The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-07-21
REPUBLICANS
HOLD ASSEMBLY
ALL PRECINCTS REPRESENTED
Platform Adopted, State Assembly Dele
gates Selected and County Candi-
dates Recommended.

met in the Odd Fellows Hall
Saturday afternoon for the Republican
county assembly and besides adopting
a platform and selecting delegates to
represent Hood River county in the
State Republican assembly to be held
in Portland today, candidates for the
various county offices were recon-
mended.
OF the n delegates there were 81
present to answer roll call which fol-
lowed the report of the credentials
committee made up of j. H. Shoe
maker, w. l.. Carnes and A. M. Kel-
ley. Every precinct was represented
and Baldwin precinct from the upper
valley was the only section from which
all the members answered ''present"
to roll call. The delegates who were
named the latter part of last week to
represent Falls precinct at Cascade
Locks were: A. r. Graham, A. w.
Meyers, J. F. Hendricks, Roy Gra-
ham, c. Wallace and A. 0. Adams.
AS A. r. Graham was the only dele
gate from the distant precinct who
was able to attend, j. p. Lucas who
was present from that precinct was
given vote in the assembly to help
his precinct.
The delegates and spectators showed
a great deal of interest in the assem-
by which was the first time the Repub-
leans of Hood River county had met
together. The meeting was harmoni-
Gus and, while there was rivalry to get
the recommendation of the assembly
for the offices of County Judge, Com
Sheriff and Clerk, the
present seemed to be en-
thusiastic over the prospect of uniting
the party through the medium of the
The delegates were called
to order shortly past two O'Clock by
County Chairman Chris Dethman and
Hon. E. l.. Smith, ex-speaker of the
House of Representatives, who has
been mentioned favorably as candi-
date for Governor, was elected as the
permanent chairman of the assembly.
P. s. Davidson was elected secretary
Chairman Smith appointed the COM
mttees on credentials, order of busi-
ness and resolutions after which a re-
cess of 20 minutes was taken in order
to give the committees an opportunity
to meet. After the report of the Gre
jentials committee, the committee on
order of business composed of M. P.
Isenberg, j. L. Carter, G. D. Thomp-
son, G. R. Castner, A. r. Graham,
H. S. Galligan and E. G. Miller re-
ported and their report was adopted
with the exception that the report OF
the resolutions committee was to come
before the selection of delegates and
candidates in order that the assembly
could go on record, for the principles
in favor of which the men chosen
would be expected to stand. The com
mittee on resolutions was A. A. Jayne,
Newton Clark, Chris Dethman, Rev.
j. G. Tate and Rev. j. l.. Hershner.
At the roll call of delegates the fol-
lowing numbers were present from the
various precincts: West Hood River,
IL; East Hood River, l2;, South
Hood River, 8; Odell, 3; Baldwin, 8;
Falls, l; Hood River Center, Is.
The report of the committee on re-
solutions was read by Rev. j. G.
Tate and was adopted as whole. The
platform which covers a number OF
points of vital interest to the citizens
of Hood River county is printed below
in full.
In the selection of delegates to the
state assembly each precinct was
allowed a certain number of repre-
sentatlves and the precinct delegates
selected their men to go to the Port.
land meeting. The delegates are rep
resentative citizens and Republicans
who can be depended upon to act fol
the best interests of the party and Of
Hood River County in the state assem-
bly,. Those selected were: Baldwin
A. M. Kelley, G. ", Dimmick; Falls
A. r. Graham; Cuau-W. l.. Carnes
East Hood River Chris Dethman, j
l.. Carter, Sam G. Campbell; South
Hood River-C. D. Thompson, j. G.
Tate; West Hood River-D. Me
Donald. A. A. Jayne, Charles T
Early; Hood River Center-N. c.
Evans, George D. Hacsall, T. j.
Cunning.
After the selection of the delegates
to the state assembly the same dele.
gates were authorized to act as dele
gates to the congressional, legislative
and judicial district assemblies which
will probably be held in Portland al
the same time as the state assebmly
After the selection of the delegates
nominations of the candidates to be re-
commended for the county Offices were
called for. Frank Chandler and San
G. Campbell were appointed as tellers
to distribute and count the ballots.
When the nominations for County
Judge were called for Hans Lage
nominated Lawrence Blowers, j. G.
Tate nominated Newton Clark and j.
L. Carter placed G. X. Castner in
nomination. The delegates balloted
up on the nominees with the follow
ing result which gave the rceommen-
dation to Mr.. Clark: Clark 36, Blowers
Ia, Castner Ia.
When the nominations were called
for for two County Commissioners there
was a brief discussion as to whether
the recommendations should be made
for the two year and four year
terms. 1t was decided to recommend
two candidates and not distinguish
which terms they were to run for. The
were G. A. McCurdy, II.
S. Galligan, Chris Dethman, 0. II.
Rhoades and A. M. Kelley. Mr..
Dethman declined the nomination and
the ballot resulted in the nomination
of Mesrss. McCurdy and Galligan
as follows: McCurdy, 55; Galligan,
38; Kelley, "a; Rhoades, 10; Deth-
man, !,
When nominations were called for
for sheriff, G. w. Dimmick Frank
Chandler and G. X. Castner were
placed before the assembly. The last
two named had not been known as
for that offices but the
result of the vote showed that Mr..
Castner was favored for that office.
The vote was: Castner SO; Dimmick
%; Chandler, 8.
The warmest contest of the assembly
came with the choice of the candidate
who was to receive the recommends
tion of the assemhv for the office of