Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-09-18
SPLENDID WORK.
UNION OF THE SILVER HOSTS
COMPLETED.

UnbOunded Enfhusiasm-That IL
will Sweep the County a. the
stale Ticket VIII the state, Is
Confidently Expected.
The three allied conventions of
Democrats, Populists and Silver Re-
publicans, met in this city Tuesday,
the Democrats met in the Bryan
Club room at 10 80 A. NJ. and elected
DIR. Mitchell Chairman, and F. G.
Blakeslee Secretary.
The following committees were APP
pointed, and the convention adjourned
to p. Nj:
On Standardization, Connolly,
Case, Cameron and Chambers.
! Permanent Organization - Troy,
Langridre, Graham, Ruth and Giles.
On Resolutions GoinD-Murphy,
Harris, Manner, Yantis and Atkins.
On Resembling at p. NJ, the fol-
lowing Joint Conference Committee
was appointed: First ward, Ostran-
der; Second ward, Chambers; Third
ward, White; Fourth ward, Troy f.;
Fifth ward, Connolly; Sixth ward,
Giles; Tenino, Van der Slice; Nc
Lane, McLane; Little Rock, Finne-
gan; Gate City, Murray; Rochester,
Nye; Rainier, Ruth; South Bay,
Langridge; Tumwater, Churchill !;
Bucoda, Case; Maxtield, Luark !;
Black Lake, John Miller Murphy;
Chambers Prairie, Kagy; Grand
Mound, Brown; Yelm, Hetrick.
The Populists met in Columbia
hall at 10 A. NJ. and elected T. J. Miller
Chairman and Arthur Callow Secre-
tary.
After appointing the following COM
mittees. the Convention adjourned till
80 p. NJ.
On Observation-Disclosures, Swanson.
Conine, McNeal and Lehman.
On Conference Goint)-First ward,
III. l.. Forrest; Second ward, Leo Dob
rim; Third ward, J. d. Scotield; Fourth
ward, Harry Rambo; Fifth ward, o.
B. Frisch; Sixth ward, J. w. Dent;
Tumwster, J. r. Elswick; Tenino, M.
ID. Wood; Bucoda, S. f. Jones; Nc.
Lane, Cyrus Bolster; Little Rock,
j. F. Brown; Black Lake, Fred Leh-
man; Mud Bay, NJ. Morrow; South
Union, C. A. Hartsock; Chambers
Prairie, Oscar Swanson; Rochester,
C. ID. Lysle; Grand Mound. Chas.
Palmer; Rainier, Bige Eddy; South
Bay, John Rogers; Yelm, G. H. II.
Miller.
Resolutions Goin)-T. ]. Miller,
John NJ. Swan, Dave E. Bailey, J. C.
Conine and o. ID. Sullivan.
The Silver Republicans met in Ia.
coma hall, at 10 A. NJ, and b. w.
Brintnall was elected Chairman and
Stanley G. Smith Secretary.
The following committees we're ap.
pointed:
On Credentials-Carroll, Butter
field, Moore, Brewer and Henry.
Resolutions Goint)-Rathbun Mari,
Newsum. McClelland and Mining.
Conference Goint)-First ward, J.
S. Brewer; Second ward, Carroll
Third ward, Messegee; Fourth ward,
Wilson; Fifth ward, p. D. Moore
Sixth ward, Thompson; Maxfield, r.
A. Aver; Tumwater, Strange; Grand
Mound, X. A. Brewer; South Union,
Henry; Rochester, Frank Rhodes
Little Rock, Mining: McLane, New
sum; Tenino, ]. M. Smith; Bucoda,
Jos. Gibson.
Adjourned to await report of Com
ference.
The Committee on Resolutions met
in Judge Bailey's Office at IL As p. NJ.
and prepared the following resolutions
for submission to the respective con-
ventions:
Platform of the Peoples Party of
the 18th day of September, 1896:
WHEREAS, The emergency now exist
ing in State and county affairs requires
union of the reform forces of Thurston
county to the end that the strongest pos.
sible opposition may be made to those
who maintain that the present gold
standard must be preserved:
Therefore, The Democratic, Peoples
party and Free Coinage Republicans of
Thurston county, in joint convention as
sembled, under the name of Peoples
Party, hereby endorse the nomination
for President of the United States of
William Jennings Bryan; and we re-af-
firm and endorse the nominations made
and platform adopted at Ellensburg on
Aug. II, 1896.
We point to the record of the Republi-
can party in this State and county as
one prohigate and extravagant and I'M
worthy the confidence of taxpayers. In
times of great business depression the
State Administration has maintained an
unnecessary number of officers, boards
and commissions at exorbitant salaries,
and from 1890 to 1895, has increased the
interest bearing general fund warrant
Indebtedness of the State from 1924, 65S
to 81 ,727,Sl7.
We demand retrenchment in the ex-
penses of the State and county govern
ment to the end that the rate OF taxation
be kept at the lowest possible limit con-
sistent with efficient government econ
omically administered. We denounce
in most positive terms the Republican
practice in the State and county OF issu-
ing interest bearing warrants far in ex-
cess of the income received from tax
alton.
We favor revision of the system of
county government by the elimination
of all unnecessary work and we pledge
the people reduction of county salaries
to about one-half of what they now are.
We commend the Weed Warrant Sys-
TEN to the serious consideration of the
next Legislature.
We believe that the ordinary commit
tees appointed by the Legislature should
do their own clerical work, thereby af-
fecting great saving in legislative ex-
penses and furnishing an opportunity for
members to earn their per diem.
We are convinced that crisis is at
hand which calls for the highest patriot
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