The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-06-15
THE NEXT BONE OF CONTENTION.

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elections are decided, the next
bone ol contention will be who
shall succeed j. Fl. Mitchell in
the United States Senate. Of
course Mitchelrs successor must
be : Democrat. since tie majority
in the next Legislature will be
Democratic and vote for the elec-
ton Of . Democrat to fill Mitch
ellis shoes.
Among the aspirants Tor the
high and honorable position we
name DR.. J. G. Hawthorne, Jas.
n. Slater, 8. r. Chadwick, j. w.
Nesmith, and Judge Primm
They are the raost prominen,
now, but we doubt whether eth
or named will be considered ~
suitable by the Legislature to
assemble. Multnomah county
already has secured the Governor,
and il there is 10 be an equal dl-
vision of the spoils, according to
the Jacksonian ,dea, that county
cannot consistently press DIR lIaw.
thorne's claims. Slater is d. d.,
as einterpreted by J. w. For>
ney's enemies. and generally re-
garded as 40 old, worn-out, bro.
ken.down political hack, without
wheels, coupling pole or horses;
and the party can have no reason
for putting him into the highest
position within its gift when it
has better men to reward. No
one knows whether Gov. Chad
wick e seeking the position, and
as yet be has not developed the.
strength he may be possessed OF.
Nesmith can hardly hold up dis
hands and say they are clean Of
the defeat of d portion of the
Democratic State ti,ket,and Dem
ocrats are, therefore, liable to
fight shy ofhim. This brings us
TO Judge Primm. He was res
Gently elected Circuit Judge, and
il il question whethor the par
ty desire to honor q lnan too
much. A good many are very
liable to think he Is already pro-
vided tor when it comes to the
.electloa of Senator; and If this il
the casa, 1t il very likely he will
be compelled TO content himself
with the control of his jndlcia
district and its consequent salary
Of s., 900 . year.
But it must must not be fer.
gotten that IN the selection of the
candidates on the Democratic
. Congressionalss and State tickets
this year Southern Oregon was
altogether left out in the cold.
Eastern Oregon. Multnomah
county and the Willamette valley
were all remembered. and repre-
.sentatives of those sections were
favored with nominations. Un-
der thcse circumstances it 10 very
likely that there will be any num-
Der of of men--perhaps the en-.
tire Southern Oregon delegation
Ito point to this fact, and argue
that It Is due thls part OF the
State that one Of orr citizens be
preferred. 1t 10 also probable
that this delegation will aleo ar
,gue that the wants OF Southern
Oregon, in the matter of natiopal
legislation. are many, and that as
Fassegn Oregon and the William
etts vaiiey have enjoyed the priv
ilege jointly heretofore Of nam-
ang the Senator, 1T is now time
that .he people here should have
something TO say with this regard,
and name O man from Southern
Oregon whom they know will
look after and advance the inter-
eats Of Southern Oregon. IF the
Southern Oregon delegation go
united, and contend IN this spirit
for The election of q Southerh
Oregon man, there is no doubt
they will be successfnl. Without
the votes of our delegation there
can be no election and it would
be masterstroks II, by expressed
determination to accept no one
e.se, Southern Oregon mem-
bers of the Legislature should
compel the politicians of the par
II to stand back, and give TO our