Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-20
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.
FoR MAYoR-FRANK G. BLAkEsLcE.
FoR ATToRNCv-P. N. TRoy.

DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.
FoR MAYoR-FRAMk G. BLAkEsLeE.
FoR ArToRNEy-P. N. TRoY
FoR CLERk-Rosr. A. GRAHAM.
FoR TREAsURER-FREp.S cHoMsER
FoR observation-disclosures. r.
lANSDALE.
-CovMo,LMAM. Fiasr WARo-W. A. VAm
EPPs.
.CovMciLMAM. Third Wand }. T.
COUNCILMAN. F,F1n WARo-T. J. KEc-
LEY.
Tuesday evening, quite representa-
tive gathering OF Democrats assembled
in the Superior Court room, and on
being called to order by w. A. Van
Epps, T. M. Vance was selected for
Chairman and C. T. Lansdale Score.
tary.
On motion OF Robt. Graham, the
following committees were appointed ::
Order of Business - Henry Drum,
Robt. Frost and 7. J. Kegley.
Platform-R. Graham, P. NJ. Troy
and w. 8. Shaser.
After an intermission of . few mo-
ments. reports were submitted, and
the venerable joke OF requesting Mr..
Troy to "interpret" the platform from
his cabalistic trade marks, was passed
up to that gentleman. The platform
is az follows:
We, the Democratic party of the city
OF Olympia, in convention assembled,
demand:
First, A clean business economical ad-
ministration of city affairs.
Second, That the law should be en-
forced upon all corporations and citizens
alike.
Third, The administration OF the affairs
OF our city without reference to the can
didacy of ncpirants fse tho United State.
Senatorship or for the Governorship
of the State, but with the sole object of
how to conduct city affairs.
To that end We call attention to the
present disgraceful contest within the
ranks of the Republican party of Olym-
pia, in which the affairs of the munich
pality are secondary, and lost sight OF,
and the sole object sought is to control
the organization fin the interest of certain
candidates for the United States Senate
and for the gubernatorial nomination.
We call upon the people of the city to re.
Duke this injection of State politics into
the purely local government of our fair
city by voting for and electing the nomi-
nees Of this convention.
The platform was unanimously
adopted.
Under the order OF nominations
for candidates Henry Drum, E. o.
Robbins and c. T. Lansdale declined
the proffer Of the Mayoralty. Mr..
Troy then named Frank Blakeslee,
and his being the only name before
the convention, he was nominated by
a unanimous vote.
For City Attorney, P. M. Troy was
nominated by reclamation. Mr.. Troy,
in accepting the candidacy, congratu.
lated the party in not having any
Senatorial, gubernatorial, State or
county issues to distract and divide
party sentiment, while the enemy had
all Of the dissensions which would re-.
dound to the advantage of the Demo.
cratic ticket. He blamed the Repub.
licans for injecting" partisanship
into municipal affairs and promised
that when he was elected he would
perform the duties Of the Office with.
out entailing an expense upon the
people for special counsel. His re.
marks were greeted with applause.
Fred. Schomber was nominated for
Treasurer by accla mation, as was Robt.
Graham for Clerk and Chas. T. Lans.
dale for Councilman.at-Large. G. 8.
Prince and P. J. O'Brien declining the
latter nomination.
A recess was then taken for selec-
ton of Ward Councilmen and Com.
mitteemen.
w. A. Van Epps was announced q
selection for Councilman in tho First
ward, ]. T. Otis in the Third and T. j
Kegley in tho Fifth, and for Commit.
teemen were chosen: C. o. Young, st
Large; Thos. Kearney, First ward
John Miller Murphy, Second; Scott
Shazer, Third; e. o. Robbins, Fourth
Bige Eddy, Fifth, and David Mitchell,
Sixth. A meeting Of the committee
and candidates is called for to night,
in Mr.. Otis Office, in Mckinney block.
At the close Of the meeting, the
Chairman on call made . character.
istio speech, fairly bursting with wit
and humor, closing with story about
q man Why back East, who being in q
minority marty. attended a 0conven.
ton" of himself, appointed himself
chairman Of . committee on creden.
tials, reported himself as the conven.
ton, appointed himself the committee
on resolutions, went to an anteroom
and wrote q platform that would reach
from the courtroom to the city hall,
reported it to himself and by himself il
was unanimously adopted. He could
not remember the whole string oil
resolutions, but the last was as follows
1--WE don't care damn what hap
pens, so long as it don't happen to US. u
just where the application came in
"to point . moral or adorn q tale
was left to conjecture.
CA8ToEEA.
B.sntA. HIh Kind You E,n Mx,r eati
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PRESIDENT Elliott, of the Northern
Pacific Railway. is expected at Seattle
next week.