The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-07

ED lsIELLIGEycER:-Cn SATURDAY
last 10th parties held their precinc.
meetings for the purpose Of elec'lng
delegate. 20 their r-pec,i.e county
conventions
The Democrats met At Fowler's Hall
1t ?. n The meeting being called
20 order. A d. Hill VAS made Chair
man. aud f. A Learned. Secretary Of
the meeting.
A resolution was adopted endorsing
the platform Of the ST. Louis Couven-
ton.
Chas. Eisenbeis. F. NJ. Pettygrovc.
John Shean and A. ID. Hill were elected,
by acclamaiiou. as delegates TO the
county convention.
No interest whatever was manifested
by the very few who were in attend
ance, with the exception Of young
member OF the bar" vino monopolized
the occasion TO air his orAtorical talent;
making motions and arguing both
sides of the Qecstion, in want of an op
ponent, gesticulatiug wildly, and vocif-
Grating In stentorian tones, which caused
the windows and doorway TO be filled
with the heads of small boys peepipg
in, anxious to learn the cause Of the up
roar. The speech being made NJ most
ly of the words whereas" therefore.
and I'VE attorneys" it became some
what monotonous 10 the multitude.
Finally motion was made to adjourn.
and young Cicero. breathless. dropped
into a seat with thud like the falling
hammer of pile driver.
AHA. u the Republicans met at
the old Court House. and were called to
order in neat little speech by the
Hon c. n. Bradshaw. Judge Briggs
was called to the chair, and Ned Brown
elected Secretary of the meeting
Nominations for delegates to the
in order, the fun began The meeting
was made up of two factions, known as
the Custom house Ring" under the
manage ment Of Collector Webster and
DR.. Minor; and the Opposition"
under the leadership of Mayor Van
bokkelin and G. NJ. Bradshaw.
Both factions had their forces
we'll organized and ready for the contest.
After q little sparring it was decided 10
vote by ballot, and DR.. Minor. Of the
Custom House Ring" was put in NOM
nation against David Spose, Of the
Opposition" The leaders stationed
themselves on either side Of the table
where the tally-men sat. determined
that the dear people" should submit to
no ''shenanigan' from their adverse
ries. The Custom House employees
clerks. boatmen and scavengers marched
in solid phalanx, and voted for their
bread and butter" Next in the pro-
cession came the employees and men
from the hospital who all voted the
Custom House" ticket, solid; even poor
old Charley Young, who was pardoned
out of the penitentiary few weeks ago.
aud admitted to the hospital dying, from
a cancer on his fac: had dragged himself
To the meeting. and had ticket with
DIR. Minors name on it. showed into his
hand by one OF the custom house Off
Gals. The vote being counted, it stood
DR.. Minor, "a; Spore, Is. This result
caused the opposition" to weaken, and
some went home mad. The next can
dida.es were c. NJ Bradshaw against
Mr.. Learned, of the custom-house ring,
which resulted in just "a votes for
Learned, and Bradshaw was handsomely
beaten. This completed the utter rout
Of tbs opposition, and the remainder
Of the delegates, strange to say, were
elcetei by just twenty.four votes each.
The heeting adjourned, and the oppo-
| siti07 vanished like the baseless tibric
Of horrid night-ma the Hospital
nl<1,all foreigner. nearly, climbed the
| - and crswled into their little hunks,
d,tating. doubtless, upon the mystic
Als glory of American freedom and
ID pital. The custom house bows
wsfe happy. and hurried home to tell
Itheir wives the good -news-with the
assurance that their bread and butter
was secured for little while longer
rejoicing in their hearts that they had
again exercised the glorious privilege
Of American citizenship--the right of
free and Independents suffrage - and
while tossing their Httle ones upon
their knees. taught to them the story of
G. w. and his little Ratchet! Next
moraing the irrepressible can of the
Opposition" was again upon the war.
| path. but the GUSTAV house was satisfied
/ with the victory; no resentment was of
fered and harmony again soon pre-
vailed. To-day everything has as
sumed its wonted loneliness and the
domestic waterfowl is suspended from
/ an elevated altitude.