Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-10
coxNANDER COOPER
wases = Letter On The Unsoa Move
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= MafE Drrl tEoEAsEI AA-AA -
nsaspzpers asking for correspondence
> and . report OF the progress q tt'
UniOn movement. The COMMITTEE
has been too busy with the persona
, oorrespondenoe 20 comply until DOW
8 In the very short time since the frst
call was issued, Letters and reports
: already give assurance that seventeen
: counties will b represented at the
|. Albany conference, which was pro
ps,sed 10 Be held on June ?. II being
the farmers busy season, little has
/ been done as yet in the way Of Union
meetings.
| Letters from many prominent men,
of all parties. breathe the same anK-
Gus desire for a union Of the people at
the primaries to reDOvate state and
county go ernments, reduce taxation
and 70 bring the burdens Of the people
within the constitutional limit By
The election OF men on a common
platform that will not permit evasion
or equivOcation. People are tired Of
icing fooled aud want plain csmmon
sense aud positive results 1t would
oOt be proper TO give these letters for
publication without the permission Of
the writer's, but these few extracts
from many in the various counties
will show that the leaven is working
and a Union state ticket is a fixed
fact.
Jackson-That voice Of the people
is the law Of the committee, may God
speed the move. The plain people, Of
all parties, who supported Bryan and
Watson, can be relied on as favorable
10 the proposed union. The people
are anxious 10 stand together in oppo-
sltion 10 the gOldbug plutOcrstic mo-
nOpolies. We agree unanimously
upon the urgent necessity Of the re-
form forces Of the state.
Josephine-I shall do all can to
hold the forces together in Southern
Oregon, and especially in this county.
1t is highly important that we keep
the reform elements together
Douglas-It seems to me that if
there ever was time in the history |
OF our country when men should act |
wisely, when they should be absolutely
honest. when patriotism should rise
aboYe party, when personal ambition
should give way for the public good,
that time is now. The mass Of the /
people, in this county, is anxious for
a consolidation Of the reform forces,
and the only thing, in our opinion. to
be done is to settle the details for a
union in state matters. A union will
be formed. We will be represented at
Albany / am too old 10 do much
work, but will vote right. We want
union.
CoOs-We must not fight each
other, we want a union Of forces.
Lane-The time is ripe for action,
your call covers the ground The
coming party must be governed by the
people. We have very few kickers in
this county. Popullsts, Democrats
and Silver Republicans all want to
begin at the primaries. We must
have the union OF forces at the pri-
naries, we all want 1t. All the Bryan
aud Watson forces will stay together.
Linn-I will work for union OF
forces. This is the time above all
others for union Of the people.
Marion-We are engaged in the
greatest political work ever under
taken in the state. The prayers aud
Iabors OF the patriots are with you.
The Bryan and Watson forces must
stay together.
Benton-It is the only thing the
people can do 10 get relief. They
must unite.
Polk-You heard from Polk last
Noyember-we win stay together.
We want union ana will stick to-
yether.
YamhIll-Average majority for the
union ticket 10 June '06, nearly $1,000
already saved In the salaries Of
county officers alone.-Win do better
m 1893