The sun., 1873-09-29
A BIG11TST'S STONY
The Cheauered Career OF IIippIe.Mi,,L,
the Oregon senator

oregon C0rre'r ro1dcpce n ne Sdcrr,gs,t, t..
The fortunes of lIpplc Will a.sur.Ii,
rival those of Aladdin. and Snhad Inc s,iy
never made "A more surprising flight th,r ~ y. y.
of Mitchell from oregon to Washington A. -
school teacher seduces girl uf H. who - ~
pupil at q he m1rrics her to father a =, n ~ s Is
les. child AT 30 he ahsconds with his n,rnn..
aud heir clients cafi. aul tiens n ~ ait,nt y
hts wife and children. with another woman "
their pass sc to California thoy Hye Ss br,ra,S
ami wife for several years NJ san Lul4 tinh"'u
ana 5,hd ihJuN lNJJ' they traNc there, aud rn In ien
over whose Nlfe LIT, " dird in C,Iitrnl,I'
an he is almost pcnni'ess. and h1. an "uls
child. which, hy the way l. Stdia's 0rst H"rn '''S
Whcu hc left the East hi- name ws. Innt ~
Hippo, and now. IL i J. " NitrhelI V"hts
here ever knew abuut Mitchen's eatlr lif, 1
he sOon made himself famous. for he h,d r..,,I
less energy and cunning. and he carried Nith 4
an ait OF con,9nm"te innoccucc.
Soon after his arrival here ho rofn,rrisJ ,,1
here he has lived long vca-s In bigniny. win ,n
actual wife iu Pcun-ylSanii. an everyday .,,
called vile In Oregon. and a pseu1n vito ir
California or somewhere clsc, ana Tho r.,,,, va
ing unanswered question Of Mitchella uie u,"t,
lem u, what has become ui the woman la
clipped with from Pcnns ivaniay ''
Then lie began to build himself VT ant
strange To say, no avenHing Nemesis ia all th, ~
thirteen years followed upon his track U"iV
came a Republican leader; went tn tho tIree', n
senate and soon aspirrd to the senate uf t,s
United states, No man could manage the tricks
ot politics as he could no man could surround
himself with such willing and plant adhprrbts
In 1851 Col. u. ID. baker told me ahout a vnune
ldNJCf VINO buu ldtoIN moved to Portland AMI
was starving to death with handful of books
and no practice hut the young man srnn rrr VI
into note and acquired business. lie was pms.
Porous before lIOladuy came to Oregon, and
when he had been ~jX years In the State lie
and his act undrrtuoS 10 put up tho Iceial.ture
to send him to the Senate Of the United states
and 50 successfully that lac lacked Ouly two oi
three votes uf carrying the caucus nomination
When Holladav crius he and Mitchell nRl,.
ted, and the spcculatOr ana the lawyer were all
most a. one mind. Then primaries wcre nut tp
ana corruption ana bribgry ruled the ltnl and
at last after "a stupcudOus frauds ~ Oregon
could hold had been p1lmed of ON us the
Legislature was manipulated in hth favor, tie
railroad Interest did IT, worst. every Office ir
sight was promised over and over. and Mitchell
was elected to the United states Senatc.
II seemed to be the general remark that IL
Mitchell failed ~ his election he wa "a ruined
man that he wus over tIlOD ont % pnrkrt
How could AN honest man spend 50 much to 70
to the Senitcy How could he make good His
lOsscs IN any honest way II he wac elected To-
Congress so Mitchell went 10 the Senate. au 4
! have no hesitation in believing that only fur
this exposure, which must eccs.ariy take
away his influence, he would soon have ierpme
the most dangerous man in that body, for he =
smooth, AMI Clcar.ctci and lOw-yliccl, auti
m odest-1pp- arng, and willy witnal as McphistO-
philcs himself.
1t is positively asserted that Itollad1y has his
notes for go a, but 1 venture to say thLt
amount would soon have been ll0cl, ani h0
would have gone on more than ever prosperous.