The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-05-15
AN EXTRA SESSION.

1ne question whether the Governor
should call an extra session of the legit-
lature to elect Senator to take Skaters
place,is agitating the minds of Repub-
Gcans throughout the state very much,
and the discussion of the subject has
developed the fact that the party il
divided upon the subject. Amons
Republican leaderl the question Is dis
cussed nearly altogether from the stand.
point as to whether il would be better
for their party TO have an extra session
or not. Among Democratic leaders
the question seems TO be discussed
largely from the same standpoint.
From what we have been able to learn,
We think large majority of the leaders
and managers of the Republican party
are in favor Of Especial session. They
say if the matter goes over to tho elec'
tion in June, 1885, the Republicans
will be 30 badly divided in consequence
of the animosities created ut the last
tive sessions of the legislature, that the
Democrats will have an easy walk over
in carrying the State, aud consequently
gaining the Senator. Those Republi-
can leaders who oppose an extra session
say that il an extra session was called,
there is no ground for hope that the
Republican members could agree upon,
and elect Senator. They assert that
the legislsture,or the Republican mem
bers at least, would continue the squab-
BILE over the senatorial question begun
and kept up during the last session, and
that it would finally be compelled to
adjourn without slecting, aod that
such an ignominious failure would give
the Democrats the State at the next
election without doubt.
Among Democratic leaders some
think that, in party sense, it would
be best for Democrats that an extra
session should be called, while others
are of the opinion that it woald re-
dound to the benefit of the Democrats
if no extra session should be called.
But among the masses of the people,
both Republican and Democratic, the
sentiment is very largely against calling
an extra session. The main reason, ( and
an all sufficient one to them,l which
they give for this feeling is that it is =
needless expenditure of public money.
The feeling among the people Is that
the state is not likely to loss any thing
by not having successor to Slater, but
if an emergency should arise that should
call for the services Of another Senator,
the Governor can teen appoint and be
can then satisfy all factions of his party
10 view of such emergency. The State
Journal, which favors an extra session,
hopes "that the Governor will in due
time conclude that an extra session will
be the least Of two evils" Now, as 9
matter of truth, nine-tenths OF the
voters of the State do not look upon il
as an evil that We have bat one SenA-
tor, and when q man Is found who
thinks We ough. to haYe another Sena-
tor, he usually considers the lack Of ons
Is less evil than the expense of an
extra session. Our contemporary fears
that if the Governor should appoint q
Senator temporarily, "the next legisla-
ture would, perhaps, spend nearly the
entire session fighting over the Senator
ship to the exclusion Of much other i'm.
portant and necessary business" But
we believe the people will elsct legis-
iature who will elect 10 view of the
disgraces of the past.
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