The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-03-22
THE REPUBLICAN STATE OONVBN-
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delegates from various parts of the State |
began to arrive, and button-holing, !
etc, commenced immedi-
ately. The political slate was made up
long before, and the delegates were ex-
pected to only ratify it. On Wednesday
morning the Convention assembled, and
proceeded to work. "A vast amount of
red tape had to be gone through, owing
to the obstinaey of a few who evidently
didn't like the way things had been
"fXed up" In the afternoon a sharp
contest arose between the delegates from
the Second Judicial District as to who
should cast the votes of Curry county,
which threatened TO make considerable
unpleasantness. After some wrangling
the matter was referred by the Conven-
ton to the delegates from the Second
Judicial District, the object evidently
being to hide their chickering's from the
public. The secret of the whole trans
action is that there was a sharp contest
I for the nomination of Prosecuting At
torney in the Second District, and that
the votes of Curry (unrepresented) would
decide the matter. Suppose a conven-
tion of women had shown any such dis
position to wrangle or backbite, what n
howl would have been raised about
woman's ineapaeity to manage public
affairs!
The Committee on Resolutions evil
dehtly had hard time finding out what
were the principles of the Republican
party. No wonder. 1t lost its princi-
pies long ago. We could have suggested
an appropriate platform, which would
have had at least the merit of brevity,
and would have been eminently appro-
priate-the magic word "0FFICE."
As something was needed to fire the
the Republican heart, pending the re-
port of the Committee on Resolutions,
whose members wrangled all the after
noon, various speakers We're called out
and introduced to the Convention. Mr..
Galley, the first one who spoke-and
/ by-the-by the best speaker the Republi-
cans have in their ranks in this State
made a powerful arraignment of the
Democratic party, without seeming to
be aware of the fact that his words were
equally applicable to his own party.
He wanted to know if it was "A true
Democratic party which would take
away from the citizens of Portland the
right to elect police officers, while at
the same time these same citizens were
taxed TO support this police. He defined
Democracy to mean the equal right of
every citizen to participate in Govern
mental affairs, and his denunciation of
the last Oregon Legislature for partially
robbing the men citizens Of that right
was strong, sweeping, unanswerable.
He then instituted n comparison be-
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties, asserting that the first named
party had never been guilty Ito use his
own words "of such an Internal out
rage" Softly, softly, Bro. G. Don't
be too rash. Let's see a moment if the
Republican party deserves its name any
more than does the Democratic party
the cognomen it wears. Among those
three hundred delegates, claiming to
represent the Republican sentiment of
this State, not one representative of the
women of Oregon was to be seen. Many,
nay all, Of the women Of this State have
as great interests at stake as the men
delegates who assembled at Multnomah
Court House last Wednesday. 1t be an
''infernal outrage" as Bro. Galley as
serted, for citizens to be deprived Of the
right to choose their rulers, while at the
same time they are taxed to support
them, what foul injustice has been done
the women Of America by the Republi-
can as well as the Democratic party!
All, Bro. Galley, tested by the principle
of no taxation without representation,
your party's record is bad enough in
deed. Every year Republican officials
gather millions of dollars of taxes from
hard-working intelligent American
women, who are not allowed the privil-
ege of the ballot, which the most i'm
poverished, ignorant man may exercise
at his discretion. Is party which per-
mits such "an Internal outrage" de-
serving Of the name of Republican?
Various other speakers followed, the
sum and substances of whose speeches
consisted Of fulsome laudations of the
Republican party and (as one speaker
expressed it, ats Captain, the Great
Ulysses
At the evening session the platform
was adopted-our views upon which
will be found elsewhere-after which
Hon. J. G. Wilson was nominated for
Congress by reclamation. We are curl
Gus to know how he will interpret the
4th Resolution of the platform, which
says the Republican party "admits of no
distinction between citizens" If the
English language has any meaning that
resolution certainly guarantees to tcoDi-
On citizens eractly the same rights ercr-
cisod by men citizens.
Thursday forenoon the Convention
went through the form of nominating
Messrs. Meaeham, Hare and Galley for
Presidential Electors. The first-named
gentleman, it will be remembered, was
used rather roughly by the Administra-
ton, and the nomination is intended as
a soothing balm for his lacerated feel
ings.
After the usual amount of red tape.