The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-07
SIMON METHODS SHOWN UP.

| A most important meye was made
by the regular republican party or
| Sanization Of MultnomHh county. yes
| tertlay with a view to securing har-
mony between the factions. The re-
publican city and county central COM
mittee submitted to the Simon-COr-
',ctt manager as fair proposition to
/ hold the primary election. at which
delegates to the city and county con-
| ventfOnS will BE- selected in fair and
honest manner in accordance with the
requirements Of the primary law which
regulates primary elections in Multi
| nOmah county.
Tkts is the shrewtiest political move
of the season. and indicates not only
that the regular party committee is
] confident of having a majority of the
! republicans in accord with its anti
! Simon views. but also that it does not
| fear to use its power magnaninrouSly.
and often generously to procure party
unity.
| As is we'll known. there is Il di-
| vision Of the republican party in this
| county due to the OutgraeouS attempt
! of Simon. Mckay and others. sup
j.pOrted by Scott and certain local
| moneyed interests. to fort.ibly sieze
| the control OF the party convention
and to retain the organization of the
party for the purpose of engineering
Ia new charter bill for Portland
through the legislature and. incident
ally. to secure the defeat Of Senator
J. ii. Mitchell.
The Simon people had a majority
Of the city and county committee two
years ago and refused to allow the
minority to participate in the selet.-
Of ind <,1<s fhe,
les. A written request by Mr.. ID. NJ.
Dunno and Mr.. David Morris. mem
hcrs Of the committee. that none but
republicans Of high standing be Sc
lccted as judges Of the primary cleo
ton was refused. as was also the re-
quest that the minority be allowed to
name one judge of the three.
Simon was chairman of the COM
mittee. and without a meeting of the
committee and in spite Of protests. he
issued the call for the primaries. Sc
lecting in some cases the most dis
reputable dives in the city for polling
places and naming among the judges
n number Of persons to be depended
upon to count In the Simon ticket, win
or lose.
The consequence was that public
indignation was aroused and the
feated at the polls. The Simon peo-
pie had their ticket printed on strip
ed paper. SO that the judges could re-
cognize them at a glance. The judges
accepted and counted these tickets
and refused the others. They denied
well-knOwn residents and citizens the
right to vote and sustained challenges
against those known to be against the
gang On the other hand, repeaters.
thugs and gamblers in the employ OF
the Simon Oregonian combination,
backed by n large force Of deputy
sheriYs sworn in for the purpose, had
free license. Colonies OF tramps were
brought into the city and stationed
in convenient localities, as in the no
torious Larry Sullivan's sailor board
ing-house where one Of the polling
places were established. and in a cot
lodging hall, openly conducted for the
purpose by the unsavufy Sandy Olds
and his partner, Barrett, the sure
thing gambler, now in the county Jail
under Indictment for murder.
The citizens insisted on 4 fair count.
and In wards where this was denied,