The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-07-15

ganlzatlon be made permanent: that the
cndruah OF the central committee be-
elected upon the floor of the convention
| by roll call of precinct committeeman
90 proxies TO be admitted to this vote.
| that the nominations for county Offices
| should be made in the following orde-.
superior Judge, sheriff, prosecuting at
| torney, treasurer auditor, clerk. assessor
surveyor, coroner; that the convention
resolve itself into Legislative districts for
| the nomination Of legislative ticket
| ms report was adopted without discus
| sion.
Platform Adopted.
a. I. Johnson of Garfield read the re.
port OF the platform committee and suh
mltted II TO the convention for consider.
| alton After the reading OF that report
Y. l.. Ettlnger arose and moved that the
platform be amended by the following;
We, the republicans of Whitman countv in
convention assembled, hereby declare our
selves unalterably opposed TO the division of
SAID county and hereby instruct our legisla,
1--WE nominees to strenuously oppose any such
division, always and everywhere
The reading of this proposed amend
ment was greeted with great applause
and 1t passed, without discussion. by a
unanimous vote.
j n. Pickrell followed Mr.. Ettinger
and submitted the following amendment
to the report OF the platform committee:
RESOLVED, that we the republicans of Whit
man county, state of Washington in cOnyen-
tion assembled, do hereby endorse the repub-
lIcan nominees, both national and state and
the platforms On which they stand, and ws
hereby pledge ourselves to give to each Of
them our individual support and to use all
honorable means III our power to secure their
election.
After this amendment had been read,
Mr.. Plckrel addressed the convention
upon the subject Of his resolution. He
made strong plea upon behalf OF it's
adoption and was accorded the closest
attention. His argument was calm. de-
liberate and sensible but the majority
OF the convention no doubt had made
up its mind previously. 4. t. Davis of
Pullman, chairman of the platform com
mittee, followed MIR. Pickrel and moved
that the resolution be laid upon the
table. The vote upon roll call of pre-
clncts, resulted as follows: For tabline
resolution, 80; against tabling resou-
ton, 73. The resolution was laid upon
the table and upon motion the platform,
as reported by the committee and
amended by the convention, was adopted.
The platform is as follows:
We, your committee on platform, beg leave
to report as follows:
L. We, the republicans of Whitman coun-
ty, IN convention assembled, believing in the
principles of republicanism and heartily en-
dorsing the republican platform as adopted at
Chicago do hereby declare ourselves in sym
pathy and accord with all the principles
therein enunciated.
>. We emphaticaly endorse the splendid
national administration of Theodore Roose-
velt and pledge him our united efforts for hIs
election to the presidency.
g. We heartily commend the honest effi
cient and economical state administration of
Governor Henry Mcbride, and express our
deep appreciation of his courageous fight for
an appointive regulative railway commission
law.
A. We believe the best interests of the
people of this state demand the enactment of
an appointive regulative commission law and
we pledge our legislative nominees, if elected,
to use every honorable means to the enact
ment of such q law.
D. We demand the strict enforcement of
the present antI-pass law.
g. As republicans who believe in political
honesty and political decency we register our
emphatic protest against the shameless and
degrading influence of the railway lobby over
the republican party of this state.
Z. We favor the early division of the state
into congressional districts.
s. We endorse the action of our delegation
to the recent republican state convention at
Tacoma.
9. We emphaticaIlY repudiate the un-
founded reports so persistently circulated
that the republicans of Whitman county pro
pose to be disloyal to the national, state or
county ticket.
10. Resolved, That we pledge our nom-
nees for county assessor and county commits
sIoners to equitable assessment of property in
this county.
IL We advocate strict enforcement of
the present road law, and an appeal to CON
gress for the passage of national road law.
II. Believing that the salary of the prose
cutting attorney in counties Of this class is
insufficient, we favor an increase to said sal
ary of such officer to the sum of S2000.0O.
THEO Il. DAVIS,
a. r. JOHNSON,
J. r GOOD,
X. 7. CONNELL,
l.. Z. BRoCKWAY,
Committee.
Chairman of Central Committee.