, 1892-08-11
M'GRAW THEMAN
Seattle Gets the Nominee for
Governor.
LUCE, OF LINCOLN, FOR HIS
LIEUTENANT.
Wilson and DOOlittle for Con-
greSS by ACClamatiOn.
THE TWO SUPREME JUDGES
ARE RENOMINATED.
A Lively Convention and the Work
COmpleted-HOW the Votes Stood
on the Various Contests.

on the Various Contests.
Congress, John L. Wilson, Spokane; VIM. H.
DoOlittle Pierce
Supreme judges, T. J. Anders, Walla Walla;
Elmon Scott, Whatcom.
Governor, John H. McGraW, Seattle.
Meutenant-governor, F. H Luce, Lincoln.
Secretary Of state, James H. Price, Pierce
Auditor, L. R. Grimes, Kittitas.
Treasurer, o. A. Bowen, Wahkiakum.
Attorney-general, W. c. Jones, Spokane
Superintendent of public schools, C. W. Bean,
Whitman.
Commissioner of public lands, W. T. Forrest,
Lewis,
State printer, o. C. White, Columbia.
Presidential electors, G. V. Calhoun, skagit; J.
S. Mcmillan, San Juan; J. A. Navarro, Okla
hogan; c. F. White, ohehalis.
When the convention opened this morn
ing matters were in a peculiar shape. Dur
ing the preceding night there had been a
number of important changes that would
more or less affect the chances of some of
the distinguished gentlemen who hungered
for Office.
EugeneT. Wilson's withdrawal and the
McGraw boom had given a new impetus
to the noise and enthusiasm slum5ering in
the hearts of the King county delegates.
1t bubbled over profusely at o'clock and
contin ued to boil until a short time before
daylight today.
Zone hours sleep is all want" said one
man. Il must have that or die"
McGraw badges-nice white satin badges
with black Extraordinarily prepared
many days ago. were distributed in the ro-
tunda of the Olympia, and every delegate
who could be pursuaded to do so put on
McGraw badge on top of his other political
regalia. As more of the delegates and vis-
itOrs gathered in, number of the more
boistsrous King county men took possess
sion Of the ball room on the north, where
they could express themselves without re-
straint. A flag was seized, the men formed
in line, marched out through the rotunda,
and out upon the veranda yelling with all
t heir might at every step:
"H-u-r-r-a-hl
For John H.
McGrawl
AS they passed along the number was
increased by stray admirers of McGraw in
the crowd who fell in line. A crowd of
Pierce county Office holders held three
cOrnered session near the clerks desk.
LET 'em alone, remarked one of the
men, "and see 'em make id fools out
of themselves"
This demonstration was the signal for a
series of Outbursts of enthusiasm that
would have continued indefinitely had it
not hnav 1anr co.
rest, so as to be ready for the battle today.
The arrival of a contingent Of "hurrah
boys" from Seattle, accompanied by the
First Regiment band, added not a little to
the confusion and racket of the occasion.
Two hundred Seattle men called on Gov
ernOr Ferry and State Auditor Reed at
their homes on Main street, and were gra-
ciOusly received at both places.
Marching on the street or at the
hotel the McGraw element was always
ready to yell at the slightest excuse, there
by showing an accurate knowledge of the
great political problem before them for So
luton.
Henry Longs withdrawal from the field
made the nomination ofa number of minor
candidates an assured success-candidates
whose prospects had not been very bright.
1t was thought that W. T. Forrest,
candidate for state land commissioner,
would be benefited by the with
drawal of Long.
An interesting unofficial caucus was held
in the center of the hotel rOtunda by repre-
sentatiYes of King and Pierce counties over
an unauthorized effort made by a King
county delegate to get the Pierce county
delegation to stand by them in the fight
for the Lake Washington canal plank in
the resolutions of the convention.
"He claimed to have been authorized by
the delegation" said the Pierce county
man.
"Well, if he had any authority I didn't
know anything about it, +" replied the King
county delegation. "What did he
want %
Everything in the way of appropria-
tions for harbOr mprOvements-the canal,
Columbia river, harbors on the coast,
Puget Sound, etc.
Efforts were made TO patch up the reso-
lutlons by those most interested.
Chairman yesterday offered the following:
We favor liberal appropriations by the
general government for the improvement
of our rivers and harbors and such other
internal improvements as will cheaper or
facilitate commerce and be Of general bene-
fit to the country.
1t was adopted.
P. B. Johnson, ofWalla Walla, suggested
the following amendment which was
adopted:
We most heartily endorse and approve
the efforts of our delegation in congress to
oSeNAo AADSAoA oPPAopAAasAOuo AOl bubo6 puI-
poses.
Soon after midnight the King county
delegation drew up sweeping plank as a
substitute to the planks already incorpor-
-ated. 1t was as follows:
Resolved, That we recognize the import
ance to our people Of the improvement of
our rivers and harbors, and that we espe-
-cially commend as worthy of the attention
of congress the Columbia river, the harbors
of our Pacific coast and of Puget sound
and of the ship canal connecting Puget
sound with Lake Washington; that we
condemn the action of the democratic
house of representatives in refusing an ap-
preparation for the opening of the
Columbia river and the Lake Washington
ship canal, and that we most heartily ap
prove the course of Senators Allen and
Squire and Of Representative Wilson II
their advocacy of those measures; that ",
are heartily in favor Of the speedy opening