The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-10
DELEGATES TO SPOKANE.
King County Democrats Leave work
fngmen Out After a Scene.

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Last night the King county Democrats elected
the following delegates to the annual meeting
of the Democratic society. OF Washington, to be
held at spokane, September . aud q: ID. Il.
Durie, George Donworth, Junius Rochester, j.
3. netcalfe, John Collins, James Hamilton
Lewis, W. ii. Moore, G. 6. Heffner, /. A. Nadeau,
James r. MeEiroy, William Cochran, 8. G. Gil
man, NJ Il. Maddocks, Leander Miller, Daniel
keileher, Frank j. Foster, Salvador Eilicott,
Luke AcRedmond, Eugene semple, Fred Rice
koweil, j. O. Finch, Hiliofy Butler, +. A. Nc
Donald, l.. ID. Ross, DIR. ]. p. Sweeney, Josiah
toians, Ia X. Church and s. ID Gustfn; as al
ternates, ). NJ. smitheFs, J. 7. Blackstone, A.
krug, j. T. Ronald, ". II. Thompson, j. T.
lentzy, d. X. Howard, L. b. Guiberson, Joseph
Foster and William II. Taylor.
Inc meeting on the top floor of the Burke
Diock was attended By about eighty Democrats,
most OF them from. the city. Among those pres
ent were: J. ~ Carson, J. r. Howe, James
hamilton Lewis, W. X. Andrews, ". x. Mad
docks, ID. II. Gilman, John Collins, Z. r. Blaine,
Thomas u. Hardin. Salvador Elicott, Jnnius
Rochester, g. A. &. Rochester, ID. Z. Durle, ]. d.
Epier, Luke AeRedmoIld. OF Redmond; Fred
Rice ROBeii, Joan Fairfield, John r. Blaki-
stone, DR. ". A. shannon, j. Y Ostrander, W.
II. White, James J. Easily, Terence oBriea,
James L. Quiiter, q. w. currier, NJ Philips,
Edward q. Cheasty, Leander Miller aud r. >.
Foster
AT about O'Clock J. NJ. Carson called the
meeting 10 order and suggested the nomination
OF chairman Judge Junius Rochester
promptly responded with the name OF d. H.
Gilman. who is chairman OF the Democratic
state central committee. Mr.. Gilman was called
on to preside, and J. b. Howe was chosen secre-
tary.
Having gone thus far with great success, the
meeting proceeded 10 tangie itself up, ana spent
half an hour debating WHISTLER delegates should
IN nh
make nominations viva yoce, aud then ballot
The TWENTY-FIVE highest should be delegaters,
aud the next ten alternates.
Pretty much everybody present was nomin-
ated. j. NJ Carson, ID. II. Gilman, w. K An
drews, DR.. w. A. shannon, w. H. White, J. J.
Easily and J. b. Howe declined to stand. The
second nomination was that of ID. E. Durie by
James Hamilton Lewis. Mr.. Lewis is well aware
that the "big three" Judge Thomas Burke, d.
H. Gilman and ID. 4. Durie are subjecting to
most despiteful usage his boom for governor;
but Mr. Lewis was evidently dealing in Goals OF
fire, for he also nominated "that distinguished
Democrat, Hon. Thomas Burke" Mr. Lewis
likewise made friends of the mammon of the
rural districts by remembering 8. ID. Gustin, of
North Bend, and one or two others
out of Seattle. Just as the ballot
was to be taken Mr.. Lewis interrupted
by asking permission to open the nominations
in order to name for delegates two men "from a
class evidently overlooked through inadvert-
ence." The men were w. q. Armstrong, presi-
dent of the Western Central Labor Union, and
7. J. McCorry, of the Carpenters Union. Mr..
Lewis gave merely the names, and uttered not
word OF the positions of the men.
d. ii. Gilman, the chairman. quickly rose and
sat heavily on the champion of labor by saying:
"Ihc meeting has overlooked no Glasses OF
men. The Democrats recognize no class dis
tinction, all the delegates are American citizens
and saf Ia Ill.
n least we ought TO be. The American Union
is the greatest labor union in the world. We ell
belong to 1t. was laborer in the days when
dug potatoes, when | sawed lumber-and l
have been a laborer ever since"
d. +. Durie, Junius Rochester and all the
other "respectables" in the room applauded
warmly
Mr.. Lewis, irrepressible, and apparently igno-
rant OF the fact that he had been squelched,
stood up, clenched one glove more tightly, and
blandy and naivey remarked that he had said
nothing about labor. He didn't care to get into
an alteration with the chair, but he thought
merchants constituted one class in the com
munity, lawyers another The lawyers and
merchants had delegates, and he wanted two
men from still third class He would like to
have bis motion put.
There was murmur of applause, and the
vote was about evenly divided. Mr. Gilman
said he would declare Ii lost unless a contest
was called for Mr.. Lewis smiled amiabIy at
the chair, but spoke never word. The work
ingmen were not in it,
After some further delay the ballot WIS taken.
with the following result
George Donworih %, D. T.. Durie %. Junins
Rochester y. J. b. Metcalfe IS. John Collins ~.
J. IL. Lewis 70, W. II. Moore Is, c. q. Heffner "a
]. A. Nadeau u, James Il. sMcElroy "A, William
Cochran y. l. &. Gilman %, III. r. Maddocks
-, Leander Miller p. ID, Keileher ~, Frank j.
Foster -. salvador Elieott Il, Luke McRed-
mond ~, Eugene Sempe 81, Fred
Tory Butler 2l F. A. Mcdonald 20. l.. d. Ross 10.
j. Il. Sweeney 10, Josiah Collins 19. 1. X. Church
10, 5. ID. Gustn 10, :. NJ Smithers IS, ]. T. Blaki-
stone Is, A. krug II, J. I. Ronald H. w IL
Thompson l6, J. I. Lentzy Is, d. X Howard IL
J. B. Guiberson IL, Joseph Foster 10, William III.
Taylor TO- Thomas Burke s.
Announcement was made that on Saturday
evening. September 49, the Young Mems Demo
cratic Club would meet in room GID of the Burke
| block.