The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-28
TESTIMONY AS It FLIES
ABOUT THE CITY
AN oNLOoKER AT MONDAYS
CONVENTION ADDS VERY
PECULIAR DETAILS.

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Astoria, Oct ~, 1905
Editor Astorian: Since was 3
boy was taught that al men were
created equal and endowed with
certain inaiienable rights. Ny mind
has been disabuscd ci the truth of
that fundamental principle BY IT
tending Tony Smiths runp conven-
tion held III Logan's hall on Monday
evening. was surprised to see 90
large conclave of business men and
20 representative an element Of the
best citizens of Astoria, There we're
Democrats, who had REGISTERED as
Republicans, Tony Smith, and Re-
publicans who registered properly,
but who were the iiduciary agents Of
Tony a number Of Civic Impfovers
and several politicians. II was :
comedy farce, 10 four acts. Pursuant
10 d slate pnt up III she Office of Al.
NJ. Smith on Monday afternoon, the
faithful and the unregencSate filed
the hail 10 oyerRowing that il, II
the vote pplIed is any indication, and
pursuant 10 pre-arranged plans, DR..
Alfred Kinney called the meeting to
order and Tony moved that he be
elected chairman. You never saw )
more surprised man that Doc at
the unexpected honor heaped upon
him by a 'non-partisan convention
Then Tony made motion-in fact,
he made nearly all the motions Che
was the whole cheesel, that COM
mittee Of three be appointed on Or
der Of business and 4 committee of
three on platform.
The doctor was again surprised
and didn't hardly know who to ap-
point-although he had the names
on a slip 81 paper before him. The
committees suggested by Tony were
duly appointed and retired for de.
liberation and shortly reported and
the reports were adopted. The plan
was TO leave the nomination for
mayor to the last, as there were too
many Republicans III the hall and Il
might spoil the slate' A few hand
outs were given Of unimportant of
fees 10 the Republicans, the Demo
Gratis keeping al the paying Offices.
to themselves, which Is characteristic
of all Citizens conventions.
"The various wards were then di-
vided of and went into sepa-
rate conventions. | attended the
Second ward. and stood at the
door. There were just 6l voters in
the room. A prominent man attempt
ed to call the meeting to order but
Tony slipped out and brought in
cd 70 call the meeting TO order bus
Doc and he did the business. The
Democratic incubator got to work as
soonas The ballots were passed around
and returned good interest on the
investment. Out Of 81 members pres
ent 265 votes were cast, OF course
il was impossible to get that NUM-
Der Of men in the ante-room, but
the vote were there, because Doc an
nounced the result, | only voted one
ballot, but man that stood along
side Of me put in 20, and an Astor
street saloonkeeper put in 6 They
were Democrats and | was after
wards informed that voting I'M
banches was characteristic Of the
Democratic party, ] believe it, now,
from occular demonstration
"After the four ward hascos we're
completed, a large number Of Repub-
iicans left the hall. Tony sent me
and another politician around the
hall to see how things looked. Up
to 4 o'clock he was a Bergman man
and d candidate for police commits
sioner Someone put him next, that
the police commission was to be
abolished and not having held Office
for over six months, he was per
suaded. much against his will--so he
says-to run for mayor, He had
promised Ike to stay with him until
the roof caved in. He nominated Ike
but had his agents distributed
through the hall with a pocket full
OF small, white ballots, and judging
from the size Of the vote, there were
very few left, There were just 200
people IN the hall when the vote was
taken and there we're Ssl votes cast
This is what ! prominent man told
me- With Democratic simplicity
Three men III the back part Of the
hall cast majority Of these ballots
for Tony
When the vote was announced