The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-11-13


On number Of occasions we have
called attention to the fact that the a.
socisted press dispatches, when rslAting
to news Of political character, should
bs looked upon with = degree Of
allowance, because, AZ We alleged, they
are tineed with strong bias in favor OF
the republicans The Orsgoaidn has
steadtastly denied thia bias But this
may be clearly established by reference
to the character Of the dispatches sent
from time 10 time during the pendency
Of the New York campaigu. Under
date Of Sept. 2sth . dispatch was sent
throughout the country saying that r.
p. Flower was predicting the election
Of the republican state ticket BY 10000
majority. II was intended TO create
the impression that Flower was sulking
and would not help the democrats, while
| in truth and in fact, at that very vins he
contributed $4,000 TO pay the expen-
ses Of the democratic campaign. Then
on the same date the dispatches gravely
informed us that the Germans would
not support Hill. But the Now York
papers published At ahs very time this
statement wAs made showed that the
Gsrmvn democrats were vigorously sup
| porting Hill. Then undsr date Of Sep.
20 We we're told In long dispatch hsw
nstoriously unpopular Hill was while
Davenport was said TO be popular with
every body. But the outcome showed
thst Hill was moderately popular, and
that all of Davsnport's popularity could
not save him from defeat. Under date
of Oct. lst, the dispatches told how the
Times and Tribune we're on the trail Of
Hill, which, though doubtless true, vas
no moro than che Sun and WerId wsrs
doing with Davenport, but these dis
patches said nothing about what the
Sun, Horld and Star were doing with
reference to the record and character Of
Davenport, and hersin the partisan
character of the dispatches we're fully
shown. Under date Of Oct. 7th, We
were told how Hill was handicapped by
bis alleged conAection with Tweed and
the character of Jones who vas on bis
ticket for Lieutenant Governor, while
all this time every thing that was said
with reference to Davenport was calcu-
lated to build Ain mp in the estimation
of the voters of New Ysrk. And on
this same date We we're told that Hill
was not the choice Of any Of The factions
of the democratic party ia the city,
while at the pslls these factions gave
him over 5000 greater majority than
they gave Cleveland. Coming down TO
Oct. %, the dispatches tell us that bet
ting was 800 to s65 on Davenport but
New York papers published at the
time do not bear out the statement, but
sn the contrary, the daily Sun and daily
World both claimed at that time in Ian
guags miatakably sarnest that the dem
ocrats would carry the state by good
round msjOritiss.
Our readers have not forgotten the
associated prssS dispatch published in
the Ofegoaian under date Of Nov. 2nd I,
in which We were told that there was
was not the slightest dOubt about the
election Of Davenport. We were told
that big vtoe in the city meant big
republican vote bat az matter oftruth the
big vote showed an increased democrat
10 majority. We were told that three
fourths Of the Irish who voted for Blaine
would vote for Davenport and many
other things calculated to inspire men
with feeling Of certainty that Daysn-
port would be elected, and the dispatch
had that effect, but the result Of the elect
ion shows that the dispstch was high
ly imprsgnated with partisan bias.