The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22
DEMOCRATIC co. CONVENTION
Met At Wenatchee Last Saturday
mended Administration Of ROOse-
Veit and Adopted lO-
cal Option
Law

R. w. Starr, of Chelan, was elected
temporary chairman, and our fellow
townsman Guy Hamilton was honored
by being elected secretary.
After the appointing Of credentials
organization and resolutions commit
tees the convention adjourned for one
hour. On reassembling the report o
the committee on credentials wa:
adopted, as was also the report Of the
committee on permanent organization
that the temporary organization be
made permanent.
When the report of the committee
on resolutions was made, the motion
to adopt was amended by moving to
strike out the local option plank. After
considerable discussion the amendment
was lost by 20 for to "a against.
{he Leavenworth delegation voted fol
the adoption OF the amendment. The
following resolutions were then adopted.
We, the democrats of Chelan county,
Washington in convention assembled,
hereby re-afirm our answering al
legiance to the leadership of Hon.
William Jennings Bryan, and recog-
nize in him an able and fearless ad-
vocate of the rights Of the people.
We most heartily endorse him for the
presidency, and hereby instruct our
delegates to the state convention to
use all honorable methods to procure
an instructed delegation from the state
of Washington to the National Demo
cratic Convention for him for President.
We believe much good has come
from the administration of President
Roosevelt, and we commend him for
his course in placing before the Ameri-
can people the numerous principles
now advocated by him and declared in
the Democratic platforms Of 1896 and
1900.
We commend the administration oi
our democratic county officials, and we
ask the voters to look back to the or
ganization of Chelan county and see
if they can deny that every democrat
who ever held Office in Chelan county
discharged his duty fearlessly, con-
scientiously and efficiently.
We believe in self government, and
to that end we favor the enactment
OF law whereby the county COM
missioners from each district will be
elected by the people of the district
for which the commissioner is selected
to serve.
We believe in frequent recurrence
to fundamental principles one of which
is, That just governments derive
their power from the consent OF the
governed" and That all power re-
sides with all the people," We
heartily eudorse the direct
primary law. We believe it should be
given a fair and impartial trial and
wherever defects may be discovered
they should be remedied by future
legislatures until the law becomes per
feet in detail as well as in principle.
We especially endorse the non-parti-
san judiciary feature Of this law and be-
lieve its spirit as we'll as its letter
should be obeyed. We interpret the
spirit Of the law as meaning that Sup
erior Court and Supreme Court judges
shall be selected by all the voters re-
gardless of political affiliations of the
candidates, to the end that when cleo
ted judges will not owe their position
on the bench to any political party
machine, combination or interest, but
will be responsible for their conduc'
to no earthly power, save and excep'
the righteous judgement OF all the
people and their own consciences.
We demand the repeal Of the pres
ent road law, and recommend the enact
ment of a new law, outside of incorpo-
rated towns and cities, whereby the
taxpayers will have the option Of pay
ing the road tax in money or in per
forming labor upon the county roads
At the same time we recommend tha
good wagon roads and bridges bt
built in such places as the develop
ment and interests Of the county de
mand to as great an extent as reason
able expenditure of public money vii
permit; discretion always being exer
cised in order that taxes may not b.
excessive.
We condemn the present board o
county commissioners for their actioi
in attempting to deprive the sheriff
Office of necessary deputy help, appar
emily for no other reason than that tn
sheriff is a democrat, while all othe
county officers are provided with ampl
help at the expense Of the county.
We favor the enactment OF a loci
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