The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-08-05
TURNER And JUDSON
Democrats Nominate q State
Ticket at Bellingham.
George the FIopper Held the Con
ventiOn in the Palm of His
Hand, Although Absent.

Hand, Although Absent.
Bellingham, Aug 3 -Ex. Senator Geo.
Turner was last night nominated for
governor OF the state of Washington by
"A rising Vote IN the democratic state
convention held in this CITY. The scene
was mild one although there was cheer
| ing when his name was presented to
the convention 1t was but short time
until quiet was restored and then the
state gathering took up the precedent
set by the st. Louis convention and
nominated for lieutenant governor Ste
phen JudsOn Of Tacoma, who is three
| score and ten years of age MIR. Judson
IN thanking the convention for the honor
! SAID: mo man will ever be ashamed OF
| having voted Tor me-" which statement.
| considered IN the light Of recent events
Is probably true, for democratic polite
Ians have been heard to remark that
they do not expect to elect their ticket
| this Tall, the only ambition being to
keep up the organization, hoping that
| two years hence the unterritied will come
! into the asCendencv
Alter the nomination Of Turner aud
| JudsOn the naming of the balance
OF the state ticket was mere matter of
form, for the slate had been prepared
and went through without bitch.
| The only fight that occurred in the con
Ventlon was precipitated by the report
OF the committee on rules and perman-
| ent organization when il recommended
the endorsement of Judge Mark A. Full
lerton, the republican nominee for the
supreme bench. The fight against the
| endorsement of Judge Fullerton was
lnh hryE e
Cary Smith OF Spokane and Thomas ].
Miller OF ThurstOn. When the motion
adopting the report Of the committee on
rules and permanent organization car
rled, there was ii great demonstration
given to the endorsement Of Judge Ful
lerton. The following is the ticket as
nominated:
State Democratic Ticket.
GOvernOr-George Turner OF Spokane
t-GOvernor-Stephe .JudsOn
OF Pierce
Secretary Of State Patrick Hough Of
Clark.
School Superiutendent--W d. Gerard
Of King.
Auditor--R Lee Purdin of Kittitas.
Treasurer-George Mudgett Of Spo
kane.
Supreme Judge-AIired Battle OF King
MARK A. Fullerton, republican nominee,
endOrsed).
Land Commissioner-Van r. Pierson
Of King.
Attorney Generate. H. Neal of Lin
coin.
ongressmen-Howard Hathaway OF
SnOhOmisn, j j Anderson of Pierce, and
w. It. Beck of Ferry.
Presidential Electors-Fred Thiel OF
Adams, j. j. Carney Of ChahaIis, Simon
Peter Richardson Of Mason, j. j. Oar
nell of Cowlitz, John Trumbull of
Clallam.
Candidates Somewhat Shy.
This convention witnessed no scramble
for office. Those who would liked to
have become the party's nominees, il
there was even q shadow of success at
the coming election, kept wide of en-
tanglements and allowed far less con-
spicuous lights to fill the places, for
ticket had to be named; someone must
become a sacrafce upon the alter of
| demOcracy's lost cause. Even those
who we're to become the lambs for the
slaughter made no protest az to the
| place where they should be slain, but
meekly allowed themselves to be led
around by the steering committees un-
| Till all OF the 6tHIlH were niIbu,
| Charles q Heiffner, the chairman of
| the democratic state central committee,
who had "hunch" several months ago
| that George Turner could not receive
| the nomination for the vice presidency
and as q consequence postponed the
| state convention so that the represent
ative Of the Standard Oil interests could
receive recognition at home, made the
speech which gave Mr.. Turner the nomi-
nation for the gOvernOrship. Only one
talk was necessary for Mr.. Turner al
though it took several to get Mr.. Jud-
| son before the convention. Van K.
| PiersOn would rather have received the
| nomination for lieutenant governor, but
had to be placed in the land commits
siOner STALL there being no one else fat
enough TO fill the place. Henry Drum
also wanted the lieutenant governor
ship, but the slate makers couldn't see
their way clear in that. Drum, however,
| was given a chance to refuse the nomin-
alton for secretary of state, which be
did. There were quite number of the
boys who wanted to be lieutenant gov
ernor, prominent among whom we're
William Blackman and B. Il. Silver.
The slate makers tried to make Silver
feel good by Offering him q nomination
for congress, but the gentleman didn't
feel inclined TO go up against a 10000
republican majority. Those congress
ional pums looked mighty high to all
of the democrats and it was with ditf-
Guilty that the slate makers finally in
duced Anderson, Hathaway and Beck,
three unknown men, to take the burden.
The making OF a platform was mere
cbild's play, for William Goodyear had
that little toy on the inside OF bis grip
before leaving COIfax. All he had to do
was to tell Tom Vance that the play
thing suited Turner, who is not at all
particular, and Tom passed the word
around that Billie was personal friend
OF W. j. Bryan. The other members OF
the committee didn't care anything
about the matter, so Billie built the
platform that George Turner, railroad
and smelling trust attorney, represen-
tative OF the Standard Oil, and great
reformer, will stand upon.
Manager Wanted.
Trustworthy lady or gentleman TO
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