Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-29
THE COUNTY CONVENTION
The Democrats Nominate a Strong Ticket tor
the Present Campaign.

The Democrats Nominate Strong ticket Tor
the Present Campaign.
The Thurston County Democratic
Convention was called to order in the
theater, Saturday, nearly an hour
after the time of Gallo A. NJ, by
Fred. Schomber. Chairman of the
County Committee.
Henry Drum nominated HOratio
Alling for Temporary Chairman and
he was unanimously chosen, and l..
I. Langridge was selected for Temper
airy Secretary and Kobt. Aver for his
Assistant.
An adjournment then followed to
| 80 Z. NJ. after appointment OF the
usual committees.
On Resembling, report OF Com
mittee on Credentials was adopted,
the temporary organization was made
permanent and an order of business
was recommended by committee es-
tabllshed.
jeff Cannon, from the platform
committee, submitted a platform, as
follows, which was adopted:
We, the Democrats of Thurston county,
| in Convention asSemb ed, reaf1irm our
devotion to the time honortd principles
of the Democratic party, and endorse the
nomination of Judge Alton Brooks Parker
! for President, and Henry G. Davis for
| Vice President of the United States. as
well as the platform adopted by the Ma
tional Democratic Convention at st.
| Louis.
| We condemn the methods practiced by
the now dominant party, both in State
and County politics, under which the
aspirations of the honest and well-mean-
ing elements in the Republican party are
| throttled and suppressed, and their
| patriotic efforts to purify local govern
ment, defeated by bribery and official
corruption. We invite all lovers of fair
play and decency in politics, to join hands
with the Democratic party, to overwhelm
the corrupt cliques that hesitate at moth
ing to keep their unclean hands in the
public treasury.
The people of the State are unquestion-
ably in favor of Il more effective control
| over railroads and other common car
rers, and there is demand Tor the crea-
ton OF a Railway Commission with am
| pie power to regulate transportation rates
and to remedy the many evils under
which the public suffers at the hands of
corporations.
| We favor an appointive Railway Com
mission. and urge our delegates to the
State Convention to work and vote for an
appointive Railway Commission plank
to be inserted in The State Platform.
! We call the attention of the voters to
the record of the Democrats In the last
| Legislature, which record proves that
the Democrats occupy the position on the
side OF the people on this question.
The outrageous and unwarranted bur
den of taxation which the present Repub
lican county administration has heaped
upon the people, calls for an emphatic
protest from the taxpayers who can rea-
liZe the danger to their interests by the
establishment of such a pernicious prece-
dent, and we pledge the candidates of
this convention. if elected, to conduct the
| various offices for the benefit of the pub
lic instead OF using them for the political
advantage of men who have little inter-
est in the community aside from feeding
at the public table.
The equitable adjustment of taxation
is the most important duty devolving
on our County Assessor and Board of
Commissioners. Before the law there
should be no fayorites. The wealthy
corporations or individuals should be
taxed in the same proportion to the value
of their property as the man of moderate
means. We believe that the present
revenue law is adequate to compel cor
porate interests to contribute q Just pro-
portion of the taxes, if honestly and fear
names to the official roster. We there
fore pledge our candidate for Assessor, if
elected, to assess railroad and other cor
porate property in the same ratio as to
cash value as the property of the farmer
and business man. and this without re-
gard to the combied agreement Of As
SCISSORS from other counties in the State,
arrived at in their annual convention
which convention we hold to be impolitic
unwarranfed by law, and calculated to
assist the railroad companies in their
invasion of just taxation. We likewise
pledge our candidates for County Com
missioners TO follow similar course
when sitting as a Board of Equalization.
We denounce the action of the Repub-
lican party in this county, in using the
common schools of this county as a
political machine, and we pledge our
candidate for School Superintendent, if
elected, to administer his Office without
regard to politics. and solely in the
interests of the public schools.
We denounce the present Republican
road law as iniquitOus, unjust and I'M
democratic. and we favor the adoption of
such law as will recognize the Demo-
cratic principles of local self government
and the application of revenues to the
locality that pays them.
As Democrats, we believe that this
country should be preserved as the hert-
age OF the Caucausian race. and that the
ASiatic and other REPRESENTATIVE races
should not be encouraged to become q
part OF our industrial fabric, to the detri-
ment Of white people, who make the
settlement of our country, build homes,
pay taxes. increase our wealth and pros
perity, and above all are capable Of ap-
preciating civic, political and religious
We are in favor of the legislation pro-
and pledge our legislative nom inees to
vote for same.
Announcement being made that
nominations we're in order the follow.
ing names were submitted and en-.
dorsed for county ticket:
State Senator. ................ FRANK KOTICK
OF Little Rock.
Representative ...-...... ROBERT AVER
Of South Bay.
Representative ........ JAMES DOHERTY
OF Olympia.
Superior Judge (Endorsed) . .P. NJ. TROY
commissioner, First District p. J. O'BRIEN
OF Olympia.
Commissioner. Second District .....
N , WILLIAM II. MITCHELL
Of Tumwater.
Assessor. Observation-Disclosures. l.. T. DUVAL
OF Mud Bay.
County Clerk ....................B BUSH BAKER
OF Olympia.
Sheriff THOMAS CONNOLLY
or Olympia.
AuultOr. 1T. T. LANGRIDGE
OF South Bay.
treasurer .-...... FRED schooner
OF Olympia.
County School Superintendent. L. E. GEORGE
OF Olympia.
County Attorney .H0RATIO ALLING
OF Olympia.
surveyor ......FRANK RUTLEDGE