The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-30
G. H WESTCOTT. Secretary.
Mr. Mallory Gets Communicative.

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Nr. Mallory Gets Communicative.
While these preliminaries were in prog
ress Chairman Thomas Mallory, Of the
Democratic state central committee. was
a busy man. fitting around among the
delegates and spectators and smiling in
convention. Having coptroied the or
gaulzation Of both the Democratic and
POpulist conventions and with two-to-
one majority on the conference commit
tee. the enemies Of Rogers and the
Rogers slate were quite happy and APP
parently entertained no doubt Of COM
piete victory so certain was Chairman
Mallory that he became unusually COM
municatfvc and submitted the following
slate as certain Of success:
GOvernor--charles $. Voorhees,. OF Spo-
kane
Lieutenant governor-L. f. RAIDER. OF
Kitsap.
Congressmen-J. T. Ronald. Of King
and Thurston Daniels. OF Clarke.
Supreme justces-W. n. Moore, OF King,
and y r Houston, q Pierce
Attorney general-Thomas Vance, OF
Yakima.
Secretary 81 state-J p. De Mattos. of
Whatcom.
Treasurer-B j. Silverthorn, OF Douglas.
Auditor-Neal Cheetham. Of Whitman.
Land commissioner-George F. Cotterill,
OF King
Superintendent Of nstruction--Frank J.
Browne Of Thurston.
Presidential electors--C. f.. Brooks. of
Stevens; G.. r. Westcott. Of Whatcom; J:
Walla Walla.
AT the close of the reading Of the order
of business Delegate Livesly, OF King.
moved an amendment that the convention
be first ordered to rise in n body and sa-
lutte the flag OF the nation. which was
draped above the rostrum. The amend
ment failed 10 he adopted.
Chairman Heifner then appointed a
committee to conduct to the platform
Robert Bridges, chosen 70 preside over the
union convention As the lank form OF
the single tax leader slouched up the
aises a roar OF welcome broke from the
Populists; the Democrats and silver Re-
publicans manifested their delight With
mild hand-clspping
When BRIDGES reached the platform
Chairman Hefner. with few words OF
thanks and n brief poetic flight turned
over hts emblem OF nuthority--a maui
Bridges erasped H. gave the table few
whacks and the union convention was be-
gun.
Chairman BRIDGES plunged at once into
business he looked weary and his voice
was husky He asked the separate ele-
nnents Of the convention 20 appoint three
members each for committee on plat
form then briefly thanked the delegates
for the honor forced upon them In his
election and suggested the possibility of
victory for the fusion forces. Mention
OF Bryan evoked laggard applause. until
some one suggested three cheers, which
were given.
The committee on platform was an
nounced as follows
silver Pepublicans-A J. Biethen. of
King II. w Hamm, OF spokane Ihomas
Demoeratic--C. s. Shank. OF King; ~ T.
Cation. OF Lincoln. J. A. Mundy. of
Clarke,
Populst-R winsor, Of King: r. r.
Houston, OF Pierce; J. II. Gehr. OF Walla
Walia.
Delegates beg for Haste.
Upon the retirement OF the committee.
several delegates demanded that the con-
ventinn proceed at once To nominations
There were many objections to this. Del
Cary Smith OF Spokane, and Others pro-
testing that they did not want to vote for
any man until they knew something of the
platform on which he was to stand
Country delegates begged for haste and
the convention came around to their way
OF thinking
Thomas Mallory moved that the roll call
OF counties be begun for the nomination of
two congressman. Thomas Vance offered
men be taken UP one at a time, Mallory
al once saw "A new light. He accepted the
substitute ard rushed over 70 the leaders
OF the King county delegation. Here the
plan was quickly arranged which u was
thought would promptly put the Rogers
forces to rout, but which 50 nearly re-
suited In defeat for J. r Ronald
Nance's motion prevailing the roll call
was begun and Adams. the first county
on the list yielded TO Spokane. In short
speech which was listened TO with impa-
tience O. II Sutton nominated II. G.. Rob
crtson. Senator Turner seconded the
nomination.
As the roll call proceeded Chehalis in
dorsed Robertson,
Chclan next IN line. yielded TO King. and
James Hamilton Lewis. with nowery
words placed before the convention the
name OF J r. Ronald
This was In pursuance with the scheme
80 promptly arranged by Malony and the