Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-11-16
Another CAUCUS IS CALLED TO
Meet NEXT MONDAY night
Delegate Convention Tue Sday Night
Adopts an Anti-DanCe Hall and
Gambling Platform, and Issues
Call for a Caucus of All Who En-
dOrSe the Platform.

Between 80 and 80 citizens met Tues
day night in ". O. w. nall, some of
whom were delegates from the various
churches, and quite few union men,
acting individually, for the purpose Of
discussing municipal election matters.
While the gathering was not large-the
! impre Ssion having gotten abroad that no
one Int accredited delegates wond be per
mitted to attend-it was plain that a
deep feeling Of anta4onism to the wide
open and delusive platform put forth by
the Ci'izens' caucus prevailed
After an nt-gambing and dance hall
platform was adopted. the convention
voted to call mass caucus OF all quail
fled electors who favor the platform to
meet next Monday evening, at o'clock,
in the council room OF the city hall. The
following is the platform, the endorse
ment OF which is made qualification to
participate in the coming caucus:
believing it the duty which the con-
stituency of every municipality owes to
lis candidates for public Office as we'll as
the duty which such candidates owe to
their constituency, that upon all vital
and economic questions the will Of such
constituency should be known to such
candidates and the purposes Of such can.
didates in relation thereto should be
kDown to their constituency
"Be it therefore resolved by this con-
vention as follows:
1st. "That the condition of our city,
morally, is such AS to endanger our in
stitutions of home, OF learning and of
labor, and we demand, and each and
every candidate by us nominated shall
he deemed pledged to that suppression
of immortality in this city, and particu.
larly Of the following, to-wit:
"We demand that all laws relating to
the employment of females in places
where liquors are sold, be enforced.
"We demand that all ordinances au.
thorizing dance halls be repealed, and
that all dance halls be closed indefinitely
eve demand that all gambling within
the city be suppressed.
"We demand that the law in relation to
minors entering saloons and dance halls
be enforced, and particularly do we de.
mand that an ordinance be passed pro.
hibiting news boys and messenger boys
(other than telegraph or telephone) from
entering saloons and dance halls.
Al. II. Il
men living off the earning of fallen
women be rigidly enforced to the end
and that all pimps shall be forced cut of
the city or to an abandonment of their
evil practices.
We demand rigid enforcement of the
law against landlords who rent property
to prostitutes or for the purpose of pros.
titution.
2. Be it further resolved that the
financial condition OF our city is such as
to demand most rigid economy of the
resources of the city, and the future well
welfare of the city demands that taxa.
ton shall be steadily but surely reduced
and we pledge the candidates selected by
this convention and the candidates OF
this convention by their acceptance of
our nomination shall stand pledged to a
rigid economy of the finances OF the city
to the end aboye designated.
3. We demand the adoption and en-
fofcement of the eight hour law on all
city contracts.
i. We demand the opening of public
highway in this city connecting the
streets of the city with the county road
leading to Montesano and that such
highway receive the immediate attention
and action OF the city council of thi.
city.
5. We demand that the North Aber-
deem bridge be maintained as a public
highway.
6. We favor the advancement of the
City OF Aberdeen to city OF the Second
Glass.
Z. We demand that the city council
enact a milk and food inspection ordin-
nance and that it be rigidly enforced.
Z. We favor the holding of public
meetings to consider, and the employ
ment of all lawful means looking 20 the
deepening of the channel to the sea.
9. And be it further resolved that this
convention be adjourned to meet as
mass convention in the city council
chambers on Monday, Nov. 20, 1905 at
the hour OF Eight (S) o'clock p. NJ and
that all electors of the City OF Aberdeen
who believe in and can stand on the
platform or propositions herein enuuc' at
ed be and they are invited to meet and
participate in such mass convention in
it's nomination of officers to be voted for
the coming ele .tion.
10. Resolved that the name OF the
ticket to be nominated shall be the
"Law and Order" ticket.
J.C. Cross,