The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
SALEM SNAP SHOTS.
Making Law. as Seen by a
Special Correspondent.

Special Correspondent.
The grinding is loud in the land.
The air is noisy with the buzz of
pulled wire. Several gentlemen
have evidently taken hold of live
wires in their excitement and are
dead, politically. Sunday the Will
lamette hotel lobby was thronged
with politicians. not in ''the higher
and better sense" and sshas beens"
were very much in evidence. Leg
islators mingled there also, and
the unctuous courtesy everywhere
manifest. was beautiful to behold.
These wires are creased.
Senator Mitchell has quarters
on the second floor of the Will
lamette, and they might truthfully
be called republican headquar
ters" although Simon and few
personal followers generally have
important business elsewhere. The
genial senator is in good spirits.
and with good reason. His cleo
ton is assured, aud thai by repub
lican votes. 1t requires 46 votes
to eiecl. and Mr.. Mitchell will re.
ceive the support of at least
rs republicans. Several demo
Gratis and populists will cast their
ballots for him. !,
Several oil those WHO helped
along the PRESIDENT, Il campaign in
Benton county are here, and most
of them are members of the third
house. Il. L. Geer. Allan r Joy.
G. b. Moores and Senator Driver
Oh the republican side, and Bar
clay of the Bryaniles, are the most
conspicuous.
Harry Miller, whose nominal
occupation is presiding over des.
TIMES of the Oregon Agricultural
College, seems deeply concerned
in the political movements. lie
is here as lieutenant of JOS 81
mon and is one of the most con
spicuous buzZers.
Populistic economy! We have
witnessed an. exhibition of thu:
virtue. The spirit OF reform thai
animates every populist's soul cost
1.-The people OF this state the. very
first day of the legislative assem-
bly,, not less than $500. A com
bination of populists and Joe 81
mon republicanism held up the
house and prevented its organiza
ton by bold and dirty trick
The house met at 10 O'Clock
Monday morning, AMI elected tenn
porary speaker. The populist'
and the Simonites, voting toseih
err; put Davis of UmatiIla in tie
chair. He appointed committee
op credentials consisting OF popu
list Barclay chairman, populis
U'Ren, fusionist Bilyeu and re
pubIicans. Thomas and Stanley
Thomas having made the motion
The committee could easily have
reported in 80 minutes, but the
whole day passed and no report
4 The ,pcpulist and Simon member
Iabse nted themselves in the even
4 ing, SO that no quorum cotilb b
| had. and the republicans. who tt
the number OF 20 tried to trans
act business, could do nothing
4 They could not compel the com
mittee to report, nor, according t.
the peculiar ruling of Davis, com
pei the attendance OF absentees.
I Lake of Benton and Lincoln
who promises to be one OF In
leaders in the lower house, made
a speech during the evening ses
sion, concerning ii parlimeniar.
ruling, that commanded the clos
attention of the house and gallery
Whitaker, of Benton, during tin
afternoon was quite bitter at tn
, expensive .'hold up," and indlg
5 nant at the imposition upon til
. taxpayers.
+ The senate went 10 work at ono
; Monday, organized with Simon a
) president, and passed several res
: olutions.
RI The republicans Of the hous
r went into caucus Monday aftel
3 noon, when Mr.. Thomas of Null
$ nomah was elected chairman all
t Mr.. Hudson of Washington secre
Y tary. Twenty nine republican
= were present, the call having bee
3 for meeting for the purpose
, making a selection of minor. oil
GERS. The result of the caucus W;
}, as follows:
a Speaker of the house-H.
Benson of Josephine.
Chief clerk-R. r. Hayes
Tillamook.
Assistant clerk-Harvey S. 10
don of Marion.
y Reading clerk-Frank Motter
Portland.
o Door keepers. w. White
)" Portland.
p Calendar clerk-E. W. Bartle
of Eastern Oregon.
= Sergeant at. .arms-L. S. Shipit
-" of Southern Oregon.
=, 1t was decided to leave the a
pointment of the mail clerk, pagt
;; etc. with the speaker.
=, At this writing-Wednesd