The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-18
OFFICES GIVEN AWAY.
No Contests at the Democratic State
Convention.
coMPsoN QUICKLY TURNED DOWN

de was Not Acceptable 70 tne Admin
istration Wing of the Party, Which
Captured the Convention.
ASTORIA. April 1.-THE democratic
10 A. NJ. by D. r. Murphy, chairman OF
the state central committee, who called
for nominations for temporary chair
man.
Miller, of Linn, nominated ]. K.
Weatherford, of Albany.
Thayrr, of Multnomah, nominated F.
V. Holman, of Portland.
Charles Nickel, of jackson, nomi-
mated P. A. Darcy, of Salem.
Captain George 81. Mofett, of Port
land, seconded the nomination of
Weatherford, not, he stated, for personal
but political reasons. He said Holman
was a gold man, ard was here as the
representative of Portland banking in
terests.
Cox, of Multnomah, called MoGett to
order, and asked him to withdraw his
statement. Moffett explained that
he did not mean any offense to Holman,
but he was an attorney for some of the
banks, and that he (Moffett) wanted
silver man in the chair.
Weatherford was finally elected tenn
porary chairman by acclamation.
Weatherford in brief speech counseled
harmony.
Nominations for governor was the next
order of business and Compson was
nominated by Worthington of Klamath,
Huston nominated VIM. Galloway.
Galloway was the successful candidate
by vote of l3U to SS.
For secretary of state, Chas. Nickel,
of Jacksonville, was nominated by ac-
clamation.
For treasurer. Thomas L. Davidson
of Marion county, by acclamation.
For supreme judge, A. S. Bennett OF
The Dalles, nominated by Wright of
Polk county, and went through by ac-
clamation.
For attorney-general, w. H. Holmes,
OF Salem, was nominated by Cox, of
Multnomah,a and elected by acclamation.
For superintendent of public instruc-
tion, d. v. S. Reid, of Eugene, was
nominated by Linn county delegate,
and was voted the nominee by accla-
nation.
For state printer Capt. John O'Brien-
was unanimously elected.
E. B. Dufur of The Dalles got the
nomination for district attorney.
V. G. Brock of Moro and NJ. " Harri-
son of Hood River received the nomina-
tion for members of the legislature from
the Sixth district.
j. H. Raley of the Second congressional
district received the nomination for
congress.
William Galloway, the nominee for
governor, has resided in YamhilI since
pioneer times, and is now about 45 years
of age. He first entered politics in the
early '70s, and represented his county
for two terms in the legislature. During
his first term he gained considerable
notoriety as member OF the committee
appointed to inquire into certain alleged
Irregularities in the building of the new
penitentiary. After retiring again to
private life he spent the greater portion
of his time on his ranch, and was quite
noted as a raiser of fine stock. He was
for many years president of the state
agricultural society, and took considera-
bic interest in horse racing. Four years
ago Mr.. Galloway was elected county
Judge of Yamhlll county, which position
he now hold.
POINTS IN THE PLATFORM.
The following are three of the most
important planks in the platform:
We have an abiding faith and implicit
confidence in the integrity, good faith
and patriotism of President Cleveland,
and believe that he will accomplish, so
far as in his power, before the close of
his term of Office, all the pledges of the
democratic party contained in the
national platform, adopted at Chicago
in 1892.
We reafirm the position that has ever