Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-08-16
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Chehalis County Republicans
Nominated Ticket Saturday.
HoQU1AM GETS THE OFFICES.
Convention without Enthusiasm. a
Weak Ticket Nominated. The New
Converts Get u Roasting.


The republican county convention was
held in the Acme opera house Saturday,
and nominated full county ticket and
IA delegates to the state convention at
Tacoma. The attendance at the conven-
ton was good, only five precincts being
unrepresented, but there was noticeable
listlessness, or absence of enthusiasm
that betokened scant confidence in re-
publican success in Chehalis county in
November. With the exception of the
Offices of auditor, treasurer and commits
sioner for the second district there was
no competition, and the nominations
were all made by reclamation. There
was no scramble for place on the ticket,
such as old timers remember used to be
the case, when nomination on the re-
publican ticket was equivalent to cleo
ton. Those were the palmy days for
republican politicians when any politi-
cal action by the plain people-other
than pay taxes and vote the republican
ticket-was considered presumptuous by
the old court house gang.
The desire to figure on the ticket, Sat-
urday, was SO slight that it began to look
as though the legislative ticket would
have to be left blank, in fact, the man.
ner of placing those candidates on the
ticket closely resembled the method often
resorted to by short handed shippers,
commonly called "shanghiaing.
The convention was called to order at
II o'clock m. by J. K. O'Donnell, chair
man of the central committee, and N.
w. Bush was elected temporary chair
man. Mr.. Bush thanked the delegates
for the honor, and said he 'felt it in the
air" that the whole county ticket would
be elected; tickled the two recent con-
gates, and got off the old gag about
"pulling down the flag" It was just
lunch hour, and the hungry delegates
sided. After the elec tn3nrv - 7. A. Hood
oouie ed a. That committees be apPolntsG,u , o
m oSon resolutions and ordel VI oa ",,d
creuen ~. Arst two to consist OF tnreo ".'
ness, the , his. , and the third to be com,
hve o a'o 81 one member from each Pre ema ,
P ose" The motion preyalleo' ""'
presen. Voc taken until 2 O'Clock. ~
reG GT va reassembling the temporary ~,
OPo4;on was made permanent any ~,
ea nnnSoen Citizens Band eniiveheut; ~,
Al;o,, with few musical seleo'r ,,,a,
9 ~" ranorts of the commlt'eeESs s r mS,
a ahe without discussion. a nI ,
1"tions iollied the presesm nv n roppJ roa,
nomntv officials, declared ioi no phil
ond low taxes, and endorses; .,a ea.' II
daInhia platform and nom anseHc,t nr
names Of Mckinley an" noo
duced but meagre apPia oailea for, Re
Nom, Macnermoth presented the MAJ !,
- Carl Weatherwax Tor tre'''"'0
neat. eulogistic speech. u,,o made
". n. o n"e for his candidate, b.
patne'io s "pf that at great perso
sacrnlce Two t'ro Years ago, much agar
tne p;;iiiI' and with the distinct UNI
ms %;m, that that in view Of that sacril
stan1a ra7+s he might make on the pa
any u,a fntnre. in the way OF prelerm'
~ vL he promptly honored. -.
"D r. his j, A. Hood replied tnat, -"
III hat Mr.. Bush said was true, w
thot Mr.. Crane was out OF tiie s. ~ T.
hod not sisnitied his desire 70 ."I
Takers. the place had been pro' ,,.a .
NJ. Weatherwax, and, as th ,:.;eo T" ~,
PROMISES out, they were p4'iin ~, h a.
ises anyhow, and II woT TI'o conve,
keep the last made one. ny ~ me m
evidently took tins VIEW -. Nv a
and nominated Weatnei""~ ~
OF IS to 60. .,a;.or uoouian
for Wy ~, ,,ome OF Seth Warren
s S,nu.asamo nominated Frank J.: II
Mon.os' won ont with a vote OF " to
WARN" Gnvntw VIZ Assessor F. +. Jones
e., Noui1 ,,ff we're renominated b
e'1 T%mmmd Croft placed J. ". st'
'a',,;nation for county clerk, an'
u, in emotional voice, nance
Hntcheson for county attorney, an:
,ere declared elected by acclama.l
WIZ Noxt in order was the nomina
oonntv surveyor. This was TN n.
cyemt of the day that threw ~
into the affair and made 1t LOOK IN
nominating convention than
service. In presenting the na!h'
present surveyor, r. ". Hun.,
Powell paid q deserved tripu.e t
recognized abilities OF Mr. inu INV,
luded to him as "hign gFaue I n
r. NJ. Philbrick placed geo .. =.
SON. OF Hoquiam, in nomination
passionate speech, in when ne r
that. az Mr.. Robertson had mao
cellent soldier in the FIRST Wasi
he must necessarily have all the
cations for county surveyor. DC,
was a republican, while Mr.. q
still a democrat. he believed
Years in Office had not convert
he should be fired.
CT. Hall, the editor OF the
Gazette, in secondins the nomi
Robertson, declared that all q
looked alike to him; that he
vote for a democrat, and, de-
HINT as renegade democra
ceeded to skin democrats gener
this Mr.. Powell came back I'm