The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-09-19

Senate was called to order by Mr.
Miller, of Jackson county, after which
Mr.. Trevitt, of Wasco was elected tenn
porary chairman, Mr.. S. c. Simpson
was chosen Secretary pro tenn, and
Mr.. D. B. Hanna was elected Serge
ant-at-Arms, pro tenn. \ committee
on credentials was then appointed,
who submitted the following report in
the afternoon:
"That at the last general election the following
named persons were elected Senators By their re-
spective counties"
Marion-samuel Miller Ito ill Tacancy.)
Lane-R. b. Cochrane.
Douglas. Coos and Curry-Binger Herman and
3. u. Pushbaker.
Josephine-B. +. HoltEelAw.
Polk. B. F. Burch.
Yamhill-S. o. Adams.
Washington, Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook
Thomas r. Cornelius.
Multnomah-Lansing Stout.
CIackamas-D. P. Thompson.
WascO-Victor TreVitt.
Union-James HendeTshott.
The committee report the following names as
members holding over from last term
Linn-William Cyrus and K. II. Crawford.
Lane-H. c. Huston.
Jackson. y. T. Miller.
Benton. r. Bayley.
Bakers. Ison.
Umatilla-N. Ford.
Marion-Samuel Brown.
The committee report that in the Grant county
case L. o. SteTns sent what ID called resignation
of his seat in the Senate 10 the Governor and that
John A. Dribblesby presented his certificate Of
election and the committee recommend that John
a. Dribblesby be allowed HE seat in the Senate.
The eommiss.ee further report that in 1866 Joseph
\. Dolph and David Powell were elected Senators
from Multnomah county; that one Of the aboTe
named Senators entitled 70 hold MS oflce Tor
the term Of four years from that election. but no
allotment was made at the last session Of the Sen
ate as required. The committee therefore recon-
mend that neither Of said two persons claiming 10
be Senators from Multnomah Co., are entitled to
vote until it shall be decided by lot which one Of
them is entitled TO hold over
This report was very warmly de-
bated by Messrs. Dolph and Stout Of
Multnomah-the first contending that
it should be rejected, the latter that it
should be adopted. It was finally
adopted. Our readers will recollect
that it was claimed by the radical
leaders that the Senate stood IL Rad
icals and IL Democrats; but by the
adoption of this report the Senate now
stands Radicals and 13 Democrats.
Mr.. Dolph claimed that there was no
vacancy, as he and Powell were elect
ed in 1866, each for full term of four
years; but Mr.. Stout, in a speech of
half or three quarters of an hour
which several times caused the lobby
to applaud despite all efforts of the
officers to reprcss such demonstrations
showed the contrary to the satisfac-
ton of all fair-minded men. He not
only showed the law and the facts to
be against Mr.. Dolph, but he showed
that this thing of contesting his seat
was an after-thought. A radical clerk
called an election; a radical county
convention nominated Judge Shat
tuck, and he had been running some
two weeks before Judge Stout was
nominated. If Judge Shattuck had
been elected all would have gone
smoothly-he would have taken his
seat without opposition from either
Dolph or Powell. Dolph was in the
convention that nominated Shattuck,
and he and Powell both voted for him
at the June election. They then be-
lieved there was a vacancy-else why
did they vot4 for him?