The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-31


a strong anti-Simon majority in the
convention; but the gang was not yet
ready to acknowledge defeat, and the
meeting of the delegates in the A. o. |
q. W. hall was made the occasion Of
scene of disgraceful riot and disor-
der in the attempt of Simon and his
friends to steal the craftsmanship Of I
the convention.
The majority, however, not to be /
intimidated by deputy sheriffs or by !
actual force. selected the chairman |
and elected delegates to the state and |
congressional conventions and subse-
quently put up the full regular re-
publican city and county ticket and
selected the county and city commit |
tee in accordance with the party prac-
-tice.
The minority, however, true to their
boss, remained in the hall after the
convention adjourned and went
through a pretence of putting up a
ticket and naming a city and county
committed of whom Donald Mckay,
d. NJ. McLauchlan. H. H. Holmes and
| S.. Farrell, were also members of the
central committee of 1896. which was
really responsible for the outrages
above mentioned.
Donald Mckay. is nominal chairman
of this committee. and Joseph Simon
is the whole committee. The Simon
people controlled the county clerk, so
that they had the advantage of having
/ their ticket printed as the republican
| ticket on the Australian ballots. and
! the regular organization, after having
/ been denied by the county clerk the
l right to have their ticket printed as
the republican ticket, were compelled
in order TO get the names on the bal-a
| lot at all to convene an assembly
| under the Australian ballot act, after
the adjournment of their convention.
and have the nominees of the conven-
ton renonlinated by the assembly I'M
4 Republican ticket.
j The Oregonian. of course. made
great capital out of the fact that the
ticket was dubbed the Mitchell-Re-
publican ticket and misrepresented
the facts to the public in such man
ner as to give out the impressionN that
the regular organization was under
the control of Simon instead of in the
hands of the anti-Simon republicans.
The contest was carried into the
congressional and state conventions
where the two delegations represent
ing the two county conventions ap-
piled fOd. seats. Although the regular
| delegation was clearly entitled to the
sole right to represent Multnomah
county in the state and congressional
conventions the Simon people had
the support of the Oregonian, which
: was practically the only means by
: which the delegates to those conven-
: tio1Is representing other counties could
gain information as to the facts.
: Scott was a tool of his masters, and in
his usual violent and abusive style
: misrepresented the facts and threat
} ened the convention with the loss OF
4 the ticket at the polls unless the
: Simon delegation was recognized
/ | The conventions finally decided in the
I fr1fo -oeyf Of "a nToVPnt
4 the defeat of the party on election
: day, to seat both delegations, dividing
the vote of Multnomah county be
o tween them.
= Both Simon and Scott We're mem
: | eers of the state and congressional
o | conventions, and according to all par
! | ty usage and as honorable men they
4 ! should have abided by the ticket elect
ed at the convention. Dead to honor
. or sense of shame, they and their
associates ON the adjournment of the
: conventions put up n. H. Northup as
9 an independent nominee for congress
+ Fl in the second district, with the hope
n of dividing the vote of the regular re
Il publican nominee, Hon. w. r. Ellis
o and thus throwing the district t6
n Quinn. the populist candidate.
q In the first district, the attempt was
o made to defeat Tongue and to cleo
4 ! Vanderburg, populist. The effor
was IN DOCl cases dlu1OSI SuCCeSS1u1
y. but, fortunately, the republican candi
dates were elected, notwithstanding
the attempt to defeat them.
q The recent example in the legisla
q tlre of the lengths to which this gant
= = will 60 in their effort to destroy, Il
= fresh in mind BY a combination of |
+ few republicans under the Simon
- Scott influence. with some of the pop
- ulists, the legislature was held up fo
o. the fulf constitutional term of fort.
a days. BY the most shameless meth
q ods the regular republican caucu
n nominee. Senator J. II. Mitchell, VIII
- also had majority of all the vote
n of the Legislature pledged to his sur
20 port was cheated out of the election
20 and by aleorrupt bargain with tn
- = chief executive of the state, Mr.. e
J. w. Corbett was given pretended Gre
20 tlentiaIs as the governors aDpointe
as TO fill the vacancy occasioned by th
"a failure to- elect Mr.. Corbett is sh
in seeking admission to the senate o
these credentials, and the indication
liz are that Ice will not be recognized q
he entitled to a seat.
To- The county and city committee ha
20 held several meetings. and after car
IN full consideration decided to make a
% attempt to bring about party harmon,
.es 1t was decided to prepare a plan fl
&c holding the republican primarit
Cd which would be fair in every particl
he lar. but would be so designed as
- nreyent the Corbett-Simon ring fro
80 ra0eatino their shameful practices