, 1892-08-11

ciated, and pledging itself TO the accom-
| plishment of those purposes, the fepubli-
can party confidently appealsstO the voters
Of the state of Washington for their rati-
icatiOn and endorsement of all its nOmi-
nees for Office, national, state and county.
A motion was made to adopt the report
Of the committee as a whole, but before the
second could be heard Andrew Il. Burleigh.
of King county, arose and presented a mi
nority report in the form of substitute for
paragraph of the platform as agreed upon
last night and printed in the introduction
A motion was promptly made to adopt the
minority report and as quickly seconded
but point of order was quickly raised by
dissenting delegate that the first motion
to accept the report of the majority of the
committee had been seconded and was be-
fore the house. The minority report could
not be accepted except as an amendment
to the original motion.
Mr.. Burleigh was on his feet in an in
slant.
'Not wishing to squabbe about the
technicalities of parliamentary practice
upon such an important question / present
the minority report as an amendment"
The bomb had been thrown and half a
dozen men clamored for recognition at
once, but Mr. Burleigh was one ahead.
He made an impassiOned appeal, full of
eloquence and an artful presentation of
the Seattle side of the question. The sup
port of the friends of DOolittle and Wilson
in the convention and of the convention
as whole was earnestly pleaded, because
the construction of the Lake Washington
canal was of state and dnationalimpOrtance
He deprecated the thought that local in
terests should be permitted TO interfere
with the general prosperity of the repubh-
can party.
The moment Mr.. Burleigh sat down and
the applause had subsided T. II. Graves, of
AnnEanp onpnrad ha Aaor nd
earnestly in favor of the adoption OF the
committee's report as a whole. He began
by saying that he believed in the extensive
improvement Of rivers and harbOrs and
that he had not the slightest desire to see
Seattle injured. The effort to secure the
improvement of Seattle at the expense of
the rest Of the state was something that
should not be permitted. He did not
think Mr.. Burleigh had any right to call
upon the friends of DoOlittle and Wilson,
IN the convention. He had been a friend
of Wilson long before Mr.. Burleigh knew
him.
MAY / ask the gentleman a question ?"
asked MT. Burleigh addressing the chair.
''Now don't interrupt me" replied Mr..
Graves. ~ did't interrupt you. When
get through you may have another shot at
me-"
Mr.. Graves further oontended that the
canal matter was one which did not belong
W bAN DOufcublOlli anu bdlu IL SuOulQ De ]
fought out in the halls of congress.
Patrick Henry Winston cited all the inn |
proYements which various localities of the |
state had asked, and which had met with |
no opposition. He said he did not advo- |
cate the canal as a local improvement, but |
because OF its national and international |
importance. "There never was PROPOSE |
tiOn put up in this state" he said, Hthat |
would so result in the prosperity of Taco /
ma and surrounding cities as this great |
fresh water canal" The Spokane orator |
kept the audience interested for about |
twenty minutes.
Thomas II. Cavanaugh, of Thurston, |
asked that the original resolution be read |
He said the remarks of previous speakers |
had evaded the question contained in the |
resolution, and protested against it be-
cause 1t was Introducing local fight into
the convention. The amended resolution /
was read and the question called.
J. Q. Murphy, of Clallam, urged the
adoption of the resolution, saying that the .
democrats would include the plank in .
their platform, and would take the glory |
Of building the Lake Washington canal If |
the republicans do not
H. G. Fairchild, of WhatcOm, advocated /
the minority report.
Sam Piles, of King, said the gentlemen
Of the republican party could not attempt |
to enforce the gag rule in this convention, /
and that the adoption of the minority re-
port means absolutely nothing,
When the roll was called upon the adop-
Jion Of the minority report as an amend
ment, ThurstOn county voted II for the
amendment and 1 against. The vote in
detail was as follows by roll call