Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-05

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vote ov ayes and noes that our cousti.
tuen's may know hov we have fulfilled
the trust that Vas given us. / hope tina,
We will all do eur duty in this like oeu
50 that osr constituents will have no
reason to administer to rs a rebuks on
election day by repudiatiug the work OF
this Convention. Warm and continued
applause
The long continued applause which
greeted Mr.. Hanford's effort had a won
derfully sourin9 effect on B-ttis, late Of
Kansas, With proxy from Lincoln. He
VAS perfectly willing TO hear such ap-
| plause as the railroad clsQue could COM
msud, but the sound Of applause on the
other side had the effect on him that
opposition AWAY has on such overbear-
ING and uureasonins minds He finally
sprang 10 bis feet and, shaking bis fist
at the galleries exclaimed: When the
HooDLUMs OF SEATTLE
Get through / will have something TO
say"
This outrageous insult offered to the
people of Seattle, this sIurrine and un-
Jasrhaoie ding At the citizens of the
lArg st city Ia the Territory, c-ming
from man who was new to the Tern
| tory, new To Its genius. new to its iusti-
tutlOns frSm a man who never would
have been IN that Convention save by
means of proxy. WAS taken up and re-
sent~d by the galleries. A-perfect storm
OF Misses arose. The disorder was indie
scrioable. Bettis loudly demanded that
the galleries be cleared. The Pierce
county delegation sprang to their feet
aud added their voices to the voice of
the lnsalter. Barlow dtnced around in
Wild fury SHIN and Evans were little
better. Pandemonium had broken
loose.
FINALLY Sheriff McGraw managed to
be heard. He quietly asked that better
order be kept, and his request was in
stantly complied with.
THE INsULTER
Then said:
They say that we have no evidence.
We will take them at their own evil
dance. 1t has been suggested here in
regard to the situation in Yakima ooun-
ty that ley have what is called an anti
monopoly league. | have always be-
lieved that the Republican party WAS
An antI-monopOly party; it IL good
enough As an anti monopoly party for
me. Whenever anybody thinks it is
not good enough for hun. think he is
altogether too good for the company of
anybody on earth but Butler, Kelly.
Geor9e William Curtis, and some of
those fellows. Laughter. Ii IL but a
little while ago since We had Repub-
licsn National Convention meeting IN
Chictg There We had in that Con
v-stion, with a SO it on that hoor, George
William Curtis, and some others who
declared that unless their fellow was
nominated, and unless their principles
We're adopted, they would not vote the
Republican ticket. | am glad to saw
that all except one have felt sorry and
come back. Laughter. Now. We have
here these men sent as delegates from
Yakima county by the anti monopoly
league, who have declared, as you have
heard before You, unless We nominated
Republicans who supported their prin
ciples, though all of US taken together
might not be in favor of them, that
they would not vote with us, bat they
would vote for the other side. Have you
heard any such intimate from the
other side? Did you hear it from Mr..
Holton?
Avoioe-Yes.
Mr.. Bsttis-Well, then, You must
have four ears for nobody elae heard II.
Laughter. 1t was not intended, if he
SAID it. suppose 1t was the other gen
tleman from Yakima that te intended
when he said he heard a man say be
would vote for JEFF. Davis as soon as
for old Grant. know of no other can
dldats for Congress from that county.
Mr.. Presid mt. that gentleman admits
that there Is such 4 lsagne in that coun-
ty, and although he admits that, he
com IS here with the support of those
men. He was never good enough 10 put
his feet inside with them; He said II
was \ secret lea2us. Ii he is an anti
monopolist, why did not he O. among
the brethren and visit them L ,ughter.
But | want to call your attention To
another matter, and rs we lawyers say,
demur to the evidence. We have ,he evi
denoe of Me-. Whitson, who SAYS that
there Is suoh league. He admits they
voted. We have it from Mr.. Holton
that they voted. Il WAS not necessary
To form \ league outside of the Rspubli-
Can party To adjust the principles We
are fighting for. We have the evidence
of all those affidavits that there we're
gentlemen of that league and Demo
Gratis voted at those primaries. There
- n most peculiar thing about them
For while did not understand this;
bat since it has been explained to Us il
il plain enough. They wanted to keep
themselves from getting into this place
dowu here which you Q III the peniGen-
tiary. They did not swear that no one
but Republicans voted. Their evidence
do 8 not say that Republicans voted At
these primaries, or that none but Re
pm slicans voted there. They say that
no Democrats vhted. Aud the only
charge that Mr. Holton makes against
these men il that they have separated
themselves from the Republican party
aud have attempted to form a third
party, and they could we'll say that, be
cause they had separated themselves as
we'll from the Democratic party. He
might as we'll have sworn that no Re-
publicans voted. He could not swear
that any did, nor that none but Repus
loans voted; consequently those affidx..
Wits should say that Republicans vot81s|
bot there is nothing of it. There =
another view of this matter that | d
sire to call your attention to. deky
these gentlemen, il they will look tt1rte
sffiiavits over, to fiud enc that says e6o1
Republicans voted at the Repubs{94d
primaries. IL they do will admit ttiat'
one affidavit says 81; but | don't think
they would be able to find another.
There is another view | take of that
question. What would you think of
tue National Convention Of the Repub
licau party in Chicago resurreoting
something that occurred in the Repub-
loan primary in Kansas, or in Wash
ia ton Territory You have nothing
to do with them. They only pass upon
matters that occurred in the State or
tue Territori conventions. They
would not 90 back Of that /; they would
not resurrect what occurred in a oouaty
invention II IL too remote. This ~ =
QUESTION that has been passed upon by
a competent tribunal. these diff ,ul.
ties occurred at the primaries. and the
County Convention vas the tribunal to
as upon that. They have passed npou
il and they have settled it. These gen
tlemen at that time and at that place
sho aid have had il investigated Ito have
that Convention Determine it, That
was the only tribunal that had any
Jurisdiction. Where will We get, in
this process of going dowa 10 find
whether John Kelly, and Tim Ryas,
and Nancy McGraih are Republicans,
and how they voted or dressed at an
Obscure primary, in some precinct 80
miles long and 60 miles from water 10
YakimA County. lLanehter.l We will
Enas. ont of anne