The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-02
SOME RUMORS AND
OTHER RUMORS
The Day Given Over 10 Street Corner
Schemlng and Much But
tOn-hOling.
COUNTY DELEGATES CAUCUS
They xAnt Fair kspfeNentstion At the Goa
gftsslonsi Convention No Definite Ne
suits Attained bat Delegates
Got AgqHainted

The only topic OF eonyornation through
out the city yesterday. was tha, Of poll
ties. ana the discussions upoh The street
corners. IN the hotels. and other lourgins
places enliyrd an otherwise very dun
day Tho morning boats brought most
Of the country delegates into town. ana
the amcuht OF but,on-honhg golrg on
attracted more than usual attention.
Evidently much hard work wis heirg
done to enln the vital points by many In
ioroaIrd delegates, Late In tho hftcr-
noon me delegates from the countrs call
cd caucus 60 take place IN the COURT
house In the evening
Scarcely two stories aH 20 what was
being attempted In ubc way OF pro-
gram by the delegates agreed S,ime
said that the mcmb~rH were striving 10
bring about harmony In the party. others
that an agreement, was being reached
upon a ticket 10 be voted ht ne cunyen-
ton today. and the air war FUN ~ all
kinds of rumora concerning this, that
! and the other. The Uns thirg patent Go
the most casual observer. was that
clalsop Ropnblicanb Arc stirred up par
hnps as never before. Ard that there n
a general determination throughout tia
1 party TO take hand m theinatlonnl cnm-
( palEn and make an effort % secure the
I return OF that stable government whlch
/ for twenty-five years, gave proaperltysfo
/ this great United States
| Twelve Delegates 10 the county Rcpnb-
I llcan convention and one other reprrsrtlt-
I cd by proxy. assembled In caucus In
/ Judge GrAy'n chambers az ths cGhrt
I house last night T'hcy were all from the
/ outlying precincts. and although not en-
tircly representative OF the country q glc-
cations. had met 10 consider matters
peculiar sernanc 10 thoao who represent
the country precincts The meeting was
l.lr 6hs. nature OF u love feast. A. nearly
the mcn6Ers. fRsSS uies@ SaPrfssltSIQV aPstI fi.Pa Ri
ans 10 strve In getting together. but
MHeN "Inted 20 talk. a. delegates some
'i,nth W and become better acquainted
"l'hJE HouEhton. OF Clatsop. In the
ohAlJ those participating In the caucus
scrr H. n Cole. W. H. Smith and u
J, IngRllk from Lewis and Clarke pre-
exact; r J. Brown ana VIM H. Miller.
/ Ncspcr, u. Twccdlc. and r. O'Connor.
Mishawakas II, 4 Wooden and proxy
W H. LNwis, Jewell. Peter q. Wage and
I n sloop. Rear Creek: Und T.. HouRhton,
Ciatsap. Others dropped In and out dur
ina the evening but os all newspaper
folk werc barred from participation in
/ the proceedings. their names could not
\ be learned
| The principal object az the caucus aside
| from the avowed one OF getting &C.
| quaintcd," was 90 formulate some plan
/ regarding representation to the congress
| plonm convention. All they ask II or
/ wasted was a reasonable representation
| from the country precincts and they dld
some talking TO discover how best TO ac.
! comphsh this. without doing anything 20
disturb the pleasant relations now exist
Ing between country and city delegates.
| The question OF nominations at the con-
vcntion today also came IN for Its Shnrc
OF investigation. No DEFINITE results came
| from the caucus and the members ad-
journcd In good humor. The silver ana
| sold question was allowed TO sleep In
peace II was decided TO let the prop
oslticn OF nominating county officers IN
| today's convention rest largely with
the opinion OF the city delegates us ex-
pressed In the convention.