The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-25

aaa Deer diligently and slesp2<%.y camp
ZIG 81 Gcstwsnsz trait
Godwin's Budding Aspirations.
The result ca-E= quickly and aecisiveiy.
and ali Mr. Cfo9w.yz'z budding aspirations %
Democrats lsaderxap wsxe nscpsa Is by
an unEimeiy .rosS. TO the surqrss=s % many
vito were watching fer 3 eongss- BE gas
aoi even nosn-.aagss-- SUI further. into iAe
been selected 20 down Har. 81 Ei.e1saurg,
joan I, Coa40a, w2g committed the pleas
ing and graceful task Q. placing ia Lora-
] srstsoa she rna1 wao nova occupies Inc
place whsch Mr.. Ci0dwin had coveted for
2 SEAssis. Iats all gave sCch 4 charming
Sf0T or harmony On ire surface that
chance observer would never have suspected
meath.
air. Condor nominated Rooer, L. Teorne.
the present chairman u the county c@atra!
committee The nomination was made uaan-
i.no0s.
Then came nea; contest for the score
i4syship os the committee. IN waich A
IT, e.t},st wAs e:oNness by -. II. vi d3stan.
by tbs t;nle the conference committee
had returned and was ready 20 report.
IN tne absence % Ks chairman. L Z.
Gilman. Daniel Kellefer submitted tie re-
port, which consisted simply oi an al.0f-
-2@nt az Offices among the three parties
ihe reception Of the report vas not ali
that Is warfnest friends could claim for II.
30 FAR as the general Offices OF the county
were concerned there vas genera. feel
ing that the report was satisfactory. bat
when X came 10 legislative nominations
THAI Was quite another matter. out Of
the eighteen legislative pas. tsons on me
ticket the Democrats had secured bat one
out CT tie SIX senators and four out or
the twelve representatives on every
SIDE could be heard nIurmuFs OF dissatls-
/. faction. such as 1t means a complete SUI
render" and the Ike while few OF TIE
holder spirits OF the old-tine Democracy
look the floor N open opposition, II. -.
Rankin o. the Forty-1hird representative
district. complained TO the convention that
the district had lot received proper recog-
nition. He was inclined TO lay the blame
on "WarHorse" White. whom he accused
Of bu.ldozing the delegation ko6ert l.
| Tonne wished the convention To understand
that Mr.. Rankin did not voice the senti-
naent OF the entire delsga lion bur Only
a small minority. II. A. Swift. Of the
Ninth ward spoke in strong opposition 10
the report
Mr.. Swift Gets Excited.
The adoption OF this report said Mr..
Swift. means OF course the nomination
o. a Popuxst SENATOR from our district.
II means the nomination OF Paul Land /
VIII not vote for him under any clrcum-
stances Il he = nominal led | Will vote
for John J. McGnyra. TIE Ninth ward
hereby serves notice on this convention
II terms plain enough TO be understood
that u Will not vote for a Popaliss for
senator from this district"
Rather q dramatic episode occurred
| .when. with the report pending. F. A. Nc
Donald came forward. and after aLadiIz
70 his candidacy for The senate from the
Twenty-ninth district. which nomination
il Will be- observed from lne report o. he
conference committee published e.sew here.
had been allotted to the Populists. declared
that while some Of his friends feii sore
over the result. he himself did not i
have learned long ago said ne. TO eat
Democratic crow, and / would rather eat
Democratic crow than Republican turkey:
OF course / shat support the ticket. II
paul Land is nominated ] will vote for
him" Judge Mcdonald said further that
the only thing al which he felt hurt Was
that during une day his Democracy had
upon a brief v.nGication OF himself.
III the srdi vote oa the adoption or the
report only a single faint: negative vas
asard far back n the hall And SO ne
Democrats accepted the slice OF fusion PIE
dealt out 20 them. ard Judge McCnr.ey
a2d William Bla kman were appointed 70
notify the other conventions.
Next came the nominations in me order
In which they were named In the confer,
ence committees report Judge Mcdonald
named ChAr.es WhIttleSey for treasurer
the whole Sixth ward seconded. and tle
nomination vas made BY accIarnatio1
Fred Rec Eowel named James + VI FL
nomination also went through BY acclanla-
lion. Mr.. MeEifoy made a speech
For c2go3,eT: T Ronald named n. / Or, Or
were also paced IN nomination. Roi call
showed 81 votes .for YaHdeli. = for En-
onds and for Kline. Or. Yandeil ex-
For county supeTinten6en' Of schools.
Aitheus Byers. who had made the SAME
nomination two years ago named Prof
w J Meredith, ard the convention nom
Corw.n : shank NAMED r Ryan for
county commissioner. Various wards and
Convention that Tim Ryan WAS all
right and the convention save hin the
nomination by unanimous vote-
One Real Contest.
The Only real contest VAS over the nom
nation fer justice 0. the peace Three
names were placed before the convention.
VIZ G 4 c Rochester J Henry Den
ming and s. 5. Lans.ard. John II. Carsons
name Was proposed. bat Nj Carson slated
10 vas uat q candidate and Withdrew he
FIRE 2 haM0s rad EeSn taken. The assr bal
lot resulted aS follows: Dcnn!ng 81 Roch-
would have nominated nsur.nr bat before
Il could be declared changes began 70 -
called out from al parts u the han and
there Was such confusion that the secre-
tayjes Ccaid nGt noe the changes aCcG-
ratety, Aaothcr ballot w2s called Tor.
n<rrirE's friends q: ts-ss seemed afraid 10
r5sk what they already had II hard. but
after q strong u,ea from /. & Gilman Ma
VAS hmseif Denn.ng man. rsw hal -
was ors.ered, Rochesters rsme n1eaowh..e
being w.thGsawD. The voEe resulted IN
favor % Dernias, WHO VAS declared The
nominee
Nominations for the several legislative
positions allotted 20 the Democrats acre
reported from the delegations respectively.
a. fellows:
For senator frorr- the erty-sixta se@a-
,o-.a. dtste-s; : : Carlisle.
Fer rep-eseot at!ve fro1n the Fortla;A dis
tv3ct Con \ f:iGeou..
Ter reureS< n a ~ fv1r1 tAr Forty second
cls-~sc; pr J Y Prztner
Fer representative from Fo~ty-ths-t zIs-
= = r i M-Dorait
FOR veg~esenta .,lse from Th.r;y-eish.a
d-@;v.ci. Joseph Faster.
R.7f at ss{tf-3 sY4 yNa Sfsfaet ts-r, ~ S1