, 1890-10-02

Langford's nomination by vote of
so to 81.
His election was made unanimous,
and In short speech he thanked
the convention for the honor con.
ferred, and said IL elected he would
mete out justice to all alike.
For prosecuting attorney, Howard
Hazeltine, &. II. Fenton and w. IL.
King were nominated. Mr.. Fenton
declined the nomiaation, but 1t was
Il case Of the Office seeking the man,
and when the ballot was taken the
the result as announced was: Fen
ton Al, King 81, Hazeltine IL.
Being called on for speech, MIR.
Fenton said that upon being nomi'
mated I'm the face of his declination
! of the honor, he could not do less
than TO accept, which he did.
When the chairman announced
that nominations for county clerk
were In order dead silence reigned
over the assembly. man seemed
to want the office or to know ofany-
one o.,, who I'D, did. , Upon ,.thS the
Mr.. j. Kennedy Stout objected,
saying that some one ought to be
found to take the office. He had
scarcely finished speaking when
MIR. j. w. Galbraith, of Spokane
Bridge, named Mr.. Stout for that
office, and he was nominated by
loud acclamation. Upon being
called upon for speech, he merely
said he didn't think 1t necessary,
under the circumstances, to express
his feelings, and tho convention
proceeded with the order of bust
dess.
L.. j. Fellowes nominated for
sheriff Joel f. Warren, who was
confirmed by acclamation, amid
much enthusiasm.
For county treasurer w. II.
Bonne was nominated by acclama.
ton, and the same course was pur-
suedjin comforting the nomination
for auditor upon j. j. l.. Peel.
For assessor, j. j. Imbody and j.
+. Redner were named, the ballot
taken resulting in the choice of Mr..
Imbody for that Office.
j. Il. Watkins was nominated for
surveyor by acclamation.
And now an unusual thing oc-
Cured. Nominations for county
school superintendent being In
order, Mr.. III. A. Westnoreland
placed In nomination Mrs. Jessie
Borden, of Molloy Prairie, and
after some discussion this was con-
firmed by acclamation.
For county coroner DIR. w. l..
Webb was enthusiastically nomi-
mated.
At this point Mr.. G. w. Thomp-
son, who had just awakened to a re,
alization of the fact that Mrs. Bor-
den had been nominated for school
superintendent, arose and stated to
the convention that her name had
been brought before the republican
convention for the same Office, but
that she had failed to receive the
nomination. This aroused much
discussion among some of the men,
bers, her friends claiming that she
was democrat, Others saying that
If she were or were not 1t made no
difference, as she had no vote, and
others thinking that the offices
should go to true blue democrats
only. A motion that the action Of
the convention in placing her in
nomination be rcconsidered, was
lost, however, and the regular order
OF business was returned to.
1t being hard to find man who
wished to run for county commits.
sioner of the First district, this was
passed for awhile, and James Hayes
and g. w. Thompson were placed
In nomination for the Second and
Third districts respectively.
John Mayer and III. A. Westmore.
land being placed in nomination for
the First district, a ballot was taken,
resulting: Mayer, ~; Westmoreland,
81, and the former was declared the
choice of the convention.
At q recess of five minutes dura-
ton, taken for the purpose of se-
ture, the delegates from each dis.
trict held "A caucus, agreeing upon
the men who should be named, and
when the convention reassembled 1t
ratified the nomination Of Mr.. j.,
Shaier for joint senator with Ste
vens county, who was nominated
recently at the convention held In
that county, and G. ID. Sutton re-
ceived the nomination for represent
ative from the Second district.
For the Third district, Il. H.
Wilson and II. G. McCamant were
nominated for representatives.; j.,
III. Buckley, j. +. Plgott and ii. j.,
Brown receiving the nomination
for the Fourth district, and Louis
Walters and Warner Cobb being
named from the Fifth district
For chairman Of the county central
committee, II. B. Cornell and +. j..
Eellowes we're nominated, and a
ballot taken resulted in the election
of F'ellowes by a vote of 6S to Is.
Members of the county central
committee are as follows:
Spring Valley-A. j. Calhoun,
Rosalia.
Stevens-Daniel Webdell, Che
ney.
Waverly-J.E Langhan, ,Spangle,
Richland-J. j. Imbody, Mica.
Medical Lake-A. p. McKerney,
Medical Lake.
First ward-B. n. Carrier, Spo-
kane.
Second ward-John Nestor, Spo.
kane.
Third ward--C. A. Conant, Spo.
kane.
Fourth ward-C. II. Brauns, Spo.
kane.
Spokane BRIDGE. w. Galbraith
Spokane Bridge.
Madison--D. NJ. Clement, Spo
kane.