Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-09-19

sion to Be Favored for Speedy, as Well a.
Sure ResuIts-A Strong Ticket Nominated.
For Judge of the Supreme Court-Jas
b. Reavis, of Thurston.
For Congressman
George F. Cotterell, of King.
.. K. HOlcomb, of Adams.
Frank b. Cole, of Tacoma.
One of the liveliest conventions evel
held in the State was that which me,
at Tacoma, Tuesday, under call of the
Stat Democracy. Its membership o.
sos was nearly all present in person
or by proxy. it was nearly III o'clock
when Chairman Drum called the as.
semblage to order and introduced
Frank B. Cole, who made a brief adj
dress OF welcome to the members.
MIR. Drum then stated that, as Gus
tomary, the State Committee had So
lected for Temporary Chairman II. w
Garfield of Whitman, and Fred r
Marvin of Spokane for Temporary
Secretary and c. b. Ble,hen of Seattle
for Reading Clerk, and the convention
on motion, endorsed the selection.
Committees were then appointed or
Credentials, Permanent Organization
and Platform, Thurston's representa-
tive on each being B. F. Ruth, Frank
C. Kottick and John Miller Murphy
respectively.
The Convention then took a reces.
until 80 p. NJ.
1t was fully an hour after the time
of reassembling that the Convention
again got to work, the delay being
caused by the Order of Business and
Platform committees not being ready
to report. In the meantime the con
vention was addressed by Hon. Geo
Turner.
The Credentials committee submit
ted its report which found delegation.
from all counties except Garfield
Klickitat and San Juan. The repre-
sentation present was SIG out OF pos
sible 555. Report adopted.
H. d. Merritt reported for the Com
mittee on Organization, which recon-
mended:
That the Hon. ]. Allen, of Walls
Walla, be Permanent Chairman OF the
Convention.
That Frederick r. Marvin, OF Spo
kane, be Permanent Secretary.
That Frank La Wall and James B
Winston be assistant secretaries.
That. c. Blethen be Reading Clerk.
That Emmit Holmes be made Ser
geant-at-Arms.
We further recommend the follow
ing order of business:
First-The report OF Committee OF
Credentials.
Second-Report on permanent or
ganization and Of business.
Third-The announcement of eacl
delegation of its member Of the Stat,
Committee.
Fourth-Report OF Committee OF
Platform and Resolutions.
INSTRUMENTATION of candidate TO
U. s. Senator.
Sixth-Nomination OF candidate To-
Justice of Supreme Court.
Observation-Disclosures of three can
didates for Congressman at large.
This committee further unanimous
ly recommend the adoption OF the fol
lowing plan for . permanent organiza
ton of the State Committee, submit
ted and recommended by the presen
State Committee ~ follows:
This committee shall be known d
The Democratic State Committee o
the State of Washington"
Second-It shall be composed of q
many members 40 there are counties
in the State, each county being en-
titled to select one member.
Third-Ten members shall consti
tute q quorum for the transaction o
the ordinary business OF the commit
tee, but it shall require majority o
the whole number to elect an Office
thereof. and to apportion the delegate
Of State Convention among the sew
eral counties.
Fourth-Each county Of the Stat
shall select its member Of this commit
tee on the first Saturday of April o
the year 1904 and bi-ennially there
after, at = primary election of tn
Democratic vote OF the county.
We recommend that Hon. H. I
Jones be named as q member at larp
of the State Committee.
The recommendation for o chang
in the manner Of selecting q Stat
COMMITTEE aroused considerable dia
cussion, until il was evident that tn
proposition was not loaded with an,
sinister intent, when it went through
with q whirl, along with the remain
der OF the recommendations.
After the permanent officers ha'
been conducted to their RESPECTIVE
chairs, the roll was called to announc
the State committeeman, and the re
suit was as follows:
| Adams. J. F. Collyer; Asotin, w. I
Fancher; Chehalis. J. J. Carney; Che
Ian. o. A. Hoag; Clallam, John Trum
bull; Clarke, ]. A. Monday; Columbia
Hardy E. Ham; Cowlitz, Col. NJ. E
Billings; Douglas. A. ]. Davis; Ferry
J. L. Harper; franklin, Robert Gerry
Island, E. E. Watson; jefferson, w
A. Fifeld; King, G. g. Heifner; Xii
sap, Andy p. Anderson; Kittitas, 3
=. Purden; Klicditat, N. B. Brooks
Lewis, T. H. McCleary; Lincoln, N, I
Cation; Mason, d. g. Kleinfelder
Okanogan, w. E. Grant; Pacific, w
1. Turner; Pierce. Edward ]. Walsh
Skagit, Judge E. G. Million; Snohom
ish, Elmer E. Johnson; Spokane
Thomas Maloney; Stevens, J. G. d
Haven; Thurston, ]. E. Daley; Wah
kiakum, ]. Bruce Holworth; Wall,
Walla, Walter Minnick; Whatcom
| N. E. Hardy. Whitman, II. w. Can
field; Yakima, w. A. Cox.
| The Committee on Resolution
then submitted ito report, which va
adopted substantially as presented
The only real contest was upon tn,
railroad plank, and the grain threshet
out in committee was again gon,