The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-07-28
THE PEOPLES RlRr EsllrR CaUEETIOI
Gt NomInasss q FuII TIckst-A Plat
form OVeFbuFdened with Reso-
luIlOns.

Even as early as Saturday the delegates
TO the state convention OF the peoples
party began to gather at Ellensburgh.
They did not patronize the hotel because
they could not yet q rate Of $l.25 per day,
but scattered themselves around among
the lodging houses and took their meals
at the restaurants that abound there.
Sunday Iarge delegation came in and
the streets began to show some signs Of
life. Considerable street oratOry was In
dulge1 in and at one time Marshal Nc
Grath came near running in q party Of
delegates along with some old DRINKS
who were 'rahing for the candidates Of
the old parties. Everything was salts
factOrily explained, however, and Mayor
Baldwin expressed his regrets at the
marshal's inability to discriminate.
Thereafter the delegates wore the regulS-
ton medals Of aluminium and were not
interferred with.
The convention convened at Lloyd's
opera-house Monday morning There
we're $50 out Of the PA delegates present.
D. b. Hanna, Of Tacoma, chairman
the state central committee, called the
meeting to order. The Omaha platform
was adopted and was then loaded down
with resolutions. Every delegate seemed
to have some particular hobby and he
would touch it off in the form OF a resolu-
ton. There were eighteen adopted
touching state affairs.
The resolutions demand the abolition
Of the poll tax; the publishing and
furnishing free by the state Of all school
books used in the public schools; that
the schools be furnished with congress
sional and financial laws, text books on
money and functions, and that teachers
be examined on the same; the repeal Of
the Law exempting the bond and credits
taxation; an amendment Of the delin-
quent tax law; the re-enactment Of the
redemption clause; that persons or cor
porations be made responsible for the
negligence Of employees; that irrigation
bitches be built and controlled by the
government; for the resumption Of the
Northern Pacific lands, now held by that
company, by the government; for the re-
peal Of all laws allowing foreigners to act
as officers; the prohibition Of PinkertOn-
ism state control and operation Of roads,
factories or mines during strikes or lock-
outs. The convention adopted q resolu-
ton boycotting the Rochester clothing
and all firms handling the same, and one
sympathizing with Organized labor.
There was much WranRling throughout
the convention and the delegate who pre-
sided over the Sprague convention, and
who was an exceedingly mild.mannered
individual, blamed the chairman Of the
Ellensburgh convention for not showing
more force and keeping the DELEGATES
better in hand. "Why, sir" he said to
a HERALD reporter, 1t was q perfect PAN
demonium. l didn't permit any such
doinHs when was in the chair"
William N. J. CaldW ell, Of Lewis coun-
ty; P. B. Barrows (colored,) Of Stevens I;
James Bassett, Of Lincoln, and VIM. Lee,
sr., Of Yakima, were nominated for presi-
Dental electors. An informal vote for
congressman brought out seventeen cam
didates, one Of whom was J. c. MacCrim-
mon, Of this city, who received Eve votes.
The ticket as nominated is as follows:
For congress-. c. Van Patten, Colum-
bia; +. NJ. Knox, King. For governor
c. W. Young, Whitman. For lieutenant
governor-C. P. Twist, Lewis. For sec
rotary Of state, Lyman Wood, King;
treasurer-W. p. G.: Adams, Of What
com; attorney General-Govner Teats, OF
Tacoma; supreme judges-G. W. Gardi-
ner, Of Yakima. aRd Frank T. Reid, Of
Kitsap, formerly Of Tacoma; suPerintend.
eRt Of public instruction y. N. Smith ;
land commissioner-T. N. Galloway, Of
Spokane; printer, A. J. Murphy, Of
Klickitat.
The session Of the delegates extended
into the morning It being 30 a. m.
Wednesday before the final adjournment
was taken. At the depot they held q
mutual admiration meeting where they
addressed each other as brother and
spoke confidently Of sweeping everything
before them. On taking the train they
diauniaaad tho rennhlican and danocraiir