The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-08-23
THE FUS|ON|SIS CONVENE
The Three Allied Political Parties
Have Warm Time.
SESSION CLOSES IN HARMONY
A Splendid Ticket Presented to the Voters Of
Yakima County for Their Support In the
Coming Election-It Is
Sure Winner

| coming EleCt1On-u Is
Sure Winner
The three conventions Of the fusion
forces were held in their respective halls
Saturday morning and afternoon. and in
the evening the joint convention was
held in Mason's opera house. The duties
of the populists and silver republicans
in convention, aside from the election OF
delegates to the state convention and the
appointment of conference committees,
were largely perfunctory. The interest
centered in the democratic convention,
and we'll it might. 70 say that the con-
vention was harmonious would hardly
be truthful. In fact some of the dele
gates bit out harmony in large chunks
and after tearing it all to shreds, spat il
on the floor. With the gathering OF the
delegates there WAS an odor of smoke and
birthstone, but there was no open erup.
ton till afternoon.
Judge +. B. PEBBLE called the delegates
to order, and after short address called
for nominations for temporary chairman.
A. F. Smelling and j. D. Medill were
named, and the ballo ting resulted in Mr..
Smelling being chosen by q vote Of SO to
SO. nj. Richards was elected temporary
secretary and H. r. Garrett assistant
Upon motion the chair named the fol.
lowing committees: Credentials, E. M.
Reed, Henry Creason and w. Purdin.
Resolutions, H. ]. Snively, ]. ID. Medill,
Louis Joerden and M. L. Chase. An ad-
journment was then taken until 80
O'Clock in order to give the committees
time to report.
The report of the committee on cre-
dentials was adopted upon the opening
Of the convention in the afternoon, and
on motion the temporary organization
was made permanent with the exception
of the secretary. Mr.. Richards having
declined, and Mr.. Granger after serving
some time as temporary secretary declin-
ing the permanent position, which was
well filled by F. T. L,ggett. A commit
tee OF FIVE, consisting of DR.. H. Green,
]. G. Liggett, w. N. Granger, H. H. Al
len and }. M. Baxter, was then appoint
ed to confer with committees from the
other conventions as to the holding of q
joint convention and to report back to
the convention. committee consisting
Of Leonard Schott, I. NJ Krutz and E.
b. Preble, was then appointed on rules
and order of business. By this stime the
committee on resolutions was ready to
report and submitted the following,
which were adopted, each clause being
heartily applauded:
We reaffirm the national democratic
platform unreservedly and pledge our
support to that greatest of statesmen of
our day, the Honorable William Jennings
Bryan.
We commend the course OF our senator
from the state of Washington, the Hon.
orable George Turner, in his grand ef-
forts in the senate of the United States,
where he has taken place as the first and
| foremost OF the senators to whom the
people must look for champion and de-
fender Of their rights, liberties and inter-
ests.
We pledge the candidates of this con.
vention for the various county offices to
give the people an economical, honest
and intelligent administration of the af
fairs of the county.
| We declare this party to be in favor OF
improving the county roads OF this
county and to permanently locate them
upon their proper lines, 80 that the in
convenience TO which the people of the
county are now being constantly sub
jected on account Of frequent changes
shall cease.
We reafiirm the position taken by this
party in this county during many years
past in relation to q reasonable and
proper regulation and control of the rail-
roads trayersing the county, and pledge
the member of the legislature nominal
ed by this convention to advocate proper
and reasonable regulations of railroads
and railroad rates; and we pledge the
people that the county commissioners
and assessor nominated by this conven-
ton will see that all railroad corpora
tions, persons and private corporations
shall bear equally the burden of taxa
ton.
We denounce the system of public Of
ficers riding on passes and accepting from
railroads transportation. whether they
charge the same to the county or other
wise, inssmuch as the constitution Of the
state Of Washington. which all public
officers take an oath to support, declares
positively that no public officer shall ever
use or ride on railroad pass, and to &C.
cept and use pass after taking an oath
to support the constitution OF this state
amounts to what, in good old fashioned
times. would be called perjury.