Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-08-21
A POLITICAL UNION.
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Chehalis county and Chas. II. Boyn-
ton OF Snohomish were likewise named,
but pending vote the latter was with
drawn and Hicks received 1871 votes to
Isl for Carney and was declared the
nominee.
The nominees for Supreme Judge
were Geo. W. Belt Of Spokane, John
b. Reavis of North Yakima, stephen
J. Chadwick OF Whitman and b. l..
Sharpstein OF Walla Walla. Reavis
led on the first ballot and on the sec
ond received 29St votes to 1924 for
Belt.
This practically closed the work OF
the Democratic Convention; although
an adjournment was taken till 10
o'clock Saturday, many of the dele
gates left on the midnight train for
their homes. The meeting Saturday
was merely perfunctory in its nature,
to certify the returns and assist in the
final details OF placing the joint ticket
in the field.
The feature OF tie day in the Silver
Convention was speech by Senator
Squire, who predicted that the Silver
Republican movement would carry
more than half the &. o. p. from it's
moorings. With union of the silver
forces success was beyond question.
His closing admOnitiOn was:
"Read Bryan's speech; it is made
up of clean facts that will convince
The workingmen OF New York are fav-
Orable to silver, so am informed by a
late editor of the Sun, so the result is
more apparent here, for you are better
posted out west than the people of the
East are. My old friends-not all of
them, but many-say, You are right ;
free silver will win but many OF them
think, for business reasons, that they
cannot afford to say SO. Have your
convictions and the wave will rise
higher and higher, and it is our bust
ness to put our bark On the highest
promontory, ready to push it out at
the highest tide"
Quite a discussion occurred over the
report submitted by the Conference
Committee, who were instructed to
give the matters before it further con-
sideration.
At the evening session, the con-
vention adopted a declaration of prin-
ciples, which was in part as follows:
ave believe that the widespread
prostration of our industries, The de.
cline in agriculture, the embarrsss-
ment of our commerce and the ever
increasing distress OF all our producers,
the conditions and existence of which
is admitted by all, are directly tracea-
BILE to a contraction OF the currency
resulting from the demonstration OF
silver, and we demand the immediate
restoration of silver by law requiring
its free, unlimited and independent
coinage at the present legal ratio of l6
to | at our minis. We call the at
tention of the public to the fact that
the people of the United States pro-
duce and consume OF all the import
ant products of industry more than
one-half as much as all the balance OF
the earth combined; that the tom
mage of our railroads exceeds by Co.,
600, 600 tons annually the tonnage of
all the foreign railroads added to the
entire water traffic OF the world, and
that as consequence OF such enor-
nous industrial energy our people
annually transact fully one third OF
the entire volume of the worlds BUSH
mesa and we therefore denounce as
cowardly, pusillanimous and un-
American the declaration of the ma
tional Republican platform that this
country cannot regulate its own fin
ancial system without foreign aid or
interference, and regard the sugges
ton OF an international agreement as
insincere and contemplate, and We
demand the repeal of any and all laws
authorizing the destruction of the
legal tender quality OF money by priv.
ate contract.
We demand the foreclosure of the
mortgage held by the government or
the Union Pacific railroad, and shou lt
the government, through such fore
closure, come into the ownership ant
possession of the same, We favor it,
operation by the government"
w. G. Jones was nominated for Con
gresham by reclamation.
For Attorney General, the vot,
stood: Patrick Henry Winston 81
and A. H. Garretson 20, and the former
was declared the nominee
Prof. f. J. Brown, OF Seattle, wa
nominated for Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction.
The Peoples Convention assembled
Friday morning at s o'clock, but moth
ing was accomplished by the mornin,
session.
The afternoon meeting was msinl,
taken up in discussion, the report o
the Conference Committee, which wa,
finally adopted. Forrest of Thurstor
was anxious to proceed with the nom
ination of State officers, but the NOR,
conservative members side-tracked tn
proposition by motion to reconside
the vote by which the platform wa
adopted, the object being to modify
somewhat its language regarding til,
use of railroad passes by members o
tthe Legislature.
Mrs. Peters, of Clallam, presented I
resolution commenting the member,
of that body. In its support she sal,
that il they had used passes they hat
erred, but that they had labored 81
zealously for the party that they ough
to be forgiven.
The discussion was sometimes angr,
and vituperative, but the modification
was made by a vote OF 2l0 to 1872.
At the evening session, J. 7. Ron
aid, of the special committee on con
ference, addressed the Convention OF
behalf of the Democrats, and made {
strong speech for harmony. He was
followed by Fisbback, from the silve
committee, in the same view. TIL,
candid and fair manner in which these
gentlemen presented the subject o
equality and their appeals for uniteC
effort to attain the great objects a
stake, created the greatest enthusiasm
and delegates shouted and threw thei
hats into the air. The vote on thu
conference report was reeonsideret