The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-04-22
"REMNANTS" NAME
THEIR TICKET

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modest speech OF acceptance, in which
he said that he fully intended to be
elected il it lay in his power, Herman
Wise nominated E. c. Hughes for
county treasurer and the nomination
was made by acclamation, without de-
bate
Nominations for assessor fell just as
easy to J. n. Heckard, who vas the
unanimous choice Of the delegates.
1t began to look as II the conven-
tion was going to develop into 'one,
two, three" proposition, so suggestive
of a slate, for it had been name the
man. second the nomination and boost
him into it by hearty aye vote" all
the way through from the start, but
when 1t came to nominating county
commissioner there was a ripple in
the stream. Thomas Parker gained
the iloor under the cali for nomina-
tions. He said that the office of county
commissioner was one of the most i'm
portant in the county and that a
man we'll known, well liked and thor
oughly trusted throughout the county
must be chosen. He thought Andrew
Young. of Eoungs river, was such a
man and nominated him.
George Nolan nominated O. B. Writ
Of Sldpanon; ]. E. Gratke nominated
r. NJ Wooden of Nehalem and r. NJ.
Coe placed Ed. Banks Of Knappa in
nomination for that place on the
ticket.
question arose as to how The NOM
ination should be decided. and A. NJ.
Smith came pretty near making a slip
in suggesting how the matter be de-
clded.
In all democratic conventions likethis
the majority-tla: is-er-er-" said
Mr.. Smith, what 1 mean is, that in
a citizens convention like this"
"oh, don't change it, Smith," called
out delegate. You were near enough
right"
After the laugh had subsided it was
decided that majority Of all the
votes cast was necessary to 4 nonli-
nation.
r. NJ. Coe and John Noland acted
as tellers and the ballot resulted as
follows: Total votes cast s.. necessary
to a choice 80. Young, SO; Wooden,
10: Writ. I: Banks. 6. Mr.. Young
was declared the nominee.
Nominations for county school super
iptendent were called for. c. C. Utzin-
ger nominated H. S. Lyman and a.
W. Utzinger nominated ]. c. Stubbs
In seconding the nomination of Lyman,
Thomas Dealey called attention to the
fact that Mr. Lyman, when running on
the democratic ticket last election for
state superintendent Of schools, had
carried this county. although it went
republican by a large majority, and
c. c. Utzinger, in final appeal for his
candidate. said that he knew every
child in the county and every school
IudIDH lndl WdlhS. L nat oPpdiShhis
settled it. for when the ballot was
taken. out of the Sc votes cast Lyman
received 62 and Stubbs 4. Lyman's
nomination was made unanimous.
The most amusing thing of the
whole convention was the contest for
the nomination for coroner. A Leber
man nominated c. E. Mathena and
then Thomas Dealey took the floor to
make nomination for the same office.
II desire to nominate for the office"
he said "a young man who has held
Office and is now holding office in the
county. He has never been defeated.
True he strayed away from his party
last election and was no longer a dem
ocrat, though he had been one for sew
eral years, but he has come back and
today had the courage to sign the
list calling for the organization Of
Jeffersonian Society, thus showing his
intentions. name William Pohl.
He" but there was a general laugh
and Mr.. Dealey cit his remarks short.
Then William Humble arose to sec
ond the nomination. He truly wanted
to say something but Pohls friends
failed to appreciate his speech. In
the course Of his remarks he said:
ITS true Billy threw us down two
years ago but he's coming round all
right, now that this nomination is to
be made, and will be good democrat
again" And there was laugh. This
ended the speech making and bal
lot was taken.
In all, 70 votes were cast and two
blanks. OF these Mathena received 40,
Pohl 25.
Before the ballots were counted Mr.. |
Dealey was on his feet and said:
'Mr. Chairman. I don't think that |
vote should be announced. There has
been stufing going on. Seven more
votes were cast this time than last"
For an instant the delegates forgot
that It was a citizens convention with
o,ft choea, delagatea and that any cit Il