Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-11-02
Notice of Nominations.

Notice of Nominations.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named persons have been GER
titled to me as candidates for the sew
eral Congressional, State and County
offices to be filled at the general cleo
ton to be held on the 9Th day Of Nc
vember, 1898:
REPUBLICAN, PARTY.
Name OF person Office to be
nominated. filled.
Wesley l.. Jones. ................
... Representative in Congress
Francis w. Cushmar. ...........
....... Representative in Congress
7. j. Anders.
$50. Judge of the Supreme Court
Mark A. fullerton. ....... Il.
....... Judge Of the Supreme Court
George Sinclair -. ......
80. Representative 18th district
George A. Kennedy. County Auditor
E. d. Gibson. ....... County Clerk
A. w. Shaw. :. County Treasurer
d. Nelson. County Assessor
Edward Hill ...............,.S Sheriff
l.. G. VanPatten. ........
County Superintendent OF Schools
w. w. Zent. $50. County Attorney
Johp I Koch Surveyor
III. L. Gritman. 80. Coroner
w. G. Griffith ..............
County Commissioner Dist. No. l
Henry kansler. ...... ......4.
County Commissioner Dist. No. 2
PEOPLES PARTY.
James Hamilton Lewis. ......
..... Representative in Congress
William G. Jones'.
.... Representative in Congress
Benjamin I. Houston. -. .......
...... Judge of Supreme Court
Melvin M. Goldman. :. .........
......... Judge OF Supreme Court
w Ill. ". IICWio
.,.. Representative 14th district
w. L. Olmstead :. County Auditor
John Bovee County Clerk
---County Treasurer
Cecil Linn. ...... County Assessor
]. G. Shorno. ............ Sheriff
Clinton Stasef. -. County Attorney
Walter Staser. ....... -.
County Superintendent OF Schools
John A. Thiel. Coroner
John N. Olson ......
County Commissioner Dist. No. l
Laban thinner. -.
County Commissioner Dist. No. 2
PROHIBITION PARTY.
A. G. Dickinson -.
...... Representative in Congress
G. L. Haggard. ..
...... Representative in Congress
SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY.
Walter Walker.
49,. Representative in Congress
M. A. Hamilton. /.
...... Representative in Congress
Thomas Young.
$50. Judge of the Supreme Court
Thomas Lawry
49,. Judge OF the Supreme Court
At said election there will be SUBJ
mitted to the electors of the state the
following proposed amendments to
the constitution, viz:
Section 2 Of article 7 Of the consti-
tuition Of the state of Washington
shall be amended to read us follows:
Sec. 2. The legislature shall pro-
vide by law uniform and equal rate
of assessment and taxation on all
property in the state, according to its
value in money, and shall prescribe
such regulations by general law as
shall secure just valuation for taxa
tion of all property, so that every
person and corporation shall pay a
tax in proportion to his, or her, or its
property: PROVIDED, That a deduc-
ton of debts from credits may be au-
thorized: PROVIDED FURTHER, That
it shall lie optional with each munich
pal corporation in the state to fix and
determine by majority vote of the
qualified electors voting thereon the
class or classes of property upon
which taxes for municipal purposes
shall be levied, which tax shall be
uniform as to persons and class: Pro-
vIDED STILL FURTHER, That the prop
erty of the United States and the
state and counties, school districts
and other municipal corporations,
and such other property as the legis-
lature may by general laws provide,
may be exempt from taxation.
Section 8, article 8, OF the constitu-
ton, shall read as follows:
SEC. 8. The elective franchise shall
never be denied any person on ac-
count of sex, notwithstanding any
thing to the contrary in this constitu-
ton.
Witness my hand and official seal
this 24th day OF October, A. d. 1898.
IL g.. WIN. o. LEWIS.
Clerk Of the Board of County Com
missioners, Adams County, Wash.