The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-08

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he must also consider the
interest Of consumers Of woolen goods.
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WOLVES IN smEEr's CLOTHING.
And now comes the Oregon City
Enterprise and informs It's readers thai
il has found mares nest In the shape
Of a number of papers in this state
which it believes TO be Democratic, all
though posing before the people under
Republican cclors. The politioo-journ-
alistic mind of the aforesaid editor has
not been able to divine the motive Of
these papers, but declares that they have
had nothing to do since the last cleo
ton, but vilify tho last elected senator,
(Dolph, and the minority Of the Re-
publican members Of the last lcgisla-
ture. This serious charge against the
political character and standing Of such
stauuch Republican journals as the
Nerth,oess Nss0s, Wasco Saa, To,ea Talk,
Albaay Herald, and several other squal-
ly firm Republican papers in this state.
will certainly not be passed by without
netice. This Is u stab at the Republi-
can papers OF this state that went into
the Republican campaign TIVE years ago
to win. After the election Of Repub-
lican legislature, they declared them
selves in favor Of any Republican for
Senator whom q majority ofths Repub-
lican members Of that legislature might
select. They selected Mitchell a. their
choice, whsreupon . minority consisting
of 'qS' members refused 10 support
Mitchell, and this refusal was asserted
and kept up until the tip:e Of adjourn
msnt arrived, when the majority rather
than have the election 60 by default,
finally voted for Dolph who was elected.
He was the real choice Of not more than
half dozen members, but his election
was forced upon the majority by the
"ls" minority. Now, this Is the way
the Mitchell papers above named tell
the story. And they now go on 70 tell
how Dolph Is paying of the "lS" by
appointing them and their friends 70
federal positions. The truth is evil
dently kept back from the public for
all surface indications point 10 the fact
that Mitchell will be put forward BY
his friends either fer congress or the
United States Senate. This stab Il
merely q weak effort to drive Mitchell
from the field, and place the ais" and
their frieHds in position TO control The
next Republican State Con vention and
the organization of the legislature. Bat
if We are net badly misled by the signs
Of the times, the stalwart or Mitchell
men viii not only be able to control the
next Republican State Conventisu, but
they viii also control the organization
of the legislature If it be Republican.
And although hints are threwn out 10
the effect that the opposition TO the
49," or half breed element, on the part
of the Herald and Tall has been stamp
ed out, We are not prepared to believe
it, and We would warn the Statesman
and 0rgeonian that they are destined
to disappointment in whatever hope
they may entertain that these Mitchell
papers have suecumbed TO the bewitch-
ing influence of half breed arguments.
The plucky Talk and Herald have lost
no opportunity to denounce the '18''
as traitors to the Republican party, and
as having made corrupt bargain with
Dolph, whereby they were TO be re.
warded for their support by appoint
ment 10 federal and other renunsraliv.
positions, and that their friends have beer
kindly remembered makes the charg.
appear very plausible, and, as We sait
before, We do not believe the rumol
that is passing from mouth TO mouth
in political circles that these paper
have been forced or induced to abstain
from further opposition TO the "ls.'
We predict the stalwart element viii
control the convention and that n,
half breed candidate can be nominated
for anything.