Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10


trsl Committee I organize this meet
ing
This convention 81 kicksrs and sore
heads then vent through the fogmalify
of eIectiug delegates 20 the Territorial
Convention. The persons selected we're
Nessrs- Perry, Beach and James. At
the Territorial Convention. soon after
ward, both the regular and bogzs dele
gates applied for seats therein. The
Convention was under control Of Gar
hsi3e's supporters A eompromise was
attempted 20 Be- made by the majority
by declaring botk sets Of delegates en-
titled 70 ssats- Of coarse the result Of
this action was 20 leave Thurston coun-
~ practically without representation.
the votes Of the bogus delegates neutral
izing those Of those regularly elected.
On the announcement Of this decision
in the Convention, Mr.. EvaDs and bis
colleagues promptly pat on thsir hats
and walked oui Of tbs Convention The
result 10 of record. Garhelds Vas beat
en- IN Th1rstoa county-thsretofor
strongly RepublicaH-by 10 votes, and
every mAn nominated by MIR. Fsrry's
bogus Convention was defeated Nor
Was the result confined 70 that county.
Similar outrages had melted royols al
over the Territory, and in the election
following Garhslds, wko at the previous
election had 9 majority Of about
200 in a total vote of ZOO
vas defeated by an equal majority
against him in a total vote Of about
600. TAe pIottsrs almost iT mediately
received their reward. Mr.. Ferry wa
appointed Governor Of this Territory
and his chief partner u the conspiracy
received the office of Suryeyof General
thus made vacant.
AIR. Ferry, a. the Convention last Fri
day, With upiiftsd hands and in tragic
voice. appealed 10 his record of con
sistency as = Republican polii ician
Whenevsr a man does that it eIcites
suspicior. Hence this resurrection oil
a slight episode in the political career OF
this gentleman.
| In this connection 1t is pertinent Il
call attention to the proceedings in tbs
late Republican Territorial Convention
the action Of whose Committee on Gre
| dentials In reference 10 the Yakims
county contested seats Was warmly de
Tended by Mr.. Ferry. In that case, al
in the one at Olympia, the County Con
vention was regularly called to order
The regularly elected delegates were
unlike those at Olympia, refused seats
and were compelled by the Sheriff Il
organize and bold a convention il
another part of the ball. They were
not voluntary boilers. Mr.. Ferry and
bis foliowers we're. They had beer
elected. Mr.. Ferry and his followers
had not. Yet Mr.. Ferry declared in the
late convention that the delegates elect
cd by men regularly chosen for that
purpose at Republican primaries were
not entitled to seats in the Territorial
Convention. In 1872 Mr.. Ferry was Que
Of three delegates elected by voluntary
boilers headed by himself. In 1884 hs
declares that delegates elected by H.
voluntary boilers, compelled by an off.
Ger OF ths law TO abandon their rightful
claims 10 seats 10 a convention to which
they had been regularly elected-had
no right to seats in Republican Terri
torial Convention.
There was revolt in Thurston coun.
~ in 1872. II was due to this action oil
Z. p. Ferry and bis associates. Theie
was a revolt among Republicans all
over the Territory. IL was due to sinh.
lar causes. There may be revolt this
year in Yakima county. Ii may extend
farther. We do not venture at this
time 70 predic. the outcome Of the in.
justice done 10 the Republicans of that
eoanty. But if therein the party is rent
tn twain; If the platform and nominee
of the late convention are repudiated by
the Republicans of Yakima it will not.
IL shall not be forgotten that to the &C.
ton OF proxy delegate from King
county must be attributed a due share
of the responsibility.