The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-18

a speech but thank ron for the nomina-
ROB- We are asi agreed that the city
sno2sd be run by business men. not poll
cesans. The city 70 simply large corpora
ton and IL ought 20 be rna Oh the same
principles - = private corporation. Mr.
Wood had said the ticke. vas sure TO Be
o<afea. tut / think 3 man who viii not
champion good cause for fesr Of being
beaten 10 3 coxard. When the committee
offered me this nomination txo darn ago
autographed mr. people IN the East ask
ing whether l wzs q. liberty 20 acceps it,
and they replied: Accept. by al means
The people In Boston know the rsiue Of
good government, for they have bad .
similar experiences 30 that we have been
having here 4 result Of the efforts Of the
citizens Is thai they have business men in
the city government and the city il run on
more ousiness-sike principles. / have
never been q mayor before, bat. II | atm
elected, trust that you will md at the
end Of two years thai the city IL run on =
more economical basis than now
Mr.. Wood in endorsing the ticket en-
plssned that in arging delay he had simply
meant that they were taking risks by max
Ing nominations nov. Dir. White, while
confessIng taas At the last election he had
said that krag was honest, ventured TO
say that Mr. Padden was all right. and
that gentleman came forward and prom
iset. If elected city treasurer. 20 leave the
Office in 8 better condition than he found
il. Ar. Wood voached for Mr.. Carr. Mr..
White said good word for Capt. Gilmore.
and Josiah Collins for Mr. Goldsmith.
Then all the nominations we're confirmed
and the committee Of seven was continued
TO complete the ticket. Mr.. White saying
that George Donsorth had been
offered the nomination for corpora
ton counsel, but had declined it.
The seven were instructed 10 report TO
the committee Of 100, and then Judge
| Burke came out in response to repeated
calls.
The judge declared that the rule that the
Office should seek the man had been fol-
lowed out in every case with the ticket
named. There was not an Office seeker on
the list from top TO bottom. He then told
the record Of Mr.. Chaplin, who came eight
years ago as the representative OF Boston
capital. and recited the dolef,l condition
OF Seattle Mt that time. He told how Mr.
chaplin caused Sew England capital to be
Invested here. and paid . glowing tribute
to him rs man trusted by his principals
IN the East and who had caused the in
sestuent OF 800. 600 in these hard times
Then he praised the New England Puri-
tan stock to which Mr.. Chaplin belongs,
saying they knew what good government
meant. He denounced mud-sIlnging, and
said: Where the parties put up good
men do not 10. us blacken them, but re-
loicc that We have the choice among SO
many good men," Still he believed that
the best yran Was the one who was elected
nntrammeled by political pledges.
MIR. White pledged his support to Mr.
Chaplin and then the meeting adjourned.
The committee of io) then met. with
Mr. Allen In the chair, and the roll was
called rs follows:
Charles +. Frasch, secretary: William
Johnson. ID. w. Davidson. J. H. Davidson.
W. II. Maud, N. Christensen, Robert
Myers, Nj. Costopeek, Theodore Caffrey,
James Monogue, T. f. Young, L. Judkins,
David Williams, Terence O'Brien Sec
ond--W. II. II. Green, J. +. Fox. Edmund
Bowden: George Wright John Fl. Elder,
Third II. Perkins, Dr. c. A. Smith, J.
J. MctiiIvra. w. H. White. George II.
King, &. 5. Shank, DIR. ]. H. Rooms. !. RI.
Powell. Fourth-M ]. Carkeek, I. y.
Halter. q. Is. Burwell. l.. J. Colman. T.
Wickstrom. viii Carson. J. Schram.
Josiah Collins, Griffith Davies, Irving
I. Cole. Samuel Ramsey James Bothweil.
]. w. Alien, James Nugent. Fifth-w. II.
Reeves, chairman. James F. Farrell Sec
rotary; r.. q. Caldwell. DIR. 4. II. Coe.
John Langston, ]. NJ. FRYE, l.. Dilier, Z.
+. Blame, II. Nj. Gage. N. Chilberg. A.
Amands, d. X. Howard. ". II.
Humphrey. j. w. Goodwin. Sixth--R. l..
Arff t1sa n
W. Smith. A. r. Burwcii, J. l.. Dawson.
A. ID. Chamberlain. w. b. Cove, A. u.
Guernsey, Nj. III. Shepard, ]. l.. Waller.
Sssenth-E. =. Whittier chairman; l.. A.
Rowe. III. o. shuey, w NJ. Calhoun, sec.
Rotary; Ludwig Hulsether. Harry A.
James. Jerome Catiin, b. j. Keith. r. C.
Collins. K NJ. Liyesley. Efghth-tieorge
Il. Adair. Herman Chaplin, George Kin
near. George +. RAYMOND. Frank r Lee,
q. :. Dudley. J. h. Powies. George +. Cot.
teriti, Ill. Willis Carr. Sinth-B +. Day.
). J.. Willis. W. ID. Wood.
An executive committee of nine was
elected TO conduct the campaign, with the
following members: J. III. Allen, J. F..
Farrell. L. ]. Colman, f. +. Whittier.
George II. King, Josiah Collins. W. ID.
Wood. James Parke. +. y. Halter. A. A.
Denny remains as chairman of the general
committee, while h. w Baker was elected
secretary ana T. \. Halter treasurer. Ii
was decided 10 hold a mass meeting mex.
Saturday evening at some place to be
selected by the campaign committee on
this subject the committee got into such a
tangle with conflicting motions and
amendments and so many speeches were
made that it took half an hour to do what
might have been accomplished in five
minutes, and did not know where il was
at until the chair steered Ii out of the
maze. Then il went home, to meet at the
call OF the wise mems committee.