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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-08-22

to deliver the entire county. Wabur-
ton lost the district by a big majority
]. H. Easterday and Fred Eidemiller,
who were nominated, have been out
spoken in their opposition to Mcbride
There has never been any doubt about
the Twenty-eighth district, and the
nomination of N. B. McNichoI and S. A.
Crandall followed as naturally as had
been expected.
The Twenty-ninth district was saved
by the anti-McBride men on a narrow
margin. 1t had been figured against
them, but they were at work while the
Mcbride leaders were asleep. DR.. S.
M. LeCrone was renOminated for the
state senate and J. B. Lingerman and
w. H. Fletcher for state representa-
tives.
While the Pierce county convention
has passed into history, the rebuke
administered to the governor should
teach him a wholesome lesson. When
he entered Pierce county politics his
first attack was upon Senator Ed Ham
ilton, one of the ablest men in Pierce
county, man who plays the game of
politics for pleasure and not profit,
a sort of Mark Hanna or Charley
Hopkins species. When voters believe
that man has no sinister motive
in politics they choose to follow him
rather than those who are continually
proclaiming themselves patriots, ever
ready to be sacrificed for the dear
people, and have no occupation save
what has been secured by them
through their official positions. That
Ed. Hamilton controlled every legis-
lative district in Pierce county save
one speaks volumes for a man who
was made the center Of one of the
bitteIest fights ever pulled off in the
county. That the people of Pierce
county understand themselves was
clearly proven in the vote of confidence
in Hamilton and the fitting rebuke
given man who mixed up in a local
fight of his own volition ,and, in the
language Of the street, "got all that
was coming to him"
JOHN H. RYAN.
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nounce his intention to entering the
fight for the senatorship. 1u4s, l
think, has prompted Mr.. Jones to make
the unique campaign that he is making
in nis own interest, advocating that
the state convention unanimously NOM
mate him for congressman. Of course
he includes Mr.. Cushma1 because he
has delicacy in asking that he be the
only one unanimously nominated"
Il think l can say without fear of
successful contradiction that the idea
which has gone abroad that Jacob
Furth, the Seattle corporation king,
is dark horse candidate for United
States senator is without foundation.
Mr.. Furth has no political ambitions,
In my opinion, at present. If he ever
thinks of trying to get to the United
States senate it will be some time in
the distant future, perhaps two or six
years from now, but under no cir
cumstances will he permit his name
to be used before the coming legis-
ia.ure, even though he would feel that
there was show of him being elected.
He has matters in hand at present that
would prevent him from accepting
such an election even if it was tend
cred to him.
Now, there is one man in Seattle
who has a stable in which dark horses
are being groomed, and that man is
none other than Will H. Parry, who is
grooming Sam H. Piles, the man who
is playing fast and lose between the
Mcbride and the railroad forces, for
the United States senatorship when
he finds it utterly impossible to elect
Harold Preston. Piles, it will be re-
membered, was responsible for the
announcement Of Frank Brownell of
the Northwest for congress and went
so far as to promise Mr.. BroWnen the
support Of King county, but the coun-
ty convention would not have it that
way. Still Piles believes that he can
manipulate the next state convention
so as to nominate Mr.. Brownell, and
thereby get the Northwest to support
him for United States senator. It is
claimed that Governor Mcbride is
party to this dark horse combine. but
| with the understanding that he is to
be looked after two years from now.
Mr. Preston is not considered a strong
candidate by Mr.. Piles nor Mr.. Parry.
and under the lash of the Seattle spirit
they believe that they can prevent
the King county delegation from going
to pieces even if there is no show for
Preston. This they may do, but it is
seriously doubted, for there are men
who have been nominated by the Re
publicans for the legislature who will
support Preston, but who will do as
they please when Mr.. Preston gives up
the ghost
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For the past two years DR.. E. M.
Brown has been county coroner
DR.. Brown is one of the best
known practicing physicians in tht
Northwest, major and surgeon in
the Washington National Guard and a
veteran of the Philippine war. His
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HARRY WINCHESTER.

Captain Harry Winchester of Balch' S
Cove, who is completing his first term
as county commissioner, has been
renOminated for a second term.
He has been in the state =
on the Sound, in fact since
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Sound and he decided when he reach
ed this state to remain here. For thir-
teen years he was in Kitsap county
and then he came to Pierce, first en-
gaging as logger. He bought a
place at Balch's Cove, intending to
engage in the manufacture of bricks,
but the clay did not turn out well.
Subsequently he purchased the steam
er Messenger and for five years was
her owner. He was once master Of the
boat At present Captain Winchester
is living at his handsome home at
Balch's Cove. He is visited annually
by scores of Tacomans who seek a
cozy resting place during the summer
months
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When you subscribe for the Seattle
Republican you get a weekly paper
that's always full of newsy news. No
weekly paper will be of half so much
interest to you for the next six or
eight months as The Seattle Repub-
lican, and you should have it sent to
your address at once.
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Whatcom, which held it's county con-
vention the same day as did Pierce,
and Chehalis, which held its county
convention the same day, went against
McBnde's railroad policy, and all Of
the legislative nominees, if elected,
will vote against the rairoad plank
when it comes up before the next leg
islature. But as to that, all Of those
counties in Eastern Washington that
passed strong resolutions endorsing
McBride's railroad policy nomin-
ated legislators who under no con-
sideration will vote for railroad com
mission bill in the next legislature.
The governor may be able to go be-
lore tne people in 1904 as a bolter and
defeat the Republican party on that
ground, but his hope of shaping the
Republican party Of this state into a
Mcbride machine has vanished like a
summers dream.
1t is currently reported that w. H.
Lewis, who was nominated for the
lower house in the Thirty-seventh SEN
atOrial district, will not make the race,
but will, as soon as the central COM
mittee gets down to business, tender
nsi resignation. Mr.. Lewis is finding
so much opposition to him in the
Republican ranks, from which ne has
repeatedly bolted, that he prefers, so
it seems, to step down and out rather
than be defeated at the polls, as he
would be if he should conclude to
make the race. He perhaps is the
weakest vassel in the shape of a nom
inee that the Republicans named at
the last county convention, and it is
very remarkable that such CRITTERS"
as he could get following enough
among Republicans to be nominated
for an Office, but he shows his good
sense in refusing to make the race.
Commenting on the senatorial fore
cas-. which appeared in the columns of
The Seattle Republican last week, a
prominent politician was prompted to
discuss the matter to lne Pie-maker
one day this week, and he said many
things which will be of general in
terest to the Republican politicians
of this state. 1t will be remembered
that the Pie-maker asserted last week
that only three candidates had been
announced for United States senator,
in the persons of Mr. Wilson, Mr..
Ankeny and Mr.. Preston, all of which
was quite true, but there are dark
horses who are being groomed here
and there either by themselves or by
their friends who are hoping that in
the legislative mixup senatorial light
ming will strike them and, Phoenix
like, they will rise up out of the ashes
the political star of the occasion.
There is no doubt in my mind but
that Congressman Jones is an avoWed
candidate for the United States sena-
torship. He does not announce his
candidacy, nor do I think he will do
so until he sees how the land lies
after the legislature has assembled.
If Mr.. Jones sees there is danger of
deadlock he will forthwith leave Wash
ington and hurry to Olympia and an
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Hamllt0n's Tacoma Convention.
A SLAP AT M'BRIDE AND WHY 1T
WAS ADMINISTERED;
Or True Story of the Pierce County
Convention.

Or True Story of the Pierce County
Convention.
Pierce county, the second county in
the state in population, importance
and size, was the battle ground for
the Mcbride and anti-McBride forces,
thus making this convention of general
interest. The governor exhibited bit
of strenuous aggressiveness" when
ne forced the fighting in Pierce, as this
county has long since been regarded
as thoroughly identified with railway
interests, hence no one was surprised
when Stanton Waburton opposed and
voted against the Preston bill in the
last session of the legislature. He
was simply in line with his cOnstitu
ents That Pierce county recognized
or mentioned the commission was not
due to the influence of the governor
Stanton WaburtOn or any Of that fol
lowing. 1t may have been the irony
of fate" that WaburtOn lost his own
(the Twenty-seventh) district, but it
as a fact, nevertheless, just how
Waburton is to deliver solid delega-
ton to Preston, minus the Twenty
seventh, is entirely past the under
standing of mathematicians. That the
convention recognized the commission
plank at all was due entirely to Cush-
mans effort When the Mcbride peo-
pie forced Cushman on the platform to
plead the cause it was there the gov
ernor played the role of politician
The convention was in the mood tC
give Cushman anything he asked.
The convention was controlled en-
tirely by the anti-McBride men, an
overwhelming majority showing in ia
vor of the railroad policy on the ballot
which elected E. N Parker temporary
chairman over H. S. HusOn. The anti
Mcbride men controlled 459 votes
against 222 for the administration.
Later in the day, after Cushman had
explained his position to the conven-
ton and showed the light in which he
would appear should the convention
endorse him and sit down on all com
mission plans, the anti-McBride men
still refused to accept the administra-
ton resolutions and were strong
enough to have hung up the question
indefinitely
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so. Let it be distinctly understood,
as has been previously said in these
columns, that King county is going to
have representation at Washington in
the next congress and she is going to
have representation in the lower house
at that.
Pierce has held its Republican coun-
ty convention and Cushman won out
in spite of the Foster-Grostup opposi-
ton, and he was permitted to name
twenty-four out Of the forty-nine del
egates to the state convention, while
the other twenty-five were pledged
by resolution to support him until he
himself should voluntarily release
them. Mr.. Cushman deserves such
a home endorsement as that, and the
Pie-maker hopes that it will have a
salutary effect on his opponents in
Pierce county and force them to cease
their fighting, as they have been doing
in the past.
The success of the anti-McBride
forces in Pierce county and the nom
ination of Ed. S. Hamilton, whom Nc
Bride swore eternal vengeance against
and said that he should not be nom
mated, was the most stinging rebuke
that the governor has received in the
whole campaign. Governor Mcbride
and his henchmen have visited the
most of the county conventions in the
state and personally appealed to the
delegates to pass resolutions endors-
ing his administration and instructing
the delegates to L--e state convention
to vote for a railroad commission bill
plank, which meant the placing of
Governor Mcbride at the head Of a
political machine in this state through
which the governor hopes to dictate
the politics Of the state for the next
quarter of a century. Since the Ia
coma convention it is very doubtful
if the governor will succeed in having
his railroad plank placed in the next
Republican platform, and if he does
It will be done with so many strings
to it that it will be of no force and
effect in the governors getting togeth-
er political machine.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-05-01
KINGSTREE CLUB MEETS
And Elects Delegates to the Demo
cratic County Convention.

And Elects Delegates to the Demo-
cratic County Convention.
Pursuant to the call of the
County Chairman Kingstree Dem
ocratic club met in the Court
house Saturday morning at II
o'clock, with DR.. D. c. Scott, the
president. IN the chair.
The following officers were
unanimously reelected for the
ensuing two years: president, D.
c. Scott, vice president, G. W..
Welfe, secretary and treasurer,
w. V. Brockington. II. O. Brit
ton, j. q. NcCutchen, W. w.
Grayson, and S. w. Jernigan
were then elected as committe on
registration, and DR.. y. q. Scott a
member OF the county executive
committe.
A number OF new members
were added to the club roll and
the names Of all who have died or
moved from the county stricken
off. The roll, after being purged,
was found 10 contain 345 names,
which under the rules entities the
club TO IA delegates to the county
convention TO be held on Monday,
May 5. Following are those who
were placed in nomination and
elected: w. Fl. Kennedy, r. II.
Kellehan, H. o, Britton, G. w.
Wolfe, g. 5. Barr, d. .. Scott.
John A. Kelley. K. K. Wallace,
K. L. Hirsch, w. V. Brockington;
LeRey Lee, 5. Nc B. Scott, 6. p.
Nelson, and r. j. Kirk.
There being no further business
the meeting adjourned.
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Mortuary.

On Saturday, April 49, Mr..
R, j. Kirk was summoned to his
old home in Berkeley county by
the news of the extreme illness of
his mother, Mrs. Sarah N. Kirk.
On the following Wednesday,
April %, she died at the age OF
73 years. Mrs. Kirk was the
widow of Col. Philip c. Kirk, of
Loeb Dhu, Upper st. Johns, ,Berk-
eley, and the daughter of DR..
Henry B. Singleton, of Clarendon
county. 1t is a singular coincl-
dense that Mrs. Kirk died almost
at the same hour that her mar
riage took place 81 years before.
Died-Friday night, April 25,
1902, Willie. the infant son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Reddlck. The
funeral took place Saturday after
noon at the Williamsburg came
terry, DR.. w. L. Wallace conduct
ing the services.
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dictate, but let the people choose
their official. Should they say
that Williams must step down
and out, we are quite sure he will
do so cheerfully and gracefully.
We understand that DR.. Will
liams mas demanded the names of
the authors Of the two articles re-
ferred to, but that the editor OF
the Mail refused to give the
names. JUSTICE.
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The State dispensary recently paid
over $25000 70 the School fund. Under
the law to make up the deficiency 50
that each school in the county shall re
cieve s'5, Williamsburg's share Of this
fund is$1s90.50
Mrs. J. w. Coward, T. B. Gourdin,
T. w. Boyle, W. F. Hogan, P. H.
stoll, ]. j. B. Montgomery, A. d.
Epps. J. w. Coward. W. F. Sports
and e. w. Wolfe were present at the
Tlllman-Appelt speaking in Manning
Friday.
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Florence, have the contract of tin
ming the roof of Mr.. r. B. Cannon's
new residence. They began work
Saturday morning.
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he following officers and del'e-

gates.
Club No. 1-E r Lesesue, pres
ident, S NJ Bradshaw, vice presi-
dent, j j B Montgomery, see'y
and treas; member executive COM
mittee, s NJ Bradshaw. Delegates
To county convention: SM Brad
shaw, q G Gist, L B Bradshaw, J
w Gamble.
Club No 2-R s Brunson, pres
ident; s j Taylor, vice presidenh
C r Burgess, sec'y and treas; + B.
Gourdin, member executive COM
mite. Delegates to county COM
venlion: Vincent Taylor, r H
Footman; R K Jeffords, N d Les
esne. Ned Ard.
CADEs.
Cades Democratic club was re-
organized Saturday last and elect
ed the following officers and DEL
egates: President, j P Epps, vice
president, John Wilson, secretary
and treasurer, W E Hanna; MEM
ber executive committee, Col.
Thos. Wilson. Following are the
delegates to the county conven-
ton elected: j n Sauls, W j =.
Tomlinson, X F Epps, w ] Has
elden, NJ D Nesmlth.
SCRANTON.
Scranton Democratic club met
Saturday, April 26, and reoigan-
lied. Following are the officers
and delegates elected:
A NJ Cooke, president; W Eu-
gene Cooke, sec'y and treas.
member of executive committee,
DR. w s Lynch; delegates to
county convention, P 5 Wall, W
S Lynch, A NJ Cooke, W S KeL-
nedy; committee on registration,
W Eugene Cooke, + S johnson,
w P Nixon and P A Parker; ON
revision of club roll, DR. Lynch,
w Eugene Cooke and P s Wall.
Appropriate resolutions were
passed on the death OF Gen Wade
Hampton. ..
w. Eugene Cooke, Sec'y
A. NJ. Cooke, President.
PRosPEcT.
Prospect Democratic club met
April 26 and reorganized with 75
Following are the Off
GERS and delegates elected: presi-
dent, j J Eaddy; vice preident, s
Poston; sec'y and treas, j NJ Fad.
dy; member executive committee.
J } Eaddy; delegates to county
convention: s Poston. j Hanna
and J j Eaddy; registration conn
mittee. 5 Atkinson, Walter Pos
ton and w o Eaddy.
BLACK MINao.
Black Mingo Democratic sclub
met at Morrisville on Saturday,
April. 26, and elected the follow
ing officers and delegates for the
ensuing two years: president. F NJ
Nesmith; vice president, J Wesley
Cook; sec'y and treas Samuel H
Cooper; member executive COM
nlttee, John 5 Graham; commit
lee on registration, D D RheD,
r w Marshall, q D Cook, 'Sr,
delegates to county convention:
John S Graham, James NJ God
win, c D Cook, ST., J G Josey.
Mr. j Wesley Cook was heartily
lo..15 L., {ho ol,,h oo q aonHt-
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SCRANTON SNAP SHOTS.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS CELE.
BRATE FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
Eloquent Address by Gen. m. L. Bon
ham-Other Matters Of Local
and Personal Interest

Scranton, Apri! 29-The first an-
niversary celebration of Scranton
Lodge. K. of p, took place Friday
night of last week and was a notable
event in the history of the Lodge.
Grand Chancellor NJ. L. Bonham,
of Anderson, was present and de-
livered an address. Past Grand
Chancellor Geo. F. VonKolnitz. of
Charleston, who instituted the Lodge,
was expected to be present also but a
telegram was received from him late
Friday afternoon saying that it
would be impossible for him to leave
the city. His absence was, of course,
a great disappointment to the lodge.
1t was arranged to have Gen. Bon
hams address delivered in public,
and the use of the Methodist church
was obtained for that purpose.
The ladies of the town had arranged
to have an entertainment for the
pleasure of the Young people, but,
with their usual kind and unselfsh
hearts, decided to postpone the affair
and accept the invitation from the
Pythiaus to participate in their Gale
bration. So with commendable zeal
and energy they went to work and
decorated the church in a most
beautiful and tasteful manner, using
the Pythian colors and symbols
principally in the decorations.
Gen. Bonham's address WAS an
able effort and impressed all who
heard it very deeply. In words
of burning eloquence he recited the
story of Damon and Pythias, and
SAID the beautiful lesson that their
fidelity, loyalty and devotion to each
other taught was the cornerstone
upon which the order Of Pythianism
rests.
At the conclusion Of Gen. Bon
hams address, the Knights and their
guests repaired to the Nixon hotel
where an elegant collation. was
served. After supper was over the
the knights returned to their lodge
room and conferred the rank of
Knight on Esquire Carter, and the
rank of Page on DIR. S. N. Dickson.
1t was in the "wee sma hours when
the lodge adjourned.
Rain is very much needed to bring
up cotton.
CHI Nachman went to Charleston
yesterday on business.
Mrs. byrd is visiting the family
of Mr.. r. P. Byrd at Ebenezer.
G. S. Welsh of the Florence Daily
Times, was in town Thursday in the
interest of his paper.
Agent C. ID. Candy has been trans
ferred to Chadbourn, N. c., during
the trucking season.
Commissioner A. NJ. Cook is out
in the Mouzon section to-day look
ing after roads and bridges.
Rev. and Mrs. d. "A. Calhoun
have returned from Hartsville,whith-
er they had been to attend the dis
trict conference.
Truckers are shipping their pro-
ducts now but we understand they
are not satisfied with the prices they
are getting.
Mr.. Geo. Cusac, railroad agent
and postmaster at Mt. Holly, is
spending a few days here with his
grandfather, Mr.. j. N. Kirby.
M. G. T. Burnett and brother, Of
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CRITICS CRITICIZED.
.sJuSTlce" CRlTlCIZES "CITlZEN"
AND "a PRIVATE INTHE RANKS"
Thinks the Weekly Mails Correspond
ents Should be Willing to Let
the People Choose.

The articles of "Cltizen" and
"a Private in the Ranks which
appeared recently IN The Weekly
Mail seem to be attracting very
little attention in this section; in
fact. so far as we have been able
to learn, they have produced no
effect whatever except an effect
opposite to the one intended by
the authors.
These writer's disclaim any ami
mostly towards Senator Williams
yet they make him the subject of
their articles. They appear to be
so much frightened at the mere
thought that he may bite that
they are trying to choke him off
before he attempts 10 take hold.
Their object, We suppose, is to try
to create the impression that they
are veicine the sentiments Of the
PEOPLE of Williamsburg and thus
persuade DR.. Williams 10 remain
unannounced and leave the field
open todheir man.
Their insincerity in their pro-
fessions of esteem for DR.. Williams
is apparent throughout their ar
ticles. "Private" after avowing
his personal friendship, declares
that the Senator is the child of de-
signing politicians and could by
no means win on his own merits.
"private" thus brtrays his own
inslncerity and at the same time
declares that that great body OF
voters who sent Williams to the
senate term after term did not
cast intelligent votes, but voted
Ink. sheep. And now he Pretends
to want TO put these same mutton
heads, as he calIs>them by infer
ence. "to thinking"
This same writer says that the
list as proposed by himself and
"Cltizen" should be- boiled down
to one and "put him out as the
peoples candidate Who are to
do the boilings Private" and
"Citizen''2 Who will then put
out the "people's candidate!"
"Private" and ''Citizeng" Would
such one he the peoples candi-
dates
"Citizen" insinuates that Sena-
tor Williams thinks she was Gre
ated just TO fill an Office and that
no one else can fill 1t but himself,"
while the Private indirectly de-
clares that he Is "would-be
political boss" These protesting
friends and admirers have not the
temerity to make their charges
openly and boldly, but resort 10
inslnuations and ind,rection. Is
this the proper way to attack a
Inans
Now, would it not be a better
expression Of the will of freemen
for the people, not "Citizen" nor
"Pnvate" nor any one else, but
for the people to say who shall be
their candidate? This is a free
country. Let every one of the
eighteen proposed by these writ
ers, let DR.. Williams, should he
see fit, and let every one else who
chooses come out for tie Office, and
then let the people, not "Citizen"