, 1892-06-08
PEOPLES PARTY
Meet to Elect Delegates to the
State Convention.
A Well Attended Meeting at COIum-
bIa Hall = Delegates From the
Various Precincts The Organ
iZatIOn-ROutInem Matters.

bIa Hall = Delegates From the
Various Precincts s-The Organ.
izatIOn-ROutine Matters.
It was close on to IL O'Clock when W
H. Lee, of Tumwater, called to order a
convention of the peoples party of Thurs
ton county for the purpose Of electing six
delegates and six alternates to represent
the peoples party in district convention OF
the Western district OF the state of Wash
ington, to be held in Tacoma, Pierce
county, state of Washington, on W Wednes-
day, the 10Th day of June, 1892, at 10
O'Clock am. The duties of the district
convention will be the election of nine del
egates to the national convention, to be
held at Omaha, Neb., and for the transac-
ton of all other county business coming
before the convention.
Mr.. Lee called the meeting to order with
the remarks:
"Fellow citizens: This, I presume, is
the first demonstration of this kind held
in Thurston county, but don't believe it
will be the last, not from present indica-
tiOns at any rate. 1t encourages me to see
] budJ bll6 I6npOlbb u6T6 t0lS morning is so
unanimous" The chairman then read
the call for the convention, stating his OBJ
| ject for calling the meeting at 10 am, be-
ing for the purpose of enabling the dele
gates from the different portions of the
county to become acquainted and at
O'Clock to meet for permanent organiza-
ton and the election OF delegates. He
said, also, that he had arranged for all the
delegates to take dinner at the Jefferson
| hotel.
In selecting temporary offices the names
of W. H. Lee, J. NJ Swan and R. Rawson
were presented, but former two Withdrew
in favor of Mr.. Rawson, and the latter was
conducted to the chair by Mr. Swan who
intrOducen him amid much applause.
Mr.. Rawson extended his thanks for the
honor, stating that his whole interest has
been in the movement at has alWaVs
been my good fortune" he continued, 'to
be counted on the unpopular side of politi-
cal questions Although we have made
but little progress and gained no victories,
|, for one, propose to fight the fight on this
line, in anticipation of a future victory
that will be an honor to this convention
and be nucleus of grand and glorious
third party that is destined to gain its
point"
B. M. Price was elected temporary chair
man by acclamation, and committee on
credentials, consisting of ]. M. Swan, J. T.
Monkhaus, of Olympia; w. M. Mum, of
South Union; Edmund Rogers, of Nc
Lane, and W. HI. Lee, of Tumwater, was
appointed.
On permanent organization, r. 7. Shell
ton, of Tenino; T.J. Miller, Olympia, and
WI. Abbott, Of South Union, were ap-
pointed.
While the committees were preparing to
report, Samuel Jones informed the meet
ing that he understood the members of the
convention were to take dinner at the JEFF
ferson hotel where, he said, white labor
is employed and no Cinnamon, and
inasmuch as he was very hungry, he
moved to adjourn for dinner, and to meet
again at 1 O'Clock.
The delegates, as reported by the COM
mittee on credentials, are:
Bucoda--H. Bannse, ]. Edwards, S. E..
Jones.
Olympia: First Ward-J. G. Monkhaus,
r. W. Sylvester, j. P. Crins.
Second Ward-M. M. Williams, Thos.
Stewart, James Lane.
Third Ward-T. J. Miller; T. w. Dent,
b. NJ. Price.
Fourth Ward-O. E. stickler, G. 7. Me-
gary, Ed Eckersley.
Fifth Ward-Jas. Dougherty, J. NJ. Swan,
Robert Rawson.
Sixth Ward-O. E. Lewis, W. Haight, M. =.
M. Scott.
Tenino-J. J. Walters, R. T. Shelton, J.
H. Shelton.
Mud Bay-Conrad Schneider, John Fry,
Charles Bohn, G. Whitney, John Weaver.
Little Rock-F.J J Rutledge, J. H. Brown,
d. M. Rutledge.
South Union-W J. Abbott, w. M, Num-.
Charles Lathrop.
Tumwater-W. H. Lee, ]. R. Ellswick.
Thos. Rutledge, O. D. Sullivan, W. A.
Patterson.
Puget City-Geo. Evans, WI. Chipman,
Van W. Chipman.
Grand Mound-J.s French, H. s. Ogden,
G. w. French
McLane-S. NJ. Benner A. H. Bowers.
e. Rogers, r. R. Weller, J. X. Chatwood
Northumberland Swanson, A. G. Geddes
AT the afternoon session the committee
on permanent organization reported W. H.
Lee for permanent chairman and b. NJ
Price for permanent secretary. +. Brown
was then appointed to serve on the COM
mittee on credentials in place ofW. H. Lee.
A committe on resolutions was appointed
as follows:
I. J. Miller, Olympia; S. E. Jones, Bu-
coda; o. Swanson, Chambers Prairie; J. f.
Crown, Little Rock S. NJ. Benner, McLane; /;
II. S. Ogden, Grand Mound; G. Lathrop,
South Union; ]. M. Swan, Olympia; ]. r.
Elswick, Tumwater
The meeting was then addressed by
Conrad Schneider, of Mud Bay, who
dwelt upon the inroads on labor by the
Chinese, on unjust taxation and the unequal
distribution of wealth.
He was followed by ]. H. Shelton of Te-
ninO, who spoke impressively on the fnan-
cial condition of the country and class
legislation.
The other speakers were Daniel Gaby and
W. H. Knox, of Seattle. Mr.. Knox will
address the Peoples party in Columbia
hall this evening.
The committee on resolutions reported
this afternoon, and the matter was under
discussion at the time of going to press.
The delegates had not yet been elected.