The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-11-29
WHAT BROWN SAID
city Officers Named In Seven
teen Minutes.
NOT Necessary To Take a Ballot
Every One Nominated BY
AcclamatiOn.

The city convention, held Tuesday
evening at the court house was one of
Ihose pohtIcai meetings called by the
various names of State" ''cut and
dried, "hossed," etc.
It was Just IL minutes and 30 seconds
by stop watch from the time LAWYER
brown gave the opening signal until he
closed with the last word. He occupied
almost all the intervening time, with the
exception OF that taken up by his neces
sary seconds. He owned the convention
If not the town.
mere was not even the semblance of d
contest during the long wait of II min
utes and fraction.
Opening Ceremonies.
Soon after 1870, with rise Of 75 oeo.
pie present, the convention was openei
by Mayor Lippitt, who stated it's oh.
Iects. County Commissioner Hfnchljff
was named for chairman. without on
position, and City Clerk BramweIl chosen
Tor secretary.
The opening was the nomination of
candidates for mayor. Councilman
Dumdl placed the name of Julius Iippitt
on the board, to succeed himself. Chair
man Hinchliff waited exDectantly. A
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proverblal pin might have been heard TO
drop for full minute of the precious n
Then 1t occurred to somebody to call
for the nomination of Mr.. Lippitt by ac-
clamation, and it was done.
Then Mr.. Brown took I'D the reins of
government and held them through the
race of something like 16 minutes to the
wire, over a fast track
Mr. RrOUn II II
OF the Third ward to succeed himself as
councilman at large, explaining that the
Second ward caucus, with about 100
present." had cheerfully conceded this
nomination to the Third ward, and es-
pecialy to Mr.. Wheeler. Mr.. Browns
motion was carried and Mr.. Wheeler
nominated amid applause.
For treasurer H. q. DePledge was
named by ThOs. Neill to continue his
good work. Nobody objected and
Dumdi asked for the glad acclaim. Ii
was given and Mr.. DePledge was de-
clared the nominee for city treasurer.
Councilman Mastin asked the reten-
ton of Howard Bramwell as city clerk
VIM. Mitchell called for unanimous ap-
prOval, and it was given amid cheers.
Lawyer Brown named Lawyer Neill for
city attorney and G. W. Larue asked
for his unanimous selection. 1t was
done without the waste of a single mo-
ment.
This ended the nominations for office,
except for the endorsement of the choice
OF the ward caucuses. The reports of
the chairmen and secretaries of the
various wards were read by Secretary
Bramwell. Brown moved endorsement
and the nomination of their candidates
before the reading was completed, so
hurried was he for time.
They were endorsed without opposition,
except for one lonely may" in the rear
OF the hall. Then Brown moved ad-
iOurnment twice in quick succession and
the protectors OF the city filed quickly
out without lettering for vote upon
the motion.
Clerk Bramweh announced that all
filings of certificates of nomination must
be in his hands before the close of office
hours this Friday evening, in order to
be legal
There is some talk OF contests by the
nomination OF opposing candidates in
one or two instances, but so there was
before the caucuses and convention,
without effect
However, it is positively asserted that
r. NJ Grim, the defeated man in the
Third ward caucus, will be run indie
pendently.
There are also unconirmed whispers
that r. =. Hill, of Ellis & Hill. will con
test for place with Mr.. Dumdi.