, 1889-09-12
THE OUTCOME.

democratic house and promptly signed
by democratic president.
THE OUTCOME.
The Democrats Hopeful, Notwith-
standing Defeat Staring Them In
the Face.
ELLENsBURG, Wash, Sept. 0.--Bcforc
the delegates to the first democratic con.
vention of the new state had separated
after midnight on. the morning of the
anniversary OF Perry's victory on Lake
Erie, the significant despatch was scnt
eve havc met tho enemy and they are
ours In the case OF the Ellensburg
convention this could be changed to
eve have met the enemy and we are
theirs" That Is what the result will be
In less than three weeks uuc. The
ticket put up will hc Knocked down
because the state Of Washington H., re-.
publican, in the words OF the lutc Colonel
Sellers, by large majority.
Defeat, however, Will not weaken the
democratic host They always come up
smiling with tho motto, Don't give up
the ship" Tho convention here was 1877
less in number than the Wulia Waln
gathering last week and was plenty large
enough. IL numbered it the represent.
tuton had been full lGl members. The
counties of l-luudy Pacific, San Juan,
Skamanin End stevens were, however
not represented 1t WAS a fine looking
body of representative democrats uud
the moss back clement was not i'm the
asCcndCncy. Tho young democrats ran
things ana the temporary and pcrman.
ont cnnirmcn both of whom were fluent
takers, were only about years OF
age, respectively. The cotirt.housc
In which the convention was
held hud been neatly calcimmcd
and was finely decorated with inscrip.
tions, flags and icstoOns of cedar twgs
on either side of the walls woIe large
cunvus plaCurds with the following:
"WashingtOu territory was organized
under democratic administration lSj3.n
''fho state of Washington WAS admitted
into the Union In 1850. under dem.
ocritic administration These three log.
ends cApr scd incts. Another ia q
hopeful vein, nan thus; "fhc State OF
Washington should bc governed hy o
democratic administration" On the
nor,h wall back of the presiding officer
We're pictures OF Grover Clcvclandun old
Roman ThurGldn. | ndcrucath W.ts tIc
inscription, "Iublic Office is public
trust" Overhead was Il large American
ilag caught up against the ceiling. The
delegates were seated In chairs by ydelega-
uons. There was striking difference
In the atmosphere Of Walla Walh
and Ellensburg. IL was warm
house at the former place last week, here
it has hcCu Gully and some of tho news
paper boys aud delcgate3 arc iH their
uyCrcoats. The reception committee,
wlich was cumpo'cd of republicans aud
dcmOcrdts.glikc, took care of al who
came TO town.
The Pierce county delegation was the
first to file into the court house, headed
by band Of music, followed by King
Spokane, Whitman and others.
At .lO:i5 all the Delegates were
seated and business began by
4 a IN TH..
ton to order The young real estate
agent OF Tacoma, Hugh G.. Wallace, was
quickly made temporary chairman
against l.. {. Platter ui Whitman coun.
IS, and delivered clever democratic ad.
dress. Thcn the mayor of the city
Hon. W. r. Abrams, made g brOf wei
come speech, and the democratic heart
the Tacoma -lring band played, hoauti-
fully, "Nuy Down Suuth m DiEie.n
This tune, whi'h Abraham Lincoln once
said was captured property of the Con.
icderacy, warmed the boys mp and u
round of applause greeted tho
and the convention took u recess until
I o'clock T. NJ, Upon rCasacmhling
the convention was treated 10 Il wander
iug, rapid, iiowery, way-up-iu-thc
clouds address on the past aud future Of
the democratic party, by Dude james
AAstllllilOll lNNlHf NHlfli NouittkA iikN u
speech OF young orator at II horse
tournament down South, Dude Lewis
the permanent chairman, Is graceful
speaker and a young Scion of the late
conicdorucy. with Il decided Southern
accent. lie was otiusive, classic, his
toric linguistic, tragic and i'atulont
throughout. The convention yelled and
yelled and yelled as the young RicnM
worked himself red in the face, wiped
the democratic pcrspiratiOn from his
high, retrcating brow, and shook his
straight brown hair which stood up like
u lions manc. Ii was the supreme Of
fort of his life, and was in marked con
trast to the speech of Hugh G. Wallace
the temporary chairman, Another re.
cess was then taken for two hours to al
low the various committees 10 report
something the major omitted. In tho
convention hall behind the chalrman's
desk Is displayed a long banner with the
inscription in ten.inch letters; "Public
office is a public trust" The artist who
executed the work appended his name
thus: i'Barton." Some way prclixed
the initials &C. NJ" and enclosed the
whole in quotation points so that the
genial Major Barton of Tacoma, the
Oregonian correspondent, appears to the
spectator TO be the author of the sonu-
ment so literally displayed. He takes
the joke in good bumor, for his rcpuh.
licanism is too pronounced and too well
known to be disturbed even at tho ap-
parent charge of being sponsor at dem.
ocratic watchword. After all, the sent-
lncnt Is an entirely proper and salts
factory one for everybody to endorse.
II is only its connection with the 20-inch
collar man who set IL a going in the
democratic ranks that reflects any dis
credit on It,
The delegates marched up from the
hotel and into the hall with the Tacoma
band playing "Marching through
Georgia." and after this band had been
sufficiently applauded tho Ellensburg
band gave them "Yankce Doodle" and
the Tacoma band joined in and they
made Il jubilee it which tho audience
loudly applauded. When Chairman
Lewis called for order and asked for the
report of the committee ON platform,
White, of King, said the secretary was
copying it, so they waited while aud
the Tacoma band changed oil into an
orchestra.
Three Men Shot.
OMAHA, Sept. 9.---Constable Masterman
last night shot John Jones, Jim McCarty
and Jake Stamiuss in resort betwccn
Omaha and South Omaha, known as
ssOklahomn.p Staniluss will probably
die and the other two will recover. The