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Show SENATOR MITCHELL. I After having dominated tho politic, II of tho state of Oregon for a trlfl !'l m more years than aro contained ln the I B life of a generation of mankind- after O having been tho recipient of honors from1 many hands; after having accu- I b mulated a considerable fortune Sen B ator Mitchell finds himself confronted S with tho dark shadow of a fate that B has ruthlessly pursued him for many B 6 years and which now bids fair to land him behind prison bars, as a result ot B i his misdeeds In tho salad days of his B 1 youth. During tho time ho has ruled ' tho -political affairs of his adopted H ' stato, men who crossed swords with H l him havo gono down to defeat; one H i opponent after another has arisen and Bi vanished. No man lived who could H hope to finally defeat him, and 'his H sway was that of an absolute auto- H crat. Strong In his position, ho has B laughed at tho men who would have B dethroned him, but as tho mould of H ago creeps into his bones he ascer- H tains that having drunk tho sweets B of success he must now quaff the bit- B ter dregs of disappointment and de- B feat, .and that his chances for spend- H lng the balance of his life in a cell H aro preponderant. BB In old days he controlled courts and BB juries; ho swung legislatures to his H will; he owned city and county ofllci- H als and was a master who brooked H no Interference with his plans. Even H now, when tho watch dogs of justice H aro uarking at his heels he commands H immenso influence, but Oregon has a H prosecutor In the person of Attorney H Heney who will not bo enticed from BI tho path of duty and ho has declared El that n swift and sure punishment rl awaits tho old man. fl Mitchell's name isn't Mitchell at all. II It Is Hippie. He is a native of Wasn- IB ington county, Pennsylvania, having IJE been born thero Juno 22, 1835. His fa front name Is John M., or was when ho a was a boy, although ho has changed M It to John H. Ho was educated at Witherspoon Institute and after com- H pletlng tho course bosan a career as a teacher. Whllo in that business lie at- B tracted tho attention ot a girl pupil, Sadio Hoon by name, who loved him, not wisely, but too well. Ho was com- pelled to marry her and by him sne had three children. One ot them is now a lawyer at St. Paul, another, a S daughter, lives in Tacoma, the wife of a judge on tho bencn, g and a third, a daughter, is a resident of Canton, O., tne homo of tho lato President McKln- 1 ley. In 18G0, he abandoned his who and children and with a woman named w Maria Brinker, wont to California H where ho forsook his concubine, auan- m doning her at San Luis Obispo, ana m going to Washington. The woman mado her way back to PonnsygM"; Arriving ln Portland in 1860. HIPPj P assumed the namo of John H. Mltcn ell and began a successful career, una i year after his arrival ho was elected I city attorney; ono year moro wii w i was in tho stato senate, another two i years and ho was president of I stato senate. In 18GG he was he can cub nominee of his party tar th Un I ed States senate, with tho exception of ono vote, but so strong was his i n fiuenco that ho defeated the regu. nominee, A. C. Glbbs, 1 Corbett was elected. Six years law he managed to land the election, an in 1873 began life In Washington, a m B It ... nmn ho was living under his as- I thl30 name Under that name- 1 SUh by The way, was his mother's I WhMok nume-he not only entered tne 1 Sate bt carried Miss Martha I pr the daughter of a well known I 1 fnmllv Three children were ' 1 HKu S ! too Jnlon. the son Hiram 8 1 being an artillery captain in the army ' I tho second, a daughter, dead, and the ' I Sir . a daughter, being the wife of 1 I So French Duke of Itochefocauld About tho time of his election tho H details of his early life began to he- y M rmne public property. An Intense sen- J B gaUon was promised but ho had the f B matter covered up. Through tho In- , m fluence of his law partner, poor Sa- 9 die Hoon, the victim of his wiles, was H induced to secure a divorce; his mar- 1 H riago with Miss Price, which was a :i H blKamous one, was secretly legalized VJ through his influence with Judgo Up- H ton of tho state circuit court, ana Judge Hamilton of the county court 1 H conveniently arranged for the legaliz-1 legaliz-1 H ing of his change of name. IH Ho was a gay old boy about those H times, too. Ho fell in lovo with his last wife's sister and endeavored to ' H persuade her not to marry' the man f Bj to whom sho was engaged. Ho wrote BJ her several endearing letters declar- H ing against her uniting with Mr. Pot ter, her affianced, and these letters H were turned over to Potter, who pub-Bj pub-Bj lished tho entire bunch some years H afterward In fac simile. Of course l BJ Mitchell howled that it was persecu-H persecu-H tlon, although a number of reputable m citizens fathered tho action and dared BJ him In print to establish a libel suit. jBJ In 1878 Mitchell was defeated for BJ the senate by tho fact that tho Demo B crats controlled tho legislature Four B years later he tried again, but eigh-B eigh-B teen Republicans refused to voto for B him, and J. N. Dolph was chosen, In H 18S5 and in 1891 ho was successful, but In 1897 ho was given tho throw-B throw-B down because of his attitude in favor H of silver. For four years ho side-i side-i stepped, obtained his sustenance at K cheap eating houses and wearing IM shabby clothes, but luck came to him In 1901 on tho last night of tho session ses-sion of tho legislature, when there was a deadlock. The joint session elected him. A political storm started that has been blowing over since. Ho was charged with having accepted bribes for work done In conection with pub He surveys in Oregon and the legal machinery of tho general government Is working against him. At this writing writ-ing It looks as if, despite his high position, po-sition, ho will be convicted. And it is fair to presume that if ho lias a chance, this wife deserter, this bigamist, this hoary-headod old roue, will voto against Senator Smoot. |