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Vice President Colfax Visits Oregon Coast on Steamship Stop
On Monday the steamer Moses Taylor reached Portland with Vice-President Colfax and wife ex-Governor William Broyle and daughter Samuel Bowles of the Springfield Republican and wife Miss M Wade sister of Mrs Colfax and Mrs L G Calhoun correspondent of The New York Tribune. They were received by a committee and driven to Senator Curben’s residence. That evening Colfax spoke at the Cosmopolitan Hotel before a crowd, praising Oregon’s progress and urging fuller representation and national aid. On Tuesday Colfax and Mr Bowles toured Oregon City with Senator Corbett while other party members stayed in Salem. The Oregonian reported the vice president’s visit as a notable event for the state.
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