Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-06-04
THE RESULT.
Interview With Hon. d. P.
Thompson.
DEFEAT ATTRIBUTED TO WATER BONDS
And Treachery by the Simon
Faction at Portland
Other News.
lEFEAT ATTRIBUTED TO WATER BONDS
THE RESULT.


mans majority probably will reach
5000. The legislature will stand as
follows: Seuate-repub cans n
democrats :, doubtful ,; house-re
publicans 80, democrats 10; douhttu'
2. The election of two senators is
still in doubt. The doubtful sena
tors are Dodson of Baker and NAL
heur, and McHaley of Grant Har
ney and Morrow, Their opponent:
are Chandler and Blackman, both
strong men. The doubtful represen
tatives are w. w. Cardwell ot
Grant and Harney, and Wright, OF
Union. Six precincts are yet to be
heard from in Multnomah county
The vote thus far received gives
Herman majority of 3l46. Thomp-
son for governor so. Mr.. Thompson
in an interview attributes his defeat
to the storm raised by Pennoyer over
the water-bond bill vetoes and to the
treachery of Senator Simon and his
friends in the city of Portland.
THOMPSON INTERVIEWED,
PORTLAND, June 4.-Hon. ID. p,
Thompson is not at all disheartened
by his defeat for the governorship
He was cheerful as could be when a
reporter called at his residence and
chatted pleasantly about the result
for half an hour. He was glad
above all things, that the campaign
had ended. He said he would moi
run the gauntlet again for $4,000.
ITO what do you attribute the
outcome of the election?' he was
asked.
ITO the storm that Governor Pen
noyer raised about his water bill
vetOes. He went about the state
telling the people that they wer'
being defrauded in every way, man
ner and form by the issuance Of non
taxable bonds. Tie farmers had re
solved in their oranges to stand by
him on this issue, and they did
Besides, the governor posed as th'
champion of the laboring men, ant
told him that he was better frienC
of theirs than any other man coul'
be. That caught some. His pei
sonal attacks upon me cost him vote
rather than made them for him."
"Would it not have been bette
for you if the campaign had laste
five or six weeks longer?"
"If it lasted three weeks mor'
we would have gained between SOC
and 1000 votes. The current wa
changing in our favor. Pennoye
lost heavily in the last three week
of the campaign"
KNITTED BY JOE SIMON.
"Did the union party affect you
1T did. | figure that Maj'
Bruce, the union candidate for col
gress, will poll 5000 votes, IT.;
may seem a very large estimate, bl
you must remember that the part
is composed of the prohibitionist
grangers and workingmen. No
the party had no candidate for go
ernor and it is my opinion that Il
. 5000 votes cast for Bruce went f
. Pennoyer. In this city l was knife
by Mr.. Simon and his friend
Having been defeated In the prim
rises, they made up their minds
kick the ticket TO pieces.
"They worked II so-ealled indepe
dent republican ticket with Pc
D noyer on it for governor. About l5'
of these tickets were cast, and | ha'
no doubt that they were got out
Messrs. Simon and McGinn. Th'
there was another thing. A lar
number of people, principal
2 farmers and WOrkingmen, regard
banker as their natural enem
whose only mission in life is to
press them. Then the eutire den
cratic state ticket was traded
s Pennoyer. That is plain 10 evel
body who has understanding. NJ
Ter, Webb, O'Brien and the Oth'
were sacrificed after all the ha
work they had done for their par
Webb, you must not forget, v
Governor PennOyer's running mi
80 in the campaign. The Union IA
independent tickets and the who
sale trading for Pennoyer cost
10000 votes.
SO h,r as ! have heard there y
no personal opposition TO me outs
Of Portland. In the cities wher
am known, | ran with my ticl
~ in the country the uOn-taXable be
IT. nonsense defeated me. / recei'
.ol many democrotic votes in Ii
he Marion, Polk, Uuion, Baker 1
Jackson, and | believe can +
,o without bOasting, that ouisid,
10 the city | polied a. ull N"t,
any man in my party could Ia
done"
POLK COUNTY.
in ISDEPENpENCF, June D.
eal election yesterday was one Of
its most bitteLy contested Of ans
~ Polk county for nlauy years an
some respects one Of the mosl
markable in the history Of the GO
ty. The local issue was on the G
zig missisner, !, simpson, democrat
Nh. being opposed to the building
my court house at Dallas, while q.