Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-07-30
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With a fair sized attendance of
Prohibitionists from all portions Of
the county and with several outside
workers present, the mass convention
of the Prohibition party for Folk
county was held at the court house
in Dallas on Friday, July 26, ana
candidates for county offices and for
! joint representative were named. The
| convention was also a joint convcn-
tion for the counties of Polk and
Lincoln. Complete organization of
the party in Polk county was also
affected, chairman, secretary treas
urer and committeeman from several
precincts being appointed.
"Out to Win" Campaign.
"Out to Win" was adopted a. the
battle cry of the party for the COM
ing campaign and considerable en-
thusiasm was apparent from those in
attendance. Among the features of
the effort will be an automobile
campaign" the first of which will be
held on Monday, August 10, at which
time candidates for the county Of
fees and o. A. Stillman, of Salem,
candidate for congress from the
First district and b. Lee Paget, Of
Portland, candidate for United States
senator will accompany the automo-
bile and give speeches. On this trip
West Salem, Mccoy, Ballston, Dallas,
Monmouth, Independence ard Falls
City will be visited, the meeting at
the latter point will be at night.
Airlie and Buena Vista will be visit
ed in the forenoon by another party
Resolutions Adopted
The committee on resolutions and
platform which reported at the after
noon session of the convention, sub
mitted the following resolutions which
were unanimously adopted:
The Prohibition party Of Polk
county, Oregon, in convention assem-
bled in Dallas on the 26th day of
July, 1912, hereby
Resolve, That we give our hearty
endorsement to the state and Nation
al platform of the Prohibition party.
and pledge our hearty support to the
"Out-tO-Win" campaign of 1912 for
nation, state, district and local Off
ces
We invite the cooperation cf all
citizens who believe in the destruct-
ion of the liquor traffic and the en-
actment of progressive measures. /
And call attention to the fact that in
this county. the number Of votes cast
for the Prohibition amendment in .
1910 would be more than sufficient
to elect every candidate on our
county ticket
County Organization.
The complete county organization I
as agreed to by the convention. is as
follows:
County chairman. d. NJ Metzger. +.
Dallas
First vice chairman. Peter Eurrc. /
Independence.
Second vice chairman. IT, =. Barn .
hart. Falls City.
Secretary, II. H. DunkeIberger. /
Dallas.
Treasurer. A. G. Rempsl. Dallas. I
Committeeman: Douglass precinct /
No. /. F. Talbot: Jackson precinct .
No. 2. vacant: Salt Lake precinct No. .
3. Jacob H. Rempel. Dallas: Spring
Valley precinct No. 4. ID. r. Bubble r
Salem. r. !; Eola precinct No ?. J. .
W. De Leop. Salem. r. 2; Ricireail .
precinct No. s. J. Ray Fawk I.Ick- .
itdils 0oulu ifiAf IftIlAetlIt- lFitlNHA j
No. Z. Isaac r. Gillian. Indepsnd- I
ence: South Monmouth precinct No. .
s. W. a. Guefroy. Monmouth. Buena I
Vista precinct No. 2. Joseph X. Neal.
Buena Vista; Suver precinct No 90. .
vacant. LuckAmute precinct No. 10. .
Henry J. Peavey. Airlie; Bridgeport
precinct No. y. Edward r. Lee. Dali
las; Southeast Dallas precinct 80 %. .
J. r. Holman. Dallas. Mccoy pre-
cinct No. IL. Porlonz0 g.. Sears. Mc-
Coy. South Dallas precinct No. 15.
George II. Coy. Dallas North Inde-
pendence precinct No. 1s. Cyrus s.
Rockwell. Independence. North Dali
las precinct No "a. Chester r. Gates.
Dallas. Black Rock precinct No. Is.
vacant. Pedee precinct No -. va
can't. North Monmouth precinct No
%. Wm. p. Fisher. Monmouth. North
Fails City precinct No. q. Pred M
Fails City. south Fails City
precinct No. p. I'd. A sayres. Pals h