The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-04-12

Benediction by Rev. w. III. WILSON,
Magnanimous rIultnomah---The Repub-
lican State Convention.
THE DALLEs, April 9th.
Editor Chronicle:
We cannot help manifesting our ap-
probation and gratitude on the part of
Eastern Oregon to Portland and all the
rest of the state, for their courteous and
magnanamous treatment of us at the
state convention. We got all we asked
for, and possibly more than we deserved.
When we were contesting for our nomi-
nee for congress, and the numerous can
didates, (any of whom would be an
honor to the house of representatives
and the state of Oregon,) and their
names were called and they deployed,
and made ready for the race, one of
Multnomah's sturdy and clever sons,
Judge Stott, arose an announced that
they would hands off, and blank ballot,
until the third heat. and then they
would, from their forty-two delegates,
step in and lift our fastest courser to the
goal and thus decide the contest. And
they bid us with whip and spur to speed
our fastest candidate to the third heat,
at which time, to our great satisfaction,
Mr.. Ellis came in the victor.
Twas then that magnapamous Mutt
nomah stepped in and lifted our big
man to the goal, amid intense excite
ment and boisterous cheering. We
could not help but notice with what
dignity and fortitude each one bore his
disappointment, and seemed to suffer
less from this defeat, then did Mr.. Ellis
with gratitude. Mr.. Leasure greeted
Mr.. Ellis as heartily as though their
present environments were reversed.
The circuit judges were all nominated
in harmony, some by contest, others by
reclamation, among whom was Mr..
Watkins, who will be our next circuit
judge. A number of prosecuting attor-
neys were also nominated by acclama-
ton, among whom was ours, Mr.. Will
son, whose election is also assured.
1t did us good to know that we were
going to have a chance to vote for one of
the presidential electors in the person
of man whom every body knows and
likes, and loves to hear talk, and can
enthuse the people more and quicker
than any man in Oregon, namely, Hon.
F. Caples.
We really took him away from Multi.
nomah and nominated him on the out
side.
And all the rest of the electors
were nominated enthusiastically. The
entire state ticket was nominated with
the best of feeling and harmony and
factionaI feeling had seemed to stink
away into the dark corners and hide
itself from public view.
The platform adopted was just such
one as harmonious republican state
convention was expected to make. It is
broad and liberal and represents the in
terests and principles that are calculated
to make people prosperous and happy,
and invites all thinking men to stand
upon it. Your correspondent stood
upon the first platform that the repub-
lican party ever had, and has stood upon
every one that it has made since, and
upon those platforms he has seen this
nation prosper as no other nation has
ever prospered. While the democratic
party went out at the end of James
Buchanan's administration under free
trade and secession, it has now taken over
thirty years to make four years of prog
ress. In their line of progression we
hitch Cleveland's administration on to
Buchanan's, and it brings us up to 1865.
Then Cleveland had but one well de-
fined principle and that was free trade.
What progressl The party went down
on free trade and secession and in
twenty-five years, it rose again on free
trade for the riefspace of four years and
then dwindled and fiickered and went
outagain till now. Not SO with our
side, it has advocated the advanced
principles that have made the nation
prosperous, respected and happy. So
let tsus stay with it, and we will get
there. H. RICE.
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