Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-04-02
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able in more than one particular.
In the language of one of the dele
gates, 'it was the most harmonious
convention to have so much fight
ing in it that Or o----
OF the various delegations in tnat
convention but one delegation went
home satisfied. Newport delegates
got all they asked for, and they
were fortunate in not asking for too
much. Newport got one delegate
to the state conv ention and the
place of county superin tendent.
Lower Alsea had three candidates
and more in sight if the sign had
been right. Their great fight was
for Stearns for clerk, and they were
defeated in this fight by the decis-
i've vote.of2o 81. The candidate
for assessor from their precinct met
a similar fate, only more so, and
while their candidate for surveyor,
Mr.. Gideon, was nominated by ac-
clamation, there is no doubt but
that the nomination would have
went to Lot G. Powell, of Beaver
creek, had he consented to let his
name come before the convention.
1t looked like Mr.. Gideon had taken
up nomination thrown away by
Mr.. Powell.
Beaver Creek people wanted
Thos. Coombs for assessor, but
they were not satisfied. They
could have had surveyor, but the
delegation was true to its trust and
refused to be traded off, and so got
left entirely.
The Yaquina delegation occupied
the most peculiar position of any Of
them. Itgot afraid that Toledo,
or Newport, or Elk City, or some
place or other might get the advant-
age of them and so they asked for
all they wanted, and got all they
asked for. Yaquina got the two
big offices, clerk and sheriff, and
they do say they are not satisfied,
even now. Some of them think
they have got more than they can
easily digest.
Toledo was not fighting Tor very
much, and did not get as much as
she was fighting for. Toledo
would have liked to have had the
county superintendent, but Instead
they got left on that and was given
the assessor, a nomination that was
undoubtedly opposed by some Of
Toledo's own delegates.
Elk City had candidate for as
SCISSOR and for sheriff, but did not
: get'a thing, Yaquina had already
gobbled the Office of sheriff along
! with that of clerk, and so Elk City
was left out In the cold. Had va
quina been satisfied with one of the
leading Offices then Elk City might
have had the other.
Little Elk asked ios treasurer
and gotit. That precinct was prob
ably satifed,.
Nashville asked for Bristow for
county commiss ioner and had am
other man from ti,eir own precinct
: put onto them.
r Siletz was left out in the cold
entirely. .~,, '
Lobster came over asking for L.
A. Peek, for assessor, but got moth.
Ing.
Drift Creek was in II" &c tin
Of nothing expecleL, nothing re.
ceived.
Taken altogether it was one Of
the most peculiar convention that
was ever held in the county. A
combination Of delegates run the
} convention, and even the members
: of this combination weht home
kicking.
The populist state convention
has met and placed full ticket be-
fore the people. For supremejudge
they nominated -. For con-
gress in the first district the nom
inee is w. S. Vanderburg, of Coos
county, one of the posulist senator's
that achieved so much notoriety in