The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-05-27


same way they get promises from the
sterner sex for votes. We were
highly compllmented by the commun-
ity at large as the finest looking body
of men that could be found in any
county IN the state. Well, we held
our first meeting and the tariff was all
torn to pieces, we all said oui little
piece and not one of the candidates
neglected asking the whole audience
to vote for him, and we all left there
expecting to get elected. One of the
party tried his hand at navigating the
steamer Mascot, and from the way
he handled the craft the voters of
Benton county need have no fear but
he will handle the interests Of the
people just as skillfully.
NEWPORT.
May 2O.-We left Alsea about 5 p.
m. yesterday, arriving at this lovely
sea side resort before dark, where
everybody and his neighbor was as
anxious to see the pick and choice OF
the county as If we had been Barnum's
museum, Or Robertson's circus, Il
guess we are.) This morning we
shook and shook, we smoked and
smoked and SO did many others at Our
expense, and we noticed Il number of
empty soda water cases; we are not
prepared to say what the soda washed
down. The day passed very pleasantly,
part of the candidates spoke their lit
tie pieces, one that laid over night at
Alsea to get the ladies' vote on good
looks, read over the names of all the
candidates on the democratic ticket
which seemed to please them; it
pleased our side as far as l. am con-
cerned. I went to Alsea to get voters
for the republican party, not to find
out how handsome we are. The ladies
told us that so much several years
ago that we came to the conclusion
we are just as handsome as the candi.
date that don't know the difference be-
tween a Canadian horse and Mexican
broncho
May 21.-At 6 a. m. all hands
mustered TO embark for voyage to
Yaquina City the terminus of the
Oregon Pacific. the S. S. Willamette
Valley having arrived at 3 a. m. from
San Francisco with IL large list OF
passengers for valley points, which we
appreciated very much as some Of us
had never seen a ship enter port from
sea before We spent a very pleasant
day at the most western railroad ternli-
nus on the continent. About p. IN.
the steamer. Waluski, B. F. Jones
commanding, arrived from Toledo ex
pressly to move this honorable body
up us far as that lovely and pleasant
town. There we remain over Sunday,
hoping by Monday morning to have
settled the tariff on hot and cold bath
ing in the new bath house that was
butt by one of the landsomest men on
the democratic ticket, $50 the ladies Of
Alsea voted, but only one in eight,
about as many votes as he will get in
that precinct on the first Monday in
June.
TOLEDO.
May 23.-We all mustered this
morning about 7:3O in good spirits,
the superintendent of the y.
IS. rock quarry, who had INDUCED in
some kind of spirit and had overesti-
mated his capacity. We heard since
that he got Il leave of absence on NC
count OF the load he carried up to the
quarry. At p. m. the school children
marched down the street to the Blake
hall with a large crowd Of all denomi-
nations following, then the politiciaEs
told all they could about the tariff in
the forty minutes alowed them on the
platform. The school superintendent
gave all the points on education. The
audience Is the largest we have had up
to date. We were invited to a dramatic
entertainment rendered by home talent
which would put many fine troupe in
the shade that we have paid double
the price to hear. After the last cur
tain, decks were cleared for action and
all those who wished had a chance to
trip the light fantastic for couple of
hours. some of our party taking part.
We enjoyed ourselves hugely.
Here we express our thanks to the
residents of Toledo for the manner in
which they entertained our party.
nothing was left undone to make Our
stay pleasant. In the near future this
town will be the most pleasant place to
live on Yaquina bay.
Politics here are rather mixed, re-
lpublicans, democrats and peoples
about equally divided. We will be
able to tell on the 7th Of June how each
party stands, not before
About II III. we retired, tired but
happy; will leave this berg on the
morlow, with a pleasant remembrance
Of the social town of Toledo.
ELK CITY.
Ed. GAZETTE:-The candidates
for the various county offices visit
ed our city to-day, and mingled IN
social converse with our people.
A meeting was held at the new
school house where the political
and educational questions of the