Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-04-16
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FlrS1snt u announcement 10 AL
evenings gOCRNAI-. the Ger rsti6cs-
tlO1 czu1s - 10 Salern todzy. ard al
thDUgh the crOEd vas not a. large a.
expected. this fact pzs 10 psrt az
oO1nied for by god weather which
keeps people a. their vork- All AZ
rznzsDsots had beeo made b. The
local COMMITTEES. aud the event vss
vel carried OUt-
LzsI eFening Nessrs. Frank nzvey
and Wm- Cberriogtso. EbO Es-s 10
charge s1d plsnoed the entire event
drove u Mzclesy 20 nOtify Nr. Geer
20 he present. TIE fOIlOSing named
zsntleme1 constituted the Committee
% DOti6cstion 70 formally eooTey the
ness % bis DominatiOn 70 Mr.. Geer.
Walter L Tooze. chairman q the
convention: Judge T. J. Cleetoo. q
Columbia county: Hon. A :. Dresser.
q Oregon City: Hoo. J. B. Eddy. q
Douglas county: and Hon. ". L
CbsmbeTlin. q Salem
Mrs. Tone, the SHY lsdy delegate
Eh0 cbzperOned the Marion county
delegation al the conTeDtI5n. did
the bODOrs for the ladies q MzrIon
cOunty by Der presence.
At the train nearly fifty people Eere
assembled = greet the delegates. but
through sOnDe misunderstanding the
band iziled 70 put in "a appezrsuc=-
Ia place u music there were three
cheers for the next governor sod foi
the delegates.
A carriage vas present, aud vas i'm
medisteIy aIIed with Mayor Richard
son. Walter Tooze, Hon. VI L Cham
berlin and Wm. Taylor. JO. F0nes
sat with the driver and waved the
Tag. Arriving at the hotel they Here
met by Hr. Geer. Nr. Tooze then
made neat speech 70 the croSd aud
was followed BY Frank Dayey, who
urged ali TO come out 70 the opera
house and help ratify.
IL the train hadn't been tslf 40
hour late the grafton committee %
meet the returning victorious hosts
would have consisted Of half dozen, .
but thanks to the telephone and the
delay, a little better showing was
made.
The opera house was handsomely .
decorated with palms. flags and blnt- .
IBg, and the good work was done By .
Nesdaues CherungtOn, Cusick, Flen- .
ing, Matthews, LafOre. Misses Moore .
Jackson aud Geer. Portraits Of Nc .
Hobart and Geer were dis
played above the platform.
About 80 men, d number Of whom .
were delegates 10 the Astoria cOnyen- /
tiOn marched with Mr.. Geer FROM the 1
willamette TO the opera house. The
Boston Girls band, engaged for the |
occasion played Under the Double
Eagle" and formed the nucleus
Of a large crowd in front I
o. the opera house. Several |
American flags eere floating in the !
breeze, but the efest was rendered /,
sOmeN bat ridiculous by the presence
Jf a number Of banners bearing such |
ltgends as Take KO-Da, IL Drives |
Out Rheumatism" Mexican Worm |
Lozenges Are the Best" and more |
than 100 Of the admirers aud |
Of Mr.. Geer were seated on
the stage, among whom were DR.. j.
A, Richardson, Judge Burnett, John
Wright, F. Luce and Jacob Farrell, Of
Lake county, Walter TOoze, chairman
Of the state convention, Frank Davey,
Lewis Savage and Robert Holly, Of |
Marion county, and William HobsoD,
Of Stayton,
Frank Dayey was master Of ceTe-
monies. He drew the first blood in
the program, calling the
TO order and introducing the
lion Of the day, Hen. T. II. Geer. He
began by POLITICALLY exclaiming,
"There are occasions in our
lifetime that make bright spots
In after years" He believed
this was one OF them and
said the nomination OF Mr.. Geer
was the result Of spontaniety Of
feeling unparalleled 10 the history
Of the state. He felt sure the vote
IN the 9th OF June would place that
gentleman in the noble building on
he hill and said the history
If the man bore out the prophecy
hat he would make governor the
people would be proud Of, and .who
would be lasting honor TO the state.