The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-16
TIE mrUBuciN 9uT.
Circumstances Of the Nomination
Of Staaup aud visscher.


Peter Stamp. made famous IN the
Northwest by his nomination for gov
ernor on the Ssanup ticket By Sam
Crawford ia shree-day speech 81
walla WAlsa after the adjournment OF
the Republican convention txe weeks
ago. is quiet resident OF Puyaiiup,
where he Is the head OF a happy fami-
ly, dispenses the gospel to his fellow
Indians on sunday and picks hops on
week days. He first saw the light OF
day about thirty years ago, in the
wigwam of his father. chief Of the
Puyaliup trine-
In Childhood he was naturally
hight and apt 10 learn. When q
mere boy some Catholic priests took a
| fancy to him, and fasing him IN hand
rave him q good English education.
| He adopted their faith, but was after
ward converted to the Presbyterian
belief.
In 1875. when quite q boy. he con-
ceivsd the idea of penetrating the
mysteries OF type-sctting. Going 20
Olympia, he secured the unenviabie
position OF devil on the Morning. Echo,
then ably conducted by Francis ID.
Cook, now q wealthy resident OF Spo-
kane Fails, and on which Capt. Harry
Struve, nox of Port Blakeley,
| vas q comeositor, and sam Crawford,
| the present leader of Peters party
| was city editor, business manager,
| foreman, composition. pressman and
paper-carrier. Peter, - mentioned
before, was apt 70 learn. and being
anxious to get on. did very well. He,
however, had one fault. When given
| tyne to distribute he would .pi' il
and then picking each type up would
distribute il. sam Crawford, then
| foreman, was not long in teaching
| him different method. Peter worked
| six months on the Echo and then, at
the earnest solicitation of his father,
returned to his Indian home.
| when Editor Cook moved his plant
| to Few Tacoma and started the Her
aid, the nrst paper ever published
there. the Stanup party's candidate
| for governor went down and began to
work for him again. He labored on
the Herald until he became
quite n good compositor. About
this time he conceived the idea
of becoming a minister of the gospel,
and took up the study of theology.
He was greatly aided in his studies
BY Rev. John II. Thompson. mod
orator of the Puget Sound Presby-
terry, and late president of the terri
| torial council, and chaplain of the
| constitutional convention. Peter
soon fitted himself for the ministry
and has since been constantly among
his fellow-Indians on the Puyallup
reservation. He has done much
good work and is universally re-
spected. He is thorough Repub-
lican and good political talker. OF
the aforementioned virtue he makes
good use in campaign times
DECLINED THE HONOR.
On the return OF the train bearing
the delegates home from Walla Walla
q stop was made at Puyallup and
Peter C. Stanup, upon whom the
honor of being the candidate Of the
Stanup party was thrust. was called
| upon. On a cane bottom chair for q
platform and with tears, and sobs in
his voice. Peter c. Stanup. in feel
ing speech, thanked his friends for
their LOYALTY to him, but manfuily de.
clined to stand against. rs he said, las
good a man as Governor Ferry" He
closed by pledging his hearty support
to his friend, the ex-governor. and
thus the chasm between the Stanup
party and the Republican party was
bridged.
THE PARTY STILL IN THE FIELD.
Col. Will l.. Visscher, candidate fol-
ieutensnt-governor on the Stanur
| ticket, whose nomination by accIa.
nation was secured through the elo.
quence of sam Frazier. has not as We,
declined the nomination, and he will
go before the people to drink the gall
of defeat or sport the glorious crown
of victory. The colonel's PERSISTENCE
in sticking to the nomination has
given rise to the suspicion that Sam
Frazier, the bone. and Sam Crawford
the sinew of the Stanup party, will a,
the last minute desert f. p. Ferry and
swing into line for Peter c. Stanup for
governor and Col. VIII l.. Vlsscher
for lieutenant-governor. Up to late
hour last night nothing definite con.
corning the rumor could be learned
but interesting developments are
looked for to-day.