The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-05-14


and they appeared to be highly pleased
with the stand taken by Messrs. Dufur
and Armsworthy. Ibid hear this much
of my brother's speech relative to the
election of United States senator, and
that was this, that if elected and his
party was in the minority and could not
elect senator, that in place of allowing
a deadlock, as happened two years ago,
thereby retarding needed legislation, he
would cast his vote for Hon. John II.
Mitchell. After they closed Mr.. Bing-
ham of Dufur was called upon and
talked to the crowd on the issues before
the people, handling the financial ques-
ton in a comprehensive. mastery man
ner. Then 1 was called upon. Now, as
to my saying that 1 and my kind of Re-
publicans were endorsing my brother or
were supporting him or any other legis-
lative or senatorial candidate of this dis
trict, nothing of the kind was said. But
did say that l was for John H. Mitch
ell tor United States senator, for be-
lieved his views on the financial question
and on other great questions were more
in common with true republican princi
Piles and the interests of the masses of
the people than were the views of Har-
vey w. Scott, the self-conslituted boss
of certain political organizations of Ore
gon; and l further claimed that the ac-
tions of the Oregonian in the present
political campaign, in boiling the regu
lar nominee of the Second congressional
district for congress, was not in keeping
with true republican princip plies, and if
carried out would disrupt and destroy
the Republican party, and that the ac
tions OF certain conventions, manipulat-
ed as they were by self. constituted
bosses and bossism, was an insult to the
voters of the Republican party, and that
l, as Republican and one who believes
in the intelligence of that party, did not
indorse the action of the Oregonian in
placing in the field candidate to defeat
the regular nominee, who, as / consid-
cred embodies all the true princi plies of
an honest, true Republican, and who
had never proven recreant to the trust
the people had confided in hIm during
his official career as their representative
in congress. 1 further said that had 1
been a member of the last session of the
legislature, and looking at it as / did, /
should have voted for Hon. j. N. Dolph
for the United States senate. Not be-
cause [ agreed with him in his financial
views, but because he appeared to be the
choice of majority of the Republicans
in that session of the legislature, and 1
believed in the right of the majority to
rule. That now Senator Mitchell being
candidate for reelection, and Mr..
Dolph having had his contest and being
defeated, believed it but right and just
for him and his friends TO allow Mr..
Mitchell the field at this time. That 1
believed Mr.. Mitchell 10 be the choice OF
large majority of the people.
This, Mr.. Editor, is about the sum
and substance of my talk to the people
at the meeting held at Dufur. which is
worrying the editor of the Oregonian so
much. l have been in Wasco county
and voted at every election since the fall
of 1876, and can say I believe my record
as a Republican is much better than Mr..
Harvey Scott's of the Oregonian, as in
that time have voted for but one man
on the Democratic ticket, and that was
prosecuting attorney once; the editor of
the Oregonian during the same time
| having DOTTED the nominations on sew
eral different occasions; at least we,
the people, believe so.
Ii the Oregonian has ever advocated
measure that was to the best interests
of the masses of the people, shouli
like to know when. In the present
course which it is pursuing in bringing
out the independent candidate, Mr..
Northup, If to the interests of the ma
iority of the voters of the Second dis
| trict, or if they think so, let them read
the following, which I clip from the
Portland Chronicle of May 1st:
Now that II. w. Scott has succeeded
in bringing out Northup as an inde-
pendent candidate for congress against
w. r. Ellis, the regular Republican
nominee, the Chronicle will concentrate
all its efforts to defeat this man North
up. A more unpopular, arbitrary and
conceited individual never walked the
streets of this city. There are no COM
mon interests existing between him and
the people. He ie in the field as a
candidate simply to crafty the over
loaded ambition of Harvey Scott, who
is willing to sacrifice everything in or
der to disrupt the Republican party of
this state. A more vile aud degraded
action never took place than that of