The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-12-19
IoregonIan Dec. Ia.l
VIEW or THE CASE.

bribers and repeaters in this State, lei
it not be forgotten that the first
cause of his wrongdoing is John Hip.
pie, otherwise John II. Mitchell, U,
s. Senator from Oregon. With all
the Infamous history of his past life
before him, crowded with deceit and
crime one would suppose that in the
Senate of the United States, at least,
This career Of crime would end for a
term. Not SO, however. This man
is pursued by an Erinnys which will
not let him rest, II he were not q
scoundrel and debauchee in daily life
his identity would be lost.
The people Of Oregon will remem.
ber how piteously he whined outa cry
for oblivion when the damning record
Of his wasted years confronted him al
q moment when such q revelation
would sting man Of ordinary sensi
Utilities into honest repentance and
contrition. There were a few good
lish, humane individuals who were de-
ceiyed by Hipple's strategic preteucc
into a belief that if he were treated
mercifully, he might yet reform, and
lin this critical hour Of his distress
take up the ruins of bis dishonored
life with a sincere and manly resolve
TO atone in some measure for the
matchless evil he had done to the
State which had honored him with 3
thigh and noble trust. We ask the
people of Oregon to survey, once
again, the consummate iniquity of this
mans daily life. 1. 3
When, having forced upon this poo
| pie by foul and scandalous means the
issue Of his personal character, he was
overwhelmingly rebuked at the polls,
instead of needing the humiliating
lesson, he sought to uplift his waning
fortunes by an unjust use of the pat
ronage at bis disposal. The people of
Oregon well know that this man Hip
pie was engaged all through the re-
cent Congressional campaign in plot
ting briberies and other schemes for
procuring illegal voting, to tho utter
neglect OF important, pressing duties
which devolved upon him as a mem.
Der Of the Senate Committee on Trans
portation. Moro than this he con-
tributed large sum Of money to aid
in the execution Of these schemes
We must do him the Justice of ac-
knowledging that he is q skilled vii
lain and that for adroit villainies caro-
fully planned, he has never had an
equal in Oregon. We pray that God
in his infinite mercy will preserve US
people from his duplicate. But
however cautious and skillful ho
may havo been, thero were those up
on bis slimy track who caught him in
The midst OF his infamy. And when
his poor tools had been detected in
their nefarious business, when there
was imminent danger that their
threatened disclosures of his compile
ty would once moro open up the
,harnol.house of his life, he contribu-
ed means to aid in snatching his vic
inns from the clutches of the indlg- |
iant law. In the accomplishment of |
his design he used such servile in
Itruments as Dubois, the eminently
individual who went on
he bail bond Of Ryan, the repeater.
Thus, from plotting, in secret cable,
rimes against tho election laws of tho
'tate and nation, he passed by natural
ransit to compromising with crime
nd sheltering the criminal from the
. |
ighteous punishment of tho law
lis last hours in Oregon were spent
! the company Of several Of these
ribers and their principals, and be-
ore hc left this State he haG perfect
da plan forpreventing the course OF
lstico in Of our State Courts.
But thoro remained a power above
nd beyond tho Vaccinations of Hip.
le-an incorruptiblo Judge and an
prosecuting officer
nd this power was at lest Invoked
or a tlrno it seemed as If tho out,
lgcd dignity Of our laws would DO
ppeascd by The sure punishment Of
10 criminals, But tho supreme au-
lcity which so often before had
lielded this arch-conspirator from
orited penalties, did not, in this OK.
entity, desert him. AS a last ro.
'rt, he assailod the vory citadel of
stice, His blow was fatal to one
presentation, at least,
And when tho secret springs which
owed the Acknowledgement to his
rongful order aro LAID bare, it will
seen that John Nipples hand was !
them at the moment that outrage !
as committed. Lot no man wonder /
this thing. It was Of most vital
iportance to orcgon's junior Sona-
II that tho lips OF tho ropeatcrs !
lould be hermetically sealed, On .
70 fate of Ryan hung Mulkeys Ii
9stiny, In Mulkey's security was
raped up tho little reputation and
!