The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-08-16
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Selection of Delegates to the State
Republican Convention a Howl
ing Farce.
ICY STARE FOR COUNTRY PRECINCTS
The Only Contests Were Over the offices Of
Sheriff. Prosecuting Attorney. School Super
intendent and One ommissioner-Many
Delegates Charged With Violated
Pledges.
ICY STARE FOR COUNTRY PRECINCTS

The republican county convention was
held in this city on Saturday last and
contrary to expectations there was no
open outbreak among the dele
gates although there has been much
portentious rumbling and grum bling
since over the high.handed manner in
which some OF the proceedings were con-
Quoted, notably the selection of delegates
to the state convention. One OF the
offices over which there promised to be
lively scramble was removed from the
list OF contentious the night previous,
when Nelson Rich and Ira P. Englehsrt
got together and the latter promised to
Withdraw from the race for representa-
tive. The reason is understood to be
that MIR. Englehart feels under obliga-
tions to Mr.. Rich, who was largely in
strumental in securing him the appoint.
ment of prosecuting attorney shortly
after he located in Yakima, and they
have been close friends since, and when
Mr.. Rich announced himself as candl-
date Mr.. Englehart concluded to do the
graceful thing and pull out. s.. Har-
rison, of Sunnyside, noticed the shadow
of coming events and evidently con-
cluded that he had no show, for his
name was not presented to the conven.
ton.
The delegates convened at the court
house in the morning and temporary
organization was secured by the selection
of s. j. Cameron for chairman, Geo. s.
Hough for secretary, and D. A. Fox, OF
Zllah, for assistant secretary. Congress.
man Jones was called upon to inject
some enthusiasm into the meeting and
he spoke for half an hour ON the subject
of the Philippines and the past, present
and future military glory of this country
At the conclusion of the speech there
were cries of three cheers for the speaker
but for some reason they failed to come
out with any vim, and some one re-
marked that they had better try it over
again. The chairman said he thought
30 too but no further effort was made in
this direction.
After the appointment of the following
committees an adjournment was taken
until one O'Clock when the delegates
were to reconvene at Mason's opera
house:
Credentials-Geo. S. Courier, George
Chapman, D. L. Peck, ]. G. Cherry and
c. G. Seal.
Resolutions-S. ]. Harrison, Dan Sin.
clair, E. Remy, B. F. Ward and A. j.
Lewis.
Rules and Order of Business-A. G.
Walker, 6. ". Denton, H. B. Scudder,
W. L. Dimmick and D. E. Lesh.
The afternoon session opened with the
reading OF the reports. Chairman Geo.
Courier read his report showing that
there were no contests. Col. Walker,
chairman OF the committe on rules and
order of business, designated the order
of nominations, recommended that the
temporary officers be made permanent,
and that representative of each precinct
confer with Congressman Jones and
Frank Rudkin respecting the selection OF
delegates to the convention. This was
an almost unheard of proceeding and
those who were not IN the inner circles
were dumfounded but the recommends
tions were passed before the opponents
could gather themselves together.
! There was some little rumpus among
the third ward delegates and under the
leadership of Geo. A. Graham they de-
cided not to be bound by the action of
the primaries as to the unit rule.
The committee on resolutions was not
ready to report when called upon so at
suggestions from the body OF the house
Col. Hewlett, Capt. Dunn and S. j.
Harrison were called upon for speeches.
One OF the speakers when on the sub
ject OF Imperialism voiced the sentiments
of the party when he stated that if we
wanted "the whole Cd id earth II
was ours" 1t is true the faces OF some
of the the delegates fell at the profanity
and broad stories told but the majority
of them seemed to like it,
| Capt. Dunn confined his speech n