Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-10-28
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LETTER FROM OLIVER HALL
Without Equivocation States His
Position on Public Questions.


To the Voters of the Eighth Senator
ial District, Whitman County.
| have been nominated by the re-
publicans of the Eighth senatorial
district as their candidate for state
senator. There are many questions
not mentioned in the platform of the
party in which the people are much
! interested, and while it would be a
pleasure to meet you all personally
and discuss these questions / have
thought it best to state plainly in the
public press my position on the lead
ing questions in which the general
public is interested.
am in favor of election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people, therefore, when | filed my
declaration of candidacy l pledged
myself, if elected, to vote for the
party's choice for United States SEN
atOr. If elected a member of the
next state senate | will vote for Miles
PoindeXter.
Much interest seems to be taken in
proposed amendments to the local op-
ton law. | never had any use for
saloon in any form, and never could
see that they were of benefit to the
individual or the community, and L
believe that the people of this coun-
ty should have the opportunity to
decide whether intoxicating liquors
should or should not be sold in the
county; therefore | will vote to
amend the local option law so that
the county will be the unit. Fur
thermore, l will vote dry" when
voting in any district in which may
live, no matter what the size of the
unit may be.
| have been asked my position on
direct legislation--th initiative and
referendum The only way in which
this question can come before theI
next legislature is as a proposed
amendment to the constitution per-
hitting the people to decide at the
next election whether they wish to
adopt the change. | shall vote for
a submission of that question to the
people.
I am opposed to the present state
aid road law.
At the republican convention II
voted to place the selection of SUI
preme court judges under the pri-
mary law. l am still in favor of
selecting supreme court judges under
a similar plan to that by which su-
pertor court judges are selected, and
will SO vote if elected a member of
the senate.
/ have left what seems to me to be
the most important question for the
last. and that is my position in re-
gard to appropriations. 1t is very
aaS% to say, Il am in favor Of smalIerI
appropriations, so that taxes may bel
low err" but the question is how to
obtain results along these lines. II
believe that every candidate from
this county will be in a favor of this, |
but who will be in a position to OBJ |
tain the best results? | think all will
concede that the next state senate |
will be republican, therefore repub-
iicans will be given the best com
mitee assignments, and Will have
molc influence in controlling appro-
prla ions than any democrat could
possibly have.
l have had more experience in leg
IelotiVe bodies than any other man in
Whitman county, and should have
some knowledge of how to get re-
suits.
If there is anything | have not
made plain l hope my attention will
he called to it, as | wish to have the
: me Platform from Uniontown to
III oper, whether it results in my cleo
ton or defeat. OLIVER HALL.