White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-03
First Demo
Rally Draws
Large Crowd
CANDIDATES AND ISSUES OF PRE-
SENT CAMPAIGN DISCUSSED
BY SPEAKERS

The first Democratic rally ever held
in this community was greeted Thurs
day evening of last week by capacity
crowd of several hundred, all seats in
the high school auditorium being
filled and many of the audience stand
ing in the aisles.
I. j. Griner, former state horticul-
turist, of Yakima, addressed the au-
dience briefly, discussing the problems
of the state at the present time He
declared that for the best interests OF
the people, Clarence D. Martin should
be elected governor.
P. A. Combelic discussed the issues
of the present presidential campaign
briefly, pointing out the advantages OF
the Democratic platform. He stressed
the tariff issue, declaring that the
only hope for better farm prices was
q tearing down of the high tariff bar
riers and the substitution of a tariff
that, while protecting American in
dustries, would return this country's
foreign trade to it's former proportions
Pointing out the need for a county
commissioner who would give this
county more economical administra-
ton, Ted Flesher, Kennewick, president
of the Young Mems Democratic Club,
advocated the election of Jay Perry
as commissioner from the third dis
trict: He stated that he had studied
the records at Prosser of the present
commissioner and that he had discov-
cred discrepancies between that record
and the claims made by Mr.. Hughes.
Mr.. Perry, he said, would give the
county the type of service needed and
would save the county large sums in
the administration of that office.
Declaring that 'The Democratic
candidate for the presidency offers the
only hope to the people of this coun-
try that conditions will improve G..
F. McAuley, Yakima attorney, IN the
principal speech of the evening" dis
cussed the problems confronting the
United States at this time and the
means of combating them. Mr.. Nc
Auley has long been prominent among
Democrats of this state and his adj
dress at this meeting was said to be
one of the finest heard in this COM
munity.
He commended that the depression,
while being international in aspect, had
been intensified in this country by
the Presidents refusal to recognize it,
his continued assertion that prosper
ity is just around the corner" and his
indecisive methods of combating it
when he was finally forced to meet the
issue.
eve must restore our trade with
foreign nations" Mr.. McAuley stated,
"and the two ways in which this can
be done may be found in the platform
of Franklin D. Roosevelt-the lowering
of tariff bars to a moderate level and
the calling of an international econ
omic conference designed to restore in
ternational trade and facilitate ex-
change"
Mr.. McAuley stated that local gov
eminent should also receive great at
tention this year, and that the Demo-
cratic candidates for county and state
offices should be elected if the people
wish to have an efficient administra-
ton for the next four years.
Other speakers of the evening were
Jay Perry, Kennewick, candidate for
county commissioner from the third
district, E. r. Griner and r. w. Mac
Donnel of Hanford. The meeting was
in charge of c.. R. Chase, precinct
committeeman of White Bluffs.
The White Bluffs Band, under the
direction of F.. A. English, entertained
the audience with number of de-
lightful selections prior to the opening
of the meeting.