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


ure men to the county conventional. We
couid NOS permit them TO nominate our
ticket-to nominate men VITO do not
think as We do, and then exoect us TO
elect them" That Is, Mr.. Holton viz
taaily saws that IL forfeiture men refuse
TO supp IT railroad strikers, they are no
longer Republicans, while anti forfeit
ure men ars at perfect liberty to sup
port or not - supp 1T " men Who do not
think AS ne do" This o4d break on
Mr.. Holton's part spoiled the sffecs OF
nIs Argument.
When Mr.. Holton had taken his seat
c. a. KANFoRD.
or King, took the floor and said:
There are inst 4 ies salient points in
this case tthou9h the case seems like =
bulky onel shich think are sufficient
To lead tn a conclusion IN the matter
Tue points which bear most heavily,
and which have the most weight with
the, | crave your indulgence for a few
moments to present To you. Nov | will
not consume your time by going back to
the root of tae matter Ia the primary
conventions, ex Sspt to refer to Que or
txo instances as presented in the testi-
mouy and tue statements which have
been made TO you. | begin with the
case of the It4num precinct, or some
such name. Whom do We find are
shown to he the Republicans in that
precinct? Who were the gentlemen
elected at that primary? That was p
me citing at the time and place ,lled by
the Republican Central Committee ~
Yakima county. and ii organized by
e!ecting for its Chairman the Chairman
Of the COunty Central Committee OF
Yakima cousty, Who il conceded, | be-
iieve, by the last gentle H-n who ad-
dressed Us, to be Republican-organ
iz-d by elec;iug him to preside over
that Convention trsm the beginning &
the end, and he signed certificate GER
tIfying to the credentials of the gentle
. en- who we're elected at that meeting
IS Republicans, elected bv Republicans
t. represent the Republican party in
the County Convention at Yakima. En-
,hnsisstic applause. Nov, SD far. who
are the Republicans of that precinct?
Certainly the gentlemen who were
there at the time and place
appointed for the Republicans tn
meet and recognized by the Re.
publican authorities of the county
And shose gentlem n, according to tue
sworn testimony-read
IN our hearing today, and admitted by
VIZ. Hultou, were ruled out If thu Coun-
~ Convention of the county of Yakimt,
by whom? By whom? By the verv
men who presided over their dellbera.
lions and signed their credentials
What power Was there vested in the
N IA NJ n trnttfaaI
being a Rspu hlictn, he usurped the
power of that County Convention To de
Stare III the first instance as to the Il s.
publ 4nIsrn of those gentlemen, or rs
20 tue Republic .nIsm of the men who
slecte them and sent them there. Ger
ainlv such thing Is unusual and an-
heard of In ali Republican Conventions
and In all political conventions. And
more than that, not only were these men
-uled out, but others were admitted.
What right have they to do this? But
hey have published manifesto, in
y mich they protest against the result
IF she primary convention ia which
hey participated, aud choose them
selves to represent that precinct in a
Convention to which they were not
,hosen and for which they were defeat
ID. Great applause
Bot this outrage, | characterize il as
IN Outrage-but this outrage. gentle
non, is carried further. Well, let Us
cave that now. Ii seems to me that
,he sworn testimony aud the admitted
!, .atemsnts that are made in our hear
ng on both sides, so far rs Itsnum pre-
,lnot Is concerned, are clearly in favor
If the delegation recommended by the
report. Great applause !
will not consume your time with refer
,nco to the primaries in any more pre-
,inots. Wuat did we find from the
sworn statements read in our hearing
Have they been coatradlcted in auy
particular by tbs statements made by
ne opposition Not at all. He pre-
ends To flourish some credentials there.
We don't know what he has. He says
,nev are regular Credentials from all the
Precincts of the county. Let u AXE
lim at his VOID. He has made his
u elements here la regard to wat 90
;urred there 1t that tueet,ng :. and lot US
.ssume that he has stated tbs truth.
LIST Us meet the 0 tss ON the st ,tement
10 b ~ made. Do we find any chutra-
fiction of tue atfidayits No o. the
contrary, he corroburates all the dam
igiug facts thu are stated In those alb
iavlts. Great cheering he has gone
INTO details to show Us the true inward
less of that business. Shat does he
ieoiare he says that the Republicans
II that county, the men who are main
aiming the Rspu olio IN standing and
who are fighting for Republican prinoi-
,les, who are opposed to factions, as
,cmole there at the time and place fixed
or that meeting, ~ strong, aud these 81
lighting Republicans fed before 81 So
sailed leaguers. fGreas applause aud
aughter We dou't want men Ia this
of that kind of fighting ma
erlal. Laughter.
How did Ihe 81 come there? Why,
t seems that there are few gallant
,oung msn over IN Yakima who recox-
lize the statute that WAS passed by our
ast Legislature extending the right of
suffrage to the women. Great ap-
Ilaus Like gallant, lo,al young
Americans, they went on little picnic
With their livery teams, and went for
heir mothers and wives aud sisters and
look them to tue convention, which WAS
,ient anG proper. They ought to be the
more welcome here as tho representa-
ives of the RepI0licanlsm of this day
and age in Washington Territory. Pro-
oneed applause. They held tnat con-
senIion at the time AID place appointed
by the regular authorities of toe kepub-
lean party of Yakima county, and
Iairly elected u delegation to the couuty
Those delegates were ex-
studied; and by whom? BY the GUAR
man and secretary of their primary.
WAT right had he to exclude any body?
When was II ever heard that tue chair
man of a Central Committee, aided by
his secretary, had right 10 pass upon
the Qualifi cations and elections of the
nemo. r. of dsliberatiye assembly or
Was it ever heard of?
Was it propose in this convention to-
day? Dad MIR. Barlow, the Chair m An of
the Territorial Committee, in calling
this Convention To order, instruct Mr.
Attrid 20. the secretary of that commit
lee, to read the names of those who
were entitled To SIT in this couvuntisnl
Nothing of the kind. If thai had been
done you may be sure there would have
Oeen music IN the air right then aud
there. Applause. it was not as
tenpted. IL was never attempted any
where except in Yakima. Laughter
These Delegations from the diff.renI
precincts Of Yakima county, regularly
-ircted and ia possession OF their regu-
lar Credentials, CHOSE that they would
not be ridden by one or two men VINO
usurped powers which were never gwen
10 them. What did they dof WHAT