The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-14

MOODY FOX CONGRESSMAN.
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Special Dispatch to the Post -Inteilieenc<r..
ASTORIA April -1A1cn1n A. 1GrpdSs
Of The Datien. WAS tonight nominated 16r
Congressman by 1cclAmation BY The Re-
publican ccnyention Of the Second dcu-
EreAasonal EAstrics after ore OF the most
syeztion IN Oregon Two chairmen and
two SECRETARIES on the same platform con-
Quoted rival conventions amid tae great
eA cUufusto4 pand1monisnn re4gning for
nearly half m hour. until one convention
adjourned TIL p. m. and the other re-
manned In senston alone Tor . time longer.
The rest of the day wac spent In an eff
fort 70 get them together again. which
was succsGEfui ~ O'Clock. the proposition
to admit one-haH Of each delexati0n frutn
Naitnomah county being defeated and the
Simon deie9zfton be4nx seated by vote
of 81 to a. The convention then noni-
mated y. A. Moody. of The Dailes. for
congress- By acciMnats0n-
The coptest In the convention Was
brought about by the facsionAl fight which
has been In progress in Mu'tnomah county
for more than two years One faction
Is headed by State Senator Joseph simon.
Of Portland. and the other by supporters
Of ex.Un.ted States Senator j. H. Mitch
ell Two sets Of delegates were elected
from NuIsncmah county TO both the dis
trict and state conventions
The seating Of the Simon delegates to-
night In the district convention, II IL
thought, viii give them decided adyant-s
are IN the contest before the state con-
vention. which meets tomorrow. T. T.
Geer, a farmer Of Marion county. vii
probably be nominated for governor hy
acciamation.
The convention was called to order al
10 a. m. by Chairman c. II. Carey. OF the
congressional committee. Carey had been
presented with a petition requesting the
appointment OF Senator Taylor. OF Uma-
tiEa as temporary chairman. On this Pc
titIon were the names OF forty-eight dele
gates. they being majority Of the dele
gates from the counties outside OF Auatno-
nah.
Carey ignored the petition and named
OTIS Patterson. Of Morrow county. for
temporary chairman
Taylor was elected temporary chairman
by the Simon faction. and the result was
that the convention had two presiding
officers and two secretaries. Both per-
fected temporary organization and adj
5curned. the simon faction until O'Clock
in the afternoon and the Nitchesl.tes until
Friday.
When the simon convention reassembsed
at O'clock q committee was appointed TO
confer with the Mitchell faction for the
purpose OF restoring harmony. An hour
later. headed by Senator Fulton, Of As
t0rfa, they tOuR tne3I bSotS ~ Liz WE
vsntioli and after considerable parieying
IL was decided 70 leave all disputed auss-
tons to the delegates from Auitnomah
county, decisions to be made by secret
ballot on a roll call OF counties Both sides
decided to abide By the result.
The convention, by vote Of IS to g.
rejected Fulton's motion to seat the con-
testing delegates from Multnomah. CIV
ing each delegate half a vote. - was done
.wo years ago. Immediately after the
convention. by a vote Of q to 3. admitted
the delegation headed by Joseph &iWon,
ana unseated the delegation hea0td b.
Sol Hirsch, chairman OF the Republican
state central committee. The action OF
the convention in seating the Simon dele
cation from Multnomah county made the
nomination OF Moody for congress as
sured. az his leading opponent. ". r.
Ellis. who now represents the district In
congress was the candidate OF the Mitch
ell delegation. His name was not even
presented to the convention.
Wallace McCamnant. Of Multnomah
county. was elected chairman. and Jay p.
Lucas. Of Gillian county, secretary OF the
congressional committee.