Show A WORTHY EXAMPLE WHEN mr hipple mitchell was elected in oregon to the senate of the united states surprise was a mild term to express the amazement of the country at his bis success his reputation was of such a kind that virtuous people sniffed and turned up their eyes while profane folks indulged in epithets that would not bear reproduction in these columns the means by which the election was secured may f fully ally known but it seems that the ore Oreg omans resented the matter to the f full their sentiments have been expressed ain a manner that cannot fail to speak far louder than words it appears that not one member of the legislature of either branch who voted farmr hi aple mich ell has been reelected re elected with the ilie single exception of a member from the extreme south who was returned in the liquor interest if this is s not a rebuke to the man and the methods employed to secure his election we do not know what course could be construed to have that signification the people of oregon have determined to shuw show their power in fioto machine politics and the influence e of great corporations and have succeeded when the people of this great nation can free themselves in a amilar manner and making up their minds to cut clear from the existing corrupt and demoralizing methods ot of poi political alca bosses unite in choosing go good d and wise men to cond conduct act their public affairs there will be some show for justice elonor honor and true liti lid erty in the land politics now is a gambling game and some of the worst elements of society are engaged in and mixed up with the government of the greatest nation on earth there theres is trouble ahead it the drift continues in the present direction A corrupt people will have corrupt rulers A careless and indifferent people will become the prey of schemers and demagogues and only by the creation of earnest interest in public affairs among the good true and honest portion in of the population can the he country be redeemed from the destruction truc tion that stares it in the face this maybe may be called croaking but it is as sure as fate ind and as inevitable as the plunge of the stream that flows over niagara |