The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-01
old-Standard Men Fighting to
Gain a Senator and Two
Representatives.
MANY TICKETS IN THE FIELD.
The Erratic Ex-Governor Pennoyer
Likely to Be Chosen Mayor
of Portland.

PORTLAND, Or, May 31.-The Oregon
State election tomorrow will have sig
nificance and interest as being the first
gun" of the Presidential campaign. 1t
WILL however, be impossible for politicians
in other States to get much satisfaction
from the result because of the demoralized
condition OF the three parties. Ever since
the fighting and shooting at the April pri-
maries in this city this campaign has been
intensely exciting, and never before was
there an election which caused more
anxiety than the one which will take place
Tomorrow.
Two Congressman are to be elected-one
for each district-together with Supreme
Judge and city, county and legislative
officers throughout the State. In nearly
every county and city there are three
tickets in the neutrality-suspicious.. Demo
cratic and Popuiist-and in some cities
there are independent tickets aud two Re-
publican tickets.
In the First Congressional District T.
H. Tongue is the Repu blican nominee,
Jefferson Myers the Democratic and w. S.
Nanderberg the Populist. Tongue will I'M
doubtedly be elected, with Vanderberg a
fair second. Tongues position on the
coinage question is nebulous, though he
is supposed to be against the free coinage
of silver.
In the Second District, including Port
land, the nominees are: W. r. Ellis, Re-
publican and present Congressman; II.
II. Northup, Independent Republican; A.
s. Bennett o.. The Dalles, Democratic, and
Martin Quinn of Portland, Populist. Ellis
is the regular nominee and has voted for
free coinage in Congress. His friends
claim that he is yet for free coinage, while
some OF them maintain that he will stand
upon the st. Louis platform. let it be
what it may.
The big fight is in the Second District.
The sound" money leaders were not
satisfied with the nominate on of Ellis at
the State convention. They put up Judge
III. H. Northup, who has been conducting
vigorous sound" money campaign.
His election is claimed by his friends,
but it is not likely. He Will draw
Sound" money votes from Ellis, the reg
uar nominee, and few from Bennett,
the Democratic nominee. Both Bennett
and Quinn are for silver. There are
three silver can didates and one gold
standard man. Northup may withdraw
enough votes from Ellis to elect the Pop
ulist, Quinn. The general belief is that
Ellis will be elected, with Quinn close
second.
On the election of m MEMBERS of the Legis-
lature depends the return of Hon. John
II. Mitchell to the Senate. He stands for
free silver. Most OF the outside legislative
nominees are for silver, but possibly not
enough to elect him without the Multno-
nah County members. A boiling county
convention was held in Portland, which
named legislative candidates favorable to
Mitchell. The regular convention named
candidates who are against Mitchell and
free coinage and probably for ex-senator
Dolph.
The boilers have taken the name of
Mitchell Republicans. They named Cen
eral Charles F. Beebe for Mayor. The
regular Republicans nominated D. Soils
Cohen, and the Democrats, Populists and
Taxpayers League combined on ex-Gov-
ernor Sylvester Pennoyer. The chances
of election are in favor of Pennoyer, but
with six tickets In the field prophecies are
uncertain. There are Democrats, Repub-
licans, Mitchell Republicans, Populists,
Middle of-the-Road Populists and Tax
payers League, and never was there such
political mix-up in Portland. Each has
named candidates, who now number 312
for about forty county, legislative and city
offices,