The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-10-27
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trlous personages carried cut and oh.
serving that the bysianders sighed In
secret at these scenes Of blood, asked
his preceptor, "why somebody did
not kill that man. "Because,D saId
he, "they fear him more than they
hate him." We are reminded Of
this Item Ia history, by the course
pursued by the enemies of Mitchell,
and which culmInated last FRIDAY
night In death throes 10 the Repub.
lIcan party. It II q very small mind
indeed that will credit any newspaper
espesiall, tho 0regoaistn, with defeat.
Ing Mitchell. Tho Oregonian positive.
ly helped him. IL forced his friends
70 stick 10 him as long as they did.
And were IL not for tho Salem post
Office, and the trouble Il has occasion.
ed, Marion County wosId have
elected members who would have
gone Int caucus and sustained and
elected Mitchell. Every body knows
this TO be true. Everybody know
the base motives that aclualed the
0rsgonian In It's course and paid no
attention 10 It's bitter and fr0thy ciru-
sIsns. Often were the characters OF
Mitchell and the editor Of the Ore
gonian balanced In the scales and tho
latter was held down by the ponder
Gus weight Of that editors political
deeds. Nothing was so disgusting M
the speech Of that editor In the
Albany Convention In defense Of
Mitchell, ard now 10 ask people To be-
lleve what then he publicly dcnIed,
makes Mitchell the better man aud
the editors hypocrisy too csntemptS-
bio for dogs to notice, TO say nothing
Of politicians.
AS the exciting scene drew near 10
a close, u was apparent that the Re
publlcans were bound 10 elect. Bal.
lot after ballot was taken with no
hore for tho old guard that stood by
Mitchell. Democrats aimed at de-
lay and defeat, 10 Do successful pur-
pose. The excited multitude could
mol see the outcome nor anticipate A
with certainty. Later that man of
hrslns, Sol Hirseh, was seen with
Mitchell and Dolph. holding a eau
iIsus confah In the lobby aud the won.
der arose, "what next?" That meant
an election, and as t..c old stand bys.
gave way on the last ballot, tears
earne 10 the eyes 0f many for they
knew that their sacrifices were un-
Iu.t and the defeat Of Mitchell was
tho death knell To party discipline.
The fatal blow came and ID Slph was
elected. Who now wanted TO own
him. Net the moro than defeated
eighteen. They did not want him.
And the gallant thIrty-six had no
love In the work Of eiecting him.
Never were factions so completely
whipped. Dolph made his speech.
Mitchell was called for amid cneers,
shouts aud yells "here he comes,r
etc, aud he made q speech that will
10 referred 10 with pride by his FOL.
lowers, IN years 20 come, aAd by his
enemies as more honorable than they
care to fully appreciate or admir-.
And when these cheers we're ended
Il could be read on every counteuance
Of his enemies these werds: eve
| fear him more than We hate him."
And new what have the enemies Of
Mitchell got. Benton County IL
whipped like spaniel. Mitchell
was fair; he was not all Portland and
does net own the finest buildings n
Il. lie Is not vice president af oil
the rail- reads, and president OF NIL
tho Improvement compaRies. He
does not nght other ports or localities,
and never threw = club At the va
quina rail- road. And yet tho Re
publican members Of Benton County.
by their long hostility TO Mitchell
made Il possible at any time to elect
Dolph. When Mitchell had AZ they
could have made II fSrty-four; with
that number II wonld have became
Sc, and Parker would have raised 10
to Is, as against Dolph. The exhi-
bitten sfconceit I'm some mombers Of
this legislature would mako monkey
chatter. Who docs not remember
the cartoon exhibiting Greeley during
his campaign flying through the air
with q little card hanging 10 tho
skirts OF his coat labelled 'Gratz Brown
How much DolPh reminds Us Of
that picture. We see dangling at
the neither garments Of Dolph littlo
card bearing the name OF the anti
monopoly candidate for u. s, Senator.
We would give eur first born 10 the
angels II we could know II Dolph
signed the passes that made this
candidate so notorious.
BY no means do We uuder-rato
Dolph. We DO net expect that lib
erality to other localities, than PORT
land, that we locked for from Mitch.
ell and other Senators, TINE will
show this In its true light. The rati-
ication meeting was the usual thing
to heal up grievances. But thoy will
not heal. The nervy Mcconnell made
the speech Of the occasion, and he Il
Q host in himself. As TO the other
speeches the sameness of them shows
the occasion for making them. Usual
aud expected. Mcconnell told the
fragments left of the party that he
wanted IL understood that II he was
10 act with the party he must know
that the majority must rule, ETC. He
threw his lance into the crowd and
cut right and left. But IL is all over
now. shall file cut with the rest OF
the troops and return To my proper
county, there 10 mediate over one
OF the grandest scenes In polite nf-
fairs that will ever he repeated In our
State. Democrats should lose moth
Ing by these scenes, hut, on the cnn-