The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-25
STATS DEmOcaArrc cosvEsrios.

The convention met at The .DaiIes on
Thursday OF last week ut 10 o'clock A. NJ.
Judge L l. Macarthur was elected pre-
sident and w T Burney and Thos II Sher-
idan secretaries.
committee on credentials was appoin-
ted and reported. committee oil roso.
lutions was appointed, and rsPc rted the
following which we're unanimously sdop-
ted i.
The democracy Of the state Of Oregon. In council
rrs. That we favor tho forfeiture Of all unsarasd
raiiroaa anu wagon road grants and the opening OF
the land 70 ssttement and occupancy by these on.
titled 70 the benefits Of the various land laws of the
United States.
congress OF laws made In the interest ~ the people
regulating Interstate commerce. aud also state laws
controlllnk ana regulating fares and froights upon
iIon ~ fnvor OF or against persons or places.
Third-ThAt We leok with alarm upon the unau-
.horHea assumption OF power and tlrisdlvtioB Of
United states courts - interfering with officers col
lecting the revenue Of the state Of Oregon.
ourth-That wo are In favor Of tho mortgage .ax
law, aud believe the principle oi taxation enuncAtsd
therein " oorrest. and ought 70 be sustained.
Flith-That ~ favor the passage Of such laws In
relation 70 the assessment and collection d taxes
VIII make the assessment and taxation of property
equal and uniform throughout the state, aud dc.
acted.
Bxth-That ths power conferred by the federal
Constitution upea congress 70 enact tariff laws was
given Tor the sole and exclusive purpose of dsr wing
IsH.ssss iof ths support Of such govsramsat, And
shAt sue eaetng Of any tariff Law for airy other puF
pose such aa taxation Of ono class Of people for The
bensnt o. any other elas. OF people. - entirely
nnwarrAnlsd By th. constitution. .. IL e TepuEnsn.
20 justice and nlcAl " The general welfare and We
therefore favor taTig Tor revenue, limited 10 tho
hseennties OF government economically administered
and gradual bus persistent reduction of the exis
Seventh the Improvement Of our coast har.
bors the Columbia river and its tributaries, 10 Of
vital Importance 70 the commerce of ths whole state
of Oregon, and We earnestly ask thai adequate
appropriation be made by our present congress 70 be-
gin the work Of The Columbia Tvsr bar inpFoyensnt
sssdy iSS Ssg hsssss.ss y: alec 2 n; such z.
speedy completion also. We ask u our representa-.
tivcs In oopgress united effort 70 secure liberal
appropriation for Tho Improvement and continuation
Of abe work OF improving ths haFbors Of YAqulnA
bay, Coos bay and the coquiils ritor.
Eighth-That We favor the AbolltIsn Of tho prlson
contract system. and The present esolis trade
Quoted on this coast - degrading 20 tbs wage work
srs Of the country.
Nnth-Thai foe the purpose oi preventing grow.
lng frau DIS In our elections. and 10 prensrvs the
fruits of The baIlotboH. We favor the passage of
registry Law.
Tsnth-ThAs We are Ia favor Of more efficient me.
ehanios lien laws
The following State Central committee
was elected: Baker, l. Is ison Benton,
Milton Shannon ClackamAs, william
Meysrsj Clatsop, John Adair; Columbia.
y Miles; Coos, John Lane Crook, J II
siles; Douglas, WI Owens; Grant, II
lockwood; jackson. Il Dspeatt; Jose.
phine. william Nauckej Klamath, Il X
RoAtns Lake, A T Smelling; Lane, X u
Cochran; Liam. J X WoAthorford Mari.
EMP II D'Arcy; MaItnomah, J JefYsry
Polk, Ira Townsend Tillamook, George
L Stofyi Umaiilla, IL Irwin Union, T
ington.Al zsibsr; Yamhili, } 6hIplsy.
For delegates 70 the NatIonai Convsn-
tiou the following we're elected l. l.
AcArthur. Z Hogan, Of d ougias, A e
Faiie, Of clackamaa, I l. Porter, OF Llnn,
w I Cook, Of UnAtIlla. v X Strobe, Of
Multnomah.
Fer Presidential electors, l. Ison, Of
Baker, w ID Fsntsn. Of YamhilI, aud A @
Jones, Of Douglas, were elected.
Ex-Governor w " Thaysr was nomins-
ted for Supreme JUICE, by Acciamation.
For Representative ia Congress Hen
John Meyers. Of ClaekamAs, was nomina-
ted by reclamation.
ThsfoilowIng Judicial nominaasns were
made:
First district-JudgS, Charles cogswell !;
attorney, r u Kent.
second diStrict-Attorney. J w n4tnil-
ton.
Thiod district George Cham.
berlain.
Fourth dlstrIct-Judgs, Il l. Mckee
attorney, Alfred Scars, Jr.
FifIh dlstrict,-Judge, A s Bennett at
torney, W b billiard.
Sixth dlstrct-Judgc, q w Walker
attorney, 81 u Clifford.
The fsllswIng legislative nominations
were made: Joint senator for wAsco,
Creok, Lake and klamath, s q Thomp-
son Joint representatives fer wssoo and
Crook, b Condor and william MeH
Lswis Joint senator for Polk and Benton
Rufus Thompson joint senator for Clat'
sop and Tillamook, @ Leinenweber.
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