The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-02-18
Populists Confer.

Pursuant to a all OF the CHAIR
man, Nels II. Wheeler, the Ben
ton county peoples party central
committee met at the court house
at ono o'clock Friday afternoon.
Eight OF the committee were pres
ent, also JAS. uce, John Whit
aker, William Newman. Carl
Zwicker, Henry Sneak and A. L.
McFaddcn.
Saturday, the 10Th day of March,
1898. at l o'cl,7' k, p. NJ, was fixed
as The date a!s! time for holding
the precinct primaries far the pur-
pose of elc ting rael>.".ates to the
county con, ention and for voting
upon such measures as shall prop
erly come bciure he peoples
party voters for settlement.
Friday. Malch 18th, at 10
o'clock, IL. n., at the court house,
was The. time and place fixed for
holding the county convention for
the purpose OF electing delegates
10 the stat. cullventien TO be held
In Portland March 23rd.
The reprt>. .talion in the coun-
ty convention was placed upon the
following basis: One delegate for
each preclnc, and one delegate ior
every 20 >cle!s or major fraction
thereof cast for John Whitaker
and Wm. Dillon, in June, 1896,
which gave The oliowing appor-
lionment: Corvallis No. l, 5; Cor
wallis No. 9. 6; Corvallis No. 3, S;
Corvallis No. 4, 5; Blodgett, 3:
Wren, 3; Soap Greek, $; William
cite, 5; Monroe. 6; BclIountain, 5;
Kings Valley, 4; Alsea, 4; Summit,
2; Phiumath, 7, Paramount, 4;
Lobster, |. The following resolu-
tons We're unaninously y adopt ed:
Resolved. that The peoples party
central committee of Benton
county is in favor OF a union with
all free silver republicans, free sill
yer democrats and prehibitlonists
on the principles adopted by the
citizens mass meeting held al the
court house in Corvallis, January
5th, 1898, the same being iii ac-
cord with the resolutions adopted
by this committee OH October %,
1897, and we hereby request that
all recommendations for nnmina-
tions sent in pursuant to the call
of the peoples party chairman be
Withdrawn, and that all recon-
mendatlons for nomination be sent
to the union committee to be
placed upon the p imary ticket.
Resolved, that a referendum
clection be held at the peoples
party primaries in this county on
March -, 1898, and the members
of the peoples party lie requested
to vote on the following questions:
Are you in favor of union of
populists, prohibitions, free silver
republicans and free silver demo
Gratis in this state on one state
ticket, providing satisfactory ar
rangements can be made through
conference committees appointed
by regularly elected delegate con-
ventions, each party endorsing not
less than the following in its state
platform.
First, for the initiative and ref
erendum system of law making in
its optional form and the submis
sion by congress Of all important
national questions for an advisory
vote of the people, until such
time as the national constitution
shall have been amended so as to
provide for direct legislation.
Second, for the independent free
coinage of both gold and silver at
the ratio of 16 to 1.
Third, for the abolition of all
private and corporate banks as
banks of issue, and for the issue
of all money by the general gov.
ernment alone, c,all money SO issued
O be full legal tender for all
debts, public and private.
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