The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-04-08

In point of attendance and interest,
the meeting of the Republican Central
Committee OF Whitman county, held at
Pullman on Tuesday, April 3, was a
record breaker in the history of the
party in the county. All but one of the
81 voting precincts in the county were
represented at the meeting, and proxies
were comparatively few in number, three
fOurths or more of the precincts being
represented in person. As a result of the
deliberations of the committee, two re-
publican conventions will be held in
Whitman county this year, the lead Of
the state committee in calling one con-
vention only not being followed.
The first convention, to be held May Z, !,
will elect delegates to the state conven-
ton, which will III turn nominate state
ticket and elect delegates to the national
convention. The second convention, to
be held July 8, will nominate a county
and Legislative ticket, ratify the election
of precinct committeeman and reorgan-
ize the county central committee.
Mcbride spirit ran high in the meeting
and the committee, by resolution, placed
itself on record in no uncertain tone in
favor of the governor and a railway
commission plank in the state platform,
declaring for the election of delegates to
the county and state conventions who
will stand for both By the same method
it also pledged support of the standard
bearers of the party, both national and
state. Such unanimity OF purpose and
harmony of action bodies good for the
ticket to be nominated by the republi-
cans of Whitman county, and success at
the polls is assured.
The Proceedings
Promptly at the hour named in the
call the meeting was raped to order by
u. N. Gaddis, chairman of the committee,
who stated the objects OF the meeting,
which were TO appoint dates for holding
primaries and convention or cOnven-
tiOns, as might be determined. to pro
vide for electing delegates to same, to
fix the appOrtionmeut for representation
and to transact such other business as
might come up. ". j. Davenport was
secretary and z. E. Belinger assistant
secretary.
A motion was made that persons pres
ent who were neither members of the
committee or holders Of proxies be re
quested to retire. The motion carried
and the spectators withdrew. The roll
of precinct committeeman was called and
necessary changes and corrections made
q proposition to elect a committee to
pass upon the credentials of those pres
ent being ruled out Of order. This mat
ter provoked considerable discussion but
was finally dropped. 1t developed that
half q dozen seats in the committee
were in dispute, arising from removals
from precincts, appointments and prog
les, and on motion committee consist
ing Of W. II. Harvey, A. W. Perley and
j. G. Lawrence was appointed to pass
upon the disputed credentials. The com
mites made a satisfactory adjustment
of the cases presented and it's report
was adopted.
For Two Conventions.
The preliminaries being thus disposed
of, +. T. Conan submitted the following
resolution:
move you that the republicans of Whit
man county have two county conventions
the first convention for the sole and only pur-
pose Of electIng delegates to the state con
vention to nominate a state ticket and elect
delegates to the national convention; the sec
ond convention for the purpose of nominating
a county ticket and for the purpose of ratify-
ing the election of precinct committeeman
and reorganizing the county central COM
mittee.
The matter of holding one or two
county conventions was the chief bone
of contention, upon which the com
mittee was quite evenly divided. The
question was debated at considerable
| length, the advocates of one convention
asserting that the endorsement of Nc
Bride by single convention would give
the governor a greater degree of moral
support in his fight elsewhere, while the
supporters OF the two convention plan
eontended that such endorsement could
not possibly be made stronger than it