The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-15
JOHN M. CEARIN
CHOSEN BY GOV. CHAMBER
LAIN TO SUCCEED JOHN
M. MITCHELL IN THE
U. s.. SENATE.
Senator Says He Will Work for
Coos and Yaquina Bays as Well
as Columbia River.

as Columbia River.
Salem, Or, D3c. 13.-John M.
Gaasin was appointed United States
senator to succeed the late John H.
Mitchell ;Govsrno7 Chamberlain an
nonneed the appointment this morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
In making the selection, Cover
nor Chamberlain wentcarefully ov-
er the Endorsements that had been
submitted to him by friends of sew
eral other candidates, many of
whem received ffattering report.
"What attitude will you take re-
garding the land fraud cases, Mr..
GeaTin ?" was one of the first ques.
tions. !.
sI am fully in accord with the
president in his efforts to suppress
fraudulent conversion of the public
domain, "came the quick response.
Il am also fully IN accord with
the president in his effort to control.
the big, corporations, and bring
their operations within the pale Of
the law. I believe he should be
aided in stopping those rebates and
whatever excesses have grown up
in the incompatible development
of resources and transportation fa-.
|cilities. His views on these subjects
are good, sound democratic doctrine.
Because republican president aids
{ in carrying ont democratic princi-
pies is no reason why democratic
championship of them should not
| follow.
No one need ask me about state
Iifapfovements. I am an Oregonia d
ll.sss - Biirssk ard residence Everythipg
that I can do for Oregon, in any
station of life, will always be done.
Senatorial powers open broader op-
portunities for this work, and will
not miss them. | will work for all
of Oregon, Coos Bay, YaquiDa and
the Columbia are parts of the same
state. Other improvements of what
ever nature will be sought wherever
possible. ."
John M. Gearin is thoroughly
identified with Oregon. He was
born August Is, 1851, while the
family neared the territory. Where
the old immigrant trail crossed the
Umatilla, at point now known as
Willow Springs, with the bleakness
of parched plain as his first vista
and the alkali dust in the air that
first reached his nostrils, his life be-
gan. The family was delayed brief
ly there and soon reached Champo-
eg, taking a donation land claim
on the banks of the Willamette, in
Marion county. Two brothers grew
to manhood. One, named Hugh,
has never left the homestead, but
yet cultivates the Gearin farm which
the ancestor acquired under the ear
liest laws of Oregon territory. John
M. was student not farmer. He
attended St. Mary's college, San
Francisco, in 1868, staying there
for four years. Notre Dame univers-
ity, Indiana, was the next step. He
graduated in 1871.
In January, 1872, a slender young
man entered the law Office OF Mitch
!! ell and D >lph in Portland to wres-
/ tie with Blackstone. Two years la.
ter he was admitted to the Oregon
bar. Thirty-three years later this
same person succeeded the senior
member of the law firm in the Unit
ed States senate.
| "It is rather sad, these changes
in time. I remember when I en-.
tered that law Office and began my
studies.
my early life, in fact all my life
has been quiet and uneventful, !"
modestly insisted the new senator
this morning. II have been in pub
lic to some extent, but not in any
large measure. My first Office was
as a member of the Oregon legisla.
ture, received in 1874. They elect.
ed me city attorney in 1875, district
attorney in 1884, and I was defeat.
ed for congress In 1888, My op-
Iponent in that contest was Binger
Hermann now in congress.
! GAS the accredited representative
of this state for the interim, I real
ize that I have been chosen to dc
its work for that period. until anoth,
er senator may be chosen in the
regular order Of things. I recog.
nize the fact that my Endorsements
came from every class, especially
Iamong the business men, and in