Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-29
sVashin9ton STANDARD
OLYMPIA. WASH.
FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 20. 1902.
Republicans in Council

tue VI tlic ldC-
ton popularity known as the " Scobey
ring" and the pliancy OF those who
have their noses pointed towards the
rypan now sizzling with iervor.
Chairman kreider fulfilled his prom
Use by calling the body to order
promptly at 10 A. NJ, but the organi.
zers were ready for him, and Senator
Ruth was fairly jumped into the chair,
and the ring selection for secretary, c.
q. Morris, of Rainier, was elected with
out opposition, the minority beiEg
under such complete domination.
The Senator-Chairman was so
anxious to get through with the bust
ness cut and dried" for the occasion
that he said he would leave speech
making to the permanent chairman,
which conveyed a vague intimation
that the officers of the convention had
not yet been agreed upon, but it was
observed that the announcement was
made with reserve-information smile
of superior knowledge.
General Cavanaugh was the first
pawn moved on the board. He wanted
four committees, of five each, to lie
appointed by the chair: One on Gre
dentials, another on Permanent Or.
ganization and Order of Business, one
to select delegates to the State conven-
ton, and last, though not least, a COM
mittee to report platform. This mo.
ton called Mr.. Mentzer, of Tenino, to
his feet. He moved, as a substitute,
that the Committee on Resolutions
consist of member selected by the
representative of each precinct. He
claimed that the railroad issue was an
important matter in which the party
was honestly divided, and the fair way
was to let the delegates chosen by the
people settle the difference. Here the
first test OF factional strength was
manifest, and shown to be overwhelm.
ingly in favorof the ring. Mr.. Ment.
zer's motion was voted down, and the
Chairman asked for q ten minutes re-
cess to enable him to I" FIX 1.-THE COM
mittees. As by actual count, but three
minutes elapsed in the /" fixing" it was
evident that the typewriter lists had
been prepared and that the Chairman
was wound up to the Spanish degree
OF momentum in pushing things to q
finish.
The personnel of the committees is
unimportant, further than the Chair.
man, who in each instance was trim.
mer, tried and true-such old stagers
in party manipulation as Schotield, Ia
disfranchise the Sixth ward; disrup,
the Bucoda delegation by a change
OF usage, a. unusual as it was revO.
lutionary, and allow the full conven.
ton to nominate district nominee =
County Commissioner; John A. Rea,
the renowned platform builder, to
straddle the buck on the railroad
issue; Tom Cavauaugh, to see that the
Senator Chairman should retain his
seat, and the new convert, Badly
Faulkner, to name . true goldbug,
monopoly delegation to the State Con.
vention.
The Convention then rested from its
labors, an adjournment being taken to
one o'clock.
Mr.. Scho6eld, on reassembling, re-
ported . recommendation to make
temporary organization permanent,
which was done, and in favor of seat
ing both delegations from the Sixth
ward with half a vote each, doubtless
under the impression that splitting
votes lessened the blame for such a
summary proceeding. Weir protested
and Chaplin explained, but they were
up against it, and the committee was
sustained by an overwhelming vote.
Then an impressive scene followed
The regular" delegation, with the
exception of Mr.. Weir. headed by Mr.,
Chaplin, arose aud strobe majestically
from the hall. The dramatic effect oil
the exodus was lessened somewhat by
the retreat already made of the Bucods
and part Of the Tenino delegations
without red fire and rolling thunder
effects. Mr.. Madge could not resist
the impulse to shout after them "'good
riddance." which. though somewhat
soothin'. was very poor partyism
Allen Weir remained and voted his
half vote against the combine.
L. B. Faulkner reported that he hai
selected J. OBJ. scobey, M. G. Royal
Guy Tilley, A. s. Ruth. s. A. Madge
T. H. Cavanaugh, Geo. c. Israel, NJ
Harris, L. R. Cook. C. H. Springer
George N. Savage, D. R. Hughes, Pete
Mckenzie, Stanton Rowell, and Ed
Suffer, for delegates to the State Con
vention. They were swallowed with
out murmurs, but the wry faces made
by some delegates showed that the pill
was not . bon-bon, or even sugal
coated.
The report Of Mr.. Rea of the plat
form was attended with the usual i'm
pressive mannerisms Of the agile plat
form builder. His voice was fairly
choked with emotion and he tremblet
like an aspen leaf during its delivery
in fact the typewriter page on which
the heroic words were written fairl,
danced with the enthusiasm impaired
by its reader. It of course endorsed
McKinlev and ROsevelt. M Renuhli