The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-06-30
q. S. SENATOR.

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We t%ok occas on in our issue of the l6tl
OF the present E,onth, among other things
to editorially make the following comment
"The people of Oregon for once have beei
fortunate in selecting man to Congress
who takes large views of his duties to th,
people Of the State. He recognizes the fac
that his duty is to all parts OF Oregon alik,
and that he is not the Representative of
small portion of tho State any more thar
all of it. Since he has entered upon the
discharge of his duties with strict regard
for his duties always in view, he has endeav'
ored to work for all parts of Oregon, and
with remarkable success. With this branch
of the National Legislature well provide fol
with an able conscientious Representative,
in the person of NJ. c. George the next re.
naming and most important thing for Ore.
gon, is for the next Legislature to select a
man to the United States Senate, who will
also exercise the same views as to his duties
to the State at large as our Congressman
has done, and work for all parts of the
State at large"
After the result of the last State election
and after the heat and smoke of that strur-
g!e had blown away We calculated that the
people of Oregon would unanimously concur
IN statements made regarding Mr.. Georges
actions in Congress for the people of the
State. The people of Oregon have agreed
with us in this matter which is evidenced
by their verdict at the last election wherein
they agreed to return Mr.. George to Con-
gress by a majority of $500 voters. A
larger majority than Oregon ever gave to
any man before and at least half of this large
majority must have been composed of honest
and sensible democrats who saw the matter
in the same light that we expressed, because
his majority is nearly double of that of the
other candidates on his ticket. With this
verdict in favor. of our views in which so
many democrats concured in rendering it,
and yet We find one or two democratic etli-
tors who are attempting to run two bit
bourbon sheet on mneh less than that
amount of capital, either in money or brains,
who are unkind enough to accuse us
of having been compelled to support
Dir. George in the recent campaign by ''force
of political circumstances. 1t is unneccs-
sary for us to tell the people that such an
assertion is utterly false and without any
shadow of foundation, because many of
them know well that We were in the con-
vention that nominated Mr.. George the first
time, and that We put forth our efforts at
that time to secure his nomination; and it
ieweu known by all who read our columns
that for months before Mr.. George had re-
-oeivsd his second nomination we advocated
the same frequently and earnestly. But as
few of the class of editors above alluded to
have either the energy or ability to read
understandingly, they no doubt failed to
notice our editorial remarks of long ago ad-
vocating Mr. Georges denomination. It
would be worse than useless to attempt to
convince such an editorial staff that they
had wrongly judged our efforts in Mr..
Georges behalf, because their blunt faeul-
ties OF perception viii not permit them to
see convincingly through short distance of
broad daylight. Il is not true that the
Oregoniaa declared that Mr. George was
Portland's candidate as against all other
portions of the State. She said, however, |
In substance, as near as we can quote from !
memory, that he was Portlantl's candidate |
for that position. So could Corvallis with |
The same fcrce say that he was Benton coun.
ty's candidate The papers of Coos Bay
could say the same of him as applied to that
locality; and with like force, and consistent |
with truth, can the people np.-north who ,
are Interested in the Cascade Locks say that
he was the representative of their locality.
So each and every locality and hamlet in
the State could have said the same thing of
Mr.. George as applied to their respective
places. This is what the people of Oregon
in every nook and corner did say on the 5th
OF June when they gave Mr.. George such an
overwhelming majority for reelection.
When Oregon has both halls of Congress
supplied with such members from this State
that every nook, corner and hamlet therein
can say that they are the candidates for
each of their respective localities, then, and
not till then. will she be properly repre-
Bented.
The same perverters of truth accused our
article of week before last of having been
published in the interest of John H. Mitch
ell for the United States Senate. While
such assertion is untrue, we have to say
that our article which they allude to was
written not in the interest of any individual
bnt it was written in the interest of advis-
ing such person for the United States Sen
ate as would, after elected, represent with
equality all parts of the State with consist
ent fairness. While We care nothing about
'uch assertion, yet it shows how far down
~ men can descend in order to carry out
9al bent of their mind, and that Is
- acts and doings of their