The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-11-28

Before the motion was put ap-
pointing the credentials committee,
Warren Erwin, one of the members
of the delegation from the First
ward, objected in most emphatic
language to the appointing of such
committee, stating that he held the
credentials for the delegation OF
which he was The head, signed by
Jack Shaw himself, and by a concert
I'd movement of the bunch in con-
1rol was booted down. When the
committee returned the report un-
seating the delegation actually elect
ed, a motion was put as to the adop-
ton of the report. At this point
there were things doing" Will
liam NJ. Thompson. chairman of the
Fifth ward delegation, advanced to
| the front and having the floor, adj
dressed to the convention one of
his characteristic, oratorical ap-
peals, and exposed one of the most
bare-faced steals that ever occurred
in convention. He defied Jack
Shaw and number of other men,
bers of the convention, including
Armbruster, ITO deny that the delega-
tion reported was not named and
written by Shaw an hour after the
caucus adjourned, which nominated
the true delegation The defy was
not accepted, and Shaw and his fol-
lowers stood mute. Yet the conven-
ton adopted the credential commit
tees report and indorsed the steal.
Once the convention had settled
the question of who was to have the
honor of helping to nominate Mr.,
Armbrdstel the rest was easy sled
ding. TIE same people who ran the
convention me in the afternoon OF
Tuesday in Nestal Snyder's office and
planned how il was all to be done.
1t was said last night that they even
went so far as to have Phillip say
his piece over once or twice to be
sure that his manner of defamation
as we'll as the subject matter came
up to the standard required by Mr..
Cornett and Mr. Donald. Not that
it makes bit of difference to Phil
we will all call him Phil now, since
he is our nominee for mayor-for
man SO in earnest that he is just
dying to sacrifice his life on the al
tar of his munisipple ownership
the good will of corporation; but
merely ito show his independence of
thought and action he recited as
manv times as he was asked to; it
was also noted that his notes weren't
far away while the speech was being
delivered bfore the convention.
For the vacancies on the council
the following were nominated and
chosen without opposition For
councilman-at-large, James Barnes;
councilman First ward, Claude
Briggs: Third ward, Nelson Smith;
Fifth ward, John Null. Little en-
thusiasm was displayed over these
selections with the exception of that
of Harry Null wnose nomination by
w. NJ. Thompson. present council
man from the Fifth, was received
with hearty applause both by the
delegates and the large representa-
ton of people present. Mr.. Null is
popular young business man, we'll
liked in his ward. and 1T is on ac-
count of this that the prediction is
made that he will make a strong run,
in all probability.
The convention showed its wis
dom by endol sing Charles Donovan
for treasurer and J. c. Brooker for
clerk. DR.. Nywenning was evident
" the man on the slate with the
bunch for health officer as was also
Johnny Lynch for attorney The
latter won out over C. E. Forsyth
and Vestal Snyder by few votes.
The monotony of the convention was
broken by the speech of VIM. NJ
Thompson. who was apparently not
fully in sympathy with the Armbrus-
ter convention in nominating Mr..
Forsyth. After stating in eulogis-
tic terms the conscientious work
done by Forsyth as city attorney in
the past two years, Thompson called
particular attention to the fact that
on two distinct occasions Mr. For
syth's legal opinions to the city had
had most substantial indorsemnt.
"On one OCCASION" said Mr.. Thomp-
son, 1.-THE gentleman who has been
named by this convention as its
choice for mayor, did not think the
advice of the city attorney correct
as to the law in relation to the le-
gality of holding an election to con
| denim the present water plant, ana
with the consent of the council en-
ployed special counsel who advised
him as he wanted to be advised.
When the mater was presented to
Hon. Judge Hanford one of the
ablest lawyers and judges of this
state, as well as one of its most emf
nent citizens, the opinion of Mr..
| Forsyth was sustained in every re
spect by that able jurist in his de-
cision and opinion rendered in that
case Upon another occasion, when
we were confronted by a serious le-
gal problem in the sewer difficulty,
Mr.. Forsyth fearlessly and correctly
advised the council as to the law and
as to what must be done. A member
of the council who is not a delegate
to this convention, desired to secure
| his private counsel's advice. and was
authorized to do so. Hon. Ira P.
Englehart, one of Yakima's best law
yers. was employed. and me in every
particular endorsed the advice given
by Mr.. Forsyth, and instructed the
council that 1T had been correctly
advised in the whole matter by MIR.
Forsyth" Thompson further stated