Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-23
The Joint Convention.

At the appointed hour the joint convention met
and was organized BY the election Of Col George A.
Williams as chairman and W. Y. Hefrich secretary.
The chairman returned thenks in = few appropriate
words after which the report o. committee on reso.
buttons read and adopted as follows:
Your committees respectfully recommend the fol.
lowing platform and resolutions for your adoption:
We reterate our untiring devotion 20 the pnnci.
pies OF bimetas,t as promulgated by the national
Democratic and Peoples party conventions held dur.
ing this year at chi ,ago and st. Louis:
We also accept the platform OF the Peoples Demo.
cratic Party OF this s, ate hhaftly Endorsing the
same as adopted in the Boise convention this year.
And in addition to the FORGING we offer these res
buttons:
Resolved. That it is the sense Of this convention
that the election OF W. j. Bryan TO the presidency of
the United States is essential to the future welfare
and prosperity Of the aborng classes Of this country
and that we pledge ourselves to all honorable
means for not only his but the election of the
Idaho State Peoples Democratic party ticket, and
also the county ticket this day placed before the vo
tiers OF Gilmore county fot their sufrages.
Resolved, That the candidates nominated to the
Legislature be and they hereby pledged to vote
and use all honorable means toward enactng laws for
the general reduction Of expenses in State and county
offices and the fees Of county officers the further
end that lower taxes will be the outcome, amt con-
form to the present financial condition OF our coui.
try thereby curtailing expenses in every possible
manner and cutting down p gu. prssen. esorsitant
l.. l.. ABBOTT,
j. A. MALMBURG,
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JOHN wINkELBACK,
Committee on Platform and Resolutions
The joint convention then unanimously nominated
For State Senator,
ALEX URDAHL, OF Neal.
For Assenblyman,
II. s. JONES. of Mountain Home
Fer Sheriff,
WIN. NJ STOCKTON. Of Glenns Ferry.
For Probate Judge,
b. CLINTON. 81 Junction Bar.
For Treasurer,
C. w. HowETH, Of Mountain Home.
For Coroner,
VIM. r. SMITH, of Mountain Home.
. For Surveyor,
B. g. RfioADEs, of Mountain Home.
For Commissioners,
LIST Dist-GEo. 4. BUTLER, of Atlanta.
I'd Dist.-RoBr. GRIFFITH Of Little Csmas.
Sd Dist-T II. STEVENSON, OF Genn's Ferry
Moved that the two central committees select a
campaign committee to act Jointly during the tam
pagn. Carried
Moved and carried that the thanks OF the cuiiten
ton be extended I'd the chairman and secretary foI
| their good services
Moved that collection be taken up to defray the
expenses OF publishing the proceedings Of this con
yention. Adjourned sine die
ratification meeting was announced to take place
Immediately, and inspiring music by Euterpe Band
soon brought out large audience. Hon. Martin
King was chosen chairman and W. v. Heifrich secre
tary.
The various candidates were called out and each
acquitted himself in well chosen language and re-
sret our inability to give their individual words.
Colonel George A. Williams, of Atlanta, then
Introduced and for over hour he held the enthu.
siastic crowd spell.bound. He Is able orator and
the campaign committee should not fail to his
services a public speaker for the Emore campaign
Good old Judge Stout also made a rafting hne
talk, winding up by saying that he helped TO organ
ize the Republican parte that IL might and did frer
the black slaves, but when he that same Repub.
ican party endeavoriIe to enslaye himself and all
other poor white people, he left its ranks apd was
now marching under the banner OF Bryan and free
silver.
Judge A. M sinnott made the last sheech ot the
evening, which eloquent and patriotic Through.
out and, like the other speakers, was heartily ap
plauded.
Silver men, the Fight is on In Elmore county Do
your dutv and elect the entire Peoples Democratic
ticket nominated last Thursday !.