The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23


/ A. Gordon rrzs selected 20 I'll that I'm
rorszrt position IN the campaign Of fsss
10 -zs made Chairman OF tie county ce1-
trail ctrrrsse.ee ere term expiring with
ire assembling " ssss convention on Wei
n@sdzy taes-
i ro-ss.r - related 70 T. w Gordon. the
,r-A~srss county clerk This r. a mistake
| as 40 relationship extsts between them
/ whatever.
| sorsxIlv NJ. GORDON T. connected wsth
| ere Mas sonic fraternity. the Foresters sni
/ ire National Union On numerous orcs-
| ssors he haw bear horo-ed with important
/ o~eSsz positions IN the Masonic order.
! FER fnstauc. ne - past nigh priest a
| Seat.ye Chapter No. D. r. A. " Thrice he
las been iIIastFsous master OF Seattle
/ council No 8. tansor warden o. 81 john
/ Lodge No. 3. grand captain OF the POST OF
the grand chapter % Washington He Is
/ also an osscer in the grand council Of
/ Washington
Mr.. Gordon las always been q hard
worker sor the success Of his party. He
| IS an able. eneTgs-c ard honest man, AMI
/ II elected. which seems certain. viii re-
| feet the Ssfghess honor on his party. his
/ friends and himself. No higher evi9ence
OF MS popularity could have been given
| than his nomination by acclanation in the
/ Republican county convention on We'd
| neSday last
r. r. Kendall.
z =. Kendall. Republican candidate for
assessor. vas born IN Winona county.
| WIS. on April 3. 1866. The family lived In
| -. Charles. MINI. I'D TO ISIS. when they
/ moved 20 Omaha Neb. Young Kendall
received his primary education in the pub
| lie schools of ST. Charles and Omaha
When bat 10 years OF age he began 10
study civil engineering and draughting.
| When he was but - years OF age both his
| parents died and left him az that tender
age TO make his own way in the world
and he at once took up the business OF
surveying and droughting for a livelihood
and has successfully followed that work
| ever since. In 1855 he left Omaha and was
| present during the exciting scenes that
| preceded and followed the opening OF Ok
| saborna 10 settlement He made Guthrie
/ his headquarters and for about eight
months. during the boom. he did a rusn-
ing business, surveying and plating town
| lots and quarter sections for the boomers.
| During this period ne was appointed city
| engineer OF Guthrie. Finally the Okla
| homa boom collapsed and Mr.. Kendall
went TO Minneapolis. After a short stay
| he thought he would try his luck In
| Washington. and in 1880 he came 10 Seat
| tie. and has been here ever since. The
| day after his arrival he went 10 work
| making plats for w. r.. Forrest, who was
| lasted for eight months. Then he secured
| employment with the c. NJ. Anderson
/ Company. and later with r. II. Thomson,
| city engineer. After an absence OF six
| months he returned TO the Office OF Mr..
| Forrest. where he took the position OF
| county draushtsn1an. which Important po-
/ sst4on he held steadily TIL the spring Of
| the present year. Then work got slack
and ne has been employed about half the
| time since that time.
/ Mr.. Kendall was married In Omaha IN
| 1855 and has two bright little girls. aged
and years. He belongs to the Odd Fell
| lows. the A. O. L. w, the Washington
| Club and the Seaurrle Athletic Club.
| The experience of Mr.. Kendall being all
| In the line OF real estate work, and his in
innate knowledge OF land in King county
gained by years OF work In plating and
| surveying, VIII make him an ideal as
| SCISSOR, as ne knows the value of nearly
| every holding in the county. He has a
| host of friends, and this is particularly
the case in the Thirty-eighth legislative
| district which takes in the south
| ern half OF the country The dele
gates from that district stood by
4 him to a man during the recent
convention. The opinion is expressed
freely that he will run ahead Of his ticket.
j. NJ. Layhue.
j. ". Layl1ue. Republican candidate for
| county superintendent OF public schools.
was born in Fayette county, Pa in 1864
| AT an early age he showed strong thirst
| for knowledge and has always been an
earnest. hard-working student. The basis
OF bis education was obtained In the pub
| lie schools OF his native county, and long
before he became OF age he began teach
| Ing I'm Fayette county. Subsequently ne
| graduated from the Northern Indiana
| normal school. located at Valparaiso. In
L -4.4 re-. H. af~
the Calffornia normal school at Califor-
mia, Pa. Shortly after graduation he was
| appointed principal of the Second Ward
Grammar school OF Connellsville. Pa.
| where he made an enviable reputation for
himself by the ability which he displayed.
| In May, 1891. he came TO Seattle. and
| shortly after his arrival he was appointed
| principal of the Ballard school. which
position he he'd for four years. While
| principal of the Ballard school he made
so many friends that II was determined
20 run him for county school euperinteni-
| emit Through the influence OF his many
| friends he was nominated and elected. and
| he has done so well that he has been re-
nominated. Mr.. Iayhue shines as an ex-
ecutive officer. The affairs OF the schools
| of the county were never kept In better
| order than they nave been under his SUI
| perintendence. This Is especially the case
In the marter OF the legal phases Of his
management. The school laws he has at
| his nngers' ends as well as everything
else that affects the schools OF his juris-
aiction. That Mr. I.ayhue should he beat
en- in tho coming election seems impossi-
bic.
! william c. Gibson.
| Dr.. william c. Gibson. Republican nom
inee for coroner. is a native Of Waseea
county. MINI. and was born November
| II 1852 He received an academic educa-
| ton IN P4ttsburg academy. otawonna.
Mimi. and obtained his scientific educa-
| ton IN Jefferson medical college. Phila-
| 3elphis. and Missouri medical college, ST.
| Louis beng 4 graduate 81 the latter inst!-
| tuition. As a practitioner he has had ten
| years experience, and during his three
| years residence IA this city he has esfah-
| ushed an excellent rsputatitn both as a
| cstizen and a physician. During the con
| struction Of the Great Northern Railway
! re was surgeon for the construction de-
rartment. nIInE that position with salts
| faction 70 the company ana employees, In
| his private practice in Seattle pr. Gibson
| has done much Tor the afflicted poor. ia
| many Instances attending them witho It
! pay or remuneration % any kind.
Herbert W. Taylor.
| Herbert W. Taylor nominee for wreck
| master. was born May :. 1850. a. Cedar
! VILE Eldorado county. Cal. and = th'
son 81 Hon. I'd r. Taylor, OF Sacramento
| Bert as he is best known. spent the ma 30
| portion OF his life ~ the mining camp
where De was born. removing early in IN,
| 70's 70 Sacramento with his parents. wher,
| DO attended the schools % that city. an,
| ia ISIS entered the United States land Of
| Ace la that city as chief clerk. remaining
| ga that re1xi$ton untH TSS2. when hA went 4