Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-04-05

/ MCP aQQen look the uOOI ana
| read his resolutions, smilingly
confident that no delegate would
| have the assurance to take issue
with the Great Tyee of local
| Tammany. But he reckoned
without his host. Staunch old
William Bryan, of Wren, was
sitting in that convention and he
had the courage of his convic-
tions. He waited respectfully
for Mr.. McFadden to finish read
ing his resolutions, but when the
fquestion of their adoption was
before the convention, Mr.. Bryan
had something to say: Judge
McFadden, you advocate good
roads in your resolutions said
he. "You people are spending
enormous sums of our money in
improving roads abd we have no
roads. I want to know if that
| resolution is sincere. We want
different roads. We want roads
that delegates to our conventions
can get over on horseback. Your
men pay the bills for road work
out of the peoples money and
never look to see whether the
work has been done or not. II
want a CHANGE Mr.. Bryan is
a torcible speaker and he handled
his subject without gloves. His
remarks were loudly applauded
by his fellow delegates. In re-
ply, Judge McFadden thought
Mr.. Bryan had misunderstood the
wording of the resolution. 81
would not know a good road if I
saw one" concluded Mr.. Nc
Fadden.
QUESTIONS HIS DEMOCRACY.
Nominations for senator was
the first order of business, and
Judge McFadden placed the name
of Punderson Avery, of Corval-
lis, before the convention. He
said that factionalism in the Re
publican party elected Chamber
lain governor of Oregon, and Re,
publican tactionalism would elect
Mr.. Avery senator.
Mr.. Bryan was on his feet in
a moment and the cold chill that
ran down the backs of the McFad-
derites sent the mercury in the
court room thermometer scurry-
ing down several degrees. "Judge
McFadden is trying to tell the
convention what it ought to do"
MI. Bryan began "He has told
us all about Mr.. Avery's good
qualities, but has said nothing
about his politics. Is he Demo
crat? Has he been true to the par
ty? If he hasn't. I don't want
him. Il would like to see this
convention nominate man that
can be elected, but any man who
has not been true to his party IS
not fit to represent it at Salem.
I object to the Nomination.
The warmth of the applause elic-
tied by those remarks brought
the mercury up again.
The chair called for nomina.
tions for representative with fear
and trembling, but the McFad-
denites hadn't the temerity to face
Mr.. Bryan with another gold
democrat, and McFadden spared
for time by moving that this
nomination be made the last or
der of business.
Mr.. Price placed the nomina-
ton of Victor Moses before the
convention for the Office of clerk,
and he was chosen by acclama-
ton.
There. was another long silence
when nominations for sheriff were
called for. Finally it was broken
by the nominating of M. P. Bur
nett for this Office. B. F. Irvine
felt that the silence was omin-
Gus and undertook in a short
speech to relieve the occasion Of
its oppressiveness. Mr.. Burnett
was nominated by acclamation.
Horace Locke and Guy Frink
were placed in nomination for
recorder, but Mr.. Frink declined
and Locke was chosen by accla-
nation.
Peter Rfckard was nominated
for commissioner by acclamation.
The chair called in vain for
Nominations for, school suneriu-I