The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-26
NOR AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT.
sKAGIT COUNTY REFORM PARTY
scATHIyGLY DENoESCEs FUSION.
After Naming q Fall Comfy Tfekef
the Hefermssfs Proceed TO Pass
the Warmesf Platform Ever
Given to Public to Digest.

Special Dssa;ct 20 tse r'9ss-fntelhgancer.
MOUNT VERNON. Sept --s.--3 - tara
ass last convention to % held In SHag't
oeuaty toaa 3aace ar Burlington yesterday
afternoon ghen me Independent E@f9rna
psr.y assembled ard noE1snase3 tae f4lioE-
tAs tscket. Comm 4ss.arser. FIRST district, l..
D. Tc.daeyt 1onsuEsa1onars Sec5u5 District.
j. =. Hutchinson. aner;r, ". 4. Persinson !;
county clerk. II. If. Badger. county auditor.
Oscar Bal, coaasg asxsaso-, J. j. Koch !;
eosrty treasurer. Wits Brown. snp@Tia-
.s.4Gert - seAesis. r. X. Barnard, county
surveyor, George Savage: county coroner.
ssJw iIAttoB. reegsse NATIVE. L. j. TarpeY;
COUNTY attorney. i2ft vacant
The convention ssas csssed 70 order ~ ex-
Eena:oy Luis Fo7N. ~ho announced that
the members q tina, asssmbaage had gath
cred fer the purpose of placing IN hoE1s ira
ton q ticket when would b. elected rom
top 70 bottom. ard eeni down 20 defeat
forever the rotten element - thA county
known = sthe fusS0nls's-
The new ticket X CONFESSED Of Silver Re
yta..icans and rni6dIe~of -ths-road popusjsts
who have 20 their ~1r.o1, seen the di9as-
trosss results 81 fusion III tals county since
TIE election If Iss4. ard They Intend % make
the flEh. - tBesg life 10 a least defeat the
Democratic ard ts9pssitst bosses u they
don't ele<f a single man On the ticket al
though they feel ssrsguisge ovfF me result
Of the convention yesterday fer the reason
that they claim TO nave nominated the
eicanesF get u men 81 the county and
every nomination var made by accla ma .15E.
the convention being 20 session exactly one
hour aaa tatfty minutes.
The following preau0's and resolutions
were adopted hY the convention 9rnlG waid
enthusiasm. ard Is csarhef for the Demo
Pop AGGREGATION Of Skas&s c0Hriy.
Whereas, We have ssvn with sorrow and
indignation the late Peoples party conven-
zion OF tbs state Of Warrington. ard 81 the
county ~ Skagit, turned oseg soul aHd Body
to the Democratic part2 of said state and
county. ~ the mosi diareputabts, high
handed ard outrageous proceedings. that
ever tfsaefacezi auy political convention IN
the state of Washington. or IN the county
OF Skag,t.
Whereas The following are few of
the many foot prints OF tho blacklist trails
Of absolute as5aUcbery and ah5ect shame
which marked The proceedings of those
bodies. and tae laten: and obscure move
nuenta proceedings II:
First THE neglect ami rafusii Of the
chairman OF the state central committee
and the msrl,srs thereof In our own and
severfi Of the COUNTESS In not gIvtn.. the
proper Information IN calling the state,
county and primary election. the desgn os
which 20 keep the true reformerg from
the polls ard aftendin. the elections.
Second. The packing OF the caucuses
In tie most scandalolss manner. wherein
sinister aims ard means were used that life
long rcformefa In nearly every county and
precinct were displaced ard ovsrr.den by
men who were never krown TO vote the
reform ticket
Third We pcnt 10 TIE unprecedented and
seanjaiosle act ~ az the court house caucus
that appointed the committees Of three
fison!sta saca fiji every precinct. for the
purpose % keeping reformefs ont Of the
county ami state conventions. thereby CIV
ing tia Democrats absolute control.
Fourth W. point 10 the unprecedented
action OF the chairman of the committees Of
the county convention in using every device
III their power 10 sul1serva tho combination
bosses. under circumstances calculated 10
sal. -
true rc'ormers and combining ard con-
spirine TO have our delibera tions squashed
md flooded hy lot Of fusion hirei.ngs and
Democrats bosses
Fifth. That every cunning ard device
known 10 mans intelligence and ingenuity
has been. ara Is. being brought 70 bear by
The ring bosses and Their agents 10 tear
down and destroy and annihi.afs II needs
be The Rural Home. the only reform paper
In tho county.
wow. therefore. III view of the above
facts, We declare. that We repudtate the
whole proceedings OF the county convention
ard sfecli. g ~ tie county that the result.
~ the triple eonventloa held In Burlington,
Skags coun.T. Washington. on the 10Th day
~ August. lsf5, does not express the senti-
men;s Of tina reform"rs Of Skagit county.
We pnt forth therssote, the following dec
iaraijon Of principles ard to It's support we
Invite every homes man in the county:
"First-T'ie reform party was born 70
1--we; ard with the help or tsed il shall not
Ole.
''Second-~We regard the shortening az
the distance between the voters and the
legislators by means % The initiative ard
referendum as the great issue ~ the age.
ard the only thing that viii gave this
republic from sinking into universal sea
OF corruption.
Resolved That THIS convention lndorses
The referendum paH rs n substitute for old
party conventions, ard irktrtCtg our iee.s-
iatlve nominees ia work fer the amend
ment o. u" election l1wa - the state ac-
eotding 10 This method
"Hesoved. That wo believe that the
adoption cf the Initiative ana referendum
VIII Furnish the means whereby MI the
great mofa'. social an3 ec"namic qfes-
.tunS 81 ts}e aga. such as Temperance. f.
male suffrage. single tax government
ownership. etc. can he placed before the
people slij settled rs pupaiar vote
''rfird-We afmanI most euiphaticailv
the reconciliation ~ SILVER upan the basis
as Is to l. ard tie restoration - tAe paftia
CT labor ard as products - TIE ieYc they
held previous 81 fs.E
"Fourth~ Ns DEMAND an issil,. Of green
back currency, futlv adequate 20 the ns.-
cessi.tcs ~ the h"eiHesz ~ our country.
Ne declare iaat tn 2te4uAackx are ~,
best currency ehle rnU0'~y fas ever ha t.
anA We declare tdst tAe a}tciuut - retire
destroy tntYG ana Al} jhcir places Wf. n
bark notes bearing dguhie Interest "a q
sn..nefuf tfter9nt = u-lty.5er ,ne f,.,,,,fe
ss& eneirS tNe ToacF Leaders
th1fth-Wr demand - ttA oqust ernus-asts
tta5 }ag frrp,e. @S iu meet uT tin nations
&c Nufeltc. shaL ewa tae railroad and ;eIe
sfarA lacs
iilNsation - Ettt-2 aut frn'af,f that Mood,
ara NFtttt Span ~ }ttHtu eaf17 s,l.fc}e ar
:h:eNee from the Arofr}eass continent an
9t8f Az territory acquired hy .>Ns4sfeseAt
eNsil br retasrtd sad hold ~ thiS saxr~r
aaent a heritage 10 TIE waEr-carnerS