Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-09-03
OLYMPIA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 3. 1856.
EEPC BLICANS IN COUNCIL.

held at Columbia hall last SATURDAY
WIS the center Of attraction for Demo-
Gratis a. well a. Republicans At the F.
appointed hour, one o'clock, the gladi- I
at"rs appeared and promptly filled the /
seats in the arena Mr.. A. a. Phil .
lips, Chairman of the Central Com
mittcc, called the Convention to order.
and on motion of Capt J. L. Brown
Thomas VI. Reed, Sr., was called to !
the chair, for temporary organization.
and W. III. Roberts was elected Secrc-
tary. The latter gentleman entered a
slight protest, as it was we'll known !
that he aspired to IA place on the list
of delegates to the Territorial Conven-
ton as well as the nomination for Au-
ditor, but as the call was of a tempor-
arg nature he finally consented to the
sacrifice. A motion was then carried
for Il Committee on Credentials, with
Mr.. Brown as Chairman, but the mo-
ton Of Gen. Milroy for Committee
on Resolutions was sat down upon
with vigor, Mr.. Brown stating that in
this day of shifting responsibility
ThurstOn did not wish to handicap the
Territorial Convention in the matter
of defining what was and what was
not simon-pure Republican principle.
The General yielded with apparent
reluctance to the Captains order, and
a recess OF fifteen minutes was then
declared to permit the Committee on
Resolutions to formulate" report.
The Committees fifteen minutes
was extended to an hour, during which
time, Mr.. j. c. Horn. who acted as
Capt. Browns First Lieutenant, was
busily engaged in mastering the raw
recruits into orderly columns for NOM
mating 4 Brown delegation to the Ter
ritOrial Convention. At he end of
that time, the Captain appeared at the
head of his committee and submitted
the usual report declaring who were
elected in several Of the precincts and
who should represent the party" in
constituencies that had not taken
enough interest in matters to elect
delegates. The report was, of course,
adopted. 1t was then decided that
the temporary organization should be
made permanent, thus bottling the
aspirations of our friend Roberts.
1t was decided that five of the
delegates to the Territorial Con-
vention should be elected from
town and five from the outside pre-
cincts, by ballot, Notwithstanding the
Partisan, the Court Organ, had en-
tered a solemn protest in its last issue
against secret rote and warned the
delegates, in vigorous language, against
the evident intent OF Capt. Brown
to capture the Convention. 1t
may be that the Republicans do not
read, do not regard the Partisan's ut
terances as authoritative, or were will
ing to allow their scalps to dangle at
Capt. Browns belt Either suppose
ton will apply, for nobody interposed
the slightest objection to concealing
their hands while they went it blind"
for general results, which were as in
timated, the following gentlemen be-
ing elected on the first ballot: Capt.
Brown, Lieut.. Horn, Mr.. Reed, ST.,
and Mrs. Johns. Mr.. NJ. A. Root
came within one vote of having the
constitutional" majority and being
of the right command was elected by
acclamation Messrs Fred Stocking,
A. S. Mckenzie, George CASTOR, G. T.
Fine and Joseph Gibson were then
elected from the country, but it re-
quired several ballots to do so, the
rural recruits not being under as thor
ough drill as their city comrades.
Then came the decision of a ques-
ton of even greater importance from
the direct bearings it had upon the pres
ent situation of affairs and the future
hopes of the gallant Captain and his
following. The Captain doubtless re-
allied the fact that lightning generally
strikes in the most improbable places,
and hence his duty seems to be to keep
. his rod erect, in the hope that any
stray thunder-bolt may be diverted to
it that may be making its way to terra
Jfrma at Tacoma, on the 9Th instant
This is, OF course, a forlorn hope,
based upon misty range of POSSIBLE
tiles. A surer thing he had in a short
er rod he has lately placed on the coun-
ty building, leading to the Auditors
chair. But keeping in view the adage
of the dog which ran after many hares
and succeeded in catching none, the
situation amounted in reality to
quandary, unless the nomination of
county officers could be postponed to
some time subsequent to the Terrific
rial Convention. This was the momen-
tous question to be decided. The Cap
tain and his Lieutenant, therefore, Wig
orously opposed the nomination of
full ticket, and were as strenously
met by limb of the law, represent
ing the whisky element, who had stol-
en- into convention on 4 temperance
proxy. The Captain appealed in earn
est terms for delay. He urged that
no set of men could stand a two
months vigorous campaign like the
Democrats and People were in the
habit of inaugurating; that all sorts
of jobs would be put up and combin- ,
atoms formed to beat the 6. o. D.; but
that he was willing to submit to the