The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-01-27
FUSION and HARMONY
A Combined Meeting Of the Three Gen.
trail Committees Passes Resolutions.
"THE HERALD" The OFFICIAL PAPER
The Reform Forces In Yakima
County are stronger NOw Than at
any Previous time and are SIN
Gaining strength.

Pursuant to official notice from the
secretaries Of the different County Cen
trail Committees of the fusion forces a
gathering Of members from all over the
county met at the court house last Fri
day afternoon. DR.. Gum acted as chair
man and Archie Flint as secretary.
A. +. Smelling was called upon and in
q few well chosen words stated that dur
ing the last campaign Yakima County
had the honor of leading off for fusion
and he believed she was ready to repeat
the operation. The hearty applause
which greeted these remarks showed that
he voiced the sentiment of the entire as
semblage.
As he took his seat calls were made for
Judge Preble. who responded briefly by
stating that by all means We should stand
shoulder to shoulder and present solid
array against our common enemy, the
Republican party. by continuing an ALI
ance that was inaugurated in wisdom,
that has been attended with success and
is full of promise for the future.
The meeting got down to business by
appointing Messrs. Preble, Farris and
Strobach to draft appropriate resolutions
on the subject, and during the interval
while they retired the subject was thor.
oughly discussed and every member who
spoke expressed himself as in favor OF
fusion, though there was a slight differ.
ence OF opinion as to how this end ought
to be arrived at. 7. Glldea said that
fusion would only end when complete
success had been attained. We have the
county and the state and now must take
the nation. Griffith, of Ahtanum, said
that We did wise thing when we united
and should continue the union. DR..
Gum stated that county warrants have
increased in value from go to % cents
and state warrants had gone from 20, so
and 80 to pa premium since the fusion
lists took hold and that taxes are more
nearly paid up than they have been for
years. George Taylor was of the opinion
that the committees could not bind their
parties, but that by all means We should
stay together. He had talked with a
great many of his neighbors on the sub
ject and had only found one who was
opposed to fusion. II. J. Miner was out
and out for fusion. j. ID. Stone, of I'll
lab, was very much in favor of fusion.
He has canvassed his precinct and finds
nearly all Of the same opinion. Dave
Longmire announced himself as in favor
Of fusion and free silver. w. A. Cox
favored anything that arragns the Re-
publican Party. Nearly every member
present expressed sentiments along the
same line, and when a vote was taken on
the resolutions printed below, which had
been reported in the meantime. only
three negative votes were recorded, and
these positively declared themselves in
favor Of fusion, but opposed to the reso-
lutions for other reasons. A vote of the
entire house, including all spectators,
added only one more negative vote.
After the resolutions had been adopted,
as printed below the chairman announced
to the committeeman that the executive
committee had appointed THE HERALD as
the official paper of the fusion parties.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
We, the County Central Committees
for Yakima County, Wash, of the Peo-
ple's Party, oil the Democratic Party and
OF the Free Silver Republican Party, re.
spectiyely, in union meeting assembled
at North Yakima, Washington, on this
2lst day of January, 1898, do contem-
plate with pride the magnificent patriot
ism OF the political parties we represent,
which in the campaign OF 1896 inspired
them to subordinate partisan policies and
prejudices to profound sense of public
duty and ally themselves for the holy
and herculean task OF beating down the
Republican Party and rescuing our state
from the reign Of corruption, greed and
jobbery beneath which under that party
it had languished from birth.
And We do congratulate all our patri-
otto fellow citizens and felicitste our
selves upon the success and achievements
OF that alliance in the following among
other particulars:
First-It yanquished, broke up and dis
persed that set of politicians which
through the Republican Party ruled thu
state and from its very birth perverted
its powers, plundered its revenues anc
ravished its resources.
Second-It has exposed, and from DE-;
! In dav in still exposino coYrupt sche,ns