East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-17

hSSliib W oruer ana without any de-
lay began the business of the session.
Mr.. Stillman was chosen temporary
of the convention and C. p.
Strain temporary secretary.
The following committees were i'm
mediately appointed after which the
meeting adjourned until o'clock this
afternoon.
Committees Named.
The committee on credentials was
composed of five members as fol-
lows: Joe n. Scott, chairman; H. j..
Taylor, John F. Hill, Thomas Camp
bell and S. S. Darnell.
Committee on platform. seven mem
bers as follows: ]. T. Lieuallen.
chairman; ]. Clodius, R. F. Johnson,
A. S. Pearson, David Taylor, NJ. L..
Morrison and T. G. HALEY.
The committee on permanent or
ganization and order of business was
composed of five members as follows:
r. j. Slater, chairman; A. w. Nye,
John Roach, d. Turner and James
Johns.
composed of the following five mem
bers of the convention: Walter NJ
Pierce, chairman; G. A. Hartman, W.
P. Leach, A. S. Pearson and David
Taylor.
The meeting then adjourned until
o'clock. In the meantime the vari-
Gus committees met to consider mat
ters coming before them.
There was unusual enthusiasm over
the meeting and voters from all parts
of the county expressed their indorse-
ment of the method pursued by the
central committee to start the cam
paign in motion. Letters had been re-
ceived by Chairman Stillman from
democratic leaders in different parts
of the state heartily commencing the
course, and the work of the meeting
was prosecuted with vigor.
Every voting precinct in the county
was represented in the assembly at
the forenoon session and a large num-
ber came in from different precincts
on the afternoon trains.
Afternoon Session.
Immediately upon assembling after
noon the mass meeting got down to
the actual work before 1t. A large
delegation came down on the o. r. &
n. mixed train and the theater was
filled with enthusiastic voters when
the session was called to order.
VIII NJ. Peterson, of Athena, was
chosen as permanent chairman and
{. p. Strain as permanent secretary.
After the reports of the committees
on credentials and order Of business
were received the committee on reso-
lutions submitted the following re
port, which was adopted unanimously:
Resolutions.
We, your committee on resolutions.
report as follows:
Resolved, That this assemblage of
democrats of Umatilla county most
heartily endorse the clean. straight
forward, business administration of
oregon's most popular executive,
Honorable George E. Chamberlain.
Endorsed Gearin.
Resolved, That this assemblage of
democrats of Umatilla county congrat-
ulate the Hon. John NJ. Gearin. Unit
ed States senator, for his stand and
vote against the ship subsidy graft.
and his very earnest work in behalf
of securing appropriations for OPEN
ing the Columbia river. That we fur
ther congratulate him upon his as
sisting the enactment of an effective
rate regulation law.
Resolved That we deplore the fact
that the great state of Oregon is now
without representation in the lower
house of congress.
Resolved, That democratic candi-
dates for legislature be instructed to
oppose any increase in the salaries of
officers.
State Assembly Suggested.
Whereas, the democrats of the state
of Oregon should meet for the consid-
Grafton of the interests of the entire
party Of the state, in substantially the
same way and for the same purpose
that we are assembled here today;
and,