Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-29
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A0e vANVOUVk8 COSv&NIBONs
The editor of the walla walla Union
attended the Vancouver Convention,
report Of which he made as follows:
Tuesday evening the delegates to the
Vancouver Convention, favorable TO the
Of Mr.. Brents, held eau
cos in an engine house IN Portland.
After the caucus it was announced on
the streets that n votes, or Ii mors
than necessary 10 choice, wsre plsdeed
10 him. Wednesday morning tie d.
sRates vent on board the steamer wash
inaton, which had been specially char
tered, and steamed over TO Vancouver
70 ratify the action Of the caucus. The
was held II q hall over q
combined blacksmith and wagon shop,
wherein the workmen must have been
inspired with dssire to disturb the
as they kept up Q tremend-
Gus din during its entire session. Like
the files which bothered the siRners of
the Declaration Of Independence, the
artizans caused the delegates to hurry
through their work. During the morn
ing session DR.. Minor, in ono Of the
neatsst speeches I ever heard, withdrew
from the contest. During the recess
there we're fitful talks about dark
horses" bat none were named. The
Minor and AndeEs men seemed sort Of
daxed by the outlook, while the Brents
mon were o0rrespondinQly happy. As l
you Brents was nominated
BY acclaMation without any visible or
audible opposition, beyond the loud and
6eas,- konoA Mo- uttnp~N ~ Ioa~,o u
Lewis of Seattle. ALI the succeeding
vero made by observation-disclosures
Not ballot was taken during the ses
NON OF tho convention. Everything
vent Oh like Q we'll regulated clock.
properly wound up. The only bit of q
during the conve ntion was
over the motion made BY p. B. John
son, Who held seat in the convention
BY virtue Of a proxy sent him by W. v.
Brown OF Stevens county to make more
positive the plank IN the platform rela-
tive 20 the
ANNEXATION OF NORTH IDAHO.
Thst motion would, l believe, have been
voted down, had not Judge jacobs, of Sc
attic, urged the PuRetSounders not to do
20, and thus show they feared giving us
more power. A. il was, several dele
gates from that region answered very
distinct and positive noes on the motion
70 adopt. l understand that the Puget
Sound delegates on the platform CON-
mittee were disposed to leave the annex
alton plank out, and the resolution
finally reported, was adopted by bare
vote. Tho slight recognition
Of the question by the committee was
obtained by the persistent efforts of j.
D. Lamar. The Oreg0piaS editorially
to the delegates a.
sPLxNDD BODY OF MIN.
have reported the proceedings of many
bodies of representative men and do
not fear the charge Of soft SOAP" when
vention Of Warrington Territory body
OF men a. fne in appearance, every
way, as ever assembled ON the Pacific
coast, region peopled by the pick Of
The manhood, the brains and muscle of
The United States. The delegates were
nearly all young men, gray and bald
beads were sOarCe, not over half dozan
Of them being present. just enough to
SAVIOR the convention. After
The convention closed it, labors heard
NO KICKING,
No soreheadnen. Dr.. Minor, Who moro
than any other man. had cause for re-
gret, in q neat speech at the banquet in
The evening announced that he had NO
regret" and that he and his friends
would do all in their power for tho suc-
oess of the ticket. Charlie Bradshaw,
while admitting he had been "eatin&
crow" declared that nothing should be
left und0ne on his part to secure large
ON Puget Sound for Mr.. Brents.
Many others expressed themselves in
the same way. Nor, ON the other hand
was there any undue enthusiasm and
rejoicing BY the friends Of Mr.. Brents.
They took his nomination as Q matter
Of course and propose to make his cleo
lion as nearly unanimous a. his nomin-
alton.
BIT OF R1EKz1
Was caused when il leaked out that the
decided to make Hon. II. g. Struye, of
Seattle, who held proxy from Spokan
county, Chairman Of the Convention.
Some Of the Eastern Washington peo-
pie while having no i'll will towards Mr..
Strive, but regarding him as one Of the
ablsst men in the Territory, felt that it
was a little too too" to import . man
into their midst to make him Chairman,
that il looked little like admitting
that there was not brains enough east Of
The Cascades ont Of which to make q
Delegate to Congress and q Chairman
Of q Convention ut one and the same
time. AZ soon as Mr.. Strqve discover.
I'D this feeling he gracefully declined
the profered honor, and seconded the
Of Il. o. Dunbar, of Kick
itat, a. Chairman. The ratification
BANQUET
Al the Esmond On Wednesday eyeping
vas attended BY nearly Ill the delegates
md several others. A number Of good
speeches were made. DR.. Minor In pro-
posing ths health Of the standard bearer
81 the Republicans Of Washington. Hon.
Thomas II. Brents, delivered q glowing
paneRyric on the Republican party and
An eloquent tribute to tho lab0y6 and
pots of Mr.. Rent2 By this, and several
little speeche0 durin0 the day, DR.. Nj
nor proved himself as once q man and
IN orator. Ibelievo al Who attended
the banquet will endorse me when say
hat the best speech Of the evening was
made BY Gen. ]. w. SpraRne. IS vas
The speech Of q man Of broad and COM
prehsnsive mind, Of . man lifted in
every way 10 Be the drst Senator from
The State Of Warrington. He vas my
tor Delaga1e and y my oan-
didate for Senator.
klfTlrA0 IHRylns
Tho summer heat has BEEN intense in
his valley, the thermometer ranging
for veelIs from 100 10 LIP in the shade.
Grain crops arc much below the aver
aRe, owing. h some localities, 70 the
lack Of water for irrigation. The Cam
Ady brUtheESf grain = an exception, II
being unusually heavy.
West Kittilas has had ID QuaErslA
6Qhts, end lawsuits over the water ques-
tion-some taking too much out Of the
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