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

filed contests on the ground OF fraud.
| The consequence was that there was
q strong anti-Simon ma ajority in the
conventions; but the gang was not yet
ready to acknowledge defeat and the
meeting of the delegates in the A. o.
| q. w. hall was made the occasion of
a scene of disgraceful riot and disor-
| der in the attempt of Simon and his
! friends to steal the Craftsmanship Of
| the convention.
The majority, however, not to be
intimidated by deputy sheriffs or by
| actual force, selected the chairman
| and elected delegates to the state and
congressional conventions and, subse-
| quently put up the full regular re-
| publican city and county ticket and
selected the county and city commit
| tee in accordance with the party prac
tice.
The minority, however. true to their
boss. remained in the hall after the
! convention adjourned and went
! through a pretence of putting up a
ticket and naming a city and county
committee, of whom Donald Mckay.
ID. NJ. AfcLauchlan. H. Fl. Holmes and
$. Farrell. were also members of the
central committee of 1896. which was
really responsible for the outrages
above mentioned.
Donald Mckay is nominal chairman
of this committee, and Joseph Simon
is the whole committee The Simon
people controlled the county clerk. so
that they had the advantage of having
their ticket printed as the republican
ticket on the Australian ballots. and
the regular organization. after having
been denied by the county clerk the
right to have their ticket printed as
the republican ticket. We're compelled
in .c%tlcr to get the names OH the bal
lot Mt all to cGlycne an 'aSscmbiy"
under the Australian ballot act. after
the adjournment of their convention.
and have the nominees cf the cOnvcn-
tion renominatcd by the assembly I'M
der the temporary title of the Mitchell
Republican ticket.
The Orcgorian. Of course. made
great capital out of the fact that the
ticket was dubbed the Mitchell Re-
publican ticket and msrcprcscntcd
the facts to the public in such man
ner as to give out the impression that
the regular organization was under
the control of Simon instead of in the
hands of the antt-Simol republicans.
The contest was carried into the
congressional and state conventions
where the two delegations represent
ing the two county conventions ap-
piled for seats. Although the regular
delegation was clearly entitled to the
sole right to represent Multnomah
county in the state and congressional
convent ions. the Simon people had
the support of the Oregonian. which
was practically the only means by
which the delegates 20 thcS" conyen-
tiolis representing other counties could
gain information as TO the facts.
Scot. was n tool of his masters. and in
his usual violent and abusive style
misrcprcsCntcd the facts and threat
cncd the convention with the loss of
the ticket at the polls unless the
"Simon delegation" was recognized.
The conventions finally decided in the
Interest of h:iri;:,ay. and. to prevent
the >tlcfcat of the party on election
day. to seat both delegations. dividing
the vote of Multnomah county be-
tween them.
Both Simon and Scott were mcrn-
bcrS of the state and congressional
conventions. AMI "cC ,:iliu" to all rHr
ty usage and aS l!rrMrab!c men they
should have abitlcd hy the ticket elect
cd ut the cc:ivt:l'irn. HCd to honor
or sense of shame. they and their
associates on the adjournment of the
conventions put up II. ii. Nortl:up as
an independent nominee for congress
in the second district. with the hope
of dividing the vote of the regular re-
publican nominee. Hon. w. Il. Ellis.
and thus throwing the district to
Quinn. the ropulist candidate.
In the first district. the attempt was
made to defeat Tongue and to elect
VaudcTlAIrg--, a Ieopulist. The effort eflIteff-tt
i'm ttnfh almost SItncnSSrn!
but. fortunately. the republican c:,ndi
dates were elected. notwithstanding
the attempt to defeat them.
The recent example in the lcgiSla-
ture Of the lengths to which this gang
will go in their effort to destroy. is
fresh I'm mind. BY combination OF 4
few republicans under the Simon
Scott influence. with some OF the pop
ulists. the legislature WAS held up for
the full constitutional term of forty
days. BY the, most shameless meth
ods the regular republican caucus
nominee. Senator J. III. Mitchell. who
also had Il ma.iority of all the votes
of the Legislature pledged to his sup
port. was cheated out of. the election,
and by a corrupt bargain with the |
chief executive of the state. Mr.. II.
W. Corbett was given pretended ere
dentials as the governors arpointcc
to fill the vacancy ct'casioncd by tho
failure to elect. Mr.. CSrbett iS still
seeking admission to the senate on
these credentials. and the indications
are that he will not be recognized as
entitled to a seat.
The county and city committee has
held several meetings. and after care
full consideration decided to make IN |
to bring about party harmony. |
1t was decided to prepare plan for |
holding the republican primaries |
which would be fair in every particu- |
lar, but would be so designed as to
prevent the Corbett- Simon ring from
their shameful practices of |
two years ago. There is no doubt that |
IL Simon accepts the proposal he will
be defeated. for the people will en- /
brace the opportunity to rebuke the
gang for their actions both at the last
election and at the legislature.
The propositions is, In brief. to
draw lots for the naming Of the ma
jority Of the Judges in each ward at
the primaries, the wards to go alter
nately to each side. and those NAM
ing the majority judges in one ward
ma aming the minority in the next ward,
and SO on.
Hon. George H. Williams, an emf
nently fair and impartial republican,
Is selected as referee to overlook tho
drawing Of lots and to. preside