The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-09-25

embarrassing, he was called to order ut
the suggestion Of Phil Stanton.
The result Of the ballot was that DR..
Chambers received "a votes to ~ for
Clark, and was declared the nominee of
the convention.
For sheep commissioner, Harry Rob
erts was placed in nomination by Butler
and S. J. Cameron by Ellis. Cameron
received 20 votes and Roberts H.
There seemed some difficulty to find II
republican to serve as county surveyor
but W. II. Redman was finally settled
upon, and was nominated by acclama-
ton, after the nomination had been ten
dered to J. NJ. Hall, the present efficient
officer, and declined by him through VIM
Ker.
Nominations for the office OF assessor
being now in order, Mr.. MorfUrd sub.
mitted the name Of b. +. Saylor and Mr..
Ketchum that Of T.. A. Shannafelt. The
latter ran like Wildfre, receiving thirty
three out Of the thirty-seven votes.
Next came school superintendent, and
J. G. Lawrence was nominated by Vim.
I.ince. There being no other candidates
named, the nominations were about to
close, when Mr.. Boyle arose and said
everything was going to the city and he
wanted to see the outside get a show.
Mr.. Moriord replied by stating that Mr..
Lawrence vas a resident Of Wide Hollow.
This settled it, and be was nominated by
exclamation.
For county clerk, Mr.. Cleman nomi-
mated David W. Stair and Mr.. Butler
named W. II. Chapman. Mr.. Stair got
there on a vote Of 81 to Ii.
When Chairman Heg informed the
delegates to make their nominations for
prosecuting attorney, W. l.. Jones arose
and, in a very neat speech, telling At the
trials and fluctuations Of the poor young
attorney working his way up, he nomi.
mated his law partner, J. A. Rockford.
There being no other candidates, Mr.
Rochiord's aspirations were gratife1.
The nomination for sheriff was fore
gone conclusion, and has been for some
time past; but Wallace Wiley had de-
sire TO measure lances with Dan simmons,
and he was accommodated, only to find
that Mr.. Simmons was the longest.
Wiley was nominated by Cleman and
Simmons by Winchester. Winchester
, was twenty miles away with his man
before Groom Cleman had coached his "a
/. the quarter pole. Vote; simmons, 20;
; Wiley, II.
Cleman, who had evidently gone into
the business Of nominating candidates,
named George O. Nevin for treasurer and
J. II. Hubbard placed J. X. Ward in the
field for the same office. Mr. BOYLE re.
marked, in a chestnut favored voice, that
the old soldiers had no show in this con.
vention, and so il proved In this as in
every other instance, for Nevin got there
in canter, receiving IS out Of the 81
votes cast.
Cleman again came to the front in the
, contest for auditor, and nominated NJ. II.
Ellis. At this juncture the irrepressible
Boyle bobbed up serenely and said, in
effect, that sit was no use. The slate
e was made up in the city. II was an easy
t thing to make up a slate, hut the next
: thing was to carry II through at the polls
), The offices should be divided up a bill
: and the country should be given chance
= MessTs. Neil, Ketchum and himself rep
3 resented half Of the cOunty--all OF tina
= vast territory below the gap" and hi,
= John l.. Sullivan hand pointed to tn
i south. Here You give a fat office to
4 recent conner from Minnesota, and tn
a mud is not yet dry behind his ears.
, seems that you don't need the old sol
+ der, nor do you need the tiller Of tn
e soil; but you will need them on the al
n Of November. arise here to nominat
,, one whom you all know rs an honest
Is Trustworthy, capable mhh. arise +
Ie nominate Nelson Rich, q PrOsser; and
l, he don't get but one vote in the conven
u tlult u VIII W Nl UOutet uLu hlllleu ~
d the good Of the party" Mr.. Morton
d here asked what assurances the conven
ton had that Mr.. Rich wonld accept tn
N nomination. Mr., Boyle looked down dis
sr painfully at the questioner and replied
n "You have read Bishop. All lawyer
'. have read Bishop, and know that the Of
common law Of England made il a
e. oifense to refuse an Office. In this conn
try there was no need for such law, an
$. therefore none was created, for here n
man will refuse one"
The ballot stood 80 for Ellis, ) for Rich
For county commissioner Of the I'm
district, Frank Handle was nominated b
h. exclamation, In the second district co
81 bad evidently slipped somewhere, and
took four ballots to elect John Reed ovt
II. II. d. Winchester and John +. Mark
although the latter did not figure veI
ce heavily, and was Withdrawn after IL