, 1889-09-05
THE CONVENTION.
" Give Us Our Old Commander
is the Cry at Walla
Walla.
The Clans Rallying to the Fight
Pierce County Easily
Satisfied.
Death Of Tacoma Physician
Serious Fire at Ukiah,
California.

back our old commander Is TO DO tho
watchword Of the coming campaign III
the new state of Washington. Nearly
all OF the delegates arc wearing badges
inscribed "For governor, u. II. Ferry
"A few have on IL neat badge inscribed
"For governor l.. ). Ilowlott OF North
Yakima" No Kinnear badges were WIS.,
lille before the train arrived Tonight
1t is tho general opinion that the King
county delegation made
A oRAvE MISTAKE
in postponing its arrival until late this
afternoon. tSnncar Is here himself
along with Sheriff McGraw and Paul
Debcrry, but the boom for him docs not
appear to move AT ail. In fact, 1t looks
encouraging for King county III the lace
oi 80 many Fcrry budgos.
That tho "Old Commander" will get
there on the first hullot Is conceded.
Whether Kinnear will withdraw before
the assembling OF the convention at
Smalps opera house tomorrow or go
into the fight Is not known. II the lat
ter, 1t will bc
"QuicK AND DEAD"
said q Spokane county delegate this
afternoon. II Is surprising to sec the
number of delegates from various parts
with Governor Ferry. Many of them
knew him personally VIXEN he was an
executive officer of The territory under
Grant and llLvcs. They came to his
headquarters OH Main street with the
Harrison legion, shook him warmly by
| the hand and talked about old Tunes as
IT they had found an old iriend. ~
, Columbia county delegate said to him:
"Govcrnor, 1t docs not make any differ
cnce about your own county being
against you In this light, because you
belong to tho whole territory, and not
To one county"
The Pierce county delegation, the
largest one here at present, and nutuber-
ing twcnty-six delegates, came in OH
last nightH train with blue silk ban
nor, upon which was INSCRIBED; Pierce
county delcgation--Walla Walla and
/ Tacoma Join hands. John Is. Aliens
majority in November, lSSS--S2O' They
had u meeting this afternoon and elected
/ William b. blackwell president of the
Tacoma National bank, as chairman.
They then adJournsd till alter train time
F., Tonight. James Wickersham OF Tacoma
| holds u proxy In this delegation.
North Yakima's headquarters Were
filled with visitors all day, all of tho del
egutes from Yakima county wearing u
/ very fine yellow silk badge hinged with
silver, bearing the inscription: North
Yakima will DC the capital OF the new
| state"
vi Tue opposite nilc VI h"ih StiSS,
/ from the North Yakima rooms Colonel
I l.. s. Howlett las his headquarters, and
ucross the street is flying an American
I flag with his nann for governor.
! This afternoons tniin swclled the
throng of visitors by the arrival of dele.
gate sirom the west, Columbia river and
/ Pacific ocean counties, among them a.
Bowen of Skamania, late member OF the
/ constitutional conventions ne Is talked
of for permanent chairman.
| A. II. Lindsey of Union Ridge, Judge
| Dcnnison of Vancouver and Mr.. Mont
! gomcry of sknmockawa, were among
| the number Lindsey is spoken OF rs u
good candidate for state treasurer
There are tnlly twenty OF thirty mem
bers of that body who are delegates here,
/ showing uonclusiyely that tho document
h pretty well liked. Dunbars head
quarters, which are in the uptown law
office has been hcqucntly visited to-day.
The klikitut statesman Is working 10
get votes enough to nominate MN. IL
looks like hopeless task at this writ
Ing, because the ground swcl Is for John
l.. Wilson OF Spokane lt IS said T.. y.
sullivan, OF the TacOnta delegations
stnrtcd aboom this afternoon among his
colleagues for Dunbar but it was not
taken to very kindly. The argument
used was that Dunbar was strong ~
some counties, but this was combated
by announcing that his prohibition and
suffrage record would weaken nm
in the large cities some. II i Thought
they saw in tl.is movement the nnc
Italian hand of the Northern Paoiiic-a
scheme for a candidate for the United
Stutrs senate from Walla Walla.
Chairman c, q. Lyons, OF tho terri
toriul republican committee, II hero
from Seattle with the Harrison legion
lie is against Hoyt and hinnenr. Inc
national republican committee Iia'
ilromiscd innierial aid. Among tht
speakcrs of nntional reputation who will
he heard on the stump viii be ION
Reed of Michigan, Major Mckinley OF
Ohio, and Joe Cannon oil Illinois.
Patrick Henry Winston of the spo
kane Falls delegation is TO make III,
nominating speech for John l.. wilson
He is
An rIoQuRNTarEAHER.
and Will he followed By other effective
speakers in Wilson,. behalf, Z.
The garrison band of tile Second cav
ulry sereuu,el the different hcadquar
tcrs this evening.
c. NJ. Barton and 1had Huston di,
not attend the caucus OF the delegation
from Pierce county this evening, prefer
: ring TO vote for whom they pleased IL
the convention tomorrow. They ascer
t,,incd that II majority Of the delegation
met tillS ultVFuOOii "'HSNN '.V'.'S ~ Y
them. and adopted a gag resolution Il
commit the whole delegation to a slat
arranged by them. The Pierce count!
delegation arc all here hut A. b. Bur
, ham w. Il. Lindsey, Herman Jones an,
I'D. +. Davies. The proxies for thes
three arc Mcssrs. Barton, Wickershar
: and Huston,
las the sense Of the Pierce count,
delegation;
WngnEAs, The commercial and polit
/ ical supremacy of the city OF Incomu
Pierce county, demands that representa-
tion should be secured In tho uniic
States senate 10y an eminent citize
, thereof; therefore, be 1t
|, Resolved, That in order to nttain thn
end the delegation to this first conver
ton from Pierce county will ask for non
of the state offices, but will be conter
to push their claim for United State
: senator before the legislature.
: The Hunt train was lato tonight;
did not arrive until neurly III % clocl
: bringing twenty-sevcn oftlieking count
) delegation in their own cur under III
mnrshalship of Colonel John Charlie
, Haines and Judge john +. Hoyt. The
had plenty OF
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
on board. A number OF delegates froi
! the lower Sound counties were on I'll
/ car.
, Judge Turner and Mrs. Turner nls
came Ia from Spokane Falls this ever
ing and will be the guest of +. ID. Johi
) son of tho Walll Wulla Union.
: Colonel Haines thinks it would be a
@ insult to King county to nominate Il.
: Ferry after he had been repudiated b.