The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-07-06
Platform and Resolutions.

AhOoOAfCNs Alab VIC iuOSt pudJlCAlIy III
dorse the wise, patriotic administration OF
that fearless, true American statesman Theo
! dore Roosevelt
Resolved. That we heartily lndorse the
| good and efficient work of our representatives
In both houses of congress, and especially
their stand for the denaturized alcohol inter
state railway and isthmus canal bills.
Resolved That we also indorse our state
administration and our representatives IN the
state legislature, and especially commend oul
state railway commission for it's labors on be.
half of the people. The republican party
since its organization has been the leader in
| all worthy reforms, the champion of the
rights OF the people, and the advocate of the
American doctrine that the people can and
| should govern themselves.
Now, therefore, we recommend that the re
| publlcans OF Whitman county, in convention
assembled, do hereby declare in favor of a d.
| rect primary law providing for the nomina-
tion Of all state and county officers at the pri.
mary election, and do hereby request, instruct
and pledge our legislative representatives to
use every honorable means at their command
| to enact such a law at the coming legislature.
Resolved, That we favor the present road
| law, but recommend that the law be amended
80 as TO divide the county into smaller dis
tricts and that the funds be apportioned in
accordance to valuation thereof.
Resolved, That we request and pledge our
representatives in the legislature to work and
vote for the passage of law that will better
safeguard the lands belonging to our various
state educational institutions.
Resolved, That we favor the passage of a
bill at the next legislature, div iding the state
into congressional districts.
Convention Pyrotechnics,
The fireworks began with the next or
der OF business, which was the election of
a chairman Of the county central com
mittee. A. Z. Stuht OF COlfax, was nom
mated by Il. Nj. Boone of Palouse, and
=. W. Perley Of Tekoa. by Z. T. Conan
OF COfax. Several red hot speeches fol-
lowed, providing the expected diversion
and producing fever heat among the
shouting delegates and spectators
Gentlemen, let's cut this out and proceed
to business" was the suggestion of
Chairman Campbell that finally brought
the forensic display to close.
The roll was called, the ballot for
chairman resulting: STUNT, q; PeTley,
35. On motion OF A. Z. STUNT the cleo
ton was made unanimous. Responding
to calls for speech, the new chairman
spoke briefly, saying that the honor
rendered him was unexpected. He
thanked his friends, referred to loyal
TekOa as republican stronghold under
any and all circumstances, and deplOred
factiOnalism.
The committee to select delegation to
the state convention was named as fol
lows: L. H. LOgsdOn OF EndicOtt, Geo.
kenOyer OF PalOuse, g. NJ. Witter of
Thornton, A. Z. STUNT Of COlfax, A. W.
Perley of TekOa, Geo. n. Lamphere of
PalOuse, Chas. Maynard of Cotton. 0 f.
HALEY of OakesdaIe. The committee
later submitted its report which was
adopted, naming the following as dele
gates: |. 4. Luce, J.. A. Anderson, W
Golding, Milan Still, p. Hays, Leroy
StiIsOn, John Billups, W. H. Harvey, W.
Donaldson, J. L. Canutt, Charles May
nard, Williams Swain, E. j. Durham, Dr.
j. A. Dix, 0. E. HALEY, Oliver Hail. H
NJ. Boone, J. K. Mccormack, B. J. Tay-
lOr, John Pickrell, A. E. Stuht, James
Kyle, j. @. Farr, Peter McGregor.
Nominated the Ticket.
1t was late in the afternoon when the
order OF nominating candidates was
reached, aud as the delegates did not
desire to hold a night session, motion
to limit nominating speeches to three
minutes was made and carried. There
were three aspirants each for five of the
county offices to be filled, and in each
case, excepting for coroner, two ballots
were necessary to make choice.
First in order came the nomination
for sheriff, and the names OF G. B. Carter
OF COlfax, Sam Lathrum of Oakesdale,
and A. E. Nessly of Tekoa, were pre-
sented. On the second ballot nearly half
OF the Nessly strength went to Lathrum,
giving him the nomination. The ballots:
First. Second
Garter. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1l64 ll54
Lathrum Observation-Disclosures. l48 176
Nessly 725 443
For county auditor, VIM. Duncan OF
Pullman, G. NJ SwartwoOd of Palouse,
and Y. B. Mcdowell of Cofax, entered
the lists. After the first ballot the name
of Swartwood was withdrawn, and the
second BALLOT indicated considerable
switching. The ballots were:
First Second
duncan .:...'-...........-- I24 III
Swartwood .............. 33
Mcdowell ................... 149 l57
W. w. Renfrew OF EIberton, Eugene
Person of st. John, and A. R. Metz of
Colfax, composed the trio who contested
for the treasurership nomination. The
ballots resulted:
First Second
Renfrew w................. .. 81. 20
Person Observation-Disclosures. lis 122
Metz ........-... ......,...... 1908 l94
The close race OF the convention was
for the county clerkship nomination, in
which were entered J. B. Taggart OF Hay,
Calvin W, Young OF Thornton, and Geo.
E. West of Turnbow. The ballots:
First Second
Tagsart NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1554 1643
Young ..'.'. '.'......., I4I3 1909
West Observation-Disclosures. IS
A motion to make the nomination
| unanimous carried.
r. H. Kipp for prosecuting attorney
| n. D. Showalter for superintendent OF
schools, NJ. c. True for assessor, and E.
| @. Murray for surveyor, having no op-
position, were each in turn renOminated
| by acclamatiOn.
| One ballot sufficed to renominate D.
| B. Crawford for county coroner. The
ballot gave Crawford 270, L. L. Brun
ing SO. and John Sidler 80. @. F. Stuart
was also placed in nomination, but re
fused to get into the race.
Having completed its work to this
point, the convention took a recess to
allow the district nominations to bt
made.
Legislative Ticket.