Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-02-16
DEFENDING EMDREE,
j. X Sears Comes to the
Rev.'s Rescue.
A HORROR OF DEMOCRACY.
Peculiar Methods Of Taking Con-
sensus Of Opinion.
A HORROR OF DEMOCRACY.

Populist convention | desire to Civ,
the facts about it. There is nothing
about IL hurtful TO disclose.
| At the county Committee meeting
at Dallas on January u, the onlJ
/ opinion expressed was that the Dem
Ocrats would try the Iowa trick u
capture US by packing our urconyeDtions
As our state committee would meet
/ on January l9 and the date OF the
state committee was liable to bt
changed the matter Of calling Oul
primaries and county committee was
left with the county chairman. DR.
Embree sent out TO each precinct
committeeman club list TO be signed
by all POpulists and cOnfessedly u
head OF the Democrats. The clut
heading is as follows: 1--WE the under
slgnedi legal yoters.Of-precinct, Polk
County Or, subscribe our names AS
members OF the Peoples Party club in
said precinct and we hereby indOrse
the Omaha and st. Louis platforms,
also Initiative and referendum, and
we agree TO support candidates who
endorse these principles at the election
Of June 1898" This is the arbitrary
circular" referred to by V. b. Sears OF
BallstOn, and which pledge at least a
oOrtiOn OF the Ballston delegation had
signed.
Now at the convention the commit
zee on credentials failed to accept
Srmn delegates leaving them for the
convention to dispose OF. In the in
terest If harmony and as a matter of
fairness, aud Of policy as well / of.
fered motion as follows: "That all
delegates who would subscribe to the
Omaha and ST. Louis platforms and
the Initiative aud Referendum be ad-
mitted To seats in the convention, :"
The chairman ruled the motion out
Of order which was a great mistake.
Had this motion been entertained il
would have seated nearly every one
claiming 10 be delegates Mr.. J. II.
Burns (brother-In-law OF j, j, DAILY
and w. b Davis who / am-informed
is Days farm tenant) neither OF
whom had eyer understood to be a
Popuist, and especially Mr.. Davis, l
think, has never been a member OF
any POpulist club, would havebeen shut
out by every motion. Such is my in
formation. And l am well satisfied
that before the convention met in the
afternoon the city hall had been Sc
cured and all arrangements made for
a bolt. Now Mr.. Davis made the bolt
and asked others TO follow. After
the bolt | pressed my motion,
had rising vote aud | counted
twelve for the motion and eleven
against il. The meeting at the city
hall was no delegate convention. Every
Popullst that would sit with them
was counted as delegates. To illus.
trate: In Mccoy precinct the fusion
had been we'll worked up. At the
primary IL was stated before proceed
ing TO ballot for delegates that il was
a very important vote: that II was to
decide between fusion aud anti.fusion.
The delegates elected were against fu-
sion.
Hunter and Kelly were fusion cand.
dates before oar primary and were
both defeated. The opposing dele
gates were elected and Hunter as
chairman Of our club and also as
chairman OF the primary certified our
Now, at the city hall Hunter and
Kelly took upon themselves the pre-
negatives Of delegates and duly
elected themselves delegates TO the
Populist state convention. Mark il:
After being defeated aspirsnts for
delegates and after having certified
.he credentials OF their successful
rival delegate, they still posed and
elected themselves as delegates To the
'eate convention. Many thai sat as
delegates in the city hall were not
delegates and yet counting all present
hey only claim 20. There was not
> delegates there.
As for myself did not bolt the reg
llar convention nor did | sit with
" countenance Mr.. Davis convention.
went 10 the city hall To see how
hings were being run. Their secre-
airy was candidate for otlice on the
Democratic ticket two years ago. The
tatement in the Oregonian that
bout one-fourth Of the delegates I
lolted Is most nearly correct.
Mr.. Editor, when you designate the |
temlZer "A fair and independent |
'aper you expose your caudor. The |
.temlLer Is a radical Democratic !
'aper. in July, 1897. il said editor |
ally that IL expected To see the war
ing Democratic factions united in |
800 on substantially the national |
OF Grover Cleveland. And |
ppoSed having anything TO do with
'opulistS or Silver Republican
ranks. In August, 1897, an editorial
tates that the Democrats will make
grand stand in 1900 for free silver
nd W, j. Bryan.
The ltemizer Is radically Demo-
ratio,
The ltemiZer says that every mem
er OF the regular convention Is a pro.
ounced silver man. All Populists
re true silver men, And now DIR.
,mbree aud DR.. Stakely are candi-
aies, both men OF worth and sterling
integrity and good legislative ability.
'heir correct political principles are
win the silver aud reform
1rces OF Polk county try TO elect
hem or will they pursue the course OF
he Democrats two years ago aud put
n opposition silver ticket In the
cid % defeat these free silver advo-
ateS aud elect their gold standard
dvocateSs Well, we shall see. More
non,