The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-13
proceedings of Pierce County
Republican Convention.
Me SLATE GETS THROUGH EASY.
yelson Bennett to Go to Minneap oils,
and Calkins Too, IL . Second
Delegate IL Allowed.

- 4 Esttle Thursday. Representation by
rnatorial districts was apportioned upon
lie basis of the number of votes cast at
1ae last general election for the Republi-
sn representative in congress.
Each district with the number of votes
Last, and the delegatest to the state con-
I,rntion selected, follows:
,afr Niueteenth-779 votes; Joseph Mitchell, G. II.
prsu c. l. Stewart, s. F. Street.
Twentieth--794 votes; W. H. Calkins, John T.
-, / ledman, B. W. Coiner, Robert P. Rgney
'Ulf l Tyentieth-796 votes; Ben r. Everett, J. n.
pnce, B. W. II. Davis, W. H. Fife, George P.
Eaton.
|a1P twenty second-ss5 votes Bryon Barlow, G.
q Hsllridge, C. NJ. Johnson, G. B. HANDLE, W.
'dlf Eberly
Twenty-third-6ss votes; c. NJ yesterday, A.
IL Heilig J. F. Meade,L J. Emerson.
air l Harmony and unity was law. Only
air a was when PERKINS, peno 70 hs
ynmmittee on platform in favor of Chair
tAan Coiner naming one man from each
1xnatorial district tc select del
Iwates to the state convention.
lection l of the platform made
INr. Coiner permanent chairman, and
lection empowered him to name the
linen who should pick out the state con-
Eyention delegation. And section in
Isructed the delegation to unite upon lone
man to the national convention" The
words quoted were subsequently changed,
gthe suggestion ofW. II. Calkins, to lone
nan from Pierce county" The verbal
amendment was adopted with laugh but
The kink remained. E. W. Taylor has for
years gone into Republican conventions
and fought the naming of delegations by
one man. and he demanded that the sena-
- hrial delegations caucus and name their
rereav{ man. But. before getting into the thick of
~. L. ~.
Osbo,l Conner favored Mr.. Bennett as the national
delegate So, therefore, a lot of the country
: 1precinct delegates pricked up their ears
and grew uneasy at the thought of the
or Uu slate they feared some of the city delegates
morni carried concealed under their coats.
VictoI Now, the situation at the moment can
be better understood if it is known that
for Sd there was a movement on foot to claim for
to sol Tacoma two delegates to the national con-
ne asst vention. John t. Redman and w. II.
Cakins had been mentioned as delegate
remita No. 2, and besides there were wicked
Amerd thoughts in the minds of some country
time delegates to send Mr.. Redman to Mime
&c roc spois in Mr.. Benefits stead, should there
spsctd be but one delegate. And to have Chair
ncludi} man Coiner name five men to sort out
Q wred delegate savored of Mr.. Bennett to the
tug 1 exclusion of all other possibilities. Still
the fact really was that the great bulk of
the delegates favored Mr.. Bennett, al
m. though the minority did not know it.
oeciaLI Accordingly Delegate Beckett, of Orting,
navy beloved up Delegate Taylor, of Tacoma,
vocstI With protests against anything that in
IN to any way looked like slate. Delegate
rhe = Beckett wanted a fifteen minutes re-
ring ! cess, that the senatorial delegations
k att might confer and name their men.
alre4 He said some folks who had not
attended the Orting primary came around
/ later and sent up a cry about having
fo1 things cut and dried. Delegate Duley, of
iitn' Gig Harbor, a gray-haired G. A. r. man,
auou seconded everything Messrs Taylor and
lel Beckett had said, and got the rousing APP
'eh \ plause of the convention for President
ed tn seattle bs g. aRar Harr;son frst Last anS
iil the time''
- u Finally, the Taylor-Becket-Duley mo-
~ ~, ton came up for a vote, and it went
~ n through like a rocket only two or three
~. n Tacoma young men-overzealous friends
~ dMr. Bennett-voicing weak opposition.
-. he chair put the question q second time,
and the rip-roaring affirmative was met
. nth not lisp in the negative. When it
was all over one of the young men who
helped voice the feeble opposition told the
Posr-lNTELLIGENcER man that he and his
friends did not understand the motion the
a / portunity
,MI However every delegate was invited to
81 singer in the pie. They appreciated the
tSM compliment and promised great things at
- the fall election. But if any of them
5&6 really had conferred upon Mr.. Redman
%EM they were disappointed. because the plat
5eT form, as adopted, provided for but one del
"a eeate. Those who wanted two delegates
s,AM claimed that Pierce county had always
I%MMA been too extremely modest, and got moth
kMN3sing. But the shrewder ones came out Wig
4(E orously against it. This, of course, was
sx1A said on the side and not in convention.
A5@M They declined honors now-at present, re-
"a member-but thought they would
<;sA IKE TO be served later. If they
walked into the parlor and took two
delegates to Minneapolis. why. then the
spder-Seatte, of course-would capture
w,t& the governorship. So they said in chorus:
,rrl1 NO, thank you, F" and at the proper time
|, Mr. Calkins moved that the delegation to
y Seattle work for Mr.. Bennett. and Lawyer
81 Richards put in an amendment, which
~ Mr. Calkins accepted, naming Mr.. Red
man as alternate.
In declining two delegates the situation
was canvassed this wise: There should
an be one delegate from each Pierce, King
b wa Jefferson, Lewis, Thurston, Walla Walla
az spokane, Whitman. This was approved
ID I euite generally. The Republican city
committee and what is left of the county
committee with the Allen men ousted,
,tenS favored one delegate for Pierce. and the
rhl,a city committee especially favored the nam
~. ing by state convention delegates by one
man from each senatorial district. to be
named by the chair.
Before the one-man senatorial delega-
sco4 ton naming silver was thrust into the
n IA platform Mr.. Taylor was sounded. lie
ithc4 would not apostate, and then he was
irs5 charged with wanting to go the state con-
: d Al vention. when the platform came on with
i 20 the silver still in it. Taylor put damper
' sra' on the gossip about his alleged trade by
~ Ntching his tongs on the silver and yank-
Ter ing il out
md \ But about Mr.. Bennett. Mr.. Calkins
ee7 read his resolution naming him. and
Z, 8 added that the city Republicans had shown
d q last week what they could do. Further
ve they had gotten up. with blood on their
al nose-atter the municipal fght-and are
lear3 ready 10 go into the state and continue
,tesJ the fight on principle. Mr.. Bennett was
- eheered rapturously. And when the work
OF the convention was at an end a speech