Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-04-10
ryr USIoN PARTY.
.,,o,e report of Proceedings oil
state Convention.

state NOnNthahDes
,s,.cial report to the JOURNAL oy o. =
HIO @areoN CRY, April 9.-The con-
~ - was called to order at p
'en ,,,es TO IL a. M, by DIR. J. f.
1I"ndricks, of Linn county, chair
nm Of the state central committee
lr' Dnointed at our preliminary meet
SPIT ,pat salem last September.
' 10 expressed qualification al
..ainp so many and go earnest repre-
.eutatiyes present. The first bust
0ass was the selection of a temper
T y e. Failing, of Portland, repre-
.ontative of Organized Labor of Ore
son, was placed in nomination and
unanimously elected.
w" Mr.. Failing thereupon came for
word and took the chair with neat
extemporaneous speech. He hken-
od the convention to skilled black
Sn,itb who wished to forge an iron
rod that would reach two points
and had good, solid iron sufficient
but it was not in one piece. lie
must cleanse his forge, heat the iron,
and weld the different parts with a
a,oster's skilled hand. We have
tho elements and the principles, let
nc today skillfully weld them.
It was ordered that each county
de egation appointone member ofthe
committee on platform. The follow
inc members were selected by their
delegations:
Benton, q. G. HDgue; Columbia,
r w. McKitter; Clackamas, w. w.
Meyer; Clatsop, $. b. Smith; Doug
las. Jas. Byron; Josephine, G. M.
Miller; Jackson, C. III. Wallace;
Linn, J. L. Knox; Lane, A. j.
Youatt; Marion, j. p. Robertson;
Multnomah, Jas. a. Power; Polk,
A. w. Lucas; Umatilla, J. M.
Riches; Wasco, Leslie Butler, Wash
ington, NJ. +. Johnson; Yamhill, }.
H, Bowman.
Anticipating u little friction in
Welding together the different ele'
ments, the committe were most
agreeably surprised, when compar-
ing notes, to find that We were al
ready pra ;tically united in senti-
ment and purpose.
However, among the flood of prop
ositions We found it necessaey to
prune little here and add a little
elsewhere. This was all done with
out irritation or i'll feeling. After
four hours arduous session we re.
ported platform embracing, as we
think, all or nearly all the cardinal
reforms now demanded. The con-
yention throughout was courteous
and confident of polling vote in
June that will sarprise those who
seek to belittle this movement.
Two things were conspicuous by
their absence, namely tobacco and
whisky.
On reporting the platform the
committee were further surprised as
well as gratified that it was so salts
factory, that it was moved to adopt
unanimously as whole, which was
carried amid great applause without
one dissenting vote.
The following incomplete list of
nominations was adopted as the
Oregon state ticket of the union
party:
For congress, Major j. A. Bruce,
of Benton county.
For governor, left in hands of ex-
ecutive committee.
For secretary of state, Nathan
Pierce, of Umatilla county.
For state treasurer, E. F. Walker,
Of Jackson county.
Superintendent of public instruc-
ton, r. G. Jory, of Marion county.
State printer, j. A. Power, of
MultnOmah county.
Supreme judge, left in hands of
executive committee.
THE platform adopted does not
vary much from that already print
ed in the JOURNAL. ED. J.