The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-11-03
Republican HARMONY

the bosses in Oregon to foist Nipple
Mitchell upon the people Of tfis State,
against their will and better Judgment,
and to get up boom for the boss big
anist for the senate in 1884.
The W.asco Sun, In labored article,
accuses the eighteen Republican mem
bers who had the manhood to stand
out against his election in 1882, of sell
lns out and betraying their party. To
this Hon. T. w. Davenport makes the
following cutting reply, through the
columns of the Times Mountaineer:
SILvERToN, Oct. Is, 1888.
Col. 7. S. Lang, editor of the Sun:
In the Wasco Sun of September 26, In
an editorial with the heading Ex-
Senator Mitchell, us the following Ian
guage: "He (Mitchell was deceived
and sold out by eighteen men of his
own party, who followed the lead and
promises of men who are traitors to the
Republican party, and who acted out
their well known character, and who.
did not dare to show their snale heads
in daylight. If the Republican party
Of to-day accepts and swallows these
eighteen men and their selfish disor-
ganizing bosses, it will part company
with many man who will not march
under any of that Arnold brigade Of
traitors" etc.
Horace Greely once said that he ad-
mitted the right to lie, but that it is a
right which is subject to limitation,
about as much latitude as has ever
been claimed for the press. None will
admit your right, under this ruling, to
call us TRAITORS, "peridious wretches, y
"members of the Arnold brigade" or
any other epithet which seems to suit
your humor at the time, but il seems
to me that you are outside of the linn
It's when you assert that Mr.. Mitchell
was deceived and sold out by the
eighteen members of the Legislature
who could not be induced by argument
or promise of office, or be constrained
by caucus rule to support him for the
senate. [ do not believe that you can
name one member who steadily refused
to support, who deceived Mr. Mitchell
or sold him out.
Dir. Lang that averment of yours is
not true. Those men never told Mr..
M. that they would support him for the
Senate, either before or after their
/ election to the Legislature. The nine
members from this county (sIarion),
seeing that they were accused of being
"set up" in the interest of Judge BOISE,
said publicly that they had made no
promises to any one; had no under
standing, directly or indirectly, with
any one; that they were entirely free
to select any person they might think
the best man for the place under the
| circumstances. Until further advice,
I shall believe that you have no particle
of evidence going to show that the
other persons composing the solid
eighteen or seventeen ever betrayed or
deceived, or sold out Mr.. Mitchell
Some politicians are easily deceived
They take shake of the head, nod
of recognition or any sign Of friendship
as pledge of support. Probably the
solid eighteen was composed of gentle
men who bespoke Mn. Mitchell kindly
and fully recognized his services to the
State and to the Republican party, and
yet I presume Mr. M. did not consider
such practice of the ordinary amenities
of life in the light of pledge to any SER
vice more than gentlemanly conduct.
1t is likely that you do not fully un-
derstand the solid eighteen, and it
would be we'll enough to institute an
inquiry to ascertain if you have not
misrepresented them.
Z. W. DAVENPORT.