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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1895.
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MEMBERS OP SENATE.
Their Personal Appearance
" - Delineated In a Group. ".
OBSEllVED BY ALL OF 0 It EG
Aud aa Kdoaalad, ltaaillnc nil Think
lug t'oriltjtu-acy ara Kpoilii Thay
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Saatoliea Benjamin a. Alley, v
B. F. Alley, holdover Senator from
Lane county, was born in New York
State In .1840. ' Uii early life was full of
hardship) and struggle for an educa
tion. For a number of yean' lie made
lila home in Illinois, enlisting In the
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army in 1801 and marching with Sber-
man to the sea. In 1874 Mr. Alley
noved to Callf6rnia and later in 1883 to
" Oregon. In 1800 he settled wflh hia
j. -, wife at Florence, establishing The West,
, ,; weekly newspaper, of which he has
,v, since beeu ol editor and proprietor.
Mr. Alley has twice been elected Mayor
:,' of Florence. He was a prominent figure
of the Legislature of 1803, and is free
. allvar BepablicM,. w...
t. X, BANCBOrT. : V "
, , -F, A. Bancroft, Senator from Mult
.. .' nomah county, is the local freight agent
, ,,' of the Southern Pacific railroad. He
' resides in East Portlaud, and has al
' ways been an ardent believer in the fit
: '-: far prosperity of Oregon and Portland.
Mr. Bancroft Is a Republican, and war
elected to the Hour to in W,'';
" "luCNUV IIKlKUY.
Ilonry Buckley, Senator from Douglas
conntr? was tram in Indiana In 18iW.
Ilia faintly removed to Missouri in 1840,
and in 1853 Mr. Berkley came to Oregon,
settling in Douglas comity." He ban u
gaged at various time In mining, farm
ing and milling. In 1878 Mr.- Beckley
established the town of Elkton, where
he ia itill a large property-owner and
bi-Hvlly Interested In the .milling bul
lffl."lle was elw-ted Senator.. n 1802
as the cuudidute of the Democratic and
People's party. ., ' ;:,
V ? ' , tiKoiioi c. mioA'hKix; ' f i ' I
George C. Browned!, "Senator from
Clackamaa counts, was born in New
York Suite in J H5i. llowai admitted
to the bar In Kansas, where he held
several important publie offices. Mr.
ItrownHll came to Oregon in 'IWl; locat
ing at Oregon City, where he speedily
acquired a reputation aa an able lawyer
and became a prominent figure In polit
ical alluire. lie waa a delegate to the
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Oregon State Republican Conventions in
1802-4 from Clackamas county, and
was elected State Senator in 1804, hav
ing a good majority over his Democratic
and l'opuhet opponents. .
JOIIII F. CALIiHKATH. -- :
Dr. John E. Cal breath, Senator from
Yamhill connty, was born in West Vir
ginia in 1854. He crossed the plains to
Oregon in 1805, and settled in Benton
county, where he engaged in farming
and attended the Philomath - College.
At the age of 18 he commenced tne
study of meUioine, graduating from the
medical department of the University of
California in 1875. After practicing, at
Lafayette with Dr. II. R. Littlerleld from
1870 to 1880 he moved to McMinnville,
where he ia now engaged in the profes
sion. Dr. Calbreath la a stalwart Re
publican. , : ,
! .; TOLVRKT CARTER.. .' - ...
.Tolbcrt Carter, Senator from Ronton
county, was born in Illinois in 1825, and
alter a youth o( hardships came to Ore-
? on as a pioneer of 1840. Alter mining
or a time in California, where he alao
engaged in mercantile pursuits, Mr. Car
ter settled upon Ilia Oregon homestead,
which haa since been liishome. He waa
elected aa Representative in 1878 and
1882, and again nominated by the Re
publicans and elected a member of the
preaent llouee in 1804.
. o. a. cooawgix.
0. A. Cogswell, Senator from Lake
county, waa born in Vermont in 1S44
During the warwith the South he fonglit
under Oenernl Sherman, and subse
quently removed to Goose Lake Valley
in Lake county, where he haa aince re
aided. ' He ia a lawyer by profession and
enjoya a lucrative practice. Mr. Cogs
well waa elected State Senator in 1888 aa
a Democrat, and re-elected to the same
ofllce iu 181)2 by double bii former majority.
. A. DAWSON.
S. A. Dawson, Senator from Linn
county, was born in Indiana in 1800.
After a temporary residence in Illinois
he came to Linn county, Or., in 1801.
For several years he engaged in different
ventures in Oregon, Washington anfl
Montana, but returned to Linn county
in 1800, where he has since made hia
home. Mr. Dawson haa always taken
an active interest in politics. He was
elected to the House In 1880 and to the
Senate in 1880 and again in 1804.
y i ,; ,., .' O.K. DXNNY. "
Judge 0. N. Denny was born in Ohio
in 1838. He cam to Oregon with his
parents in 1852, locating in Linn county.
His early life, was full of struggles
grandly overcome. In 1802 Judge Den
ny waa admitted U the bar and prao
ticed law at The Dallea, and waa ahortly
afterward appointed County and Pro
bate Judge by Governor (itbba. After
holding aeveral offices and refuting
olbera, he accepted the position of
American Consul to Tien Tain, China,
to which he waa appointed by President
Hayea in 1877. While in China Jndge
Denny waa a close friend of Li Hung
Chang, and if that fumona etateaman
had only followed hia advice aa regarda
Corea, he would not be in hia present
dilemma. Judge Denny was elected aa
State Senator from Multnomah county
on the Kepnblican ticket in 1802, and
rendered the State great service at the
last session of the legislature.
w. H, HOBSON.
W. H. Hohson, Senator rom Marion
county, waa born in Missouri in 184(1.
He came to Oregon with his parents as
an infant in 1847. The family settled in
Marion county, where Mr. Hobson haa
since resided. He has been engaged in
the mercantile business at Stayton since
1808. Mr. Hobson has always been a
Republican.
samdel H. HOLT. .
Samuel H. Holt. Senator from Jack-
son county, was born in East Tennopee.
He enliateri in the Federal army in 1801
a. a member of the First Reeiment. and
served for nearlv four years. He moved
to Indiana In 1860, and came to Oregon
in 1881, locating in Jackson county,
where he has since resided.- Mr. Holt
cast hia last Republican vote for Presi
dent Hayes.) He is now in the Populist
ranks. ' -i ,.- .,. .
' -"' ' A. jr. JOHNSON.
A. J. Johnson, Senator from Linn
county, ia a native son of Oregon, hav
ing been born in Marion county in 1807.
Hie youth was passed on a farm near
Scio. Since 1880 Mr. Johnson has lived
chiefly in Scio, engaging part of the time
ia mercantile pursuit), aud since 1802
has conducted the Bank of Scio. He is
a stalwart Republican, and haa held sev
eral offices with credit to his constitu
ents. As a legislator he will do his duty
as he understands it for the benefit of
the whole State. ...
t WILL B. KINO. ...
Will R. King, joint Senator for Baker
and Maibeur counties, is the youngest
member of the Senate. He was born
near Walla Walla, Wash., in 1864, and
removed with his parents to M allien r
then a part of Baker county in 1878. '.
Mr. King removed to Baker City in
1803, where he has established an ex
tensive law practice. In 181)2 he waa
elected Representative on the Demo
cratic ticket from Maibeur county, and
waa an influential member of the Legis
lature of 1803. Disgusted with Cleve
land's policy against silver Mr. King
abandoned the Democratic party and
ran ior joint Senator on the Populiat
ticket in 1804, being elected by a large
majority. .
J. W. MAXWELL.
J. W. Maxwell, joint Senator from
(Tillamook, Washington and Columbia
counties, was born in Illinois in 1831
and spent hia youth , in that State. He
served in the Union wnw during the
war and came to Oregon in 1882,settlin:
a little later in Tillamook county. Sen
ator Maxwell is a man of great strength
and vigor, and enjoys the confidence ol
the community in which he resides,
which is proved by the fact that this ia
his third term in the Oregon Legisla
ture. D. A. h'aUSTEE. ' ' '
D. A. McAlister, Senator from Union
countv, has resided in the Grand Ronde
Valley for thirty-two years. By occu
pation Mr. McAlister is a farmer and
alao a breeder of fine blooded horses.
He haa always been leader in the
1 Democratio party in his section aa well
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the legislative assembly.
' ' J. H. M'CIDMO. ' ' "
J. H. McClung, Senator from Lane
county, was born in Ohio in 1837. Hia
parents moved to Indiana when he was
a mere child, and in 1850 Mr. McClung
came to Oregon by the Isthmus route.
He settled at Eugene in June of that
year, and has since made his home in
that city. From I860 to 1873 he was
United States Deputy Surveyor in East
ern Oregon, and on returning home was
elected to the House from Lane county
in 1874. In 1883 Mr. McClung formed a
partnership with A. J. Johnson to carry
on a general merchandise business. Mr.
Johnson retired iu 1801, and Mr. Mc
Clung now conducts alone one of the
largest dry goods establishments in Lane
county. In June, 1804, he was elected
State Senator, as a Republican, for four
years, and will have a chance to vote for
two United States Senators. ' '
. h. a. m'gisic. ' '. r
H. E. McGinn, Senator from Malt no
mah countv, ia one of Oregon's native
sons. He has earned name and fame as
a lawyer of great acuteneas, and as a
pleader at the bar has few equals in or
atorical powers in the Northwest. Mr.
McGinn has served two terms in Mult
nomah county as Prosecuting Attorney.
During bis ten n re of this office be was
the terror of all malefactors, and never
failed to secure a conviction when the
evidence of guilt was of a character
to warrant it. Mr. McGinn is well
equipped for service in the Legislature,
both through practical experience of af
fairs and legal knowledge. lie is a Re
publican in politics.
A. B. PBICE.
A. R. Price, Senator from Umatillb
county, was born in Indiana in 1837,
and moved with hia parents to Iowa
when a mere infant. After the death of
bis father Mr. Price crossed the plains
with his mother in the spring of 1853,
settling in Lew's county. Wash. Three
years later he removed to Linn county
and later to Weston, Umatilla county,
where be still resides. Mr. Price never
held office until bis election as Senator
on the Republican ticket.
t. B. B.ALET. .
J. H. Raley, joint Senator from Union
and Umatilla counties, was born in Ne
braska City in 1855. When 7 years old
be crossed the plains with bis parents
and arrived at Portland in 1862. The
family settled in Pendleton in 1864.
Mr. Raley haa filled several important
offices with distinction, and in 1888 or
ganized the Pendleton Saving Bank.
He was first elected State Senator in
1888, and this is the second session of
hia second term. -
joe swos. .
Joseph Simon. State Senator from
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by reputation throughout the length k The official answer of Guatemala came
and breadth of Oregoi to render any ex- ! on the Vera Crux railway mail tram
tended notice necessary. As long asroas ' last night, having been forwarded trom
1877 Mr. Simon was a member of Port- Coatxacoalcos to Vera Crux by a boat in
land's Common Council, and he after- VS- " generally understood that
ward served twelve years in the State the import of Guatemala s reply is the
6enate, during eight years of which he same aa indicated in the telegram . re
waa President of that body Mr. Simon efived from Mexican Minister Godoy ' at
has always been a politician, and like the tame it waa delivered to hi m by-the
all strong men has made hosts of friends, Guatemalan government. Its tone is
aa well aa enemies during hia career, evasive and negative.. Foreign De-
I partment said that the declaration of
Outside of politics he is a man of recog- Mexico position may be expected in
nized executive ability, and has bandied Bijeo four or five days, by which timo
many important affairs, such aa the Ore- u,8 repiy c Guatemala wfll hav been
gon Improvement Company, of which congjdered in all ita bearings, .While
he was receiver, with distinguished sue- ot ahowinB UT heat over the reply of
cess. . . , , , , Guatemala, Mexican authorities hold aa
C. b woodabd. ' firmly as ever to their noMtion.;, : .t
f ?uZa "m Uftoem
(hTce
firWof Snell, Heitshu & Woodard. Mr.
Woodard is a man of strong.convictions,
never hesitates to jump out ot party
.IMnfrrrbifcTt
by,iB. .-.7nnred to
ests. He is sturdy nd prononncea in
his views, and can always be re led upon
to act according to his conscientious con
elusions in any matter oi legislation
JOHN H. SMITH.
" John H. Smith, Senator from Clatsop
eonntv. waa born in St. Helens. Or., in
lQl'.O (Ta vomkiuArl hia a1 11 rait inn at. thfl ! '.
wiiioAtfA tTniooriixr .nrt MnMinnville
College: of the latter institution he waa
the first graduate. Mr. Smith studied
law at the Washington and Lee College
in Virginia, and graduated at the head
of hia class about seven years
ago. He waa the only Democrat elected
to the Legislature in 1804. Mr, Smith is
the attorney of the Columbia River Fish-
ermen Union, and is Justly looxea upon
the firm fritnd and champion of the
workingman.
' W. W.. STEIWER '
W. W. Steiwer. joint Senator from
Gilliam, Sherman and Wasco counties,
is a native son of Oregon, and was born
ia. uiojwum -".!"'"..
alternately in working on a farm and ac-1
quiring an education. Upon graduating
from the Willamette University Mr.
Steiwer taught school for a time, and
afterward engaged in the oattle business f
in Eastern Oregon. He is now a leading
merchant of Fossil and one of the main-il
stays of the town. Beside being elected
Senator as a Republican in 1802, Mr.
Steiwer has held several other important
offices. , , ,., -.
. W. B. VANDEEBURO.
TO Q Von,l.),,,m RAtr mm Hnna
IS? in CcourFotnen Si
grocery Dusiness in aiarsuneia. air.
Vanderburg waa Chairman of the Com
mittee on Agriculture in the Legislature
of 1803. He is an ardent apostle for re
form in State and national legislation
and in every sense a man oi the people.
;''V "' J. A. SMITH.
J. A. Smith, joint Senator from Sher
man and Wasco counties, was born in
mri
in that part of the State now known as
Sherman county. Mr. Smith and hia
county, air. emitn ana ms
brother now conduct one of the most
w conduct one ol tne most
extensive
iron. It covers
and Gilliam connties. Mr. Smith waa
nominated joint Senator from Sherman
and Wasco by the Democratio Conven
tion of 1802 and elected against an ad
verse majority ot 450, carrying both
counties. He has fathered several im
portant measures, and ia a firm friend
f free ailvea. r-,
PREPARING FOR WAR.:
Mexican Arsenals Running:
'::,' i Night and Day.
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8ITUATI0S REGARDED CBITICAI'
The Hobllliatlim at Troop at Btratcgla
Points for an Invasion of Gnatomal
' Steadily Oolng On An Ultimatum to
... ba lent to Guatemala. V,.")'' Vi?
Citi or Mexico via taredo, Tex.),!
January 28. That the situation here
has been regarded aa critical is evi
denced by the fact that in the Mexican
arsenal at the citadel there are being
manufactured weekly from 40,000 to 50(t
000 Remington cartridges by orders from
the War Department,. Tbe,y are also
engaged night and day upon other work
in order that all of the artillery shall bq
completed and ready at a moment's no
tice with full compliments of all kfnds
of ammunition. In the arsenal the ex.
treme activity of the operatives Is no
ticeable. They do not rest a moment In
order that all armament may be ready
in first-class order and in proper condi
tion for the nee of any army about ca
tering into a campaign. The War De
partment thinks of sending the Fourth
Battalion of Infantry to Acapulco, bat
as yet has not issued . the marching or
ders. . It is also rumored that two bat
talions of artillery, completely equippeif,
will also leave within a few days with
full batteries of steel cannon. It ia also
assumed that the government has pur
chased two steamers which navigates: ia
the Gulf of Mexico, which they will. arm
with necessary artillery for use aa trans
port. . , , . . -
There ia an extraordinary activity
notable- in every division of. . the ,
War Department, but as yet nothing haa
transpired for publicity, although it is
easy to understand the question of Gua
temala is what originated the extraordi
nary activity. The mobilization of troops
at strategic points for an invasion 'of
Guatemala continues daily.' Up to date
it is known 18,000 troops have beeneent,
aad the mobilization continues iucesr
santly. Itis also known that telegraphic
orders have been sent for additional ra
tions for the troops on the Guatemalan
frontier, and it is also well known Jiere
that the government has sent Hon. Ma
thias Romero, the representative "in
Washington, secret and delicate instruc
tions relative to the question of Guate
mala. The Mexican Congress is. in- ee-
cret session to-nignc it ia expected tnai
weanesaay oy tne latest tne govern-
ment. will aeciare liaen. . - ,
once declare war on that Republic UB-
, fzfn,WtrtTn1r him U uest Ws
, tf f rem Guatenlaht bouU Us
. , , , Mexican soil bv the cor-
' WhUZ
transportation of troops and munitions
. . hia ttra.l
Saragoza will bear' a note to Minister
t,iMV offadl PwJdl!B. nia t.o
battalions to go to the front the moment
war shall be declared. It is understood,
however, that the government does not
intend to begin the war on land. The
first hostile step, if Guatemala still re
fuses to yield, will be to blockade her
' ports. Foreigners here express-some
doubt as to the effectiveness of such, a
, blockade, since the Mexican navy has
but half a dozen small craft manned toy
, hardly 500 seamen and officers
) Minister De Leon baa nothing to jay
. to-night, though there is a rumor that
. he has been telegraphed instructions -to
do all in his power to prevent Mexco
, mwu uucianug ww. n you.im,
diplomacy may yet intervene in time to
save the trouble between Guatemala and
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, , . OBESHAM'B DfTEBrKRENCE. . , f
Cm of Mexico, January 28. The
United States has undertaken to play
Bnu uuatemaiato prevent war it poesi-
ble. . A telegram haa been received here
from Secretary Gresham expressing the
hope that Guatemala and Mexico will
-gree between themselves upon some
method of settling the dispute over the
bounda, but, if this should not be
nossible. the United States trusted the
twt countries would agree to submit
difference to the arbitration of
some friendly nation. This communica
tion from the nation with which Mexico.
enjoys such intimate and friendly rela
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on creaieu aeep impreMiyu
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matum be was about to dispatch in an
swer to the note from Guatemala. If it
is learned that the President of the
United States made such an appeal, it
would be received in good spirit.
Bellly Paiai Railroad BUI.
Washington, January 28. A most
thorough canvass of the House is being
made by friends and opponents of the
bln
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HemMB'l Lightship Aoiondment.
Washinoton, January 23. Hermann's
amendment to the sundry civil bill, pro
riding for a lightship off the coast of
Washington, will meet with no objection
if the amount is not increased In the
Senate. ....'...