, 1886-10-07
Democratic County Convention.

The Democratic county convention
met at the court house this afternoon.
r. w. deLion opened the meeting.
II. c. Willison was elected chairman
and j. McArdle, of Quilcine, secre
tary. Moved and seconded that a
committee of three on credentials be
appointed Carried. inst l.ere DR..
Willison was called away by ,elegram
and r. ". deLiOn was elected chair
man.
DeLinn appointed as a committee
on credentials, Eisenbeis, Pugh and
Hickman.
During the examination of the Had
lock credentials, in the language OF
the venerable Mr. Pugh, SIT app-r T.
r-r-d they'd he'd two dimycratic meet
ings up thar, and doubled up on their
representation"
1t was finally settled by motion of
Mr. Pug who moved that we let
'em both vote, we're short. onyhow."
This was unanimously carried amid
hearty applause.
Mr. Blanchard, of Irondale, not
being present, it was moved that the
other delegate, j. B. Dyer, from Iron
dale, be allowed to cast both votes.
Carried
Moved that as Ducaboose was not
represented. chair should cast vote.
Carried. The Democrats are two
years behind time; there is no such
precinct as Ducaboose- Our south
ernmOst precinct is called Brennan.
We publish this for our Democratic
friends information
The committee on credentials re
ported the following delegates en-
titled to vote:
Port Townsend-R. W. deLion, w.
ii. Whittlesey, G. Eisenbeis, E. W.
Devoe, G. Starrett, H. L. Tibbals, D.
FL, Hill, III. G. Wilson, proxy by Lat
inner, Al, Phillips and Ed. Hickman
Port Discovery. E. Pugh and d.
Sheehan, by Pugh, proxy.
Ludlow-M. Burke, g. McLaugh-
lin, by Burke, proxy.
Cnimacum-Al Strand, Oloff Pc
terson, by Latimer, proxy.
Irondale-J. B. Dyer, Hi. Blanch-
ard, j. B. Dyer, proxy, by vote of
convention.
QuiIcine-J. H. McArdle, H. W.
Beatty, by MeArdle, proxy.
Hadlock-Cmtis, by Jas. Jones,
John Holmquist.
Gentral-G. II. Barthrop.
Ducabooose-By chair.
Report adopted Moved by Whit
tlesey and carried, that a committee
of three on order of business be ap-
pointed by the chair. Deyoe, Hill
and Whittlesey were appointed.
On call to order committee ON rules
of order reported, recommending that
candidates be nominated by ballot,
candidate receiving majority of votes
to be declared elected. Adopted.
For sheriff j. z. Sheehan was
unanimously elected.
For treasurer: n. ID. Hill received
5 votes, O.. Eisenbeis 5, and VIM.
Dodd IA Dodd was declared
elected.
For auditor: Chas. A. Dyer was
placed in nomination.
For county commissioners r. W.
deLion of Port Townsend, j. Dono-
van of Central, and I'll. L. Blanchard
of Irondale, were nominated.
For probate judge w. III. Whittle-
sey was named unanimously.
For superintendent of schools L.
McArdle of Quilcine was nominated.
For coroner George E. Lake was
placed in nomination and unanimous
ly declared the nominee.
For county surveyor N. j. H. Fort
man was put in nomination.
For wreckmaster Z. Biendi and q.
H. Jones were nominated Jones
got Ii votes and was declared the
nominee.
Meeting then proceeded to nomi :
nate central committee. Owing to
the lateness of the hour we cannot
give them tonight.
For justices of the peace Port
IOWA end precinct-D. b. TrimbIe
and w H hittlesey were nomi =
mated.
For constables-Chas. Finn and
VIM. Furlong were nominated.