The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-11

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Governor Henry Mcbride in his opposition Il
the railroad lobby, the railroad merger anc
the pass evil, and pledge him our earnest anC
active support in his fight to maintain tn,
rights OF the shipper as against the unjust ex
actions OF the railroads. We further pledge
our legislators to first support a railroad com
mission oil drawn in the interests of the
sshipper' ana this failing, then maximum
freight rate bill carrying q rate not TO exceed
$3.50 per ton; and any aud all measures
"hich promise to give the greatest and most
speedy relief to the shipper. We further
pledge and instruct the delegates to the state
convention to work first last and all the time
Tor the incorporation in the state platform OF
plank embodying the sentiments of Gov.
ernor Mcbride IN regard to railroad legisla.
tion.
TX. We are also in favor of the passage n
law, In compliance with our constitution.
making 1t otfense punishable by fine, i'm
prlsonment, or forfeiture of office, of any pub.
lie othcial to accept free pass or ticket, or to
ouy ticket or pass at discount, other than
as sold to the public generally; and making it
an otfense, punishable by fine and imprison-
ment, for any one connected with anv rail.
road or other transportation company to give.
or TO ofter to give, a free paes or ticket to
any puphc othclal, or to SELL or offer to SELL to
MN ticket or pass at discount other than
as sold to the public generally; and to the
support of such measure we pledge the hon
est and hearty effort of our Legislative
nominees.
X, We pledge our legislative delegation to
work with the friends of Governor Mcbride
IN organizing the house and senate along the
line OF his efforts to secure railroad legisla-
tion.
XII. We believe that great burden rests
upon the people by reason of the great ex-
DeDS6 of MOVING Our - -
wharf by reason of the deplorabIe condition
OF our public roads. We demand revision
OF our road law, that permanent and scientific
road building along definite lines can be car
ried out throughout the state. We pledge
our candidates for county commissioner to re-
peal the obnoxious ruling that each individual
LAND owner shall be compelled to work out
his road tax in person
XII. We believe that banks sbouId he
compelled to make some return for the nse of
public funds, and urge upon the legislature
Cne passage OF an act permitting the board of
county commissioners to designate such de-
posltories. and requiring them to secure the
county IN double the amount of the deposit
Senator Must Be in Line.
After the adoption of the platform the
following resolution was introduced by
u. l.. Ettinger, who declared that q
crisis had qeen reached in the struggle
for control:
Resolved, That we, the republicans of
Whitman county, In convention assembled,
hereby pledge each and all of the legislative
nominees OF this convention not to vote for
any man for the office of United States sem
ator who is opposed to Governor McBride's
policy on the railroad question.
F. W. Bier spoke in favor of the reso-
luton. He thOught that maybe the
railroad fight had become a little bitter,
but it was an important question, and
II the fight was not won now, would be
some time, and be supported this effort
cheerfully.
The resolution was adopted with no
dissenting votes.
State Convention Delegates.
The next order of business was the
election of delegates to the state con-
ventiOn. Thirty two nominations were
made, and on motion it was decided
that the % names receiving the highest
number of votes should constitute the
delegation. The result of the ballot
was announced shortly before the con-
vention adjourned, as follows: W. J.
Davenport, A. W. Perley, 0. E. HALEY.
c. E. Maynard, J. K. Mccormack, J. n.
Pickrell, Ralph Reid, j. G. Gibson, c.. N.
Gaddis, K. F. Banker, John Lathrum,
W. n. Divine, E. ]. Durham, C.. E
Hooper, E. I. Conan, ,Chas. James, VIM.
Chambers, F. W. Bier, j. A. Dix, W. H.
Harvey, Chas. F. Stuart, E. E. Huntey,
James Anderson. The delegation is
solid for j. n. Pickrell for congress. be-
ing SO instructed by the convention.
which adopted the following resolution.
introduced by W. j. Davenport:
Resolved That it is the sense of this con-
vention that Whitman county is entitled to
place on the state ticket, also that our dele
gates to the state convention be and are here.
by instructed to use all honorable means to
secure the nomination of Hon. J. N Pickrell
for congress.
Legislative Ticket.
The convention then resolved itself in
to district conventions for the purpose
of nominating the legislative ticket.
In the south district the convention
organized by electing w. ]. Davenport.
chairman, and E. T. Conan, secretary.
when the following nominations were
made by acclamation: For senator, DR..
6. B. Wilson of Pullman; representa-
tives, E. j. Durham of Uniontown and
1Iillb lCulUL vi u.
The north district organized with J.
G. Lawrence in the chair and II. NJ.
Boone, secretary. John Lathrum of
Oakesdale was nominated for senator
by acclamatiOn. For representatives
the names of ]. A. Dix OF Garfield, G. M.
Witter OF Thornton, and George
Kenoyer of -Four Mile, were presented.
The ballot resulted: Dix SIS, Witter So,
KenOyer "a. Kenoyer moved that the
nomination of Dix and Witter be made
unanimous, which was done.
County Ticket Named.
About One-third of the county ticket
was nominated by acclamation, and
whenever there was a contest, one ballot
settled it.
For sheriff, Jos. E. Canutt OF Colfax,
or as it was expressed, he having no op-
position, ''from all over the county :"
was named by F. W. Bier, and the secre-
tary was instructed to cast the unan-
imous ballot nominating him.
For auditor, 0. p. Hendricson OF Farm
ingtOn, was presented by N. D. Sho-
walter. In seconding the nomination F.
W. Bier remarked that when the nominee
is elected there will be no repetition OF
the trouble which occurred recently in
that Office. There were no more candi-
dates and the nomination was unan-
imOus.
For treasurer, L. E. Allen of Colfax
was named by W. J. Davenport, and P.
W. Chapman of Pullman by A. W. Per-
ley. The ballot gave Allen 81 votes and