, 1892-10-06
KNOCKED SKY HIGH.
The Canal and Allen Receive a
Hard Rub.

TacOma's Primaries Score a Big
Victory for Bennett-The Canal
Defeated and DenOunced--NOmI-
nees for County OfEices.
TACOMA, October 6.-The county and leg
islatiye ticket are both anti-AlIen and anti
ditch. It was completed this morning,
after an all day and all-night session Of the
convention, which convened yesterday
morning at II O'Clock. The underpinning
was knocked out from under Judge Ere
mont Campbell and the other Allen men
early in the day-in fact, when the conven-
ton assembled there was practically no
doubt but that the anti-Allen element
would control it. This they did from
starty to finish In the selection ofOfficers,
the appointment of committees, and later
in the selection of candidates. The anti
ring sentiment found full expression at the
primaries on Monday night, the citizens of
Pierce county, loyal to their own interests,
had declared themselves against ring and
gang rule. Their representatives in con-
Vention assembled were true to the trusts
that had been committed to them. Not
only was the ditch steal condemned, but
men were nominated for Office who have
declared themselves opposed to both the
canal and its advocates, both in and out of
office.
The committee on credentials did its
work faithfully and cOnscientiOusly, decid-
ing as soon as the evidence was placed be-
fore it that the ring delegation pretending
to represent the Second precinct of the
Third ward, had gained its credentials by
the rankest kind of fraud. The committee
promptly unseated the delegation but in
the desire to conciliate the opposing fac
ton did not insist on seating the contest
ing delegation. AS a rebuke to fraud and
its attendant consequences, this precinct
was left without representation, despite
the fact that majority of the committee
fnlly believed that the contesting delega-
ton would have sat in the convention, had
fair methods prevailed at the primary.
Late Saturday night Morris Gross and
his friends made a combination which,
they claim, would have given him the
nomination for senator in the Second dis
trict had Ben Everett, G. w. HI. Davis and
their six colleagues been allowed to vote
on the question. The unseated delegation
proclaimed during the balance of the day
that they had been turned out for the ex-
press purpose of defeating Mr.. Gross, but
the facts in no wise substantiate this state
ment. The committee on credentials sim
ply acted on the evidence before it, and
the convention very naturally adopted the
conclusions it had arrived at after three
hours deliberation.
The most surprising thing of the conven-
ton was the very small support given Ere
mont Campbell when the nomination of SUI
perior judges came up. 1t had been ex-
pected that his friends, the few Alienation
men in the convention, would die very
hard as far as he was concerned. As late
as yesterday at noon his supporters claimed
that his nomination was far from being an
impossibility. Six hours later, when the
vote was taken, Mr.. Campbell's name was
voted down by an almost unanimous vote,
there being from five to fifteen dissenting
voices.
The nominations were as follows: For
judges, w. H. Pritchard J. G. Stallcup, E.
N. Parker; sheriff, Alex. G. Matthews;
commissioners, w. J.. Thompson, J. w.
Morrison, Q. L. Fay; auditor, w. II. Hol-
lis; county clerk, q. A. e. Naubert; asses
sor, J. w. Kennedy; treasurer, ]. @. Fair
child; attorney, W. II. Smell school super
intendent, H. r. Cox; surveyor A. B.
Wood; coroner, L. j. Mahoney; wreck
master, John N Gonna.
Legislative Tickets-Senators: Nine
teenth district, W. P. Sargent; twenty-frst
district, j. d. Caughran; twenty-second,
G. M. Johnson.
Representatives II Thirty-third district,
Milo Kelly, W. w. Gaskell; thirty fourth
district, @. E. Hale, ]. A. Shade; thirty
fifth district, +. ID. Fash, Allen Wood
worth thirty-sixth district T. II. Scully,
W. A. Fairweather; thirty district,
Judge ii. ID. Cans, Stacy W. Gibbs.