Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-24
THE OREGON ELECTION.
Pecuilarities rot Mentioned in the Reg
ular Returns. Nor Shown in the
Election Tables.


Election Tables.
In Malheur county there is an inter-
esting state Of affairs. The county as
SCISSOR now in office is the newly
elected county clerk. When he takes
his new Office of county clerk on July
4 he will have to resign as assessor.
But the new assessor does not 90 into
Office until the first Monday in Janu-
ary next. The office of assessor will
therefore be vacant for six months
unless the county court appoints some
one ad interim. To make matters
worse the new assessor is involved In
a contest with his opponent, there be-
ing tie vote. They will have six
months to work of the tie.
Senator Gowar :. who was such an
energetic Mitchell worker at former
sessions of the legislature has been
defeated for joint senator of Morrow,
Grant and Harvey counties. His
successor is j. w, Morrow, of Morrow
county, the present county clerk of
Morrow county. From June 6 to
July 4 Mr., Morrow is both county
clerk and joint state senator,
Arthur Hodges, county clerk of
Crook county, is the only National
Democrat elected in the state. He is
son-in law Of John Wright, Of Salem
Or.
W. g, Wills, president of the last
board of equalization has been
elected county judge of Crook
county. He is Republican but the
new county commissioner in that
county is fusionist,
J.A. Burlelgh, member of the leg
islature in 1896, was elected county
clerk, OF Wallowa county in 1895, was
reelected June 6.
Douglas county which has for
years been In the entire control of
the Republicans is now in the hands
of the fusionists. The new county
judge, Mr.. Lyons, easily defeated the
Republican candidate for reelection.
The .uew county; commits
sloner, Mr.. James Byron, is well
known farmer, the father of George
Byron, the young law student who
recently graduated from the Will
lamette law school here with much |
distinction and credit. The hold
over senator from Douglas is Re
publican, but the entire new delega
tion is fusion.
Clatsop county elected one justice
of the peace on the Union ticket
j. M. Hughes, Astoria.
Tlllamook county is not altogether
disgraced- precinct elected
w. W. Jacobs, justice and s. M. Bat
terson, constable, both of Nehalem.
The Headlight has no influence in
that precinct,
Down In Coos county uthey took
vote on the question of allowing hogs
to run at large. The vote stood 43S
for hogs running at large and 1910
against. The canvassing board of
Cos county were also particular to
state In their returns that in that
county 35 voters ouly voted the state
ticket.
OIL county decided, two import
ant questions on the day of election
besides the question Of officers. Each
voter was asked to vote "for or against
remodeling the court house." The
yot stood 1913 for and 1909 against.
Each voter was also asked to vote
"for or against the purchase of a
county poor farm" The vote stood
2496 for and S72 against.
Lane aud Linn county elected a
''Silver Republican" TO the legisla
ture.
The Fusionlsts have the sheriff In
nearly all the valley counties. Ia
Marion, Frank Durbin, IN Linn j. A.
Munkers, in Lane, w. W. Withers,
in.Douglas, r. L. stephens in Clacka-
mas, J. j. Cooke. Over on the coast,
Ia Coos, they also have w. w. Gage a
PopullsC. Even in Columbia county
where everything most went for the
Hanna gold standard, j. N. Rice, the
P0pulist was elected sheriff. And up
in the prlm college country in Benton
they gave both sheriff and clerk to
Fusionists, former Democrats, Peter
Rickhard and Virgil e. Waters.
But 10 cap the climax the Republic
cana turned down the man who did
prehaps more than any man In Oregon
" effect the the election OF President
Mckinley. That is James W. Hare,
Republican candidate for sheriff Of