Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-11-19

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The campaign against Hoo. Johu
IL Aitehell's candidacy foe the United
States ScnAtorship from Oregon l..s
assumed disgu.tingly vulgar and
exceedingly disseputabIs phase. The
Portland Oregonian, with tie avowed
purpose Of defeating th.t gsntleman's
candidacy. published . most scanda-
Ioss attack upon him. in which be-
aides charging him with accepting
bribes during lis previous term a.
Ssnatot, it also accuses him Of Law.
ing, in the summer Of 1880, had .
iisison with his sixteen year-old Sis
,cr.'n-lAw. The charge Of kribe.tak.
ing is not substantiatcd; but an At
tempt is made " prove the alleged
lia>on by the publication of love let
lets alleged to have been written by
Mr.. S.itchcll to bic sister.in law.
In Mondays Daily News Mr.. Nit
chsil replies 1t length to the charges.
Tie disposes Of the allegations Of
bride taking ~ follows:
Referring further to that portion of
the charges affecting my official xc-
ton while in the United States Sen.
ute, l assert in the most UNQUALIFIED
and positive manner that when Har.
vcy w. Scott asserts that my icon.
duct ~ Senator was venal, and Cor.
rupt, and tainted with all the dishonor
That these words imply" he utters a.
black y falsehood - over fell from
THE lips Of vile traducsr; and l chal.
lcnse HIM to specification and proof,
and defy him t. produce, except
through perjured witnesses, or base
lorgeries, Or wi!lful misrepresenta
tons, any evidence whatever to sus
tain the allegations.
assert, further, that tho only man
Who ever approached me improperly
while was Senator, with view o:
corrupting me, was Harvey w. Scott,
Of the Oregonian. This he did in the
year 1874 or 1875, the precise time
cannot now definitely state, when he
came to my residence in Washington,
ID. e., and proposed to me that if
would aid him in inducing the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury to make an order
paying him, (Scott) or his deputies,
several thousand dollars in money as
moieties, alleged by Scott to be prop.
'erly coming to him, but which he
thought there would be great difficulty
in his obtaining, he (Scott) would d.
vide the amount obtained with me.
resented the insult OH the spot, tell
ing him he should have known mo
better; and that he ought to know, as
! was his friend, l would aid him in
any honorable way to obtain the mole.
ties, il, on examination, l found that
he was justly entitled to them under
the law. examined into the matter,
and through my influence, IS then
believed the matter to b. right, an or.
der was issued by which he, or those
he represented, obtained a large
amount OF money as moieties.
The slleged Low lie tiers Mr.. Nit.
chell pronounces forgcrics, in the fol.
lowing language:
deny mos, positively, specifically
aud unquali6cdly that | ever wrote
any one, or part or portion of any one
OF the alleged letters or notes pub.
:ishsd in this mornings Oregon,an
and attributed to me. l challenge,
moreover, the cowardly, sneaking cur
who edits the Oregonian to the proof,
aud defy him and all his co -conspira.
tors to produce any evidence whatever
Of their genainencss, other than that re.
sulting from the most damnabls for.
gerry and perjury Of suborned wit.
nesses. ! pronounce them, and each
Of them, aud every part and parcel
thereof, IS base, vilIainous and clumsy
forgeries. and the outsrowth Of most
diAbolical conspiracy; and pronounce
Harvey W. Scott, moreover, ~ COW.
srdly villain and defamer OF women
and children, and 4 party in this
Transaction to the most infamous con.
spiracy to hiacken character that ever
.darkensd the annals of crime.
Mr.. Mitcheli's statement bears the
impress Of trlth. Something more
than has vet appeared in the Oregon.
ian will shessfors be required to dis
credit it, and in the meantime tho
public will be inclined to at least give
him the benefit of the doubt until
more is known Of the matter. As tn
the motive, tho animus, of the Ore.
,gonian's charge. it is possible that Mr..
Mitchell states it reliably, a. follows:
Oyer ten years ago Harvey w.
Scott. nov editor Of tho Oreeonian.
was, At nay ;nstaacc, removed from,
the Office OF Collector OF the Port OF
Portland, Oregon, by President Grant
Tor sealfcasapce la Office, in retaining
In his hands wsongfully and unlawful.
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