The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-29

The Republican party Of cla'Hop coun-
~ has proved itself worthy Of the name.
ana by It's action yesterday has put a
quirtuu on any doubt aA 10 Its tendency
toward q drhuscd currency. An unc-
quiyocM declaration FOR sound money Is
the sum and substance OF the platform
adopted. The money plank leaves no
room for doubt 49, 10 the tendency Of
ClASop county Rcpubllcanlsm. and
pro,rs that the party Of the people has
no, been carried away by the Populisuc
wave OF visionary currency which
swept over the country. carrying with It
a greater or lesser number OF men who.
through ignorance more than anything
elise. were dcludcd
The success Of the Republican party,
by lts declaration Of yesterday. is as
surcd. ana the few popullsts. under the
mask OF Democracy. who declared for
the unlimited coinage OF free silver at
the court house some time ago. viii be
r,iesa;ed Into the darkness Of oblivion
al the coming June election. ncver TO
rise again All credit, however. l. due
to ,hoae few brave Old Democratic war
horses who stood nu, against the vision
AIRY ideas Of the remainder. aud. al
though they were defeated In convention.
coming events viii demonstrate to their
entire satisfaction that they were In the
rlRht
That those sound money Democrats
and their followers will vote with the
gold standard Republicans goes without
saying. Tor afllIauon with honest Re
puhllcans 40 against Ike aiiiliahon with
alleged Democrats in fact pronounced
Popullats will hc their only course: and
such course they viii pursue. The Re
publican party has placed Itself beyond
the pale Of the silver heresy, and. "a It
controls this county overwhelmingly,
Clatsop county may be relied upon to
work agaIns, any Populstic scheme 10
bring the countrys finances into disre-
pute
CONVENTION ASSEMBLIES
Promptly at II o'clock yesterday Chair
man Barker called the Republican coun-
ty convention to order, after which the
report Of the committee On credentials
which showed FUN Attendance OF dele
gates. either \ person nr by proxy
was adopted Preceding the adoption Of
this report. motion by Dclegatc Jo'
hannscn, OF Seaside, to not rccognlsc
proxies held 10y persons residing outside
the precinct from which The delegate
issuing the proxy resided prevailed. III,
action being IN harmony with the rules
adopted ut the former meeting OF the
convention,
The chairman then called upon Secrcta'
ry Ridchulgh to read the report OF th'
committee ON platform.
Before the secretary began reading The
platform Delegate James W. Welch moN'
cd that the convention 70 into caucus o.
the whole to adopt u platform ana MAKE
nominations for the various offices, th'
nominations to he ratified In open ses
sion Delegate Wade Hampton smttl
| said he had no objection to going Int
caucus, hut that he would not be asham
ed Of any platform the convention migh
adopt lie saw no reason why the pub
lie should be barred from the proceed
lngs. and moved therefore, as an amend
ment to Mr. Welch's motlOn that tn
convention 80 into caucus only to maxi
nominations and not for the adoption o
a platform
The chairman called for an aye an
nny vote, which left him in doubt bu
on n rising vote the amendment wa
lost. The original motion was then car
riod. and the convention, much TO tn
disgust OF the newspaper reporters, wen
into caucus.