Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-06-29
THE OREGON sESArORsnIP.

ances on the United States senatorship.
THE JOURNAL believes ia an open field
and a free race to all Republicans. 1t
is not the organ Of any man and prefers
the triumph of progressive principles
and good government to individual
success. The first editorial is from the
able pioneer Republican paper edited
by Hon. Harrison II Kincaid, who led
his party ticket by several thousand
for secretary Of state. The second one
is from an independent Republican
paper In Eastern Oregon, edited by
Hon. Cato Johns. We present the ar
ticles,. out of many on the subject now
filling the Oregon Republican press, on
their merit and without further COM
.ment:
THE ELECTION OF A SENATOR.
Eugene State Journal: When it be-
came known that the Republicans had
elected an Overwhelming majority of
he members of the legislature we sup.
,osed-and that seems to be the general
'pinion and perhaps Is yet-that the
reelection of Senator Dolph was as
'ured, with very little If any opposi
ion. There are some, however, who
take different view of the matter,
md we will endeavor to state the stu
ition impartially without expressing
my opinion tor or against any candi-
tate. Mr.. Dolph is very able, In.
iuential and persistent advocate of .
protective tariff. On that question he
epresents the unanimous sentiment OF
he Republicans of Oregon. On the
silver question, while he claims to BE-
in favor of bimetalism, the same a.
nearly every other American claims to
be, he is opposed to the coinage of all
the silver produced In the American
mines into full legal tender money at
the ratio of IS to by the United States
without the consent and cooperation
of other nations. All the people of the
Pacific coast are bimetallsts in the
sense and to the extent that Senator
D )lph is, and very large majority in
Guiding Republicans, Democrats and
Populists, go farther than Senator
ID llph and demand the immediate and
unlimited coinage of legal tender silver
without waiting for the concurrence or
assistance OF any other nation. The
Democrats and Populists of Oregon
are practically unanimous In their de-
mand for free coinage, and perhaps q
majority of the Republicans, including
the members of the legislature, hold
the same opinions. The leaders of this
movement are very active in their OPP
position to the election of Senator
Dolph, on the ground that his re-elec-
tion would be regarded In the East as
an Endorsement Of his "Oppesition to
silver" as they call 1t, and would cause
great injury to all the silver producing
states and the whole country, and
would surely result In the election Of
Democratic or Populist Legislature
in 1896. These arguments, which ap-
peal strongly to the members of the
legislature In both business and po.
litlcal sense are being used in conver-
sation and through correspondence,
which does not appear In newspapers,
for all they are worth. Whether these
free silver men will be able to defeat
him or not yet remains to be seen. II
he should be defeated 1t will be solely
on the ground and for the reason which
we have stated. His ability, his in
fluence, his valuable services to Oregon
more valuable than those of any new
man could be for several years-are ad.
mitted and recognized by all. There
are now said to be four candidates in
the field whose supporters are actively
at work. They are Senator Dolph,
Representative Hermann, Hon. Thos.
III. Tongue and Hon. Charles w. Full.
ton, with probability of dark horse
In the person of Hon. Sol. Hirsch,
Hon. Rufus Mallory or some other
man. There Is quite strong senti.
ment that as Hermann has lust been
elected to congress for the sixth time,
and his promotion to the senate would
create vacancy In the house and re.
quire special election, he ought TO
keep out of the senatorial fight. This
may rule him out as practically inelig.
ible, aud leave the friends of Dolph,
Tongue, Fulton, and as many others rs
may take their chances of capturing
the prize, to fight II out II II takes all
winter. The chances are that with SO
large majority as the Republicans
will have In the legislature they will be
able to decide the election speedily. but
there Is possibility that II may take
them forty days and forty nights, leay-
Ing very little time for anything else.
This would perhaps be no misfortune,
so far as legislation IL concerned, for
too many laws and too frequent
changes In the laws is always bad for
anv countrV Very Door laws N left