be, in the nature of thi gs, tbs
there is no genius eStant except in Mario
and Mnltnomah; it is pas ing strange ia
the Bnotian mistS Of the western stric
are alone made luminous by the cor nscs
tions Of Congressional abilities; it is n
marka lie that such traits should for the ir.
time be 10 allied in II boundess mud-hol
: oycihung by vaporous canopy; it is ahov