The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-09-16
HERE'S RICHNESS.

in weak and puerile attempt to
make the public believe that the DEM
ocratic Legislature of Oregon will re-
elect Senator Williams, says:
" If The members of the Legislature are per.
mitted to exercise their own Judgment. and con-
suit the interests of their constituents without any
outside influence, sufficient number of the Dem
oorats from Southern Oregon and other parts of
the State will vote with tho Republicans to ro-
elect Senator Williams This has become so ap-
parent that they can no longer deny 1t. His re-
election is /oreyoRe conclusion, unless this Salem
ring can scare, coax hire these members to sac
ree the interests of their constituents and of the
State at large by elceting Democrat"
A Democratic member whose judg-
ment would suggest to him the necssi-
ty of voting for George H. Williams
should certainly have guardian and
should not be allowed to exercise that
Judgment. Were his Judgment de-
fective only to the injury of himself it
would be well enough to allow him to
commit political suicide and shuttle off
his mortal political coil; but when he
would be destroying the objects and
aims of the whole Democratic party
of the State by such a wonderful dis
play of judgment" we would most
certainly object to allowing him such
latitude. We would not restrict a
member to less than legitimate limit
in his vote for u. S. Senator, but we
insist that Democrats were sent there
with the expressed and implied un-
derstanding that they would favor the
claims of none but Democrats to Off
ces of trust and power, and We think
that every moral influence should be
exercised to prevent any member from
so grossly betraying the interests and
wishes of his constituency as to sup
port man for Senator whose highest
aim has been to legislate to the deteri-
ment and injury of those great princi-
iples which every true Democrat holds
sacred and which have inspired the
Democracy to hope and labor for VIC
tory in the darkest hour of the exist
ence of that party.
The Journals assertion that the re-
election of Williams is q foregone
conclusion is decidedly rich, and
could only have emenated from the
brain of one wose intellectual diet is
supplied by promise of reinstate-
ment to the Office of special " niger
policeman" in Washington City-a
position which he was silly enough to
resign in the belief that the people of
Oregon wanted him for public printer.
Williams reelection would doubtless
insure the Journal man q re-appoint-
ment to that very exalted post of hon
or at the National Capital, and in his
assertion that it is " foregone con-
clusion" we fear that his inordinate
hankering after the 'f posish" has led
him to believe that it must be SO be-
cause he wants it so, and not because
there is any legitimate argument that
would lead him to that conclusion.
While the Oregonian and other more
sensible Republican newspapers
throughout the State edmit the defeat
of Williams. the little Eugene Othello,
whose occupation is at present gone,
is making himself ridiculous by as
serting that Flax-brake's reelection
is foregone conclusion" and felici-
tating himself in the delusive hope
that there is still "balm in Gilead"
for his cruel defeat for Printer and
that he will ride back to the "perlice"
business ur on Williams political back.
Yet little longer and he will learn
his error and awake to the realization
that all his hopes of future greatness
are blasted and that he will be COM
pelled to plod along in the old way
and permit more fortunate "celo'd
gentlemen" to run the National
Capital Police"