, 1892-08-08
READY FOR "BIZ. "
The Delegates Arriving and the
Decorations.
Everybody welcome The Arches
ON Main and Fourth Streets.
Headquarters of the Various
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Headquarters of the Various
Candidates at the Hotels.
Tomorrow and on Wednesday will Sc,
the largest crowd ever gathered at the stat'
capital 1t will beat admission day three
years ago. There is busy air already and
the trains and boats brought in delegates
and workers from every quarter. To-mor
row morning will see the streets alive with
strangers. The various local committees
are preparing to give the delegates warm
reception. All of today the decorating
committee was at work erecting arches OF
bunting on Main and Fourth streets. The
theater is buried behind mass of bunting
and transparencies Of the republicans
choice are displayed.
One of the pretty features will be the
continuous row Of evergreen trees which
will be arranged at distance of every
twenty feet along the sidewalk on either
side Of the street. The reception commit
tees were at the trains and boats and es-
corted the arrivals to comfortable quarters.
The convention promises to be decidedly
interesting, although it is not likely that
there will be any very warm political
fights. The greatest interest will, of course,
center in the contest for governor, with
Wilson, Calkins, Kinnear, Calhoun, Cos
grove and Long in the race. In forty-eight
hours the best man will be known. 1t is
thought there will be a larger attendance
of delegates and fewer alternates than to
any convention which has heretofore been
held in this state.
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followers arrived today, also Dr. G. v.
Calhoun. CosgroYe is here also and has
his quarters as has Wilson and the other
candidates, Ralph Nichols came in on the
noon train and nearly all of the Jefferson
delegation.
McGraw and his Seattle workers will be
on hand tomorrow.
The Wahkiakum and Pacific county del
egations will have their headquarters at
the Jefferson, with Clark, Columbia, What
com and Jefferson counties at the Olympia,
Whitman at the Carlton. Senator Van
Houten is here from Spokane, and expects
big delegation from his county. Con-
gresham John L. Wilson will arrive to-
morrow, and his nomination with that of
w. H. Doolittle will probably be unani-
nous.
SOME ARRIVALS.
Hon. Eugene T. Wilson, chairman of
blG obdbb gbubidl republican GDlnullLb6b, Is
here. His headquarters is at the Olympia.
State Senator B. O. Van HOuten is one of
the delegates from Spokane. He arrived
this morning
DR.. Luce, who is state senator from Dav-
enpOrt, is here from Lincoln county. He
has been endorsed by his county for lieu
tenant governor ~ Lincoln county has
never asked anything of the state conven-
ton.
Collector Of the port, Andrew Wasson,
is at the Olympia. He is lOoker.on, not
delegate.
Hon. A. A. Plummer, of Port Townsend,
is one Of the Jefferson delegates. He is
deputy United States collector of the port.
DR.. l. II. Power. eX-representative from
Kittitas county, is at the Olympia. Dr..
Power was born in this city 40 years ago.
The venerable looking DR.. G. V. Cal
hOun. Of Skagit county, who will be pre-
sented for governor by the Skagit delega-
ton, is at the Olympia.
EX-RepresentatiYe James Palmer, Of
POmeroy, is here.
S. G.. Cosgrove, Of Pomeroy, the farmer
lawyer candidate for governor, is at his
headquarters at the Olympia. He is not
certain of the nomination, but says he can
win If he is nominated.
M. f. Satterlee, editor of the Quilcene
Queen. is in the city. He is one Of the del
egates from Jefferson county.
liz ltuADi ADDClNgl VI bll1 " % lulu VI
fee at North Yakima, arrived on the noon
train. He is one Of the Kittitas county
delegates and good party worker.
Hon. Ralph X. Nichols Of North Yaki-
ma, secretary of the republican state cen
tral committee, is in the city. He will be
candidate for land commissioner.
James Powers, Of Skagit an old territor-
ial legislator and member of the constitu-
tional convention, is in town as a delegate.
He is practical printer, an editor and a
hop buyer.
Major Thad Huston, of Tacoma, candi.
for attorney general, is on hand. He
datonfdent Of making the race in a certain
contingency.
W. B. Dennis, editor of the Port Town.
send Leader, and a delegate TO the state
league, is at the Olympia.
Delegate p. d. Oliphant of RitzYile, an
ex-representative, William Delanty Of Port
Discovery and Judge George Turner of
Spokane, are at the Olympia; also Samuel
Walker of Cathlamet, Surveyor General
Shaw and Fred L. Rice.
Senator Claypool Of Tacoma, is in the
city. He was a competitor of Doolittle
for congress, but is now for Doolittle.