The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-08-09
ROB WENATCHEE OF
REPRESENTATION
County Committeeman From Western
Part Of County Combine to De-
fraud Wenatchee Out of lust
Number of Delegates.

By clever gerrymandering On the
pa,t of the Republican Central COM
mittse men from the west part of the
county at the committee meeting yes
terday afte ernoon, Wenatchee was given
Que of the dirtest deals iu the history
of Chelan county politics ana was beat
en- out of her just and legitimate re,
uresentatilon at the county conven-
r,on which it was decided to hold at
Cashmere on September / Through
a combination of proxies held by } Z
Davis of Leavenworth and prear
ranged plan to strip this city OF her
mower il was votsd to base the repre-
sentation ut the convention on the
vote cast in the spe e;ilal election two
wears ago Sten Arthur Gum, DEM
ocrat, was elected sena,or against b
f Reed republican, AT that tire the
republican vote cast for Reed was
very light in the Columbia and Wenat-
chee precincts owing TO the fact that
Mr.. Gum was local Eap and many
Wenatchee republicans cast their votes
for him where they would have voted
for Repu blican candidate under ordi
= nary circumstances. These republican
voters stated at the time that they
would not have voted for Mr.. Gum
had they Thoughts he would be elected.
Their bollot for him was simply COM
plimentary because he was q Wenat.
chee man. This reduced the re-
publican vote here to fer below the
averge while the vote in other pre'in-
cts was normal or slightly greater
than usual in favor OF Reed The rep
resentatlon at the convention on
this basis is approximately correct fer
all the precincts in the county with
the exception of Wenatoheee. West
Nenatchee and Columbia These pre-
cincts will have less than one-half
their rightful representation accord
ing to a normal vote
The injustice of appoItioning the
delegates according to the Reed vote
may be judged from the number OF
delegates which will be present from
the various precincts; Leavepwoi tn
will have IL delegates while Weuat-
chee, West Wenatchee and Colum mbia
precincts combined will have but l9;
Cashmere will have . delegates where
Wenatchee will have but Z.
Much Indignation is felt at the west
county committeeman as their was
manifestly no reason for giving Wenat.
ohee such unfair treatment aud their
action in stirring up factional fight
when no differences existed is regard
as extremely unwise The situation is
all the mole aggravated when it was
known that there has been q sincere
attempt on the part OF q greater npm.
bel. of the republicans to smooth over
the differences resulting from the Mo.
Bride. Atkinson fight of two years
ago and to eliminate from the party
politics all dirty and underhanded
methods such as existed &C that time
under the leadership Of such men az
Bowman. That shis fight should be
reopened and foul means resorted to
20 rob this city of her just representa-.
rion can in no way help the party and
it has deprived the men who are re-
sponsible for it of the confidence OF
their co.workers. Thls trick is more
ksenly felt in this city for the reason
that two men, j. c. Davis and Thos.
Bollman, are responsible for it. These
men have always been regarded as
standing for a square deal and fair
methods both in and out of politics.
In no light can their actions in the
committee meeting De regarded as
even approaching square deal. They
have betrayed the confidence which
has been reposed in them and to the