, 1886-08-26


tee reported as follows:
Your committee TO whom was re-
ferred two resolutions have consid-
cred the same and respectfully beg
leave to report them back to this con
yention without recommendation, and
for the one, relative to the action OF
Governor Squire and Chief Justice
Greene. we beg leave to submit the
following SUBSTITUTE.
ReSOlred, That we view with alarm
the dangerous precedent set by the
executive Of our territory In the pro
clamation Of the martial law and the
suspension of the writ Of habeas
corpus in the city of Seattle.
That said proclamation was IN
warranted by law and was usurpa-
ton of power that should be grave!y
censured by every law-abiding and
liberty loving citizens Of the territory,
The foregoing substitute was
unanimously adopted by the conven-
| ton.
The next order of business was the
nomination of a candidate for
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS.
J. V. O'Dell, of Whitman county,
placed the name of Honorable Ghas.
! S. Voorhees, in nomination, and in a
short address commended that gen.
tleman's actions and thought that lie
would receive the full support of the
! democratic party.
j. S. Sparks, of Spokane county,
seconded the nomination for the
whole of that county, and also made
a few remarks relative to the meri-
| tOrious services of Mr. Voorhees,.
William MeLain, of Thurston
county, placed in nomination the
name of Frank Henry of Olympia.
Several seconds We're made to the
nomination of Mr. Voorhees,, each of
which constituted a short fowery
speech. Among the gentlemen thus
mentioned were: L. X Hanna of
Walla Walla county, who believed he
voiced the sentiments of the demo
Gratis of that county; j. II. Lewis, OF
King county; j. z. Judson, of Pierce
j. b. LaDu, of Cowlitz; j. i. Reavis,
j. E. Edmonston, A. Z. Teele and
others.
On the call of the roll Mr.. Voor-
hees was found to have been electel
by 130 votes out of IA. On motion
the nomination was made unanimous
and the chair declared Hon. Charles
S. Voorhees, as the candidate of the
democratic party for delegate to con-
gress.
4 call was made for the successful
nominee, whereupon the chair ap
pointed j. V. O'Dell, NJ. Kaufman
and j. 3. Reayis as a committee to
wait upon the gentleman and escort
him Voorhees, into the hall.
Loud applause greeted the honor
able gentleman as he entered the
| hall, and ascending to the stage he
thanked the convention IN fitting
language for the great honor be-
slowed upon him by selecting him as
the leader of their patty in the COM
ing campaign. He said that two
years ago the people of the territory
elected him as delegate upon plat
form for equal rights and principles
The Forty-ninth congress had moi
been one marked with the enactment
of laws good for Washington Terri
tory, but that this was no time tc
complain for many laws had been
placed upon the statute books.
He alluded to the statement that
had been made that he had only been
the means of causing the passage oi
two laws, and claimed that he had
really presented four measures that
were now laws.
His connection with the measure
passed for the taxation of railroad
lands, and its importation in Wash
ingtOn Territory on account of c
gross earnings tax law was mentioned
in connection with his argument that
the present law should be repealed
He criticized the actions of the last
legislature on the matter and said
that the people should see that. their
representatives went to the Legislature
pledged to support measure repeal
ing the gross earnings tax law, and
that vigilance committee should be
formed to go down with shot-guns
and see that they kept their pledges
that when he was speaking on q mat
ter of this kind he used strong lang
uage.
He thought we were nearer state
hood than we were at the beginning OF
the last session of congress. but he
was sorry that the bill for the admis-
sion of Washington as state was
now laying quietly in committee oil
a democratic house.
The platform. adopted by this con.
ven tion voiced his sentiments and be
adopted it and pledged himself to
press to further conclusion every
measure of the platform He pledged
himself to lawfully and legally use
every means IN hi power TO elimi-
nate from the Pacific coast the Mon
golian curse He favored the abro-
CATION of the Burlingame treaty and
the enactment of laws to prevent
Chinese coming into the country.
The address occupied about three
quarteas of an hours time and at the
conclusion three cheer were given FOR
the nominee of the democratic con-
vention.
After the address the convention
adjourned at IL o'clock.
The territorial democratic commit
tee held session after the adjourn.
ment and j. V. O'Dell was chosen
chairman, and W. H. Whittlesey sec
retary.
i DISTRICT NOMINATIONS.
The several democratic districts
conventions made nominations.
among which are the following:
james Hamilton Lewis of Seattle, for
joint councilman from the district
comprising the counties of King,
kitsap and Snohomish; L. K. Hanna
of Walla Walla, for prosecuting at
torney for the district of WalIa
Walla and Franklin counties; DR.. d.
IL: Poyneer, for joint representative,
and L. j. Dittemore for prosecuting
attorney for Asotin and Garfield
counties; Hiram Dustin, for prosecu-
ting attorney for Clarke, klickitat
and Skamania counties.
The delegates representing the
council district of Whutcom, San
Juan. Island. Jefferson ClaIIsm KIT