, 1889-09-12
BODY OF THE TICKET.
Some Slightly Belated Details OF
the Republican State
Convention.
Interesting Political Echoes Con-
cerning Men Whom
You Know.

i nc REVIEW u not glvcn to publish
ing nows the two days age of which
might cause anyone to satircally alludo
to it as ancient history, but the i'm.
portance Of the subject and general de.
sire of all TO know the circumstances at
tending the nomination of the entire
state republican ticket must be the ex-
cuse for here producing u portion of the
proceeding! that was shelvcd, owing to
the ine1ieienty of the telegraph service;
Two out of the fourteen nominations
had been completed by the state con-
vention. leaving twelve yet to be made,
when the convention met Thursday
morning First on the list was the nom
ination Of
ltEurENA NT- T-GovERNoR
The call of Clarke county brought
Geoghcgan to his feet to nominate Cap
tain c. NJ. Holtou, of Yakima, whom he
pronounced to be an old soldier with Il
clear record, and II pure, unsullied repu-
tation.
Okanogan county produced Romano,
who oulogized observation-disclosures
II. G. Laughton, formerly of Nevada
and nominated him.
Grimes of Kittitas seconded this nom
ination, and pledged his countys vote.
Bowen of Wahkiakum said that noun
tain ranges did not divide friends, and
| that the southwestern corner of the new
state greeted the north east corner, and
would welcome Charles E. laughton as
D A. Ma
| Mcbride of Skagit nominated DIR. q.
| V. Calhoun of La Conner in u short,
earnest speech, and Clarke of Jefferson
| seconded 1t.
Taylor of Wallu Walla nominated W..
| L. Gray of Franklin county.
! The balIoting proceeded as follows:
First Second Third
| ughtou",..",..o,.o.. 1873 lib l5l
| Calhoun .,.,........-,-,..,o l22 14s 40
/ lioltoN ,.t.-,...,,,.-,..," ~
| Gray .,,."'.''..'.'..,o"-,., Ii ....'.
Laughton was therefore nominated,
and on motion Of Lesh of Yakima, the
nomination was made unanimous.
Laughton was loudly called for and
came on the stage. He said that there
were times when words were inadequate
to express the emotions. He had the
most profound thanks to offer for the
! great honor conferred on him. He
simply wished to say that in recognizing
the great Northeast as they had done,
| they had recognized II section that
unless all mining signs failed, would
soon pour into the lap of Washington Il
stream of bullion such as was hardly
dreamed Of He declared his allegiance
to the doctrines of the republican party
and pledged his time and his talents tc
those doctrines and to their success.
Ur. Calhoun was called to the stage
and said; Gentlemen of the conven-
ton, by your votes you have dcCideC
that / shall remain where | have fol
twenty five years, private in the rank
of the republican party, ever since Lin
coin declared that this country could no
EeXist half slave and half free. | thanl
the gentlemen who have supported me
was never Il kicker, gentlemen, and
bow to the will of the convention, ant
will do all that one man can to secur,
the election of the ticket nominated by
this convention"
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The nomination for secretary of stat,
came next.
Dorr of Columbia nominated o. c.
| White, the present territorial secretary
and Ormsby of Walla Walla seconded
him.
Cosgrove of Garfield nominated Adiu.
tant.Geueral Ross G.. o. Brien of Olym
pia, and Sol Smith of klicktat seconded.
Clarke of Jefferson nominated Allcr
Weir of jefferson, and Mcbride o
Skagit and William Dunbar of khckital
seconded.
Following was the vote: