People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1896 — HURRAH FOR OREGON! [ARTICLE]

HURRAH FOR OREGON!

Populists Capture Both Congress, men by Safe Majorities. Republicans and Democrats Concede the State to the Populists in November. The freight train report of the wonderful victory is in and reluctantly the plutocratic gold bug press prints the bare facts of the “unexpected” populist wave. For three days there has been profound silence, excepting the paragraph announcement that the republicans had swept the state. When the truth can no longer be concealed it is given with scant'comment. The great silver wave is in motion and it will take more than a Napoleon to stop it.

Special to the Chicago Record. Portland, Ore., June 3.~Returns are now sufficently complete to show that both congressmen from Oregon will be populists. Figures received up to seven o’clock to-night only serve to increase the pluralities of both Vanderburg in the Ist and Quinn in the 2d district. The vote at this hour in the Ist is: Vanderburg, pop.. 15.904; Tongue, rep., 14,825. The second district is closer, but safe for Quinn. The vote so far as returned is: Quinn, pop., 8,129; Ellis, rep., 7,724. Figures are still incomplete on judge of the Supreme court, but the republicans seem to have carried the state by about 4,200. The vote on this office, however, is in no sense a test, as the republican candidate was personally very popular and no effort was made to defeat him.

OTHER PRTIES ARE DAZED. The democrats are simply swamped by the populists, the democratic vote being by far the smallest ever cast in the state. The republicans are dazed over the re suit, as their vote has also gone over to the people's party in great numbers. The cry everywhere was free silver, and the people appear to have reached the conclusion that the surest way to get it was by voting the populist ticket. The results were surprising in all the counties along the Pacific coast. In this city Pennoyer, populist,is chosen mayor by 1,000. He had struck a pop ular chord by announcing that he will accept but half of the salary allowed the mayor. The present salary is $5,000. The impression here to-night is that the state will certainly go for the populist candidate for president in November.