, 1892-08-26

the auditorium l want the Pierce county
delegation to assist me-"
| Terrific yelling. Demonstration by del
egates. Laughter on the King county
side.l
John B. Reavis, of Yakima, placed
| Chester A. Warner, of Whitman county,
in nomination for Congressman, but Kelly,
of Whitman, announced that Mr.. Warner
did not want the nomination.
| A motion to take a recess Of ten minutes
was lost, but the recess was taken without
the formality of another motion.
The roll was called but no name was sug-
gested as Mr.. Carroll's colleague.
! Considerable confusion ensued, ended
by a motion to adjourn. The motion was
Overwhelmingly voted down. A motion
| to pass the nomination of a congressman
until some future time was lost by, ayes
222; nays, 60.
Nominations for governor were declared
in order and the roll call ordered.
AsOtin county yielded TO Walla Walla
and H. S. Blandford, of the latter county.
! took the floor and submitted the name of
DR.. Nelson G. Blalock, of Walla Walla.
g. W. Stapleton, of Clarke, made a Wig
orous speech, in which he named Colonel
B. f. Shaw, of Clarke county, as a good
man for governor, and placed that gentle
man in nomination.
Clallam county yielded to Spokane and
j. M. Buckley, of Spokane, arose and nom
mated HI. ]. SniYely, of Yakima.
The mention of Mr.. Snively's name was
the signal for an enthusiastic demonstra-
ton.
| Slemmons, of Kititas, heartily seconded
the nomination of Mr.. Snively.
Judge Nash, of Spokane, nominated j.
I. Eshelman of Yakima.
Cowlitz county seconded the nomination
of Colonel Shaw.
Douglas seconded the nomination of
Snively.
Franklin seconded the nomination Of
BlalOck.
r. w. Jennings, of jefferson. said that
since the name of James Hamilton Lewis
had been withdrawn, he wanted to second
the nomination of the Hon. II. J Snively
! Numerous seconds for Snively aroused
enthusiasm that increased rapidly with
each succeeding speech.
The mention of James Hamilton Lewis
name was the signal for applause. There
seemed to be general regret that he had
withdrawn from the race.
The vote for governor resulted;
Snively, 159.
Shaw, 100.
Blalock 68.
Upon motion of Lane, of Pierce the
nomination Of Mr.. SnivelY was made unan-
| imous.
Mr.. Snively expressed his sincere thanks
for the honor conferred upon him. He had
not come into the convention for the pur-
pose of getting an Office. He had been
working for James Hamilton Lewis for
/ governor, and sincerely regretted the with
drawal of that gentleman from the race.
/ Franklin X. Lane, Of Pierce county,
sprang to his feet at the supreme moment
and addressed the chair:
"Mr. Chairman, Mr.. Chairman, / move
| you that the rules be suspended and that
James Hamilton Lewis be invited to come
upon the platform and address this con-
Yention. prolonged applause.)
Mr.. Lane of Pierce, and Judge ROches-
ter, of King, were appointed a committee
! to escort Mr.. Lewis upon the platform.
/ When Mr.. Lewis made bis appearance the
uproar was almost deafening, and it was
several seconds before he could make his
voice heard.
As preface to his address, Mr.. Lewis
said he was not embarrassed, but he hesi-
tated because his feelings almost over
Whelmed him He admitted that he bad
been "here asking hOnors, as a candidate.
asking to lead the democratic party To
victory. But it had been the wisdom OF
the convention to include a clause in the
declaration Of principles that he could not
support because 1t was aimed at the dearest
! interests of his home. He was placed in a
! position from which he could not 20 on. II
\ had been the dream of an ambition of his
/ life to receive such an honor at the
hands Of his fellow democrats. When he was
entreated to be disloyal to the material in
terests of Seattle for the sake of political
preferment, he could only say like Ruth to
Naomi, "Where you live | will live and
where you die / will die"
He paid his respects to friends in the
convention and closed by urging them TO
work together and make Hon. II. J. Snively
the next governor of Washington
A polished delivery, intense feeling and
undOubted sincerity were the distinguish
ing charactertics Of Mr.. Lewis address.
II was received with an outburst Of ap
plause that made the building shake.
At II O'Clock the convention adjourned
until O'Clock this morning.