The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-01


lost In the debate and never put, boz p
motion by Perry TrulliDRer 10 the efYsct
that Mr, Hoyey be not allowed a seat.
was carried and the reporter sadly took
his departure. Mr. Gratke, however, re-
malned. Verify. the workings Of politics
ara strange.
Ia caucus the first order OF business
was the nomination Of a legislative tick
eL John r.. Oratke WAS declared the
unanimous choice Of the convention. The
other place on the legislative ticket was
not nllcd. but n. J. syendaeth. the Pop
uliat candidate. cndorsed. ruch action
being taken In return for the support Of
John u, Smith hy the Peoples party for
the state senate Two years ago. The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted;
Whereas. The annual pack OF salmon
on the Columbia river ts two.Hfths as
| large az the entire wheat crop OF the
stats Of Oregon and two and one-hnlf
! times ns valuable aH tho annual wool
clip OF tho entire STATE. and the salmon
industry is one Of the chief resources
Of Ciatsop county. and IL OF itself. n
properly fostered. Hufficiont 10 support n
larger population than we now have in
the county. and It's preservation by Abol-
\ lHhlng fish traps nsh wheels. and small
mesh gear In the issue Of overwhelming
! importance 10 the people Of this county:
| and
Whereas Untll recently the RDpubli-
/ can party OF this county has claimed TO
/ be In favor OF preserving said industry
] by abolishnR such wheels. traps. and
small mesh gear. and the Republican
party OF the state two years ago. by q
| plank In its platform. pledged Itself une-
| quivocally to afford the people OF this
/ county such relief, but AT the last Bes-
| sion OF the legislature. without excuse
or even the pretense OF an ..pology. de-
liberately violated said pledge and has
sent 10 the stats convention. held in
Portland this month. as delegates from
this county men who al the last session
OF the legislature did Rii IN their power
10 get the said party to break It's said
pledge, and In SAID convention the party
entirely abandoned what II has hereto
fore claimed 10 be its principle on the
salmon question. and
Whereas. The Democratic and Repub-
lican parties agree upon the necessity
OF Immediate relief for the preservation
OF this fast declining industry. and we
recognize the fact that Mr.. n. J. Svend-
seth, the nominee. OF the Peoples party
for representative in the Legislature IL
practically the unanimous ''holcc OF the
fishermen OF the Columbia river for said
ONCE. and Is personally as honorable and
able a man for the place as can b. found
IN any part OF the county: therefore be II
Resolved. That Il Is the fense OF this
convention that the nomination OF said
n. j Syendseth be and is hereby en-
dorsed by us. and that We nominate TO
candidate axHinst him. but urEe-,Bon the
people Of the county in general. and all
the fishermen on the river In particular.
a.. a.H NNVar lwe
spective OF party Affiliations"
The other candidates are rs follows:
County commissioner W. J. Denver.
Sheriff. Frank Cook.
County clerk. A. Lcbermann.
Recorder. j. w Williams.
Assessor, S. 8. Roberts.
School superintendent Miss Belle
Wooden.
Treasurer. B. F. Allen.
Coroner. William Pohl
Justices OF the peace. Astoria precinct.
John Abercrombie; Clatsop precinct, Jno.
Thomas; westport precinct, y. Virgins:
Bear Greek precinct. a. II. Grow.
Constables. Astoria precinct. Fred
obcrg; Clatsop precinct. Albert Hin:
Westport precinct. J. Macintosh: Bear
Greek precinct. B. A. Rose.
The platform committee reported as
follows;
I'VE. the representatives OF the DEM
ocratic party OF Clatsop county In con-
venuon assembled. do fully endorse and
approve the platform adopted by the last
Democratic state convention.
We express our earnest sympathy
with tho fishermen OF the Columbia river
In their honest sfTorts to obtain living
for themselves and thuic families, ana
believing that the ;iSiling business Is OF
the most vital Importance 10 clatsop
county and the state Of oregon. we de-
mand that the fishing industry OF the
Columbia river be fos,ered and protect
ed by all possible means. and that all
fish traps, fsh wheels and small mesh
gear be abolished; and we condemn the
Republican party OF Clatsop county in its
persistent efforts to maintain fish traps,
and we call attention to the fact that
the Republican party OF Clatsop county
Is now dominated by the friends and sup
porters OF fish traps
I'VE believe that each part OF the
county should be represented in county
affairs, and condemn the Republican par
~ for Its partial discrimination against
certain localities,
1--WE call the attention of the voters
OF Clatsop county to the wllful failure of
the Republican ofiice-holders OF Clatsop
0t tho last election.
"First-They have failed TO improve the
county roads.
"Second-They have Ailed TO economi-
cally administer county affairs, but have
created useless offices by the employ
ment OF unnecessary deputies, thereby
increasing the burden of taxation.
1--WE pledge our candidates for Office
TO administer the affairs Of the county
at lower expense to the taxpayers
than at present, and that they will so
conduct themselves as to merit the re-
spect and confidence OF all citizens"
This report was signed by all the men,
bers Of the committee but Herman WISE
who objected to indorsing the platform
OF the state convention. which platform
favored the free and unlimited coinage of
silver and which. Mr. Wise thinks
would bring about financial disaster. The
report was adopted with but few dis
senting votes.
At this stage OF the proceedings the
doors were thrown open and the news
paper reporters sneaked In. Then the
same old farce OF renominating, eulogiz-
ing and declaring the candidates the
unanimous choice OF the convention took
place After the convention ratified the
nominations speeches from tho nommces
John II. Gratke. candidate for the legls-
lature, was first called upon, and criti-
cised the convention for going into Sc
cret caucus, He said he hoped for flu
sion with the Populists. or the equivalent
thereof, and thanked the convention for
the honor, etc, etc. The other candi-
dates followed and each one was loudly
applauded, although Mr.. George Johnson
made the only genuine speech
The chairman appointed county CEN
trail committee, with George holland as
chairman and ]. NJ. Hughes as sccretfry.
A. NJ. Smith moved that the committee
be empowered to I'LL any vacancy which
might occur on the ticket up to and in
cluding May Is, and giving the commit /
tee further power to remove any candI-
date. The motion was carried
Then a vote of thanks was rendered
William Pohl and T. Dealey, secretary