, 1892-08-23
LEWIS OR DRUM,
Or Some Other Patriot in the
Democratic Ranks,

Will he Pitted Against mcGraw
the seattle Statesman - Arrival
OF More Delegates The Fight
Against the Young Dude.
When the King county democratic dele
cation was first chosen, Judge Juniui
Rochester was mot in it," but Colonel
Hamilton Lewis soon saw the necessity Of
having a man of commanding ability as
his spokesman and so sent for the delega.
tion, had powwow with the members, and
arranged it so that Judge Rochester be.
came one of the crowd that is here today
in his interest. Some time ago Judge
Rochester told the Pierce county demo-
Gratis in a speech that the King county del
egation were not going to force a canal
plank down the throat of the democratic
convention. This enraged the majority OF
the delegation in Seattle when they heard
of it and they demanded that the able
judge should be fred from the delegation.
Colonel Lewis patched up truce with his
infuriated followers and it is said Judge
Rochester agreed to keep quiet on the
canal proposition. But last night Judge
Rochester again shot off his month at the
Thurston county democratic meet
ing "forninst" the canal and
the wires have been kept hot
ever since between here and Seattlerelative
to the canal plank. There is big crowd
coming down from the Queen city to boom
the canal and Lewis, just the same as the
crowd came for McGraw and the canal two
weeks ago. Colonel James Hamilton
Lewis has been almost overwhelmed with
kilograms to stand by the canal PROPOSE
ton, the majority of his delegation is
dancing a highland fling in its favor, and
Judge Junius Rochester is denounced by
the boys. In fact, the King county dele
CATION is split as badly as the Pierce county
republicans were few days ago. Here is
the plank of the King county democratic
convention, held August 13, 1892:
Resolved, That a ship canal connecting
Lake Washington with Puget Sound would
be a public improvement in aid of COM
merce and navigation, and is of national
importance in the same sense as the harbOr
y
the Hennepin canal and numerous other
improvements Of the same character: We,
therefore, respectfully demand that con-
gress aid in the construction of such ship
canal by liberal appropriations, and to this
end in view, we instruct our delegates to
the state convention to use their best efforts
in the advancement of this enterprise.
If this plank is not adopted by the DEM
ocratic state convention and Colonel j.
Hamilton Lewis is nominated, he can not
go back to King county and win because
they will say he sacrificed the material inter
ests Of the county to elevate himself. If
the plank is adopted by the democratic
state convention and Lewis is nominated,
he will not get eastern Washington votes,
and can not carry King county against
McGraw.
"There is a way out of all this trouble, f"
said well known democrat from King
county this morning, land it means vic
tory for the democratic party"
"What is it ?" asked the TRIBUNE repor-
ter.
Nominate Henry Drum, of Tacoma.
He will sweep Pierce county by $500 ma
jority and be elected. His record is good
and he is well known throughout the
state"
"How about Tom Carroll for congress ?"
"Oh he is too good democrat to kick,
if Drum is nominated"
"Is Colonel James Hamilton Lewis for
the canal2"
mo, he is against it personally and d.
H. Gilman and others who are fighting him
are in favor of canal plank. Another
peculiar thing is that Paul schulze of Ia
coma, who has lately turned democrat, be
cause his friend Henry Willard favors
Cleveland, wants to see Lewis nominated
for governor"
Ex-Governor L. K. Church, of Dakota,
now citizen of Snohomish county, is not
in favor of a canal plank in the platform.
Editor J. W. Gum, formerly ofthe Snoho-
mish Sun, who is one of the good looking
delegation from that county, says Snoho-
mish will give democratic majority sure.
He thinks Lewis is the strongest man.
Mr.. Gum says Snohomish countyis op-
posed to the canal scheme and that there
are plenty of other places in the state
where good fresh water harbors could be
made.
At a meeting Of the state central COM
mittee held at ten O'Clock this morning,
Chairman D. H. Gilman presiding, and
with 25 of the 80 members present, the fol-
lowing resolution was passed:
Resolved, That this committee. follow
inc fol hrrt ha 4
cratic national committee and by the DEM
ocratic state committee, of more than 30
of the states in the union, will now pro
ceed to designate, subject to the approval
of the convention, temporary chairman
and one temporary secretary, with two
temporary assistants, the same to be nom.
mated to the convention by the chairman
Of the state central committee.
Whereupon, Senator J. T. Eshelman, oi
North Yakima, was designated as tempo
rary chairman, John n Troy, of Port An,
geles, as temporary secretary with J. Ed
Buckley, of Spokane and W. J. Starr, o.
Montesano, as temporary and assistant
secretaries.
A HIGH TARIFF DEMOCRAT.
Il remember a vote for protective tariff
that Colonel James Hamilton Lewis ono,
gave in the upper council Of the legislature
He is high tariff Sam Randall democrat
as he expressed himself at that time,
said a Pierce county delegate this morn
ing. at was a council memorial relativ,
to the tariff, which had long string 0
whereases and the following resolution:
Therefore be it resolved that we viey
with alarm and regard, as vitality inimica
to the growing and material interests o
this territory, any legislation by the con
gress of the United States having for it
purpose, a reduction OF removal of th
tariff now imposed on wool, coal, iron ant
lumber; and our delegate in congress
hereby instructed to labor and cease not il
preventing such legislation which we rC
gard as hostile to our industries and
menace to our welfare as a people and tel
ritory, and for this your memorialists wi
ever pray.