, 1892-08-12
PEOPLES PARTY.
The County Convention at COlum-
bia Hall.

state Capttal-NOminatiO Made
for County Officers.
Over one hundred citizens of Thurston
county met in Columbia hall today in the
form of peoples party county conven-
ton, to discuss measures and agree upon
plans for bringing about a reform in
county and state politics. The principal
business before the convention was the
nomination of complete county ticket,
and the election of new county commit
tee. The meeting for the election of dele.
gates to the state convention was held
some time ago.
Chairman w. H. Lee, of the central
committee, called the convention to order
shortly after 10O'clock. Mr.. Lee was made
temporary chairman and J. T. Brown, of
Little Rock, was chosen secretary pro tenn.
A committee on credentials was appoint
cd consisting of the following-named dele
gates;
J. w. French, Grand Mound; John Fry,
Mud Bay; F. Woollen, Chambers Prairie;
Frank Rutledge, Little Rock; B. NJ. Price,
Olympia.
Committee on rules and order of busi-
ness-Henry Shotwell, M. 0. Baker, Harry
Ogden, j.. M. Swan, J. H. Salee.
Committee on esOlutiOns-Daniel Gaby,
>. b: Jones, Oscar Swanson. T. J. Miller
and G. w. Manville.
COMMITTEES on permanent organization
J. X. Ellsreic, o. Q. Lacey, Ed Rogers, O..
q. Yocum and John Mills.
A motion to adjourn was lost.
Mr. Forrest was called upon to express
himself regarding the present condition of
political matters, He made short speech
In which he sought TO demonstrate that
the two grand old parties were so saturated
with corruption that there was really very
little difference between them The peo-
pies party had been formed out of men
who had Withdrawn from the old parties
on account OF their failure to take up and
contend for the issues of vital interest to
the people. Remarks were made upon the
subject before the house by Chairman Lee.
Delegates Benner, Wynn, Webster, Lane,
SChOheld and Others
The chairman urged the delegates to be
perfectly free in speaking. Never mind
whether you are used to speaking or not, 4"
he exclaimed. "Get up and express your
honest sentiments. We don't care much
about oratory, but we do want sincerity.
When man gets the Methodist religion
he is always ready to testify. Now YOU
who have got the peoples party religion
get up and testify"
This exhortation indirectly brought the
FUSION question to the surface, and it once
became apparent that the convention was
not IN humor to "fuse" with ANYBODY,
why is it the democratic party wants
TO fuse with us 2" asked an excited dele
gate. ITS because they see we are taking
their strength. l don't believe in fusing
with anybody. We have everything to
gain and nothing to lose."
During tins discussion the committee on
credentials uvo in
delegates were found to be entitled to seats
III the convention:
OLYMPIA.
First Ward-F. Graves, John Miller, Alex
Farquhar.
Second Ward-Samuel Dobrin, James
Lane and M. j. Kirkendall, j. D. Casey,
delegate to the club.
Third Ward-Wiiham Scofeld, Charles
Patnude, J. w. Dent.
Fourth Ward-B. M. Price.
Fifth Ward. P. Crins, o. c. Lacey, ].
Sixth Ward-J. NJ. Overhulse. L. L.
Hale, j. d. Close. Delegate to club, G.
W. Haight.
Peoples Party Club-F. J. Pelay, J.D.
Cacey, Thos. j. Miller, @. t. Megarry,
Thos. Connolly, Q. W. Haight, J. NJ. Swan,
ii. L. Forrest.
The club voted to name one delegate
from each ward in the CITY, but there being
eight delegates and but six wards, two dele
gates were chosen at large.
PRECINCTS.
Mud Bay-John Fry, J. E. Morrow. G.
j. Hoist and S NJ Benner.
Little Kack-Henry Shotwell, t. ]. Rut-
ledge, J. L. Brown, M. B. Breeden, M. II.
Rutledge and f. w. Thompson.
Woodland-G. W. Carpenter, Dave Fleet
wood, s. n. Langley, f. Woodland, Chas.
Brown and Oscar Swanson.
Tumwater-Jesse Ferguson, Thos. r.
Rutledge, Daniel Gaby, W. II. Lee and 0.
d. Sullivan.
South Union-W. ]. Abbott, Chas Latb.
TG03P, Alex Henery, J. W. H. Sallee, Geo.
Grand Mound-G. W. French, Logan
brown, Harry Ogden, Chas. Palmer and
John K. Mills.
Bucoda-S. E. Jones, ]. W. Edwards,
Joseph Gibson, A. Webster, John Yantis
and w. +. Ogle.
McLane-A. H. Bowers, J. G. Bolster, f.
Rogers, w. D. Baker, G.. A. Baker, G.. A.
Mix and X. Ohatwood.
Puget OityIGeo. ". Evans, YanW.
Chapman and Walter J. Chipman.
Tenino-A. Webster, j. L. Foster, G. w.
Manville, John Walters.
The committee agreed to recommend
that where only one or two delegates were
present from precinct, that those dele
gates present be entitled to cast the entire
vote OF that delegation when it came to
balloting.
The convention adjourned at noon with
out having received the reports of any OF
the committees.
"No FUSION"
During the noon hour there was consid-
erable discussion as to the outcome of the
convention, the chief matters of interest
being the nomination of a senator, two rep
resentatives AMI the county commissioners,
The name of I. J. Miller, of Olympia, was
frequently heard in connection with the
nomination of senator W T. Forrest
was mentioned as good man to serve the
party in any capacity. Slate makers
seemed to be absent. Some of the dele
gates were inclined to intimate that the
honors of the party would be equally dis
tributed between the city and county as
pirants. There seemed to be little or no
electioneering for selection as candidates.
Overtures had been made by democrats to
secure the endorsement of l.. r. Byrne for
county school superintendent by the con-
vention, but all such overtures had been
rejected in spite of the pressure and in1u-
ence brought to bear upon the peoples par
ty leaders.
"No fusion" was the sentiment of the
convention, individually and collectively.
The determination Of delegates to stand
firm on this question seemed to be unani-
nous.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Quite a number of distinguished local
politicians of both parties occupied seats
in the rear of the hall, when the conven-
tiOn was called to order for the afternoon
session. A number of ladies were also
present.
The committee on credentials reported
the names of delegates as given above and
10 Na.-..
manent with the addition of Charles
Palmer, Of Grand Mound, as assistant Sec
retary.
The order of business as recommended
by the committee for that purpose was
submitted.
Speakers on the regular business of the
convention we're limited to five minutes,
no person to sneak twice until all had