The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-09
Office Evidently Not Seeking
the Man at Olympia.
DELEGATES POURING INTO TOWN
King C0unty's Policy Will Be to Work
for the Strongest Ticket.
Cslkins Strongly Talked OF for Gov.
ernOr, Wilson and Doolittle for Con-
gress-The Infamous War waged ON
Seattle by tho Anti-Allen Cabal.

OLYMPIA. Aug. s.-TSpecisl. THE State
League Of Republican clubs meets here to-
morrow afternoon, and on Wednesday
morning the state nominating convention
will be called to order. Though none of
the county delegates have yet arrived in
full force, nearly every part of the state is
now represented here by one or more men
who are doing the usual amount Of pre-
hminary caucusing. King county has on
the ground John II. McGraw. Paul d. Heir
ry. A. T. Van Devanter, J. S. Sallee, I. w.
Gordon and ]. w. Gregory.
Many of the candidates for Office are
already hard at work here. Eugene Will
son. of Kittitas; DR.. G. V. Calhoun, of
Skagit. and S. G. Cosgrove, of Garfield.
came today. The general belief seems to
be that Wilson will have more strength
than any one else on the first ballot. CAL
houn's friends expect the support of
Skagit, Whatcom, Snohomish, Island, San
Juan and Jefferson counties from the first,
and scattering votes from other
parts of the state. The other can
didates talked of are J. r. Kim
near and w. r. Forrest, of King,
Senator Henry Long. of Lewis, and w. II.
Calkins, of Pierce. The Pierce county
men say that under no circumstances will
they present the name OF any man as can
dIdate for governor, bat that some other
county should put up Calkins is consld-
cred within the range of possibility.
Neither Long nor Cosgrove has thus far
developed much strength. In case there
is more than one ballot Whitman will
probably present the name of J. w. ARA
smith.
Everybody is anxiously waiting to see
what action King county will take on the
question of the guDernatorial nomination,
and all combinations for all offices are con-
sidered incomplete until the opinions of
King county are known The King
county men declare that they have no
slate and no candidates, nor will they
have any until the whole delegation ar
rives and opportunity has been given to
consult delegates from every part of the
state and to study the situation. Then
King will be for such nominees as will
best serve the state and best represent the
party.
For congress John L. Wilson, of Spo-
kane, is regarded as settled, and w. H.
Doolitrle, of Pierce, has tonight more fol-
lowing than any one else in Western
Washington. Allen Weir, of Jefferson,
admits that under certain conditions he
may be a candidate for cong,s ae, but per-
haps he may decide after all to try for q
denomination for secretary of state. His
exact position will not be known until to-
morrow. If Weir does not want the Office
of secretary of state, James H. Price, Of
Pierce county will have better chance,
though Pierce does not now seem to be
pushing him. Rev. J. r. Thompson, of
Clarke, and f. H. Luce, of Lincoln, are
the leading candidates for lieutenant gov
ernor, while w. r. Forrest, of King, and
Ralph X. Nichols, of Yakima, are men,
toned. Thompson says he is first of all
for A. o. Bowen. of Wahkiakum county,
for treasurer--and If both of the river
counties cannot have an office, he would
like to see Bowen nominated first, and
then take his chances in gen.
eral scramble. Under the state con-
stitution A. A. Lindsey, the present
treasurer, is ineligible for denomination.
Bowen's opponent for the place is d. C.
Guernsey, Of Dayton, a member of the
state harbOr line commission. For attor-
ney general, w. C. Jones, of Spokane
county; Thad Huston, of Pierce,
and r. A. Baliinger, of Jefferson, are out,
but Pierce county is now urging no candi-
date but Doolittle, its choice for congress.
I. M. Reed. of Thurston county, seems to
be having his own way for denomination
for state auditor. For state land commits
sOner w. L. Forrest, of Lewis county,
would like denomination. though Longs
candidacy for governor is some
what in his way. Ralph X.
Nichols would like the place.
but would not fight for it, he says r. B.
Bryan, of Chehalis county, looks for a re-
nomination as state superintendent Of
schools, and Whitman county has put c.
w. Bean in the field against him. For the
two vacancies on the supreme bench Eli
mon Scott. of Whatcom, and T. J. Anders,
Of Walla Walla, desire denomination.
They are opposed by A. w. Frater, of Sno-
homish; X. B. Blake. of Spokane.
and J. W. Robinson, of Thurston. C. B.
Upton, of Walla Walla. was in the contest,
but has withdrawn. Each of these five
candidates will probably have his own
county solidly behind him. As yet there
has been little talk of presidential electors.
Arthur A. Denny, OF King county, Gen.
John W. Sprague, of Pierce, George H.
Emerson. of Chehalis. and Fred r. Reed, of
Yakima, are mentioned. Under the law that
no man holding federal office of anv kind
can be an eiector, even national bank off,
GERS and directors are ineligible for the
nomination. The Pierce county delegates
are busy booming Charles A. Murray,
president of the Tacoma Central Repubi-
can League, for president OF the state
league of Republican clubs. Thomas II.
Cavanaugh. the present incumbent, says
he does not desire denomination.
. Nothing definite is settled in regard to
the temporary or permanent organization
of the convention. Eugene Wilson, chair
man of the state committee, feels that for
the committee TO arrange for temporary
officers. as is sometimes done, would be in
bad taste on account OF his own candidacy.
1t must be remembered that since the
majority of the delegates are not yet here,
the present candidates. are possibilities
rather than probabilities, and others not
even spoken of now may come into the
field and win.