, 1877-08-18
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SATURDAY, ........ AUGUST IS, 1877
Highly Interviewed,

Highly interviewed.
Last Saturday night about one o'clock,
we heard ring al our door, and when We
arose and answered, who should stand be-
fore us but the lost Highly, accompanied
by Mr.. Bennett, who, It appears, had hiia
in tow for some hours tie e1-l'e7 was
slightly inebriated and in fine talking con-
dition. and the temptation for IN inter
view was too great to be overcome
Well Mr.. Highly, where in the world
are you from and whore bound !
Well, / am from the reservation came
down the coast, and am going TO San
Fracisco TO meet Senator Mitchell, am
informed you are about TO send dispatch
to the Standard about my being here,
and that is what came to see you about
1 don't want it to 90 | suppose you have
latter news than | have from Portland,
and can guess the reason.
Yes, / understand you are indicted,
and they have Stiles in jail and are look
ing after you.
BY g-l, they dare moi throw of on me,
and they are treating Stiles shamefully,
thev should have bailed him Immediately
and let him 90 but | have facts, ! have
a latter from Morton hims II since the ex-
animation, telling me to come to Wash
in ,1n and give my testimony, and l
should be paid for it. | had an interview
with Morton, and kept away at his solIcl-
tation. Afterwards | got dispatch after
dispatch TO come before the committee,
but did not obey them, and was not ex-
pected to obey them. | did rs directed,
and If they expect TO make a scape goat Of
me they are mistaking their man.
Well. how about Lake and Stiles?
They were hired, of course. Waters
knew all about it, so did John Kelly,
Dolph and the whole set. If they don t
stand by me, know enough to set Kelly's
tail way up over the moon. lam no fool,
and have it in writing, so that if they go
back on me they cant 90 back on that.
What did the republicans expect to
gain by unseating Grover, and why this
particular opposition to himl
Well, III tell you they never expected
to unseat Grover, the primary object was
to defeat Nesmith, they feared his IL
f1uence in Washington with the admins
tratiOn in the matter OF appointments. So
it was decided to encourage Ncsmith 70
expect a strong republican support and
keep him out Of caucus, and get Grover
or some other man nominated, and tn n
throw Nesmith, but the object was to de-
feat Nesmith at all hazards, and kick up
n row among the democrats at the same
time, and Nesmith walked into the trap
like d-n blind fool, and everything
worked finely, then these charges against
Grover were to be made and investigated
in Washington, and kept on the stocks
for year or two, to break any influence
he might have and also have a bearing on
the next June election.
Then why this investigation in 0regonl
You see that was not a part of the
general plan, but Grover got little OBJ
streperous and Mitchell could not prevent
it without damaging his schancesnext year.
Then you think Mitchell Is a candidate
for re-electioni
Think know it /; he has more brains
than any nan in Oregon and Is ths never
in the whole matter, and bUt for the
bungling manner in which this investiga-
ton was carried on, or but for the investi-
cation at all, all of his plans would have
been successful, and he and Dick Williams
would nave controlled the whole coast.
Do you think Mitchell knew about hir-
ing false witnesses !
| do not know but that was done to
attain the end desired by Mitchell and
the rest of them
The papers had you reported as having
left the state. Where have you been all
the time
At home part of the time, but on the
reservation huting and fishing part Of
the time.
Here We informed him about the ShRBric.
calling for him, and Kelly's trip to the
reservation, and showed him the Nercuyy
and Standard in which he was reported as
having probably gone on the Mu5r;ck.
He was greatly surprised and became
quite rebcent. However, he said he was
told that Kelly had been looking for him
and that the eShHbrick laid off several days,
and says he thus explains the whole
thing But j, like a ninny, pat off in
to the mOuntoins. By God | thought
they dared not give me away"
lie called on us again on Sunday, and
requested US to make no use of what he
said the night before. We promised to be
as easy on him as We could-Coos Bay
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