Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-03-11
SKETCHES OF rHE THIRTY



sometbiBg perfectly natural and that
was bound 70 come about aDyhow aDd
that senator Doiph's defeat Vss fore
gone conclu 100 from the start oi
course. those on the ioside kDow better.
They know that the tensciiy oi puf
ross OF the organizations on both sides
has never been surpassed iu western
polltica. The re-elettioB q Mf. 5boup,
sftera senatorial desdlock, IN Idsbo.
o. the entire scssion, created no sur
prise, and u Mr.. D0lph bad been re-
elected AZ the lsst moment 0f tie
eleventh hour Of the last dag q the
session ct Salem, Il would have Lseu
shat be expected aud what his friends
expected and what the public expected
IL was what the Populists and Demo
cfass expected and banked upon a.
their chief campaign material 10 ofe-
son for 1895. They we're all disap
pointed, some happily and some ur.
hsppiIy.
One Of the slanncbest men Of The
Thirty was David Craig Of the WaId'
HILLS. He represents a DeighborhoOo
that has an old score 10 settle with the
old simon-Dolph machine, and a large
part OF the session he voted for his
neighbor John B. Waldo, q talented
inrist, who was defeated for the high
rat Judicial honors by the same counbi-
nation that was behind Dolph st this
session. Craig needed no coaxing to
stand by the eolors Of the boiters, a.
they were termed by the Dolph pres.
Curtis Of ClAtsOp was one Of the editors
among the antls, cousin Of the other
editor member from Northwestern
Oregon, Guild of TiIlamook and Yam
hill. Curtis made favorable impres.
slon o. stubborn, bulldog tenacity on
she rest Of his colleagues that will not
soon be forgotten in the polite. of the
state. He felt very deeply on the sub
iect and the fact that he had written .
letter saying that he would vote foi
DoIph was wsli-known 10 bis comrades
tot they never doubted for = moment
the thoroagbnees of his later oonvic
tons Guild, Of the sheridan sun, wai
the only antl.D0iph man from the tNo
eouniies be represented. II took q
good bit q courage for hlm 10 stand
against the combination Of older poll
uclans who bad quitely manipulated
NE territory which he represented. and
~ they thought, completely IN the in
tsFcsi q the machine. II is related o
Guild that be- met Dolph lai Portland
aud joklnKiy .Asked him " there wtI
anything he could do for him. TOE
senator told him there was nothing
that was neoessafy, a. be could rely "a
81 least alKiy Of ihe hgyeniy.two Re
publlean votes.
one ~ toe hTsi pasiiiye gains mad,
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