The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09
Elected by the Oregon
 Legislature.
END OF A LONG STRUGGLE
CORBETT COULD NOT SECURE
 THE NECESSARY VOTES.
The Successful Man Is WeL-Known Political Worker and Has Held Many Positions of
 Trust.

SALEM, Or, Oct. 8.-The nominee of | last nights Republican caucus, Ooseph l Simon, was to-day regularly cnosen United States Senator by the LeglsIa- | ture in joint session. He received the l full Republican vote, except that Of | Senator Kuykendall, who was absent | All the members recognized the binding ! force of the caucus and there was no attempt to evade or disregard it.
 The election of Senator Simon Is we'll received. In nearly all quarters it is ! welcomed as a very satisfactory con- clusion of the contest. 4 few of the most confirmed factionists, those who still worship at the shrine of ex-SenatOr Mitchell. or who seeing Simon's cleo tion a check to the influence that has been operating through Senator Me Bride. are Sullen and heartSOre over their defeat. They cannot fail to see that the election of Senator Simon is a victory for the gold standard forces, and they are cOrreSpOndingly saddened.
 One of their greatest contentious was really to have chosen man who would be in entire accord with or even sub servient to Mcbride, in which particu- lar their plans miscarried most dis tressingly. All others, however feel good over the election, and it is surpris ing to see how general and evidently sincere are the inducements of Sena tor Simon.
 The ballot stood: Simon 64, Kincaid 23. Bennett ?, absent l.
 The contest which ended to-day by the election of MT. Simon has been car ried on for two years. The Legislature which convened in January, 1897, should have chosen a successor to Senator J. H. Mitchell, whose term expired in March, 1897, but the lower house was
 
 session expired beyond limitation and no vote was taken for United States Senator.
 Governor Lord appointed ex-Senator H. w. COrbett to the vacancy, but the United States Senate refused to admit him.
 The Legislature which was elected last June was overwhelmingly Repub- lican and MT. COrbett was recognized as the leading candidate for Senator. Governor Lord called an extra session of the Legislature, which assembled September 26 COrbett received the caucus nomination for Senator of a ma jority of the members, but lacked the ten votes of a majority of the Legisla- ture. After voting four days for MT. Corbett his friends became convinced that he would not be elected.
 4 caucus of all Republicans was called last night, at which a letter of VI A ballot was taken for Senator and MT. Simon received 101 votes or five less than a majority of the Legislature Be fore another ballot was taken a mo- tion making MT. Simon the unanimous choice of the caucus was put and car ried.
 PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 8.-Joseph Simon, who was to-day elected United States Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the failure of the Legislature to elect a successor to John H. Mitchell. has been for years one of the most prominent men in Oregon politics. He was born in Germany, of Jewish pa rents, in 1851, and came to Oregon with his parents in 1857. He was educated in the public schools of this city, studied law, and in 1872 was admitted to the bar, since which time he has practiced his profession in this city.
 He became member of the City Council in 1877, serving three years. be- ing for a portion of the time President of the Council and Acting Mayor of the city. As secretary of the Republican State Central Committee in 1878. he managed the campaign so successfully that in 1880 he was made chairman of the committee, in which capacity be served for six years. He represented MultOnomah County in the State Senate from 1880 to 1S91 and again since in 1893
 He was president of the Senate dur ing the session of 1889-91 and since 1893 has been repeatedly reelected to that position, at present acting In that ca pacity He is one of the best presid- Ing officers that body ever had. In 1892 MT. Simon was a delegate to the National Republican convention in Minneapolis.
 He was then elected to represent Ore gon in the Republican committee. For eight years MT. Simon was a member of the Board of Police Commissioners of Portland. He was law partner of the late Senator Dolph, being a member of the firm of DOlph, Bellinger, Mallory & Simon. MT. Simon Is a gold standard man.