The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-17
DENOCRATIC TERRBTORIAL
CONVENTION.

Chairman, j Is Reaves, OF toideSdaIe.
Secretary. ard G ID Emery. Of Seattle,
Assistant Secretary.
Committees on credentials ard order
/ of business were appointed, and
| their reports received 50 due time. after
which the Consention settled down TO
| the real work Of the occasion.
Mr. White. Of King county. read the
/ following resoluiioss. which were
F.. adopted amid much enthu-iasm:
Resolced, That ve endorse the noni-
Sasinn of the soldier VIM
/ feld scot. Hancock. and his worthy
compeer. w II English. their letters OF
acceptance. and the platform OF the
Convention which nominated them.
2d-We are in favor of . speedy ed-
mission Of the Tssritory Of WssbiDgtsn
into the Union ~ State. and to that
end we will Lend our united eforts.
3d-we are opposed 10 the present
policy in the management Of indian
tribes which has been forced upon the
country by the Rspublican party. and
our Delegate in Congress 10 especially
instructed to use h,s influesce to change
this policy for the better.
soxISaTfoSs
Clark. OF Thurtton county. presented
Judge Thos Burke OF Seattle 40 Dsle-
gate to Congress. The nomination was
warmly seconded by White Of Seattle
and Cation Of Wslla Walla. No other
names were presented. and Mr. Burke
was nou.ipa' cd by acclamatinn.
Following are the nominations for
other Territorial ofl;eers--all by accla-
nation:
Brigadier General james McCauley
Of Walla Wslla
Adjutant Genessl-frank Gutenberg
Of Seattle.
Quartermas,er General-J w Romsr,
OF rhur,ton.
Commissary 0ensral--J NJ Hunt. Of
Columbia. v ~
White of King moved that Judge j A
Kuhn III Port Townsend be elected -
Chairman Of the Territorial Central
COMMITTEES; carried unanimously.
Mr. Kuhn Of Jefferson offered the
following resolution: sff.
WHEREAS, The Democracy Of the
Territory Of Washington has maintain
ed its organization for years against the
power OF successive Republican admin.
istrations aud Federal patronage. and
WHEREAS. The population OF our
Territory has increas to such num-
Der that our admission a. . State can
not be much longer delayed and it 10 OF
vital Importance that our organization
be made ~ perfect as possible, but with.
out recognition by the National Demo
cratic partv such an organization is i'm.
possible; therefore be it
/ Resolced, That . COMMITTEES OF three
be appointed by this Convention "a
communicate with the National Demo-
cratic Committee and to represent our
wants and ask that We hereafter be
properly recognized.
Adopted With the amendment thai
Tie Central Cammittes shall constitute
the committee called for by the rssolu-
ton.
| CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
/ The following gentlemen were chosen
by the delegates from the several Judi
, ciAl districts as Territorial Csutra
COMMITTEES: So
IA Kuhn Of jefferson. Chairman.
i Rv Chadd OF Yakims. Secretary.
! GO Kelly OF Pierce.
Henry Miles OF Lewis.
| j ID Mix Of Walla Walla.
/ J Hoover Of Whitman. -
il RIP Sieen Of Columbia.
Mark Evans OF Walla Walla.
JAS LsDu OF Cowlitx sf glsfg.sft
i b 8 Shaw of Clarke II
M McElroy Of Whitman.
Hillory Butler OF King. 8f
/ re Hill OF Island.
OTHER NoMrNATIoNs.
Board Of Equalization First District
II L CAplcs. Of ColuD bis; Second Dis
tsict. N Oatrander. Of Thurstou; Thif,
District. X d Warbass. Of San Juan.
u Prosecuting Attornsys-Sscond DID
. trict. Hiram Duetia. 81 KlickitAt; Thirs
Districs. W r Andrews. Of Laconner.
JOINT couxcILxsxi a
wslls walla. Whitman and Colum
bia--N 7 Cation. Of wAlls wsll..
Stevens, Spokan and Yakims-Wu
Biggam. Of Spoksn. "st
Pierce. Chshalis and Paciac-Geo {
! Kelly.
III JOINT REPRESENTATIVES,.
Walla walla and whitman--Jacol
Hoover. OF Whitman.
Spoksn and eteveps-John Hoff
stadler, Of Stevens.
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