Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-04-26

the regular convention, But that !:
enough for an exercise to hinge 9
mandamus proceedings on for partisan
purposes and that is all DR.. Hill, J
X. Sears, and Judge Hewitt wanted.
THE 16 TO BOLT.
The pleadings set it forth thus:
That on said 25th day Of March af-
ter the said S. IL. Holt ard the fifteen
others aforesaid had bolted aDd
walked out from the said regular con-
ventioD, they and the said John &.
Young, confederating with several
Others none Of which others or said
Young had been elected as delegates
Of said regular state convention, or to
any state convention of said party,
proceeded TO another hall entirely
separated and removed from the ball
in which said regular convention was
then holding its meeting, and pre-
tended to organize themselves into a
pretended state convention.
On said 25th day of March, 1898.
the so-called Holt convention duly
adjourned itself to reconvene in said
city Of Portland on the 14th day of
April, 1898. That after it had so ad-
journed some of its pretended mem
bers left the said city of Portland
and returned to their several homes.
That thereafter and after said ad-
journment, and after said pretended
members had so left the city and re.
turned to cir homes, certain Others
of the said pretended memb bers of the
so-called Holt convention in the ab
sence of the pretended members who
had gone to their homes as aforesaid,
reassembled and proceeded to make
their pretended nominations?
Was there a regular state conyen-
tion of delegates as alleged in the
sworn certificate of nomination +?
Kincaid denies the truth of it. That
makes an issue. The undisputed
facts set forth in the pleadings are
that there was no convention. In
spite of this, aud without giving any
reasons whateyer, Hewitt holds not
only that there was a convention but
ignores the Peoples Party convention
of 234 delegates and holds that the
Holt-Bolt convention was the only
real and legal state convention.
Hewitt has become Is to l man for
sure.
A PARTISAN DECREE
was rendered by Judge II. II. Hewitt
in the Holt-Kincaid mandamus suit.
Judge Hewitt was going to get a
large vote among the silver people
who are a majority in this judicial
district, but since his open coalition
with the Middle-Roader faction
Boise and Darcy will get a straight
vote and Hewitt does not deserve the
votes of independent Republicans
A judge who will hold that l6 boiling
delegates are the legally constituted
state convention Of the Peoples party
may serve the ends Of his party but he
is wrenching the law terribly to do it.
WHAT IT MEANS
is simply this: That the election is
to be carried by deception and fraud
if necessary. They will force two
Peoples party tickets on the Austria
lian ballot, and in each county where
they can influence the county clerk to
mix the tickets up so as to divide the
vote it will be done. In Multnomah
county an Injunction suit is brought
to keep the Mitchell ElRepublican
ticket off the ballot. If that succeeds
it viii also knock the Middle e-Roaders
out. The true principle of the Ans
tralian ballot law is this:
l. There shall be but one ticket of
candidates put on the ballot of any
one party by delegates at a iconven-
tiOn.
2. Any faction or group of SvOters
have right to nominate a ticket or a
candidate for any office :and have 1t
put on the Australian ballot by petit
tiOn or assembly of voters.
That is the way Mr.. Kincaid has
construed the Law and will put on the
Middle-Roaders. That is not the
way Mr.. Hewitt has construed it. The
people will hold Mr.. Kincaid's con-
struction correct.
There is no way for the Union ticket
voters to protect themselves but to
get out every voter, post their voters
who to vote for. and then have watch.
ers in each polling place to see that
the ballots are honestly and correctly
counted. This election in Oregon
will be carried by fraud, use Of money
and crooked practices if there is any