The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-13

son, chief of the Seattle police force.
Some of the delegates from the southern
part of the county are urging Will
lam Cochrane, of White River. on
the ground that he would be Endorsed by
the Peoples party.
There are three superior judges. l. ].
Lichtenberg, the only Democrat now on
the bench, has been making eagonizing
efforts to secure a renomin alton, and
though Thomas +. Drew and others
are bitterly opposing him, he is
likely to succeed. Others in the field
are r. c. Strudwick, w. f. Crewes. J. B.
Howe, ]. J. Easily, T. A. Garrett, Thomas
B. Hardin and Daniel Kelleher. Alfred
Battle has withdrawn from the contest.
Tom Drew is backing Easily.
There are host of young lawyers willing
to be prosecuting attorney-W. II. Moore,
J. F. McElroy. ]. Park Henderson, H. C.
Schaefer,. C. K. Patterson and B. F. De
Bow. The latter confidently declared last
evening that he would be nominated on
the first ballot.
For treasurer Robert Thorne, of Renton,
and E. G. Cheasty, one of the police COM
missioners, are spoken Of Thorne is
probably in the lead.
Douglas Young and ]. J. Burns both
want to be county clerk. Each is sereneiy
confident of winning.
For auditor, Andrew Blackstone and
w. G. kiltz, of the city. and J. G. Porter,
of Slaughter. are in the contest.
There is no lack of men ready to be
municipal Judge. A few of them are: L.
II. Cam, J. NJ. Epler, NJ. Phillips, NJ. c.
Baer and w. c. Ryan. Joseph GalIaher,
who never hurries, but who usually arrives
just in the nick of time, will doubtless
happen to pass by the convention, when
nominations for justice of the peace are
being given out. A. c. Graft wants also to
be a justice.
Terence O'Brien is likely to be nominal
ted for assessor
DR.. J. S. Kioeber, DR.. W. A. Shannon
and DIR. ]. 4. Ryan are mentioned for cor
oner.
The district in the south end of the
county presents as candidates for county
} commissioner DR.. G. j. Thompson, of
Kent: Otto Tamm, of Enumclaw; James
Steele, of Slaughter; DIR. f. Van de Van
ter, of White River, and J. w. Bowen, Of
Eagle Gorge. Oscar Brown, of Enumclaw,
has withdrawn. The city offers A. II.
Manning James Pincus and Timothy
Ryan, and the northern district w. l..
Newton, of Gilman, and John King, of
North Bend.
L. G. Anderson has given up the idea of
going to the legislature and will try for
constable. w. A. Beck was in a fair way
to get the nomination, but unhappiiy the
report has been given circulation that he
joined the anti-Lewis faction at the prim-
mary election.
Among the possible legislative candi-
dates are Thomas F. Drew, r. w. Barto,
l.. Ven Lonsway, Josiah Collins, John
Schram, ID. 0. Finch and Edmund Peters.
p. +. Smith and James T. Lentzy were
asked to stand, but they refused.
James Hamilton Lewis is said to have
picked out Thomas NJ. Drew for tenn
porary and Will H. Thompson for perma-
nent chairmen of the convention-or, at
least, he is believed to have urged their
selection. AS a recognition of the anti
Lewis forces L. d. Ross may be given the
secretaryship.
1t is more than probable that in the new
county central committee John Collins,
who wants to be chairman, will find q
strongly organized opposition.