, 1892-07-29
STATE POLITICAL POINTERS.
Tom Payne is mentioned for senator
from Whatcom county.

Tom Payne is mentioned for senator
from Whatcom county.
Judge McOlinton, Of Clallam county has
been renominated for superior judge.
Everybody in the state is laughing at
the fight made on John i. Wilson by the
Sprague Advertiser.
The Post-Intelligencer's love Of 'boss-
ism" has created discord and dissension in
the republican party in King county.
Fred R. Reed, of North Yakima, saws he
can not afford to go into politics if he did
land in Washington many years ago with
$40 in his pocket.
The Tacoma Ledger says that Allen Weir
Is for Doolittle for congress and will absO-
lutely refuse to allow his name to be used
in connection with the congressional nom
ination.
Judge Turner was endorsed for the Unit
ed States senate by the republican cOnyen-
ton of Spokane, also Wilson for congress;
Jones fol-. attorney general and Blake for
supreme judge.
Both Nelson Bennett and Judge Calkins
deny the truth Of the lying dispatch pub
lished in the P. 1. Of Thursday, purporting
to come from Spokane. The P.-I adds
mendacity to treachery.
Judge Lichtenberg. ofseattle, has decided
that three superior judges are to be chosen
at the fall election, an appeal from his
ruling is to be taken at once in order to
have the supreme court finally settle the
disputed point.
The most convincing proof of the charge
that Senator Allen was elected by entering
into combination with Mr.. Squire and
the Hunt-McGraw combination is afforded
by the present attitude of the Seattle Post
I1telligencer.-Spokane Review.
The Advertiser has often heard of men
digging their own graves, but has never
heard before of a man digging ditch in
which TO drown himself. Senator Allen
seems to be doing that very thing. .-Sprague
Advertiser.
The republicans are conscious that if
they TenOminate any of the present su-
preme court they win be defeated, and are
preparing to name such able men as Judge
Robinson, of Olympia, and Judge Upton,
of Walla Walla.-Tacoma News.
Is it not high time that Spokane were
cutting loose from the political domination
of King county? That alliance has been
in force for several years, and it has never
been instrumental in advancing a single
public interest of this city.-Spokane Re
view.
We arise to ask the Walla Walla Union
what it is going to do about its Mr.. Allen
voting for free coinage2 That paper has
been violently opposed to the measure and
its candidate for senator has undone all its
work by his recent vote. That paper has
also seemingly been in favor Of an open
river, and the main scheme it has pushed
was the Lake Washington canal, which
defeated the appropriation for an open
river. But with some the votes are sought
and the principles are left out.-Washing-
ton Independent.
The Clark county republicans at Van
cOuYer. made the following nominations:
|. Dietderick and p. r. Coovert, represen-
tatives; J. X. Gather, auditor; A. J. Cooke,
treasurer; John II. ElleWel clerk; w. W.
McCredie, attorney; S. S. Smith, sheriff;
W. A. Gilmore, school superintendent;
John H. Fischer assessor; r. Robb, sur
veyCr; A. +, Blaker, 7. 0. Dune and A. ].
Bigham, commissioned, Delegates TO the
state convention are: j.. B. ClOugh, ID. T.
Harris, James A. SnOdgrass, A. b. Estham
Dana LandOn, R. M. Johnson, W. B. Wells,
Louis Dieterick, e. A. Slocum. George
Lindsey, Byron Groat Luther Davis and
Scott Swetand.
The Spokane republicans nominated the
following county officers: Superior Judge,
Spokane county, ], u. Moore; superior
court Spokane and Stevens counties, w.
w. ID. Turner; county commissioners, S.
I. Arthur, William COnley, Fred Fender;
sheriff, r. X. Pugh; assessor, ]. +. Leg
horn; auditor, j M. Armstrong; treasurer,
ID. Il. Prescott; county clerk, G. o. Down
ing; prosecuting attorney, W. M. Ridpath.
Delegates to the state convention, ]. H.
Adams, @. R. Buris, George NJ. Forster,
w. H. Plummer, s. W. Wells, @. B. Hop
kins, D. T. Ham, ]. H. Clay, G.. NJ. Muir
cutt, L. Bauman, James Cowgirl, ]. W.
Feighan, A. W. Strong George e. Cole, J.
W. Edwards, W. P. Lucas, @. w. Ide, e.
B. Hyde, ]. s. Dodson, Frank Johnson, A.
NJ. Armant, W. R. Absrnethy, Cyrus
Hankson, H. W, Greenberg, b. c. Van
Houten, J. N. Butler, P. H. Winston, H.
Stone, f, H. Graves, II. L. Wilson, g. W.
Temple, II. w. Collins, II. e. Houghton.