Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-15

delegates to the fact that Dallas had
received no office of importance at the
hands of Republican convention for
the last eight years, Notwithstanding
the further fact that the three Dallas
precincts furnish nearly one-fourth of
the Republican votes Of the entire
county. He cited numerous instances
and gave the figures showing wherein
Dallas, after being coldly turned
down in conventions, had come to
the rescue Of the ticket on election day.
He told how the Republicans Of Dallas
have hoped after each election that
their action would create better feel
ing in the party and help to remove
the enmity toward them, but how
this feeling, instead of growing better,
is apparently growing more bitter
each year. He spoke of the desire ex-
pressed by Republicans all over Polk
county two years ago that Dallas
should be given the head of the ticket
this year as reward for party loyalty /;
of how this expression Of peace and
goodwill had virtually amounted to a
promise by the outside precincts to
support the man that the people Of
Dallas should choose to head the
ticket the only condition imposed by
these precincts being that Dallas
should settle the contest within her
own borders. He told how implicitly
the friends of Mr.. kirkpatrick had re-
lied upon this agreement and how
Dallas had chosen Mr.. Kirkpatrick as
it's candidate by vote Of 10 to TO-.
Almost with tears in his eyes, and his
voice ringing with earnestness, the
speaker pleaded for harmony in the
party and closed his speech by appeal
ing to the delegates to stand by Dallas
choice for Senator. Mr.. Hawkins was
listened to with profound attention,
and the uneasy expression in the faces
of a large number Of Mr.. Kirk
patrick's opponents, as the speaker
took his seat, indicated more plainly
than words their doubts of the wisdom
of the course they were soon to pursue.
No further nominations were made,
and the ballot resulted as follows;
Loughary ............ ...,.........,9C sc
kirkpatrick ........... ..,.........3I 81
Stark :. observation-disclosures. :.
Blank .,......... ...... ..,....,..-.
After the ballot was announced, Mr.
Loughary was called upon for
speech. He responded as follows
"Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of tn
convention 1 feel that I should hav
prepared a speech for this occasion
but, owing to the uncertainties of poll
tics, and not knowing whether 1 wa
going to receive this nomination o
not, 1 am unprepared. [ take this op
portunity to thank you for this honor
and to thank you for your earnes
support promise to do all in m!
power for the ticket, and to do all
can for Dallas and Polk county
Again, thank you.
Then the kirkpatrick supporters
came in for large amount of guyine
for few minutes. There were louC
cries for Kirkpatrick, the delegates
not seeming to appreciate the fact tha
it is always in exceedingly bad taste tt
call upon a defeated candidate for ;
speech But Mr.. kirkpatrick, gener
ously overlooking this breach Of gooC
manners, arose from his seat ant
made a talk that was brief and to tn
point. He said he had no i'll feeling
against the men who had fought hin
openly and honorably, nor agains
those who had made him no promises
He reviewed briefly the causes whicl
had led him to become a candidate TO
State Senator, and closed by saying
that he would make no pledges in tn
coming campaign and, therefore
would break none.
Two states were in the field for dele
gates to the State and Congressiona
conventions. Mr.. kirkpatrick state
that the State delegates propose
by his friends were pledged to no man
could be traded for no man, and wer
all favorable to George H. Burnett
D. L. Keyt arose and informed tn
convention that the men on his slat
could not be pledged and were favor
= able to Judge Burnett.
The ballot for State Delegates rf
t suited in complete victory for tn
Keyt forces, with the exception Of T. ,
; Graves, who was on both tickets.
The vote was: T. J. Graves, 1874
J. A. Baxter, 80 U. S. Grant, 80; j. /
Ford, Sc; Frank Lucas, Sc; j. !
= Hanna, So; D. L. Keyt, SO: i. N
Young, 81; E. N. Hall, 70. Those fai
ing of election were: w. W. Perciva
! 4G; G.. A. Hurley, 46; W. E. Yeater, Al
. T. B. Rowell, So; H. B. Plummer, a.
W. w. Collins, AZ; G. L. Hawley, 81
Frank Butler, so.
B. As a result of a caucus held tn
e night before the convention by tn
t anti Kirkpatrick men, straight HaI
4 ris slate was placed before the CONVEX
! ton and delegates were elected to tn
Congressional convention as follows
e Frank Gibson, 1O8; II. B. Brophy, 1O'
. F. A. Patterson, 1O8 C. r. Farley, 1O'
e Lee Rowell, 1O9; Loring Bedwell, 81
t r. B. Hooker, 1O6; G. L. Hubbar'
T. 1O6 E. E. Paddock, 1O5. The defeate
t slate was: Fred Oberer, 90; 7. v