Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-11-08

ing prayers for them aud instruct
ing their children ON Sunday. lie
was a native If Canada, born of n
Scotch father aud Canadian mother;
and after commanding the respect
of ail by an upwright aud worthy
life, edited all by bis pinus death.
To him as II directing mind Oregon
owes It's settlement.
SENATOR DoLPu.
Non, Joseph y. Dolph, United
States senator from Oregon. Is u
New Yorker 10y birth, but is an old
timer in the Wehfoat state, having
come across the plains in 1862, as
Wderly sergent in Captain Medorem
CrawfCrd's company, known as the
Oregon escort. Upon his arrival in
Portland, he Immediately began the
practice of law, forming partner
ship in 1868 with his present cot
league in the seNute, j. II. Mitchell.
His partnership lasted until MIR.
Mi,chell's election to the United
States senate in 1874. Mr.. DOlph is
II man of very conlnianding pres
ence, and one of the most logical
and abie speakers in the senate, and
: always assured of AN attentive
audience both In the chamber and
lobby, when lie addresses the senate
upon some of the important ques-
tions Of the day. Although SOME
what reserved and dignitied In his
denlranor, and when once acquaint-
ell with him, there Is AN under
current of feeling in his composition
that begets confidence and admIra-
zion for his many sterling qualities.
During the recent session of the
senate Mr.. Dolph gained consider
able newspaper publicity among the
several correspondents of what is
commonly known as "newspaper
row" in Washington, for his action
Q
and speech in regard To executive
session of the senate. AS is well
known, an executive session of the
senate is strictly secret, and its pre-
ceedings for that reason are eagerly
sought after by tue onInipresenI
correspondent.
Every senator who is known to
have been at the session, is shadowed
by IA newspaper man, who tries by
every means at his command, to
gain an iukllug OF what tral-pired
at The session. some Times an Op-
priuue word or two caieies> y
dropped by the senator from way
back, gives the seeker IA clue, aud e
never rests until he has uuearth, d
skeleton enough To buld frame t..
Often the news alher,rs r. meet and
coinpare noles. and the result is, the
next morning, all The leading
duilies have II column Article on
what occurred at the secret Session.
Sometimes these stories were very
wide of the mark, but general Y
they contained enough truths that
should not have been made puI lie,
To- place the senutOrs in an enibar-
rns>ing position. This was what
Mr.. Dolph wished to avoid. While
not particularly blaming the CORE
spondents for getting the news, he
delivered very fetching speech to
the senators " ho had not been abb,
to resist the Establishments of the
scribbling siren. OF ceur-e this
speech, although delivered III secrrl
session, was duly discovered H., The
persistent writers, and in a few days
Mr.. Dulph was heraIded through
the land as an enemy 10 pubic
opinion, and held up ns The advocate
of star chamber councils and C os..
corporations. Instead If rushing
into print and try ing to fight the
writers with their own weapons,
Mr.. Doiph discreelly kept quiet,
and IN few weeks, the angry cor
respondents, finding they wer. fl .it-
ing Il sphinx, ceased, aud nothing
more Was heard of the ''execu i've
session war" But the result shows
that the seed had fallen la good
ground, for recently one of the
news paper row fellows said while
chatting with some friends, "Ihil
big senator from Oregon has scared
those fellows SO, that 1t is a most i'm
possible to get anything out oi
Them