The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1904-03-11


more than did Mr. Gillian.
David w. Bowen councilmanatlarge, easily
out by plurality of 274S votes, while
Charles H Burnett, the popular young Ninth ward
Republican got plurality of 3,244 votes show
ing that each of those gentlemen stand well.
In Conway defeating Holt in the First ward
it was. no. more thap had been freely predicted
by every one who had watched the political trend
of affairs down there. The Clancys have ruled
with high hand, and when they dictated the
nomination of Holt after Comstock had won a
majority of the delegation, they simply invited
defeat for their and he got it.
Naught can be said against Theodore M. Dau-
ton the Democratic councilman elect but it does
that the Republican nominee served
a cowardly trick when he knitted by the
who nominated him. The Lewis men
nominated Parsons, and it is currently reported
that they deliberately knitted Parsons because he
was nominated and because Parsons would not
throw his strength to Griffths. Then again Red
ward openly worked against him because he
would not throw his strength to him. Between
the two fires Parsons had little show of being
elected and he lost the ward by 1873 votes Every
precinct, save his own, giving clear majority
against him.
The friends of DR.. J. E. Crchton were pleased
to hear that the Eighth ward had stood by him
and returned him by plurality of 394, thus hold
ing his full party vote.
The fight in the Ninth ward was, to say the
least, spectacular and whirle it generally be-
-lieved that Murphy would win it was hardly
thought that he would get two to over Mer-
win Captain Merwin seemed to be rather popu-
lar, and it hoped by the Republicans of that
ward that he would at least reduce Murhpy's
majority, but instead he increased it, and Mr..
Murphy won by a plurality of 626.
Col. W. M. Ridpauh's gubernatoral candidacy
has been formally announced and he himself
makes the following brief statement to his
desire to be governor of the state:
Spokane Wash, Feb 3.-To the Republicans
of the State of Washington: l will be candidate
for the nomination for the Office of governor be-
fore the Republican state convention to be held
in the city of Tacoma the 18th day of May,
1904 If nominated, | pledge myself to obey the
mandates of the party expressed in the plat
form to be adopted by said convention. If elected
will all honorable at my command to
carry into effect every declaration contained in
said platform. w. M. RIDPATH'
Spokane has one candidate for state honors in
the person of William M. Shaw, who is desirous
of the nomination of state treasurer at the hands
of the Republican state convention. 1t would
seem that Mr. Shaw has considerable backing in
Spokane county, and to some extent has the ma
chine of the party in his hands, he left that
impression with those who attended the state
central committee in Seattle some two weeks ago.
Speaking about his candidacy conflicting with
that of Col. Ridpaths, it is alleged that he made
the remark that: There would be nothing to it
save his complete endorsement by the county and
that Col. Ridpath would not get bakers dozen
votes out of the entire delegation if any at all.
l will have the delegation for trading purposes,
and thereby my nomination" Spokane
county has other receptive candidates for state
honors subject to the will of the Republican NOM
mating convention, but have announced
themselves save Col Ridpath and Mr. Shaw and
whichever controls the county convention will
probably be factor in shaping the state ticket
at the next nominating convention.