The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-08
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CON-
TON HOPEFUL OF SUCCESS.
Three Hundred Votes for the Elk
Senator Is the Estimate Made
by Committee.

SEATTLE, Wash, June S.-Three
hundred votes for former United
States Senator George Turner is the
minimum expectation of a steering
committee of three, appointed by the
democratic delegation to the national
convention.
The steering committee will be in ST.
Louis during the last days of the
for Turner and secure handsome re-
cOgnitiOn for him at the hands of the
convention. The committee will work
hard to make the showing on behalf
| of the Washington man as large and as
enthusiastic as possible, realizing that
whatever recognition is given him
will aid in the state fight when Sen
ator Turner is the democratic candi-
date for governor.
While the committee realizes that
| in all probability the vice president
will be nominated from some middle
western and doubtful state, the fight
for Turner will be made as hard and
as enthusiastically as though they
were confident of his nomination.
| If political eXigencies and Turner's
strong following throughout the coun-
| try result in his actual nomination
| the committees work in his behalf
will be largely responsible.
L. C. Goldman, of Seattle, is chair
| man of the steering committee, the
other members being E. c. Million, of
Mount Vernon, and State Senator A.
J. Splawn, of North Yakima. Sena-
tor SplaWn will leave for ST Louis
about June i and the other members
of the committee go east about June
%.
Senator Turner himself Is 10 re in
St. Louis before the first of July He
has relatives residing near that city
and Will pay them a visit before going
to the convention city to be present
at the meeting.
The steering committee of the state
delegation believes that by being on
the ground early the greatest good can
be accomplished. Delegations from
| other states Will be welcomed and an
energetic campaign made all along
the line for Turner.
At the meeting of the Washington
! Il TO
no attempt was made to perfect a
complete organization. Three men,
bers of the delegation, Blackman, of
Snohomish; Frank V. Hogan, of Spo-
kane, and NJ. NJ. Goldman, of Dayton
We're absent. The others decided that
the election of a chairman of the dele
committee memberships should be
made at st. Louis.
There is a general understanding
that NJ. NJ. Goldman, of Dayton, is to
be selected as the Washington men,
Der of the platform committee This
much has already been agreed upon
Cotpl' otdII, u douglas county, mas
been endorsed by four members of the
delegation for member of the creden-
tails committee, and his selection will
probably be made, as at least two
other votes for Starr are in sight
Dunphy for Committeeman.
The election of w. H. Dunphy. of
Walla WaIla, as national committee
man is practically assured. This is
one of the conditions that Dunphy's
eastern Washington friends, particu-
larly Goldman, insisted upon when the
successful organization of the state
convention was made. At that time
votes for Dunphy were pledged that
will be delivered now though under
other conditions they would probably
so to John Y. Terry, of Seattle.
The election OF a national commit
teeman was deferred until the St
Louis meeting, but q canvass OF the
situation showed the lineup for Dun
ply. BY the time the delegates meet
in St. Louis it is believed that the
question Of the national committee
mans selection viii have been ganer-
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