The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-27
Unfair Methods Used in Whit
man Precinct.
coRNwEll AMDDEMEnT COME 1oeeTnel
Both Factions Are Hard at Work at
Primary Election Now in
Progress.

by the anti Mcbride republicans In
Whitman precinct to steal the deleRa.
ton to the county convention. AS q
result, of the attempt State Senator
Oliver Cornwell and Frank s. De.
ment had an alteration in a news-
paper office. Friends of the combat.
ants, however, interfered and pre-.
vented what might have resulted in n
hard fight.
The caucus was organized in Whit
man precinct and Cornwell waa
chosen chairman, and Marvin Evans
secretary. When the chairman am
nounced that nominations for dele.
gates to the county convention were
in order, S. E. King, an anti Mcbride
man, gained the floors and proceeded
to name fourteen delegates, double
the number of the apportionment. Al
King finished reading the last. name.
Alvah Brown, representing the Nc.
Bride faction, jumped to his feet and
began to nominate a ticket. Cornwell
refused to recognize him, and com.
pletely ignored him. While Brown
was endeavOring to nominate the del
egates, one of the anti crowd moved
for an adjournment, which Cornwell
put to the caucus, with a result that
the motion was carried, and the Nc
Bride crowd yyare shut ont
While Brown had the floor and was
attempting to name a ticket, DR.. E.
W. Youp, B Mcbride supporter.
+jumned on tfble immediately in front
of the chairman of the caucus and en-.
deavored to receive recognition.
Cornwell refused to listen to him and
adjourned the caucus in an instant.
This was a great surprise to the
Mcbride people as they claim that
Cornwell had agreed previous to the
calling of the caucus that there should
be fair play at the meeting. and that
each faction would be allowed to name
a ticket.
AS soon as the matter had been re-
ported to the executive committee Of
the Mcbride club, a committee was
appointed to confer with Cornwell, who
is the central committeeman from
Whitman precinct, and arrange with
him to sallow the Mcbride delegation
to be placed on the ticket. Frank s.
Dement, was member of the commit
tee and he with the others met Corn-
we'll in the Union office. After few
words had been exchanged by Corn
we'll and Dement, the former gentleman
passed the lie, when quick as a flash
Dement, struck him in the face with
his clenched fist. The friends Of the
belligerents Immediately came to the
rescue and succeeded in separating
them before any damage was done.
After the smoke Of. the battle had
cleared away the executive commit
tee of the republican central commits
tee held a conference, and after q
heated discussion, reluctantly decided
to place the names of the Mcbride
delegation on the ticket.
Fun in Fremont Precinct.
An interesting time was had in Fre-
mont precinct, and for a time it look
ed as though there would be serious
trouble. The anti Mcbride crowd
were there in full force and started in
to capture the meeting and shut out
their opponents. The caucus was
held in small room on North Fourth
street, in which a lunch counter II
conducted, and as a result the place
was so small that fully one half Of the
crowd Of both factions were compelled
to remain soutside. Long before the
time for the holding of the caucus a
large crowd had assembled, and waited
for the hour to arrive.
Promptly at o'clock George Grove.
opened the door and there was mad
scramble to gain an entrance into the
room. Without moments hesitation