Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-07-25
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
COUNTY DEMOCRATS ELECT DELEGATES TO
STATE CONVENTION FRIDAY.
H. Abel and His Methods Regulated by Democratic Conven
ton The WoudBe Proprietor Of the Democratic Party Let
Down Hard, After Desperate Struggle.

The democratic county convention at
Elma Friday would have been tame az
fair had it not been tor the attempt of W.
II. Abel to inject himself into the party,
whose ticket he has labored to defeat
ever since he made prefer q, OF joining
it, in 1900. That he was sat upon hard
was not to be attributed to any lack of
effort upon his part and that OF few hir-
ed men, who were on the scene from an
early hour in the morning coaxing and ca
joling delegates as they arrived and
spreading false rumors concerning the
opponents of tn. ambitio IS statesman
from MOntesanO.
The reasons of his defeat are not diff
cult to discover. and are simply that a
large majority Of the democrats in the
county have discovered that he is not or
never was democrat, and never has
voted that ticket. With an admirable
audacity. Mr.. ABEL came to this conven
ton asking to be sent to the state con-
vention, happy in the conceit that the
party had forgotten th't upon his en-.
trance to that party, in 1900, he had as
sisted in disrupting that party, and OPEN
iy worked against the election of the
county ticket in the fall of that year !;
that his assistance given certain nomi.
nees Of the republican party in 1902 wei e
unknown, and tfat, ostrich like, lie
could stick his hi ad in the sand and con-
ceal his activi y in the recent republican
primaries and convention, and still OBJ
tain leadership in the democratic party.
He probably has more exalted Opin-
ION Of the prespicacy OF ChehaIls county
democrats now.
The convention was called to order
shortly after IL O'Clock m. by J.
Carney, seer etary Of the county central
committee, in the absence Of Chairman
J. NJ. Bowes, who took occasion to set at
rest some false runners that had been
circulated to the effect that he Was OPP
posed to the nomination OF Hon. George
Turner for governor. J. + Fitzgerald
was elected temporary secretary, and
the following committees were appoint.
ed:
Credentials-A. S. Hodgdon, p Muir
raw. d. w. Fleet.
Revolutionary B. Ogden, c. P. Boy
er, David King.
Order OF Business-Dr. Jos. Kent. DR..
5. l.. Moak, w. II. Pearson.
After recess OF an hour, the commit
tees reported and the business OF the
convention went on smoothly, except
WHcIl hDcI WOullt IuteIpOSc All OpJcCI''u,
in fOrlorn hope OF saving his hide from
adjoining a neighboring fence, which
were all voted down as quickly us Il vote
could be. taken.
The credential committee reported 81
duly accredited votes in the convention,
including some from country precincts
where no caucuses had been held, and
barred all proxies unless held by resi-
dents of the precinct or city represented.
The platform committee reported the
following resolutions, which were unani-
mously adopted:
RI RESOLUTIONS.
"The Democrats of Chehalis County,
in Convention assembled, hereby ratify
the declaration OF principles OF the Demo
cratic National Convention at st. Louis,
and endorse the candidacy Of \. b. Par
ker and III. &. Davis, our nominees for
president and ce president, and pledge
them our hearty aud loyal support.