The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-30
Mr.. Mitchell Not a Candidate

Mr.. Mitchell, writing to the
Herald Dissemination, OF Albany,
Or, under date of Sept. oath, says:
My DEAR SIR: In your issue of
yesterday l noticed in your special
correspondence from Salem of the
18th inst, under the caption OF
"Gossip About the Special Sess-
ion," your anonymous correspond
ent, among other things, says:
candidates for the United
States senate are plentiful. Mr..
Corbett and Mr.. Mitchell are can
didates again. Then Mr.. Geer,
Governor Lord, Binger Hermann,
C. w. Fulton. Phil Metschan,
Claud Catch, M. G. George, Cyrus
Dolph, Joseph Simon, Judge Bean,
Judge Burnett, and Judge Hewett,
of Albany, are spoken OF. There
is plenty of senatorial timber to
select from"
Speaking for myself only, | de
sire to say that neither your cor
respondent, nor any other person
either IN Oregon or out OF 1t, has
ever had any authority whatever
from me, or from anyone who had
any right to represent me. to an
nounce that | would be a candl
date for reelection to the United
States senate either at the comm:
special or regular sessions; while
on the contrary to everyone who
has spoken to ME, or written tc
me Oh the subject, since the ex
traordinary session was called,
have stated in the trankest and
most emphatic manner that l was
not candidate, and would not be
at any stage of the contest for the
election of my successor. And
desire to say to you and all others
in this connection, | am not can
didate for the election to the SEN
ate, nor will l be at any stage oI
the contest, nor will my name be
used with my consent by anyone
either friend or foe, In that con
nectlon.
WAS a candidate for re- election
as my own successor, as all know.
at the regular session of the legis
lature convened IN January. 1897
On the meeting of that Legislature
call was issued for caucus to
meet January IA, 1897, for the
purpose of nominating candi
date for the United States senate
This caA was signed by forty eight
republican senators and represcn'
tatives, or, two more than ma
jority of the members constituting
the legislature. This call, with
the names of the members sign.
ing it, was as follows:
I'VE, the undersigned, republi-
cans and republican members OF
the legislature OF the state oI
Oregon, believing, as we do, III
maintaining and perpetuating the
organization of the republican
party, and also its principles as
enuEciated in Its platform as adop
ted at the late republican conven
ton at St. Louis, and believing
furthermore that in the selection
of candidate for United State:
senator such organization and its
principles will be best promoted
by adhering to the will of the
majority, as openly and fairly ex
pressed in party caucus, do hereby
agree, a sufficient number to elect
consenting thereto, that we will
meet in party caucus on Thursday
the 14th day of January, 1897, IL
the hah of the house of represen
tatives, IN Salem, Oregon, at {
o'clock p. m, and after organiza
lion by the selection of a presiding
officer and two secretaries, will, by
Il viva voce vote, as our names are
called, express our preference fol-
candidate for United State:
senator; and we hereby agree to
support for United States senator
by our vote in the Legislature the
person who shall at such caucus
receive majority, of all the votes
cast therein"