The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-10-19
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Third-That he favors the prluciplo
OF reciprocity, but is isoppcaod to some of
the details IN the treaties about 20 he
acted upon by the Senate.
! Fourth--That he Is in iavor oi the
speedy construction Of an isthnian
caual, under full American control. aud
Of Pacific cable.
Senator Mitchell also discussed In de.
tail river and harbor improvements In
/ Oregon, end OF the necessity for build
ing up an extensive Oriental trads.
As to the irst, all RepubIicans and
other people as well are opposed 70
general ripping up Of the traffic question.
THERE'S no division Of opinion on that
matter.
On the aecond question, The shipping
subsidy, he has not made np his mind.
which simply means that he will wait
and see which way the cat will inmp.
Republicans like corbett Simon, Scott
and others are unreservedly opposed 10
a shipping subsidy. 1t may be wisdom
on the part Of Mitchell to hesitate about
committing himself until he sees what
the President recommends to congress,
and thus be in a position 10 support the
administration poliny, whatever that
may be. He may honestly consider
that the best way to serve hIs state in
the matter Of getting appropriations, as
the main things Oregon wants to get.
The third question, just like the tariff.
may be treated in the interests Of the
trusts and protected interests like the
sugar reaneries. whore the spreckels get
free raw sugar from Hawaii and charge
the people tariff prices for Il, making
ten millions a year on reciprocity. On
this matter Mitchell might be more ex.
plicit.
On the fourth proposition we wish he
were more picit. He favors an is-
thmian canal under the control Of the
government but does not say il shall be
built by the government. His former
bills on this subject have been for con-
struction by private corporation, Just
as the Pacific railroads we're built. The
same with the Pacific cable. II there is
one thing tho government ought TO quit
doing IL is going into partnership with
private corporations In anything. Webs
ter denounced itand we have lost money
and helped rob the people every time we
have done IL. Mitchell had TO say some.
thing and as this was about the only
thing he could be y favor Of without
hurting his standing. he has ''handed us
one on the subject"
Lastly he iavors improving all the
rivers and harbors In the state, and we
forgot TO state, he deals the anarchists
some body blows that are telling aud
will be felt clear into the interior Of Rus
sia.
Senator Mitchell is probably as good
a man in the Senate, the way that Office
is sold nowadays 10 the sharpest set Of
bargainers, as the people OF Oregon can
get there. Any body can figure oul
what he is in favor Of from the abov,
statement, that IL, 10 be Ia position IA
get all the offices aud appropriation
possible for the state and for the feIlowl
who elected him That Is what " tbs
state" wants and what "the iel
lows want. "'rel with principles
aud policies. Its Doodle we want"
TmE JOURNAL will only cay that 4
has supported Senator Milehell in In
past, when II took him TO be a man O
principle, and when II believed him ;
be serving the true interests Of the peo
Pile. II II finds voting and acting In lin
with the interests Of the common pee
Pile, and IL does not doubt he Intends Il
Il will heartily commend him tor it--bu
not until. II he will strike one tellln
blow against the timber land frauds o
the trusts or other robberieo that an
going ON, and that viii plunge our cOur
try into anarchy II they are not stopped
We will holler, just as loud for him a
the most wheezy wind'broken, spaylne'
! springer, snorting among tina Cayus
d politicians Of old Webloos.