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


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appeal Tor disp sssionate Judgment In
this case. he urged the Conyentiol no,
- judge as a mob. We are not here
ss = mob; We are here to discuss this
Question furry. | am surprised At the
! r1isla2 OF TINS Question: during such 4
! dlscussiOn. / cannot See the
objection TO tbs reading of the report
Tue members of the Convention are no.
prepared 10 cede so this committee the
| aos ISOLATE right to decide for tnem who
| shall occupy this or that seat. Tnsy
| want some voice In the matter thets-
| selves. hos can that voIcs be intelIl.
gently expressed. il We are not allowed
10 hear the evidence? | am not able
| Judge OF tGls QUESTION lnt-llIs-ntiy
Sitnout hearing THIS report, out so far
IS can make up my mind from what
nas ooen rsad, | thIuk that the deleSa-
ton admitted IN tue minority report
| REPRESENTS tue R-pa elic Aus of Yakima,
And tht tie other Delegation Represents
nothing lii or less tnan - bot. lake
heed, gentieneu of tue Convention,
uoS you endor-e thai bolt, l1st yoar ac-
too becomes contagious as small pOx
and spread through tae Territory from
end - end. Let Us not be like dumb.
driven cattle" l. It rs thrJw asay pre-
juice. LIST the facts cOms out clearly
aid fully"
hasanaugh, of Thurston. thought the
motion should De wItadraEn- do did
not wish the maj irIts u fofcs its opp
nenis to hy of Ia differeat directions.
ELwooD EVANS,
OF Pierce, tnen took the floor. He
wanted - near the evidence as much a.
tayone, but he did not want 10
1 IN lat Of
Wits. He did not consider this matter
| pertinent, and did not think These atti-
itvits could be considered part Of tue
| repJrs. "IDey are u Il part OF tue re-
pJft," he SAID. " Inc gentleman has
skipped tue report, and Is reading to
/ the convention a lot of outside III ,tIer
| Snicu 1t does not wish TO hear. ask
| II this Is not sof'
S,uIth answered by simply reading the
beading, showing thai the ath ivIts
were part of the minority report, and
| Mr. Evans, app irentiy satisfied, toJk
Oils seat. g. II. Hanford. of King, then
spoke briefly IN favor of the motion
| de WAS followed by j. A. Perkins, of
| whitman, who urged the reading of the
afhdagits, stating that even tue mem
oers of the Hilton delegation would |
| prefer having them read.
BELTS,
| Late of Kansas later of Spokane Falls. |
| AID now sporting proxy from Lincoln |
| county, then took Tue HJor anu went |
| oH like pack of hrs crackers. He |
| didn't think tnat Anything that had |
been SAID was pertinent to the subject. |
There was no sense In talking aboat |
| principles of free representation or any |
GaIng of that kind. we have put th,s |
,ase In the hands of committee, and |
| that co.'s mittee mas decided against the |
delegation. Why, this COMMITTEE was
| chosen In a most unusual way-a most |
unusual way. We should not question
Its tiadlngs. 1t Is Very rare, the most
rare thing IN the world, To appeal from
n Committee to Conven ion" Great
/ Cesar
Some slight expression of disapproval
was manifested at thus absurd state
ment, and Belts got IN 4d-awfully mad.
| Ho insisted on knowing. for his own In
| formation, how long the Convention
| was TO be- bored TO do .th: aud the Con
vention seemed TO tnink that that de-
pended entirely on how long Mr.. Belts
was going to speak.
Finally the speaker overcame his |
wrath sufficiently to proceed. Every
fone has heard all that these affidavits
| have to say. We know It ali-.very
man, woman and child In the Convsu
lion knows all about 1t. ALI this talk OF |
gag law ooes not onange the fact. the
| threats of tue gentlemen from King
| mssn nothing"
Dunbar he gentleman eonclu3ts
| that because We selected this commit
| tee in AN unusual manner, they tnere-
| fore u ave greater powers, and that this
after accordingly should not come be
| fore the CONVENTION. Why then should |
We have n majority and minority re-
port, II We are not allowed to aotI
Ferguson, of Saot omi,h-As one of
the columIttee would ike to say that
We had not sufficient time e co .aplete
| the CONSIDERABLE of this question. We
he ard oniy brief at ,teuleuGs, aud no
evidence. 1t was stated tbat the whole
question would como before the Con
vontIoH; we let II gO with that under
| standing, aud ther cfore did not ask for |
In re time.
The motion to reconsider was then
put and
CARRIED
Amid great enthu 'lasm and loud APP
planse, and ths reading was proceeded
sltn. The affi iavits wsrs conclusive in
y
anl aum st,k able m amer the attem 1t
III ,de oy the Holton crowd tn override
the Gle rly EXPRESSED opinions of tue
fros and untrammeled Republicans of
YakmI.
Wuen thu reading Was concluded
Judge jacobs moved that the IN inorlty
report he adopted.
Dunbar suggested that Messrs. Whit
son aud Hplton be permitted to speak,
If hey 81 de tired.
Proxy Bsttis protested against gag law
from the m IN from XII ma county or
Que en- county. Ali this Sitn strong
nasal tvang.) They want light ON
their side," said he, but none on
ours"
"LIaBT,"
Exclaimed Judge jacobs sprinoin9 to
his feet. . Yes, let rs have light-a 1
d ,od Of light. l supposed that all the
evidence VAS presented IL there il any
more which IN ~ lead Us to a csnolusion, |
let as have it. 1 want no gag law. |,
want to vJie intelligently wh N nv name
~ called. When You sttempt TO throt
tie the sentiment of the people of Yaki. |
IN !, you reach down and strike at the |
very foundation OF hum an rights. Yes;
let "a have light. The cle4rer this sab |
| jsct il made, the better. l hope that a |
showing will be made that all these del
egstes are honest in their belief that |
| they are entitled to seats. Pour Ia your |
light. IL my friend Bettis) has any |
more light, for G1i's sake let rs have |
IT," Applsuse.
| Evans moved that al. of the majority |
report except that which related TO Yak. |
ima, be accepted.
Jones' OF Spokane appealed in behalf |
Of Spokane county, oil 4ining that in the |
| report of the committee spokane had |
| been allowed only nine votes. while by |
right she vas entitled to ten. rhis ex
cited some discussion, but nothing vas
done in the matter. A question was
also raised IN REGARD 10 toe Franklin
| county deieg alton.
Es4ns' motion Vas then carried.
jacobs moved tue adoption Of the
| minority report 80 far a. it related TO the
DELEGATION from YAKIMA.
| Hanford--I xish that Messrs. Whitson
aud holton may be heard from in be-
| half of the oontesting delegations
| W. n. Daniels of Clarke moved that
only whitson. Hoitan add Ferry be