The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-14

Prstsnss. However speeisss er
InsiAisss OVERWHELMINGLY Or
DoseA-Ex-Gov. 4. r. swinsferA ~
Ketchikan Elected Permanent
Chairnan-Skagwsy Delegatien
Fails to Elect Its Canaiaats-ses-
sieA to Continue for Tive Weeks.
JUNEAU, Alaska. OF. IO.-7he
= territorial convenfton. eompnis-
ins representatives from almost every
section Of Alaska. and called for tie
purpose of pleparias for presentation
to tie nen congress what o4laska
1pants IN tie hay Of legislation. met
IN tie opera hoase yesterday. The
conpenhon wU continue h session
At least fu,o yeeks. and probably
four, for = past amount Of s,ork Is
before Il.
~ HE call was Rad by Oscar Fcote. Of
Juneau. and then tho siirmishing be-
tween the delegations Tor the psrm-
anent chairmanship began. The largest
delegations are those Of Juneau. SkAxway
and Douglas City. the nrst two have ten
delegates each and the last named eight.
Inasmuch a. Skagway had been the nrst
to proposs the convention. and consented u
its being Aeid In Juneau. the delegation
from that city expected that the permA-
nent chairmanship would BE- conceded 10
skAgway. u only - IN set Of courtssy.
nut Junsan has nsver A1avausA pollttcs
Ia her histWy and vas timid abeut sur
rendering - important petition % the
rival city. Ne did not know what ways
that were dark and tricks that might not
be vain Skagway chairman might spring
upon her.
The 6kasway candidate Tor permanent
chairman, John g. Price Was nominated
Tor temporary chairman by juneau dele
gate. but he promptly withdraw. II was
permanent chairman or nothing with Skax-
way, and no pains were taken to conceal
this position by the delegation.
Col r. d. Crittenden. Of Wrangel, A.
temporary president and John J. Clarke
as temporary secretary were finally elect
ed Committees on credentials consisting
OF the chairman OF each OF the seventeen
delegations, and on permanent organisation
comprising Judge A. K Delaney. Of
o( GknH mi
formerly Of Seattle, and r. Mccormick. Of
Douglas. were appointed The credentials
committee reported the following persons
duly credited delegates and the report was
adopted.
Dougias-R McCormick, c. A. Week.
Daniel Mckay. q. W. Stephenson. Frank
Back. ". L. Tatum. John Moore and r.
r. Hubbard
Dy.a-L D. Kinney. George C. Teal and
Eagle City,. L. Waller. formerly Of Sc
attle.
wrangel-Thomas A. Wilson. R. D. Crit
tenden and r. c. Mccormick.
Haines-soi Ripinsky.
Juneau-G A. Anderson, ". w. Casey.
]. H. Cobb. q. G. Darrow. A. K Delaney,
r ]. Donohoe. Oecsr Foote. Locke McKin-
non, John Oids and c. ". Young.
Darling. J. Stedman and Hollis White.
Orca--O. J. Humphrey.
Pyramid Harbor--Sam Knn6se..
Porcupine--J Lindsay and Perry Wiley.
Silver Bow BasinA- Sivens
Skagway--rnited States Commissioner e.
A. sehIbrede. r. w jennings. Or. L. 9.
Keller, Rev. J. J. Walter. r. c. Smith. I.
Kaufman, John q. Price. G. W Turner, J.
T. Hayne ana Herman Meyer.
Shakan--W. A. Finn
Eheepceeek-F C. Hammond.
gnesttsham-F. Cook.
Seward Cfty-John W. Skeavington.
Berners Bay-H. r Snyder.
FIGHT roR CHAIRMAN.
A, the evening session halio:ing for
permanent chairman began A iarge crowd
was present. there being hardly room "a
stand. J. q. Price. os Ekagway. was NOM
mated by r. W. jennings for president OF
The convention Messrx. SehIhrede. kinney
ard Turner seconded the nsninafion. Gen
Turner making an excellent speech In be-
half Of the man he eharnr!oned-
A. r. swfnaford. os Ketehikan. fosmer-
" az Juneau. and governor % Alaska
under c;eveian.'s frss administration
was nominated for president by Judge
Delaney. and the nomination was se.c-
onded by J. IL Cobb both Of Juneau
There were no other nominations A
parliamentary fight between the delsxa-
tsons as TO whether the election should
proceed by roll call or by ballot, skax-
way eonssattng fer the ballet. terns-
mated in cail for the yeas aad NAYS
on the proposition. ard the raIi-czii
champions were defeated. This was q
vsrtery for skaxway, ard VIA conss6-
cred as fr.6fcattng thai she might have
more friends sn the convention than peo-
rle knew about
This proved true. nur shsre were not
enough to- make a RIA scfsty Ex-fsov
swsnesord received . votes ard j. g.
Price - Sxsneford WAS declared eject