The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-30

lckness of my little daughter.
Sind her very i'll. Whatever eau
,us decides on tonight l will abide
oy.. B. F. MULKEY."
At this caucus, so held as above,
had on roll-call and open viva
voce vote, the distinguished hon
Dr. conferred on me of receiving
every one of the forty four votes
present as a candidate of the
party, and was by the chairman OF
the caucus, the late Senator
Hughes, Of Washington county,
declared to be the unanimous
nominee Of the party for United
States s:nato. There were, there
fore, it will be seen, forty SIX
republicans. a clear majority OF
the whole legislature. declaring
solemnly by their votes and by
their signatures in my favor as
candidate and nominee OF the
party.
Notwithstanding these facts.
four of the names mentioned by
your Salem correspondent as being
at present candidates for election
to the United States senate,
namely, II. w. Corbett, Governor
William P. Lord. Cyrus Dolph,
and Joseph Simon, and others con-
trolled by them, combined and
cenfederated together and with
certain members of the legislature,
some Of them elected as republi
cans, others elected as populists,
and still others as democrats, and
by the use of an unlimited amount
of money and other disreputable
means, sustained in their miser
able anarchist scheme, by the
Oregonian, held up the legislature,
and during the whole session pre-
vented not only vote being taken
for United States senator, but also
the passage Of any appropriation
bill or other legislation whatever,
thus depriving the state for two
years of its proper quota of repre-
sentation in the United States
senate, and imposing upon the
taxpayers the burdens incident to
the extraordinary session OF the
legislature nov convened, and,
what is infinitely worse than all
this, bringing our people and state
into contempt in the eyes of every
right minded person outside of the
state.
Notwithstanding / was then the
nominee of the party, and finding
it was impossible to have vote.
l, on February Is, 1897, addressed
a letter to Hon. Samuel Hughes,
state senator from Washington
county and chairman Of the rep
ublican conference. in which |
recited the facts relating to the
caucus, and referred to the atti-
tude of those holding up the legis
lature, and which letter concluded
as follows:
The history of politics since
the beginning of tie government
fails to furnish a parallel in any
state to the situation thus pre-
<:nted. The spectacle presented
is that of a minority. realizing
their lack of power to dictate and
control in the selection OF Il
speaker of the house of represen-
tatives, and in the choosing of a
United States senator, deliberately
refusing TO qualify and take their
seats in The house, thereby lnten-
ding to prevent the presence of a
quorum, and absolutely blocking
the election of both speaker and
senator, and legislation as we'll.
Such a proceeding, whatever may
be the motive of those promoting
it. tends strongly and inevitably
toward anarchy. 1t is the most
dangerous menace, not only to the
integrity of the organization of
the republican party, but to the
very existence of our government,
both state and national. 1t is a
proceeding that should receive the
unqualified condemnation of every
law abiding citizen of all political
parties. Those who give it their
eountenance or support, either
directly or infcrentially, Of what
ever party affiliation, deserve to
be classed with the enemies of law
and order. To permit it to be
established as a precedent would
be to set in motion an element of
discord and disintegration that
will eventually sap the very foun-
dation of our political institutions.
"In view, however, of the pres
ent status of the United States
senate. as it will be after the 4th
of March next. it is of the utmost
that Oregon should at
this time elect a senator. This
fact must be appreciated by every
true republican.
The republican party is inf
nitely greater than any one man.
Its interests are paramount to
those of any one individual. 1t
is your duty to elect a republican
senator, if in your power; and,
while, as your nominee, l person.
ally am ready and willing, as you
all know, to stand by you and
with you for the integrity of party