The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-13

Ivan Chase, secretary Of that con-
vention, and now publisher Of the
CoIfax Gazette; w. z. Spaulding, an Al
mota fruit-grower, and one of the hrst
white men born in the territory of Wash
ington; C. p. Chamberlain, of Pampa,
deputy United States marshal; J. A. Per-
kins, c1-mayor Of Colfax; Mayor
C. H. Farnsworth. of Palouse
City; r. II. Hutcheson, of Farm
ington; David Anderson. of Rosalia
George Comegys, of Oaksdale. and J. L.
Ballaine, publisher of the Palouse City
Gazette, and vice president of the State
League of Republican clubs. Mr.. Hutch
eson came from Illinois. He is about
80 years old. His early manhood
was spent on his fathers farm.
He graduated from the pillow into the
school room. From that he branched out
into the law, being admitted to the bar in
1887. Since that time he has been in ac-
tive practice at Pennington. He was q
representative in the first state legislature.
Mr.. Coinegys, who is stopping at the
Grand, is Missourian by birth. He is
pioneer on the Coast, having come to
Oregon in 1850. He was graduated
was admitted to practise IN
the supreme court of that state
in 1877. A year later he came to Whitman
county and enaged in law practice, varied
by speculations in stock raising ana
mining. He was in the territorial council
in 1881. and was elected speaker OF the
House at the regular and special sessions
of that year.
James Crawford. the state fish commits
sioner, and Scott SHETLAND, Clarke county
men, whose homes are at Vancouver, are
also stopping at the Arlington.
The Yakima delegation. which will ar
rive there today, comprises Fred X. Reed,
ex-mayor of North Yakima; John Cleman,
a farmer and member of the first leglsla-
ture; John Reed, a merchant and member
of the North Yakima city council; and
Joseph Sinclair. The delegation is divided
between Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Cleman as
delegates to Minneapolis. Mr.. Cleman IS
a native of Oregon, where he first saw the
light of day in 1855. Since 1865, how
ever, he has been living near North
Yakima. He was county commissioner
of Yakima county, when honored by cleo
ton to the first state legislature as repre-
sentative. Mr.. Reed is a bright man,
having been several times mayor OF
North Yakima. He has done much
for Yakima county. having been
instrumental in floating several
important irrigation projects. He has
also been prominently identified with the
building up of South Bend. He is man
of ability and has the confidence of all
who know him.
The Klickitat delegation, which also ar
rived at the Arlington last night, con-
tains G.. II. Baker, Goldendale mer-
chant; James Wheelhouse, farmer OF
Columbus; Jacob Hunsaker, a merchant
of White Salmon; County Treas
urer John Cummings, and w. A.
Maxwell, editor of the Goldendale Sentinel.
Mr.. Hunsaker was born in Adams county,
ILL.,, in 1915. His parents moved to
Oregon, where young Hunsaker spent his
earlier years near Oregon City.
He taught school near Oregon
City and Olympia. He afterwards
went to Peru, but returned in 1878. After
living at various places in this state and
Oregon he became a farmer in Klickitat
county. He was county commissioner of
representative in the present legislature,
and lives at White Salmon.
The Columbia county delegation, with
headquarters at the Arlington, Is COM
posed of I. NJ. May, of Dayton; G. X.
Dorr, of Dayton, the county prosecuting
attorney; Postmaster w. III. II. Fouts. OF
Dayton; J. W. Mcintosh, Starbuck mer-
chant, and Frank Porter, a Dayton farmer.
The Chehalis county delegation, at the
Occidental. Is for George Ii. Emerson, of
Hoquiam, president of the Northwestern
Mill Company, as delegate to Chicago.
Mr.. Emerson is an old resident
of the state and has long
been prominent in the lumber
business. With him are c. N. Byles, a
Montesano banker; J. c. Pearson, of
Aberdeen, the county prosecuting at
torney; J. c. White, a Cosmopolis mill
man; L. G.. Wakefield. an Elma banker;
and F. 6. Deckebach, an Ocosta banker
the last mentioned at the Northern.
At the Occidental is the Garfield county
delegation, c. NJ. Baldwin, of Pomeroy,
who is on the board OF the Pullman mill
tary school, and C. A. Lundy, a
Pomeroy grain dealer. They hold
proxies for Sheriff ]. II. Walker.
of Pataha, and Assessor II. II. Wise, of
Pomeroy. With them as spectator of
affairs is one of the leading Republicans
of the county, S. q. Cosgrove, of
Pomeroy. Mr.. Cosgrove came
originally from John Sherman's bailiwick.
His residence in Washington dates from
1888. His war record is a good one, hav-
ing served as private several years. He
was formerly department commander of
the G. ~ Il. for Washington and Alaska
He is q lawyer by profession and made @
good conservative record in the constitu-
tional convention.
w II. Kneeland, Of Shelton. who repre-
sents Mason county, is at the Northern.
The two other delegates. John Forbes and
Mr.. Phillips, are expected today. Mr..
Kneeland comes from Maine. He began
his active life as q school teacher, but
in 1916 got interested in the oil
districts of Pennsylvania where out of
that and natural gas he made fortune.
He came to this state in 1852 and went
into the lumber business in Mason county.
lie is a hold-over senator from Mason and
kitsap counties.
The number of delegates assigned to
each county is as follows:
DER
County. gates.
Adams. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3
Asotln. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l