The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-04-14

The meeting NJ the republican con-
grrssional convention Tor The Second dis
tri,t yesterday Was perhaps the most dis
orderly which over took place IN Orvgon.
There were Two factions " o delegates
zach from Multonomah county. one rep
rcs,n,lne the Mitchell push and the other
the regular or god.standArd men. Each
was determined 90 gain control ot the
meeting and the result WAS that me con-
yrutinu Was turned into q brawlng crowd
" politicians Tlc factions were about
even In numbers, as far as could be de-
tcrmlncd from the noise they made. and
neither side gained an advantage over the
other.
Judge e. H. carey ~ Portland mounted
the platform at lo;Sn and raped FOR
order. Immediately the delegates began
To yell Twenty men jumped to their
feet and placed In nomination for chair
man their lactional candidates, Carey,
who Is Mitchell man, recognized John
Rasmus of Mutnomah. who nominated
otis Patterson Of Morrow county. With
out waiting for further nominations the
chair put the question on Patterson's can
ddacy. and a storm of ayes" and noes"
followed. Mr. Carey declared Patterson
the choice NJ the convention amid the
boots and Kisses of those favoring am
other candidate,
Meantime T.. l., Smith OF Wasco county
nominated T. c. Taylor OF UmGtllla coun-
" for chairman. The motion was put
and again the storm of ayes and noes
hurs, forth. Taylor represents the ST.
mon faction from Multnomah, lie was
declared elected and both he and Patter-
son took the platform. The chairmcn
then announced that nominations for sec
rctary were In order, and the double an
nounccmcnt brought forth the storm OF
wells which had greeted previous re-
marks from the platform. The two or
ganlEatlons made nominal tions and voted
by voice at the same time and the uproar
made II impossible for the result to be
made known Chairman Taylor stated
that G. H. Cochranc of Union county had
been nominated. Mr.. Patterson making
the announcement at the same time that
Jay T., Lucas or Gillian county was be-
fore the house, Mr. Cochrane was the
candidate OF the gold standard men and
MIR, Lucas represented the Mitchell fac
tion, The factions voted for their re-
spcctlve candidates at the same time and
both were declared elected by the pre-
siding officers, Afterw0rd, however, +,
w, Epplnger Of Baker county was made
secretary OF the Mitchell organization
and Jay T.. Lucas assistant secretary,
Then II was moved by delegates from
each faction that committees on creden-
tals be appointed and, amid the usual
howls, the motions were declared car
rlcd, Chairman Taylor appointed the fol-
lowing; John Dolan of Multnomah, w, a,
Slsson OF Malhcur Or, V, Glsner of Crook,
n, H. Savage of Wasco. NJ Baker OF
Union Chairman Patterson announced
the following; G, w, Phelps of Morrow,
George H. Shnn Of Baker, Edward Jen-
nlngs of Wallowa, II, r. Borthwick of
Columbia, w, r. McGregor of Clatsop,
At this iuncture a simon man jumped
to his feet and moved adjournment, The
motion was put and, amid a chorus of
ayes and noes, Chairman Taylor declared
II carried. The Simon delegates and their
followers from counties other than Multi
nomah then left the hail. The Mitchell
ties however, held the fort, and n motion
to appoint a committee on order of bust
ness prevailed Chairman Patterson Sc
lected the following; W. w, Steiwer of
Gillian, f, l., Moore of Baker, j, E.
Bean OF Umatillo, j, j, Donegan of Har-
ney w. II. Barker of Clatsop, The man
worshlpers then took n recess to await
the reports of their committees, but did
not leave the hall,
The following telegram was read by