Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-12-20
UNION in YAMH|LL.
The Three County Central
Committees Unite.
DEMOCRATS AND P0PULISTS
Meet and Agree to Form a Union in
Ma!heur County.

Democratic aud Silver county ceu-
tral committee at McMinnyIlle Sat
urday. Neither Chairman Cooper or
Ialmage were present. A committee
from the three factions reported as
follows:
Resolved, That we, as members of
he several county committees OF the
Peoples, Democratic and Bimet-
allie parties, in joint committee
assembled, 40 eDunciate the following
! plau for the coming campaign:
al hat the believers IN the fee
coinage of silver and direct legisia-
! JiOn by the people meet togcI her ai
! the primaries aud elect delegates 10
! union convent ion, which convention
! shall meet for the purpose Uf nomna.
! ting union ticket and prOmulgate
/ free-silver anf direct legislation plat
| form, aud we pledge our influence and
| support To such platform aud ticket.
We also advise that each party organ
izatiun be maintained,
The report was, after some discus.
sion, adopted. Other motions were
passed and arrangements made fer
union. 1t was ordered, on motion,
THAT the county chairman 90 before
the board Of county comm iSSionerS
and insist un representation for the
unit u on all precinct election boards.
The meet ing can be said to have
been representative one.
MALHEUR COUNTY,
Saturday, December IL, the Demo-
cratic and Peoples party county cen
tral committees will meet at Vale, ,ac
coIding To published call to consider
the question f the union nf forces in
the coming state campaign. Both
cOUmil tees were fully represented
and endorsed union. The Vale AdyO-
cate has this:
Immediately after the adjournment |
of the two central committees, the |
two executive committees went into /
joint conference.
After harmonious and interesting |
discussion Of the situation, the fol- !
lowing recommendation was agreed |
upon:
We hereby recon- mend the cooper |
alton of our reSpecti e parties, and |
invite the corporation Of all the free |
silver forces
We also recommend that our respec- |
tivo cuunty conventions be held at |
the same time and place.
H. G.. MURRAY, Oh. Dem Com.
G.. w. PRICE, Ch. Populist Com.
j. NJ. DUNCAN, Secy, Dem Com.
j II GREGG, Secy. POpulist Com.
At the two central committee |
meetings there were present % repre-
sentatives, bringing forward the SEN
timent of every part of MalhOur |
county, and as to the matter of the |
cooperation of reform forces, there |
was not one dissenting voice in either
committee room.
10 80, in mi ha
principles defined by the Advocate !
last January, and the views now held
by this journal; and is also in perfect |
harmony with the views ADVOCATED
by every true and honest Teformer
in Maiheur county and in Oregon.
With this kind Of feeling prevailing
tue silver forces ia this colniy,
there is no reason why they
should not name every officer next
June, for we have 500 majority in
Malheur,
LINN COUNTY.
The Peoples Advocate Of Albany.
published by Hon. j. A. Smith II and II.
l.. Dugger, both true, tried and fear
less POpuliStS, opposes Il middle-Of-
the road policy and advocates union
Of forces OF the call for Peoples
party state convention ty the eXecu-
tive committee it says:
"ln the first plsce we do not un-
derstand the state executive commit
tee has power TO call state cOnven-
tion and apDortiOn delegates. We
that the calling of state
was the province of The
state central committee alone, and
not within the power of even full
board Of the executive committee,
much less when only three members
were presenu. If we are in error, we
certainly think that such is not carry
Ing out the principles of the Initia-
tive and Referendum, which is re-
garded as the corner stone Of the
Peoples party organization. Again,
from the tone of the address we infer
that the convention is to be composed
IF delegates who are bOnafde mem
bers of the Peoples party; yet the
delegates are opportioned on the basis
lf the vote for Bryan; which in no
sense can be regarded as an exclusive
Peoples party vote"