The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-10
Wrangling over the Report
of Credentials Committee.
A COMPROMISE FINALLY EFFECTED
Moore and Michel for Joint Senator'S,
and Jones and Huntington for
Representatives.

The Telegram thus relates what trans
pired on the opening of the Republican
state convention in Portland.
The balance of power of the Republi-
can party of Multnomah county weighs
in the balance. The scales are in the
hands of the credential committee of the
state convention assembled today in the
exposition building. With the seven
men composing that committee rests the
fate of the two warning factions of the
city. The line is to be drawn. At least,
so it is alleged by one eide, for the
champions of the Carey faction, who are
to appear before the committee, and are,
as rumor goes, to demand a decisive
settlement of the question. Either they
are to be regularly accredited delegates
from Multnomah county or they are to
be nothing. The Simon people, on the
other hand, as the men who held their
convention at the place appointed; as
the majority which stayed with that
hall, and after the boiling of the Carey
Hume faction, finding themselves left to
nominate a Republican ticket which
could be called legal under the conven-
tion call, nominated and placed in the
field that ticket, will demand that they
be seated and cast the 4S votes allotted
to Multnomah county.
And 50 stood the situation when at
11:15 this morning Chairman George A.
Steel, of the Republican state central
committee, opened the convention.
2 no oOOnar daoIoro1 fhov,
G. w. Parrish, of Grant county, placed
in nomination for chairman General
George H. Williams. The nomination
was received with cheers and carried by
acclamation. The country delegates
were the potent power, and they pro-
posed to see the convention run on lines
devoid of any tinge of the strife among
the Multnomah delegates.
In accepting the nomination, General
Williams said:
Gentlemen This expi ession of your
confidence in calling me to the chair of
this convention is appreciated, and to
the best of my ability 1 shall try to dis
charge the duties impartially. There
are many questions to come before us,
many delegates to vote and many COM
mittees of Importance to be nominated.
It is we'll, therefore, that we proceed to
business and I will not take up your
time with speech. This I will say,
however: So far as balloting is con-
cerned will recognize no factions. This
is a Republican convention, and we
should all be Republicans, and, so feel
ing, shall make my rulings. Let US
proceed to business"
Friendly, of Lane county, nominated
A. B. Aiken for temporary secretary.
The nomination received a number of
seconds, and Mr.. Aiken was declared
elected
]. NJ. Patterson, of The Dalles, then
moved that committee of seven on cre-
dentials be appointed. The motion car
ried.
The makeup of this committee meant
life to either one faction or the other of
the Multnomah delegates. The i'm
portance of the naming of the men who
would constitute it was realized, and for
moment hush fell over the conven-
ton in the expectation that the chair
would at once announce its appointees.
But the chair took its time. To the ut
most General Williams meant to be inn
partial.
During the interim that followed Will
lam Kapus announced that as secretary