East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-01

IL be an office to be voted for in the
state at large, the necessary number
of signers shall include electors re-
siding in each of at least one-tenth
Q-10) of the precincts in each of at
least seven counties or the state.
Candidates for congress should have
their petitions signed by electors in
one-tenth U-10) of the precincts in
at least one-fourth 90 of the coun-
ties in the district. The number of
signers required on every such petit
tion shall be at least two per cent of
the party vote in the electoral dis
trict; provided, that the whole num-
ber of Signers required on a nomi
mating petition for any office to be
voted for in the state at large, or in
congressional district, shall not ex-
ceed 500 signeTs.
The law further provides (Section
1850 that all petitions for nomina-
ton to be flied by the state at large
or by any district consisting of more
than one county, and for the office
of circuit judge and district attorney,
shall be file1 with tne secretary of
state not less than twenty (2O) days
hefore the date of the primary NOM
mating election; and that petitions
for offices to be voted for in one
county only shall be filed with the
county clerk not less than fifteen
days before the date of the primary
nominating election.
1 have faithfully served as your
chairman for four years. This is
long enough for any one man to hold
this position, and 1 respectfully re-
quest and humbly beg the central
committeeman to elect some one else
as my successor and measurably re-
lieve me of the responsibility of the
coming campaign. 1 am too busy
with professional duties to take the
active part which this campaign will
require of the chairman and 1 now
respectfully tender my resignation. In
my opinion the central committee
men should meet at once, accept my
resignation, and elect someone else.
Please look after this matter. 1 pre-
dict that the political battle of this
year will be fiercer and harder
fought than any one since the mem
orabe campaign of 1896. The po-
litical heavens are all aflame and it
certainly behooves the democratic
party to select as its candidates its
very best men. This is not only true
of candidates for president and vice
president, but of all other candidates
| There will perhaps be more independ-
ent voting this year than ever before.
Electors are going to vote for men
for principle, and without much re-
gard for partisan politics.
The democratic party is no longer
/ dismembered, disrupted and flagel-
| lated. The people have now fully
realized that it was purely economic
conditions, and not the democratic
party that brought about the hard
| times of 1892, 1895, 1894 ana 1895.
We now have democratic governors
in twenty-four (24) states and ma
/ jority in congressional delegat .ons of
/ twenty-five (22) states. Therefore it
/ is plain to be seen that the democrat
| is party is stronger ana more formid-
| able than it has been since 1892. Its
! success depends largely upon its
leaders and its principals-both must
be "safe and sane"
With the hope that the democrats
! of Umatilla county will take an ac-
! tive part in this campaign, elect
! some active member as my successor,
| and that we will be able to celebrate
| a magnificent victory-national, state
and county-this year, 1 am,
| Sincerely yours,
WILL NJ. PETERSON,
| Chairman.