The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-09-28
The Democratic Convention.

;. The Democrats met in County Cor
= vention at the Court house last Satu,
y day, with John McReavy in the chaiI
0 and B. d. Mills, secretary. Ate
! opening exercises, including a bril-
: liant address from chairman Bu,
: bank, the committees were appointed
The credentials committee made re
r port ANONYMOUSLY firing T. N. Prin
l gle, legally elected by the democrat
OF Satsop precinct to represent them
: because he was populist. The plat
form committee introduced the usua
} denunciations of republicanisin, ap
plauded Cleveland for his bold stant
, on the platform OF 1892, and denounc
ed the handful Of renegade Senator.
, who opposed him. One plank denounc
ed ali secret political organizations
which J. B. Shelton tried to amend b,
!, naming the American Protective AS
ISOLATION alone, but this was promptly
voted down, and all alleged ''secret
political organizations" now stand de.
nounced.
The platform condemns Gov. Nc
Graw's administration, and also con
siders the capitol and other state COM
missions things of iniquity.
Six delegates to State Convention
were then selected as follows: S. C.
Simpson, %; 3. D. Mills, %; John Nc
Reavy, II; J. F. Riley, %: W. X. Lott
%; Floyd Steele, II; J. ". Day, 16;
J. Z. Sigh, 3. The two latter did not
go to Yakima
Nominations for representative
being in order, Burbank presented the
name of Sol @. Simpson with few
remarks, and as this was evidently
satisfactory, no other nominations
were made and the choice was made
by ACCLAIM alton, but without a suspen-
sion of the rules.
robert Fairbairn was named for
assessor and the nominations were de-
ciared closed by chairman McReavy,
shifting out the name OF Jos Kulliich
and tangling up the deliberative body.
Burbank then offered the latter as a
substitute and finally got him in the
race, but he was defeated by a vote of
19 to 10.
For Auditor ". w. Kennedy was
chosen with rush. B. D. Mills, of
Clifton, one Of the best qualified men
in the County, and really. popular,
was again shelved by the exigeneics
of the occasion.
When nominations for treasurer
were called the benches became ex-
pectant, nor were they disappointed
Locke McPhai1 was proposed, and
also j. F. Riley, of the Shelton Bank,
but the latter considerably withdrew
after the nominations were declared
closed. Here Burbank was aroused
and made vehement objection. Rising
to his feet and shaking his fist in
front Of the very solemn chairman, as
if charging it TIP to him, Burbank pro-
ceeded about in this strain, as forcib1c
as language, gesture and expression
could make it:
Mr.. Chairman.-In the name OF
pure Democracy, l protest against this
nomination! This man is incompeteu
not qualified. This is the cloven
hoof of the ole ring-I denounce cor
ruption in the democratic party
as quick as in the republican! What
does this nlean?" He dwe1t further
on the incompetency of the candi-
date, to the amusement of the specta- |
tors. No word was said i'll reply
there was nothing to say-but the |
nomination was put and greeted With
a chorus Of ayes. The call for nays
met with an emphatic mo" from the
irrepressible Burbank. The boys were !
aware of Lochie's qualifications in
the way of "sack,' and didn't pro-
pose to miss the opportunity of pull
ing it for the good of the cause.
For sheriff Ed McReavy was the
only name proposed.
The clerkship had been promised to
VIM. Deegan, but the caucus proceed
ing the convention decided otherwise
and Speed Shelton secured the noni-
nation by vote of 20 TOT.
L. r. Byrne, who has been a resi-
dent of Mason County for three
weeks. teaching school at the Forbes
district, was nominated for school
su perintendent. He is the son-in-1aU
Of Ed Ca1low, and was superintendent
in Thurston county last term, being
defeated for reelection by Miss Amy |
Case.
The only one of the old crowd who
shows on the surface Of the ticket is
Auditor J. W. Day, who was nonli-
mated for prosecuting attorney. IF
elected Mr.. Day will no doubt take an
early opportunity to dismiss some
troublesome suits against himself.
Geo. Barron and J. w. Gosser were
nominated for surveyor and attorney
respectively.
For Commissioner third district
Sol G. Simpsons 'hired man." John
Cameron, the Company blacksmith,
was selected, and several good men,
engaged in tickling Little SKookun
soil and paying taxes, were not even
mentioned
Following the idea of the republi-
cans the convention placed Henry
Ilatl1a,1, Ia nomination from Tie first