The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-29
COMMITTEE ISSUES
STATEMENT
Reasons Given for Seating
in Convention Delegates
to Be Elected Tonight.

DESTROYS of having a full and rep
resentative vote at the republican
primaries, efforts were made to as
certain when the primaries were to
be held.
Those whose duty it was to call
the primaries gave evasive answers.
Then when many of the active work
ers We're out of town they issued
the call on short notice. Pre-
vious to the caucus still hut was
made for men who were in favor of
west side man for senator, and up
on the holding of said caucuses
which were attended by less than a
dozen in both places, the previously
prepared list of delegates was rail-
roaded through.
They also added to their ticket a
more representative list of delegates
who, however, were named as a
dummy" list, as was shown by their
advisory ballot.
On Saturday three of the proposed
delegates acting as judges presided
over the election and refused to per-
NIT qualified republican electors to
vote. One of the grounds was that
said electors were not registered.
The judges also secured the regis
tration books and the city clerk re-
fused to register, claiming that the
books were closed, Notwithstanding
that the law requires that ten days
notice be given before said books
shall be closed, which notice was not
given. When one of the voters Of
fered to vote a different ticket from
that provided by the judges Of cleo
ton, one of the judges laid down
on the ballot box.
To these unwarranted proceed
ings a protest was made. This pro-
test only asked for a fair field and
ma favOrs. Being informed that
those who conducted the election
were willing to meet the protestants
committee was appointed for the
purpose of geeting together. But
this committee was tacitly informed
that there was nothing to comprom-
Use.
That in view of the foregoing and
desiring to know whether said ac-
tions met with the approval Of the
mass of the republican party, the
protestants decided to call a mass
meeting to consider the matter and
these meetings will be held tonight
at 8 o'clock as per notice and call
published elsewhere.
BY reason of this the following
is set out as some of the reasons
why other delegates than those Sc
lected Saturday should be seated in
the convention:
That all republican electors were
not allowed to vote in the Saturday
primary unless both registered and
willing to use the previously pre-
pared ticket.
That the registration books were
arbitrarily and unlawfully closed.
the necessary ten days notice not
having been given for the closing or
said books.
The alleged primary was not held
under the primary election law, ana
therefore the customs Of the repub-
lican party should have controlled
the procedure of that primary.
If the alleged primary had been
conducted fairly under the premises
the judges of election would not
have been the leaders on the ticket
that was being voted upon. They
should not have been Judge and jury
of their own case.
The only ticket recognized by the
judges of election was the one which
was previously prepared by one of
those judges after assuring himself
that all on that ticket were opposed
to a contain senatorial candidate
and that that was the only qualifi-
cation which influenced the selection
of the ticket.
We condemn the highly apparent
move made to annul the effect OF
the direct primary law.
We hold that the majority Of the
party should control and not the
majority Of the self-constituted
bosses.
We believe in making the county
central committee more representa-
tive.
That the delegation seated in the
Saturday convention will determine
the control of the republican party
in the county for the next two years
and we want that control to be fair
and to recognize all republicans re.
gardless Of whom they prefer for q.
s. senator.