Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-07-31

THAT DANISA0N hkNE.s
Under the above caption the q. o. of |
Pendleton "rises to explain its position
on Division Of the county. ssOf course it
begins by misrepresenting The LEADER.
We published the report of that Pendle
top meeting, signed by the chairman and
Secy., making our comments on said re-
port. We think that joy rnal would do
well to admit that it was thwarted by
the people Of this end Of theeounty, who,
contrary to their expectations, attended
the "County Convention" Either line
was adopted or not at that time; the Of
fcers Of the meeting reported the lines to
us, and we were goverened by the infer
nation, But just consider the tale OF
the b: o. : they agreed on convention
from the various precincts, to which no
one should be admitted unless he had
been regularly elected, and that no proa-
;es should be allowed (We find in the
proceedings that J. H. Turner had par
ty at the convention in his steady The
E. q. continues: This was acceded to
and the day fixed for the 10Th of duly
So far, so good. This much was made
public But now comes the little side
show, which the E. O. ingenuously avows:
A meeting was called the night before
and motion carried "that We send dele
gates to the convention to be held on the
succeeding day with instructions that
they should enter into the deliberations
of the body as delegates upon the sole con-
dation that there was a full representation
from all the precincts IN tie county pres
ent." Was there ever a more vain dis
lay of puerile egotism tnan this2 The
same men that take upon themselves to
call county convention, apportioned the
number of delegates, forbid proxies DC.
meet coolly the evening previous to the
Convention and resolve that they will
rot be formal delegates unless every pre-
eipct in the county is fully represented
Could arbitary coxcombry go further
What better were the delegates from Pen
dleton Precinct than from any other
These same men absolutely kneao that
every precinct in our immense county
would not be fully represented. Such {
thing has never happened and probably
never will. The transparent trickery i.
not surprising, but the arrogant concei,
betrayed is truly amazing. The plaI
then was to bring all the simple delegate.
in to Pendleton, while the great chief o
Pendleton would say, go home again
we have concluded net to 60 into oul
Convention as delegates" And tn,
minutes of the meeting show the frs
motion made by Pendleton ''individu
al" not delegate, was to adjourn
Again the E. o. says proposition VIZ
, made for line dividing the county int
: t,oo. This is liable to convey a wron
impression. The members of that cor
|, Fvention were in faver of three counties
This end was fully represented, henc
f they adopted a line cutting Oft nearly one
, third of the county, leaving the halanc
to be again divided by those living there
} in.
, Again, during the late canvass the D
visionists did not propose to divid
: whether the majority wished it Or no
, They proposed division into three ne
A counties and took that as their platform
s but they also said, of course, that th
i. right of petition remained Howeve
t everybody knew tina. a majority favore
J. division, if details could he agreed o.
4 In short we conclude that the L: O.
: simply grasping at any pretext, howev'
h specious, that offers any excuse for @
4 posing and division.