Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-01-19
the People Aroused.

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| Perhaps never since the organization
of Gillian county have the people been
~ thoroughly aroused ~ they have bcep
I,lurng the past week, and never before
have they been 50 nearly unanimous on
|any proposition. When II became
Iknowf. here that bill had been intro
dnced In THE legislature proposing 70 di-
! vide the county every man--aDd every
woman too--was up In arms against
what they considered a menace to The
welfare of their county, and when the
details 81 the plot began % aniold them
selves and 1t becamc ,iuown that the
whole scheme was the work of half.
dozen designing citizens Of the town
south of ns, that has suffered from vi,-
lent attacks oi county seat mania for the
past dozen years. and That outside 81 the
Great Half Dozen" the people Of the see.
tlon which II WAS proposed to take from
Gillian knew absolutely nothing 81 the
proposed measure. bat when thsy learn.
led u II, were strongly opposed TO IL;
they were almost lurions.
/ A Inass meeting oi citizens was held
Friday evening, and II WAS decided 10
sernre 4 remembrance u the legal voters
lDf the county against the measure. and
the following loyal young citizens Of
3illiam county volunteered their services
10 circulate the ren,onstrance In double
lqnick time:
| VIM. Hartman, Bud Rinebart, John
Gross, Arthur Foster, Gcorge Cayen,
Louis Couture, Frank Maddox and
1 X. A. MrCully. A. J. Shelton, Of May-
vile, also volunteered as soon as he
learned Of the situation aud. with Geo.
Caven, invaded the enemy's camp and
secnred abont 45 signatures III and
around Fossil before the Great Half
Dozen had time TO post their people as
to the meaning 81 the scheme.
When the iIalf-Dozen learned that
the cat was out. and that their own
people were against them there was
|"blood on the moon" fora time. Such
d situation was doubtless serious to the
aif.Dpzen, in the face Of the assertion
Irecently alleged 10 have been made at
Salem by Mf. Donneily. TO the effect
that "the southern portion oi Gillian
county was unanimous for division"
No time was lost by the Half Dozen in
applying the lash 10 the trnanis to
bring them into line. and 1t is alleged
that such pressure was brought to
hear on few as to induce them to sign
afIidasits to the effect that they had
signed the remonsirance under misrepre-
sentation.
The Rough Riders, as the reinon-
strance circulators we're termed. began
arriving here Monday afternoon, and
by 500 {, IN. they were All In, Rnd the
various petitions when counted were
found 10 amount 10 046 names OF legal
voters ot Gillian county who are siren-
noueiy opposed TO any tampering with
the present boundaries Of the county
As stated above, about As Of these sie-
natures were securea in Fossil and in
the territory lying south Of that town,
while about $50 Of them were names VI
voters living In the section which Il
was proposed to cut of.
TIE petitions, as sent in TO the legis-
latare. are accompanied by an affidavit
Asigned 10y all of those by whom they
we're citulaoed. setting forth that no
| misrenrestntaiions or undue influence
81 any kind was used IL order 10 secure
signatures. This was done at the spe-
cial request Of Messrs. caven and Shell.
ton, who canyassed the Fossil country,
i and who wished In sl,ls way to clear
themselves Of the impntations Of the
Fossilites.a Who, after signing the re-
mons,rance, we're induced by the Half
Dozen % sign alfdayits that the same
hnd been nisrcpresented olhem. How
any proposition plainly typewritten. il
EcRpitAi letters, and conrhed in plais
English couId be misrepresented TO men
who can read is hardly evident to the
average mind.
petition was sent to Arlington to b.
cirenlated, and one has also been circu
lated in the Blslock country. neither Q
which are included in the GAG names al
reported above. and u is not unlikel,
THAI when THE sigpatures secured il
those two precincts are added to the lis
!, Il will exceed 200 names.
Z 3 Thr total vote east ioF eosefnor IN I'll,
soanty last year Was &s, snd when j
/ is remembered that about 700 name
i we're secured 70 the remenstrance in les
/, than three days, II will readily be seei
4 hov the people feel an the proposition
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