The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-30
MEASURING STRENGTH
The Confabs and Conferences
Among County Candidates.
THEY WILL CAUCUS TO-DAY.
So Far There Seems to De Ton Many
Candidates Before Pierce Coun-
tvs Convention.

Tacoma Sept. a-speciai-La.yss las
been accomplished today By che xorkerv
among The ce-esatss elected 20 the county
convention yesterday IN the way OF clear
ing up the situation. On Pacific sv-n.,e
from Ninth 20 Thirteenth streets gttIs
groups OF Politicians ard delegates have
discussed the chances OF ire various cam
didaEes all day. and there cave Seen con-
fersnces izrr-lerable. but as far a. S.sn-
ing the strength OF the candidates for
sheriff and superior judges bar small
Roadway was made. In the First precinct
OF the Second ward. which has the largest
delegation IN the convention. there have
been two candidates for representative
and seven aspfranls for the judicial NOM
nations. Today the delegation caacusea
a. the Tacoma h0tel and decided 20 work
and vote for Frederick Brown for recre-
sentative. George r. Blanchard the OH
er candidate. thereupoa Withdrew from me
race.
The delegation took an Informal vote
OF the juGsesh!p question, which disclosed
ne fact TRst Ire precinct IS badly split.
Judge r y. Parker, OF department. OF
The superior court, received more woes
than any Of The other candida tes. al though
he does nof reside II the precinct. George
Ia9d Mum and " o. Chapman each re-
ceyei number OF votes. following closely
after Judge Parker in strength. CO. Trad
ana Judge T. L. sales also received a few
votes each. Walle the ballot was purely
informal. L is hardly possible that the deli
egatton vii unite upon any one OF me
candidates for the judiciary.
The sitGa t.on IN most OF the other city
preclncts is similar 10 that in the First OF
The Second ward. The leatlng candidates
for the 5udgesl2,p ana for sheriff eac,
have delegates II nearly every precinct in
the city. fact which makes the situation
very mixed. In the Third precinct Of the
Third ward. the friends Of ". II. Paa.ha-
mus pat up hot night for their candidate.
but the Parker men sacured two delegates.
If nor three, while IADcoln Davis Will have
two votes in the delegation.
In the Second ward The three candidates
fer sheriff WIZ each have fair following.
Wilh such a condition confronting them,
Is mas been simply a question OF which
does the most aggressive work today and
tomorrow. Both Mr. Paulhanus friends
and those of Sheriff Parker have put forth
every effort 10 unity their following. so
as TO make as formidable a showing as
possible. The supporters OF both claim
thgt their favorite will receive the nom
inaa0n on the first ballot and o. course
ore OF the Two VIII be disappointed Mr..
Parker appears 10 have the advantage IN
the fact that his forces are well organized
and work together. The caucuses tomor-
row and the work done among the dele
gates Will in a large measure settle tho
controversy.
II had been claimed on behalf OF Mr..
pau,hamus that he would get the support
OF the Nineteenth senatorial district IL
develops today that In Sumner Mr.. Paul
hauus' former home. a delegation was
elected after a very hot contest. OF which
a majority is for Sheriff Parker. Eighty
votes were poIed The defeated delegates
viii contest the election before the ere
,lentials committee OF the convention. The
highest vote on the winning ticket was
~ and the lowest vote on the losing y,
which Is evidence enough that the dGhi
was a bitter one. The defeated faction
claims that the judges allowed some resi-
dents OF the precinct 20 vote who are not
firm In the Republican faith. and that they
were not made 10 declare themselves be-
fore voting This VIII be the grounds for
the contest.
The Parker men claim TO have number
Of delegations from the Nineteenth dis
trict aside from Sumner. ard their claims
appear 70 have some foundation. On the
other hand. Mr. Paulhamus is expected
70 develop considerable strength in the
First. Second and Third wards TO offset
his loss in the country. His own delega-
tion. the Third OF the First, wll be for
him
The fight FOR the nomination for prose-
cutting attorney seems to have narrowed
down 10 II. G. Rowland. of Puvai.up. and
Col. a Z. Joab. There IS talk OF a dark
horse in this agh. Richard Meath, John
Murray ana c. ". Mock lead In the strug-
gle for the race for the nomination for
treasurer. Ex-County Treasurer Fairefild
may enter the fight. although he has 50
far refused 20 be a candidate.
The municipal iudgeshlp has developed
a lively contest between tho friends Of
J. c. Dillow and c. Z. Claypool The
latter has enlisted number OF we'll
known party workers in his cause. al
though he himself is absent from the city
speaking in Eastern Washington under
the direction OF the state committee
The nominees for representative in the
enty-second senatorial district Will
likely be David levin and Walter Harvey.
Mr. Levin has resided IN Tacoma twenty
three years and is a large property owner
here. lie viii b. elected ty handsome
majority Il nominal ed. az bis stard.ng s
very high among tho business men Of the
c{t~. Mr. Harvey Tel p young lawyer who
has done great deal Of wcrk In party
lines ard IS popular among the young Re
punlcans
In tse contest over the nomination for
assessor litgie IS known ss 20 the STRENGTH
of the various candidates. Fra-z Ma
hu-Ee IS tee latest "a erter fhe FIST Joe
Mitchell wi probably he uoslt mated f3T
surveyor and Charles holeube x for
commissioner.