The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-09-27
THE State DEMOCRATS.
They Meet In Convention and Nominate
a Strong Ticket.
A CONGRESS- OF BRILLIANT ORATORS.
Benjamin Franklin Houston and
Judge N. r. Caten for Congress
J. l.. sharpssein and Judge Allen
For she Supreme Bench.

The fourth state convention Of the dem
ocrats of Washington, assembled at North
Yakima, adjourned at 80 O'Clock Thurs
day morning, fifteen hours after Chairman
Henry Drum, Of the state central COM
nittee, sounded his gavel for order.
The deliberations were marked with earn
est effort and free speech. Democrats
like to talk aud admire Q gifted tongue
whether it ways for or against the prop
osition in hand. They believe in full
discussion. as was evidenced by the con-
vention just closed where there was no
proposition, which gave any chance for
argument, but what was grasped with
avidity, tumbled, tossed. juggled and
finally sent to its destination in q BURT
oforatorical pyrotechnics. Silver-tongued
orators were a drug on the market, for
the supply was inexhaustable, and from
the commencement to the close Of the
deliberations gems OF wit and wilson
were lavished upon the assembly in a
prodigal manner. There were some
efforts that hardly came under this head
but they were lost sight OF in open
wonder at the briIliants which flow ed
from the cornucopia Of plenty.
Chairman Drum called upon Rev. ].
T. Eshelman for prayer, and then in
troduced Mayor Redman, who won the
heart Of every member Of the convention
by the following happy effort:
never yet held a municipal election on
partisan lines. Our issues being purely
local all parties are usually represented
aim is to select the best men for the
be needless for me to say that especial
and most handsome citizen for the exalted
demonstration OF this fact before you.
As a consequence of this manner of
conducting our local elections it has been
matter of uncertainty as to which of
the great political parties il locally
numerically the stronger, but from cast
ing about me to-day my mind is strongly
impressed that at this time this city is
decidedly democratic.
Twenty or twenty-five years ago, We
republicans, believed and declared that
the democratic party was dead too dead
TO require an autopsy. You can remem-
Der that; when staid old republicans
would piously wag their heads and say
"Yes, it's dead,-we won't be troubled
with the democratic party any more !;
praise the Lord" But how sadly,-how
stupendously mistaken we werel Long
since we have learned that all you have
to do at any time 10 to shake the brush
and out they come thicker than Kansas
grasshoppers, ready to give battle; and
have been at all times able to give the
republicans all the entertainment they
wanted, and at many times much more
than they desired. 1t would seem that
you we're only playing possum at that
time. You have taken one stronghold
after another until you have about all
there IL that is worth taking. You have
taken the congress and the senate; you
have seized all the custom houses, and
all the internal revenue districts; you
have captured all the postoffices, and all
the land offices, aud all the Indian agen-
cies i'm fact everything in this liue; and
now as climax TO all that you have done
before you have taken North Yakima;
and l am here not to arrange terms OF
capitalization, but for the time being, to
tender TO you an unconditional surrender.
The city il in your hands. Whatever
you see that you want, don't ask for IL,
but just take it, it's yours.
When the information came that you
had selected this place for your con.
vention, realizing that our hotels would
be Inadequate to the occasion, coming
as you do during the state fair, we talked
the matter over and concluded that we
would make matters easy during your
stay here, by all of us being democrats,
and that We would supplement the hotels
by throwing open to you our houses and
our homes. l told your local chairman
that down on Matches avenue had
little cottage with a spare room for one or
two rock-ribbed democrats; that even il
it should be that fsr-famed individual
who boasts that he cast his first vote for
Andrew jackson for president and has
been voting for him at every election
since If he is with the crowd send him
down; the good wife and myself will
entertain him the best we can. What
say Tor myself and my house | say for
the citizens of Yakima generally.
Mr.. Chairman, the people Of Yakima,
regardless of their individual party pre-
ferences, esteem 1t as great honor that
you have assembled with US in state con-
vention; and in their behalf take
pleasure in extending TO you, as re-
representatives. OF great political party, a
most cordial and hearty welcome to and
within our gates with the hope that your
brief sojourn with US may be pleasant in
the extreme, and that your best men may
be nominated for the several off es TO be
voted on in November. Again bid you
welcome.
The convention began its routine busi-
ness when j. E. Edmiston OF Columbia
placed Judge f. J. Hill. Of Whatcom, in
nomination for temporary chairman
His nomination was made by reclamation
as was also that of Edward NJ. Reed, of
TnE HERALD, for secretary and Milton
Evans, of Clark. for assistant. Judge
Hill responded with q brief speech and
then called upon the various counties to
name one member each for the COM
mittees on credentials, permanent or
ganization, order of business and plat.
form.
Aftav tho chaica of the rornr,;...u.