The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-02-28
SIMONISM VS.. THE PEOPLE,
The Latter Successful on The
5oth Ballot-Geo. w. Nc
Brise the Choice.

34S~ S&&~ SA&SA~~s
The people won. Dolph was defeated fol
U. S. senator on the 59th ballot, and Geo.
w. Mcbride was elected to succeed him just
IS the clock was striking the hour of mid
night last Saturday evening. The result is
q united party, and harmony and good feel.
ing pervade the republican ranks once more.
At noon Saturday the session of the joint
assembly was of unusual interest. At that
time eight ballots were taken which resulted
in reducing Mr.. Dolpn's strength two votes.
At the end of the eighth ballot the vote
stood as follows: Dolph So, Williams 80,
Aare TO- Fulton 3, Lord 2, Waldo l, Lowell
l, Cogswsll l, Chamberlain 9, Galloway 2,
Weatherford l. On this ballot it was
noticed that the antis had augmented their
forces until they were neck-and neck with
the Dolphites, each faction having 36 votes.
When she members reassembled in joint
session at TAO no one knew what the out.
como would be, although it was whispered
that the name of George w. Mcbride would
be announced as compromise candidate
providing nsither side could elect by ll:30.
On the first ballot of the evening, or the
37th of the session, the Dolph forces were
strengthened by two votes, Gowan and
Smith of Clackamas, who returned to their
first love after voting with the opposition
during the afternoon. Both made speeches
indicating their intention to stay by Dolph
to the end On the third ballot Beach, of
Multnomah changed to N. G. George, but
after the next vote returned TO Dolph On
the fifth ballot of the evening brownell, in
an enthusiastic and well-worded speech,
placed c. w. Fulton in nomination, and
voted for him. This action created intense
enthusiasm as it was BrowDsIl who nomi.
mated Dnlpb, and had ever since been one of
his strongest supporters. Speaker Aoores,
who had been voting for George H. Will
Gsms, changed on the ninth ballot to Thos.
Fl. Tongue. The anti Dolph men showed q
disposition throughout the contest to vote
solidly for any good clean republican who
was not identified with the Simon cabal. and
during the evening gave the Dolph support
ers a number of excellent candidates to
select from SO there might be no reasonable
excuse for final adjournment without an
election. The antis led off with 80 votes
for Gao. II. Williams, for whom they had
been casting their votes for several days.
On the second, third, and fourth ballots j.
B. Waldo received % votes, and for the
next ten ballots c. w. Fulton was sup
ported, receiving as high as 80 votes. The
next man selected was Thos. FL. Tongue,
aud after five ballots without gains, the
autis again changed, this time to Governor
Lord, whom they voted for twice. Dolph's
highest vote during the evening was 3S, and
the lowest SO. Frequent conferences oc-
Cured during the evening between the war
ring factions which indicated an attempt to
unite on dark horse. At ll:25, after a
brief recess, the convention was again called
to order. Clsston, Dolph supporter from
Columbia county, claimed the floor. He
reminded the members that 35 minutes only
of the 18th biennial session remained, and a
senator had not ysts been elected. Owing
to the sturdy character of The opposition he
thought the election of Mr.. Dolph impossi-
BILE. The antis had declared their intention
of supporting any good true republican, and
he wished to test the sincerity, he proposed
to place in nomination a native-born Orego.
nian, Hon. George Mcbride. Representa-
tive Barkley seconded the nomination, stat.
ing that the gallant thirty" had all the
time been ready and willing to unite on any
qualified republican who would represent
his constituents, and that George w. Nc.
Bride was such man. He made an elo-
quent appeal for harmony in the ranks and
reunited republican party. His remarks
brought forth storm of applause and as
soon as President Simon could restore order
the 59th and last ballot was begun. Sena.
tor Alley, whose name was the first on the
list and a leader of the opposition, voted
for Mcbride. The first Dolphite to come to
the Mcbride column was Calvert Of Marion,
and he was followed by Galbraith of Yam
hill. Senators Hobson aud Patterson and
Speaker Moores also swung into line, and at
the end of the rollcall Mcbride had AZ
votes, three less than enough to elect. As
between Mr.. Dolph and Mr.. Mcbride the
vote stood as follews
Dolph-Bancroft. Beach, Blundell. Bird,
ges, Cardwell, Carter, Conn, Daily, David,
Dawson, Danny, Gesner, Gowan, Long,
Maxwell, McCracken, McGInn, McGreer,
Moorhead, Myers, Paxton, Price, Smith o.
Clackamas, Smith of Josephine, Smith ol
Polk, Steiwer, Tsmrleton, Thompson
Woodard and Simon-30
McBride-Alley. Baker, Barkley, Booth
by, Brownell, Burke, Caihreath, Calbert
Cleeton, Cole, Coon, Cooper, Craig, Curtis
Davis, Dunn, Gates, Gowdy, Guild, Guar
dane, Hillegas, Hobsop, Hofer. Hope, John
son, Keyt, Lester, Lyle, McClung. Mintis
Patterson, Patterson, Rinearson, Scott
Sehlbrede, Shutrum, Smith of Linn, Stan
Icy, Tgard, Wright, Yates and Moores-
AZ.
| AS President Simon was about to an
nounce tho result, Tenpleton of Linz
mounted a desk and stated that he vantee
a senator, evideucing such desire by chang
ing his vote to Mcbride. Smith of Poll
| followed him, and in turn Bridges, tn,
bright young member from Douglas, Gas
the 45th vote, the last one necessary for 81
election. This was the signal for tremsn
dous burst Of pent-up enthusiasm, and for