The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-11-29
WEDNESDAY. nov. %. 1905.
CALL IT PEOPLES TICKET.
The Platform ~ Adopted Declares
for Municipal Ownership Of
Yakima's Water Supply.
THE PEOPLES TICKET.


i Councilmen:-- +
+ At large. "A. q. Marsh =
i Second Ward. =. H. H. SchOtt +
:. Fourth Ward. Phil. Armbruster I.
I. Sixth Ward. -. -. e. o. keck +
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The above ticket was nominated
at convention held in the city hall
last Friday night, November Gath.
Those who ran the machinery of this
convention were practically the same
crowd which met week before and
nominated what is known as "The
Business Mems Ticket" Attorney
w. M. Thompson was the chief figure
in the former convention, which was
not conducted according to Roberts
rules of order, and consequently
many of those who were present at
the time and really were in sympa-
thy with the principles which Thomp-
sons convention stood for, could not
stand for the way things were car
ried out that night, and have since
expressed their disapproval. In fact,
such strong pressure was brought to
bear that all of the candidates on
"The Business Mems Ticket" with
drew their names SO that they might
be nominated in decent manner,
and therefore stand better chance
in the election. Six candidates on
the former ticket have been renomi-
mated on the Peoples Ticket, head
ed by Walter ]. Read. There have
been three changes made in the for
mer ticket. H. H. Schott has been
put on in the place of Pat Jordan,
Phillip Armbruster in place Of Jack
Kaufman and e. o. Keck in the place
of Frank Sinclair. The remainder
of the Business Mems Ticket stands
intact, except for the fact that it is
now known as the Peoples Ticket.
There will be no Business Mems"
ticket in the field.
w. M. Thompson was not shut out
of Friday nights convention by any
means. 1t is said that he practi-
cally dictated the platform upon
which the Peoples candidates stand.
He was one Of the three committee
men on platform. The others were
q. Y. Coleman and Ronald Near
thur. The committee appointed on
order of business included l.. H. Lin
barger, Fred Chandler and DIR. r. Te-
treau.
e. J. Barnes called the meeting to
order, and Hon Miles Cannon was
made chairman. Vestal Snyder was
secretary. While the committees
were preparing their reports, re-
marks were INDUCED in by Leigh R.
Freeman. the versatile editor of The
Farm and Home. and also by Vestal
Snyder. These gentlemen both urged
the principles of municipal owner
ship, and liberal city government.
On the strength of the able speeches
by these two prominent citizens, the
convention was stampeded, and a
clause was placed in the platform
favoring the purchase of the water
supply of North Yakima The clause
referred to reads:
I'VE pledge the nominees of this
convention. should they be elected,
to do all In their power to bring this
about, either by purchase OF the plant
or otherwise"
Otherwise" one of the gentlemen
remarked, sis good word to use.
The probabilities are that it will be
otherwise but then 1t will be a
good vote getter. That municipal
ownership is proving a winner all
over the country, and while it isn't
accomplishing anything for the peo-
pie in the cities where it has carried,
it elected Dunno in Chicago, and is
just about to elect Hearst in New
York. 1t certainly gets the vote.