The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-13
COUNTY CONVENTIONS HELD.
DEMOCRATS SELECT DELEGATES
TO SPOKANE GATHERING.
Pierce County Will Propose Senator
Turner as a Delegate at Large to
Kansas City md o. G. FL
lis for National Committeeman.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
TACOMA, May 1.-THE Democrats of
Pierce county met in mass convention this
afternoon. at Tacoma, for the selection OF
80 delegates to the Spokane convention to
be held next Saturday, when eight dele
gates viii be selected from this state for
the Kansas City convention. No primaries
or caucuses were held and no fractional
fights or dissensions cropped out, though
there was long discussion over the meth
cd of selecting the delegates.
Robert Montgomery, editor OF the Sum-
ner Herald, was unanimously elected
chairman of the meeting, with M. t.
O'Farrel of Wllkeson. as secretary, after
the meeting had been called to order by
G. s. Bridges, chairman OF the Democratic
county executive committee and the call
read by Judge Hugh Farley.
No indication of the Fawcett-Rogers
fight appeared In the proceedings, though
the supporters OF each man were out in
force. II has been agreed for several days
that o. G. Ellis should be the choice of
the Democrats of this county for a place
on the delegation to Kansas City, and he
was unanimously Endorsed In a resolution
offered by T. o. Abbott instructing the
delegation to vote as a unit for Ellis as
delegate to Kansas City, and that they
urge his selection as national committee
man from this state.
The only discussion during the conven-
tion was on the manner of selecting dele
gates. Judge Stevens moved that each of
the five senatorial districts select seven
delegates and seven alternates, leaving
four delegates to be selected by the con-
ventfon at large. An amendment was Of
fered providing for the selection of four
delegates by each district and giving Mr..
ELLIS the selection OF nineteen. This
caused the discussion, Judson, George
Hazard, r. J. Alexander and others OF
the war horse type denouncing the plan
as against the principles OF Democracy.
I'VE are sending a delegation to Kansas
City TO protest against imperialism" said
Steve Judson. "and we don't want to
make the mistake of sending an imperial
fist down there as our delegate. 1t lies
with the people to select delegates; and
sent to Kansas City as a Democrat,
chosen by Democratic methods. and not
hampered by the methods of the Republi-
cans" Mr.. Ellis finally ended the long
discussion by announcing that he did not
desire to take the responsibility of nam
ing delegates. but did want to see full
delegation at Spokane. not so much for
his own benefit as for the credit of the
county.
Mr.. Judson then changed his motion,
making six delegates to be chosen by each
district with nine to be selected by Mr.
Ellis.
The delegates selected we're as follows:
Nineteenth district-M. T. OFarrel.
Wilkeson; Joseph Fernandez, Puyallup;
III,
Sumner: James McNeeley. Buckley; A.
Noble. orting. Alternates not named.
Twentieth district-O q. Ellis Stephen
Judson J. M. Bowies Ed j. Walsh. George
Alternates-Aibert johnson. Charles Dru-
ry Thomas Mallory T. o. Abbott, James
+: o'Brien, Robert o'Farrell Tacoma.
Twenty-irst district-James II. Dege.
@. Johna. Frank laval, Patrick j swee-
ney. Alternates, s. c. Slaughfe~ Hugh
Farley, Byron Aldrich. J. NJ. Nichols, 10
seph Jacob. Charles Clemine.
Twenty-second district-Owen O. BOYLE,
Charles f. Kennedy. Michael Shea. d. p.
Foley. J. r. Meyhan. Sidney Dundas. Al
ternatee. Nick Reuter- George p. wuest.
]. M. Hague. j McKinty, John McCor-
Twenty third district--J. A. Fradette. II.
II. Collier Ben Frazier fsouth Tacoma),
Isaac Pincus, William Welsh. Godfrey
Weller. Alternates, j J. Lemon, Lemons
Frank Halstead, Dudley Eshelman. c. II.
Dow
large portrait Of w. j. Bryan. paint
ed by Prof w. II. Gilstrap, curator OF
OF the stage. covered with banner on
which was inscribed: 1.-The line between
citizen and subject Is the line between re-
public and empire After Bryan song
by the Hoi Polloi Glee Club, the drapery
was pulled aside. disclosing the picture,
which was greeted with long and enthn-
siastic cheers.
The delegates TO be named by Mr.. Ellis
Will be announced Monday
u was the unanimous sentiment of the
convention that Hon. George Turner. of
spokane, United States senator from this
state. should be elected a delegate at
large to the Kansas City convention. and
should head the delegation from this state,
and while no resolution to that effect was
taken up In the convention, the Pierce
county delegation will stand for that ar