Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-18
rs THE CALLING OF THE PROPOSED COUNTY ASSEMBLY



the Direct Primary called
Assembly o make ticket
opinion Republicans
further enangemn for the Oregon the decree
faction
be defeated driven
this harmonzing uniting Republican
unity possible
wn Of the majority expressed in the enacted by the
The meeting of the Marion County Republican Committee was
Salem Saturday decided Assembly
ticket the and to elect delegates State Assembly make
press
The Statesman gave but inches of space and the Ore
ignored the Salem meeting Saturday entirely.
Marion county mentioned for county cekNIcKn
Gehlar and Allen.
ca nominated Assembly.
All nomination
one before county Assembly for nomina
ton, the other cannot well before the people
Those before the Assembly for nomination Dudiate the
mated o
Candidates must then oose before the people under the Direct
o fl.
noticeable fact that only candidate
at the meeting Saturday and endorsed the Assembly
Others called for themselves.
Primary
county machine
ito
This has been shown repeatedly the effor City Chairman
to dictate appointments to the City Council
The National Machine tried override the will
dictate who should United States
the struggle for machine rule in the of the Republican
proportion or County Machine or Ma
chine dictate the made ephers political
game
This is especially true of the Legislative ticket
the
ator il party executive committee dictate
people.
It Of the reaction
as mass meetings are to be held in each precinct to select delegates
BILE to the managers and not to the electorate
necessary
But people county county and 1ogis
tive tickets and have learned how to select candidates the primary
This attempt do for them and take that
dictate to them by fashioned delegate assembly.
That IS wi the Assem- bly, means and moth else.
The people the county including the officials
themselves all who do business at the house
The people have considering
for county officials and who they do
They good
They do not need any assembly to
Commissioner
yet be
people thinking ticket
forgotten Geer first ap
commission draft direct primary law
the legislature it was then enacted by the people
i Republican that enacted the Direct Primary
executive committee mostly Republicans the head of which
Republican legislature has been
willing to repeal that law or even amend that this
history before us the suppo Of the pnpes
underlying the Direct Primary political
which all voters take a
The right ea assemblies questioned right
to cal an Assembly convention party
tion of the Direct Primary
committee were elected under
@ law % and @ h"6 they stated 70 the people that they would the
elected and many came from precincts unanimously
granted by the law and the County Chair
has legal meeting provide for
All these County committee In
the attitude violating OF law
II claimed that the people in precinct to
select the delegates the
believe IN the Direct Primary
participating proceedings
The old machine Portland the people ever get
chance he win break the whole loading
The people With high taxes outrageous commissions
pluEdering me OF legsI
That machine andc
the accumulation corrup
un without winch me machine cannot do business and remain in
The people determined to break condition
the OF their
parasites OficiaIsm.
Under the Direct Primary they and
legislature who