The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-11-23
THE PRIMARIES
WERE A FARCE
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Cut and Dried States Eman-
ating From Nowhere.
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SpeculatiOns as to Who is the New
Croker Of Salem'S Tam
many.

For unanimity the selection OF dele
gates to the Republican city convention
a. the primaries Thursday, would be
hard to beat. They were all chosen by |
the ballots OF free, eelf.governing Amer
ican freeman without dissenting voice.
In fact Il ia a matter Of interesting
snecuiAtion to wonder whst would have
happened bad some obstreperous Re
publican offered to place IN the box a
hallot different from the one provided
He probably would have been fired,
bodily.
In each ward printed ticket was pro-
vided bearing the names OF thoee
persons selected by whom2 ] for dele
yates 10 the conventions also the
name of candidate Tor
alderman similarly selected by
whomq The ireeborn American
Republican, who desired to exercise his
sovereign prerogative of having voice
in the selection of the candidates OF his
party, walked In, picked up or was
handed one Of these tickets, folded 1t
and handed II TO the Judge who deposit
ed IL in that guarantee OF our liberties
, the ballot box.
Dfigent inquiries fail TO elecit any in
, formatiou as 10 who made up these list
] of delegates for the different wards
4 One authority says, "mass meetings II
J each ward )" which is a surprising state
( ment, to say the least. The same auth
ority says the lists were made up "aite
consultation," which probably hits tn
= mark nearer, though II does not appea
! with whom the" consultation" was held
Il is claimed by many who were electe'
= delegates that they we're not"ponsnlted
A in the matter, and there is not littl
speculation as to who 10 the new Croke
A OF the Capital City.
n The tickets for the First, Third an
, Fourth wards we're printed at the sam
establishment; that for the Second war
must have gone astray as 1t halls from
different shop,
But the choice was "unanimous," an
IT, in the First ward there we're two vote
or cast besides those OF the nine delegate
'v and the three judges. In the Fourt
rk ward 10 extra voters registered the
will, and in the Second the magniiicel
number OF 25 votes were cast In exec
lc, of the number OF delegates and Judge
In tho Third, 10 extras are noted. Tn
there are not respectable representati
primaries goes without saying
The following judges served in u
different wards. many Of these regular
appointed failing TO show up:
. Number /, @. NJ. Parmenter' W.
4 Claggett and II. A. johnson, Jr.
Number 2, IL, j. Bigger, NJ.
Goodel aud Whit. Holman.
,oh Number 8, John Roland, j. Mil
and f. NJ. Croisan.
Number 4, Geo. y. Hughes. A, H.
Atee and w. O. Hubbard.
Following are the delegates elected
the four wards:
Number /; d. +. Wagner, @. ID. Nj
ton, Rex Byars, T. M. Hurd, W.
stoltz, Sam Rundlett, IL, l.. Pratt, Jc
Kirn, G. NJ, Parmenter.
Number 2: j. q. Wilson, A,
Moores, G. A. Murphy, Frank Day
II. ]. Bigger, r. X. Ford, X. d. Holm
II. G.. Meyer, NJ. f. Goodell, +,
Turner, DR.. j, N. Smith, F. w. Ho
r. j. Hendricks, John Farrar, jr., X
Crossan, IL. u. Patton, Frank Pow
s. b. Catterlin, VIM. Cherrington.
Number 8; Dr. b. IL. Bradshaw j
staiger, j. w. Reynolds, Henry. My
A. A. Jessup, John Kaiser, r @. Ill
or, f. f. Post, l.. l.. Gesner, John
land, William Skin.
Number 4; j. S. Graham, Geo
,oo Goodhue, A. w. Prescott, w. NJ
|OU Intlre. Walter Lyon, Will Evans, "
Gray, Frank Bowersox, L. IL, Flag
Heimroth, Arthur NJ. Reed, w
70 49, 1s' staley, W. A. Moores, A. +. Me-
'Nf NJ Montgomary