Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-09-07

Wilson was declared the nominee.
Again a motion to adjourn was lost,
and nominations for governor were made
as follows:
J. R. Kinnear, of King county; E. P.
Ferry, of King county, and L. s. How
lett, of Yakima; the first ballot gave
Ferry 156 votes, Kinnear 1875, and How
lett 16. Even before the result was
officially announced the convention was
in state of wild enthusiasm, and when
the old gentleman appeared on the plat
form in response to the loud and pro-
longed calls for Ferry, it was not until
every person present had exhausted him
self cheering that he was able to COM
mence to speak. After Ferry's speech
the convention adjourned until 10 o'clock
Thursday.
Thursday at 10 a. m. the convention
was called to order, and the first order of
business being the nomination of lieu
tenant governor, Capt. c. NJ. Holton, of
Yakima, Chas E. Laughton, of Okano-
gan, D. G. Y. Calhoun, of Skagit and W.
P. Gray, Of Franklin were placed in
nomination, and on the third ballot
Laughton received ISL votes, Calhoun
145 votes, and Holton votes, whereup-
on Laughton was declared the nominee.
For secretary of state, o. G. White the
present secretary, R. G. O'Brien, of O.
lympia and Allen Wier, of Port Towns
end, were placed in nomination, and on
the second ballot Wier was nominated,
having received 252 votes.
For state treasurer, A. A. Lindsey, of
Clark county, was nominated by accla-
nation.
For state auditor, T. NJ. Reed, of
Olympia, was nominated by reclamation.
For attorney general, W. G. Jones, of
Spokane, was nominated by reclamation.
For superintendent of public instruc-
ton, R. B. Bryan, of Chehalis, and H. J.
Swim, of Whatcom, were placed in nom
nation; Bryan was nominated on the
first ballot.
For commissioner Of public lands,
Louis Sohns, of Clark county, Sewall
Truax, of Garfield county, and ". S.
Forrest, of Whatcom, were placed for
nomination; on the first ballot Forrest
was nominated The convention then
adjourned until l o'clock.
The first business of the afternoon
session was the nomination of five
judges.
R. o. Dunbar was nominated, on
of the rules, by reclamation.
Elmon Scott, of Garfield county; T. L.
Stiles, of Tacoma; J. P. Hoyt, of Seattle;
T. J. Anders, of Walla Walla; Mark A.
Fullerton, of Colfax, and Judge Denni-
son were placed in nomination; on mo-
ton it was decided to vote on four of
the candidates at once, majority boing
necessary for choice. The vote was as
follows:
Stiles $40, Hoyt $40, Anders 1876,
Scott Isl, Moore lat, Fullerton lat, and
Dennison GA. Messrs Stiles, Hoyt,
Anders and Scott we're declared the nom
inees for judges Of the supreme court.
For members of the state central com
mlttee, consisting of one member from
each senatorial district, the several del
egations handed to the chair their choice;
G. P. ChamberGn was selected to repre-
sent Whitman county on the committee.
The following resolution was passed:
Whereas, the question of proxies has
heretofore been a disturbing element in
the republican conventions of the terri
tory, and it is DESTROYS to avoid discord
in the future; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That all future calls for
republican state conventions snail con-
tain request that each county or dis
trict convention shall elect alternates as
well as delegates, and that the represen-
tation in state conventions shall be by
duly elected delegates or their alternates
only. In case delegate and his alter
nate are both absent the delegation shall
cast the vote.
A vote of thanks was rendered the
officers of the convention, the press, and
the citizens of Walla Walla On motion
the convention adjourned to elect the
ticket on the first of October, amid
much enthusiasm.
At Colfax, on Wednesday, Septem-
her the democratic county convention