East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-27
PETERSON REELECTED
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
Democratic Local Platform DenounC
es ExtravaganCe; Opposes Rural
Supervision System

At meeting of the recently elected
democratic precinct committeeman
this morning. Will NJ. Peterson was
reelected chairman of the Umatilla
County Democratic Central commit
tee over his own protest and against
his wishes, but he was finally prevail
ed upon to accept. II. J. Tweedy of
this city was chosen as secretary.
Colonel J. H. Raley was named as
state central committeeman, while
Henry ]. Taylor was elected congress
sional committeeman.
A committee was appointed to draw
up a platform of principles, which
was done as follows:
We, the Democratic Central Com
mittee of Umatilla county. state of
oregon, now assembled, do put forth
and declare the following to be the
principles and platform of the demo-
cratic party of Umatilla county, Ore
gon, and hereby pledge our candi-
dates and officials Go the following
principles:
l. We demand the strictest econ
omy in the administration of county
and state affairs and deplore and un-
aterably oppose the present tendency
to increase taxation, and we favor
retrenchment in the public expendi-
lures.
2. We declare our party unalter-
ably opposed to the present system of
school supervisors and recommend
the abolishment of the offices now
known as school supervisor.
3. We denounce and oppose the
past and present extravagant and un-
systematic management of the county
poor farm
4. We oppose and denounce the
present system of county road view
ers and recommend the abolishment
of the present board, aud favor the
appointment of viewers in the vicinity
of the proposed road who are familiar
with the conditions.
5. We oppose the increase in SAL
airy of any public official during the
term of his office.
6. Believing as we do that the State
Aid Road Bill is unfair and unjust,
we declare ourselves unalterably op-
posed thereto. We believe in and
advocate good roads, but further be-
lieve and demand that the supervis-
ion, management and expenditures of
county roads should be exclusively
under county and local control. And
in this connection, we favor a reas-
enable tax upon automobiles, but be-
lieve and demand that such tax
should go to the county where such
tax originates. for the betterment of
county roads in such county.
I. We believe in the equality and
uniformity of all taxation and to this
end and for this reason are unalter-
ably opposed to the so-called Single
Tax.
9. We are opposed to the adoption
of Senate Joint Resolution No. s as
submitted to the people for their ap-
proval or rejection this fall The
amendment of the Constitution as pro-
posed i'm this resolution would pave
the way for taking away from coun-
ties and the school districts within
the counties situated on railroads. all
the revenue of the public service
property of the county, which in this
county would result in a direct loss
OF $3.50 in taxes as often as it would
save 81 in state taxes.
We believe that every county is
entitled to the revenue derived from
taxes upon property situated within
such county, and therefore oppose the
features of Senate Joint Resolution
No. s, for the reason that such reso.
luton provides that all revenues from
public service corporations may be
taken over by the state, thus deprivin9
the counties and the school district:
having railroad mileage, of sucf
revenue.
10. We declare ourselves opposed
to the changes in the judicial system
OF our state, as proposed by the spe
cial commission appointed to conside,
| the same.
Tom Matlock of Heppner visited
with his brothers, Cass and w. F