Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-03-30
Washln9tou Standard
OLYMPIA. WASH.
FLIDAi EVENING, MARCH 50. 1900.


Tho Republican county convention
I'D IN the Unitarian church, last
Saturday. did not differ materially
from the conventions usually held by
that party. There was the usual wire
pullin@. III" inevitable cIt-and-dried
dos. submitted ior the county dele
gates to swallow. and the machine ma
nipulation OF the proceedings OF the
convention from start to finish.
The delegates from the several
wards in the city held their little con-
claves, and the representation from the
country were invited to do likewise Gas
an olive branch significant OF good
faith, be il known and it was agreed
that, after these dark lantern confer
cnccS, whatever might he their result
in any particular case, the convention,
like Beecher's jury, were expected to
stand together"
twas decided before the doors of the
sacred edliice swung open that Judge
L. y. Allen, the st. Peter who carries
the key, should be presiding officer.
This was deemed necessary from the
fact that the Judge is always decidedly
uneasy without recognition" and ii
it.did not take this shape, at the outset,
1t might come in for much larger
quid when it came to distribution of
good things at the lunch counter
Besides most of the delegates had read
that morning dispatch from Buz.
Yards Roost, that the Stuffed Prophet
had about decided to desert the gold
bugs and support Bryan. This rem
dered 1t absolutely necessary to do
something to retain the very small
goldbug contingent in this county.
So the manipulators of the machine
crank held their noses and dumped
into the hopper the most radically
Bourbon of all Democrats, to be
ground ont into fgure-head for
11urston county Republicanism.
Twas done, and the Judge in taking
the chair congratulated himself and
his party associates on the fact that
he had been a member of the party
now nearly four years.
Jesse 7. Mills was chosen unani-
mously to act as Secretary of the Con-
ventlon, and committees we're an.
pointed on Credentials, on Order of
Business, and on Platform and Reso-
iutlons. As the duties of the first two
committees are merely perfunctory, we
omit their personnel, and give names
only of the statesmen whose dutv it
was made to wrestle with the great
questions which the good Mckinley is
trying so desperately to straddle. The
platform committee consisted of s. A.
Madge and George C. Israel, both of
whom are good floppers; Peter Nc
kenzie, always ready to do the bidding
OF his party; c. d. King and H. Cruik.
shank, who are likewise ready to re.
spond yea, yea, from the "amen cor
ner." The platform is Just such a
drag-net as might emanate from a
skillful special pleader who relies upon
whipping into activity the ever.faith-
fui by general platitudes, and in lull-
ing the consciences OF the more honest
into fancied security, by high. sound.
ing-pbrases which tickle the ear while
they befog the intellect. 1t is quite
evident that Mr.. Israel was the Moses
to lead his children (the partly out OF
the wilderness, for lie failed to put in
gold plank, an omission which was
quickly recognized by his brother, Joe
Robinson, who injected into the pros.
perlty" resolution clause by which
1t was affirmed that aside from the
causes assigned for the alleged sun
burst OF business activity, the adoption
OF the gold standard was a most inn
portant factor in sowing the seeds of
prosperity SO broadcast. This was
gulped down by Mr.. Israel with a tol-
erably fair grace, although it was evi.
dent it had NORWOOD farewell when
1t is remembered that he made some
excellent silver speeches in the last
campaign. 1t was swallowed without
murmur by farmers whose farms are
still held by mortgage, and whose eyes
fairly blink from the persistent stare
to catch a glimmer of the sunshine
which the faith-cure leaders declare is
dissolving debt like the dewdrop in
the calyx Of the flower. It is intended
to be complete endorsement of the
Presidential course, up to date, but Nc.
kinley's Flooding has been 80 devious
of late that the language necessarily
partakes OF the nature of a rodomon-
tade-bluster and rant, full of sound
and fury signifying nothing.
After the dose had been swallowed.
the convention proceeded to nominate
delegates to Ellensburg, and here the
method that had been pursued be-
came palpably evident. Sixteen NOM
inees were submitted for the thirteen
representatives, to be elected. The
three named by "outside barbarians"
refused to be set up for knock down.
and withdrew their names. Then q
motion to declare the list the delega.
ton to represent this county carried,
the discounted minority not record
ing single vote.
But here came a "kick" which made
the mud splatter. Mr.. Robinson went
into convention with two.th;rde of a