Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-23

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personal choice. Blaine first. Arthur
second.
Hon. q. Jscobs-County and pers On 4!
choice. Blaine first, Edmunds second.
George W. Tibbetts, OF SQuak-Coun
~ choice. Blaine first, Lincoln sec ,nd
personal ch9lce. Logan first. Blalre
second
c. NJ. Van Doren. Of White river
County choice, Blaine first. Lincoln SC
ond : personal choice, Lincoln tirst.
| Blaine second.
These letters, written by men in diff
feYent portions Of the county and rep
resentIng variety of bGsIues~es and
professions, Indicate IN a sufficiently
ci.sr manner the choice of King count.
The convention OF today should zee
| that p proper expression Is given 70 tha;
choice III the convention AZ Dayton on
May lst.
EITsAP.
Hon. G. W. Young. u Port Blak-ly.
gives the first choice OF kits4p county
I a. being for Blaine, the second for La
coin ; person 81 Ghoise the same.
/ Il ". H9skinson gives general first
choice, Blaine personal first choice,
| Blame secod choice. Sherman.
Rodney kendrick, of Seabeck, first
choice of county, Blaine second, I'd
MINDS or Sherman; p-rsOual first
choice. Arthur second. Edmunds.
/ Charles Craig, first choice of county,
! Blaine second, Edmuuds personal
FIST choice, Edmuuds second. Blaine.
KLICKITAT.
y. Is. Brooks states that the first
choice II kllckilat county Is for Blaine.
I'll. second for Lincoln. Personally his
! first choice Id FOR Blaine hl. second for
| Logan.
! c. Crosby of Centralia-First choice Of
/ coauty, Blaine second. Lincoln !: per
sonal choice the same.
o. l.. Harmon, of Chehalis-- First
choice Of county, Blaine second. Ed
m1Dd.; personal choice, first, Edmunds:
second, Blaine.
| Nyron Eells. of Skokomish, states
| that Republicans are 50 scarce In his
| nei htorhood that he does not feel lust
! it.d IN giving AN opinion as to the
choice of the county. Personally, his
| first choice Is Edmnnds; his second,
! Blame.
| John +. Jones', Vt WIikeSon, give the
| first and second choice OF Z! rec county
as being respectively Blaine and Ed
| muuds. Personally be prefers Ed
buuds, with Arthur As bis second
/ choice.
| ID. /. Davies, OF Carbonate, thinks
the first choice Of that section of Pierce
county is Lincoln. the second Blaine.
| His personal preferences are the same.
| DR.. John W. Waughpp. of Fort
S.eilacpom, gives Blaine ~ the fir st
choice of hIs precinct, aid Edmunds "a
the second. His first choice personally
Ii Lincoln, his second Edmunds.
| John sialtar. of SteilaoOoln City-Per-
sonAlly, rrst choice Logan, SECOND
! Baiue. In a postscript Mr.. Salt ,r
says: ~ would prefer lugersoll If he
were before the people
+. Meeker, OF Puyallup, gives James
u. Blaine AZ general and pc aontl choice
first and all the time"
Mayor Sprague, of Tacoma, declines
| in the following letter to state any pref
erence:
TACOMA. W. r., April IL, 1884.
| Posi- INrFLLrGESCER. Seattle:
! Gentlemen-ln reply to your circular
of the Sth inst, ! am constrained to SAY
! that | am unable To state who is the
| first or second choice of the people of
| this county for President. 81 far as |
| know, there has been no expression of
the people that would enable any one To
answer the question. Yours truly,
| Signed }. W. SPgAaUs.
! John A. Baufield of Tacoma states
! that Blame IL the first choice of e
people there and Edmunds the second.
| Personally, his first choice is Blaine;
| his second, Lincoln. Mr. Baniield re
marks parenthetically that there IL some
sentiment in Pierce county III favor of
III. l.. Yesler as first choice and W. Ii.
| White as second.
Elwood Evans Of Tacoma answers the
questions ns follows; ain regard tn first
| choice, of those have heard express a
preference, James q. Blaine. ! have
not heard any one named rs second
choice: but Arthur and Eimunds have
friends here' Ia regard to personal
preferences. Chester A. Arthur il his
first choice. As TO second choice, If
Arthur, Blaine or Edmunds be not nom
mated. Robert Lincoln" Mr.. Evans
adds: II an ont O politics. We have
10 vote; bus really my first aud only
choice i the uo.uineC of the CnIeago
kepubIIoln Convention. have hardly
"A preference between Arthur, Blame
aud Elmunds; hut do not believe that
either will bc Nominated
WB Black Count. : first choice,
! Blaine; second choice, Edmund; per
soIal, first choice, Eduuuds: second
choice. I.ngaa.
Edwin Eells does not take much inter
| est In the affair, but thinks Blaiue ~
the first and Arthur the second choice
of Pierce county. Personally he favors,
| first, Edmunds. and next Blaine.
SAN JUAN.
| L. ID. Warbess, of FRIDAY Harhor.
thinks Blaine the first choice of the
people there, and Lincoln the second.
| His choice personally Is the same.
| Joseph Sweeney agrees with the
| above, both III regard 10 general and
personal preferences.
Skagit county IA probably the most
enthusiast, county IL the 1. grtory, tie
sentiment being drtcruinedy and un
| compromislngly for Blaine. Inc "a
,orlte ticket here seems II b" Blame
aud LlUcoln.
| j. A. Gillllnd. of Laconner. lacnn
icallv answers All tuur questions blaine
/ and Ltncoln,' and adds all the time"
| James Power gives the nrst choice of
! the county as SltIno, and the second rs
| Senator Shtrman. Personally, his frs
| choice ~ senator Sneru!lu; second,
! General sherman.
! Walsh Il kIegius, editors Of the Pa
| oct Sound Ndi. give Blaine rs general
/ aud per,ouai iir'; choice. with no SEQ
/ ond.
sNoHoNISH.
! Snohnmish County bears the dist inc
tion at being the only county III the
| Territory IN whoa Blame Is not far In
the lead. Indications generally point
| tu Arthur ~ the ftvorIte there
T.. G. Fergus n, OF Snoho'ulsh city,
| states that Arthur aud Blaine are the
most prominently mentioned candl-
dates. Personally, he favors Arthur.
| Isaac Cathcart states that he talked
| the matter over with about twenty rep
resentative Republicans and found the
eeuerai choice To- be Arthur first. Blaine
second. HIS personal preferences are
/ the sans,
sFOKASE.
/ Hon. l.. Il. Whltrhouse, Of Spokane
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