The Daily Morning Astorian

THE SENATORIAL SITUATION.
There is, says the News, a busy effort to treat Mitchell as though he were a candidate and kill him in effigy; but it is made ridiculous by the fact that his name has not been brought forward, and the further fact that it probably will not be. If, in the maelstrom of uncertainties, it should come to the front, not all the smouldering embers of old abuse could be fanned into a living flame against it. It is pretty generally understood that a good man has been put out of the race by the bitter hatred of friends turned enemies, and this robs abusive statement of its effective sting. If there should ever be a break toward Mitchell, not all the sneaking ambuscades around the state house could avail to stop it. It would go like a prairie fire through and over all the cuddling tricks to realize on the Mitchell strength, while hunting promises, and at the same time holding back an agreement, to turn forever from the old love. Something in the way of this is known, and it is contemptible. Not that Mitchell will be a candidate - for he probably will not be - certainly not through any act or word of his own; but in the interests of fair dealing all around. It is curious to see how the Mitchell question enters into the race of every one else. The Hirsch men remember their candidate as a most loyal friend of Mitchell. The Hill men think of their candidate as the original enemy and tearer-down of Mitchell. The Failing men think of their candidate as the purse-proud member of the anti-Mitchell clique.